Water Wise Cultivation

Rabi crop is cultivated with almost 0 irrigation.

— Sunita Kumari

They are cultivating a second crop with zero irrigation and also following traditional agricultural practices, but they are not following seed protection.

— Pankajini Chhatria

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

Yes, I practice zero irrigation farming.

— Vimala

After paddy cultivation, we cultivate green gram with zero irrigation, using traditional methods and without adding any chemical fertilizers or pesticides.

— Sastensh khura · Khatiguda, Nabarangapur, Odisha

Rabi crops are almost entirely cultivated with zero irrigation.

— Sunita Kumari

I cultivate my second crop using zero irrigation and traditional farming methods, but I am not following seed protection.

— Pankajini Chhatria

In our region, zero irrigation crops like oilseeds and pulses are grown.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

In our area, crops that require zero irrigation, such as pulses and oilseeds, are cultivated.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We have always been cultivating summer crops without irrigation, using only traditional methods.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

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

— Pankajini Chhatria

They cultivate pulses using zero irrigation.

— Sunil oraon · Bero, Ranchi, Jharkhand

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

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Cultivates moong as a second crop using traditional methods in zero irrigation.

— Paradeshi Mirdha · Rengali, Sambalpur, Odisha

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

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

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

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

We cultivate zero-irrigation pulses.

— Sunil oraon · Bero, Ranchi, Jharkhand

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

In our region, zero irrigation crops are cultivated, mainly pulses and oilseeds.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We cultivate horse gram, green gram, black gram, and chickpea, for which we do not arrange irrigation.

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

We are cultivating a second crop based on zero irrigation. Crop production with zero irrigation is possible by conserving rainwater, retaining moisture in the soil, and using traditional methods.

— sudhir gamanga · Kharlingi, Housingboard Colony, Rayagada

Yes, we do dry irrigation because we don't have irrigation facilities here.

— Kachala Choudhary

Yes, we grow a second crop with zero irrigation and follow traditional farming methods and seed conservation.

— Laxmanlal

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

— Mukta Thakur · Kalahandi, Odisha

They also cultivate oilseeds, which is a second crop with zero irrigation.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We cultivate our crops without irrigation, relying on natural moisture like dew water. For example, we grow mung bean, black gram, and mustard. These three particular crops, we cultivate without irrigation.

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

Crops like horse gram and mustard are cultivated without irrigation as they do not require much water.

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

Irrigation in horsegram cultivation is zero.

— SUKDEV HEMBRAM

We are doing zero-crop farming

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Yes, we do a second crop with zero irrigation and follow traditional farming as well as seed preservation.

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

Cultivates a second crop of black gram with zero irrigation.

— Paradeshi Mirdha · Rengali, Sambalpur, Odisha

No, we do not cultivate a second crop with zero irrigation.

— Gopal

In our region, zero irrigation crops are sown, mainly pulses and oilseeds, and we practice traditional farming and conserve pulse seeds.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Farming in Sarguja is done without irrigation.

— SUKDEV HEMBRAM

Yes, they grow other crops with zero irrigation. Here, for example, horse gram, ragi, kodo millet, black gram, kodo millet.

— Birohin · Mohla, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh

In our village, for the second crop, they use zero irrigation, but they cultivate only government seeds, not traditional ones, by adopting the Kalallangal method.

— Praska Gangarao

We do not practice zero-irrigation farming, nor do we preserve seeds.

— Manjusha Marko · Sonbhadra, Uttar 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