A dimension within Sustainable Farming Conservation
Emphasizes agriculture and crop cultivation in dryland conditions, focusing on traditional and zero-irrigation farming.
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After the main harvest, we harness the land's natural moisture to cultivate a vital second crop, ensuring food and oil for our families.
By utilizing old seeds from their fields and selecting water-efficient varieties, farmers in Kharod ensure food security with a vital second crop.
Even without irrigation, our traditional seeds and old farming methods ensure our crops ripen, providing food for our homes.
Facing the prospect of future water scarcity, our community relies on cultivating traditional zero-irrigation crops to secure food and conserve precious resources.
We are cultivating a second crop based on zero irrigation. Crop production with zero irrigation is possible by conserving rainwater, retaining moisture in the soil, and using traditional methods.
— sudhir gamanga · Kharlingi, Housingboard Colony, Rayagada
Yes, we grow a second crop with zero irrigation and follow traditional farming methods and seed conservation.
— Laxmanlal
To some extent, we are doing a second crop with zero irrigation.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
Yes, we do a second crop with zero irrigation and follow traditional farming as well as seed preservation.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
Yes, we grow a second crop without irrigation and also maintain old traditional seeds according to customary methods.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Yes, we cultivate a second crop without water. And farming is also done without water. We have collected and kept those seeds. And we will again plant that as a second crop.
— Ulapi Sahu
Yes, a second crop is grown with zero irrigation. Using traditional methods, with the help of a plow, they save seeds for themselves.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Rengali, Sambalpur, Odisha
On our vacant land, we grow a second crop without irrigation, using traditional seeds and traditional methods.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Yes, a second crop is grown with zero irrigation, and seeds are saved for oneself using a plow with traditional methods.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Rengali, Sambalpur, Odisha
Yes, on zero-irrigation land, we grow a second crop, and the maintenance of traditional seeds and farming methods are still done using our old methods.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
They also cultivate oilseeds, which is a second crop with zero irrigation.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Cultivates a second crop using the Nupurambarika method. Zero irrigation farming is also practiced.
— Jogeshwar Naik · Kalahandi, Odisha
Yes, we do second crop farming with zero irrigation, and we also practice traditional farming methods and seed conservation.
— AbhiLL Ipsa
Yes, we cultivate the second crop without water. And cultivation happens even without water. And we collect and store those seeds. And then again, we use that for the second crop.
— Ulapi Sahu · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha
We grow a second zero-irrigation crop in our region, which is a pulse crop and an oilseed crop.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Cultivates moong as a second crop using traditional methods in zero irrigation.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Rengali, Sambalpur, Odisha
We cultivate a second crop which is also grown without irrigation. Therefore, we get many benefits and profit from it. And we preserve seeds for the second crop.
— Anirudha Marai
Yes, I grow a second crop using zero irrigation and also save seeds with traditional farming methods.
— Vimala
In the second zero-irrigation crop, such as oilseeds, our Surguja and other crops are grown.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Yes, in my village, they grow a second crop without irrigation.
— Kekti Tekam
Yes, I grow a second crop without irrigation and save the seeds from that crop.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha
They are cultivating a second crop with zero irrigation and also following traditional agricultural practices, but they are not following seed protection.
— Pankajini Chhatria
Cultivates a second crop of black gram with zero irrigation.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Rengali, Sambalpur, Odisha
Yes, I save seeds, and for the past two years, I have been cultivating a second crop, that too with zero irrigation or without any.
— Madan Hantal · Pujariguda, Malkangiri, Odisha
I am doing 2nd crop in zero irrigation. I am also preserving the seeds and adopting the organic farming.
— Bindhani Bibhuti · Tamando, Khordha, Odisha
We cultivate a second crop without water or irrigation, using green gram, black gram, and horse gram. We don't use pesticides or chemical fertilizers. We grow them very well from seeds, resulting in good produce for eating.
— Parikshit Majhi
Yes, they grow other crops with zero irrigation. Here, for example, horse gram, ragi, kodo millet, black gram, kodo millet.
— Birohin · Mohla, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh
In our area, crops that require zero irrigation, such as pulses and oilseeds, are cultivated.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We cultivate a second crop with zero irrigation and also embrace traditional as well as modern farming methods, which results in increased nutrient content in our bodies.
— jitendra khila · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha
Do you cultivate a second crop with zero irrigation and follow traditional farming and seed protection? Yes.
— Rajesh Mallik · Boudh, Odisha
I am cultivating a second crop with zero irrigation. But I am not following traditional farming methods and seed protection.
— Pankajini Chhatria · SKIP NO LOCATION
Yes, I am cultivating the second crop with zero irrigation. Name - Era Madhi Village - Kamwada Panchayat - Kamwada Block - Korukonda
— Champa Gatan · Pujariguda, Malkangiri, Odisha
I cultivate my second crop using zero irrigation and traditional farming methods, but I am not following seed protection.
— Pankajini Chhatria
Yes, we used to cultivate and are still cultivating moong, urad, chana, masoor, and other seeds with zero irrigation. And more profit.
— Naukeshi Sahu
Do you grow a second crop without irrigation, along with traditional farming and seed conservation?
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
If we cultivate a second crop with zero irrigation, we will also practice conservation through traditional farming methods. Wheat and gram are among the most important crops for conservation.
— Laxmanlal
Yes, we used to cultivate and are still cultivating moong, urad, chana, masoor seeds etc. with zero irrigation and are getting more profit.
— Naukeshi Sahu · Kalahandi, Odisha
Yes, we practice zero-irrigation farming and also conserve seeds. For example, horse gram, Kodo millet, little millet, finger millet, and black gram are zero-irrigation crops.
— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh
From the very beginning, we cultivate a second crop without irrigation using old methods and traditional seeds. The method of storing these seeds is also traditional, and our fields are ploughed using bullocks.
— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh
Yes, I cultivate pulses as a second crop using zero irrigation. Our ancestors used to farm this way, and I also save urad and horse gram seeds to farm using this organic method every year.
— DASHARATH SINGH · Sambalpur, Odisha
