Dryland Crop Cultivation

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

Yes, we cultivate without water, such as hardy crops. These include Moong, Urad, and Mustard.

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

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

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We cultivate mung bean, urad bean, chickpea, lentil, moong, etc., without water, and we are still doing it.

— Naukeshi Sahu

In our region, zero-irrigation crops of pulses and oilseeds are cultivated, which include pigeon pea, lentil, etc.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

They cultivate pulses using zero irrigation.

— Sunil oraon · Bero, Ranchi, Jharkhand

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

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

We sow seeds without water and harvest seeds.

— Laba Kumar sabar · Lamingi, Rayagada, Odisha

We do farming without irrigation, such as barley and pulse varieties like 'baturi' and 'kerav'. Barley does not need water, and 'baturi' and 'kerav' are sown after the rice harvest and grow well. We also preserve their seeds, which are useful for sowing next year.

— Ram Kumari

Cultivation of moong or urad is possible without water.

— Chanda

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

Yes, we do farming without water, chickpeas, Siawi jowar

— Kachala Choudhary

In our region, even without rain, we cultivate crops like moong, urad, and horse gram. We also preserve their seeds by mixing them with neem leaves.

— Kunakanta Behera · Dashapalla, Nayagarh, Odisha

We cultivate moong, horse gram, black gram, and mustard without water. We call it Nipania cultivation in Sambalpuri.

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

After the Kharif paddy harvest, we cultivate moong without irrigation as a Rabi crop.

— MUKTA THAKUR · Kokasara, Kalahandi, Odisha

We cultivate zero-input crops like chickpeas, flaxseed, and pigeon pea. Even with less water, the crops ripen, and their seeds are also collected. Narayan Lal Baranda.

— narayanlalbaranda5@gmail.com · Jhapa, Dungarpur, Rajasthan

Crops that are grown without irrigation, such as pigeon pea, black gram, lentils, and chickpea, can all be cultivated without needing water.

— Chanda

We cultivate a second crop without water or irrigation, using green gram, black gram, and horse gram. We don't use pesticides or chemical fertilizers. We grow them very well from seeds, resulting in good produce for eating.

— Parikshit Majhi

We grow pulse crops in zero water and

— Anangaprabha Bhoi · Bangomunda, Balangir, Odisha

Yes, we used to cultivate and are still cultivating moong, urad, chana, masoor seeds etc. with zero irrigation and are getting more profit.

— Naukeshi Sahu · Kalahandi, Odisha

Yes, we used to cultivate and are still cultivating moong, urad, chana, masoor, and other seeds with zero irrigation. And more profit.

— Naukeshi Sahu

In our region, tribal people cultivate pulse and oilseed crops, which are zero-irrigation crops.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

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

They grow flaxseed, sesame, niger seed, bottle gourd, pigeon pea, and beans without water.

— Kamleah Kumar · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Yes, we cultivate crops without water, in which we grow chickpeas.

— Kachala Choudhary

Pulses grown without irrigation: Horse gram and Niger seed.

— Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

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

We cultivate pulses and oilseeds without irrigation. In years with good rainfall, these crops thrive.

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

After harvesting the paddy, we cultivate crops like moong, urad, chana, and masoor in that field without irrigation. We save these for our home. We then prepare the soil there for further cultivation.

— swornalata nayak · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha

We keep seeds of mustard, green gram, horse gram, tuber crops, black gram, and taro for cultivation without water.

— Puspanjali Nag

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

— Kusha Mahakud

For our zero-irrigation Rabi crops such as black gram, mung bean, sunflower, and chickpea, we follow seed practices.

— Abhimaneu Sabar

Crops that can be grown without water include sesame, masoor lentil, pea, mustard, and pigeon pea. All these can be obtained without water.

— Chanda