A dimension within Seed to Harvest
Discusses the cultivation and conservation of seeds, including specific crops like chickpeas, within a gardening context.
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We carefully keep the chickpea seeds so that we can cultivate next year.
— Sunita Kumari
We conserve pea seeds so that we can cultivate next year.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We stored the chickpea seeds carefully so that we can cultivate next year.
— Sunita Kumari
We save the chickpeas so that we can cultivate them next year.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
To cultivate chickpeas and preserve seeds.
— Sunita Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We will save these lentils and chickpeas to use as seeds for next year's farming.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
To cultivate chickpeas and conserve seeds
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
They want to store the seeds of corn and wheat crops so that cultivation can continue in the future.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We save the seeds for planting next time.
— Kachala Choudhary
We traditionally keep the seeds and cultivate in the coming year.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
They cultivate lentils and save its seeds for the next crop.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We conserve paddy seeds.
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We conserve 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
By cultivating chickpeas, they keep its seeds.
— Sunita Kumari
They conserve TC and paddy seeds.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, 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
Chickpeas and gumbra are our old seeds, which we preserve and then sow.
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Mukasim, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
They keep chickpea and lentil seeds.
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Cultivate millet and corn and conserve the seeds.
— Sunita Kumari
We are cultivating moong and urad beans. We have kept seeds and will cultivate again next year.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We will cultivate mustard, moong, and other crops, save the seeds, and cultivate them again next year.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We will cultivate green gram and black gram this year and save the seeds for cultivation next year.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We save old seeds so that they do not become extinct or disappear in the future. We save them so that they remain available in the future and can be cultivated.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We save chickpeas
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
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
They cultivate mustard and preserve its seeds.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Cultivating chickpeas and also conserving them
— Sunita Kumari
This year we will cultivate rice, keep the seeds ready to cultivate next year.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We cultivated moong and urad dal this year and saved the seeds to cultivate again next year.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We will practice traditional farming and save seeds for next year.
— Sathimambalaka · Tado, Rayagada, Odisha
We also preserve seeds in a traditional way.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We save our traditional seeds that we have inherited.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
This year, we have cultivated paddy and saved the seeds to cultivate again next year.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Seeds are saved by cultivating lentils.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Cultivate pulse varieties and save them for the next year, and then cultivate again using traditional methods.
— Anupama Mahanand · 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 save flax seeds for next year so that they can be sown in the field again.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
I will cultivate chickpeas, save them, and also keep some for next year's cultivation.
— Anupama Mahanand
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
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We carefully save seeds from our diverse crops like chickpeas, lentils, and mustard, ensuring we can grow them again next year and maintain our livelihood.
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 preserving our traditional, rain-fed seeds and planting them with care, we ensure food for our families and fodder for our animals.
Our ancestors taught us to protect our traditional crop seeds using natural methods, ensuring food for the next year.
