After moodakettal, the bundle of seeds is taken to a storage centre.
Instead of selling seeds for cash, they follow a type of barter system.
Cheruvayal tharavadu (homestead), near Kammana in Wayanad district, is a treasure house of indigenous rice seeds.
The process of “Moodakettal” takes place seven to 15 days after harvest.
Moodakettal is almost over.
A farmer tends to his crops before the Moodakettal.
Drying the seeds in sunlight is another important step.
The seeds are threshed and winnowed.
It's inside a bundle made with a bamboo frame that the seeds are preserved.
The process of moodakettal begins.
Every year, the members of this homestead have been cultivating different varieties of seeds on 5.6 hectares of land owned by the joint family.