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    A dimension within Reviving Traditional Crops

    Reviving Traditional Crops

    This theme emphasizes the reintroduction and cultivation of traditional crops and millet varieties to enhance food security and local agriculture.

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    My name is Nabeshwar Mallick, from Salaguda block village. It would be good if traditional millets like Kangu, Kuheri, Mandia, and Jona, which were grown before, are brought back now.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

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    My name is Manas Mallick, from Salaguda block. It would be good if Kangu, Kuheri, Mandia (millet), and Jana, which were cultivated previously, are brought back now.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

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    My name is Kal Mallick, from Salaguda block village. It would be good if the Kangu, Kuheri, Mandia, and Jana (crops) that were cultivated previously are brought back now.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

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    My name is Raind Mallick from Salaguda block village. It would be good if Kangu, Kuheri, Mandia, and Jana, which were cultivated previously, are brought back now.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

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    My name is Dineshwar Mallick, from Salaguda Block. It would be good if the Kangu, Kuheri, Mandia, and Jana (traditional crops) from earlier times are brought back now.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

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    My name is Gangadhar Mallick, from Keramaha block village. It would be good if previously cultivated crops like Kangu, Kuheri, and Mandia are brought back now.

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    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

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    My name is Ashok Mallick, from Salaguda village block. It would be good if Kangu, Kuheri, Mandia, and Jana (crops/varieties) that were previously available are brought back now.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

    🌾 🔙 ✅

    Name Ramesh Mallick, village Salaguda Block. It would be good if Kangu, Kuheri, Mandia, and Jana (grains) that were there previously are brought back now.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

    🌱 🔄 🌾

    My name is Bishi Mallick, from Salaguda village block. It would be good if Kangu, Kuheri, Mandia, and Jana (crops that were cultivated previously) are brought back now.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

    🌾 🔙 👍

    Name: Malaya Mallick, Village: Salaguda. It would be good if traditional grains like Kangu, Kuheri, Mandia, Jona are brought back now.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

    🌾 🔄 👍

    My name is Kaushik Mallick, from Keramaha village block. It would be good if the previously available Kangu, Kuheri, Mandia, and Jana crops are brought back now.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

    🌾 🔙 🌱

    My name is Saraj Mallik, from Keramaha block. It would be good if Kangu, Kuheri, millet, and jowar, which were previously cultivated, are brought back now.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

    🌾 🔙 🙏

    Name Sahadev Mallick, village Keramaha Block. It would be good if the Kangu, Kuheri, Mandia, and Jana (grains/seeds) that were previously available are brought back now.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

    🌾 👴 🌱

    Name Labaraj Mallik, village Keramaha Block. It would be good if the Kangu, Kuheri, Mandia, and Jana (crops) from before are brought back now.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

    🌾 🔙 👍

    My name is Ananta Mallick, from Salaguda Block village. It would be good if Kangu, Kuheri, Mandia, and Jana, which were available before, are brought back now.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

    🌾 🔄 👍

    His name is Tahari Mallick, from Salaguda village. It would be good if traditional grains like Kangu, Kuheri, Mandia, and Jana are brought back now, as they were previously.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

    🌾 🔙 ✨

    Name Nabeshwar Mallick, village Salaguda block. It would be good if Kangu Kuheri Mandia Jona, which was there before, is brought back now.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

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    Name Ranjith Mallick, village Salaguda block. Previously Kangu Kuhuri, Mandia, and Jana were there. It would be good if they are brought back now.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

    🔙 🔄 ✨

    Name Upendra Mallick, village Salaguda block. It would be good if Kangu Kuheri Mandia Jana, which was there before, is brought back now.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

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    Name Birajee Mallick, from Keramaha village in Purbaru Block. It would be good if Kangu, Kuheri, Mandia, and Jana (grains) are returned now.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

    🌾 🔄 👍

    Name Krishna Mallick, village Salaguda block. Earlier, Kangu Kuheri Mandia Jan, it would be good if it is brought back now.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

    🌾 🔙 📈

    My name is Ganeswar Mallick, from village Keramaha. Earlier, people used to talk about Lanka Mandia, Kueri, Kangu, Jhana. If cultivated now, it would be beneficial.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

    🌾 🚫 ✨

    Name, Sudhir, Baliguda Block. Currently, food items include Mandiān, Kuari, Kangu, Tankujau. It would have been good if the cultivation of these food items had been restarted.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

    🕰️ 🌾 🌱

    Pradeep Malik is speaking. And my Salaguda Panchayat. And the programs we had in the past, meaning, in the past people used to eat ragi, ragi kudi and this wild yam, they used to eat all these. We are trying to bring this cultivation back again. It would be good if this came back.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

    🌾 🔄 👍

    Himanshu Mallick. If Ragi (finger millet), Kuihari (a type of grain), Foxtail Millet, and Corn are cultivated again, it would be beneficial.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

    🌾 🤲 ✅

    Name Birpati Mallick, village Melesikia. If ragi, kodo, foxtail, and jhana millet farming is done now, it will be successful.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

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    My name is Sabjan Mitra Pradhan. My village is Dibaoala. My Panchayat is Godimunda, and my Block is Tikabali. In the olden days, we used to cultivate and live off queer, died, and mandia (millet). In today's time, we don't get those seeds. That's why we can't even cultivate. If we get seeds from the old times, we can cultivate and live.

    — Sunita Pradhan · Tikabali, Kandhamal, Odisha

    👩 🌾 🌱

    I am Mrs. Aparna Pradhan from Lamungia village, Gram Panchayat Manikeshwar, Kandhamal district. I want to bring back the ancient crops/millets Kujuri, Mandia, and Kangu.

    — Sudhakar Pradhan · Kandhamal, Odisha

    🏫 🥣 💪

    My name is Tulasi Majhi, from Kathibadi village, Chinapali block. If millets are made nutritious and given to children to eat in school as part of the midday meal, it would be very good.

    — Jadumani Nial · Muktāpur, Nuapada, Odisha

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    My name is Sukanti Pradhan. My village is Lambakupa. GP is Pikorodi. Block is Tikabali. District is Kandhamal. In our rural areas, the main food items that were cultivated, such as ragi, millet, maize, black gram, and green gram, did not require fertilizer. That's why our ancestors lived for a long time. Currently, because we are not cultivating our traditional food seeds, many kinds of diseases are occurring. So, if we can get traditional food and seeds from the government, then we can return to our previous state.

    — Sunita Pradhan · Tikabali, Kandhamal, Odisha

    💰 🤝 🌱

    My name is Sudu Mallick, from Keramaha village, Baliguda block. If we take a loan from the government, we would buy and sell Khali, Thul, Mahul, Mahua seeds, and Jhuna.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

    🕰️ 🔄 🌿

    We want to bring back past millets, cuckoo, mahua, etc.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    💰 🛍️ 🌱

    My name is Subeshwar Mallick, from Satungia village, Baliguda Block. If we get a loan from the government, we could buy and sell Kholee, Thul, Mahul seeds, honey, and resin.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

    💰 🛒 📈

    My name is Nikeshwar Mallick, from Keramaha village, Baliguda Block. If we receive a loan from the government, we would purchase and sell kholi, thul, seeds, mahua, honey, and jhuna.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

    📜 🏡 🌱

    Name Nirupama Nayak, Village Panganaju, Panchayat Gumamaha, Block Raikia. May the traditions and customs of the village, as they were before, be revived.

    — Santilata Nayak · Kandhamal, Odisha

    🏘️ ❤️ 🌾

    Name Biru Mallick, Village Salaguda. We prefer ragi, barnyard millet, foxtail millet, and perahi.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

    👴 🧪 😔

    My village is Madipanka Panchayat, Bamua Block, Daringbadi, Kandhamal District. I feel that the traditional farming methods our ancestors used, without using fertilizers, yielded more crops. Now, even with fertilizers, the yield... I am expressing my wish.

    — SUBASH SABHASUNDAR · Gajapati, Odisha

    🏘️ 🛣️ 🏫

    You will say your name, then your village name, and then the GP name. Start. Yes, in a developed India, there is no doubt about the government. My name is Samir Kumar Pradhan. Village Dolavali, GP is Jhiridikia. So, for a developed India, our village definitely needs a road. A road is needed. And for education, a school is needed. That school is definitely needed. Our school is closed. It would be good if it reopened.

    — Dillip pujari · Phiringia, Kandhamal, Odisha

    🏦 🛍️ 📈

    My name is Bharat Mallick, from Keramaha village, Baliguda block. If we take a loan from the government, we would buy and sell items like Kholi, Thul, seeds, Mahul, Mahun, and Jhuna.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

    🏦 🛍️ 💰

    My name is Shukadev Mallik, from Keramaha village, Baliguda block. If we take a loan from the government, we would buy and sell kholi, thul, seeds, mahua, honey, and jhuna.

    — Manu Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

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