A dimension within Seed Biodiversity Conservation
Discusses the farming and conservation of essential crops like chickpeas, lentils, and wheat.
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They keep chickpea and lentil seeds.
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
To cultivate chickpeas and preserve seeds.
— Sunita Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
To cultivate chickpeas and conserve seeds
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
They cultivate lentils and save its seeds for the next crop.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
They keep wheat and barley seeds.
— अमर जीत · Kota, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
They store chickpea seeds.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
They want to store the seeds of corn and wheat crops so that cultivation can continue in the future.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
In rural areas, chickpeas, pigeon pea, and lentils are cultivated as a second crop. Their seeds are also preserved.
— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Peas and chickpea seeds are kept
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
For the second crop in rural areas, chickpea, moong, lentil, and pigeon pea are cultivated, and their seeds are conserved.
— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Seeds are saved by cultivating lentils.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
By cultivating chickpeas, they keep its seeds.
— Sunita Kumari
Cultivating chickpeas and also conserving them
— Sunita Kumari
Cultivate millet and corn and conserve the seeds.
— Sunita Kumari
They conserve TC and paddy seeds.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We carefully keep the chickpea seeds so that we can cultivate next year.
— Sunita Kumari
We will save these lentils and chickpeas to use as seeds for next year's farming.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
In the second crop, in rural areas, crops such as chickpeas, lentils from Surat, and pigeon peas are cultivated. Their seeds are also preserved.
— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Cultivating chickpeas and preserving them.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Lentil seeds are preserved after cultivation.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We stored the chickpea seeds carefully so that we can cultivate next year.
— Sunita Kumari
They cultivate chickpeas and keep them safe.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
After the paddy crop, they plant the Tīvra lentil crop, and they also preserve the pulse crop and seeds.
— vijay malhotra · Behla, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh
Here, rain-fed crops are barley, green gram, and maize, and their seeds are stored.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
In the second crop, chickpea, moong dal, masoor dal, and arhar dal seeds are also conserved.
— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand
We save and sow our traditional seeds. Such as chickpea, sorghum, Bhadi, pearl millet, etc.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Wheat seeds are carefully stored and preserved.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
They cultivate mustard and preserve its seeds.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We conserve pea seeds so that we can cultivate next year.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We save the chickpeas so that we can cultivate them next year.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Chickpeas and gumbra are our old seeds, which we preserve and then sow.
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Mukasim, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We keep green gram, black gram, and horse gram seeds, and cultivate them in the second crop.
— Puspanjali Nag
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
Yes, we grow other crops and also preserve seeds like black gram, pigeon pea, and green gram.
— Jagannath Baraik · Ranchi, Jharkhand
In the second crop, masoor dal and arhar dal seeds are also preserved.
— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Lentil cultivation, chickpea cultivation
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Cultivation and maintenance of chickpea and pea
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Yes, pulses are cultivated in this. According to our ancestors, we also preserve seeds.
— Jagannath Baraik · Bayang, Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand
They cultivate chickpeas and peas.
— अमर जीत · Kota, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Cultivate pulse varieties and save them for the next year, and then cultivate again using traditional methods.
— Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha
AI-synthesised pieces woven from many community voices on this theme. They may contain errors or interpretation — they're a reflection of the stories, not a record of fact.
We carefully save seeds from our diverse crops like chickpeas, lentils, and mustard, ensuring we can grow them again next year and maintain our livelihood.
By carefully collecting and preserving seeds from our first harvest, we ensure a second, nutritious crop and maintain our traditional farming methods for generations.
By cultivating a variety of crops, preserving ancestral seeds, and exploring animal husbandry, we build a resilient livelihood for our community.
By preserving our traditional, rain-fed seeds and planting them with care, we ensure food for our families and fodder for our animals.
