Experiences of Farmers in India Experiences of Farmers in ... - AgSri
Experiences of Farmers in India Experiences of Farmers in ... - AgSri Experiences of Farmers in India Experiences of Farmers in ... - AgSri
Farmers’ Experiences religious function. He has also found the SRI crop attaining maturity earlier than the traditional one (both sets of seeds were sown on the same day). He used no special tools or machinery in the SRI practice. He obtained a Japanese paddy weeder from the Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Assam which was used for weed control. Innovations and modifications He transplanted 12-day old seedlings in some SRI plots with the spacing ranging from 35 X 30 cm to 35 X 40 cm. But he could not get any benefit in terms of number of tillers, rather he found that these plots were heavily infested with weeds. Plots with a spacing of 25 cm X 25 cm are expected to give more yield because of a greater number of effective tillers per unit area. Benefits The villagers say that they have never seen such healthy crops on that particular field. Not only is the field on medium land, but due to the absence of flooding (conventional method), the crop was never good. The whole village is located on medium land and rice productivity has generally been very poor (6 – 8 q/acre). Now farmers are talking about SRI and plan to follow Anil Changmai in the coming year. Constraints in adoption Changmai has reported constraints in transplanting and weeding. His mother literally scolded Dr. Bora, when he visited Changmai’s SRI field for teaching her son a method which causes the women to suffer, though she did express her satisfaction at such poor land giving good yield. Changmai used a Japanese paddy-weeder for weed control but reported that the weeder was ineffective in heavily infested plots. He left two plots without a third weeding. Lessons learnt Anil Changmai is upbeat. He is ready to expand the area under SRI. He is also going to motivate and demonstrate to other farmers. He reports that next year more than 20 farmers in his village plan to adopt SRI on their medium-land farms. His grandmother who is about 100 years old and still moves around the homestead, told him to make another granary for the coming year if his poor lands are going to yield such crops. 9
Assam Comparative study Operations Conventional method SRI method Nursery Less FYM was given, Seedrate 120-150 g/m 2 More FYM was given, Seedrate 20 g/m 2 , other chemicals were not used Seedling uprooting Transplanting Water management Forced uprooting, washing of the roots, binding, carrying in bundles after 30-35 days Kept the bundles of seedlings overnight, transplanted 2-4 seedlings Flooding was allowed, irrigation was done to refill the land when water was depleted Uprooted with seed-bed soil and the seed at 10 and 12 days after sowing; carrying in baskets Careful transplanting without damaging the main root, singly at the spacing of 25 cm X 25 cm within 30 minutes of uprooting of the seedlings No inundation was allowed throughout the season, field was not allowed to be dried Weeding No weeding was done Three weedings at the interval of 10-15 days starting from 12 days of transplanting Anil Changmai in his SRI field 10
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Assam<br />
Comparative study<br />
Operations Conventional method SRI method<br />
Nursery Less FYM was given, Seedrate<br />
120-150 g/m 2<br />
More FYM was given, Seedrate<br />
20 g/m 2 , other chemicals<br />
were not used<br />
Seedl<strong>in</strong>g<br />
uproot<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Transplant<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Water<br />
management<br />
Forced uproot<strong>in</strong>g, wash<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong><br />
the roots, b<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g, carry<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong><br />
bundles after 30-35 days<br />
Kept the bundles <strong>of</strong> seedl<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
overnight, transplanted 2-4<br />
seedl<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
Flood<strong>in</strong>g was allowed,<br />
irrigation was done to refill the<br />
land when water was depleted<br />
Uprooted with seed-bed soil<br />
and the seed at 10 and 12<br />
days after sow<strong>in</strong>g; carry<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong><br />
baskets<br />
Careful transplant<strong>in</strong>g without<br />
damag<strong>in</strong>g the ma<strong>in</strong> root,<br />
s<strong>in</strong>gly at the spac<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> 25 cm<br />
X 25 cm with<strong>in</strong> 30 m<strong>in</strong>utes <strong>of</strong><br />
uproot<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> the seedl<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
No <strong>in</strong>undation was allowed<br />
throughout the season, field<br />
was not allowed to be dried<br />
Weed<strong>in</strong>g No weed<strong>in</strong>g was done Three weed<strong>in</strong>gs at the <strong>in</strong>terval<br />
<strong>of</strong> 10-15 days start<strong>in</strong>g from 12<br />
days <strong>of</strong> transplant<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Anil Changmai <strong>in</strong> his SRI field<br />
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