Drought & Farm Challenges

Farming is done without irrigation, but in years with low rainfall, there is no good harvest and the seeds also do not ripen.

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

There is a lack of new technology, good seeds, and irrigation. We do farming, but the cost is high and the profit is low.

— VEER SINGH SIJUI · Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand

Due to deforestation, we are unable to cultivate properly. It is not raining.

— Karunakar Uthansing · Dhusarigan, Kandhamal, Odisha

It feels to me that in the coming time, farming remained very difficult, and our work got a bit stalled. Now we cannot do it; we realized this earlier.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

In the present era, due to unseasonal weather, the yield of agricultural crops has decreased.

— Padmalochan Majhi · Ratachua, Rayagada, Odisha

There is a borewell problem in our village. Due to the unavailability of water easily in the fields, we are unable to grow a second crop.

— Amar Lal Dhurwey

Farming without water is no longer possible, the land has become hard.

— Kachala Choudhary

Due to the lack of soil moisture in our village, we are facing difficulty in cultivating a second crop.

— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

We will cultivate the land we have. We will plough and prepare the field. There is a slight problem with water. That place is dry and our crops are also dry.

— pinku sunani · Litisargi, Nuapada, Odisha

We are unable to cultivate a second crop in our fields due to water problems.

— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

There is a water shortage in our Odisha. If this is not resolved, farming will not be good.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

Yes, we practice zero-irrigation farming, but it has reduced a lot, it's not like before.

— Kachala Choudhary

Water provision is necessary for summer cultivation. However, even with water provision for farming, it is not getting better.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

We have a water shortage even for double cropping. Due to this, we are using our own seed paddy and doing less threshing, as we have sown the paddy in the field.

— Padmini Bhoi · SKIP NO LOCATION

We used to plant paddy according to the season in olden times. Now, due to lack of rain, we are cultivating cotton in the fields.

— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha

There is a shortage of water for our agricultural work. If water is properly managed, agricultural work can improve.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

The problem is the borewell. We are unable to cultivate a second crop due to lack of water in our fields. So, the problem is the borewell.

— Amar Lal Dhurwey

We are being provided facilities due to lack of irrigation for our agricultural land.

— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha

Hello, regarding the summer, the sun is very strong. But since we are in the countryside, we don't feel it much because we work in the village. It's a little, a little more. But because we are farmers, we don't feel it. But I don't know how you people in town are coping, poor things. The sun is indeed very strong this year. I don't know if it will stay like this or how it will be. But we ourselves are drinking a lot of water in the countryside. But even if we farm like that, our farming is not yielding much. The yield is very low. Half of the harvest is wasted due to yellow disease. I don't know how we are going to cope.

— Divagar N · Parakkalur AD Street, Salem, Tamil Nadu

Yes, we also grow other crops without irrigation, but we don't get the benefits according to our efforts.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Yes, we do farming. We used to farm even without water. We cultivate moong, urad, and other dryland crops. This type of farming is done during the winter months, which is unstable due to the cold.

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

We want to cultivate with zero irrigation, but if we do not preserve good seeds, then our farming will be fine.

— PRADEEP KUMAR KANHAR · Boudh, Odisha

There is a shortage of water for farming in our village. If proper arrangements are made, farming activities will improve.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

A second crop does not grow here due to water problems, which is rain-fed cultivation. We ourselves collect and store the old seeds.

— Padmini Bhoi

Loss due to changing weather conditions - sometimes too much rain, sometimes too little, sometimes hailstorms. Farmers only face losses.

— VEER SINGH SIJUI · Kharasawan, Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand

There is a shortage of water for farming in our village. If proper arrangements are made for this, farming can be done.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

There is a water shortage for farming in our area. If this issue is addressed, farming will improve.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

Farming

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Since there was no irrigation, I farm. I sow moong dal, mustard, and similar crops, and nothing else grows.

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

There is a borewell problem in our village, due to which farmers are unable to cultivate both crops, so the problem is with the borewell.

— Amar Lal Dhurwey · SKIP NO LOCATION

In this village, the forest has been damaged a bit more than before this time. Herbs cannot be collected, and because of that, we...

— Padmini Bhoi

There is a shortage of water for farming; if it is properly managed, farming can be done well.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

Due to the lack of water in Manohari village, farmers are unable to cultivate a second crop.

— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh