Gardening & Vegetable Crops

We preserve old seeds for sowing work, which explicitly includes Moong, Kili, and Mustard.

— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

I save seeds and use them in other crops too. For other crops like wheat, peas, mustard, etc., I keep old ones and use them.

— Vimala

Old seeds, including those of Kalahasu, Lalat, and Kendu flowers, were carefully considered. Fruit seeds, sem beans, bottle gourd, ridge gourd, and okra were cultivated by adding fertilizer and loamy soil to the land.

— Anirudha Marai

I had saved these Bhutto sembo sembo seeds. And the old seeds that were there before, they worked very well.

— Bisendra Naik · Kalahandi, Odisha

We used to cultivate various crops extensively. Additionally, I cultivated mustard, moong bean, guava, horse gram, etc. All these seeds are important for my family.

— RINA BEHERA · Sundargarh, Odisha

I saved and kept these Bhutto Sembo seeds. And the old seeds from before worked very well.

— Bisendra Naik · Kalahandi, Odisha

I have old paddy seeds.

— Kachala Choudhary

We save stable seeds and kuluth seeds are valuable for our family. We have old seeds like millet, kuluth, moong. We sell them and use them as food.

— Basanti · Dashapalla, Nayagarh, Odisha

Yes, I collect my own seeds. Mung and Black Gram are the most valuable seeds for our family. I have horse gram, black gram, bajra (pearl millet) and Mugeisal rice as old seeds. For us...

— gadadhar dash

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

— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

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

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Mukasim, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

I have old seeds; I cultivate all of them, and I also cultivate Darun.

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

The oldest seeds we have. Millet, foxtail millet, horse gram, green gram, lentils.

— Batakrushna Sahoo

We have the oldest seeds of pulses, oilseeds, and rice that we have preserved.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

In the respected Ja's area, here are old seeds. These include masoor (red lentil) as one-third of the grains, and also chickpeas. Please refer to all these as a 'total' and keep these total seeds.

— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Yes, we save old seeds.

— Kachala Choudhary

We do farming. We save some seeds beforehand and then cultivate. This way, we get many crops, including green gram, black gram, and pigeon pea.

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

We have traditional seeds here like Saadia, paddy, pigeon pea, semi-native gourds, Karaiguta, Chipra, etc. We preserve these every year and cultivate them using old traditional methods without irrigation.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

I grow other crops and preserve seeds.

— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Yes, they cultivate another responsive crop and conserve reciprocal farming methods and seeds. Use of old soil for propagation.

— Laxmanlal

Bhaji leafy greens seeds, cluster beans, taro, turmeric, and Jani are all ancestral seeds. All these grow in fertile soil.

— Anirudha Marai

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

— Jagannath Baraik · Ranchi, Jharkhand

I cultivate pulse crops without irrigation. We save pulse seeds, among which horse gram, black gram, and pigeon pea are the oldest varieties. We save these seeds for cultivation every year. Our ancestors used to cultivate using manure and traditional ploughs.

— DASHARATH SINGH

We save seeds at our location and keep them for our family. And saving old seeds in a traditional way is our

— Anil Pargi

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

All the old seeds are garden seeds. Corn seeds. Bean seeds. And gourd seeds. Its name is Chhata Dura, Ranginiguda, Pedawada, Malkangiri.

— Trinath badanayak · Kamarpalli, Malkangiri, Odisha

I am saving it. Yes, I have been saving it from before. Yes, green gram, yes, chickpeas, yes, now it looks like peas. I am seeing all of it being cultivated. Your ancestors were indeed tied to the yoke (of farming) before. Yes, in the past, everyone used to plow and cultivate. Yes.

— Santosh Pradhan

I have cultivated moong and black gram and kept the seeds. I will cultivate again in the rainy season.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

We have inherited the seeds of Bhaadi, Kodra, Bati, Jowar.

— Kachala Choudhary

I cultivate green gram and mustard as a second crop, and I collect these seeds to sow them again next year.

— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

I cultivate green gram and mustard as a second crop, and I collect these seeds to sow them again next year.

— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

I cultivate green gram and mustard as a second crop, and I collect these seeds to sow them again next year.

— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

Yes, we save our local seeds. The most precious seeds for the family are wheat, chickpeas, peas, paddy, etc. Seeds are precious.

— Vimala

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

— Puspanjali Nag

Our ancestors were cultivating. They grew urad and moong. The soil gave them a different kind of produce, and they nurtured the seeds for it.

— Mukunda Majhi · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha

To prepare the planting area, take Nako Suna seeds. Then, carefully collect and store bottle gourd and cucumber seeds. And keep the prepared ones below.

— Sastensh khura

Our ancestors have been cultivating Kodo, Barnyard, Foxtail, Finger millet, Horse gram, and Barley since ancient times, which are very nutritious. We always preserve their seeds and cultivate them every year.

— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We save our traditional seeds that we have inherited.

— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

Old seeds: Bhadi Kodo millet and Samal.

— Kachala Choudhary

Cultivate millet and corn and conserve the seeds.

— Sunita Kumari