A dimension within Dryland Farming
Discussing the cultivation and conservation of various agricultural seeds, including pulses and oilseeds.
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After the main harvest, we harness the land's natural moisture to cultivate a vital second crop, ensuring food and oil for our families.

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 relying on traditional farming methods and saving our own seeds, we ensure food security and healthy crops without external inputs.

By carefully collecting and preserving seeds from our first harvest, we ensure a second, nutritious crop and maintain our traditional farming methods for generations.
Yes, I cultivate pulses and oilseeds. I collect pulse seeds and buy oilseeds.
— Krishna pada mahato · Purulia, West Bengal
Yes, I conserve pulse seeds.
— Krishna pada mahato · Purulia, West Bengal
Yes, I conserve pulse seeds.
— Krishna pada mahato · East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
Yes, I do pulses and oilseeds and I preserve seeds locally.
— Krishna pada mahato · Purulia, West Bengal
Yes, I cultivate pulses or oilseeds. We buy seeds and sow them.
— Krishna pada mahato · Beltnar, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
Yes, I buy oilseed and pulse seeds.
— Krishna pada mahato · Purulia, West Bengal
Yes, I collect seeds.
— Krishna pada mahato · Purulia, West Bengal
I grow other crops and preserve seeds.
— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Yes, I am collecting seeds: finger millet, barnyard millet, foxtail millet, little millet, beans.
— Prasanna Pradhan
I buy seeds of pulses and oilseeds.
— Krishna pada mahato · Purulia, West Bengal
I am cultivating a second crop. I already have some seeds, and I am also cultivating by collecting seeds from farmers. And for me, the most valuable seeds are pulse seeds.
— RINA BEHERA
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
I always cultivate a second crop and also collect seeds.
— James Sabar · Khilamunda1, Rayagada, Odisha
Yes, I will grow traditional pulse crops, keep some for eating, and save some for growing new crops.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
I cultivate oilseeds and buy seeds to plant them.
— Krishna pada mahato · Birra, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
Yes, I work with pulses and oilseeds, conserving their seeds by learning from my ancestors, and I also nourish the soil following ancestral methods.
— Krishna pada mahato · Birra, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
I will cultivate and grow pulse seeds that can be used for consumption, and some can be saved for next year's crop.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
Yes, I do by buying pulse seeds.
— Krishna pada mahato · Purulia, West Bengal
Yes, I cultivate a second crop and store the seeds using traditional methods.
— srinu salbam · MPV 54, Malkangiri, Odisha
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
Yes, I cultivate pulses as a second crop with zero irrigation. Our ancestors used to cultivate these crops, and I also store black gram and horse gram seeds and cultivate them every year using this organic method.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, Odisha
I am cultivating the second crop. I am traditionally saving its seeds.
— Anita Punem
Yes, I cultivate a second crop, I cultivate using traditional methods with a plow and a harrow, and I preserve seeds from the harvested grains.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Katarbaga, Sambalpur, Odisha
Yes, I cultivate pulses as a second crop with zero irrigation. Our ancestors used to cultivate this before, and I also store Urad dal and Horse gram seeds and cultivate every year using this organic method.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, 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
Yes, we buy and sow the seeds of pulses and oilseeds.
— Krishna pada mahato · Beltnar, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
Yes, I am able to save the seeds and use them, and also provide them to others.
— Mukunda Madkami · MV 34, Malkangiri, Odisha
I am interested in cultivating a second crop. And we have stored pulse seeds. Moong seeds, moong, black gram, etc.
— Sushil Nanda · Balāngīr, Balangir, Odisha
Yes, I am following the second crop, traditional farming methods, and seed preservation.
— Sabina
Yes, I cultivate pulses as a second crop with zero irrigation. Our ancestors used to cultivate this before, and I also save black gram and horse gram seeds and cultivate every year using this organic method.
— DASHARATH SINGH · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, Odisha
Yes, I cultivate pulses as a second crop with zero irrigation. Previously, our ancestors used to cultivate this way, and I also save black gram and horse gram seeds and cultivate using this organic method every year.
— DASHARATH SINGH · Sambalpur, Odisha
I cultivate pulses as a second crop without irrigation, adopting organic methods, and I store urad dal and horse gram seeds, using them for cultivation every year.
— DASHARATH SINGH · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
Yes, I cultivate chickpea, pigeon pea, and lentil as a second crop.
— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand
I have cultivated moong and black gram and kept the seeds. I will cultivate again in the rainy season.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Yes, I cultivate pulses as a second crop using zero irrigation. Our ancestors used to farm this way, and I also save urad and horse gram seeds to farm using this organic method every year.
— DASHARATH SINGH · Sambalpur, Odisha
Well, I cultivated black gram and chickpeas this year. I will save the seeds and cultivate them next year as well.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Yes, I cultivate the second crop using traditional farming methods and seed preservation.
— Sabina · Tumudibandh, Kandhamal, Odisha
By cultivating pulses, I will use them for eating and save a little for next year's crop.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh