Seed Saving Practices

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 green gram and black gram this year and save the seeds for cultivation 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 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 have cultivated green gram this year. We will save the seeds and cultivate again next year.

— Gitanjali Bhoi

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

— Puspanjali Nag

We carefully keep the chickpea seeds so that we can cultivate next year.

— Sunita Kumari

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 will save these lentils and chickpeas to use as seeds for next year's farming.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We save the chickpeas so that we can cultivate them next year.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

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

— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

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 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

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

We conserve pea seeds so that we can cultivate next year.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Cultivate pulse varieties and save them for the next year, and then cultivate again using traditional methods.

— Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha

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

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

We will cultivate pulses, which we will include in our nutritional diet, and save a small amount for storage for the next crop.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

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

We stored the chickpea seeds carefully so that we can cultivate next year.

— Sunita Kumari

By cultivating pulses, we will use them so that we can eat the pulses and save a small amount for the next crop.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Simga, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

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

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

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

They cultivate lentils and save its seeds for the next crop.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

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

— Jagannath Baraik · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We will cultivate pulse crops, specifically batri and lakhri, so that we can use them as food in our daily lives, and the remaining seeds...

— Pushpalata Surtange · Bemetara, Chhattisgarh

I will cultivate and grow pulse seeds that can be used for consumption, and some can be saved for next year's crop.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

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

— Gitanjali Bhoi · 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 traditionally keep the seeds and cultivate in the coming year.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha

Chickpeas and gumbra are our old seeds, which we preserve and then sow.

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Mukasim, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Yes, pulses are cultivated in this. According to our ancestors, we also preserve seeds.

— Jagannath Baraik · Bayang, Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand