Farmers meetings, selection of farmers for seed distribution initiative and compiling Agricultural activity calendar – Saihara village, Harrakachar Panchayat, Patalkot, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh

Laxman and Gyansa Bharti

On the 20th of April 2021 community fellows Laxman and Gyansa Bharti facilitated a meeting with villagers of Saihara village to spread awareness about traditional agricultural practices, select farmers who would be receiving traditional seeds for mixed cropping cultivation on their lands and collection of information for an agriculture activity calendar. The participants included 10 men, 5 women and 3 children. The farmers enthusiastically participated in the discussion on traditional agricultural practices, absorbed the information provided and 9 farmers agreed to carry out traditional mixed cropping on their lands for which they would receive traditional seeds. The farmers who agreed to carry out mixed cropping are as follows:

  1. Makarlal / Sundar
  2. Ethlal / Dadhi
  3. Lalsi / Mangalsi
  4. Kamsi / Chamri
  5. Laxman / Chamri
  6. Kapurbai / Khuniya
  7. Sukhniya / Borelal
  8. Bijiriya / Chotelal
  9. Santlal / Gorelal

The meeting concluded with the collection of information from participants for the compilation of an agricultural activity calendar of the Bhariya people of Patalkot.