Sri Basaveshwara Seed Bank, Vittalapur

1. Shyamanna Talvara – This farmer has cultivated vegetables like radish, tomato and cow peas in the front yard of his house. He sold the surplus after household consumption and earned Rs. 150.
2. Muttamma Shivanagowda – This farmer has cultivated vegetables like radish, tomato, carrot, cow peas and greens. She sold the surplus after household consumption and earned Rs. 200.
3. Hanumappa Kajji – This farmer has cultivated vegetables like radish, tomato, carrot, cow peas and greens. He sold the surplus after household consumption and earned Rs. 100.
4. Mallamma Hanumappa - This farmer has cultivated vegetables like radish, tomato, carrot, cow peas and greens. She sold the surplus after household consumption and earned Rs. 110.

Methods of seed conservation

Simple ways of protecting grains and pulses like Cow peas, Tuar, Halasandhi, Green gram etc. from pests.

•  Coating the seeds with soot obtained while boiling castor oil. The grains are smeared with the soot and sun dried.

•  Washing the seeds in cow's urine and drying in shade.

•  Mixing pulses with arakachulu (a type of sand)

•  Preserving the seeds like those of jowar and tuar after roasting and powdering them.

•  Mixing ash with the seeds.

•  Covering the pot filled with seeds with leaves of ekka (Datura) plant.

•  Not separating the husk from the seeds.

•  Exposing Tuar to fog and then storing it in a pot with sand layers at the bottom.

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