A dimension within Irrigated Pulse Crops
Discusses strategies for farming crops like chickpeas and sorghum, relying on rain-fed agriculture.
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Our tribal community shares how to cultivate vital crops like chickpeas, corn, and lentils, even in dry conditions without relying on irrigation.
By preserving our traditional, rain-fed seeds and planting them with care, we ensure food for our families and fodder for our animals.
By cultivating a variety of crops, preserving ancestral seeds, and exploring animal husbandry, we build a resilient livelihood for our community.
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.
Chickpea and dryland sorghum are cultivated as rain-fed crops.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
They practice rainfed farming, growing chickpea and kharif sorghum.
— Kachala Choudhary
Chickpeas and Siyavi Jowar are sown.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
They cultivate chickpeas and sorghum during the monsoon.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
In zero irrigation farming, chickpea, Siyawe jowar, and Bhaadi kodo were sown.
— Kachala Choudhary
After the rain, seeds of rainfed crops like Siali Jowar and chickpeas are sown.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Cultivation of chickpea, pea, mustard
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We will do rain-fed farming of sorghum and chickpeas.
— Kachala Choudhary
Lentil cultivation, chickpea cultivation
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Cultivation of peas and chickpeas
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Cultivation of peas and chickpeas
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
These days, they are sowing barley, peas, chickpeas, and wheat. Barley grows with one or two irrigations. Waterless farming is pigeon pea cultivation, which does not require water; it is sown in the rainy season and harvested in April-May.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
They cultivate chickpeas and peas.
— अमर जीत · Kota, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Mixed farming of jowar with chickpea
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
They cultivate chickpeas, mustard, and peas.
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Mukasim, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
In rural areas, black gram, chickpea, and pigeon pea crops are grown.
— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand
You can cultivate peas and chickpeas.
— Sunita Kumari
Wheat, chickpea, toria and local indigenous seeds.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We do traditional farming. We save rain-fed seeds and cultivate crops like sorghum and chickpea.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
You can cultivate chickpeas and lentils.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Chickpea and pea cultivation and maintenance
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Cultivation and maintenance of chickpea and pea
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
They refer to the inherited rain-fed cultivation as chickpea and lentil farming.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
In rain-fed crops, we continuously sow black gram, green gram, and pigeon pea.
— MANNOO LAL BHOI
Chickpeas are cultivated, and irrigation is done, making the land fertile through water absorption.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Yes, along with wheat and chickpeas, pulse crops and other crops are cultivated.
— Bhagora kanti Lal · Dungarpur, Rajasthan
These are wheat, chickpea, toria, and local Rajasthani seeds.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, 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
Chickpea, mung bean, and urad dals are grown as other crops.
— Jagannath Baraik · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We can grow other crops like chickpeas, lentils, khesari, peas, and linseed without water or irrigation.
— arun raja · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
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
Cultivation of pulses
— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand
We can grow crops without irrigation like Ragi, Masoor, and Horse Gram. Millet.
— arun raja · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Yes, we do farming without water, chickpeas, Siawi jowar
— Kachala Choudhary
They cultivate wheat and lentils.
— अमर जीत · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
They cultivate wheat and lentils.
— अमर जीत · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Chickpea, pea, mustard
— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Cultivate chickpeas; sow its seeds.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We farm with less irrigation. Batari peas, horse gram, and pigeon pea are also grown.
— Kamleah Kumar · Kota, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Cultivation of lentils and pulses
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
