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Orissa
Debahari Gouda
Jugudi
Orissa
Contact: Dr. A. Ghosh,
Sr. Scientist, Agronomy,
Division of Crop Production,
Central Rice Research
Institute (CRRI), Cuttack,
Orissa. Ph: 9437271328
Age: 45 years
Education: V pass
Family size: Seven
Occupation(s): Agriculture,
and Milk-supply
No. of years in farming: 20
Paddy cultivation
His total agriculture land is four acres, of which paddy land is 3.5 acres. He uses
both rainfall and a canal as his irrigation sources. The inputs used per acre are seed
(60 kg), fertilizer [Basal dose: Gromor (a compound fertilizer containing 28% each
of N and P) 50 kg, first top dressing: Urea 50 kg, MoP 50 kg, second top dressing:
Urea 25 kg and MoP 25 kg, depending upon availability of water/rainfall)]. The yield
obtained by the flooding method is 2.1 t/acre.
SRI adoption
Debahari Gouda learnt about SRI from CRRI and BASIX, a local NGO. He adopted
SRI in 2007 and was given training and guidance by CRRI and BASIX. The area
under SRI was 0.1 acre in 2007 and 0.6 in 2008. He has grown two seasons of SRI
crops using the JK RH 401 variety. He used the following inputs: seeds (3 kg) and
fertilizers (Basal dose: Gromor 60 kg, MoP 35 kg, first topdressing: Urea 25 kg, MoP
15 kg). He followed the following SRI practices like transplanting single seedling
of 15 days old, spacing of 25 X 25 cm 2 , weeding at one month after transplanting,
draining excess water up to one month of transplanting. He had no disease/pest
attack in 2008, but in 2007 he had used a pheromone trap against Stem-borer. The
yield was about 3.85 t/acre.
Benefits
Less seed required.
Less labour required.
More yield.
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