A dimension within Ancient Farming Methods
Comparing modern agricultural approaches and capital investment with established traditional farming techniques and machinery.
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Even without irrigation, our traditional seeds and old farming methods ensure our crops ripen, providing food for our homes.
A dedicated farmer, facing financial constraints and a lack of resources, seeks to revive traditional farming methods with vital support, aiming to secure his family's future and inspire his community
Families in Sonbhadra envision transforming a modest sum into thriving small businesses, securing their livelihoods and investing in their children's future.
Villagers are finding creative ways to start small businesses and leverage traditional farming to secure their livelihoods and support their communities.
Future generations will forget the previous farming methods. For example, if I have a plow and a ploughshare, I will do it according to my time and will, and I don't need capital for this. If I don't have all these, then I will take the help of machinery, for which I will have to invest capital.
— DASHARATH SINGH
Future generations will forget the previous farming methods. For example, if I have a plow and a ploughshare, I will do it according to my time and will, and I don't need capital for this. If I don't have all these, then I will take the help of machinery, for which I will have to invest capital.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Sambalpur, Odisha
Future generations will forget the old farming methods. For example, I have a plow and a ploughshare, I will do it according to my time and will, I don't need capital for this. If I don't have all these, then I will take the help of machinery, which will require me to invest capital.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
Future generations will forget the traditional farming methods. For example, if I have a plough and a plowshare, I will cultivate according to my time and will, and I don't need capital for that. If I don't have all these, then I will take the help of machinery, for which I will have to invest capital.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
Future generations will be misguided. For instance, if I have a plow and farming tools, I will do it according to my time and will, and I won't need capital for it. If I don't have these, then I will take the help of machinery, in which I will have to invest capital. Just like that...
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
Future generations will be misguided. For example, if I have a plough and a plowshare, I will do it according to my time and will, for this I do not need capital. If I do not have all these, then I will take the help of equipment, for which I will have to invest capital. Just like that......
— Puspanjali Nag
Future generations will be misguided. For example, if I have a plough, I will do it according to my time and will, and I don't need capital for that. If I don't have these, then I will take the help of equipment where I will have to invest capital. Just like that......
— Puspanjali Nag
We have to save our culture, otherwise our future generations will go astray. For example, I have a plow and a ploughshare; I will do it according to my time and wish, and I don't need capital for this. If I don't have all these, then I will take the help of machinery, in which I will have to invest capital. Exactly like that......
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Katarbaga, Sambalpur, Odisha
In the past, farming was done with plows made of wood, but nowadays machines are being used.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Earlier, we used to farm with plows and oxen. Today, it's the age of machines, and we farm using them. However, we often face economic problems, due to which we have to go to the city separately to earn a living.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our ancestors used to farm with plows and bullocks. But nowadays, all those things are disappearing.
— NAGRIK VIKASH SANGATHAN · Kalahandi, Odisha
Now, old farming is not practiced.
— Kachala Choudhary
I will increase the yield of old-time farming with this money.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
I will do traditional farming.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
I will do traditional farming.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
The methods that our ancestors taught, which is farming, and now if we implement that, considering the market's demand, if we adopt our old methods, then we...
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
Difficulty in obtaining organic food is due to modern food. Farming is no longer done with traditional ploughs because mechanical ploughs are used.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
From the time of our ancestors, they used to cultivate with a plow. Immediately after paddy cultivation, they would grow mustard, groundnuts, horse gram, black gram, and green gram. Our subsequent generations have forgotten this practice.
— RINA BEHERA · Sundargarh, Odisha
Farming with ploughs is no longer seen in our village.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
I am a farmer. Due to lack of funds, I am unable to cultivate properly. If the government provides me with agricultural machinery as a loan, by buying agricultural machinery in larger quantities, I can do better farming and become more profitable.
— Usharani Dandasena · Gajapati, Odisha
Traditional agriculture
— KRUSHNA KHILLO · Semiliguda, Koraput, Odisha
It becomes ready on its own, I will farm, and will cultivate well to run the household.
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha
By farming, one can make their own future and the future of their children.
— Puja · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
I think I will make progress in agricultural work.
— Mamata Panigrahi
You will get capital from waste. The SG Pluggy will be used for cultivation. I will cultivate groundnut, paddy, and also do other farming activities.
— Saroj Kumar Suna · Chhindpāni, Nuapada, Odisha
In the past, even when cows and cattle lived for two hundred years, there were no roads, and traditional farming was practiced. Now, all those things are gone. Now, even farming has AC.
— Kusha Mahakud
We have been cultivating without irrigation from the very beginning, plowing and sowing with bullocks. If the rainwater falls properly, then it's good; otherwise, I consider myself a gambler.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
We cleared and tilled land in the forest to create our farms, and today we continue to cultivate that same land. Previously, we used to plough with bullocks and a plough, but now we also use tractors for tilling. Furthermore, pigeon pea (arhar) cultivation can be done without water.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
If I get enough money, I will do farming, and by doing farming, I will support my entire family.
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha
Yes, I am doing zero cultivation and cultivating a second crop, and I am following my traditional farming methods, but I am not following seed protection.
— Pankajini Chhatria
We will do farming.
— Manjusha Marko · Dudhi, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We farm using the old method.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Record it in 15 seconds. Yes, I practice traditional farming. I irrigate my fields with my oxen, plow them, and use organic manure from my animals.
— Vasudev Katara · Bichiwara, Dungarpur, Rajasthan
We sow with great effort without irrigation, and cultivate crops by plowing with oxen and a plow. We save seeds for many years, which come in handy.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
I will do all the farming, and I will save for the next year and farm again.
— Anupama Mahanand
Farming
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
People of earlier times used to do this kind of farming for subsistence, and without water, without chemical fertilizers, and by eating that grain, there was also strength in the body. But nowadays, this urea and DAP fertilizer is causing a lot of harm.
— Kamleah Kumar · Kota, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
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
I will complete the farming, and next year I will receive the harvest. By storing it and farming again, they will save.
— Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha
What I used to see in my time. I need 20,000 rupees. I will cultivate brinjal. I will do business. So, if I produce a good quantity of potatoes, I will do that business.
— RINA BEHERA · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha
