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Telangana woman farmer saves 650 varieties of native vegetable and flower seeds; sells across India

In 2016, Gajawada Swaroopa began collecting native seeds after realising that the youth among farming families were giving up agriculture. To prevent biodiversity loss, she has saved seeds of 450 types of vegetables, 100 types of flowers and many herbs

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