Rajavadla Jam Village – Ramuben Gohil’s Inspiring Seed Conservation Work 

Ramuben Gohil from Rajavadla Jam village is actively conserving and storing seeds from various vegetable crops grown in her nutri-garden. Once the crops mature, seeds are collected from high-quality, healthy plants, dried properly, and carefully preserved.

Ramuben preserves seeds for crops such as spiny gourd (kantola), cucumber, cowpea (choli), mung bean, pigeon pea (tuver), and various other vegetables, ensuring they can be replanted in the upcoming season. This practice eliminates the need to purchase new seeds from the market every time, as seeds are readily available from her own nutri-garden.

Ramuben’s seed conservation efforts promote the local tradition of seed saving and serve as an inspiration to other women. This initiative—combining nutri-gardens with seed storage—strengthens self-reliance among women while fostering the conservation of local seed varieties and an understanding of organic farming.

The preserved seeds can be sown in subsequent seasons at the right time to cultivate the nutri-garden again, and high-quality seeds obtained from these crops again  preserved for subsequent cycles. 

Thus, driven by the concept of “Today’s Seed – Tomorrow’s Farming,” Ramuben’s seed conservation work is playing a pivotal role in continuously advancing the Nutri-garden initiative.