A dimension within Traditional Farming Practices
This theme addresses the challenges of water scarcity, drought, and irrigation in agriculture, leading to potential crop failure.
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They do farming without water, but now it has decreased, it doesn't ripen.
— Kachala Choudhary
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
Our farming activities are affected by a lack of water.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
Due to deforestation, we are unable to cultivate properly. It is not raining.
— Karunakar Uthansing · Dhusarigan, Kandhamal, Odisha
The environment was good before, now it doesn't rain on time, due to which farming is not good.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
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
Since there was no irrigation, I farm. I sow moong dal, mustard, and similar crops, and nothing else grows.
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha
Due to forests being destroyed day by day and the lack of proper rainfall, agriculture is not doing well.
— Suna Majhi
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
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
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
There is a borewell problem in our village. Due to the unavailability of water easily in the fields, we are unable to grow a second crop.
— 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
Due to the lack of soil moisture in our village, we are facing difficulty in cultivating a second crop.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
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
They are cultivating a second crop with zero irrigation and also following traditional agricultural practices, but they are not following seed protection.
— Pankajini Chhatria
Farming without water is no longer possible, the land has become hard.
— Kachala Choudhary
Yes, we practice zero-irrigation farming, but it has reduced a lot, it's not like before.
— Kachala Choudhary
We will cultivate the land we have. We will plough and prepare the field. There is a slight problem with water. That place is dry and our crops are also dry.
— pinku sunani · Litisargi, Nuapada, Odisha
We are unable to cultivate a second crop in our fields due to water problems.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, 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
Due to the absence of black soil in the village, we are unable to cultivate other crops.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a lack of cultivation in our village.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
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
I am farming without water. I will save seeds for the next rain.
— Bijayalaxmi sabar · Khilapadar, Rayagada, Odisha
I cultivate a second crop without irrigation and practice traditional farming methods, but I am not following seed protection.
— Pankajini Chhatria
Producing through traditional agriculture, farming without fertilizer. Various types of fruits, medicinal plants and creepers etc. found in forests are no longer available.
— KAPAL MARNDI · Bissamcuttack, Rayagada, Odisha
Yes, we do farming without irrigation.
— Kekti Tekam · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh
After cultivating Kharif crops, we cultivate Rabi crops without water awareness.
— Mukta Thakur · Kalahandi, 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
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
Due to the lack of water in Manohari village, farmers are unable to cultivate a second crop.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh
Now, old farming is not practiced.
— Kachala Choudhary
Yes, we also grow other crops without irrigation, but we don't get the benefits according to our efforts.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
We are cultivating moong without water. We are cultivating moong with our own seeds. The government is delaying in providing seeds.
— Kusha Mahakud
Farming
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Traditional agriculture
— KRUSHNA KHILLO · Semiliguda, Koraput, Odisha
I am cultivating a second crop with zero irrigation. But I am not following traditional farming methods and seed protection.
— Pankajini Chhatria · SKIP NO LOCATION
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
There is a water shortage in our Odisha. If this is not resolved, farming will not be good.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
