Without seeds there would be no food to eat or clothes to wear. Inspired by a real-life event, this is the story of a village that comes together to open a seed bank.

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The Seed Savers
By Bijal Vachharajani
The cotton farmers
are worried.
The harvest last year
was very poor.
Now it’s summer,
time to sow the cotton seeds.
But in their village,
it’s hard to get enough local
and organic seeds.
“What to do?”
Bijay wonders.
“We have a BIG problem.”
“The seeds in the market cost too much!”
says Nabita.
“Those seeds need pesticides
and chemicals to grow,”
says Ketaki.
“We want seeds that are best
for our home soil and weather,” says Bijay.
Nabita and Ketaki
are part of a group of women farmers.
They hold meetings.
They meet the village head.
They talk to farmers’ groups.
“What to do?”
everyone wonders.
“We have a BIG problem!”
After many days of talking,
everyone looks happy.
“We know what to do,” says Nabita.
“No problem is too BIG.
We will start a bank!”
“How will a bank help us?” asks Bijay.
“Not a bank of money. A bank of seeds,”
says Ketaki.
The farmers come together to start a seed bank.
They deposit the few seeds they have at home.
A seed bank
works just like a bank!
People go to a bank to save their money.
At the seed bank,
farmers save seeds!
Old seeds
Local seeds
Organic seeds
Cotton seeds
Ladies’ fingers seeds
Pumpkin seeds
Paddy seeds
Millet seeds
Red gram seeds
So many seeds to save.
Sumati borrows one kilo of cotton seeds
from the bank.
Nabita carefully notes it down in a register.
Krupa deposits one kilo of paddy seeds
into the bank.
Ketaki carefully
stores the seeds in a pot.
The seeds are sown
and watered.
The monsoon comes and goes.
It’s harvest time!
The farmers get a good crop
of cotton this year.
Sumati gains more cotton seeds
from the harvest.
She repays her seed loan with interest,
by depositing one-and-a-half kilos
of cotton seeds into the bank.
Ketaki carefully notes this down
in the register.
Nabita carefully
stores the seeds in the pot.
The seed bank now has
lots and lots of seeds.
Seeds for the next year.
Seeds for the year after that.
And the year after that!

Author : Bijal Vachharajani
Illustrations : Jayesh Sivan
Narration : Azul Kothari & Bernadette Joseph
Music : Rajesh Gilbert
Animation : BookBox

This story has been provided for free under the CC-BY license by Pratham Books, which is a not-for-profit children's books publisher with a mission to see "A book in every child's hand". Visit http://www.prathambooks.org to know more. Artwork has been adapted from the original book while the animation, music and narration have all been done by BookBox. This story artwork is originally illustrated by Jayesh Sivan.

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