Millets and Pulses Farming

Precious seeds: Pearl millet, Black gram, Sorghum, Bhaadi Kodo millet, Barnyard millet, Bati.

— Kachala Choudhary

Our precious seed jowar, urad

— Kachala Choudhary

We save and sow our traditional seeds. Such as chickpea, sorghum, Bhadi, pearl millet, etc.

— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

For our family, the most valuable seeds are pulse seeds, paddy seeds, etc.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We have inherited the seeds of Bhaadi, Kodra, Bati, Jowar.

— Kachala Choudhary

Yes, I collect my own seeds. Mung and Black Gram are the most valuable seeds for our family. I have horse gram, black gram, bajra (pearl millet) and Mugeisal rice as old seeds. For us...

— gadadhar dash

We save stable seeds and kuluth seeds are valuable for our family. We have old seeds like millet, kuluth, moong. We sell them and use them as food.

— Basanti · Dashapalla, Nayagarh, Odisha

And our local seeds are paddy, jowar, and among pulses there is tur, and groundnut, so we rely on our local seeds.

— Kachala Choudhary · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

The oldest seeds we have. Millet, foxtail millet, horse gram, green gram, lentils.

— Batakrushna Sahoo

Jowar, Bhadi, and Kodo were precious seeds.

— Kachala Choudhary

The traditional seeds are pearl millet, smooth sorghum, and Bhadi kodo millet.

— Kachala Choudhary

Yes, we save our local seeds. The most precious seeds for the family are wheat, chickpeas, peas, paddy, etc. Seeds are precious.

— Vimala

Wheat, chickpea, toria and local indigenous seeds.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

These are wheat, chickpea, toria, and local Rajasthani seeds.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Our traditional items are finger millet, foxtail millet, proso millet, black gram, paddy, all these are ours. Then there's black gram, pigeon pea, and all these things.

— gobardhan pangi · Upperpur, Malkangiri, Odisha

We store black gram, green gram, finger millet, horse gram, foxtail millet, and pearl millet for future cultivation.

— Batakrushna Sahoo

Own threshed paddy, maize, sorghum, finger millet, niger seed - these are the main ones.

— Ram Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Finger millet, black gram, green gram, etc.

— Abhimaneu Sabar

Sangli, Kodo seeds and indigenous seeds with millets

— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

In our region, we save and conserve our local seeds such as indigenous oilseed seeds, indigenous pulse seeds, and paddy seeds.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We preserve old seeds for sowing work, which explicitly includes Moong, Kili, and Mustard.

— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

We have kept the people, and we have kept millet, we have kept little millet, and we have kept barnyard millet, we have kept horse gram, and Kista, and also the people.

— Sanjusabar · Khambariguda, Rayagada, Odisha

Here, we grow varieties of crops like paddy, black gram, pigeon pea, Kodo millet, Little millet, Barnyard millet, and others.

— Ram Maravi · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh

Yes, we grow other crops and also preserve seeds like black gram, pigeon pea, and green gram.

— Jagannath Baraik · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Here, rain-fed crops are barley, green gram, and maize, and their seeds are stored.

— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Moong and Urad seeds are valuable to us.

— Chitta Ranjan Sahu · Malakanagiri, Malkangiri, Odisha

Pearl millet, corn, Kodo millet, Mejhari, Barnyard millet, Black gram, Chickpea.

— Kamleah Kumar · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We keep green gram, black gram, and horse gram seeds, and cultivate them in the second crop.

— Puspanjali Nag

Our ancestors have been cultivating Kodo, Barnyard, Foxtail, Finger millet, Horse gram, and Barley since ancient times, which are very nutritious. We always preserve their seeds and cultivate them every year.

— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Millet, sorghum, are the most special seeds.

— Kachala Choudhary

Jowar are precious seeds.

— Kachala Choudhary

We have the oldest seeds of pulses, oilseeds, and rice that we have preserved.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

They save seeds: millet, beans, paddy, horse gram, and black gram, from Damuni Nayak village, Dama Pata, Malkangiri.

— Ramadas Badanayak · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha

We have traditional varieties: our native rice, ragi, tuana, jhudunga, palat biri, and our kangu tuana.

— gobardhan pangi · Upperpur, Malkangiri, Odisha

They keep wheat and barley seeds.

— अमर जीत · Kota, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

They keep chickpea and lentil seeds.

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Yes, we keep sorghum seeds.

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Mukasim, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Our invaluable grains are Sorghum and Pearl Millet.

— Kachala Choudhary

We do farming. We save some seeds beforehand and then cultivate. This way, we get many crops, including green gram, black gram, and pigeon pea.

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

Here, we cultivate paddy, sawa, medon, and mijhri. We store sawa, medon, and mijhri at home for sowing in the next year. Additionally, among pulses, we have kurthi and baturi, which we also store and sow the following year.

— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh