The Navdanya movement is a movement for biodiversity conservation and organic farming which was started in 1987. They have been able to conserve and grow 630 varieties of rice, 150 varieties of wheat and hundreds of other species. They have also worked with farmers to set up more than 100 community seed banks across India. They have also been able to save more than 3000 rice varieties. They also help farmers make a transition from fossil-fuel and chemical-based monocultures to bio-diverse ecological systems nourished by the sun and the soil.
