Legume Cultivation

Cultivation of chickpea, pea, mustard

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Lentil cultivation, chickpea cultivation

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Cultivation of peas and chickpeas

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Cultivation of peas and chickpeas

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

They cultivate wheat and lentils.

— अमर जीत · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

They cultivate wheat and lentils.

— अमर जीत · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Cultivation of lentils and pulses

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

They cultivate chickpeas, mustard, and peas.

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Mukasim, 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

They cultivate chickpeas and peas.

— अमर जीत · Kota, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Wheat and lentils can be cultivated.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

You can cultivate chickpeas and lentils.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

You can cultivate peas and chickpeas.

— Sunita Kumari

Wheat and lentil can be cultivated.

— Sunita Kumari

Cultivation of pulses

— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand

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

We save and sow our traditional seeds. Such as chickpea, sorghum, Bhadi, pearl millet, etc.

— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

Cultivation and maintenance of chickpea and pea

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Wheat, chickpea, toria and local indigenous seeds.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Cultivation of lentils

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We cultivate seeds such as chickpea, lentil, mustard, and horse gram using traditional, possibly rain-fed, farming methods. We preserve these seeds and cultivate them using this traditional agricultural practice.

— Laxmi Sahu

Our ancestors were cultivating. They grew urad and moong. The soil gave them a different kind of produce, and they nurtured the seeds for it.

— Mukunda Majhi · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha

This year, we have cultivated green gram, black gram, and chickpeas. We will save the seeds to cultivate them again next year.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha

Chickpea and pea cultivation and maintenance

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

They cultivate lentils and save its seeds for the next crop.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We do farming with ploughs and bullocks, cultivating crops like saawa, medo mijhri, and pulses such as arhar (pigeon pea), urad (black gram), and baturi. Nowadays, government seeds for pulses are also available. We also cultivate crops like chana (chickpea), matar (pea), and masoor (lentil).

— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Cultivation of irrigated peas and lentils.

— Sunita Kumari

We cultivate mustard, black gram, and horse gram.

— Puspanjali Nag

After we harvest the paddy, we cultivate chickpeas, moong, urad, and gudasua here. We also eat it, and we sell it to sustain our family.

— Parikshit Majhi

Lentil cultivation

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Yes, along with wheat and chickpeas, pulse crops and other crops are cultivated.

— Bhagora kanti Lal · Dungarpur, Rajasthan

We cultivate pulse crops, which we keep for our own consumption, sell in the market, and also save for seeds.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

Here, we cultivate paddy, sawa, medon, and mijhri. We store sawa, medon, and mijhri at home for sowing in the next year. Additionally, among pulses, we have kurthi and baturi, which we also store and sow the following year.

— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We keep green gram, black gram, and horse gram seeds, and cultivate them in the second crop.

— Puspanjali Nag

We will cultivate mustard, green gram, and other crops, store their seeds, and cultivate them again next year.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

These are wheat, chickpea, toria, and local Rajasthani seeds.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Cultivation of pigeon pea and linseed.

— Chanda

Yes, we are cultivating a second crop. We are growing lentils, moong, kalath, and their seeds are also in their traditional way.

— Trinath badanayak · Malakanagiri, Malkangiri, Odisha

Our ancestors used to cultivate Bhadi kodra, jowar, pulses, and oilseed crops.

— Kachala Choudhary

The things we used to cultivate before were black gram, green gram, cowpea, horse gram, etc.

— Batakrushna Sahoo