Seed sovereignty
Defend farmers’ rights to save, exchange, and reuse seed — and challenge illegal patents and royalty regimes.
Agriculture
Heritage, sustainability, and disciplined innovation
Native seed and farmer rights · natural farming & IPM · biofuels and trade policy that serve producers.
Sustainable
Natural farming, IPM, and soil health
As a member of the Government of India’s High Level Committee on MSP, natural farming and crop diversification — and earlier on the GOI–UNDP IPM steering committee — his work links ecological practice with farmer income.
Traditional
Seed sovereignty & heritage protection
From the Seeds Bill testimony to the 2004 European Patent Office revocation of an illegal patent on an Indian wheat variety (filed with Greenpeace), the through-line is clear: Indian germplasm and farmers’ seed rights are not for capture.
Innovation
Biofuel, biosafety, and fair trade
Early ethanol advocacy (1990s), NBPGR biosafety expertise, and WTO ministerial participation — innovation subordinated to farmer welfare.
Fair price & MSP
High-level policy work on MSP, natural farming, and crop diversification — and reserve-price justice in markets.
Sustainable farming
IPM, natural farming, and farmer-centric models that protect soil, health, and livelihoods.
Trade & innovation
WTO ministerial interventions, biofuel alignment with farmers, and swadeshi agri-innovation.