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    The cloudTraditional Farming PracticesGrowing & Saving SeedsTraditional Seed SavingTraditional Dryland MethodsDryland Crop CultivationHeritage Seed Protection
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    A dimension within Dryland Crop Cultivation

    Heritage Seed Protection

    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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    In your area, farmers are demonstrating a strong commitment to sustainable agricultural practices. The majority are successfully cultivating a second crop 🌾 with zero or minimal irrigation, largely relying on traditional farming methods and invaluable ancestral knowledge. While some submissions noted issues with seed protection or spoilage 💡, many farmers successfully preserve and utilize traditional seeds, often emphasizing organic methods and the benefits derived from these resilient practices. This highlights a community deeply rooted in sustainable and environmentally conscious cultivation. 💧

    Dominant Themes

    Second Crop Cultivation
    Zero-Irrigation Farming
    Traditional Farming Methods
    Seed Preservation and Conservation
    Ancestral/Organic Farming Practices

    Actionable Recommendations

    • 🌿 🏆 💡Develop programs to support and recognize farmers actively practicing traditional farming methods and seed preservation, particularly those using zero-irrigation techniques.
    • 🌱 🔍 🤝Investigate challenges related to seed protection and spoilage reported by some farmers, offering resources or knowledge-sharing initiatives to improve conservation techniques.
    • 💧 🧑 🌾Facilitate knowledge exchange among farmers on successful rainwater conservation and soil moisture retention strategies for second crop cultivation without irrigation.

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    🧭 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

    Cultivate with Old Methods, Even Without Irrigation

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

    🧭 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

    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.

    Where these voices come from

    ODISHA, INDIA78 voices MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA15 voices CHHATTISGARH, INDIA6 voices RAJASTHAN, INDIA4 voices JHARKHAND, INDIA2 voices

    Voices here

    🌱 🌧️ 🌾

    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

    Sources & credits

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

    • Atmashakti Trust146 voices

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