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    The cloudTraditional Farming PracticesGrowing & Saving Seeds
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    A dimension within Traditional Farming Practices

    Growing & Saving Seeds

    This theme explores the fundamental processes of growing various crops and the essential practice of saving their seeds.

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    Dimensions within this theme

    🧑‍🌾Sustainable Seed Practices37 voices🌾Traditional Seed Saving32 voices📦Food Security & Seeds29 voices🌿Green Gram Farming22 voices🌱Seed & Crop Cultivation19 voices♻️Multiple Crop Cycles11 voices

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    In your area, citizens consistently report active engagement in second crop cultivation 🌾, predominantly focusing on pulses and oilseeds like green gram, black gram, chickpeas, and mustard. A deeply embedded practice is traditional seed preservation 🌱, where farmers meticulously save seeds from their harvests for subsequent planting seasons. Many also highlight their reliance on organic farming methods and zero-irrigation techniques 💧, often emphasizing the continuation of ancestral agricultural wisdom. This collective effort showcases a strong commitment to self-reliance and sustainable farming within the community.

    Dominant Themes

    Second Crop Cultivation
    Traditional Seed Saving
    Organic & Zero-Irrigation Practices
    Pulse and Oilseed Farming

    Actionable Recommendations

    • 🌱 📚 🤝Officially acknowledge and support existing <strong>traditional seed saving programs</strong> by local farmers, potentially through recognition or resource-sharing initiatives to preserve indigenous crop varieties.
    • 💧 💡 📈Invest in initiatives that promote and expand <strong>zero-irrigation and organic farming methods</strong>, leveraging the documented farmer expertise and providing avenues for knowledge dissemination.
    • 🌾 🗣 🔗Develop platforms or community groups for farmers to share best practices and resources related to <strong>second crop cultivation</strong>, specifically for pulses and oilseeds, to foster greater resilience.

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    🌾 🤲 🌱

    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 have cultivated moong and black gram and kept the seeds. I will cultivate again in the rainy season.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · 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

    🌾 🤲 🌱

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

    — Anita Punem

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    I will cultivate mustard and save it for next year, and I will cultivate again in the traditional way.

    — Anupama Mahanand

    🌾 🤲 🌱

    Every year, after the crop harvest, I cultivate moong (green gram) in the second crop season. For this, I save my harvested crop as seeds for the next year.

    — Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🔄

    By cultivating green gram, I will keep this year's green gram for next year and cultivate again.

    — Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🌾

    I have selected and stored chickpea, black gram, and green gram seeds for cultivating a second crop.

    — TRILOCHAN BAG · Borigumma, Koraput, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🌾

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

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🔄 🌰

    I always cultivate a second crop and also collect seeds.

    — James Sabar · Khilamunda1, Rayagada, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🌰

    I grow other crops and preserve seeds.

    — SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

    🌱 🤲 🗓️

    I myself will cultivate mustard and will also save for the coming year.

    — Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🌾

    I will cultivate mustard myself and save it for next year as well.

    — Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🌾 📦

    Yes, I cultivate mustard as a second crop every year. I store the harvested produce for the next year.

    — Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🌾

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

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 📦 🏺

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

    — srinu salbam · MPV 54, Malkangiri, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🗓️

    I myself will cultivate mustard and save for the coming year.

    — Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🫘 🔄

    I will cultivate and store black gram this year, and I will also save some for next year. I will cultivate again.

    — Anupama Mahanand

    🌱 🤲 🔄

    This year I will cultivate moong and save it for next year, and then I will cultivate traditionally again.

    — Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🫘 🌱 🔄

    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 save seeds and use them in other crops too. For other crops like wheat, peas, mustard, etc., I keep old ones and use them.

    — Vimala

    🌾 💧 🌱

    Yes, after the paddy harvest, my land usually remains moist. Taking advantage of that, every year I cultivate mustard and green gram. For this, I store seeds in advance.

    — Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha

    🫘 🍽️ 🤲

    I will cultivate and grow pulse seeds that can be used for consumption, and some can be saved for next year's crop.

    — Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

    🌱 ☀️ 🌾

    I am doing dry farming and I will save seeds for next year.

    — Bijayalaxmi sabar · Karnapadu, Rayagada, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🗓️

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

    — Anupama Mahanand

    🌱 🤲 🌧️

    I will cultivate mung bean, black gram, and chickpea during the rainy season, after storing their seeds.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🌱

    I will cultivate green gram, save some for next year as well, and then cultivate again.

    — Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🌾 🗓️

    I will cultivate paddy, keep this year's harvest, and save it for the coming year. I will cultivate again and also save that for the subsequent year.

    — Anupama Mahanand

    🫘 💰 🌱

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

    — Anupama Mahanand

    🌱 🤲 🌱

    I will cultivate black gram and also save some for next year, and then I will cultivate again.

    — Anupama Mahanand · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🧺 🗓️

    I will cultivate chickpeas myself and store them for next year, and I will cultivate again next year, in a traditional way.

    — Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🌾

    I am cultivating paddy and storing paddy seeds. I am storing Januga seeds.

    — swornalata nayak · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha

    🌱 🏺 🔄

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

    — Anupama Mahanand

    🌱 🤲 🔄

    I will cultivate black gram, save some for the coming year, and then cultivate it again.

    — Anupama Mahanand

    🌱 🤲 🔄

    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

    🌱 🤲 🌾

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

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 🌾 🤲

    Yes, I cultivate a second crop, I cultivate using traditional methods with a plow and a harrow, and I preserve seeds from the harvested grains.

    — Paradeshi Mirdha · Katarbaga, Sambalpur, Odisha

    🌱 🤲 🔄

    I cultivate pulses as a second crop without irrigation, adopting organic methods, and I store urad dal and horse gram seeds, using them for cultivation every year.

    — DASHARATH SINGH · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha

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