Crop Health & Seeds

Hello, regarding the summer, the sun is very strong. But since we are in the countryside, we don't feel it much because we work in the village. It's a little, a little more. But because we are farmers, we don't feel it. But I don't know how you people in town are coping, poor things. The sun is indeed very strong this year. I don't know if it will stay like this or how it will be. But we ourselves are drinking a lot of water in the countryside. But even if we farm like that, our farming is not yielding much. The yield is very low. Half of the harvest is wasted due to yellow disease. I don't know how we are going to cope.

— Divagar N · Parakkalur AD Street, Salem, Tamil Nadu

Our farming activities are affected by a lack of water.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

We have a water shortage even for double cropping. Due to this, we are using our own seed paddy and doing less threshing, as we have sown the paddy in the field.

— Padmini Bhoi · SKIP NO LOCATION

The environment was good before, now it doesn't rain on time, due to which farming is not good.

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

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

In the present era, due to unseasonal weather, the yield of agricultural crops has decreased.

— Padmalochan Majhi · Ratachua, Rayagada, Odisha

They do farming without water, but now it has decreased, it doesn't ripen.

— Kachala Choudhary

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 · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Our village has a severe water problem, which causes us a lot of trouble. We do get water now, but in the summer season, we struggle for water.

— Ram Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

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

There is a lack of new technology, good seeds, and irrigation. We do farming, but the cost is high and the profit is low.

— VEER SINGH SIJUI · Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand

We have a severe water problem. Right now, we dig pits in the fields and drink water, and in summer, we bring it from a distant hand pump.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Due to forests being destroyed day by day and the lack of proper rainfall, agriculture is not doing well.

— Suna Majhi

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

To promote farming, due to the lack of irrigation facilities here, we are unable to grow a second crop well.

— Ram Maravi · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh

My name is Jayanti Pradhan. My village is Brenguda. The Panchayat is Badamunda. The block is Tikabali. In the old days, we used to cultivate millet, sorghum, and maize without fertilizer, and our health was not particularly bad. Now, we don't even get those seeds. And what is being cultivated, that requires fertilizer. That's why we are living with poor health.

— Sunita Pradhan · Tikabali, Kandhamal, Odisha

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

There is a water problem in our village.

— Sonmati · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

There is a water problem in our village.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

We used to plant paddy according to the season in olden times. Now, due to lack of rain, we are cultivating cotton in the fields.

— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha

This year, it was very hot in our village. Especially during the afternoon, the sun was very intense. Due to the heat, it became difficult to do household chores. There were also frequent power cuts in our village, which caused us a lot of trouble. Many wells in our village also dry up during the summers, so there's a big problem with water. Many times, we have to go far to fetch water. To stay cool, we used to drink cold water from earthen pots. We also had to do farm work only from 5 AM to 10 AM, as it wasn't possible to work in the intense afternoon sun. To keep the house a bit cool, we put tree branches on the roof. This reduces direct sunlight and makes the house feel a bit cooler. This is how we cope with the heat.

— Pragati Raut · Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra

There is a water shortage in our Odisha. If this is not resolved, farming will not be good.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

There is a shortage of water for farming in our village. If proper arrangements are made, farming activities will improve.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

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

Water provision is necessary for summer cultivation. However, even with water provision for farming, it is not getting better.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

This year our village experienced extreme heat. Especially during the afternoon, the sun was very strong. Due to the heat, it became difficult to do household chores. Power outages were also very frequent in our village, which caused us a lot of trouble. Many wells in our village also dry up in summer, so there is a big problem with water. Many times we have to go far for water. To stay cool, we used to drink cold water from earthen pots. We also had to do farm work only from 5 AM to 10 AM, as it was not possible to work in the scorching afternoon sun. To keep the house a bit cool, we put tree branches on the roof. This reduces direct sunlight and makes the house feel a bit cooler. This is how we cope with the heat.

— Pragati Raut · Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra

It feels to me that in the coming times, farming remained very difficult, our work got a bit stalled, and now we can't do it as we understood previously.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

There is a water problem

— Sonmati · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

There is a shortage of water for farming in our village. If proper arrangements are made for this, farming can be done.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

There is a shortage of water for our agricultural work. If water is properly managed, agricultural work can improve.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

I feel that in the coming times, farming has remained very difficult, from one hardship to another. Our work has somewhat stalled, and we cannot do it anymore. It seems it was understood earlier.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

In our village, there is a shortage of water for farming. If some solution is made for this, farming can improve.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

This summer has been hotter than usual. This year we experienced more heat waves. We also stopped agriculture in summer due to the unavailability of water for irrigation. This somewhat impacted our economy, which had been a source of external income. During the day, we drink mango and tamarind juice, which helps us maintain our body temperature.

— Anish Toppo · Raiboga, Sundargarh, Odisha

We are unable to cultivate a second crop in our fields due to water problems.

— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

In our village, there is a water problem for agriculture. If this is resolved, farming activities will improve.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

We have a water problem here

— Sunita Kumari · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

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 for farming in our village. If proper arrangements are made, farming will improve.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

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

There is a water problem in our village. It has not reached every house. And there is also a road problem, due to which people have to face a lot of difficulties.

— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh