Collection of 90 crop varieties of rice, finger millet, cowpea, hyacinth Bean, leafy vegetables, tuber crops, fruits and vegetable crops and documentation of traditional knowledge related to it.

The programme is being extended to farmers, SHGs and students by organizing seed fairs, seed exhibitions, seminars.

Dissemination of 12 selected varieties of crops like rice, finger millet, cowpea etc. by producing pure seeds (50 hectares area and 160 seed producing farmers)

» Production and sale of selected rice varieties such as Walay, Khara Munga, Sonphal and Sorti as well as local fruits, processing products (turnover up to Rs. 30 lakh till now).

A fieldal study of the quality characteristics of 52 local varieties of paddy crops through a self-contained conservation centre at 4 places.

Collection of information of 73 wild food plant species on the presence, type, edible parts, methods of preparation, medicinal uses, uses, current, etc.

36 varieties of rice have been sent to the National Plants Bureau of Reproductive Resources (NBPGR), New Delhi for registration.

Improved cultivation methods such as bed method for sowing of paddy seed, cultivation in SRI method as well as production and use of organic inputs