0722 system of rice intensification: group i field report. tripura, india
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Biswanath Sinha, Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, Mumbai Audience: 2nd National SRI Symposium, Agartala, India Subject Country: Tripura, IndiaTRANSCRIPT
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Group I: Field Trip Report2nd National SRI Symposium,
Agartala, October 4, 2007
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Local Information
• Villages visited: South Bagma, Bagabasa, Barabhiya Bazar Para Math, and South Mirza in Matabari, Udaipur, South Tripura district
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Farming communities
• Mostly Bengali population
• 746 households out of a total of 2,339 are practicing SRI
• About 50% of the households are either sharecroppers (baargadar) or marginal farmers
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Adoption of SRI principles
• Principles of early transplantation, wider spacing (except for an innovative method in South Mirza), fertilizer use, etc. are by and large adhered to
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Support systems: Institutions, actors and linkages
• Panchayati Raj institutions (PRI) take the lead in SRI promotion along with the Agriculture Department
• Subsidy of Rs. 900 is provided for 1.25 kaani area (1 kani= 0.16 ha); plus 7 kg urea, 2 kg MoP, 11 kg phosphate and 4 kg bio-fertilizer are provided to farmers
• The Department provides buy-back support for paddy seeds
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Sustainability
• SRI is spreading now even without extension support.
• All the farmers interacted reported that they would continue practicing SRI even if the subsidy is withdrawn.
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Salient features• Very active participation of
Panchayati Raj institutions• Agriculture Department
planning and close collaboration with PRIs evident
• Planning and accountability mechanisms operate at village level
• More working days are created because of SRI, particularly for wage labourers at village level
• Sharecroppers taking the most care of their SRI fields
• Incremental yield in all the four villages as described by the Pradhans (local government chairman) indicates increase of 2.5 to 3 times
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Salient features
• Spread is seen across caste and political affiliations
• At least in one case there was an interesting innovation experimented with
• The best SRI practice, among the four villages visited, was observed at the village that had 95% scheduled caste (SC) population
• The local establishment has taken some risks to promote SRI
• SRI is also practiced in tilla (upland) areas• A real bottom-up approach was evident
throughout the area
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Scope for improvement
• Drainage systems still need to be improved
• Pest control mechanisms can be improved