{"id":1687,"date":"2023-06-09T13:58:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T13:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cintdis.org\/dev\/?page_id=1687"},"modified":"2023-06-21T07:23:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T07:23:18","slug":"basudha","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cintdis.org\/dev\/basudha\/","title":{"rendered":"Basudha"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Explore the Link between Biological and Cultural Diversity<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Basudha (= \u2018Earth Mother\u2019 in Bengali) is a 1.7 acre farmland, on rent in a tribal village, surrounded by forests and hills in Bissam Cuttack block, Rayagada district of southern Odisha. A small farm house can accommodate visiting activists, research students and farmers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t

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Basudha farm was established in early 2001 in Bankura district of West Bengal initially as a field station of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, and registered as an independent Trust body, which is currently comprised by\u00a0Dr. Debal Deb<\/a>\u00a0(Chair<\/em>),\u00a0 Prof. Tathagata Banerjee (Secretary<\/em>), Dr. Goutam Saha (Asst. Secretary<\/em>), Dr. Mita Dutta (Treasurer<\/em>) and Mr. Debdulal Bhattacharjee, as Trustees.<\/p>

All works related to crop genetic diversity conservation and field experiments are conducted on Basudha\u2019s\u00a0Odisha campus\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(19\u00b042\u201932\u201d N,\u00a083\u00b028\u2032 8.3994\u2033 E\u00a0\u00a0see map here<\/a>), founded in 2012.
In addition, Basudha\u2019s\u00a0old campus in\u00a0<\/em>Bankura\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(23\u00b012\u201937.44\u201d N,\u00a087\u00b016\u201952.932\u201d E) has recently been revived as an agroforestry demonstration farm, as\u00a0Basudha Aranya Krishi<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Want to visit Basudha\u2019s main Campus\u00a0<\/em>(in Odisha)? Please<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Read Here.<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>|<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Want to visit Basudha\u2019s main Campus\u00a0<\/em>(in Bengal)? Please<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Read Here.<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>|<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t

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Basudha aims to conserve India\u2019s vanishing rice varieties; encourage, demonstrate and support organic farming and traditional methods\u2002of\u2002multiple cropping; research on the human ecology of uncultivated foods from the wild; research and document ecoforestry practices; and preserve and develop local knowledge of biodiversity and its uses. Basudha is a partner of the nationwide anti-WTO movement, and locally engaged in non-formal education and heuristic science teaching for the rural youth. Basudha also gives practical training in ecological agriculture.<\/p>

Every year, scientists, research scholars, students, activists and farmers from different parts of the world visit Basudha \u2013 to teach, learn from, and share ideas with, Basudha workers and farmers in the surrounding villages. WWOOFers find Basudha to be a favourite farm to stay and work in. The new Basudha campus in Odisha is open for WWOOFers and volunteers. The Annual Basudha Festival, held in Winter every year, is a special event in which students, environmentalists, artists and conservationists from different parts of the world come to participate.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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| Read\u00a0Prof. Steve Gliessman\u2019s Editorial<\/a>\u00a0on Basudha\u2019s Work |<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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| Read\u00a0Article\u00a0by Laconte and Remy<\/a>\u00a0on Basudha\u2019s Work |<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t

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Over\u00a01400 folk rice varieties and 30 other crops<\/strong>\u00a0are being grown on this farm every year, as a model of ecological agriculture, with zero external inputs. The Basudha farmhouse is an example of ecological architecture with (almost) zero-ecological footprint: No kiln bricks, no cement, no plastics, no timber. Three hutments are made of adobe, stones,\u00a0mud, and lime mortar with thatched roofs. It has three EcoSan dry toilets, whose dry compost enriches the farm soil. The campus is off-grid, and solar powered. We never extract groundwater, nor apply any external material for our farm inputs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t

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Basudha also demonstrates biodiverse agroecology in its polycrop home garden, where more than 30 species of crops are cultivated on zero external input.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t

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The\u00a0new Basudha farm<\/strong>\u00a0is located in a remote tribal village at the foothills of Niyamgiri, in\u00a0Rayagada district of Odisha<\/strong>. The nearest airport is Vishakapatnam, and the nearest railway station is Muniguda. Take a train to Muniguda in southern Odisha, and then ride an auto-rickshaw or taxi to Kalipanga village railway crossing (30 min. drive). After that, you will need to walk to Basudha farm.<\/p>

If you are a WWOOFer or volunteer, we will arrange for a pick-up from Muniguda station. Please\u00a0contact us<\/a>\u00a0for road map and directions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t

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Basudha does not encourage pleasure trips by urban joy-seekers or picnickers, but is open to WWOOFers, research students, nature lovers, and activists who are willing to participate and assist in our activities.<\/p>

N.B.<\/strong>\u00a0Basudha\u2019s work does not receive financial support from any funding agency \u2013 whether governmental or non-governmental. All activities are fuelled by personal donations from Trustees and friends. There is no tariff for accommodation at Basudha, but we would request visitors to make a donation according to their ability and pleasure.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t

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We provide spartan, yet comfortable accommodation (with bed, pillow, blankets and mosquito net) and simple vegetarian meals, with rice and beans as staple, often with eggs. Anything extra (e.g. bread\/ cheese\/ beverages\/ meat) will be at cost.<\/p>

For more information about stay and work on Basudha campus,\u00a0Click here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Explore the Link between Biological and Cultural Diversity Basudha (= \u2018Earth Mother\u2019 in Bengali) is a 1.7 acre farmland, on rent in a tribal village, surrounded by forests and hills in Bissam Cuttack block, Rayagada district of southern Odisha. A small farm house can accommodate visiting activists, research students and farmers. Basudha farm was established […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1687","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cintdis.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cintdis.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cintdis.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cintdis.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cintdis.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1687"}],"version-history":[{"count":97,"href":"https:\/\/cintdis.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3462,"href":"https:\/\/cintdis.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1687\/revisions\/3462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cintdis.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}