A dimension within Traditional Organic Cultivation
This theme encompasses traditional farming practices, livestock, and organic methods for food production in rural settings.
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Even without irrigation, our traditional seeds and old farming methods ensure our crops ripen, providing food for our homes.
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.
Traditional agriculture
— Common Ground · Phiringia, Kandhamal, Odisha
Traditional agriculture
— KRUSHNA KHILLO · Semiliguda, Koraput, Odisha
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 farm using traditional methods.
— Sunil oraon · Bero, Ranchi, Jharkhand
We farm using the old method.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
We will do farming.
— Manjusha Marko · Dudhi, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Traditional agriculture and heritage
— KRUSHNA KHILLO · Semiliguda, Koraput, Odisha
To do animal husbandry and agriculture.
— arun raja · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Can do farming
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We do mixed farming
— Kachala Choudhary
I will do traditional farming.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
I will do traditional farming.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
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
Home farming
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Home farming
— Sunita Kumari
They were cultivating paddy using organic methods or traditional soil methods.
— Gourang Adhikari · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha
We are known to practice irrigated farming, and we also do traditional farming.
— Vimala
They farm using plows pulled by oxen, practicing traditional farming where they sow and grow old varieties, and now they also sow some new hybrid varieties.
— Ram Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Our ancestors generally followed traditional farming methods using cow dung manure.
— Jogeshwar Naik · Kalahandi, Odisha
Want to do farming
— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Traditional farming, meaning Yudung, Pandala, Janana, maize, finger millet, and so on.
— James
Laborer's farming
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Old people used to do mixed farming, they used cow dung manure.
— Kachala Choudhary
My ancestors used to emphasize farming using organic methods.
— Madan Hantal · Pujariguda, Malkangiri, Odisha
Animal husbandry can be practiced.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
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
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 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
Sawa, Medo, Mijhri are our traditional crops, which our ancestors used to cultivate by plowing with bullocks and a plough. They consumed these crops throughout the year and saved seeds in their homes for the next year's sowing. We still practice farming today.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our ancestors used to farm with plows.
— Batakrushna Sahoo
We do traditional farming. We save rain-fed seeds and cultivate crops like sorghum and chickpea.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
My grandfather used to do mixed farming.
— Kachala Choudhary
We have red soil farming.
— Kachala Choudhary
From the very beginning, we cultivate a second crop without irrigation using old methods and traditional seeds. The method of storing these seeds is also traditional, and our fields are ploughed using bullocks.
— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh
Second Farming
— Sudhakar Pradhan · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha
We collect cow dung and goat dung, mix them, and spread them in the field. Then we cultivate paddy. After harvesting the paddy, we bring it back.
— pinku sunani · Litisargi, Nuapada, Odisha
We sow with great effort without irrigation, and cultivate crops by plowing with oxen and a plow. We save seeds for many years, which come in handy.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Our tribe engages in raising and grazing animals and farming.
— Laxmanlal
