A dimension within Water & Land Challenges
This theme addresses the interconnected challenges of agriculture, farming practices, water scarcity, and the impact of drought and deforestation.
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Overall Community Sentiment
They do farming without water, but now it has decreased, it doesn't ripen.
— Kachala Choudhary
Due to deforestation, we are unable to cultivate properly. It is not raining.
— Karunakar Uthansing · Dhusarigan, 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
This time, seeds are not being provided by the agriculture department.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
Something without fertilizer and water.
— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Lawan, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
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
There is a lack of cultivation in our village.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, 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
Due to the absence of black soil in the village, we are unable to cultivate other crops.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
If the agriculture department is not providing seeds this time, then there is a problem.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
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
Our farming activities are affected by a lack of water.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
We are cultivating moong without water. We are cultivating moong with our own seeds. The government is delaying in providing seeds.
— Kusha Mahakud
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
My wheat is without water, and it's also without fertilizer. Yes, later. Hmm.
— Jeevan Kumar
We have run out of old seeds.
— Kachala Choudhary
Since there was no irrigation, I farm. I sow moong dal, mustard, and similar crops, and nothing else grows.
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha
The price of seeds through the agriculture department has increased too much, so this time we are not able to take seeds from the agriculture department.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh
We are unable to cultivate a second crop in our fields due to water problems.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Seeds are not available from the Agriculture Department.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
This time, the price of seeds from the agriculture department is very high, so we are unable to take seeds from the agriculture department. Therefore, we want the government to reduce the price of seeds so that we can grow another crop.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh
Unirrigated sesame, mung bean, peanut
— Chanda · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We sow seeds without water and harvest seeds.
— Laba Kumar sabar · Lamingi, 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
We did not receive seeds from the agriculture department.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
Without water
— Kachala Choudhary
This time, the agriculture department is not providing Rabi seeds, which is a problem for us, so the government should provide Rabi seeds.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
We are doing zero-crop farming
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
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
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
Farming without water is no longer possible, the land has become hard.
— Kachala Choudhary
Due to the lack of water in Manohari village, farmers are unable to cultivate a second crop.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh
I am farming without water. I will save seeds for the next rain.
— Bijayalaxmi sabar · Khilapadar, Rayagada, Odisha
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
The government scheme's food grain vehicle is not being brought to the village, so there is a problem of food grains for our village.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
On our side, there are only un-irrigated fields, and the chickpeas and lentils (from them) also need to be kept safe, as they will be useful in the future.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our traditional seeds are exhausted, the old seeds are no longer available.
— Kachala Choudhary
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
Now, old farming is not practiced.
— Kachala Choudhary
Crops are not grown because plants need water to stay alive. Zero irrigation would mean that you
— Maya kumari Damor
