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System of Rice
Intensification (SRI) |
An Alternative in
Paddy Cultivation
SRI - System of Rice Intensification - is a method of
paddy cultivation. Initially experimented by farmers in Madagascar in 1980s,
now this methods has become popular in many countries. The
core principles of this method are using
less seed, less water and no chemical fertilizers and pesticides . As
rice is the staple food, adoption of SRI method opens up
potential water saving and groundwater management issues.
More Rice with Less Water-
Rice is the main source of directly consumed calories for
about half the world’s population and 90 per cent of it is
produced and consumed in Asia. Contrary to popular belief,
rice is not an aquatic plant and the main reason it is
submerged in water is for controlling weeds. Conventional
method of rice cultivation uses 60-70 kilos of seeds per
hectare, SRI requires just five kilos per hectare. This
report was released at a conference held 3rd-5th
October 2007 in Tripura.
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Towards a Learning Alliance: SRI in
Orissa 
Dr. C. Shambu, Koen Beurner and Debasis Mohanty
This
book is an outcome of an ongoing learning alliance in the
state that emerged out of a state level dialogue
workshop on SRI held in June 2007. The workshop was meant
to create a learning platform for both research and non
research actors to share their experiences and insights on
SRI so that institutional support necessary for future
SRI uptake was faster through mutual trust and synergies
among the diverse SRI actors in the state. The volume
has fourteen experiences of governmental agencies,
research organisations, SRI farmers and non
governmental organisations in Orissa - many less than a
year. The introductory chapter places the various
chapters in the context of SRI and rice in India and
presents the case for a learning alliance on SRI.
Through the book the authors hope that apart from
strengthening ongoing efforts to scale up SRI in Orissa
such learning alliances would be pursued and
facilitated in other Indian states that face similar
institutional challenges and require novel
institutional innovations.
Continuing Reading ...
 State
level Dialogue on SRI in Orissa
For the
past couple of years, Civil Society Organisations (CSO) such
as Sambhav
and PRADAN (Professional Assistance for Development Action)
started promoting SRI.... This report documents, the
proceedings of the dialogue among 80
participants from agriculture department, research organisations, civil society organisations and farmers
seeking to form a 'learning alliance' on SRI in the state of Orissa'.
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System
of Rice Intensification in India
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Innovation History and Institutional Challenges.
Dr.
C. Shambu
Prasad has made the introduction of SRI into India a subject
for systematic investigation early on in that process. He
recognized the potentially profound impact that SRI could
have on Indian agriculture and on the people who participate
in it as producers and/or consumers. He was interested in
what implications this process might have for gaining a
better understanding of technological change in agriculture
and of the interplay between science and technology in these
processes.
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 Envisioning
'Post Modern Agriculture
''...
The agricultural techniques and patterns of investment that
were developed and practiced in the latter half of the 20th
century -- widely known as ‘modern agriculture’ -- culminated in
what is called the Green Revolution, a subject of both extravagant
praise and persistent controversy. Will it be wise to extend and
even intensify this mode of agricultural development in the coming
decades? This is a big question...." - Dr. Norman Uphoff
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