Experience & Innovations on SRI by JEETA, ODISHA
Supported by SDTT,Mumbai
OBJECTIVES
• Build up 3200 farmers as skilled by sharing experience on SRI by training, exposure & cross visits
• Increase economic status of farmers by enhancing production from small patches of land by adopting SRI
STRATEGIES• Capacity building• Institution building• IEC materials• Cadre building• Sharing of knowledge
through exposure• Liasioning with experts• Lobby & advocacy to
mobilize resources from Govt.department
Year wise presentation of SRI & SWI
2009 2010 2011 20120
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3500
FarmerAcrage
YearFarmer Acre
2009 139 35
2010 715 248.45
2011 1883 1044.45
2012 3188 2004
AREA COVEREDYear No of District No of Blocks No of Gps No of village
2009- 2010 1 1 3 13
2010-2011 2 2 9 35
2011-2012 2 2 9 40
2012-2013 2 2 16 59
Convergence with ATMA
• 1035 farmers in 1000 acres covered in Deogarh & Angul District
• Farmers capacity building training organized 2500 farmers trained on SRI
• 300 weeders & 50 markers provided to farmers
• 15 quintals of bio fertilizer provided to farmers & support provided to use chemical fertilizer
Collaboration with NABARD
• 10 Farmers Club linked with NABARD
Input Support• 440 mandawa weeder,92
markers, 292 finger weeders provided to farmers
• 42.80 quintals of dhanicha seeds provided for green manuring
• 40 vermi compost pits provided
• 27 seeds banks formed• 4 pump sets provided to
farmers• 8 resource centres formed
Institution building• 9 GP level farmers federation & 2
Block level farmers federation formed• 4 farmers club got seed support
&training from block agrl dept. for mustard & green gram ,crop in Rabi for 160 acres
• 1farmers club got contract from agrl. Department for organising training on watermelon cultivation
• 6 farmers club have created their group fund & decided to purchase power weeder
• 1 farmers club mobilized NFSM rice scheme through which they purchased transplanter with subsidize rate
Documentation & field visit• Farmers profile, case
studies collected & documented.
• SRI land monitored & suggestion given to farmers
• Field visit made by livolink Foundation & Govt agricultural department
• MIS record maintenance
Yield informationSlno. Variety
of seed used
Highest tiller
Lowest tiller
Highest panicle
Lowest Panicle
Highest Yield (in quintal per Ac)
Lowest yield (in quintal per Ac)
1 Nabin 65 22 41 22 27.5 13.62 Pooja 62 19 41 30 25.2 12.23 Swarna 68 17 39 20 25.6 11.44 1010 49 21 30 19 21 145 Bikram 35 18 21 18 17.6 106 Parbati 50 20 35 20 24 12.4
Yield informationSlno. Variety
of seed used
Highest tiller
Lowest tiller
Highest panicle
Lowest Panicle
Highest Yield (in quintal per Ac)
Lowest yield (in quintal per Ac)
7 1025 46 18 22 20 20.5 18.2
8 1030 33 17 20 11 16 10
9 Lalat 39 15 20 10 19.2 12.9
10 Kalachampa
44 16 21 11 19.2 11
11 Ganjeijata
36 19 19 10 18 9
12 1001 36 18 22 9 17 9.5
13 Prava 38 17 21 10 18 9
14 Khandagiri
38 18 21 16 17.5 11.2
SWI/SCI
CropSpace between line
Space between Yield /acre Seed
Conven
SRI Conven SRI Conven
SRI Conven
SRI
Wheat broadcast
8 No space maintained
8 8quintal
17.75 20kg 6 kg
Sunflower 1ft 2ft 1ft 1.5ft 320 gram per 1kg
7ml oil from 1kg of seeds
5kg 2kg
Mustard No space
8 inch 4.5quintal
7.5quintal
4kg 800 gm
SWI process adopted in rabi
Sun flower cultivation following SRI principles
SRI principles
Innovation
Preparation of organics
Issues
• Irregular rain fall• Transplantation of over
aged seedlings• Untimely rain fall results
more pest & diseases• Dis adoption due to
irregular rain fall
• Farmers incentive by govt,
Recommendations
• SRI Should be treat as a campaign not as a program to enhance the popularity
• More women farmers should involve & felicitate as SRI farmer
• Mobilization of govt. schemes through farmers clubs
• Crop intensification through out the year
SRI farmers(MELA) convention
THANKS