A dimension within Legumes as Food Grains
Explores the relationship between crops, forests, and food production, including fertilizer use.
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which includes crops like Sesbania, Cowpea, and Mung bean. The forest includes food items.
— Kamleah Kumar · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
It includes crops like Dhaincha, Lobia, and Moong. Fertilizer materials are included in the forest.
— Kamleah Kumar · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Grains, food, and foodstuffs are included from the forest.
— Sunita Kumari
Grains and other food items are included from the forest.
— Sunita Kumari
Mahua, tea, and Kendu are found in the forest. Chemical fertilizers are available. All these foods are available. And millet, wheat, etc., all these are available with chemical fertilizers.
— Ahalya Sahu · Kalahandi, Odisha
Nutritious diet from the forest: seasonal fruits, jamun, mahua, mango, charoli, jaggery, peanuts, and Shegaon vegetables.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
The edible items found in the forest are Kendu, Chaar, and Mahua, which
— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Kasdol, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
From the forest, we get leafy vegetables, tubers, mushrooms, and fruits. All these kinds of things are available.
— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha
From the forest, we also get many things as vegetables, such as
— Kekti Tekam
We get various greens and various fruits from the forest.
— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha
Nutritious food found in the forest: Mudhi saga, Chhati saga, Bhadbhadia saga, Koila saga, Munga saga, Ghumi saga, Tartha saga.
— Parsuram Sa · Sundargarh, Odisha
Pulses, millet, grains, and green leafy vegetables
— Maya kumari Damor
Forest products such as Jharakunduru, Pitalu Konda, and various other types of edible forest produce are available. These also serve as food for animals and birds, and consuming them provides nourishment.
— Anirudha Marai
Finger millet, black gram, green gram, etc.
— Abhimaneu Sabar
The things found in the forest are fruits and roots, such as Kendu, Char, Mahua, and Amla.
— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
Many seeds like chickpea, lentil, and pigeon pea are suitable.
— Sunita Kumari
Natural crops like Mahua, Sarai, Geti, Bak Sarail, Ten.
— arun raja
Green Gram, Bir, Mandya Pigeon Peas, a heap of Sorghum, Sua Tanggu, etcetera.
— Abhimaneu Sabar
We get various types of fruits and roots from the forest.
— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha
In rural areas, black gram, chickpea, and pigeon pea crops are grown.
— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Ragi, Foxtail Millet, Moong
— srinu salbam · MPV 54, Malkangiri, Odisha
Chickpea, mung bean, and urad dals are grown as other crops.
— Jagannath Baraik · Ranchi, Jharkhand
In the forest, along with other bushes, edible bushes also used to have more charoli and temri.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Moringa, rice and Chironji nuts, mango pickle, local rice, etc.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
The most nutritious forest foods are Kolyar Bhaji, Mokha Ki Bhaji, Segwa, etc.
— Kachala Choudhary
We get our nutritious diet from the forest, such as Mahua fruit Doli oil in the form of fat, Kodo, Bhaddi, Kulthia, Mahua flowers, Jamun, Mahua kheer, Bhaji, etc.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Our ancestors used to cultivate mung bean, urad, horse gram, ragi, and mustard. At that time, it used to rain, and there were forests.
— Anirudha Marai
Mahuwa seeds, herbs, Pohri, and Putu Lakh are brought from the forest.
— Kekti Tekam
The main food items that come from water in the forest are Tendu, Char, Mukaiya, Amla, Harhar, and Bel.
— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Kasdol, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
Pearl millet, corn, Kodo millet, Mejhari, Barnyard millet, Black gram, Chickpea.
— Kamleah Kumar · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The forest contains nutritious foods like Pitalu, Baya, Tunga, Water Yam, Elephant Foot Yam, Bitter Ginari greens, Putukuli, Honey, Amla, Bahada, and Kendu. The government should consider adding some of these to the PDS (Public Distribution System).
— Prasanna Pradhan · Mayurbhanj, Odisha
Nutritious diet includes forest vegetables like Mocha Kolyar greens.
— Kachala Choudhary
Various types of forest roots, millets, Wild leaf and Mahua products to be provided with PDS to students.
— Saroj Kumar Suna
Generally, the forest contains many edible substances, some of which are harmful, while others are beneficial for everyone. Moreover, there are many plants in the forest that serve as food and drink.
— Rakesh kumar Kumar
Name - Madhab Majhi. In our region, a large amount of ragi, arhar, moong, and kodo millet are cultivated from the forest. It can be used as nutritious food or in the form of PDS (Public Distribution System).
— Prabhasini Batkar
Fanjan greens, Panjaniyaan greens, and Vochhateen greens from the forest are beneficial for the body.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Millet Chickpea Mustard
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Dill spinach, pigeon pea, mung bean
— अमर जीत · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Cultivation of chickpea, pea, mustard
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
In our forests, various edible fruits and flowers like Chhode ki Bhanji, Patari, Peepar, Katto, Laheren, Kotwal, Bhanji, Fisdi, Gadsukhadi, Banspihari, and many others are found.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
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