A dimension within Traditional Seed Guardianship
Discusses traditional farming methods, focusing on crop cultivation and the practice of seed saving.
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We will cultivate mustard, moong, and other crops, save the seeds, and cultivate them again next year.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · 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 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 are cultivating moong and urad beans. We have kept seeds and will cultivate again next year.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
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
We cultivated moong and urad dal this year and saved the seeds to cultivate 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
Yes, we are cultivating for the second time. We are preserving those seeds using traditional methods.
— Selina Pangi
We will cultivate green gram and black gram this year and save the seeds for cultivation 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
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
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
We will cultivate a second crop, preserve the seeds, and cultivate for the upcoming year as well.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We have cultivated moong and urad this rainy season. We will keep the seeds and cultivate again next rainy season.
— Gitanjali Bhoi
This year, we have cultivated paddy 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
We save and sow our traditional seeds. Such as chickpea, sorghum, Bhadi, pearl millet, etc.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
We traditionally keep the seeds and cultivate in the coming year.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
We keep green gram, black gram, and horse gram seeds, and cultivate them in the second crop.
— Puspanjali Nag
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
We cultivate for a second time. Then, we personally collect and save those seeds so that we can cultivate again next year.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
We are cultivating a second crop in Dhanapur, and by keeping our own seeds safe, we are farming using traditional cultivation methods. This is our
— Padmalochan Majhi · Ratachua, Rayagada, Odisha
We will practice traditional farming and save seeds for next year.
— Sathimambalaka · Tado, Rayagada, 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
Yes, we cultivate barnyard millet and finger millet and also conserve seeds.
— Manjusha Marko · Dudhi, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Yes, we grow other crops and also preserve seeds like black gram, pigeon pea, and green gram.
— Jagannath Baraik · Ranchi, Jharkhand
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
Yes, we cultivate and preserve traditional seeds.
— Selina Pangi
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
We do traditional farming. We save rain-fed seeds and cultivate crops like sorghum and chickpea.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
We have cultivated mung beans this year. Next year, we will cultivate them using saved seeds.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We have been farming since the second year, following traditional and organic methods. We also save our own seeds and cultivate them every year.
— Padmalochan Majhi · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha
This year we have cultivated paddy. We will save the seeds and cultivate paddy next year as well.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Cultivate pulse varieties and save them for the next year, and then cultivate again using traditional methods.
— Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha
We are cultivating paddy this year. We will save the seeds and cultivate next year. No
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
There, we cultivate a second crop, Kulthi beans (junga type). The seeds are saved throughout the year, and the same crop is cultivated the following year.
— Parsuram Sa · Sundargarh, Odisha
We keep seeds and grow a second crop.
— Puspanjali Nag
I am cultivating the second crop. I am traditionally saving its seeds.
— Anita Punem
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 conserve pea seeds so that we can cultivate next year.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh