Drought & Seed Supply

Yes, we save our traditional seeds, but now the seeds have run out.

— Kachala Choudhary

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 will sow seeds without water and keep the seeds.

— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha

We live in an irrigated area, and due to the lack of water, we grow the same seeds that will give us a harvest that works for us and yields with less water.

— Sonmati · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We used to plant paddy according to the season in olden times. Now, due to lack of rain, we are cultivating cotton in the fields.

— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha

Yes, we cultivate a second crop without water. And farming is also done without water. We have collected and kept those seeds. And we will again plant that as a second crop.

— Ulapi Sahu

Traditionally, we store our own moong seeds and sow them in the Rabi season, immediately after the Kharif season, even with zero irrigation.

— Lily Barik · Kalahandi, Odisha

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

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

On our vacant land, we grow a second crop without irrigation, using traditional seeds and traditional methods.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

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

We are cultivating paddy this year. We will save the seeds and cultivate next year. No

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

In our region, people depend on rainwater, so we only use zero-irrigation seeds, and we have traditional seeds available, which are maintained using traditional methods.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

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

— Naukeshi Sahu

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 cultivate the second crop without water. And cultivation happens even without water. And we collect and store those seeds. And then again, we use that for the second crop.

— Ulapi Sahu · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha

We store moong pulse seeds using traditional methods and sow the seeds as a Rabi crop with zero irrigation after the Kharif season crop harvest.

— Ahalya Sahu · Kalahandi, Odisha

We are cultivating without water, preserving our entire stock of seeds, sowing them, and are becoming profitable.

— Kusha Mahakud

We have traditional seeds here like Saadia, paddy, pigeon pea, semi-native gourds, Karaiguta, Chipra, etc. We preserve these every year and cultivate them using old traditional methods without irrigation.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

I want to cultivate a second crop without irrigation. So I am collecting seeds.

— James · Gunupur, Rayagada, Odisha

Yes, we grow a second crop without irrigation and also maintain old traditional seeds according to customary methods.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

We are sowing mung beans without external seeds or much water, and we are only benefiting from our own mung bean seeds.

— Kusha Mahakud

We are sowing in our own seedbed. Without water. It is going well.

— Kusha Mahakud

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

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

Earlier, we planted rice because it rained according to the season. Now, we are cultivating cotton because it has not rained according to the season.

— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, 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

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

No, the old traditional seeds are no longer available, so now we immediately buy them and use the seeds.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

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

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

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

— Puspanjali Nag

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