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Farmers’ Experiences
Bharat Bhusan
Gidar Gali (Sher Gharh)
Miran Sahib
R.S.Pura, Jammu.
Contact: Dr.Anuradha Saha,
Asst.Prof/Jr.Scientist AICRIP,
Rice, Div of PBG, Main
Campus, SKUAST-J, Chatha,
Jammu. Ph:9419235884
Age: 30 years
Education: X passed
Family size: Ten
Occupation(s): Agriculture
No. of years in farming:
Since childhood
Paddy cultivation
Farmer Bharat Bhusan has 0.62 acres of agriculture land and uses the entire area
to grow paddy. He uses canal water for irrigation, seeds provided by the Department
of Agriculture and fertilizers from private dealers. His yield used to be 18 q/acre
(coarse variety), and 10 q/acre (Basmati).
SRI adoption
He learnt about SRI from SKUAST-J Project on SRI funded by WWF-ICRISAT-
Hyderabad, and was given training and technical guidance by Ms. Anuradha Saha
and Dr. Vijay Bharti. He took SRI on his entire 0.62 acres in kharif 2007 and the
second in kharif 2008. He has grown the following varieties: Sharbati, PC-19, with
the following inputs – seed (3.2 kg/acre), chemical fertilizers (Urea, DAP, MoP).
There was no pest or disease attack and the yields were: 22 q/acre (Sharbati), 30
q/acre (PC-19).
He purchased a Conoweeder from ANGRAU, Hyderabad with the funding from
WWF-ICRISAT. He used the following SRI practices.
Raised nursery bed.
Young seedlings (14-15 days old).
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Single seedling with 25x25 cm spacing.
Uprooting and transplanting of seedlings with soil.
Weeding with Conoweeder thrice at 10 days intervals.
Minimum irrigation.
Innovations and modifications
Seed rate was standardized to 3.2 kg/acre.
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