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0723 System of Rice Intensification. Group II Field Report. Tripura, India
1. Field Trip Report – Group II October 5, 2007 Chairman: Dr. L.G. Giri Rao Rapporteur: Dr. R. Rajendran Liaison Officer: Mr. Ashish Saha Co-ordinator: Mr. Chakraborthy Officer – in- charge: Mr. P.K. Datta
3. S.No. Villages Location Farmer interviewed 1 Bagabasa GP Melaghar RD Block, West Tripura Mr. Vallab Debnath 2 Sonapur Bosh Nagar RD Block, West Tripura Mr. Chowdhary 3 Indiranagar Melaghar RD Block, West Tripura Mr. Amirthalal Das
7. 2. Mr. Chowdhary (Sonapur) Aman rice – planted with SRI methods Seed rate – 2 kg/ac (conv. 25 kg/ac) Seedling – single (conv . 5-6/hill), 10 d old seedlings (conv. 30 days) NPK fertilizer – 65 kg/ac (conv. 175 kg/ac) Three rotary weedings – 12, 24 and 36 DAT (conv. 2 hand weedings); AWD irrigation No lodging; reach maturity 5-7 days earlier, but pest attack is more in SRI
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9. 3. Mr. Amirthalal Das, Indhiranagar 10 d old seedlings, single seedlings, square planting, 25 x 25 cm spacing Rice yield 40 panicles/hill, 38 mond/kani – 3.8 t/ac (conv. yield 1.8 t/ac -- 9.5 vs. 4.5 t/ha) Yield >doubled; cost reduced; 15 days earlier maturity; low pest pressure; good grain filling; low chaff (few unfilled grains); maximum tillering; only labour is a problem
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14. S.No Name of delegate Topic 5 Sardar Iqbal Singh, Farmer, J & K Used marker, 25x25 cm spacing, 15 d seedlings, pulling out of nursery very easy, conventional method laborious, AWD irrigation, full NPK applied, cono weeder 20 th day Variety: PC 19 35-55 tillers/hill Ave. yield: 4.5 to 5.0 t/ha
15. S.No Name of delegate Topic 6 Mr. Gopal Swaminathan Agricultural graduate cum farmer Shared his experiences on: Double transplanting technique with SRI to mitigate extremely hot climate in Cauvery Delta Innovative method of planting rice on ridges (direct seeding) in ridge-furrow system