This document is a complete technical guide to understanding, planning and implementing SRI trials in West Africa, with advice on adaptation strategies and scaling-up. Version 2 was released in August 2014, at the regional Training of Trainers and Technical Workshop in Kpalimé, Togo.
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The manual was compiled by SRI-Rice staff in conjunction with the project on Improving and Scaling up the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in West Africa’.This effort is the 3-year first phase (Jan 2014 – Dec 2016) of a regional World Bank-financed project to increase rice productivity and competitiveness throughout a 13-country Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) project area:
Thai 'smart' farmers lead drive to boost production The Nation Two provinces part of project on improving crop standards
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Farmers in project undertaken by Asian Institute of Technology and Ministry of Education in Surin and Uttaradit provinces overwhelmingly showed that SRI principles could save 20 per cent in cost of production and input, and yet provide a higher yield up to 30 per cent, compared to conventional rice cultivation.
From August 4th to August 10th project participants from around the region came to Kpalimé, Togo, for the first in-depth training of trainers and technical exchange. Split into two groups – one fra...
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Improving and Scaling up the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in West Africa’ is the 3-year first phase (Jan 2014 – Dec 2016) of a regional World Bank-financed project to increase rice productivity and competitiveness throughout the 13 countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). This training was done undertaken by the project.
Independence Day special: The geography of rice and wheat has been transformed with Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh generating surpluses-- by Ravish Tiwari
With water becoming an important cost, and with climate change and soil degradation, the System of Rice Intensification offers disadvantaged farming households better opportunities
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A well-written article by Rita Sharma, a former Secretary to the Government of India and National Advisory Council, that discusses the Climate-Smart features of SRI, which she also refers to as the new “green grassroots revolution."
It is officially the monsoon season but there are no dark clouds on the horizon as yet in parts of the country. This year, like some previous drought years, the monsoon has disappeared..
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An excellent article by Padmakshi Badoni about the water-saving potential of SRI published in the South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP) blog.
Hindi-language video by Aajeevika National Rural Livelihood Mission in Bihar, India, showing the major steps in the System of Wheat Intensification (SWI), which was inspired by SRI practices.
Researches with SRI world-over have revealed that high yields from the SRI method are the consequence of improvement in plant environment rather than enhancement of physiological potential of the plant itself.
New techniques needed to save water resources Hindustan Times With a view to saving water resources and get more yield of paddy, farmers should adopt techniques like direct seeding rice, laser leveler and system of rice intensification (SRI), said...
Initiative funded the ‘system of rice intensification’ to the tune of Nu 300,000 Agriculture.
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The SRI method was initiated by the Samdrupjongkhar Initiatives (SI) and agriculture extension office in Samdrupcholing to encourage organic farming with a Nu 300,000 fund.
A specialized agribusiness service provider, WEMS Agro Companies Limited, plans to invest about $2.2 million in rice cultivation using SRI methods on a 25,000 hectare farm in Akotogbo, Ondo State, providing job opportunities for about 2,500 people in the community.
The projects named ClimaRice and Climaadapt reportedly proved that the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), which is being promoted by the state government, emits 20 to 25% less methane through trial in fields.
A Bihar farmer who set a paddy cultivation record has been hired on a five-year contract by the South African government to train farmers there in the innovative System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method for which he will be paid the equivalent of
There is a lot of excitement around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), especially amongst smallholder farmers and agricultural policymakers hoping to increase national rice production. But SRI is not short of skeptics either.
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Is it fact or fiction? Read on and decide for yourself!
In Malawi, SRI is being championed by the IFAD-funded Irrigation Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural Development (IRLAD) Project. The IRLAD project trained over 5,000 farmers in irrigation schemes to adopt SRI technology as a way of ensuring optimum utilization of the irrigation schemes and improve yield using less farm inputs.
Indian women farmers are emerging as the backbone of the rural economy. Recent data from the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) data reveals that 18 per cent of farming families are headed by women.
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This is a story of women from Odisha India's largely tribal region of Koraput. See what they are doing with SRI!
Perricone-Dazzo, Lorraine. 2014. Farmer centered research on improved rice cropping systems in the Peanut Basin of Senegal: Peace Corps System of Rice Intensification extension campaign. Master of Professional Studies project paper, Cornell University.
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Lorraine's study of SRI adaptations in four villages in Kaffrine, Senegal, found that the most successful combination of practices for both yield and labor savings were in-line direct seeding using local animal traction machinery shown at right (achieving 35cm between-row spacing) and hand-thinning the result at 8 days to 25cm spacing with one plant per hill. The full project paper is available at http://sri.cals.cornell.edu/countries/senegal/research/Senegal_PerriconeDazzoMPS0514.pdf
Thirty-two presentations from the Conference on "Recent Changes in Rice Production and Rural Livelihoods: New Insights on the System of Rice Intensification as a Socio-Technical Movement in India", held June 19-21 2014 in New Delhi, India. The event was organized by Wageningen University, National Consortium on SRI, and Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.
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