Dans le cadre de la mise à l’échelle de l’approche SRI (Système de Riziculture Intensive) par le PPAAO au Niger, une formation pratique des producteurs de riz hors-aménagement s’est tenue du 13 au 14 août 2018 sur le périmètre rizicole de Sébéri. L’atelier a regroupé vingt-quatre participants dont les CDA et les producteurs de régions de Zinder Tahoua, Tillabéri et Dosso. L’objectif principal était de former des champions SRI capables à leur tour de disséminer l’information à d’autres producteurs de riz de leur zone.
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English summary: As part of the scaling up of the SRI approach that continues to be used by the West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAPP) in Niger, practical training for rice farmers was held from August 13-14, 2018, in the Sébéri irrigation scheme of Niger. Participants came from regions of Zinder, Tahoua, Tillabéri and Dosso. The main objectives were to train SRI champions who in turn could disseminate information to other rice producers in their area and to increase the number of specialized NIS producers who could be used as FFS facilitators to popularize this ecological approach to producing rice.
Zanzibar’s Minister for Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Natural Resources, Rashid Ali Juna, revealed that Zanzibar archipelago is set to achieve 60-percent rice self-sufficiency by increasing productivity in the next two years...” We are encouraging farmers to venture into a System of Rice Intensification to boost production so that we reduce rice importation as we’re doing now” he said. Mariam Juma, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Natural Resources described SRI as one of the best farming techniques aimed at increasing rice yields, adding that it is low water, labour-intensive method that uses younger seedlings singly spaced and typically hand weeded with special tools.
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Fifty-five-year old Boureima Sanogo has been cultivating rice since he was 15. With traditional cultivation methods on a hectare of land in the rainy season, the most yield he could get was four tons.
But since the introduction of a new cultivation method known as the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), an improved water management system, and drought-tolerant seed varieties, not only does he cultivate twice a year, but his yield also has doubled. Sanago now producers about 14 tons of rice every year. Before SRI, his maximum yearly income barely went above 500.000 FCFA (USD 1000). But when you include off-season cultivation, he now makes close 2.5 million (USD 5000) from his 14 tons. One ton of rice now sells in Mali at about 175.000 FCFA (USD 350). For a country where most people, particularly in rural households, live on about USD 2 per day, this is considerably above the country’s median income.
An ongoing effort at the regional level is aiming at improving rice production through empowering rural farmers to achieve that objective. Presently, the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is helping to bring rural farmers closer to food self-sufficiency in over 50 countries with the help of organizations like the West and Central African Council for […]
Le commune rurale de Miarinavaratra est en passe de devenir un pôle de développment dans la région Amoron’i Mania grâce aux actions menées par les ministère de l’Emploi, de l’enseignement technique et de la formation professionnelle (MEETFP). La circonscription a inaugure l’application de la Politique nationale de l’emploi et de la formation professionnelle (PNEFP) en dispensant une formation à 200 agricultrices issues de 20 associations féminines de la commune en système de riziculture intensive (SRI) et en élevage de volailles et lapins.
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200 women trained in SRI in Miarinavaratra in Madagascar's Fandriana district...
Une étude exploratoire a été menée de 2009 à 2013 en vue d’évaluer la faisabilité technique du Système de Riziculture Intensive (SRI) dans cinq localités de l’Office du Niger, Mali. Le protocole expérimental comprenait 3 traitements : pratique paysanne avec la dose recommandée de fumure minérale (T1) ; méthode SRI avec 10 tonnes de fumier plus la dose d’engrais recommandée (T2) et méthode SRI avec 10 tonnes de fumier et la moitié de la dose vulgarisée de fumure minérale (T3). Les rendements ont varié entre 4,5 et 10 t ha-1 et plus avec la méthode SRI et entre 3 et 8t ha-1 avec la méthode conventionnelle. En outre, une relation positive entre les pratiques de gestion des cultures et les rendements en milieu paysan a été observée. Il en a été de même pour les rendements et les facteurs sol notamment N et P. Dans près de 50 % des cas, la variabilité des rendements pouvait être expliquée par des pratiques culturales, et de gestion de la fertilité et de l’eau.
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A study was conducted with 40 farmers from 2008 to 2011 in the Office du Niger, Mali, to determine the feasibility of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) cultural practices. Treatments were: farmer practice (T1); SRI (T2) with 5 tons of manure and the recommended rate of mineral fertilizer and SRI with 5 tons of manure and half of the recommended dose of mineral fertilizer (T3). Yields varied between 4.5 and10 t ha-1 and more for SRI and between 3 and 8t t ha-1 for the conventional practice. There was a significant correlation between farming practices and yields, and between yields and soil factors (especially N and P). More than 60 % of the variations in performance were due to the control of cultural practices and water management in both systems (conventional method and SRI). [Because of large yield variability, it appears that SRI can lead to low yields if proper cultural practices are not followed.]
"Future strategies for sustainable food security will need to get greater productivity from available land, labour, water and other resources, producing more food, as much as possible, with reduced inputs. The System of Crop Intensification (SCI) which emerged from an agroecological production strategy developed for rice in Madagascar in the 1980s has shown promise in various countries for raising the yields of diverse crops with less reliance on purchased external inputs, using less seed and needing less water because of enhanced root growth and soil improvement. Here we review the adaptation and application of SCI principles to increasing the production and availability of Ethiopia's most important indigenous grain crop, tef."
The African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (AICC), an institution that promotes the role of business in development, has touted the introduction of system of rice intensification (SRI) in Machinga District to increase the crop’s output... Henry Chiwalo said that since the concept was introduced, rice production has doubled from 2,500 kg/ha to agout 5,850 kg/ha... Over 2,800 rice farmers in 3 irrigation schemes in Machinga are practising this system...
This study investigates the impact of rice production training in a modified version of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) on the performance of small-scale rice farmers in a rain-fed area of Tanzania. Utilizing the plot level variation, we employ propensity score matching (PSM) to assess the impact of training on technology adoption, productivity, and profitability. We also estimate a difference-in-differences model with plot fixed effects using recall panel data covering the periods before and after training. We found that trainees achieved an average paddy yield of 4.7 tons per hectare and rice profit of 191.5 USD per hectare on the plots where new technologies were adopted, which is higher by about 1.3–1.8 tons and 119–137 USD per hectare than on the other plots. Our study suggests the high potential of transforming favorable rain-fed rice growing areas in SSA so as to achieve a rice Green Revolution through training in modern input use and improved agronomic practices.
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Nakano, Y., Y. Tanaka, and K. Otsuka. 2017. Impact of training on the intensification of rice farming: Evidence from rainfed areas in Tanzania. Agricultural Economics, Accepted Author Manuscript. December 18, 2017.
Le Système de riziculture intensive (SRI), un des derniers programmes de production rizicoles à être déroulés dans notre pays a, durant ses deux années d’expérience (2016-2017), commencé à faire germer les premières pousses d’une autosuffisance en riz et d’une réduction de la facture annuelle d’importation du riz dans notre pays. D'après le discours des responsables de sa mise en œuvre, on peut même dire que durant cette prochaine année, le SRI gagnera plus de place sur le terrain et sera déroulé partout dans les différentes collectivités du pays par l’écrasante majorité des producteurs sénégalais qui s’en saisiront.
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An SRI initiative undertaken during the past two years has begun to show results in promoting rice self-sufficiency along with a reduction in Senegal's annual import bill for rice. The project leaders believe that during this next year SRI will gain yet more ground and will be rolled out throughout the country by the majority of Senegalese producers. An SRI workshop held by project partners National Agricultural and Rural Advisory Agency (ANCAR) and the Agricultural Productivity Program in West Africa (WAAPP) found that yields had risen 50% to 100% across the 10,000 ha planted.
The government is implementing the Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) initiative that will improve land and water management, with experts urging its speeding up to enable farmers shift from traditional to improved mode of farming.
...Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Development's senior officer Theresia Massoy said that urgent action was need to build resilience to climate impacts by improving agriculture that sustainably increases productivity and income, increases the ability to adapt and build resilience to Climate Change and enhances food and nutrition security while achieving mitigation. [She added] there was need to make farmers aware of the need to adopt water harvesting means, water storage investments and adoption by smallholder farmers system of rice intensification (SRI).
Rice production is important for global food security but given its large water footprint, efficient irrigation management strategies need to be developed. Expansion of rice growing area is larger than any other crop in Africa due to increasing demand for rice. Three rice irrigation management alternatives with the system of rice intensification (SRI) were field-evaluated against the conventional continuously flooded system (CF) in Tanzania. Production systems included: (1) CF (50 mm ponding depth for the entire season); (2) SRI (40 mm ponding for 3 days and no irrigation for next 5 days); (3) 80% SRI (80% of the SRI ponding); and (4) 50% SRI (50% of the SRI ponding). Statistically, the 80% SRI treatment outperformed all other treatments over the two seasons with an additional yield of 1.57 tons/ha and 33% (345 mm) water savings compared to the CF. Economic productivity of water (US$/ha-cm) over two seasons was highest for the 80% SRI ($20.27/ha-cm), while it was lowest for the CF ($12.89/ha-cm). Water saved by converting from the CF to the 80% SRI (1.98 million ha-cm) can support a 50% expansion in the current rice irrigated area in Tanzania. Even without irrigation expansion, the 80% SRI can increase rice production by 1.5 million tons annually while enhancing water availability for industrial and environmental uses (e.g., ecological preserves) and help achieve food security in Tanzania and the greater sub-Saharan Africa
Du 25 au 27 juin 2018, une délégation d’ambassadeurs de 7 pays et de l’Union Européenne a séjourné en Côte d’Ivoire pour se rendre compte des projets mis en œuvre par l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’Alimentation et l’Agriculture (FAO). Des visites de terrains ont été effectuées en vue de rencontrer les bénéficiaires et les partenaires techniques au nombre desquels l’on compte l’Agence Nationale d’Appui au Développement Rural (ANADER). ...la mise en place d’une parcelle de production de riz dont la FAO a assuré l’aménagement de 13 ha de bas-fond et fourni les matériels et équipements (semences, batteuses, motoculteurs, bâches, etc). Les bénéficiaires, visiblement motivés par ces appuis ont indiqué à leurs hôtes les activités conduites avec l’ANADER, notamment, le choix du Système de Riziculture Intensive (SRI) avec les bonnes pratiques agricoles enseignées. Cette méthode jugée plus productive avec un rendement de 5 à 7 tonnes de riz à l’hectare au lieu de 2.5 tonnes à l’hectare comme par le passé, se révèle également plus économique avec un besoin de 15 kg de semences à l’hectare au lieu de 80 kg/ha.
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From 25 to 27 June 2018, a delegation of ambassadors from 7 countries and the EU visited Côte d'Ivoire to see the projects implemented by FAO. Field visits included the National Agency for Rural Development Support (ANADER), who established a 13 ha. rice project. Farmers chose to use SRI, which increased their yields to 5 - 7 ton/ha from 2.5, and was also more economical (needing only 15 kg of seed/ha instead of 80 kg / ha.)
Le système d’intensification du riz (SRI) permet à la fois d’économiser l’eau et d’augmenter les rendements. Il repose sur les principes suivants : amélioration de l’enracinement des plantes, réduction sensible de la densité des plantes et amélioration de la fertilité des sols. Afin de suivre les pratiques du SRI, on encourage les agriculteurs à soigner le nivellement des parcelles, afin d’éviter que les plants de petite taille ne se retrouvent noyés. ...Dans la technique culturale du riz, plusieurs éléments, dont la gestion du sol, de l’eau, de la plante et de la lumière ont une influence sur la production. Leur combinaison harmonieuse permet d’atteindre le potentiel de production caché par les pratiques inappropriées. En effet, au fil des siècles, les techniques de production de riz utilisées à travers le monde ont considérablement réduit son potentiel naturel. Ce système d’intensification du riz améliore la technique conventionnelle de la riziculture en rendant au riz ses possibilités de production maximale.
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This French language practical guide for SRI can be accessed in full on Mali's AgroForma website (http://agroforma.org/ressources/systeme-de-riziculture-intensif/)
50,000 Farmers in 13 Countries: Results from Scaling up the System of Rice Intensification in West Africa is a publication by Dr Erika Styger and Dr Gaoussou Traore, written for the West and Central Africa Council for Agricultural Research and Development, (CORAF/WECARD), Africa's largest sub-regional research organization. The 120-page book documents the results of using the SRI approach in rice farmers’ fields in 13 West African countries between 2014 and 2016: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
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Our SRI-Rice Center was the technical lead on this World Bank-funded project, which Erika Styger and Devon Jenkins worked on from 2013 to 2016.
Realizing the potential of rice production as a major source of employment and income generation in the agricultural sector, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Tanzania have teamed up to implement the Partnership for Sustainable Rice System Development project to boost rice production.
This led to the creation of a knowledge-sharing program for 104 youth comprising of 53 males and 51 females, together with 15 extension officers and irrigation technicians in Morogoro region of Tanzania. The objective of the program was to enable the youth to share experiences and success stories after training at Mkindocentre which led to the establishment of demonstration plots in Kilombero, Kilosa and Mvomero districts. ...Godfrey Joseph Pascal is from Kilosa District, one of the three districts in Morogoro Region where the training program is being implemented. ...He won the 2017 Best Farmer Award for Kilosa District and the entire Morogoro Region, and was consequently presented with an award of 1.5 million Tanzanian Shillings and a ten-acre piece of land.
Weeders are an important element in scaling up the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) since reduced water use can increase weed pressure. The SRI-Rice Weeder playlist contains nearly 100 videos of manual and mechanized equipment from a number of countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is helping bring rural farmers closer to food self-sufficiency in over 50 countries with the help of organizations like the West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF). It can potentially reduce water use, increase land productivity, and provide a buffer against the impacts of climate change while reducing reliance on artificial inputs, like pesticides and artificial fertilizer.
Daily Trust: The Institute for Agricultural Research of the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria is training 1000 Bakolori farmers on new farming techniques tagged System of Rice Intensification for sustainable rice production.
This project is implemented with technical support from FAO in collaboration with the Government of Tanzania and funded by the Government of Venezuela through the South South Cooperation
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Les producteurs de riz du village de Coular Socé, situé dans la commune de Keur Saloum Diané (Toubacouta) ont réussi à récolter en 2016 près de 200 tonnes de riz sur une superficie de 62,8 hectares sur la vallée Mansafara grâce au Système de riziculture intensive (SRI).
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The rice producers of the village of Coular Socé, located in the commune of Keur Saloum Diané (Toubacouta) managed to harvest in 2016 nearly 200 tons of rice on an area of 62.8 hectares on the Mansafara valley thanks to SRI methods.
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English summary: As part of the scaling up of the SRI approach that continues to be used by the West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAPP) in Niger, practical training for rice farmers was held from August 13-14, 2018, in the Sébéri irrigation scheme of Niger. Participants came from regions of Zinder, Tahoua, Tillabéri and Dosso. The main objectives were to train SRI champions who in turn could disseminate information to other rice producers in their area and to increase the number of specialized NIS producers who could be used as FFS facilitators to popularize this ecological approach to producing rice.