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..The first training that Saraswati and the women in her self help group received in 2014 was of seed treatment and SRI (the system of rice intensification), known locally as sribidi. The MKSP has had a few set-backs – most notably in the form of unpredictable rains. In the first year, the kharif of 2014, the farmers had sown paddy, as usual, on both lowland (donr) and upland (tanr). The rains failed, and the paddy on the upland died. Yet while other farmers’ paddy in the lowland turned yellow and died, Saraswati’s paddy crop retained a healthy green colour. For this reason, from 2015 onwards they have only practiced sribidi in lowland paddy where water is assured. Under MKSP the female farmers also received training on SMI (system of millet intensification).
