Tribal Farming & Water

Tivra, Urad, Raher, or all these crops are grown without water. These are being utilized. Immortal Chhattisgarh.

— RAJNIKANT RATNAKAR · Kharod, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh

The tribal people of Amar Chhattisgarh produce crops like Tīvra, wheat, linseed, and gram, all without water. And we also have many things like turmeric.

— vijay malhotra · Kharod, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh

Jackfruit, Kathar, bottle gourd, pumpkin, and banana are grown without water.

— Kamleah Kumar · Kachnarwa, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

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

— Kamleah Kumar · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

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

— Chanda

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

— Chanda

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

— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj

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

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

— Parsuram Sa · Sundargarh, Odisha

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

— arun raja · Kon, 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

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

— Chanda

We cultivate moong, horse gram, black gram, and mustard without water. We call it Nipania cultivation in Sambalpuri.

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

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

— arun raja · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

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

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

You can grow chickpeas, corn, lentils, flaxseed, peas, peas without water.

— arun raja · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Turmeric and almond are crops that grow without water.

— Chanda

Bottle gourd, pumpkin, and beans also grow without water.

— Puspanjali Nag

Bottle gourd, pumpkin, and beans also grow without water.

— Puspanjali Nag

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

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

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

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

We keep seeds of mustard, green gram, horse gram, tuber crops, black gram, and taro for cultivation without water.

— Puspanjali Nag

Cultivation of moong or urad is possible without water.

— Chanda

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

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

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

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Finger millet, Kodo millet, and Barnyard millet are produced without water.

— Chanda

We cultivate mung bean, urad bean, chickpea, lentil, moong, etc., without water, and we are still doing it.

— Naukeshi Sahu

Mustard and pigeon pea cultivation can be done without water.

— Chanda

Yes, we do farming without water, chickpeas, Siawi jowar

— Kachala Choudhary

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 like oilseeds and pulses are grown.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Vegetables like jackfruit, papaya, banana, and horse gram are grown without fertilizer and with less water.

— Kamleah Kumar · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Before, we used to cultivate crops without water: bajra, maize, kodo, mezhri, and arhar (pigeon pea).

— Kamleah Kumar · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Millet can be cultivated without water, and pigeon pea and black gram also do not require much water, yet they grow well.

— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Yes, we cultivate crops without water, in which we grow chickpeas.

— Kachala Choudhary

In the second zero-irrigation crop, such as oilseeds, our Surguja and other crops are grown.

— 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

Yes. How should I put it? Barnyard millet grows without water. And Kodo millet also grows without water. Pigeon pea and black gram.

— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

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

Pulses grown without irrigation: Horse gram and Niger seed.

— Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh