In Chizami village in Nagaland’s Phek district, women sit together sorting seeds into small woven baskets. Some will be sown next season, others shared, and many stored in a community seed bank — a modest institution that, in recent years, has become a form of insurance against climate change. There is nothing ceremonial about the act. But there is intention. The seed bank, maintained by women farmers, preserves over 150 indigenous crop varieties, including traditional rice, millets, beans and g...