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Hriday Ranjan Debnath
Barjala
Tripura
Contact: Mr. Baharul. I. Mazumdar,
Senior Agronomist, Department of
Agriculture, Government of Tripura,
Agartala - 799 003, Tripura.
Ph: 9436123659.
Age: 63 years
Education: Madhyamik passed
Family size: 12
Occupation(s): Agriculture
No. of years in farming: 50
Paddy cultivation
Farmer Hriday Ranjan Debnath has 1.25 acre of agriculture land, all of which is
paddy land. He uses a shallow tube-well and applies inputs like FYM (1 t), Urea (10
to 12 kg /kani (0.4 acre) and Rock phosphate chemicals. He used to get 1.4 to 1.7
t/acre yield in terms of paddy-dry weight.
SRI adoption
He learnt about SRI from a neighbouring farmer, and later from the local field staff
of the Agriculture Department. He adopted SRI with the Boro crop in 2007-08 and
received guidance from the Agriculture Sector Officer, and technical training from
the Circle VLW and Technical Officers.
He planted 0.5 acres of SRI paddy and has grown the following varieties: MTU
7029, Uphar and Paijam in Aman and Short Paijam in Boro. Along with adopting all
the SRI practices, he uses the following inputs: FYM -1.50 t/kani, Urea 15 kg, SSP
11 kg, MoP 4 kg and bio-fertilizer 700g. He also uses the Rotary-Weeder.
He noticed the Stem-borer, Leaf-folder, Sheath blight and Bacterial leaf blight on
his crops. The chemicals Cartap Hydrochloride, Carbendazim and Bactinash were
applied for that.
Year
Season Yield (t/acre )
2007-08 Boro 7.5
2008-09 Aman 3 t/acre (Uphar and Hajari Paijam)
and 2.5 t/acre (MTU 7029)
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