Drought Resilient Agriculture

I am farming without water. I will save seeds for the next rain.

— Bijayalaxmi sabar · Khilapadar, Rayagada, Odisha

I am cultivating without water. I will save seeds for the next rain.

— Bijayalaxmi sabar · Khilapadar, Rayagada, Odisha

I am cultivating without water. I will save seeds for the next rain.

— Bijayalaxmi sabar · Khilapadar, Rayagada, Odisha

I am doing dry farming and I will save seeds for next year.

— Bijayalaxmi sabar · Karnapadu, Rayagada, Odisha

We will cultivate the land we have. We will plough and prepare the field. There is a slight problem with water. That place is dry and our crops are also dry.

— pinku sunani · Litisargi, Nuapada, Odisha

Farming is done without irrigation, but in years with low rainfall, there is no good harvest and the seeds also do not ripen.

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

Our farming activities are affected by a lack of water.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

They do farming without water, but now it has decreased, it doesn't ripen.

— Kachala Choudhary

We want to cultivate with zero irrigation, but if we do not preserve good seeds, then our farming will be fine.

— PRADEEP KUMAR KANHAR · Boudh, Odisha

I want to cultivate a second crop without irrigation. So I am collecting seeds.

— James · Gunupur, Rayagada, Odisha

A second crop does not grow here due to water problems, which is rain-fed cultivation. We ourselves collect and store the old seeds.

— Padmini Bhoi

We plan to plant rainfed crops.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We have a water shortage even for double cropping. Due to this, we are using our own seed paddy and doing less threshing, as we have sown the paddy in the field.

— Padmini Bhoi · SKIP NO LOCATION

I am cultivating unique crops with zero irrigation, so I am trying to collect seeds.

— James · Kharlingi, Housingboard Colony, Rayagada

We sow seeds without water and harvest seeds.

— Laba Kumar sabar · Lamingi, Rayagada, Odisha

Since there was no irrigation, I farm. I sow moong dal, mustard, and similar crops, and nothing else grows.

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

Due to deforestation, we are unable to cultivate properly. It is not raining.

— Karunakar Uthansing · Dhusarigan, Kandhamal, Odisha

Yes, due to the lack of water facilities in our fields, we grow Rabi crops using traditional methods without irrigation and also maintain traditional seeds using traditional methods.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

We have been cultivating without irrigation from the very beginning, plowing and sowing with bullocks. If the rainwater falls properly, then it's good; otherwise, I consider myself a gambler.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Yes, we do farming without irrigation.

— Kekti Tekam · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh

To some extent, we are doing a second crop with zero irrigation.

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

We will sow seeds without water and keep the seeds.

— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha

My wheat is without water, and it's also without fertilizer. Yes, later. Hmm.

— Jeevan Kumar

I cultivate a second crop without irrigation and practice traditional farming methods, but I am not following seed protection.

— Pankajini Chhatria

Yes, we do farming. We used to farm even without water. We cultivate moong, urad, and other dryland crops. This type of farming is done during the winter months, which is unstable due to the cold.

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

I am doing 2nd crop in zero irrigation. I am also preserving the seeds and adopting the organic farming.

— Bindhani Bibhuti · Tamando, Khordha, Odisha

We sow with great effort without irrigation, and cultivate crops by plowing with oxen and a plow. We save seeds for many years, which come in handy.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Yes, we cultivate a second crop without water. And farming is also done without water. We have collected and kept those seeds. And we will again plant that as a second crop.

— Ulapi Sahu

We have a lack of irrigation resources, due to which we cultivate crops every year using traditional methods and traditional seeds, and even today we have old traditional seeds available.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

I am cultivating a second crop with zero irrigation. But I am not following traditional farming methods and seed protection.

— Pankajini Chhatria · SKIP NO LOCATION

We are cultivating moong without water. We are cultivating moong with our own seeds. The government is delaying in providing seeds.

— Kusha Mahakud

We do farming without irrigation, such as barley and pulse varieties like 'baturi' and 'kerav'. Barley does not need water, and 'baturi' and 'kerav' are sown after the rice harvest and grow well. We also preserve their seeds, which are useful for sowing next year.

— Ram Kumari

If some crops can be cultivated with minimal or no irrigation in my region, then we are storing moong seeds, which will be available in irrigated areas.

— Santosh Barik · Kalahandi, Odisha

Yes, we have our hilly, rocky land, water facilities are not available, so we grow one crop without water: Siyaali Jowar (sorghum).

— Kachala Choudhary

We will do rain-fed farming of sorghum and chickpeas.

— Kachala Choudhary

Yes, I grow a second crop without irrigation and save the seeds from that crop.

— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha

After cultivating Kharif crops, we cultivate Rabi crops without water awareness.

— Mukta Thakur · Kalahandi, Odisha

On our vacant land, we grow a second crop without irrigation, using traditional seeds and traditional methods.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

We are cultivating moong without water. The government is not giving us any seeds. We are cultivating with our own seeds and making a profit from it.

— Kusha Mahakud

We are tribal people. We do our own farming. We have been farming without water. We grow chickpeas, moong, kulthi, and black gram.

— Parikshit Majhi