SSI Newsletter - SRI - India

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Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative is people oriented and
it will increase productivity and will put to place coping
mechanism in future that is to come.
Dr. William Dar,
Director General, ICRISAT
It is an innovative idea, and it is nice to see so many farmers
taking up the SSI methods.
Dr. Dave Hoisington,
Deputy Director General- Research, ICRISAT
SSI initiative will bring new hope in sugarcane cultivation
for Punjab.
Shri. Sucha Singh,
Hon’ble Agriculture Minister, Punjab
Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) has great potential
to give additional benefits which are expected to unfold
when more and more farmers adopt this technology of
‘growing more with less’ across the sugarcane growing
states in the country.
Shri. Dhruv Mohan Sawhney,
Chairman and Managing Director,
Triveni Engineering Co. Ltd.
The training manual is quite useful and I am sure that it
will prove useful in achieving the set goals.
Dr. N. Vijayan Nair,
Director Sugarcane Breeding Institute,
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
There are several subsidies and schemes available to
sugarcane farmers today. They should make use of these
subsides vis-à-vis the SSI Training Manual for improved
production and productivity.
Dr. Laxmi Narayana,
I.A.S, Commissioner of Sugarcane,
Government of Andhra Pradesh
SSI is a profitable alternative for farmers where they can
get good returns – through increased production – with
very little costs/investments by introducing innovative
technologies.
Dr. N.V. Naidu,
Principal Scientist,
Regional Agriculture Research Station (RARS),
Anakapalli in Andhra Pradesh
“This Manual has been prepared specifically to disseminate
and describe in detail proper management practices in
order to reduce the cost of cultivation, improve water
management and increase productivity and will be
extremely useful to both sugarcane farmers and sugar
producers.”
- Dr. P. Murugesa Boopathy,
Vice Chancellor,
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU),
Coimbatore
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SSI Training Manual
in Hindi
SSI Training Manual
in Telugu
SSI Training Manual
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