Rainfed Agriculture & Seed Diversity

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

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

We are cultivating moong and urad beans. We have kept seeds and will cultivate again next year.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

We keep green gram, black gram, and horse gram seeds, and cultivate them in the second crop.

— Puspanjali Nag

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 will cultivate mustard, green gram, and other crops, store their seeds, and cultivate them again next year.

— 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

We will cultivate mustard, moong, and other crops, save the seeds, and cultivate them again 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 cultivate green gram and black gram this year and save the seeds for cultivation next year.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · 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 have cultivated green gram this year. We will save the seeds and cultivate again next year.

— Gitanjali Bhoi

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

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

Yes, we grow other crops and also preserve seeds like black gram, pigeon pea, and green gram.

— Jagannath Baraik · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We have cultivated mung beans this year. Next year, we will cultivate them using saved seeds.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, 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

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 save and sow our traditional seeds. Such as chickpea, sorghum, Bhadi, pearl millet, etc.

— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

I have cultivated moong and black gram and kept the seeds. I will cultivate again in the rainy season.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · 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

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

Well, I cultivated black gram and chickpeas this year. I will save the seeds and cultivate them next year as well.

— 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

Previously, we used to cultivate all crops like moong, urad, and kulthi, and we want to continue doing so in the future.

— Jyoti Senapati

We farm at our home and manage our household with it. We cultivate pigeon pea and other pulses with low water, and also sow barley. These require less water, and we also save them for the next year. This way, we preserve the seeds.

— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

This year, we have cultivated paddy and saved the seeds to cultivate again next year.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

This year, we will cultivate green gram, black gram, and chickpea, save the seeds, and cultivate them again next year. It will come in three months, in three months it has been given, it's a unique crop.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha

In rain-fed land, we cultivate horse gram and green gram, and we store their seeds safely by using neem and karanja leaves.

— Sita Behera · Dashapalla, Nayagarh, Odisha

We cultivate a second crop and safely store our own mung bean seeds.

— Anangaprabha Bhoi · Bangomunda, Balangir, Odisha

Name: Purnachandra Pradhan. Village: Gatamaha, G.P. Bondaguda, block Nuagaon, District Kandhamal. We are cultivating green gram, mustard, and black gram as a second crop without irrigation, and we are also saving seeds.

— Sidheswar Nayak · Kandhamal, Odisha

We will cultivate a second crop, preserve the seeds, and cultivate for the upcoming year as well.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

We grow pulse crops, keep them for our daily consumption, and save a small amount of the remaining seeds for the next crop.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Bemetara, Chhattisgarh

We do traditional farming. We save rain-fed seeds and cultivate crops like sorghum and chickpea.

— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

We cultivate pulse crops, which we keep for our own consumption, sell in the market, and also save for seeds.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

We cultivate mustard, black gram, and horse gram.

— Puspanjali Nag

I cultivate green gram and mustard as a second crop, and I collect these seeds to sow them again next year.

— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

I cultivate green gram and mustard as a second crop, and I collect these seeds to sow them again next year.

— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

I cultivate green gram and mustard as a second crop, and I collect these seeds to sow them again next year.

— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

We cultivate green gram as a second crop every year and keep it as seeds. We cultivate it every year because we incorporate it into the soil after paddy cultivation.

— Sastensh khura · Khatiguda, Nabarangapur, Odisha