Preserving Traditional Seeds

Yes, I grow a second crop using zero irrigation and also save seeds with traditional farming methods.

— Vimala

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

— Selina Pangi

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

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

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

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

Yes, I am a second crop farmer. Every year, I cultivate green gram and mustard using traditional methods after paddy.

— Paradeshi Mirdha · Katarbaga, Sambalpur, Odisha

I am doing the second harvest. I am traditionally preserving the seeds of the second harvest.

— Champa Gatan · MV 34, Malkangiri, Odisha

I am doing 2nd crop in zero irrigation. I am also preserving the seeds and adopting the organic farming.

— Bindhani Bibhuti · Tamando, Khordha, 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

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

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

I am cultivating a second crop. I am keeping Tamangji traditionally.

— Mukunda Madkami · MV 34, Malkangiri, Odisha

Yes, we grow a second crop with zero irrigation and follow traditional farming methods and seed conservation.

— Laxmanlal

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

Yes, I cultivate a second crop. I grow tomatoes in the garden. That is a traditional farming method seed.

— Priti majhi

I am cultivating using traditional methods, which is why I am following seed preservation.

— James · Kharlingi, Housingboard Colony, Rayagada

Yes, we do second crop farming with zero irrigation, and we also practice traditional farming methods and seed conservation.

— AbhiLL Ipsa

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

I always cultivate a second crop and also collect seeds.

— James Sabar · Khilamunda1, Rayagada, Odisha

Yes, I cultivate pulses as a second crop with zero irrigation. Our ancestors used to cultivate these crops, and I also store black gram and horse gram seeds and cultivate them every year using this organic method.

— Kumudini Chhanchan · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, Odisha

Yes, I cultivate pulses as a second crop using zero irrigation. Our ancestors used to farm this way, and I also save urad and horse gram seeds to farm using this organic method every year.

— DASHARATH SINGH · Sambalpur, Odisha

Yes, I cultivate pulses as a second crop with zero irrigation. Our ancestors used to cultivate this before, and I also store Urad dal and Horse gram seeds and cultivate every year using this organic method.

— Kumudini Chhanchan · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, Odisha

I cultivate lentils as a second crop with zero irrigation, using cow dung manure and following traditional methods. I store black gram and horse gram seeds and use them for cultivation every year.

— DASHARATH SINGH · Sambalpur, Odisha

Yes, I cultivate pulses as a second crop with zero irrigation. Our ancestors used to cultivate this before, and I also save black gram and horse gram seeds and cultivate every year using this organic method.

— DASHARATH SINGH · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, Odisha

Yes, I cultivate pulses as a second crop with zero irrigation. Previously, our ancestors used to cultivate this way, and I also save black gram and horse gram seeds and cultivate using this organic method every year.

— DASHARATH SINGH · Sambalpur, Odisha

Yes, I cultivate a second crop. I cultivate tomatoes in the backyard. Those are traditional farming method seeds.

— Priti majhi

Do you cultivate a second crop with zero irrigation and follow traditional farming and seed protection? Yes.

— Rajesh Mallik · Boudh, Odisha

I cultivate pulses as a second crop without irrigation, using old methods with cow/cattle manure, and I save urad and horse gram seeds, using them for cultivation every year.

— DASHARATH SINGH · Sambalpur, Odisha

My name is Maheswar Sunani. We cultivate second crops like moong, masoor, and black gram after paddy. We also store seeds using traditional farming methods to cultivate them in the upcoming year.

— pinku sunani · Khotlabhāta, Nuapada, Odisha

I will cultivate and store some for next year, and then cultivate it again using traditional methods.

— Anupama Mahanand

Our ancestors used to cultivate pulses as a second crop without irrigation, adopting organic methods. And I also cultivate every year using this method, by preserving Urad and Kulthi seeds.

— Kumudini Chhanchan

Yes, a second crop is grown with zero irrigation, and seeds are saved for oneself using a plow with traditional methods.

— Paradeshi Mirdha · Rengali, Sambalpur, Odisha