A dimension within Drought-Tolerant Produce
Covers the cultivation of essential grains like millets and legumes for agriculture and gardening.
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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.
By preserving our traditional, rain-fed seeds and planting them with care, we ensure food for our families and fodder for our animals.
To build resilience and ensure sustenance, our community embraces a variety of farming practices, from diverse crops to different livestock.
Finger millet, black gram, green gram, etc.
— Abhimaneu Sabar
Wheat, chickpea, toria and local indigenous seeds.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Pearl millet, corn, Kodo millet, Mejhari, Barnyard millet, Black gram, Chickpea.
— Kamleah Kumar · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
These are wheat, chickpea, toria, and local Rajasthani seeds.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Cultivation of chickpea, pea, mustard
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Soya, Kangu, Jarna, and other varieties.
— Abhimaneu Sabar
We have seeds like flat beans, runner beans, chickpea, pumpkin, etc.
— jitendra khila · kudumulugumma, Malkangiri, Odisha
Pearl millet, maize, kodo millet, Mejri, barnyard millet, black gram, horse gram
— Kamleah Kumar · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Green Gram, Bir, Mandya Pigeon Peas, a heap of Sorghum, Sua Tanggu, etcetera.
— Abhimaneu Sabar
Chickpea, peas, mustard, horse gram
— अमर जीत · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Millet Chickpea Mustard
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Many seeds like chickpea, lentil, and pigeon pea are suitable.
— Sunita Kumari
Precious seeds: Pearl millet, Black gram, Sorghum, Bhaadi Kodo millet, Barnyard millet, Bati.
— Kachala Choudhary
Chickpea peas mustard horse gram
— अमर जीत · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Pulses, millet, grains, and green leafy vegetables
— Maya kumari Damor
They cultivate chickpeas, mustard, and peas.
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Mukasim, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Ragi, Foxtail Millet, Moong
— srinu salbam · MPV 54, Malkangiri, Odisha
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
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
We save and sow our traditional seeds. Such as chickpea, sorghum, Bhadi, pearl millet, etc.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Chickpea, pea, mustard
— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Sangli, Kodo seeds and indigenous seeds with millets
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Mustard peas barley lentils
— arun raja · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The things we used to cultivate before were black gram, green gram, cowpea, horse gram, etc.
— Batakrushna Sahoo
Peas wheat mustard
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Lentil cultivation, chickpea cultivation
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We cultivate mustard, black gram, and horse gram.
— Puspanjali Nag
Paddy, finger millet, little millet, pigeon pea, jute seeds. Village - Te Muru Pali, Malkangiri.
— Ramadas Badanayak · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha
Barley, sorghum, millet
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
You can cultivate peas and chickpeas.
— Sunita Kumari
The traditional seeds are pearl millet, smooth sorghum, and Bhadi kodo millet.
— Kachala Choudhary
We keep green gram, black gram, and horse gram seeds, and cultivate them in the second crop.
— Puspanjali Nag
Cultivation of peas and chickpeas
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Cultivation of peas and chickpeas
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Local winter sorghum, chickpeas and field beans and flat beans, chillies.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Yes, we grow other crops and also preserve seeds like black gram, pigeon pea, and green gram.
— Jagannath Baraik · Ranchi, Jharkhand
barley, jujube, peas, chickpeas, red lentils, bhatura, flaxseed, kodo millet, mijri
— arun raja · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Mustard Chickpea Pea
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Mukasim, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Bhaji leafy greens seeds, cluster beans, taro, turmeric, and Jani are all ancestral seeds. All these grow in fertile soil.
— Anirudha Marai
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
