Experiences of Farmers in India Experiences of Farmers in ... - AgSri

Assam
Constraints in adoption
Difficulty in transplanting of 10-12 days old seedlings.
Lessons learnt
Now, whenever Ray meets farmers of other villages, he proudly shares his
experience of SRI. Most farmers from nearby villages either have heard his story
or visited his plot. He has become a self-styled trainer of SRI and helped farmers
of nearby Hulmagaon and Enkorbari village to adopt, by personally visiting their
SRI plots. The effect of his experience and motivation is such that more than 100
new farmers of the nearby villages of Subaijhar, Silkhangguri, Neelibari, Padmapur,
Bilaspur etc. are keen to adopt SRI in the next kharif season.
Comparative study
Operations Conventional method SRI method
Nursery Seed-rate 120-150 g/m 2 ,
FYM application is less
Seedling
uprooting
Seedlings are uprooted
forcibly, roots are washed,
binding and carrying in
bundles after 30-35 days
Transplanting Transplanting 2 to 4
seedlings in a bunch after
keeping bundles overnight
Water
management
Irrigation was done by
flooding method
Seed-rate 20 g/m 2 , FYM application
is more
Uprooted with seed-bed soil and the
seed 10 and 12 days after sowing;
carried in baskets
Transplanting is done carefully
without damaging the main root,
singly at the spacing of 25 cm X 25
cm within 30 minutes of uprooting of
the seedlings
Water was not inundated throughout
the season, field was kept in wet
condition to avoid hard pans
Weeding No weeding was done Three weedings were done at the
interval of 10-15 days starting from
12 days of transplanting
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