Traditional Seed Preservation

The traditional seeds are pearl millet, smooth sorghum, and Bhadi kodo millet.

— Kachala Choudhary

Our precious seed jowar, urad

— Kachala Choudhary

Finger millet, black gram, green gram, etc.

— Abhimaneu Sabar

We preserve old seeds for sowing work, which explicitly includes Moong, Kili, and Mustard.

— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

Sangli, Kodo seeds and indigenous seeds with millets

— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

Pearl millet, corn, Kodo millet, Mejhari, Barnyard millet, Black gram, Chickpea.

— Kamleah Kumar · Sonbhadra, Uttar 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

Our ancestors have been cultivating Kodo, Barnyard, Foxtail, Finger millet, Horse gram, and Barley since ancient times, which are very nutritious. We always preserve their seeds and cultivate them every year.

— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

They save seeds: millet, beans, paddy, horse gram, and black gram, from Damuni Nayak village, Dama Pata, Malkangiri.

— Ramadas Badanayak · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha

We have kept the people, and we have kept millet, we have kept little millet, and we have kept barnyard millet, we have kept horse gram, and Kista, and also the people.

— Sanjusabar · Khambariguda, Rayagada, Odisha

Pearl millet, maize, kodo millet, Mejri, barnyard millet, black gram, horse gram

— Kamleah Kumar · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

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

For our family, the most valuable seeds are pulse seeds, paddy seeds, etc.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Yes, we grow other crops and also preserve seeds like black gram, pigeon pea, and green gram.

— Jagannath Baraik · Ranchi, Jharkhand

And our local seeds are paddy, jowar, and among pulses there is tur, and groundnut, so we rely on our local seeds.

— Kachala Choudhary · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

Jowar, Bhadi, and Kodo were precious seeds.

— Kachala Choudhary

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

— Puspanjali Nag

Paddy, finger millet, little millet, pigeon pea, jute seeds. Village - Te Muru Pali, Malkangiri.

— Ramadas Badanayak · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha

Wheat, chickpea, toria and local indigenous seeds.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

These are wheat, chickpea, toria, and local Rajasthani seeds.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

The rice crop we cultivate, the valuable horse gram of our family; our ancestors have provided us with green gram, black gram, horse gram, and finger millet.

— Basanti · Nayagarh, Odisha

Yes, we cultivate barnyard millet and finger millet and also conserve seeds.

— Manjusha Marko · Dudhi, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

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

— Batakrushna Sahoo

The oldest seeds we have are horse gram, black gram, green gram. Name - Padu Madhi Village - Kodeguda Panchayat - Potrel Block - Korukonda

— Champa Gatan · Pujariguda, Malkangiri, Odisha

Yes, we save our local seeds. The most precious seeds for the family are wheat, chickpeas, peas, paddy, etc. Seeds are precious.

— Vimala

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

We have the oldest seeds of pulses, oilseeds, and rice that we have preserved.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Here, rain-fed crops are barley, green gram, and maize, and their seeds are stored.

— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Old seeds: Bhadi Kodo millet and Samal.

— Kachala Choudhary

We have seeds like flat beans, runner beans, chickpea, pumpkin, etc.

— jitendra khila · kudumulugumma, Malkangiri, Odisha

In our region, we save and conserve our local seeds such as indigenous oilseed seeds, indigenous pulse seeds, and paddy seeds.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We have traditional seeds here like Saadia, paddy, pigeon pea, semi-native gourds, Karaiguta, Chipra, etc. We preserve these every year and cultivate them using old traditional methods without irrigation.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Yes, I am collecting seeds: finger millet, barnyard millet, foxtail millet, little millet, beans.

— Prasanna Pradhan