A dimension within Millet & Grain Farming
Exploring the farming of various crops including chickpeas, wheat, and lentils.
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They keep wheat and barley seeds.
— अमर जीत · Kota, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
They conserve TC and paddy seeds.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
They keep chickpea and lentil seeds.
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, 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
Precious young seeds, along with paddy and wheat, are remaining, which should be maintained every year.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Here, rain-fed crops are barley, green gram, and maize, and their seeds are stored.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We save and sow our traditional seeds. Such as chickpea, sorghum, Bhadi, pearl millet, etc.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
They keep Sawa Mejhari seeds.
— अमर जीत · Churk, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Cultivate millet and corn and conserve the seeds.
— Sunita Kumari
They protect and maintain TC and paddy seeds.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
They store chickpea seeds.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We conserve paddy seeds.
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Wheat seeds are carefully stored and preserved.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Peas and chickpea seeds are kept
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We carefully keep the chickpea seeds so that we can cultivate next year.
— Sunita Kumari
To cultivate chickpeas and preserve seeds.
— Sunita Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We conserve paddy seeds
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
They save seeds: millet, beans, paddy, horse gram, and black gram, from Damuni Nayak village, Dama Pata, Malkangiri.
— Ramadas Badanayak · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha
We store black gram, green gram, finger millet, horse gram, foxtail millet, and pearl millet for future cultivation.
— Batakrushna Sahoo
To cultivate chickpeas and conserve seeds
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We stored the chickpea seeds carefully so that we can cultivate next year.
— Sunita Kumari
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
Wheat, chickpea, toria and local indigenous seeds.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Unirrigated crops like little millet and Kodo millet, and the existing sesame supply, are being preserved for the future.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We preserve old seeds for sowing work, which explicitly includes Moong, Kili, and Mustard.
— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
Precious seeds: Pearl millet, Black gram, Sorghum, Bhaadi Kodo millet, Barnyard millet, Bati.
— Kachala Choudhary
They cultivate lentils and save its seeds for the next crop.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Yes, we save our local seeds. The most precious seeds for the family are wheat, chickpeas, peas, paddy, etc. Seeds are precious.
— Vimala
We will save these lentils and chickpeas to use as seeds for next year's farming.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
These are wheat, chickpea, toria, and local Rajasthani seeds.
— 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
They cultivate mustard and preserve its seeds.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
And they keep the seeds safe in their old earthen storage.
— Kekti Tekam · Dindori, Madhya 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 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
Our precious seed jowar, urad
— Kachala Choudhary
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
In rural areas, chickpeas, pigeon pea, and lentils are cultivated as a second crop. Their seeds are also preserved.
— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand
We conserve pea seeds so that we can cultivate next year.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
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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 preserving our traditional, rain-fed seeds and planting them with care, we ensure food for our families and fodder for our animals.
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.
