A dimension within Crop Cultivation & Food Security
Centers on traditional farming methods for crops, including seed saving and cultivation techniques passed down through generations.
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After the main harvest, we harness the land's natural moisture to cultivate a vital second crop, ensuring food and oil for our families.
By carefully collecting and preserving seeds from our first harvest, we ensure a second, nutritious crop and maintain our traditional farming methods for generations.
By relying on traditional farming methods and saving our own seeds, we ensure food security and healthy crops without external inputs.
By utilizing old seeds from their fields and selecting water-efficient varieties, farmers in Kharod ensure food security with a vital second crop.
Yes, I cultivate a second crop and store the seeds using traditional methods.
— srinu salbam · MPV 54, Malkangiri, Odisha
I am cultivating the second crop. I am traditionally saving its seeds.
— Anita Punem
Yes, I cultivate the second crop using traditional farming methods and seed preservation.
— Sabina · Tumudibandh, Kandhamal, Odisha
Yes, I cultivate a second crop, I cultivate using traditional methods with a plow and a harrow, and I preserve seeds from the harvested grains.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Katarbaga, Sambalpur, Odisha
I am cultivating a second crop and preserving it concerning tradition.
— SINESH PELMAL
I always cultivate a second crop and also collect seeds.
— James Sabar · Khilamunda1, Rayagada, Odisha
I grow other crops and preserve seeds.
— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Yes, I grow a second crop using zero irrigation and also save seeds with traditional farming methods.
— Vimala
Yes, I am following the second crop, traditional farming methods, and seed preservation.
— Sabina
Yes, I am cultivating a second crop with irrigation and following traditional farming methods and seed protection.
— Sabina · Tumudibandh, Kandhamal, Odisha
I am doing the second harvest. I am traditionally preserving the seeds of the second harvest.
— Champa Gatan · MV 34, Malkangiri, Odisha
I cultivate green gram and mustard as a second crop, and I collect these seeds to sow them again next year.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
I cultivate green gram and mustard as a second crop, and I collect these seeds to sow them again next year.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
I cultivate green gram and mustard as a second crop, and I collect these seeds to sow them again next year.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
I am doing 2nd crop in zero irrigation. I am also preserving the seeds and adopting the organic farming.
— Bindhani Bibhuti · Tamando, Khordha, Odisha
Yes, I cultivate mustard as a second crop every year. I store the harvested produce for the next year.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha
I save seeds and use them in other crops too. For other crops like wheat, peas, mustard, etc., I keep old ones and use them.
— Vimala
Yes, I grow a second crop without irrigation and save the seeds from that crop.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha
Yes, I am a second crop farmer. Every year, I cultivate green gram and mustard using traditional methods after paddy.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Katarbaga, Sambalpur, Odisha
I am cultivating a second crop. I am keeping Tamangji traditionally.
— Mukunda Madkami · MV 34, Malkangiri, Odisha
I am cultivating using traditional methods, which is why I am following seed preservation.
— James · Kharlingi, Housingboard Colony, Rayagada
Yes, I cultivate a second crop. I grow tomatoes in the garden. That is a traditional farming method seed.
— Priti majhi
I will cultivate and store some for next year, and then cultivate it again using traditional methods.
— Anupama Mahanand
I will cultivate mustard and save it for next year, and I will cultivate again in the traditional way.
— Anupama Mahanand
Yes, I cultivate pulses as a second crop with zero irrigation. Our ancestors used to cultivate these crops, and I also store black gram and horse gram seeds and cultivate them every year using this organic method.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, Odisha
I cultivate pulses as a second crop without irrigation, adopting organic methods, and I store urad dal and horse gram seeds, using them for cultivation every year.
— DASHARATH SINGH · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
I cultivate lentils as a second crop with zero irrigation, using cow dung manure and following traditional methods. I store black gram and horse gram seeds and use them for cultivation every year.
— DASHARATH SINGH · Sambalpur, Odisha
Every year, after the crop harvest, I cultivate moong (green gram) in the second crop season. For this, I save my harvested crop as seeds for the next year.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha
I cultivate pulses as a second crop without irrigation, using old methods with cow/cattle manure, and I save urad and horse gram seeds, using them for cultivation every year.
— DASHARATH SINGH · Sambalpur, Odisha
Yes, I cultivate pulses as a second crop with zero irrigation. Our ancestors used to cultivate this before, and I also store Urad dal and Horse gram seeds and cultivate every year using this organic method.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, Odisha
Yes, I save seeds, and for the past two years, I have been cultivating a second crop, that too with zero irrigation or without any.
— Madan Hantal · Pujariguda, Malkangiri, Odisha
Yes, I cultivate pulses as a second crop using zero irrigation. Our ancestors used to farm this way, and I also save urad and horse gram seeds to farm using this organic method every year.
— DASHARATH SINGH · Sambalpur, Odisha
I am doing dry farming and I will save seeds for next year.
— Bijayalaxmi sabar · Karnapadu, Rayagada, Odisha
Yes, I cultivate pulses as a second crop with zero irrigation. Previously, our ancestors used to cultivate this way, and I also save black gram and horse gram seeds and cultivate using this organic method every year.
— DASHARATH SINGH · Sambalpur, Odisha
Yes, I cultivate pulses as a second crop with zero irrigation. Our ancestors used to cultivate this before, and I also save black gram and horse gram seeds and cultivate every year using this organic method.
— DASHARATH SINGH · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, Odisha
Yes, we do a second crop with zero irrigation and follow traditional farming as well as seed preservation.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
Yes, we grow a second crop without irrigation and also maintain old traditional seeds according to customary methods.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
I am cultivating a second crop. I already have some seeds, and I am also cultivating by collecting seeds from farmers. And for me, the most valuable seeds are pulse seeds.
— RINA BEHERA
We keep seeds and grow a second crop.
— Puspanjali Nag
Yes, I cultivate a second crop. I cultivate tomatoes in the backyard. Those are traditional farming method seeds.
— Priti majhi
