A dimension within Food Grains & Pulses
This theme focuses on the importance of preserving traditional and heritage seeds for future food security.
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Yes, we save our local seeds. The most precious seeds for the family are wheat, chickpeas, peas, paddy, etc. Seeds are precious.
— Vimala
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 save our traditional seeds that we have inherited.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
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
For our family, the most valuable seeds are pulse seeds, paddy seeds, etc.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We save and sow our traditional seeds. Such as chickpea, sorghum, Bhadi, pearl millet, etc.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Yes, we save seeds, and for our family, the main pulse is valuable seed.
— Anita Punem
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 preserve old seeds for sowing work, which explicitly includes Moong, Kili, and Mustard.
— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
Our family members save local seeds, among which the most precious seeds for us are native paddy seeds and combustion.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Yes, we save old seeds.
— Kachala Choudhary
Chickpeas and gumbra are our old seeds, which we preserve and then sow.
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Mukasim, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We have the oldest seeds of pulses, oilseeds, and rice that we have preserved.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
In our region, we save and conserve our local seeds such as indigenous oilseed seeds, indigenous pulse seeds, and paddy seeds.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
This seed was received from our ancestors, which we save.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We store our own seeds ourselves. Especially for us, Kandul Kandul seed is very important for our family.
— Jogeshwar Naik · Kalahandi, Odisha
We preserve the pulse crops that we have received from our ancestors.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We also preserve seeds in a traditional way.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
The most valuable seeds for our family are pulses and oilseeds.
— Sunil oraon · Gumla, Jharkhand
Yes, we cultivate and preserve traditional seeds.
— Selina Pangi
Yes, pulses are cultivated in this. According to our ancestors, we also preserve seeds.
— Jagannath Baraik · Bayang, Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand
We have received our traditional native seeds from our ancestors, which we conserve and protect for the coming generation.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We have traditional moong and urad dal. We cultivate them generation after generation. I will tell you what we have preserved.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
We have preserved various items such as moong, beans, and gourds from ancient times.
— S Guruteli · Sindhiguda, Malkangiri, Odisha
We conserve paddy seeds.
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We conserve paddy seeds
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our precious seed jowar, urad
— Kachala Choudhary
For our family, the most cherished seed is the bean seed. Our ancestors also used to cultivate it. We have been continuing this tradition. Preserve it.
— Jogeshwar Naik · Kalahandi, Odisha
These seeds have been inherited by us through many generations. We preserve them with the thought that they might not be available to us in the future or could become extinct.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
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 have inherited the seeds of Bhaadi, Kodra, Bati, Jowar.
— Kachala Choudhary
Yes, we preserve natural seeds here.
— Vijay kanesh
Yes, I am also protecting. Moong, urad, and horse gram seeds are valuable for the family.
— anita khora · Sirsi, Koraput, Odisha
My family uses traditional sorghum seeds which I inherited, and we preserve them and sow them in rocky soil.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
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
Yes, we grow other crops and also preserve seeds like black gram, pigeon pea, and green gram.
— Jagannath Baraik · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Here, we cultivate Sawa, Medon, Mujhri, Kodo, and pulses using the 'Batririri' method. We also store the seeds at home for the following year and then re-sow them in the field; this practice is a legacy from our ancestors.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We conserve our local seeds ourselves.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We carefully keep the chickpea seeds so that we can cultivate next year.
— Sunita Kumari
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
