Drought & Crop Failure

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

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

— Kachala Choudhary

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

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 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

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

— Kusha Mahakud

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

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

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 unable to cultivate a second crop in our fields due to water problems.

— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

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

There is a borewell problem in our village. Due to the unavailability of water easily in the fields, we are unable to grow a second crop.

— Amar Lal Dhurwey

Yes, we cultivate a second crop without water, we cultivate green gram every year, and sometimes if it's very hot, it also gets damaged. It doesn't yield at all.

— Ulapi Sahu · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha

We used to plant paddy according to the season in olden times. Now, due to lack of rain, we are cultivating cotton in the fields.

— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha

Due to the lack of soil moisture in our village, we are facing difficulty in cultivating a second crop.

— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

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

— Pankajini Chhatria

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

— Kachala Choudhary

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

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

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 sow seeds without water and harvest seeds.

— Laba Kumar sabar · Lamingi, Rayagada, Odisha

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

— Mukta Thakur · Kalahandi, Odisha

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

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

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

Yes, we also grow other crops without irrigation, but we don't get the benefits according to our efforts.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

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

— Bijayalaxmi sabar · Khilapadar, Rayagada, Odisha

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

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

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

— Kachala Choudhary

We cultivate the seeds that we ourselves have saved and kept. And sometimes, the seeds we get from the government, they turn out to be infertile seeds, as a result, they don't even sprout. And consequently, we won't cultivate, [and we just] get the [negative] result. This is a big problem.

— RITARANI PRADHAN · Raikia, Kandhamal, Odisha

This time, we are not receiving seeds from the agriculture department, which is a problem. We need to get some seeds from the agriculture department.

— Amar Lal Dhurwey

We live in an irrigated area, and due to the lack of water, we grow the same seeds that will give us a harvest that works for us and yields with less water.

— Sonmati · Sonbhadra, Uttar 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

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

— Pankajini Chhatria

We still have traditional seeds like Kodo, Kutki, Maize, Sorghum, Kulthi, Arhar, etc., which we sow using old methods even without irrigation facilities. Even then, our crops ripen.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

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

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Yes, we do farming without irrigation.

— Kekti Tekam · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh

Due to the absence of black soil in the village, we are unable to cultivate other crops.

— Amar Lal Dhurwey

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

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand