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    Revere Both Grain and Money, Farm with Cow Dung

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

    By Rupesh Maravi, Farmer · Mandla

    Responds to — Declining agricultural yield, soil degradation, rural unemployment

    Revere Both Grain and Money, Farm with Cow Dung
    In our village, farming is how most of us live, but things have changed. I remember the old days, when we used cow dung manure for our fields. It was good then, truly good. We grew hardy crops like kodo, kutki, sesame, and arhar. In those times, we revered both the grain we harvested and the money it brought us, understanding their deep connection to the earth. Now, it often feels like people are focused only on quick returns, on 'a thousand rupees'. But water, forest, and land are fundamental elements of our nature, and they provide for us. By returning to these older, respectful ways of cultivation, we can sustain ourselves, keep our soil healthy, and find a path when other work is scarce.

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    Nurture the soil with natural manure and cultivate traditional, resilient crops.

    traditional farmingsoil healthlocal cropsself-sufficiencyecological wisdom

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    The handpump near the primary school in village Chandgaon has broken down.

    — Amar Lal Dhurwey

    💧

    Yes, they are unirrigated. No, no, no, it is irrigated. It is in two parts: one is in Roth Har and the other is in lower Har.

    — Rupesh Maravi

    🌾

    Our work is farming, labor, etc. This is the main work of most of the people in our village, by which we live.

    — Ram Maravi

    💧

    There is a water problem. During summer, we used to bring water from far away. And now, if there is water in the canal (drain) in the field, we are digging a pit there and drinking from it.

    — Rupesh Maravi

    🏚️

    The Anganwadi building in Chandgaon village has become dilapidated.

    — Amar Lal Dhurwey

    💧

    There is a bore problem in the fields of our village.

    — Amar Lal Dhurwey

    🌍

    Water, forest, land, wealth, fire, air - these are the five fundamental elements of our nature. Water, fire, air.

    — Ram Maravi

    🔇

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    — Amar Lal Dhurwey

    🔒

    If you search, Dhongar goes Dhakri Brilliant. Dhakri will search for the locker. Until now, in the season of pakan and cold, these pakan wood are from wood itself.

    — Ram Maravi

    💼

    In our village, people go out to work because there is no work available in the village. So, all the people, after doing some farming, move outside.

    — Ram Maravi

    ✈️

    In the village, we live our lives dependent on agriculture. There is no employment here. People can go outside and make a living.

    — Ram Maravi

    🗑️

    Ward number two road has not been cleaned this time and there is a lot of garbage filled on the road.

    — Amar Lal Dhurwey

    🐄

    Yes, in the old days, farming used cow dung manure. It used to be good then, unlike what is considered good now. In those times, regardless of whether things turned out good or not, both grain and money were revered. But now, one person is focused on a thousand rupees.

    — Rupesh Maravi

    🌱

    Rawaki people grow crops such as kodo, kutki, sesame, and arhar, among others.

    — Ram Maravi

    🌾

    We belong to the tribal community whose main food is rice, pez (porridge), bhaji (greens), kodo (millet), kutki (millet).

    — Rupesh Maravi

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