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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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