A dimension within Zero-Irrigation Farming
Covers traditional and dry farming methods, focusing on zero irrigation and the protection of seeds and crops.
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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.
Even without irrigation, our traditional seeds and old farming methods ensure our crops ripen, providing food for our homes.
By utilizing old seeds from their fields and selecting water-efficient varieties, farmers in Kharod ensure food security with a vital second crop.
By relying on traditional farming methods and saving our own seeds, we ensure food security and healthy crops without external inputs.
I cultivate a second crop without irrigation and practice traditional farming methods, but I am not following seed protection.
— Pankajini Chhatria
I cultivate my second crop using zero irrigation and traditional farming methods, but I am not following seed protection.
— Pankajini Chhatria
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 doing zero cultivation and cultivating a second crop, and I am following my traditional farming methods, but I am not following seed protection.
— Pankajini Chhatria
I am cultivating a second crop using irrigation and also practicing traditional farming methods, but I am not able to follow the seed protection request.
— Pankajini Chhatria
They are cultivating a second crop with zero irrigation and also following traditional agricultural practices, but they are not following seed protection.
— Pankajini Chhatria
Yes, I am cultivating a second crop with irrigation and following traditional farming methods and seed protection.
— Sabina · Tumudibandh, Kandhamal, Odisha
Yes, I grow a second crop using zero irrigation and also save seeds with traditional farming methods.
— Vimala
I am doing 2nd crop in zero irrigation. I am also preserving the seeds and adopting the organic farming.
— Bindhani Bibhuti · Tamando, Khordha, Odisha
Samu Sunya irrigation is used for cultivating a second crop, such as moong, urad, and kulath, and traditional farming methods are being practiced. However, seed protection is not being followed.
— Pankajini Chhatria
We cultivate a second crop, but we do not follow traditional farming methods and seed protection. We do not particularly benefit from the second crop.
— Deepanjali Nayak
Do you cultivate a second crop with zero irrigation and follow traditional farming and seed protection? Yes.
— Rajesh Mallik · Boudh, Odisha
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 with zero irrigation and follow traditional farming methods and seed conservation.
— Laxmanlal
Yes, we grow a second crop without irrigation and also maintain old traditional seeds according to customary methods.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Yes, I cultivate the second crop using traditional farming methods and seed preservation.
— Sabina · Tumudibandh, Kandhamal, 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 cultivating a second crop and preserving it concerning tradition.
— SINESH PELMAL
I am cultivating the second crop. I am traditionally saving its seeds.
— Anita Punem
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, we do second crop farming with zero irrigation, and we also practice traditional farming methods and seed conservation.
— AbhiLL Ipsa
Cultivates moong as a second crop using traditional methods in zero irrigation.
— 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
Yes, I am following the second crop, traditional farming methods, and seed preservation.
— Sabina
Yes, I grow a second crop without irrigation and save the seeds from that crop.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha
My small-scale water irrigation is cultivating the second crop, and according to my tradition, for keeping seeds or saplings at home, they get spoiled/perish.
— KusaPradhani · Bhoimada, Rayagada, Odisha
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
On our vacant land, we grow a second crop without irrigation, using traditional seeds and traditional methods.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Yes, I am cultivating the second crop with zero irrigation. Name - Era Madhi Village - Kamwada Panchayat - Kamwada Block - Korukonda
— Champa Gatan · Pujariguda, Malkangiri, Odisha
My name is Matirama Pradhan. I am from Kanibidika G.P., Bandaguda Block, K. Nuagaon village, Kandhamal District. I am a farmer cultivating traditional seeds like Biri Jhudanga. I have been cultivating a second crop without irrigation.
— Sidheswar Nayak · Kandhamal, Odisha
Yes, I cultivate a second crop and store the seeds using traditional methods.
— srinu salbam · MPV 54, Malkangiri, Odisha
Cultivates a second crop using the Nupurambarika method. Zero irrigation farming is also practiced.
— Jogeshwar Naik · Kalahandi, Odisha
Do you grow a second crop without irrigation, along with traditional farming and seed conservation?
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
After cultivating paddy, I am cultivating green gram and black gram, and traditional farming methods are not protecting these seeds.
— Pankajini Chhatria
I am cultivating a second crop. I am keeping Tamangji traditionally.
— Mukunda Madkami · MV 34, Malkangiri, Odisha
I want to cultivate a second crop without irrigation. So I am collecting seeds.
— James · Gunupur, Rayagada, Odisha
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
Yes, I cultivate a second crop, I cultivate using traditional methods with a plow and a harrow, and I preserve seeds from the harvested grains.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Katarbaga, Sambalpur, Odisha
I cultivate pulses as a second crop without irrigation, using old methods with cow/cattle manure, and I save urad and horse gram seeds, using them for cultivation every year.
— DASHARATH SINGH · Sambalpur, Odisha
To some extent, we are doing a second crop with zero irrigation.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
