A dimension within Millet Farming and Food
Discusses the farming and growth of millets and maize, emphasizing cultivation techniques.
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Cultivation of millet, Uri, maize, and seed migration could be done.
— Sunita Kumari
Kodo, my Sawa, Bajra, and Maize are grown.
— Kamleah Kumar · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
With low irrigation, we cultivate pearl millet, maize, kodo millet, Mejhri, barnyard millet, horse gram, and field peas.
— Kamleah Kumar · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Barley, sorghum, millet
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Traditional farming, meaning Yudung, Pandala, Janana, maize, finger millet, and so on.
— James
Pearl millet, maize, kodo millet, Mejri, barnyard millet, black gram, horse gram
— Kamleah Kumar · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We grow crops at the company. We cultivate sama, two types of millet, bajra, and maize, all with less water.
— Kamleah Kumar · Kachnarwa, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Pearl millet, corn, Kodo millet, Mejhari, Barnyard millet, Black gram, Chickpea.
— Kamleah Kumar · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
You can cultivate millet and breed seeds.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We can grow crops without irrigation like Ragi, Masoor, and Horse Gram. Millet.
— arun raja · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Cultivate millet and corn and conserve the seeds.
— Sunita Kumari
Finger millet, black gram, green gram, etc.
— Abhimaneu Sabar
The traditional seeds are pearl millet, smooth sorghum, and Bhadi kodo millet.
— Kachala Choudhary
Rain-fed crops like maize, millet, and jute are desired to be prioritized for sowing.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The best and strongest seeds cultivated earlier were kodo, menjar, sawa, maize, and millet. These were all the crops grown.
— Kamleah Kumar · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Jowar is grown.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
For example, one can cultivate barnyard millet, kodo millet and fish.
— Sonmati · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Finger millet, Foxtail millet, Pearl millet
— Mamata Panigrahi
Kodo millet, Sanwa millet, pearl millet, and maize are grown with less water.
— Kamleah Kumar · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The oldest seeds like Kodo, Mejdri, Sawa, Maize, Bajra, all these crops were cultivated with agricultural fertilizer.
— Kamleah Kumar · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
My name is Ramesh Majhi. We cultivate millet, kodo, and arhar. These can be used as nutrition or for the PDS (Public Distribution System).
— Prabhasini Batkar · Tumudibandh, Kandhamal, Odisha
During the Kharif season, we cultivate maize, paddy, kodo kutki, jowar, soybean, and black gram here.
— Kekti Tekam
Our ancestors used to cultivate Bhadi kodra, jowar, pulses, and oilseed crops.
— Kachala Choudhary
Siali Jowar is cultivated.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Mathwad, Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Wheat and millet are cultivated for conservation.
— Sunita Kumari
Rawaki people grow crops such as kodo, kutki, sesame, and arhar, among others.
— Ram Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Sorghum, pearl millet, and maize should be promoted.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Sangli, Kodo seeds and indigenous seeds with millets
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Precious seeds: Pearl millet, Black gram, Sorghum, Bhaadi Kodo millet, Barnyard millet, Bati.
— Kachala Choudhary
Daimati Pradhani Millet and Kodo rice
— JAMUNA PRADHANI JAMUNA · Titlagarh, Balangir, Odisha
Daimati Pradhani Millet and Kodo rice
— JAMUNA PRADHANI JAMUNA · Titlagarh, Balangir, Odisha
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
Before, we used to cultivate crops without water: bajra, maize, kodo, mezhri, and arhar (pigeon pea).
— Kamleah Kumar · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Wheat, chickpea, toria and local indigenous seeds.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We save and sow our traditional seeds. Such as chickpea, sorghum, Bhadi, pearl millet, etc.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
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
Natural crops like Mahua, Sarai, Geti, Bak Sarail, Ten.
— arun raja
Earlier, paddy was not cultivated; instead, crops like millet, maize, and barnyard millet were being grown.
— deena rawat · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Unirrigated crops such as millet and maize are valuable, and I want the coming generation to get involved.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Sorghum, millet, and maize should be promoted
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
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