A dimension within Sustainable Rural Agriculture
Discusses the intersection of farming, livestock, and rural life, emphasizing food production for livelihood.
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By cultivating a variety of crops, preserving ancestral seeds, and exploring animal husbandry, we build a resilient livelihood for our community.

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

To build resilience and ensure sustenance, our community embraces a variety of farming practices, from diverse crops to different livestock.

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.
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
To do animal husbandry and agriculture.
— arun raja · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Can do farming
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Home farming
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Home farming
— Sunita Kumari
Traditional agriculture
— Common Ground · Phiringia, Kandhamal, Odisha
Traditional agriculture
— KRUSHNA KHILLO · Semiliguda, Koraput, Odisha
We do mixed farming
— Kachala Choudhary
Want to do farming
— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Animal husbandry can be practiced.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Laborer's farming
— 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
We farm using the old method.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
We farm using traditional methods.
— Sunil oraon · Bero, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Second Farming
— Sudhakar Pradhan · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha
We have red soil farming.
— Kachala Choudhary
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
Can do animal husbandry.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Animal husbandry can be done. Animal husbandry can be done.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Traditional agriculture and heritage
— KRUSHNA KHILLO · Semiliguda, Koraput, Odisha
My grandfather used to do mixed farming.
— Kachala Choudhary
Our tribe engages in raising and grazing animals and farming.
— Laxmanlal
Goat farming
— Sunita Kumari
Goat farming
— arun raja · Dalla, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Goat farming
— ANIL KUMAR · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Goat farming
— अमर जीत
I will do traditional farming.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
I will do traditional farming.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Can do poultry farming.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Goat farming and animal husbandry
— Sunita Kumari
Animal husbandry, goat farming, fish farming, poultry farming
— arun raja · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
From what is heard, it might be primary farming.
— SUKDEV HEMBRAM · Patamda, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
Can do goat farming.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Employment can be done through animal husbandry.
— 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
I will do pig farming and help the family with farm cultivation.
— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
To do poultry farming
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The voices in this theme were gathered by these organisations through their community reports.

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