A dimension within Drought & Crop Failure
This theme explores the challenges farmers face with water scarcity, drought, and the need for irrigation to sustain crops and cultivation.
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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
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
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
Since there was no irrigation, I farm. I sow moong dal, mustard, and similar crops, and nothing else grows.
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, 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
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 cultivate horse gram, green gram, black gram, and chickpea, for which we do not arrange irrigation.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
We are cultivating moong without water. We are cultivating moong with our own seeds. The government is delaying in providing seeds.
— Kusha Mahakud
They do farming without water, but now it has decreased, it doesn't ripen.
— Kachala Choudhary
They are cultivating a second crop with zero irrigation and also following traditional agricultural practices, but they are not following seed protection.
— Pankajini Chhatria
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. The government is not giving us any seeds. We are cultivating with our own seeds and making a profit from it.
— Kusha Mahakud
In our area, crops that require zero irrigation, such as pulses and oilseeds, are cultivated.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
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
On our vacant land, we grow a second crop without irrigation, using traditional seeds and traditional methods.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
To some extent, we are doing a second crop with zero irrigation.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
Yes, we have our hilly, rocky land, water facilities are not available, so we grow one crop without water: Siyaali Jowar (sorghum).
— Kachala Choudhary
We can grow crops without irrigation like Ragi, Masoor, and Horse Gram. Millet.
— arun raja · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
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
In our region, zero irrigation crops like oilseeds and pulses are grown.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We sow seeds without water and harvest seeds.
— Laba Kumar sabar · Lamingi, Rayagada, Odisha
After the Kharif paddy harvest, we cultivate moong without irrigation as a Rabi crop.
— MUKTA THAKUR · Kokasara, Kalahandi, Odisha
Yes, we do farming without irrigation.
— Kekti Tekam · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh
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
We can grow other crops like chickpeas, lentils, khesari, peas, and linseed without water or irrigation.
— arun raja · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Rabi crop is cultivated with almost 0 irrigation.
— Sunita Kumari
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
Unirrigated sesame, mung bean, peanut
— Chanda · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
In our region, zero irrigation crops are cultivated, mainly pulses and oilseeds.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Yes, we do dry irrigation because we don't have irrigation facilities here.
— Kachala Choudhary
After the Kharif paddy cultivation is over, we cultivate moong without water as a Rabi crop.
— MUKTA THAKUR · Kalahandi, Odisha
Yes, we do farming without water, chickpeas, Siawi jowar
— Kachala Choudhary
Crops like horse gram and mustard are cultivated without irrigation as they do not require much water.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
I am farming without water. I will save seeds for the next rain.
— Bijayalaxmi sabar · Khilapadar, Rayagada, Odisha
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 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 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 zero-irrigation pulses.
— Sunil oraon · Bero, Ranchi, Jharkhand
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
