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Tapan Sen
Ramnagar, Hrishyamukh
Belonia, Tripura
Contact: Mr. Baharul. I. Mazumdar,
Senior Agronomist,
Department of Agriculture,
Government of Tripura,
Agartala - 799 003, Tripura.
Ph: 9436123659.
Age: 40 years
Education: 5 th passed
Family size: Six
Occupation(s): Agriculture
No. of years in farming: 25
Paddy cultivation
Tapan Sen cultivates paddy in his total 0.64 acres of land with rainfall as his main
source of water. He used to get an average yield of 6 q/acre.
SRI adoption
He learnt about SRI at a training programme conducted by the Sub-Divisional
Agriculture Office of the Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Tripura in 2002 and
adopted the process in 2003, sowing in 3.2 acres (kharif: 1.6 acre, rabi: 1.6 acre)
under SRI. He was provided training and technical guidance by the Agriculture
Sector Officer, Hrishyamukh, Dept. of Agriculture, Govt. of Tripura. He has done
nine seasons of SRI farming so far. His yield pattern is tabulated below.
Year
Seasons
Area covered
under SRI (acre)
Yield
(t/acre)
2003 rabi/boro 0.4 3.8
2004 kharif 1.2 3.2
2005 kharif
rabi
2006 kharif
rabi
1.6
1.6
1.2
1.2
3.0
3.5
3.1
3.6
2007 1 st and 2 nd kharif 2.4 (1.2 + 1.2) 1 st kh - 0.9, 2 nd kh - 3.1
2008 1 st kharif (SD) 0.8 1.8
2008 2 nd kharif (MD) 1.2 Yet to harvest
SD: Short Duration variety
MD: Medium Duration variety
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