A dimension within Harvesting Traditions
Encompasses the broad aspects of farming and agriculture within a rural context, focusing on food and crops.
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Traditional agriculture
— Common Ground · Phiringia, Kandhamal, Odisha
Traditional agriculture
— KRUSHNA KHILLO · Semiliguda, Koraput, Odisha
Farming
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Agriculture farming
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Farming and agriculture
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We will do farming.
— Manjusha Marko · Dudhi, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We farm using traditional methods.
— Sunil oraon · Bero, Ranchi, Jharkhand
I will do traditional farming.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
I will do traditional farming.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
We farm using the old method.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Traditional agriculture and heritage
— KRUSHNA KHILLO · Semiliguda, Koraput, Odisha
To do animal husbandry and agriculture.
— arun raja · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Can do farming
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Want to do farming
— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Record it in 15 seconds. Yes, I practice traditional farming. I irrigate my fields with my oxen, plow them, and use organic manure from my animals.
— Vasudev Katara · Bichiwara, Dungarpur, Rajasthan
We do mixed farming
— Kachala Choudhary
Home farming
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Home farming
— Sunita Kumari
Traditional farming, meaning Yudung, Pandala, Janana, maize, finger millet, and so on.
— James
We will practice traditional farming and save seeds for next year.
— Sathimambalaka · Tado, Rayagada, Odisha
I am doing traditional farming. I will go and maintain it. I will do it for 12 years.
— Sathimambalaka · Tado, Rayagada, Odisha
We are known to practice irrigated farming, and we also do traditional farming.
— Vimala
They farm using plows pulled by oxen, practicing traditional farming where they sow and grow old varieties, and now they also sow some new hybrid varieties.
— Ram Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
My ancestors used to emphasize farming using organic methods.
— Madan Hantal · Pujariguda, Malkangiri, Odisha
Yes, we know the specific method of farming and we also practice it.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Yes, they certainly conduct their business, adhering to conservation through traditional farming methods and achieving development by farming through reliable means.
— Rakesh kumar Kumar
We do traditional farming. We save rain-fed seeds and cultivate crops like sorghum and chickpea.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Animal husbandry can be practiced.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Farming native sorghum
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
We are a tribal community, we farm using ploughs and bullocks, and we sustain our lives. We clear forests and bushes to make fields, and we cultivate sawa, medo, mijhri, and maize, which were grown by our ancestors, and we also preserve their seeds.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Yes, if I complete this, what will I get? What will I gain? I will do farming. We will cultivate everything ourselves. We will do traditional farming, growing various things like millets and other distinct crops.
— Ulapi Sahu
I am farming using my own seeds.
— Padmini Bhoi
Yes, we practice traditional farming and also conserve indigenous seeds.
— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh
Laborer's farming
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Even today, we farm with a plough and oxen and earn our livelihood. Since ancient times, our ancestors have ploughed fields with a plough and oxen, and sow only the seeds preserved at home, such as kurthi, sawa, medo, and mijhri.
— Ram Kumari
Sawa, Medo, Mijhri are our traditional crops, which our ancestors used to cultivate by plowing with bullocks and a plough. They consumed these crops throughout the year and saved seeds in their homes for the next year's sowing. We still practice farming today.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The methods that our ancestors taught, which is farming, and now if we implement that, considering the market's demand, if we adopt our old methods, then we...
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
They were cultivating paddy using organic methods or traditional soil methods.
— Gourang Adhikari · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha
I want to preserve traditional farming by cultivating pulses and carry this tradition forward.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
Our ancestors generally followed traditional farming methods using cow dung manure.
— Jogeshwar Naik · Kalahandi, Odisha
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