The System of Rice Intensification in Jharkhand and Bihar

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The System of Rice Intensificationin Jharkhand
and Bihar

• Bringing new perspectives to the
• search for household food security
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SRI paddy cultivation, experiences, 2005 to 2007
A Presentation on
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The shift a glimpse

• 53 farm families harvesting rice for only 5-7
  months consumption are now harvesting 14-18
  months worth of rice from a single crop in the
  same piece of land
• Food security level of over 1000 families has
  increased, and these families are now able to
  take risks in diversified livelihoods so
  financial inclusion is taking place

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System of Rice Intensification

• Jharkhand
• District Deoghar
• Block Sarwa
• Coverage of villages 41

• Bihar
• District Banka
• Block Chandan
• Coverage of villages 16

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System of Rice Intensification

• Total coverage of farmers 1030
• Total coverage of area (hectares) 430
• Maximum yield (ha) 12.9 MT
• Minimum yield (Kg / ha) 6.2 MT

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Farmers name Sh. Rajeshwar Village
Bichgarha Panchayat
Sarwa Area 10 decimals (0.1 ha)
Variety MTU-7029Block
Sarwa District Deoghar
System of Rice Intensification A Case
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SRI
Traditional
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Comparison of SRI and
TraditionalPaddy Cultivation Farmers
name Sh. Rajeshwar Village Bichgarha
Panchayat Sarwa Area
10 decimals (0.1 ha)
Variety MTU-7029Block Sarwan
District Deoghar
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Learning

• Boro rice cultivation was experimented first time
  in Jharkhand during summer 2007 on 7 acres
  area, the result was excellent the yield
  recorded (11.9 MT/ha) was over 3 times of their
  normal yield
• Medium and upper-medium lowlands are suitable for
  SRI cultivation. Lowlands, where water drainage
  is not quick, yield less
• The water percolation /drainage rate in
  upper-medium lowlands in Jharkhand is high, hence
  farmers require some reserve water for drying and
  soaking

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Learning

• We registered a high yield, up to 12.9 MT per
  hectare, because of high tillering 109 tillers
  as a maximum against 18-20 tillers maximum in
  conventional practice
• In the summer crop, we registered 11.9 MT yield
  as against 3.3 MT per hectare the practice was
  conducted with 30 farmers in a cluster of 7 acres
  last summer
• Weeding is a critical input required in SRI the
  better the drying and soaking is practiced, the
  higher is the weeding required to get highest
  yield.
• We introduced rotary weeder and cono-weeder to
  make weeding an easy intervention, which helped a
  lot. However, farmers are reluctant to practice
  as many as 5 weedings.

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Learning

• Seed quality must be good as fewer seeds are
  used. However, HYV variety of seed may not
  required for SRI as local seeds have shown
  outstanding results in terms of both quantity and
  quality
• It is important that we work on producing good
  quality local seeds through SRI methods so that
  control over seeds remains with farmers locally
• This would ensure that marginalized farmers have
  assured access to good seeds. This would also
  have an impact on household food security

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The critical areas of PoP

• Water management alternatively drying and
  soaking the soil
• Age and quality of seedlings for transplantation
  two-leaf stage
• 4-5 weedings
• Potassium split-dose for stem borer control

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Challenge

• Soil nutrient management
• Huge biomass production with SRI extracts maximum
  nutrients from the soil
• Hence, green manuring is important

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Challenges

• Weeding timeliness and frequency access to
  weeders
• Water harvesting with paddy to ensure reliable
  supply

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We got good results from

• Pre-sowing green manure
• Cowpea and Cassia species
• Dhaincha
• Post-harvest green manure
• Niger and Cosks comb can be a good post- harvest
  green manure / rich in potash

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Conclusion

• SRI can be an answer to household food security
  for marginalized farm households
• SRI cannot be a package but is a dynamic
  practice, requiring regional variance per
  temperature, pest types, in terms of water
  management, etc.
• States like Jharkhand require large-scale,
  area-based NGO interventions to influence Govt.
  institutions to bring more opportunities to
  marginalized communities

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Nursery
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Single seedling ready for trans-planting
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25 days after sowing
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After 50 days
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At the verge of maturing
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• We express our gratitude to SDTT for their
  support in scaling up SRI in the state of
  Jharkhand
• Thank you