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Farmers’ Experiences
Ramprasad Kartikey
Dei
Madhya Pradesh
Contact: Mr. Sandeep Khanwalkar,
MPRLP, Bhopal, M.P.
Ph: 9425303566.
Age: 42 years
Education: 11 th passed
Occupation(s): Agriculture
Paddy cultivation
Shri Ramprasad is a traditional farmer. His entire family mainly depends on agriculture
to meet their basic requirement. Total land holding is 4.5 acres only. Paddy is main
crop in kharif season and he also takes wheat in winter season if everything is in
favour. Out of total land, he cultivates paddy in 4 acres and in rest of the land he
takes other crops like maize, minor millets, etc. His land is close to a canal, which is
main source of irrigation.
Average production of paddy by conventional method is only 6 to 7 q/acre. Seed
rate is also very high which results into ‘high input-low return’ in his field.
SRI adoption
When SRI is introduced by MPRLP team, farmers were little scary about this. Few
training programmes were organized on the concept of SRI method, and it was
requested to select a progressive farmer who could provide his field for demonstration.
Shri Ramprasad Kartikey came forward. Regular training and hand holdings were
provided to him with the help of Krishi Vigyan Kendra & Agriculture Department.
After initial orientation he agreed to provide about 0.50 acre land for SRI
demonstration. It was also decided that around 0.35 acres of land will be kept under
conventional method to compare the overall output from both the methods. The
variety Ashoka-200 was selected. To make it a comparative study, detailed data
were collected at various stages.
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