Yaha Mogi Mata Sthanik Biyane Sanvardhan Samiti, Dhadgaon, Maharashtra, is working in Nandurbar which is predominantly a tribal district and rich in agro-biodiversity of medicinal plants, wild edible plants, millets, beans etc. The community won the Plant Genome Saviour Community Award 2020-21 awarded by Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Authority, Government of India. Acheivements The samiti is engaged with farmers in 10 villages of Dhadgaon block and established two seed banks at Harankuri and Chondwade villages. Local farmers, associated with the samiti, are conserving and maintaining 108 landraces of various crops like maize, sorghum, barnyard millet, foxtail millet, gourds, hyacinth bean, cowpea, red gram, black gram, garlic, local vegetables, roots and tubers. The important characters have also been identified by BAIF Development Research Foundation, Pune and the Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Maharashtra. The community has deposited 15 accessions each in maize and sorghum to ICAR-National Bureau Of Plant Genetic Resources Regional Station (NBPGR), New Delhi. Five sorghum varieties were submitted to Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth (MPKV), Rahuri for further evaluation and use in breeding programme. The samiti has registered five sorghum varieties with Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Authority (PPVFRA), New Delhi: ‘Chikni Lal’ (REG/2016/102), ‘Mothi Mani Juwar’ (REG/2016/103), ‘Lahan Mani Juwar’ (REG/2016/104), ‘Mothi Safed Juwar’ (REG/2016/105) and ‘Chikni Lal Juwar’ (REG/2016/106). Source : Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Authority