Navdanya
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Navdanya is an Indian non-governmental organization and movement focused on biodiversity conservation, farmers’ rights, and the promotion of organic, seed-sovereign agriculture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Navdanya canonical | 2 |
| Navdanya movement | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T861989 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Navdanya Context triple: [Vandana Shiva, founded, Navdanya]
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A.
Shanti Van
Shanti Van is the memorial site in Delhi dedicated to India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
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B.
Agrihan
Agrihan is a remote volcanic island in the Northern Mariana Islands known for its large stratovolcano and rugged, sparsely populated landscape.
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C.
M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
The M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation is an Indian non-profit research and development organization focused on sustainable agriculture, rural development, and food security, particularly for small and marginal farmers.
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D.
Sarvodaya
Sarvodaya is a Gandhian social philosophy and movement focused on the uplift and welfare of all, emphasizing nonviolence, self-reliance, and equitable social order.
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E.
Sevagram Ashram
Sevagram Ashram is a historic rural ashram in Maharashtra, India, that served as Mahatma Gandhi’s main headquarters and center of his social and political activities during the Indian independence movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Navdanya Target entity description: Navdanya is an Indian non-governmental organization and movement focused on biodiversity conservation, farmers’ rights, and the promotion of organic, seed-sovereign agriculture.
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A.
Shanti Van
Shanti Van is the memorial site in Delhi dedicated to India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
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B.
Agrihan
Agrihan is a remote volcanic island in the Northern Mariana Islands known for its large stratovolcano and rugged, sparsely populated landscape.
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C.
M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
The M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation is an Indian non-profit research and development organization focused on sustainable agriculture, rural development, and food security, particularly for small and marginal farmers.
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D.
Sarvodaya
Sarvodaya is a Gandhian social philosophy and movement focused on the uplift and welfare of all, emphasizing nonviolence, self-reliance, and equitable social order.
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E.
Sevagram Ashram
Sevagram Ashram is a historic rural ashram in Maharashtra, India, that served as Mahatma Gandhi’s main headquarters and center of his social and political activities during the Indian independence movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
environmental organization
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non-governmental organization ⓘ social movement ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
ban on genetically modified seeds
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protection of traditional seeds ⓘ rights of small farmers ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
ensure farmers’ seed rights
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promote organic food systems ⓘ protect agricultural biodiversity ⓘ |
| campaignsOn |
climate-resilient agriculture
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pesticide-free farming ⓘ seed sovereignty ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| field |
agroecology
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food sovereignty ⓘ sustainable agriculture ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
biodiversity conservation
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farmers’ rights ⓘ organic agriculture ⓘ seed sovereignty ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Vandana Shiva ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
farmer training
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policy campaigning ⓘ public advocacy ⓘ research on biodiversity ⓘ seed saving ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
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Hindi ⓘ |
| ideology |
anti-globalization of industrial agriculture
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ecological sustainability ⓘ food democracy ⓘ |
| opposes |
corporate control of seeds
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genetically modified crops ⓘ |
| promotes |
biodiversity-based farming systems
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community seed banks ⓘ fair trade for farmers ⓘ organic farming practices ⓘ |
| sector |
agriculture
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environment ⓘ rural development ⓘ |
| supports |
indigenous knowledge systems
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traditional farming practices ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | non-profit ⓘ |
| worksFor |
biodiversity-rich agriculture
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rural communities ⓘ small and marginal farmers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Navdanya Description of subject: Navdanya is an Indian non-governmental organization and movement focused on biodiversity conservation, farmers’ rights, and the promotion of organic, seed-sovereign agriculture.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Navdanya movement