Drought & Crop Cultivation

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 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

Due to deforestation, we are unable to cultivate properly. It is not raining.

— Karunakar Uthansing · Dhusarigan, Kandhamal, Odisha

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

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

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

A second crop does not grow here due to water problems, which is rain-fed cultivation. We ourselves collect and store the old seeds.

— Padmini Bhoi

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

— Suna Majhi

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

— Padmalochan Majhi · Ratachua, Rayagada, Odisha

There are no irrigation facilities in our village, so we can only manage one good crop. For the second crop, we rely on God, and if it rains, it also grows.

— Ram Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

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

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

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

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

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

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

Yes, we also grow other crops without irrigation, but we don't get the benefits according to our efforts.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

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

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

We are being provided facilities due to lack of irrigation for our agricultural land.

— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, 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

We have a lack of irrigation resources, due to which we cultivate crops every year using traditional methods and traditional seeds, and even today we have old traditional seeds available.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Yes, we do farming. We used to farm even without water. We cultivate moong, urad, and other dryland crops. This type of farming is done during the winter months, which is unstable due to the cold.

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

Due to the lack of water in Manohari village, farmers are unable to cultivate a second crop.

— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

Farming without water is no longer possible, the land has become hard.

— Kachala Choudhary

Yes, due to the lack of water facilities in our fields, we grow Rabi crops using traditional methods without irrigation and also maintain traditional seeds using traditional methods.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya 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

We want to cultivate with zero irrigation, but if we do not preserve good seeds, then our farming will be fine.

— PRADEEP KUMAR KANHAR · Boudh, Odisha

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

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

Yes, we have our hilly, rocky land, water facilities are not available, so we grow one crop without water: Siyaali Jowar (sorghum).

— Kachala Choudhary

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

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

It feels to me that in the coming time, farming remained very difficult, and our work got a bit stalled. Now we cannot do it; we realized this earlier.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Yes, we practice zero-irrigation farming, but it has reduced a lot, it's not like before.

— Kachala Choudhary

Since there was no irrigation, I farm. I sow moong dal, mustard, and similar crops, and nothing else grows.

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

Due to the absence of black soil in the village, we are unable to cultivate other crops.

— Amar Lal Dhurwey

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