Dryland Farming & Water

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

— arun raja · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Crops like horse gram and mustard are cultivated without irrigation as they do not require much water.

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

Pulses grown without irrigation: Horse gram and Niger seed.

— Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We cultivate horse gram, green gram, black gram, and chickpea, for which we do not arrange irrigation.

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

Crops that are grown without irrigation, such as pigeon pea, black gram, lentils, and chickpea, can all be cultivated without needing water.

— Chanda

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

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

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

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

— arun raja · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

They cultivate pulses using zero irrigation.

— Sunil oraon · Bero, Ranchi, Jharkhand

They cultivate horse gram pulses through unirrigated farming.

— SUKDEV HEMBRAM

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

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

In zero irrigation farming, chickpea, Siyawe jowar, and Bhaadi kodo were sown.

— Kachala Choudhary

Cultivation of moong or urad is possible without water.

— Chanda

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

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We cultivate our crops without irrigation, relying on natural moisture like dew water. For example, we grow mung bean, black gram, and mustard. These three particular crops, we cultivate without irrigation.

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

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

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Mustard and pigeon pea cultivation can be done without water.

— Chanda

Unirrigated sesame, mung bean, peanut

— Chanda · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Horse gram and tea are crops grown without irrigation.

— arun raja · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Crops that can be grown without water include sesame, masoor lentil, pea, mustard, and pigeon pea. All these can be obtained without water.

— Chanda

Black gram, green gram, mustard, horse gram will grow without water.

— Parsuram Sa · Sundargarh, Odisha

Pigeon pea and groundnut can be grown without irrigation.

— Chanda

Yes, we cultivate without water, such as hardy crops. These include Moong, Urad, and Mustard.

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

Crops that grow without water include Tura, peas, chickpeas, Sahir, mustard, and peas.

— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj

We cultivate zero-irrigation pulses.

— Sunil oraon · Bero, Ranchi, Jharkhand

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

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

— 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

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

— Kamleah Kumar · Kota, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We are tribal people. We do our own farming. We have been farming without water. We grow chickpeas, moong, kulthi, and black gram.

— Parikshit Majhi

We cultivate pulses and oilseeds without irrigation. In years with good rainfall, these crops thrive.

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

They grow flaxseed, sesame, niger seed, bottle gourd, pigeon pea, and beans without water.

— Kamleah Kumar · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

What crop is cultivated with zero irrigation, like 'Yura Agari' chickpea, without water?

— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Kasdol, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

Chickpea and dryland sorghum are cultivated as rain-fed crops.

— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

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

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

These days, they are sowing barley, peas, chickpeas, and wheat. Barley grows with one or two irrigations. Waterless farming is pigeon pea cultivation, which does not require water; it is sown in the rainy season and harvested in April-May.

— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We do farming without irrigation, such as barley and pulse varieties like 'baturi' and 'kerav'. Barley does not need water, and 'baturi' and 'kerav' are sown after the rice harvest and grow well. We also preserve their seeds, which are useful for sowing next year.

— Ram Kumari

Crops that can be grown without water, such as pumpkin, bottle gourd, squash, and drumstick, can all be cultivated without irrigation.

— Chanda

They also cultivate oilseeds, which is a second crop with zero irrigation.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Cultivates a second crop of black gram with zero irrigation.

— Paradeshi Mirdha · Rengali, Sambalpur, Odisha