WELCOME

ICWMP FFS (Patandevi Bij Birdhi Kirshak Pathsala, Bhimasthan 1-5, Sindhuli)

District Agriculture Development Office, Sindhuli

A Sharing on

System of Wheat Intensification (SWI) in Sindhuli, Nepal

Presented by:

Debraj Adhikari

Plant Protection Officer

DADO, Sindhuli

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• Wheat is third ranked cereal crop in Nepal.

• It is generally grown as winter crop after rice.

• Wheat cultivation in Nepal is done by traditional

INTRODUCTION

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• Wheat cultivation in Nepal is done by traditional

method. Broadcasting of seed is common planting

method of wheat.

• In present situation, there is great scope to increase

productivity of wheat for food security.

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• The System of Wheat Intensification or SWI,

is an adaptation of techniques used in the

System of Rice Intensification (SRI).

• SRI is successfully practiced in over 35

INTRODUCTION

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• SRI is successfully practiced in over 35

countries, and gave increased paddy yields of

66-87% (Styger and Ibrahim, 2009).

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• Last year SWI was tried in Kailali and some district

of western Nepal.

• The SWI yield in Kailali was about 8 t/ha. Several

Indian states promoting SWI in India in large scale

(Personal communication R. Uprety, 2012).

INTRODUCTION

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• Though, no work has been taken up to assess the

SWI practice in Sindhuli as yet.

• Hence, a study was conducted to determine the

performance of SWI practice in Nepal.

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• field experiment

Sandy loam soil

(pH 5.1, 0.061% Total N, Medium P2O5, 79.23 kg ha-1

K2O and 1.22 % Organic matter)

Bhimasthan –3, Kadame, Sindhuli, Nepal during

December 2011 to 2012

MATERIALS AND METHODS

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December 2011 to 2012

Integrated Crop and Water Management Program

(ICWMP) Farmer Field School (FSS).

• The study area is 397 masl in altitude and the

location is 27008.730' N and 086003.795' E.

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• Plot size 4×1 m.

• fertilizers

10 ton, 100:50:25 Kg N:P:K /ha.

• Germinated seed of wheat variety Bhirkuti sown on6th Dec.2011

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6th Dec.2011

• Spacing 20x20 cm.

• Irrigation was provided during CRI and tilleringstage.

• Weeding was done manually.

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MATERIALS AND METHODS

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Germinated seeds Seed sowing

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• Vegetativegrowth,paniclegrowth andyield

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yieldperformanceswereobserved andrecorded.

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Result

SWI practice

ParametersPlant no.

No. of Tillersper hill

Plant height (cm)65 DAS

P1 24 62

P2 29 60

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P2 29 60

P3 27 58

P4 31 64

P5 14 63

Total 125 307

Average 25 61.4

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Result

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38 DAS 65 DAS

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Result

In SWI, the tiller numbers and plant heightwas found higher i.e. 25 and 61.4.

The average tiller numbers and plantheight in conventional broadcasted wheat

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height in conventional broadcasted wheatwas 2.6 and 57.8 cm. Whereas, in linesown wheat 3.4 and 60 cm was foundrespectively.

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Result

SWI Broadcasted Line sown

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SWI Broadcasted Line sown

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Result

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Parameters

Plant no.

No. of Tillersper hill

No. of Effective Tillersper hill

P1 24 18

P2 29 25

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P2 29 25

P3 27 23

P4 31 24

P5 14 17

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Average 25 21.4

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Result

S N Method Area m2 Production (Kg)

Production (Mt. / Ha.)

Remarks

1 Broadcasted 4 1.5 3.7 3

2 Line sown 4 2.0 5.0 2

3 SWI Practice 4 2.6 6.5

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3 SWI Practice 4 2.6 6.5 1

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Result

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Conclusion

•The result is interesting and farmers are alsohappy final yield and compare withconventional method of wheat cultivation.

•There were some impressive results in differentparts of world.

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parts of world.

•Multi location study trials and scaling up ofSWI across various parts of the country forfarmers should be conducted. It may be ameasure to increase yield.

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Photographical glimpse of ICWMP FFSSW

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Photographical glimpse of ICWMP FFSSW

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Photographical glimpse of ICWMP FFSSW

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Photographical glimpse of ICWMP FFSSW

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Thank

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