Diverse Crop and Seed Husbandry

We cultivate zero-irrigation crops, mainly pulse crops. It is requested to the government to provide seeds to farmers for pulse crops so that they can cultivate well.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

In our region, zero-irrigation crops of pulses and oilseeds are cultivated, which include pigeon pea, lentil, etc.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Cultivation of pulses

— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand

In our area, pulse crops are grown through irrigation, and oilseed crops are also grown. In this, from the government's side...

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Cultivation of lentils and pulses

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We cultivate pulses with less irrigation. Field peas, horse gram, and pigeon pea are all grown with less irrigation.

— Kamleah Kumar · Kota, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

In our area, crops that require zero irrigation, such as pulses and oilseeds, are cultivated.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We cultivate zero-irrigation crops. These mainly include cereals, oilseeds, and pulses. We would advise the government to encourage this.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Cultivation of irrigated peas and lentils.

— Sunita Kumari

In this region, zero-irrigation farming of pulses is carried out, which is encouraged by the government and will be done in larger quantities.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

In our tribal areas, irrigated crops, which include oilseed and pulse cultivation, are grown. The government should make full efforts to promote this farming.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Cultivation of the second crop is done in our region, which includes urad, masoor, chana, and arhar pulses.

— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand

In our region, zero irrigation crops are cultivated, mainly pulses and oilseeds.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We cultivate zero-irrigation pulses.

— Sunil oraon · Bero, Ranchi, Jharkhand

In our region, Asuni crops are cultivated using Asuni irrigation. This includes oilseeds, and among the pulses grown, Rahur, Masoor, Chana, and Batul are cultivated.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We do farming with ploughs and bullocks, cultivating crops like saawa, medo mijhri, and pulses such as arhar (pigeon pea), urad (black gram), and baturi. Nowadays, government seeds for pulses are also available. We also cultivate crops like chana (chickpea), matar (pea), and masoor (lentil).

— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

In our region, especially minimal-input, zero-irrigation crops like pigeon pea, black gram, red lentil, etc., are cultivated.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We grow other crops with zero irrigation, mainly including pulses and oilseeds. The government needs to make these seeds available to farmers free of cost through schemes.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Lentil cultivation, chickpea cultivation

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

In our region, zero irrigation crops are sown, mainly pulses and oilseeds, and we practice traditional farming and conserve pulse seeds.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We grow a second zero-irrigation crop in our region, which is a pulse crop and an oilseed crop.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

In our region, zero irrigation crops include pulses such as pigeon pea, fish bean (machea), khesari, horse gram, and black gram.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

In our region, tribal people cultivate pulse and oilseed crops, which are zero-irrigation crops.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

These are all low-irrigation plants like peas, chickpeas, lentils, and agricultural mustard. They can all be cultivated.

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

In our region, zero irrigation crops like oilseeds and pulses are grown.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We farm with less irrigation. Batari peas, horse gram, and pigeon pea are also grown.

— Kamleah Kumar · Kota, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Cultivation of lentils

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Sir, cultivation of pulses.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We cultivate zero-irrigation crops, including pulses and oilseeds, and also conserve them, as they are part of our heritage.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Cultivation of chickpea, pea, mustard

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

After rice, we cultivate pulse crops, and due to water shortage, we are only cultivating pulse crops in a small area.

— Sudam Nayak · Kotagarh Orissa India, Kandhamal, Odisha

Cultivation of peas and chickpeas

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Cultivation of peas and chickpeas

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We can grow crops without irrigation like Ragi, Masoor, and Horse Gram. Millet.

— arun raja · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We can grow other crops like chickpeas, lentils, khesari, peas, and linseed without water or irrigation.

— arun raja · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

You can cultivate chickpeas and lentils.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

In our region, the zero-crop, zero-irrigation crops, Sarguja and Tesi in pulses, are on the verge of extinction. The government should encourage farmers to cultivate them.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We cultivate zero-input crops like chickpeas, flaxseed, and pigeon pea. Even with less water, the crops ripen, and their seeds are also collected. Narayan Lal Baranda.

— narayanlalbaranda5@gmail.com · Jhapa, Dungarpur, Rajasthan

They cultivate pulses using zero irrigation.

— Sunil oraon · Bero, Ranchi, Jharkhand

They cultivate chickpeas and peas.

— अमर जीत · Kota, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh