Dryland Pulse Farming

We can grow crops without irrigation like Ragi, Masoor, and Horse Gram. Millet.

— arun raja · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We can grow other crops like chickpeas, lentils, khesari, peas, and linseed without water or irrigation.

— arun raja · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

In our region, zero-irrigation crops of pulses and oilseeds are cultivated, which include pigeon pea, lentil, etc.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

In our area, crops that require zero irrigation, such as pulses and oilseeds, are cultivated.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Yes, we cultivate without water, such as hardy crops. These include Moong, Urad, and Mustard.

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

We farm with less irrigation. Batari peas, horse gram, and pigeon pea are also grown.

— Kamleah Kumar · Kota, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We cultivate horse gram, green gram, black gram, and chickpea, for which we do not arrange irrigation.

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

We cultivate pulses with less irrigation. Field peas, horse gram, and pigeon pea are all grown with less irrigation.

— Kamleah Kumar · Kota, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

In our region, especially minimal-input, zero-irrigation crops like pigeon pea, black gram, red lentil, etc., are cultivated.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We cultivate zero-input crops like chickpeas, flaxseed, and pigeon pea. Even with less water, the crops ripen, and their seeds are also collected. Narayan Lal Baranda.

— narayanlalbaranda5@gmail.com · Jhapa, Dungarpur, Rajasthan

Crops that are grown without irrigation, such as pigeon pea, black gram, lentils, and chickpea, can all be cultivated without needing water.

— Chanda

In our region, zero irrigation crops include pulses such as pigeon pea, fish bean (machea), khesari, horse gram, and black gram.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

These are all low-irrigation plants like peas, chickpeas, lentils, and agricultural mustard. They can all be cultivated.

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We cultivate mung bean, urad bean, chickpea, lentil, moong, etc., without water, and we are still doing it.

— Naukeshi Sahu

With low irrigation, we cultivate pearl millet, maize, kodo millet, Mejhri, barnyard millet, horse gram, and field peas.

— Kamleah Kumar · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Crops that grow without water include Tura, peas, chickpeas, Sahir, mustard, and peas.

— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj

In our region, even without rain, we cultivate crops like moong, urad, and horse gram. We also preserve their seeds by mixing them with neem leaves.

— Kunakanta Behera · Dashapalla, Nayagarh, Odisha

We cultivate our crops without irrigation, relying on natural moisture like dew water. For example, we grow mung bean, black gram, and mustard. These three particular crops, we cultivate without irrigation.

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

Crops that can be grown without water include sesame, masoor lentil, pea, mustard, and pigeon pea. All these can be obtained without water.

— Chanda

We cultivate a second crop without water or irrigation, using green gram, black gram, and horse gram. We don't use pesticides or chemical fertilizers. We grow them very well from seeds, resulting in good produce for eating.

— Parikshit Majhi

You can grow chickpeas, corn, lentils, flaxseed, peas, peas without water.

— arun raja · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Yes, we can do dryland farming for crops like chickpeas, mustard, etc.

— Laxmanlal

In our region, zero irrigation crops are cultivated, mainly pulses and oilseeds.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Yes, they grow other crops with zero irrigation. Here, for example, horse gram, ragi, kodo millet, black gram, kodo millet.

— Birohin · Mohla, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh

We are tribal people. We do our own farming. We have been farming without water. We grow chickpeas, moong, kulthi, and black gram.

— Parikshit Majhi

We cultivate moong, horse gram, black gram, and mustard without water. We call it Nipania cultivation in Sambalpuri.

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

In our region, zero irrigation crops like oilseeds and pulses are grown.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Yes, we used to cultivate and are still cultivating moong, urad, chana, masoor, and other seeds with zero irrigation. And more profit.

— Naukeshi Sahu

Crops like horse gram and mustard are cultivated without irrigation as they do not require much water.

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

Yes, we used to cultivate and are still cultivating moong, urad, chana, masoor seeds etc. with zero irrigation and are getting more profit.

— Naukeshi Sahu · Kalahandi, Odisha

We keep seeds of mustard, green gram, horse gram, tuber crops, black gram, and taro for cultivation without water.

— Puspanjali Nag

Yes, we do farming without water, chickpeas, Siawi jowar

— Kachala Choudhary

Yes, we cultivate crops without water, in which we grow chickpeas.

— Kachala Choudhary

We do farming without irrigation, such as barley and pulse varieties like 'baturi' and 'kerav'. Barley does not need water, and 'baturi' and 'kerav' are sown after the rice harvest and grow well. We also preserve their seeds, which are useful for sowing next year.

— Ram Kumari

In zero irrigation farming, chickpea, Siyawe jowar, and Bhaadi kodo were sown.

— Kachala Choudhary

Muna Netran Bag, Village Mahulapada, Chhadiagoda Panchayat. We are cultivating green gram, black gram, and chickpeas without irrigation.

— RUDRA PRASAD BAG · Mahulpāra, Nuapada, Odisha

Cultivate peas, chickpeas, and mustard, all of which require less water.

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

In rain-fed crops, we continuously sow black gram, green gram, and pigeon pea.

— MANNOO LAL BHOI

We cultivate zero-irrigation pulses.

— Sunil oraon · Bero, Ranchi, Jharkhand

For our zero-irrigation Rabi crops such as black gram, mung bean, sunflower, and chickpea, we follow seed practices.

— Abhimaneu Sabar