A dimension within Rural Water for Crops
Discusses various methods of growing food, from traditional to urban gardening.
150 voices speak to this
Positive
Overall Community Sentiment
AI-synthesised pieces woven from many community voices on this theme. They may contain errors or interpretation — they're a reflection of the stories, not a record of fact.

Our community remembers a time when farming with natural manure fostered both abundant harvests and deep respect for the land.

By transforming natural materials like cow dung, dry leaves, and neem leaves into compost, I nourish the soil and grow healthy crops using ancestral wisdom.

By cultivating a variety of crops, preserving ancestral seeds, and exploring animal husbandry, we build a resilient livelihood for our community.

Even without irrigation, our traditional seeds and old farming methods ensure our crops ripen, providing food for our homes.
Farming
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Agriculture farming
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Farming and agriculture
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We will do farming.
— Manjusha Marko · Dudhi, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Traditional agriculture
— KRUSHNA KHILLO · Semiliguda, Koraput, Odisha
Can do farming
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Home farming
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Home farming
— Sunita Kumari
To do animal husbandry and agriculture.
— arun raja · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Want to do farming
— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We farm using the old method.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
We farm using traditional methods.
— Sunil oraon · Bero, Ranchi, Jharkhand
I will do traditional farming.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
I will do traditional farming.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Laborer's farming
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Traditional agriculture and heritage
— KRUSHNA KHILLO · Semiliguda, Koraput, Odisha
Second Farming
— Sudhakar Pradhan · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha
We do mixed farming
— Kachala Choudhary
From what is heard, it might be primary farming.
— SUKDEV HEMBRAM · Patamda, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
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
Date farming
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
In our village, people do farming-based work, which sustains their livelihood, and they depend on farming for their sustenance.
— Ram Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
We do farming at home, and that's how we sustain ourselves and earn our living. We go to work in the fields every day, and we make a living from whatever we get.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We have red soil farming.
— Kachala Choudhary
People in rural areas are dependent on farming, and to make a living, farmers work in the fields.
— Ram Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
I am farming using my own seeds.
— Padmini Bhoi
Animal husbandry can be practiced.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
In our home, we do farming using a plow and oxen. We cultivate the fields with them and also earn our livelihood through them. We farm all day; the plow operates, and by evening, it helps us sustain ourselves. This is how we carry out our agricultural work.
— Ram Kumari
I farm chickpeas
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Farming native sorghum
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Traditional farming, meaning Yudung, Pandala, Janana, maize, finger millet, and so on.
— James
You can farm with irrigation.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar 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
I farm varai
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
My ancestors used to emphasize farming using organic methods.
— Madan Hantal · Pujariguda, Malkangiri, Odisha
Even today, we farm with a plough and oxen and earn our livelihood. Since ancient times, our ancestors have ploughed fields with a plough and oxen, and sow only the seeds preserved at home, such as kurthi, sawa, medo, and mijhri.
— Ram Kumari
We are a tribal community, we farm using ploughs and bullocks, and we sustain our lives. We clear forests and bushes to make fields, and we cultivate sawa, medo, mijhri, and maize, which were grown by our ancestors, and we also preserve their seeds.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Can do poultry farming.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
I think I will make progress in agricultural work.
— Mamata Panigrahi
We are known to practice irrigated farming, and we also do traditional farming.
— Vimala