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Description: Without seeds there would be no food to eat or clothes to wear. Inspired by a real-life event, this is the story of a village that comes together to open a seed bank. Get our FREE App for Android: bit.ly/2oAUev9 and for iOS: apple.co/2Isv5th Subscribe for new videos every week!: youtube.com/user/bookboxinc/?sub_confirmation=1 More English (US) AniBooks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ECF842014D455FD Similar AniBooks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPDzF0B97OtEeRnUF6yAztaTI9yt8Pyb6 The Seed Savers By Bijal Vachharajani The cotton farmers are worried. The harvest last year was very poor. Now it’s summer, time to sow the cotton seeds. But in their village, it’s hard to get enough local and organic seeds. “What to do?” Bijay wonders. “We have a BIG problem.” “The seeds in the market cost too much!” says Nabita. “Those seeds need pesticides and chemicals to grow,” says Ketaki. “We want seeds that are best for our home soil and weather,” says Bijay. Nabita and Ketaki are part of a group of women farmers. They hold meetings. They meet the village head. They talk to farmers’ groups. “What to do?” everyone wonders. “We have a BIG problem!” After many days of talking, everyone looks happy. “We know what to do,” says Nabita. “No problem is too BIG. We will start a bank!” “How will a bank help us?” asks Bijay. “Not a bank of money. A bank of seeds,” says Ketaki. The farmers come together to start a seed bank. They deposit the few seeds they have at home. A seed bank works just like a bank! People go to a bank to save their money. At the seed bank, farmers save seeds! Old seeds Local seeds Organic seeds Cotton seeds Ladies’ fingers seeds Pumpkin seeds Paddy seeds Millet seeds Red gram seeds So many seeds to save. Sumati borrows one kilo of cotton seeds from the bank. Nabita carefully notes it down in a register. Krupa deposits one kilo of paddy seeds into the bank. Ketaki carefully stores the seeds in a pot. The seeds are sown and watered. The monsoon comes and goes. It’s harvest time! The farmers get a good crop of cotton this year. Sumati gains more cotton seeds from the harvest. She repays her seed loan with interest, by depositing one-and-a-half kilos of cotton seeds into the bank. Ketaki carefully notes this down in the register. Nabita carefully stores the seeds in the pot. The seed bank now has lots and lots of seeds. Seeds for the next year. Seeds for the year after that. And the year after that! Author : Bijal Vachharajani Illustrations : Jayesh Sivan Narration : Azul Kothari & Bernadette Joseph Music : Rajesh Gilbert Animation : BookBox This story has been provided for free under the CC-BY license by Pratham Books, which is a not-for-profit children's books publisher with a mission to see "A book in every child's hand". Visit prathambooks.org to know more. Artwork has been adapted from the original book while the animation, music and narration have all been done by BookBox. This story artwork is originally illustrated by Jayesh Sivan. WEBSITE: bookbox.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BookBoxInc INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/bookboxinc TWITTER: twitter.com/bookboxInc #BookBox #BookBoxEnglish #Learn2Read