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

Tamil Nadu
Benefits
Less seed, less water and less labour requirement.
No lodging of seedlings
Constraints in adoption
Women find it difficult to operate the Conoweeder.
Water management is difficult due to low-lying area.
Problem of timely labour-availability.
Lessons learnt
Bore well related problems often result in drying up of the fields, developing
cracks and withering of crops. However, development of crops just after
irrigation gave confidence that a paddy field need not be stagnated with water
all the time.
Non-lodging of SRI crops is a desirable character that saves crops grown in lowlying
areas subjected to rainwater inundation.
Comparative study
Particulars
Conventional method
(Rs/acre)
SRI method
(Rs/acre)
Operations
Seed 600 50
Nursery preparation 350 150
Main field preparation 1,500 1,500
Seedlings removal 1,000 120
Fertilizer
Vermicompost (own)
Transplanting
(Using Marker Rs. 800
& Rope Rs. 840)
1,500
-
800
800
1,200 800
Weeding (family labour) 1,200 1,000
Pesticides (including labour)
Organic pesticides
800
-
-
300
Harvesting 1,500 1,500
Total 9,650 7,020
Suggestions
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