Seed banks “enhance social relationships, build community trust, contribute to local governance and community institution-building, and strengthen farmer-to-farmer networks.” In March 2013, almost 40 farmers representing seed banks across the country gathered in Kachorwa to share their experiences and formalise linkages. A team led by Madan Bliatta, chief of the National Agriculture Genetic Resources Centre had driven all the way from Kathmandu to Kachorwa — a day’s worth of travel — to start the process of funnelling seeds from the community seed bank to the national gene bank. The government-run CSB’s have also begun to take their conservation mandate seriously, and a new seed regulation published last year introduced a simpler mechanism of landrace registration, which enables farmers to legally sell their seeds, but not to brand or commercialise them.