Question

Environmental work area filling operations or personal information.

Rahibai Popere

Answer 1

The following is a notable Maharashtrian who has worked in the field of environmental protection.

Rahibai Popere:

1. Rahaibai Popere the seeds in earthen pots. She is one of the three Indian women selected as 'Women of the Year 2018' by BBC, among 100 women from various countries.
2. She is popularly known as 'Beejmata'(Seed Mother). She has worked for preserving the seeds of native cultivators for future generations.
3. Her grandson got ill because of the diet consisting of food made with hybrid varieties of food grains and vegetables of lesser quality. She thought of native varieties of food grains to overcome the problem.
4. Rahibai Popere decided to grow food grains and vegetables of native variety to meet her family's needs. She began to do it and store the seeds of those landraces (Deshi Van).
5. Bitter gourd (Karle), Spinach (Palak), Amaranthus Tricolour (Tandulja), Sweet beans (Pavata), Bitter beans (Kadu Wal), Kidney beans (Ghevada), Groundnut (Bhuimoog), Barnyard millet (Varai), Dhavul Bhat, Kalb hat, Ambemohor, etc. Rahibai Popere did not confine her efforts only to her family but, through micro banking groups (Bachat Gat) she spread it to the surrounding villages.

Rahibai Popere is therefore active in environmental work.