MSSRF | Biodiversity

LIST OF VIDEO FILMS PRODUCED

S.No.	Title	Year/Language/Duration	Target Group	Summary
01	Millets for better nutrition food security and increased income	2002/Eng/16.31 mints	Rural communities, farmers, general audience and N.G.Os working in this field.	This film primarily focuses on the reasons behind the genetic erosion of millets at Kolli hills and MSSRF's efforts for revitalization of the lost crops and its market linkage for the benefit of the farmers. Traditional storage structures known as "Dombai" are also shown.
02	Community Agro Biodiversity Centre (CAbC), Wayanad	2002 /Eng16.50 mints	Tribal communities of Wayanad, general audience and N.G.Os working in the related field.	A film on Wayanad explaining the work carried out for restoration and conservation medicinal herbs and plants. It also tells about the various eco friendly micro enterprises, established by MSSRF, with a focus on women development.
03	Eastern Ghats (International Year of Mountains)(The hills of hope)	2002/Eng/15.11 mints	Tribal communities of Eastern Ghats, general audience and N.G.Os working in the area.	This film depicts the existence of diverse biological resources and the need for conservation. It also explains the various reasons for the depletion. In addition to that traditional methods of agriculture and methods of seed storage.
04	Farmers Rights: From legislation to implementation	2002/English/6.45 mints	Farmers, general audience and N.G.Os working in the related field.	This film talks elaborately about the rights and benefits made available to the farmers by "The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Right Act", 2001 and "The Biological Diversity Act", 2002.
05	Agro biodiversity (Key to food, health and livelihood security)Scarascia Mugnozza Community Gene Bank	2003/ Eng/10 mints	Tribal and rural Farm families, general audience and related N.G.Os.	A film on the activities of the Scarascia Mugnozza Community Gene Bank, Chennai, its linkage with the three Field Gene Banks and benefits going to the tribal and rural farm families.
06	Scarascia - Mugnozza Community Gene Bank	2003/Eng/10.6 mints	General audience and N.G.Os working in the same field.	A film showing ex-situ conservation of endangered, rare medicinal plants and food crops to help the communities at times of natural disaster. Visual documentation of the benefits along with the response of beneficiaries.
07	"Arambha"- The Beginning	2003/ Oriya/23.12 mints	Tribal and rural Farm families, general audience and N.G.Os working in this field.	A film on Jeypore highlighting the methods of scientific cultivation, community hybridization and Participatory Conservation of landraces of rice. Village Seed, Grain and Water Banks and the immediate benefits to the community. The Equator Initiative Award Celebration is also projected.
08	Biodiversity, Natural Resources and Rural Livelihoods	2004/Eng/14 mints	Tribal and rural Farm families, general audience and N.G.Os working in respective field.	A film on the activities carried out at three sites of MSSRF i.e. Kolli Hills, Wayanad and Jeypore with regard to biodiversity conservation and its sustainable utilization. In Kolli hills the multiple usages of millet's, Jeypore, establishment and benefits of Village Seed Banks. Documentation of endangered medicinal plants and herbal rice of Wayanad.
09	Concern to Confidence	2006/Eng/ 9 mints	Plant Breeders	A film on the Participatory Plant Breeding, work carried out in Jeypore under the SDC supported Phase I and Phase II Projects.