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    Heritage Seed Practices

    This theme highlights the importance of traditional methods in agriculture, particularly in seed saving and crop cultivation.

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    Nearby, the primary focus of citizen submissions is on traditional farming practices and seed preservation, with a strong emphasis on cultivating a second crop, often without irrigation. Many residents are committed to using and saving their own seeds, a practice passed down through generations 💧. While there's a clear challenge in accessing sufficient or high-quality seeds, the community demonstrates a proactive approach by actively engaging in these sustainable agricultural methods. The submissions highlight a desire for continuity in these practices and a recognition of their inherent benefits, suggesting a need for support to further enhance these established community solutions 💡.

    Dominant Themes

    Second Crop Cultivation
    Traditional Farming Methods
    Seed Preservation and Saving
    Zero Irrigation Farming
    Pulse Crop Cultivation

    Actionable Recommendations

    • 🌱 🏦 🤝Establish a local seed bank to provide farmers with access to a wider variety of traditional and high-quality seeds for their second crops, ensuring greater crop diversity and resilience.
    • 🧑 🏫 🌾Develop and promote workshops on advanced seed-saving techniques and traditional farming methods, focusing on maximizing yields and sustainability, especially for zero-irrigation cultivation.
    • 💰 🛠 🚜Provide subsidies or low-interest loans for farmers looking to invest in tools and resources that support traditional seed preservation and second crop cultivation, such as improved storage facilities.
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    🧭 Action recipe· Farming for Resilience

    Save Your Seeds for the Next Season's Harvest

    By carefully collecting and preserving seeds from our first harvest, we ensure a second, nutritious crop and maintain our traditional farming methods for generations.

    🧭 Action recipe· Farming for Resilience

    Save Your Seeds, Grow a Second Crop

    After the main harvest, we harness the land's natural moisture to cultivate a vital second crop, ensuring food and oil for our families.

    🧭 Action recipe· Farming for Resilience

    Grow a Second Crop: Use Your Own Seeds

    By utilizing old seeds from their fields and selecting water-efficient varieties, farmers in Kharod ensure food security with a vital second crop.

    🧭 Action recipe· Farming for Resilience

    Preserve Your Seeds, Cultivate Diversity

    We carefully save seeds from our diverse crops like chickpeas, lentils, and mustard, ensuring we can grow them again next year and maintain our livelihood.

    Where these voices come from

    ODISHA, INDIA77 voices UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA12 voices JHARKHAND, INDIA8 voices MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA7 voices CHHATTISGARH, INDIA5 voices RAJASTHAN, INDIA4 voices

    Voices here

    🌱 🤲 🌾

    We are cultivating a second crop. In our second crop, we are farming by saving seeds of chickpeas, lentils, and mustard, and applying manure using our traditional farming methods.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🌾

    For the second crop, we cultivate seeds such as moong, urad, and arhar. We save those seeds to cultivate them again the following year.

    — RINA BEHERA · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🌱

    We cultivate for a second time. Then, we personally collect and save those seeds so that we can cultivate again next year.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🔁 🏺

    Yes, we are cultivating for the second time. We are preserving those seeds using traditional methods.

    — Selina Pangi

    🌱 🤲 🌾

    We keep seeds and grow a second crop.

    — Puspanjali Nag

    🌱 🤲 🌾

    We will cultivate a second crop, preserve the seeds, and cultivate for the upcoming year as well.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🌱

    When we cultivate for the second time, we save those seeds from the produce itself to cultivate again next year.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🔄 🌾

    Yes, we are cultivating a second crop. We are growing lentils, moong, kalath, and their seeds are also in their traditional way.

    — Trinath badanayak · Malakanagiri, Malkangiri, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🌾

    We are cultivating a second crop in Dhanapur, and by keeping our own seeds safe, we are farming using traditional cultivation methods. This is our

    — Padmalochan Majhi · Ratachua, Rayagada, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🫘

    We cultivate a second crop and safely store our own mung bean seeds.

    — Anangaprabha Bhoi · Bangomunda, Balangir, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🌾

    When we store farmer's seeds, we sow them in the field during the second cultivation.

    — Puspanjali Nag

    🌱 🤲 🔁

    There, we cultivate a second crop, Kulthi beans (junga type). The seeds are saved throughout the year, and the same crop is cultivated the following year.

    — Parsuram Sa · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🧑‍🌾 🌾

    We keep green gram, black gram, and horse gram seeds, and cultivate them in the second crop.

    — Puspanjali Nag

    🌱 🤲 🌾

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

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🌾

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

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🫘 💧 🌾

    Yes, we cultivate a second crop, for which we use the old pigeon pea (arhar) seeds from our fields during irrigation.

    — RAJNIKANT RATNAKAR · Kharod, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh

    🌾 🤲 🌱

    I am cultivating the second crop. I am traditionally saving its seeds.

    — Anita Punem

    🌱 🤲 🌾

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

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🌾

    We cultivated moong and urad dal this year and saved the seeds to cultivate again next year.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 ✨ 🌾

    We will do the second cultivation of gram and mustard. We keep good seeds, ensure proper soil, and provide fertilizer. We will also do separate cultivation. We always store good seeds for proper farming.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    👵 🌱 ☀️

    Yes, we grow a second crop without irrigation and also maintain old traditional seeds according to customary methods.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

    🌱 🤲 🔄

    We have cultivated moong and urad this rainy season. We will keep the seeds and cultivate again next rainy season.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi

    🌱 ☀️ 🌰

    Yes, we do a second crop with zero irrigation and follow traditional farming as well as seed preservation.

    — Upendra Kumar Mahananda

    🌱 🤲 🌾

    We traditionally keep the seeds and cultivate in the coming year.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 ☀️ 🔄

    Yes, we cultivate a second crop without water. And farming is also done without water. We have collected and kept those seeds. And we will again plant that as a second crop.

    — Ulapi Sahu

    🌱 📦 🏺

    Yes, I cultivate a second crop and store the seeds using traditional methods.

    — srinu salbam · MPV 54, Malkangiri, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🌾

    We have cultivated green gram this year. We will save the seeds and cultivate again next year.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi

    🌱 🤲 🌾

    If you ask about cultivating a second crop in our region, we cultivate mustard, horse gram, and junga. We will save these seeds for next year's crop.

    — Parsuram Sa · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🌱 🛡️

    We also cultivate a second crop. Early agricultural methods protect the soil.

    — srinu salbam · MPV 54, Malkangiri, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🌾

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

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌾 🤲 🌱

    This year, we have cultivated paddy and saved the seeds to cultivate again next year.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌾 🌱 ♻️

    We cultivate green gram as a second crop every year and keep it as seeds. We cultivate it every year because we incorporate it into the soil after paddy cultivation.

    — Sastensh khura · Khatiguda, Nabarangapur, Odisha

    🌾 🤲 🌱

    We have cultivated mung beans this year. Next year, we will cultivate them using saved seeds.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🌾

    We have been farming since the second year, following traditional and organic methods. We also save our own seeds and cultivate them every year.

    — Padmalochan Majhi · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🌾

    We will undertake a second cultivation of chickpeas and mustard, using good seeds. By providing good soil and fertilizer, we will also cultivate them separately. For successful cultivation, we always reserve good seeds.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🔄 🥣

    Yes, we cultivate a second crop, which includes pulse crops like finger millet, black gram, and horse gram. We cultivate these crops for the second time, and again we enjoy their benefits with care.

    — Sastensh khura

    🌍 🌱 👴

    Yes, on zero-irrigation land, we grow a second crop, and the maintenance of traditional seeds and farming methods are still done using our old methods.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

    🌾 🤲 🌱

    I cultivate green gram and mustard as a second crop, and I collect these seeds to sow them again next year.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🔄

    I cultivate green gram and mustard as a second crop, and I collect these seeds to sow them again next year.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🌾

    I cultivate green gram and mustard as a second crop, and I collect these seeds to sow them again next year.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    Sources & credits

    The voices in this theme were gathered by these organisations through their community reports.

    • Atmashakti Trust147 voices

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