A dimension within Food & Crop Diversity
Discussing millets, grains, and legumes as key agricultural crops and food sources.
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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.
By preserving our traditional, rain-fed seeds and planting them with care, we ensure food for our families and fodder for our animals.
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.
A resilient village woman nurtures her family and community through traditional farming, future planning, and the strength of women's voices in Sundargarh.
Finger millet, black gram, green gram, etc.
— Abhimaneu Sabar
Precious seeds: Pearl millet, Black gram, Sorghum, Bhaadi Kodo millet, Barnyard millet, Bati.
— Kachala Choudhary
Pearl millet, corn, Kodo millet, Mejhari, Barnyard millet, Black gram, Chickpea.
— Kamleah Kumar · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Pearl millet, maize, kodo millet, Mejri, barnyard millet, black gram, horse gram
— Kamleah Kumar · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The traditional seeds are pearl millet, smooth sorghum, and Bhadi kodo millet.
— Kachala Choudhary
Sangli, Kodo seeds and indigenous seeds with millets
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
We save and sow our traditional seeds. Such as chickpea, sorghum, Bhadi, pearl millet, etc.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Wheat, chickpea, toria and local indigenous seeds.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The oldest seeds we have. Millet, foxtail millet, horse gram, green gram, lentils.
— Batakrushna Sahoo
These are wheat, chickpea, toria, and local Rajasthani seeds.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Barley, sorghum, millet
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We have inherited the seeds of Bhaadi, Kodra, Bati, Jowar.
— Kachala Choudhary
We store black gram, green gram, finger millet, horse gram, foxtail millet, and pearl millet for future cultivation.
— Batakrushna Sahoo
Ragi, Foxtail Millet, Moong
— srinu salbam · MPV 54, Malkangiri, Odisha
Yes, I collect my own seeds. Mung and Black Gram are the most valuable seeds for our family. I have horse gram, black gram, bajra (pearl millet) and Mugeisal rice as old seeds. For us...
— gadadhar dash
Paddy, finger millet, little millet, pigeon pea, jute seeds. Village - Te Muru Pali, Malkangiri.
— Ramadas Badanayak · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha
Green Gram, Bir, Mandya Pigeon Peas, a heap of Sorghum, Sua Tanggu, etcetera.
— Abhimaneu Sabar
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
Finger millet, Foxtail millet, Pearl millet
— Mamata Panigrahi
We save stable seeds and kuluth seeds are valuable for our family. We have old seeds like millet, kuluth, moong. We sell them and use them as food.
— Basanti · Dashapalla, Nayagarh, Odisha
Our precious seed jowar, urad
— Kachala Choudhary
Sir, we have millet, black gram, foxtail millet, barnyard millet, paddy, and old rice. We have all these types of grains available with us.
— gobardhan pangi
Soya, Kangu, Jarna, and other varieties.
— Abhimaneu Sabar
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
Millet Chickpea Mustard
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The things we used to cultivate before were black gram, green gram, cowpea, horse gram, etc.
— Batakrushna Sahoo
Pulses, millet, grains, and green leafy vegetables
— Maya kumari Damor
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
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
Kodo, my Sawa, Bajra, and Maize are grown.
— Kamleah Kumar · Ormaura, 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
Traditional farming, meaning Yudung, Pandala, Janana, maize, finger millet, and so on.
— James
Daimati Pradhani Millet and Kodo rice
— JAMUNA PRADHANI JAMUNA · Titlagarh, Balangir, Odisha
Daimati Pradhani Millet and Kodo rice
— JAMUNA PRADHANI JAMUNA · Titlagarh, Balangir, Odisha
Old seeds: Bhadi Kodo millet and Samal.
— Kachala Choudhary
Jowar, Bhadi, and Kodo were precious seeds.
— Kachala Choudhary
Here, rain-fed crops are barley, green gram, and maize, and their seeds are stored.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The valuable grains of the family are: beans, finger millet, paddy, maize, horse gram, black gram. Name: Kamala Madkami Village: Ranginiguda Pedawada Malkangiri
— Trinath badanayak · Kamarpalli, Malkangiri, Odisha
This is our rice, ragi, black gram, and horse gram for our family.
— Gourang Adhikari · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha
They save seeds: millet, beans, paddy, horse gram, and black gram, from Damuni Nayak village, Dama Pata, Malkangiri.
— Ramadas Badanayak · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha
