A dimension within Traditional Pulse Farming
This theme explores the importance of diverse crops, seeds, and oilseeds for farming and food security.
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Yes, I cultivate pulses and oilseeds. I collect pulse seeds and buy oilseeds.
— Krishna pada mahato · Purulia, West Bengal
Yes, I cultivate pulses or oilseeds. We buy seeds and sow them.
— Krishna pada mahato · Beltnar, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
I buy seeds of pulses and oilseeds.
— Krishna pada mahato · Purulia, West Bengal
Yes, I buy oilseed and pulse seeds.
— Krishna pada mahato · Purulia, West Bengal
Yes, I want to plant pulses so that I can keep food for my family and also earn income by selling them in the market.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
I will cultivate and grow pulse seeds that can be used for consumption, and some can be saved for next year's crop.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
Yes, I will buy pulse seeds.
— Krishna pada mahato · Purulia, West Bengal
Yes, I do by buying pulse seeds.
— Krishna pada mahato · Purulia, West Bengal
Yes, we buy and sow the seeds of pulses and oilseeds.
— Krishna pada mahato · Beltnar, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
I am interested in cultivating a second crop. And we have stored pulse seeds. Moong seeds, moong, black gram, etc.
— Sushil Nanda · Balāngīr, Balangir, Odisha
I will cultivate and sell moong and lentils.
— Anupama Mahanand
I want to cultivate pulse crops. Please provide seeds.
— dillip chhatria · Baragam, Nabarangapur, Odisha
I want to grow a second crop of everything, from which I will cultivate pulses, keep some for eating, and sell some in the market.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Simga, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
By cultivating pulses, I will use them for eating and save a little for next year's crop.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
Yes, I will grow traditional pulse crops, keep some for eating, and save some for growing new crops.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
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
I cultivate oilseeds and buy seeds to plant them.
— Krishna pada mahato · Birra, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
For pulse cultivation, we will grow a double crop, keeping a little for eating and selling the remaining seeds in the market at market price, so that we get a little income.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Kasdol, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
I will cultivate pulse crops that have zero input costs. I will keep some for home consumption and sell the rest in the market, which will generate my income.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
We cultivate pulse crops, which we keep for our own consumption, sell in the market, and also save for seeds.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
I will do zero-cost farming, double cropping of pulses and oilseeds, from which I will produce and sell some quantity in the market and keep some for eating.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
I will cultivate varieties of pulses and will get them again next year, collect and store them, and then process them traditionally.
— Anupama Mahanand · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
The seeds we grow in pulse crops, we keep for our convenience to eat, and some we sell so that we can get some profit. And some of the crop we keep for the coming.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
Yes, I conserve pulse seeds.
— Krishna pada mahato · Purulia, West Bengal
Yes, I conserve pulse seeds.
— Krishna pada mahato · East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
I will cultivate moong dal varieties, and by cultivating them again, I will preserve and sell them.
— Anupama Mahanand
By cultivating pulses, I will save for the next year and then cultivate again in the traditional way.
— Anupama Mahanand
By cultivating pulses, we will use them so that we can eat the pulses and save a small amount for the next crop.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Simga, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
Yes, I will buy seeds.
— Krishna pada mahato · Purulia, West Bengal
We will cultivate pulse crops, specifically batri and lakhri, so that we can use them as food in our daily lives, and the remaining seeds...
— Pushpalata Surtange · Bemetara, Chhattisgarh
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 will cultivate moong and sell it, and I will also cultivate mustard and sell it, and I will collect the money and save it.
— Anupama Mahanand
Yes, I do pulses and oilseeds and I preserve seeds locally.
— Krishna pada mahato · Purulia, West Bengal
Yes, I will do it by buying seeds.
— Krishna pada mahato · East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
I have cultivated moong and black gram and kept the seeds. I will cultivate again in the rainy season.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Yes, I cultivate my second crop, which is vegetables, cultivate and sell them, and then also chickpeas there.
— Priti majhi
I will bring good variety vegetable seeds to my farm, grow vegetables, and sell them in the nearby market to run my household.
— Vijay kanesh · Mathwad, Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Yes, after buying pulse seeds
— Krishna pada mahato · East Singhbhum, Jharkhand