A dimension within Deforestation & Drought Impact
Exploring the connection between deforestation, drought, and agricultural challenges.
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Across Kandhamal, farmers yearn to cultivate more, especially a vital second crop, but are held back by a persistent lack of seeds and essential funds.
Facing the prospect of future water scarcity, our community relies on cultivating traditional zero-irrigation crops to secure food and conserve precious resources.
Even without irrigation, our traditional seeds and old farming methods ensure our crops ripen, providing food for our homes.
Our tribal community shares how to cultivate vital crops like chickpeas, corn, and lentils, even in dry conditions without relying on irrigation.
They do farming without water, but now it has decreased, it doesn't ripen.
— Kachala Choudhary
Our farming activities are affected by a lack of water.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
Farming without water is no longer possible, the land has become hard.
— Kachala Choudhary
Due to deforestation, we are unable to cultivate properly. It is not raining.
— Karunakar Uthansing · Dhusarigan, Kandhamal, Odisha
We are unable to cultivate a second crop in our fields due to water problems.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
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
Due to the lack of water in Manohari village, farmers are unable to cultivate a second crop.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Balaghat, 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
Crops are not grown because plants need water to stay alive. Zero irrigation would mean that you
— Maya kumari Damor
Due to forests being destroyed day by day and the lack of proper rainfall, agriculture is not doing well.
— Suna Majhi
There is no good drinking water, and there are no facilities like lakes, ponds, or canals for farming.
— Sonmati · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
There is a lack of cultivation in our village.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, 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
Lentil and pigeon pea crops dry up without water.
— Chanda
Without water
— Kachala Choudhary
It is said that even with fertilizer, nothing grows. If water is irrigated, it might grow, but it doesn't grow properly at all; it's like the land is completely ruined. So, everything is barren.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Due to the absence of black soil in the village, we are unable to cultivate other crops.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
Farming without irrigation is not possible.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
The problem is the borewell. We are unable to cultivate a second crop due to lack of water in our fields. So, the problem is the borewell.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
The environment was good before, now it doesn't rain on time, due to which farming is not good.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
Water provision is necessary for summer cultivation. However, even with water provision for farming, it is not getting better.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
There is a water shortage in our Odisha. If this is not resolved, farming will not be good.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
The farmer of Manori village cannot cultivate a second crop due to water problems in the fields.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Something without fertilizer and water.
— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Lawan, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
My wheat is without water, and it's also without fertilizer. Yes, later. Hmm.
— Jeevan Kumar
A second crop is not possible with zero irrigation.
— Sunil oraon · Bero, Ranchi, Jharkhand
The millets have run out of water
— Chanda
Due to excessive deforestation, we specifically have a shortage of water. Also, there is a significant shortage of food and fruits.
— Karunakar Uthansing · Maradipanga, Kandhamal, Odisha
There is a water problem in the village, and there are no handpumps.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a water problem
— Sonmati · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
There is a water problem in the village. Neither a hand pump nor a well. The problem is water.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
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
There is a borewell problem in our village, due to which farmers are unable to cultivate both crops, so the problem is with the borewell.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · SKIP NO LOCATION
There is a water problem.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
Since there was no irrigation, I farm. I sow moong dal, mustard, and similar crops, and nothing else grows.
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha
Nutritious food is not available from farming as before; all food available is cultivated with fertilizers. Various root-based foods are also not available in the forest.
— KAPAL MARNDI · Bissamcuttack, Rayagada, Odisha
The crop remained without water, and the pond dried up, and it causes vomiting.
— Chanda
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
There is a borewell problem in the village fields for farmers.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
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
