A dimension within Dryland Crop Cultivation
This theme covers traditional farming and crop cultivation, with a strong emphasis on protecting and saving seeds, especially in zero-irrigation environments.
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After the main harvest, we harness the land's natural moisture to cultivate a vital second crop, ensuring food and oil for our families.

Even without irrigation, our traditional seeds and old farming methods ensure our crops ripen, providing food for our homes.

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

By carefully collecting and preserving seeds from our first harvest, we ensure a second, nutritious crop and maintain our traditional farming methods for generations.
Yes, I grow a second crop using zero irrigation and also save seeds with traditional farming methods.
— Vimala
Yes, I am cultivating a second crop with irrigation and following traditional farming methods and seed protection.
— Sabina · Tumudibandh, Kandhamal, Odisha
Yes, I cultivate the second crop using traditional farming methods and seed preservation.
— Sabina · Tumudibandh, Kandhamal, Odisha
Yes, we do a second crop with zero irrigation and follow traditional farming as well as seed preservation.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
Do you cultivate a second crop with zero irrigation and follow traditional farming and seed protection? Yes.
— Rajesh Mallik · Boudh, Odisha
Yes, we grow a second crop with zero irrigation and follow traditional farming methods and seed conservation.
— Laxmanlal
I cultivate a second crop without irrigation and practice traditional farming methods, but I am not following seed protection.
— Pankajini Chhatria
I cultivate my second crop using zero irrigation and traditional farming methods, but I am not following seed protection.
— Pankajini Chhatria
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 doing 2nd crop in zero irrigation. I am also preserving the seeds and adopting the organic farming.
— Bindhani Bibhuti · Tamando, Khordha, Odisha
Yes, I cultivate a second crop and store the seeds using traditional methods.
— srinu salbam · MPV 54, Malkangiri, Odisha
I am cultivating the second crop. I am traditionally saving its seeds.
— Anita Punem
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
Yes, I am following the second crop, traditional farming methods, and seed preservation.
— Sabina
Yes, I am doing zero cultivation and cultivating a second crop, and I am following my traditional farming methods, but I am not following seed protection.
— Pankajini Chhatria
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, we do second crop farming with zero irrigation, and we also practice traditional farming methods and seed conservation.
— AbhiLL Ipsa
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 am cultivating a second crop and preserving it concerning tradition.
— SINESH PELMAL
We have been cultivating a second crop with zero irrigation and traditional farming methods.
— Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha
I am cultivating a second crop with zero irrigation. But I am not following traditional farming methods and seed protection.
— Pankajini Chhatria · SKIP NO LOCATION
Yes, a second crop is grown with zero irrigation. Using traditional methods, with the help of a plow, they save seeds for themselves.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Rengali, Sambalpur, Odisha
Yes, I grow a second crop without irrigation and save the seeds from that crop.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha
Yes, I save seeds, and for the past two years, I have been cultivating a second crop, that too with zero irrigation or without any.
— Madan Hantal · Pujariguda, Malkangiri, Odisha
They are cultivating a second crop with zero irrigation and also following traditional agricultural practices, but they are not following seed protection.
— Pankajini Chhatria
Do you grow a second crop without irrigation, along with traditional farming and seed conservation?
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
I am cultivating a second crop using irrigation and also practicing traditional farming methods, but I am not able to follow the seed protection request.
— Pankajini Chhatria
We are cultivating a second crop based on zero irrigation. Crop production with zero irrigation is possible by conserving rainwater, retaining moisture in the soil, and using traditional methods.
— sudhir gamanga · Kharlingi, Housingboard Colony, Rayagada
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
I am cultivating a second crop. I am keeping Tamangji traditionally.
— Mukunda Madkami · MV 34, Malkangiri, Odisha
Do you conserve seeds and traditionally grow a second crop without irrigation? Yes, yes.
— Niranjan Lauria · Boudh, Odisha
On our vacant land, we grow a second crop without irrigation, using traditional seeds and traditional methods.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
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
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, 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. 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, we are cultivating for the second time. We are preserving those seeds using traditional methods.
— Selina Pangi
Cultivates moong as a second crop using traditional methods in zero irrigation.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Rengali, 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 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
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