Training in Rice Conservation Methods 12 – 17 July 2023

Dr D Deb has given hands-on training in rice Characterisation and Conservation Methods, which includes methods of maintaining genetic purity of rare landraces since 1999 on Basudha campus. This is the only such comprehensive training given in Asia for rice farmers and conservators, and given in 3 phases. This year,...

Position Open: Scientist for Basudha Laboratory

Basudha Laboratory for Conservation is the country’s – and perhaps the world’s – only research laboratory that receives no funding support from any governmental and corporate institution and works for the benefit to the country’s peasant farmers and forest people. Basudha Laboratory invites applications from Indian citizens with M.Sc./ M.Phil./ Ph.D./...

Basudha Lab Offers Amenities for Students’ Dissertations

Students who need advanced laboratory amenities to fulfil their dissertation requirements may work with Basudha’s Biotechnology Laboratory for Conservation in Kolkata. Contact us with CV.

BBC World Service: Deb Talks on Food Security

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Residential Crash Course in Agroecology : 10 Feb 2022

Hands-on Training in Molecular Biology methods and techniques will be held for 5 days (November 21 to 25, 2016) at Basudha Biotechnology Laboratory for Conservation at Kalikapur, Kolkata. Contact us for details. Dr. Manjari Mazumdar, Dr. Avik Ray and Dr. Sujata Guha will be the faculty. Basudha Biotechnology Laboratory for Conservation,...

A Bengali Book Published by Basudha & Dhyanbindu

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Basudha’s Work Mentioned in Editorial of Agroecology Journal

In a recent issue of Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (vol. 39 No. 6, 2015), Basudha’s conservation work finds special mention in the Editorial. The editor, Prof. Stephen Gliessman of UCSC is one of the founders of agroecology movement in mainstream agriculture research. [Download PDF]

Farewell, Debjeet Sarangi

Sri Debjeet Sarangi, the Foounder and head of Living Farms, Odisha’s leading organization to fight for agrobiodiversity conservation and indigenous land rights, passed away on 15 May 2021 of COVID-19. Debjeet was working in the Living Farms field station in Muniguda, when he fell ill, and was admitted in Christian Hospital...

Farewell, Debashis Chatterjee

Debashis Chatterjee, one of the Founder-Members of Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, passed away on May 27, 2021. He and his wife, both my friends from high school years, had fallen sick from COVID-19 about 10 days earlier. Debashis was instrumental in many activities of Basudha in West Bengal from 2001 through...

Laconte & Remy Write on Basudha’s Work

Dr. Philippe Laconte and Jean Remy wrote articles on Basudha’s work on conservation and sustainability, in Reflets and Biodynamis: Cultiver la Vie.

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