Legume Cultivation

We cultivate mustard, black gram, and horse gram.

— Puspanjali Nag

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

After harvesting paddy, we are going to cultivate mustard, horse gram, black gram, etc.

— Parsuram Sa · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha

We keep green gram, black gram, and horse gram seeds, and cultivate them in the second crop.

— Puspanjali Nag

After harvesting paddy, we cultivate lentil, gram, and wheat here.

— Kekti Tekam

For the second crop, we also cultivate horse gram, black gram, pigeon pea, and chickpea.

— Jagannath Baraik · Ranchi, Jharkhand

After harvesting the paddy, we cultivate crops like moong, urad, chana, and masoor in that field without irrigation. We save these for our home. We then prepare the soil there for further cultivation.

— swornalata nayak · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha

Prabhasini Batakar, we are cultivating a second crop in our villages. We are growing moong, black gram, and pigeon pea together as dry crops.

— Prabhasini Batkar · Tumudibandh, Kandhamal, Odisha

After harvesting the paddy, we plough the land by observing the leaves, and then cultivate green gram and black gram. We use those seeds along with brinjal leaves and lemon leaves.

— Bharati Khandapatra

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

— MANNOO LAL BHOI

Cultivation of chickpea, pea, mustard

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Cultivation of the second crop is done in our region, which includes urad, masoor, chana, and arhar pulses.

— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand

This year, we have cultivated green gram, black gram, and chickpeas. We will save the seeds to cultivate them again next year.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha

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

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

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

— RUDRA PRASAD BAG · Mahulpāra, Nuapada, Odisha

In rural areas, black gram, chickpea, and pigeon pea crops are grown.

— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand

After we harvest the paddy, we cultivate chickpeas, moong, urad, and gudasua here. We also eat it, and we sell it to sustain our family.

— Parikshit Majhi

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

In rain-fed land, we cultivate horse gram and green gram, and we store their seeds safely by using neem and karanja leaves.

— Sita Behera · Dashapalla, Nayagarh, Odisha

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

Name: Purnachandra Pradhan. Village: Gatamaha, G.P. Bondaguda, block Nuagaon, District Kandhamal. We are cultivating green gram, mustard, and black gram as a second crop without irrigation, and we are also saving seeds.

— Sidheswar Nayak · Kandhamal, Odisha

They cultivate chickpeas, mustard, and peas.

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Mukasim, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

In rain-fed land, we cultivate horse gram and green gram, and we store the seeds safely in the village using neem leaves and karada leaves.

— Sita Behera · Dashapalla, Nayagarh, Odisha

Lentil cultivation, chickpea cultivation

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We have cultivated moong and urad this rainy season. We will keep the seeds and cultivate again next rainy season.

— Gitanjali Bhoi

We do farming with ploughs and bullocks, cultivating crops like saawa, medo mijhri, and pulses such as arhar (pigeon pea), urad (black gram), and baturi. Nowadays, government seeds for pulses are also available. We also cultivate crops like chana (chickpea), matar (pea), and masoor (lentil).

— Ram Kumari · 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

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

Yes, we are cultivating a second crop. We are growing lentils, moong, kalath, and their seeds are also in their traditional way.

— Trinath badanayak · Malakanagiri, Malkangiri, Odisha

Finger millet, black gram, green gram, etc.

— Abhimaneu Sabar

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

We cultivated rainfed crops like pigeon pea, mung bean, and black gram, and will continue to cultivate and preserve them for the future.

— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Cultivation of lentils and pulses

— 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

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

— Kamleah Kumar · Kota, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We will cultivate mustard, green gram, and other crops, store their seeds, and cultivate them again next year.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

After harvesting rice, we cultivate various crops like mustard, potatoes, and eggplants.

— Parsuram Sa · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha

During the Kharif season, we cultivate maize, paddy, kodo kutki, jowar, soybean, and black gram here.

— Kekti Tekam

The things we used to cultivate before were black gram, green gram, cowpea, horse gram, etc.

— Batakrushna Sahoo