Consumers support farmers upfront at the beginning of a farming season. In return, at the time of harvest, consumers are directly given farm products

Adis know what kind of crops take up what kind of nutrients and how it affects other crops

"We all relished a preparation of ambadi mixed with chickpea dough and garnished with garlic, to be eaten with jowar bhakri."

Permaculture farms offer food throughout the year, reduce waste and pests and keep the soil healthy and productive.

Sikiya is an extra produce the Baigas get without even cultivating it. It has about 12 to 12.5 per cent protein.

Bamboo beds with layers of dried water hyacinth, silt, vermicompost and farm yard manure, dry leaves of leguminous plants, etc. float on the water bodies.

"Our seed diversity is preserved and cultivated, though we did loose some seeds like red maze but we have tried and revived the lost seeds"

Crops and vegetables planted within one acre farms by the women gave nutritious and healthy plants for consumption with surplus produce.

“Forests are the root of our existence. We care for forests as they provide us with food, teach us the way of life, and do not discriminate."