Dry Farming Seeds

If the government gives me free seeds for moong cultivation, I will cultivate without water.

— TRILOCHAN BAG · Borigumma, Koraput, Odisha

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

If the government provides me with free seeds for cultivating green gram, I will cultivate without water.

— TRILOCHAN BAG · Borigumma, Koraput, Odisha

We cultivate green gram without water. The government had provided green gram seeds for one year, and we will keep those seeds to cultivate green gram every year.

— Kusha Mahakud

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 small farmers. If we cultivate paddy, after the paddy cultivation is over, if we cultivate things like moong and black gram which can be done without water, we would benefit a lot from it.

— Parikshit Majhi

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

We grow other crops with zero irrigation, mainly including pulses and oilseeds. The government needs to make these seeds available to farmers free of cost through schemes.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

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

— Naukeshi Sahu

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

— Naukeshi Sahu

Cultivation of moong or urad is possible without water.

— Chanda

We cultivate zero-irrigation crops, mainly pulse crops. It is requested to the government to provide seeds to farmers for pulse crops so that they can cultivate well.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

If some crops can be cultivated with minimal or no irrigation in my region, then we are storing moong seeds, which will be available in irrigated areas.

— Santosh Barik · Kalahandi, Odisha

We sow seeds without water and harvest seeds.

— Laba Kumar sabar · Lamingi, Rayagada, Odisha

We do not have seeds saved, but we want to cultivate green gram as a second crop. If the government provides seeds by December 15, we can cultivate and benefit.

— PRADEEP KUMAR KANHAR

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

— Kusha Mahakud

I am a farmer. We cultivate moong without water. We grow moong and urad during the winter season when it's cold and dew falls, and we distribute the seeds.

— swornalata nayak · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, 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

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

— Kusha Mahakud

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

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

I am cultivating without water. I will save seeds for the next rain.

— Bijayalaxmi sabar · Khilapadar, Rayagada, Odisha

I am cultivating without water. I will save seeds for the next rain.

— Bijayalaxmi sabar · Khilapadar, 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

We are cultivating green gram without water. The government will say 'no green gram' for one year. That's crazy! I said, 'We grow green gram without water.'

— Kusha Mahakud

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 (green gram) as a second crop every year without water. We collect bags (of moong), and this overcomes the shortage of pulses, so we don't buy pulses from outside, saving money too.

— Ulapi Sahu · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha

Even without rain, I cultivate moong (green gram). And I preserve the seeds by using eggplant leaves and neem leaves.

— Kunakanta Behera · Dashapalla, Nayagarh, Odisha

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

— Puspanjali Nag

We will sow seeds without water and keep the seeds.

— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha

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

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

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

— James · Gunupur, Rayagada, 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 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

We can grow other crops like chickpeas, lentils, khesari, peas, and linseed without water or irrigation.

— arun raja · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

After the Kharif paddy cultivation is over, we cultivate green gram (moong) as a waterless Rabi crop.

— Premsila Naik

We cultivate green gram as a second crop, which grows without water, relying on dew. The profit we get from it is also good, and the lentils we get, we consume ourselves.

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

Immediately after the Kharif cultivation, we cultivate pulse crops like moong (green gram) in the Rabi season. This is done with zero irrigation, using seeds that we have saved beforehand.

— Santosh Barik · Narala, Kalahandi, Odisha

We cultivate horse gram, green gram, black gram, and chickpea, for which we do not arrange irrigation.

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

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

— Kachala Choudhary