Mr Thamaraikannan and his wife from Tanjore of Tamilnadu, India are hard working and enthusiastic seed savers, majorly working on to protect indigenous paddy varieties at scale. They have saved and revived more than 40 varieties of paddy and right now in a journey to protect more varieties. Farmer Thamaraikannan is an organic farmer and owns a small farm in which he cultivates paddy every year and creates awareness about native paddy varieties and its importance.