Seed Conservation Efforts

They keep Sawa Mejhari seeds.

— अमर जीत · Churk, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

They keep chickpea and lentil seeds.

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We store black gram, green gram, finger millet, horse gram, foxtail millet, and pearl millet for future cultivation.

— Batakrushna Sahoo

Precious young seeds, along with paddy and wheat, are remaining, which should be maintained every year.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

They protect and maintain TC and paddy seeds.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We save and sow our traditional seeds. Such as chickpea, sorghum, Bhadi, pearl millet, etc.

— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

They cultivate lentils and save its seeds for the next crop.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We carefully keep the chickpea seeds so that we can cultivate next year.

— Sunita Kumari

They cultivate mustard and preserve its seeds.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We conserve pea seeds so that we can cultivate next year.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

In our region, we save and conserve our local seeds such as indigenous oilseed seeds, indigenous pulse seeds, and paddy seeds.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Yes, we grow other crops and also preserve seeds like black gram, pigeon pea, and green gram.

— Jagannath Baraik · Ranchi, Jharkhand

To cultivate chickpeas and preserve seeds.

— Sunita Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Here, rain-fed crops are barley, green gram, and maize, and their seeds are stored.

— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Unirrigated crops like little millet and Kodo millet, and the existing sesame supply, are being preserved for the future.

— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We will cultivate mustard, green gram, and other crops, store their seeds, and cultivate them again next year.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

We keep green gram, black gram, and horse gram seeds, and cultivate them in the second crop.

— Puspanjali Nag

After the paddy crop, they plant the Tīvra lentil crop, and they also preserve the pulse crop and seeds.

— vijay malhotra · Behla, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh

We also preserve seeds in a traditional way.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

They cultivate Botra Tivra using zero irrigation and preserve its seeds for the next year.

— MANNOO LAL BHOI

To cultivate chickpeas and conserve seeds

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Our ancestors have been cultivating Kodo, Barnyard, Foxtail, Finger millet, Horse gram, and Barley since ancient times, which are very nutritious. We always preserve their seeds and cultivate them every year.

— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We stored the chickpea seeds carefully so that we can cultivate next year.

— Sunita Kumari

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

We preserve old seeds for sowing work, which explicitly includes Moong, Kili, and Mustard.

— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

Yes, we preserve natural seeds here.

— Vijay kanesh

We traditionally keep the seeds and cultivate in the coming year.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha

We will save these lentils and chickpeas to use as seeds for next year's farming.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Wheat seeds are carefully stored and preserved.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Yes, we cultivate dryland crops such as madiya, kodo, and kutki in our region, and we also conserve seeds for every year.

— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh

Yes, we cultivate and preserve traditional seeds.

— Selina Pangi

They save seeds: millet, beans, paddy, horse gram, and black gram, from Damuni Nayak village, Dama Pata, Malkangiri.

— Ramadas Badanayak · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha

We will cultivate green gram and black gram this year and save the seeds for cultivation next year.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha