Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) manual - SRI - India
Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) manual - SRI - India
Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) manual - SRI - India
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The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) have<br />
partnered together to explore options for ‘Improving the water productivity in agriculture’. Currently working on rice with<br />
the System of Rice Intensification (<strong>SRI</strong>) and <strong>Sustainable</strong> <strong>Sugarcane</strong> <strong>Initiative</strong> (<strong>SSI</strong>) in sugarcane, the project is specifically<br />
looking at farm-based approaches based on principles of ‘more with less’ in agriculture. The highly successful methods and<br />
practices increase the profitability of the farmers significantly while reducing the inputs — water, fertilizer, seed material —<br />
and improving the productivity of water, land and labour.<br />
This project is directly relevant to the broader goals of both the WWF and ICRISAT with respect to improving the lives and<br />
livelihoods of millions of farmers and reducing the ecological footprint on planet earth without compromising on the<br />
food security.<br />
ICRISAT-WWF Project<br />
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)<br />
Patancheru 502 324<br />
Andhra Pradesh<br />
<strong>India</strong><br />
ii <strong>Sustainable</strong> <strong>Sugarcane</strong> <strong>Initiative</strong>
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