A dimension within Goods & Culture
This theme covers the broader aspects of agriculture, food production, nutrition, and the cultural impact of farming in rural areas.
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Overall Community Sentiment
Food, festival, traditional agriculture, traditional medicine etc
— KRUSHNA KHILLO · Semiliguda, Koraput, Odisha
Farming
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Farming and agriculture
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Traditional agriculture and heritage
— KRUSHNA KHILLO · Semiliguda, Koraput, Odisha
Traditional agriculture
— KRUSHNA KHILLO · Semiliguda, Koraput, Odisha
To do animal husbandry and agriculture.
— arun raja · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Rice, lentils, fruit, flowers, etc.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Honey, tea, coffee, milk, egg, vegetables, etc.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Agriculture farming
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Grains and other food items are included from the forest.
— Sunita Kumari
People will collect food traditionally.
— Anupama Mahanand
Traditional food
— Sudhakar Pradhan · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha
Traditional farming, meaning Yudung, Pandala, Janana, maize, finger millet, and so on.
— James
Grains, food, and foodstuffs are included from the forest.
— Sunita Kumari
We will do farming.
— Manjusha Marko · Dudhi, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We cultivate some nutritious food from the village itself.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
How is nutritious food obtained in the village?
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
From food, drink, and clothing
— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Moringa, rice and Chironji nuts, mango pickle, local rice, etc.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
We do mixed farming
— Kachala Choudhary
Obtaining food by hunting wild animals in the forest, eating fruits and flowers, and growing grains.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Animal husbandry can be practiced.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We get various greens and various fruits from the forest.
— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha
Food, language, customs
— Krishna pada mahato · Birra, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
Can do farming
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Pulses, millet, grains, and green leafy vegetables
— Maya kumari Damor
Culture and traditions
— KRUSHNA KHILLO · Semiliguda, Koraput, Odisha
Home farming
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Home farming
— Sunita Kumari
We get various types of fruits and roots from the forest.
— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha
Nutritious diet from the forest: seasonal fruits, jamun, mahua, mango, charoli, jaggery, peanuts, and Shegaon vegetables.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
We get our nutritious diet from the forest, such as Mahua fruit Doli oil in the form of fat, Kodo, Bhaddi, Kulthia, Mahua flowers, Jamun, Mahua kheer, Bhaji, etc.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Differences in customs, attire, traditional Kui language, local cooked food and drink, our livelihood, etc.
— Sudhakar Pradhan · Kandhamal, Odisha
Animal husbandry, goat farming, fish farming, poultry farming
— arun raja · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Culture
— Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Finger millet, black gram, green gram, etc.
— Abhimaneu Sabar
They will do business in goat farming, tailoring, delicious cakes, and bakery products.
— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand
From clothing, food, language
— Krishna pada mahato · Birra, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
Broom making ,vegitable business and farming
— benedict dungdung · Sundargarh, Odisha
So we can do farming and goat rearing, and open a grocery shop in a store and do some tailoring, so that our livelihood
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
AI-synthesised pieces woven from many community voices on this theme. They may contain errors or interpretation — they're a reflection of the stories, not a record of fact.

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