A dimension within Seed & Crop Management
This theme centers on the cultivation and preservation of rainfed crops, especially pulses, for sustainable livelihoods.
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After harvesting the paddy, we cultivate crops like moong, urad, chana, and masoor in that field without irrigation. We save these for our home. We then prepare the soil there for further cultivation.
— swornalata nayak · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha
Previously, we used to cultivate all crops like moong, urad, and kulthi, and we want to continue doing so in the future.
— Jyoti Senapati
We cultivated rainfed crops like pigeon pea, mung bean, and black gram, and will continue to cultivate and preserve them for the future.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
After harvesting paddy, we are going to cultivate mustard, horse gram, black gram, etc.
— Parsuram Sa · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha
We will cultivate mustard, green gram, and other crops, store their seeds, and cultivate them again next year.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We do farming. We save some seeds beforehand and then cultivate. This way, we get many crops, including green gram, black gram, and pigeon pea.
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha
We have cultivated moong and urad this rainy season. We will keep the seeds and cultivate again next rainy season.
— Gitanjali Bhoi
We keep green gram, black gram, and horse gram seeds, and cultivate them in the second crop.
— Puspanjali Nag
We will cultivate mustard, moong, and other crops, save the seeds, and cultivate them again next year.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We are cultivating moong and urad beans. We have kept seeds and will cultivate again next year.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
This year, we have cultivated green gram, black gram, and chickpeas. We will save the seeds to cultivate them again next year.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
We cultivate green gram. This is our green gram cultivation. We have cultivated green gram. After the paddy harvest, our green gram cultivation takes place. We then make bundles of that green gram and store those bundles there.
— Bharati Khandapatra · Mayurbhanj, Odisha
After harvesting paddy, we cultivate lentil, gram, and wheat here.
— Kekti Tekam
For the second crop, we cultivate seeds such as moong, urad, and arhar. We save those seeds to cultivate them again the following year.
— RINA BEHERA · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha
This year, we will cultivate moong, urad, and gram, save the seeds, and cultivate those same seeds again next year.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
We cultivated moong and urad dal this year and saved the seeds to cultivate again next year.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We have cultivated green gram this year. We will save the seeds and cultivate again next year.
— Gitanjali Bhoi
Here, we cultivate paddy, sawa, medon, and mijhri. We store sawa, medon, and mijhri at home for sowing in the next year. Additionally, among pulses, we have kurthi and baturi, which we also store and sow the following year.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
After we harvest the paddy, we cultivate chickpeas, moong, urad, and gudasua here. We also eat it, and we sell it to sustain our family.
— Parikshit Majhi
We will cultivate green gram and black gram this year and save the seeds for cultivation next year.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We have cultivated mung beans this year. Next year, we will cultivate them using saved seeds.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We cultivate mustard, black gram, and horse gram.
— Puspanjali Nag
I have cultivated moong and black gram and kept the seeds. I will cultivate again in the rainy season.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
If you ask about cultivating a second crop in our region, we cultivate mustard, horse gram, and junga. We will save these seeds for next year's crop.
— Parsuram Sa · Sundargarh, Odisha
This year we have cultivated paddy. We will save the seeds and cultivate paddy next year as well.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
After harvesting the paddy, we plough the land by observing the leaves, and then cultivate green gram and black gram. We use those seeds along with brinjal leaves and lemon leaves.
— Bharati Khandapatra
After harvesting rice, we cultivate various crops like mustard, potatoes, and eggplants.
— Parsuram Sa · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha
After harvesting the paddy, we sow green gram, black gram, and chickpeas in this field without water. We harvest them and store them in our house, ensuring no pests infest them.
— Parikshit Majhi · Balangir, Odisha
We are cultivating a second crop. In our second crop, we are farming by saving seeds of chickpeas, lentils, and mustard, and applying manure using our traditional farming methods.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
We cultivate seeds such as chickpea, lentil, mustard, and horse gram using traditional, possibly rain-fed, farming methods. We preserve these seeds and cultivate them using this traditional agricultural practice.
— Laxmi Sahu
Yes, we are cultivating a second crop. We are growing lentils, moong, kalath, and their seeds are also in their traditional way.
— Trinath badanayak · Malakanagiri, Malkangiri, Odisha
This year, we have cultivated paddy and saved the seeds to cultivate again next year.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
For the second crop, we also cultivate horse gram, black gram, pigeon pea, and chickpea.
— Jagannath Baraik · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We cultivate green gram as a second crop every year and keep it as seeds. We cultivate it every year because we incorporate it into the soil after paddy cultivation.
— Sastensh khura · Khatiguda, Nabarangapur, Odisha
We will cultivate all the Karuna bitter gourd seeds this year, collect them for next year, and cultivate them again, just like paddy and moong.
— Anupama Mahanand
We will cultivate a second crop, preserve the seeds, and cultivate for the upcoming year as well.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We store black gram, green gram, finger millet, horse gram, foxtail millet, and pearl millet for future cultivation.
— Batakrushna Sahoo
We are cultivating paddy this year. We will save the seeds and cultivate next year. No
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Yes, we grow other crops and also preserve seeds like black gram, pigeon pea, and green gram.
— Jagannath Baraik · Ranchi, Jharkhand
After the Kharif paddy cultivation is over, we cultivate green gram (moong) as a waterless Rabi crop.
— Premsila Naik
