Dryland Millet Farming

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

— arun raja · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

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

— Kamleah Kumar · Kota, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

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

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

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

— Kachala Choudhary

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

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Yes, we practice zero-irrigation farming and also conserve seeds. For example, horse gram, Kodo millet, little millet, finger millet, and black gram are zero-irrigation crops.

— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh

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

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

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

— Chanda

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

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

— Chanda

Pulses grown without irrigation: Horse gram and Niger seed.

— Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

In rain-fed crops, we continuously sow black gram, green gram, and pigeon pea.

— MANNOO LAL BHOI

We cultivate pulses with less irrigation. Field peas, horse gram, and pigeon pea are all grown with less irrigation.

— Kamleah Kumar · Kota, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We cultivate zero-input crops like chickpeas, flaxseed, and pigeon pea. Even with less water, the crops ripen, and their seeds are also collected. Narayan Lal Baranda.

— narayanlalbaranda5@gmail.com · Jhapa, Dungarpur, Rajasthan

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

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

— Kamleah Kumar · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

In our region, even without rain, we cultivate crops like moong, urad, and horse gram. We also preserve their seeds by mixing them with neem leaves.

— Kunakanta Behera · Dashapalla, Nayagarh, Odisha

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

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

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

Finger millet, black gram, green gram, etc.

— Abhimaneu Sabar

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

— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj

Yes, we know about zero-irrigation crops such as Teora, Patri, Raher, Mustard, and Sesame.

— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Kasdol, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

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

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

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

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

— Parsuram Sa · Sundargarh, Odisha

For our zero-irrigation Rabi crops such as black gram, mung bean, sunflower, and chickpea, we follow seed practices.

— Abhimaneu Sabar

Muna Netran Bag, Village Mahulapada, Chhadiagoda Panchayat. We are cultivating green gram, black gram, and chickpeas without irrigation.

— RUDRA PRASAD BAG · Mahulpāra, Nuapada, Odisha

Pearl millet, corn, Kodo millet, Mejhari, Barnyard millet, Black gram, Chickpea.

— Kamleah Kumar · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

These are all low-irrigation plants like peas, chickpeas, lentils, and agricultural mustard. They can all be cultivated.

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

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

— arun raja · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Unirrigated sesame, mung bean, peanut

— Chanda · Dharura, 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

In our region, rain-fed crops like black gram, green gram, oilseeds, etc., are grown, which need protection.

— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh