Pulses for Food Security

We grow pulse crops, keep them for our daily consumption, and save a small amount of the remaining seeds for the next crop.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Bemetara, Chhattisgarh

The seeds we grow in pulse crops, we keep for our convenience to eat, and some we sell so that we can get some profit. And some of the crop we keep for the coming.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

By cultivating pulses, we can use them for food and also save them to cultivate other crops.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Simga, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

For pulse cultivation, we will grow a double crop, keeping a little for eating and selling the remaining seeds in the market at market price, so that we get a little income.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Kasdol, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

Yes, I will grow traditional pulse crops, keep some for eating, and save some for growing new crops.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

I want to grow a second crop of everything, from which I will cultivate pulses, keep some for eating, and sell some in the market.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Simga, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

Yes, I want to plant pulses so that I can keep food for my family and also earn income by selling them in the market.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

By cultivating pulses, I will save for the next year and then cultivate again in the traditional way.

— Anupama Mahanand

Cultivation of pulses

— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand

I am interested in cultivating a second crop. And we have stored pulse seeds. Moong seeds, moong, black gram, etc.

— Sushil Nanda · Balāngīr, Balangir, Odisha

I want to plant pulse crops in my fields so that I can make a living from them.

— Ranu begam · Pamgarh, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh

I will cultivate varieties of pulses and will get them again next year, collect and store them, and then process them traditionally.

— Anupama Mahanand · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

I will cultivate chickpeas, save them, and also keep some for next year's cultivation.

— Anupama Mahanand

Cultivation of lentils and pulses

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We are cultivating moong and urad beans. We have kept seeds and will cultivate again next year.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

Cultivate pulse varieties and save them for the next year, and then cultivate again using traditional methods.

— Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha

I want to cultivate pulse crops. Please provide seeds.

— dillip chhatria · Baragam, Nabarangapur, Odisha

We will cultivate green gram and black gram this year and save the seeds for cultivation next year.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

We will cultivate mustard, moong, and other crops, save the seeds, and cultivate them again next year.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

They cultivate lentils and save its seeds for the next crop.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

I am cultivating a second crop. I already have some seeds, and I am also cultivating by collecting seeds from farmers. And for me, the most valuable seeds are pulse seeds.

— RINA BEHERA

I will cultivate and sell moong and lentils.

— Anupama Mahanand

We will save these lentils and chickpeas to use as seeds for next year's farming.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

This year, we have cultivated green gram, black gram, and chickpeas. We will save the seeds to cultivate them again next year.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha

We will cultivate mustard, green gram, and other crops, store their seeds, and cultivate them again next year.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

We will cultivate pulses using very old traditional methods, so that we can use them in our diet.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

This year, we will cultivate moong, urad, and gram, save the seeds, and cultivate those same seeds again next year.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha

Well, I cultivated black gram and chickpeas this year. I will save the seeds and cultivate them next year as well.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

To cultivate chickpeas and conserve seeds

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Yes, I cultivate pulses and oilseeds. I collect pulse seeds and buy oilseeds.

— Krishna pada mahato · Purulia, West Bengal

To cultivate chickpeas and preserve seeds.

— Sunita Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

I will cultivate pulse crops that have zero input costs. I will keep some for home consumption and sell the rest in the market, which will generate my income.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

I will cultivate moong dal varieties, and by cultivating them again, I will preserve and sell them.

— Anupama Mahanand

We do farming. We save some seeds beforehand and then cultivate. This way, we get many crops, including green gram, black gram, and pigeon pea.

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha