Agricultural Livelihoods

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

Ragi, Foxtail Millet, Moong

— srinu salbam · MPV 54, Malkangiri, Odisha

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

— gobardhan pangi · Upperpur, Malkangiri, Odisha

Name - Madhab Majhi. In our region, a large amount of ragi, arhar, moong, and kodo millet are cultivated from the forest. It can be used as nutritious food or in the form of PDS (Public Distribution System).

— Prabhasini Batkar

My name is Ramesh Majhi. We cultivate millet, kodo, and arhar. These can be used as nutrition or for the PDS (Public Distribution System).

— Prabhasini Batkar · Tumudibandh, Kandhamal, Odisha

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

— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

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

— Kachala Choudhary

Moringa, rice and Chironji nuts, mango pickle, local rice, etc.

— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

Sangli, Kodo seeds and indigenous seeds with millets

— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

Name: Purnachandra Pradhan. Village: Gatamaha, G.P. Bondaguda, block Nuagaon, District Kandhamal. We are cultivating green gram, mustard, and black gram as a second crop without irrigation, and we are also saving seeds.

— Sidheswar Nayak · Kandhamal, Odisha

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

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

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

— Kachala Choudhary

Paddy, finger millet, little millet, pigeon pea, jute seeds. Village - Te Muru Pali, Malkangiri.

— Ramadas Badanayak · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha

Soya, Kangu, Jarna, and other varieties.

— Abhimaneu Sabar

Currently, we have Ragi and Khejona seeds available as local seeds.

— NAGRIK VIKASH SANGATHAN · Kalahandi, Odisha

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

— Ram Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

The rice crop we cultivate, the valuable horse gram of our family; our ancestors have provided us with green gram, black gram, horse gram, and finger millet.

— Basanti · Nayagarh, Odisha

The things we used to cultivate before were black gram, green gram, cowpea, horse gram, etc.

— Batakrushna Sahoo

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 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

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

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Pearl millet, maize, kodo millet, Mejri, barnyard millet, black gram, horse gram

— Kamleah Kumar · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Our precious seed jowar, urad

— Kachala Choudhary

Traditional farming, meaning Yudung, Pandala, Janana, maize, finger millet, and so on.

— James

The valuable grains of the family are: beans, finger millet, paddy, maize, horse gram, black gram. Name: Kamala Madkami Village: Ranginiguda Pedawada Malkangiri

— Trinath badanayak · Kamarpalli, Malkangiri, Odisha

Certainly, we cultivate a second crop in Shuneshwar Sachin and also follow traditional farming methods and seed protection. Our traditional foods include Mandia (Ragi) and Kangu (Foxtail millet), among others.

— jitendra khila · Lachery, Malkangiri, Odisha

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

— Kamleah Kumar · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Wheat, chickpea, toria and local indigenous seeds.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

The traditional dishes are our corn, moong, black gram, horse gram, and our moong, and jana, etc. All these.

— S Guruteli · Upperpur, Malkangiri, Odisha

Previously, we ourselves used to cultivate moong, Didhan Lar Golandi, Mahipal paddy, red paddy, Kalachu paddy, and Sarai paddy.

— Padmini Bhoi

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

— Kachala Choudhary

Moong and Urad seeds are valuable to us.

— Chitta Ranjan Sahu · Malakanagiri, Malkangiri, Odisha