State Level Workshop on 'Promoting SRI Paddy Cultivation for Achieving Food Security in Uttarakhand'

1. UPSCALING SRI IN UTTARAKHAND - PSI’s Experiences - State Level Workshop on ‘Promoting SRI Paddy Cultivation for Achieving Food Security in Uttarakhand’

2. Uttarakhand: Trends in Rice Production State Level Workshop on ‘Promoting SRI Paddy Cultivation for Achieving Food Security in Uttarakhand’ Source: Department of Agriculture, Uttarakhand, 2007 Total Geographical Area (lakh ha) Total Population (lakh) Average Rainfall (mm) Net Sown Area (lakh ha) Irrigated Area (as % of Net Sown Area) Area under Paddy (lakh ha) Total Rice Production (lakh tonnes) Average Yield of Paddy (t/ha) 53.49 85 1547 5.78 19 2.73 5.33 2.96

6. Strategy for Upscaling State Level Workshop on ‘Promoting SRI Paddy Cultivation for Achieving Food Security in Uttarakhand’ Selection of Basins and Partner Organizations (POs) Selection of villages and farmers Capacity-building of master trainers, farmers & extension personnel Information dissemination through print and electronic media Research on other crops and equipments Networking Programme Monitoring Policy Advocacy

7. Training of Master Trainers State Level Workshop on ‘Promoting SRI Paddy Cultivation for Achieving Food Security in Uttarakhand’ Classroom Sessions Practical Exercises

9. Field Support Activities Nursery Raising Mulching Land Preparation Transplanting State Level Workshop on ‘Promoting SRI Paddy Cultivation for Achieving Food Security in Uttarakhand’

12. Programme Coverage (2008) State Level Workshop on ‘Promoting SRI Paddy Cultivation for Achieving Food Security in Uttarakhand’ Districts covered Blocks covered Number of villages covered Farmers trained SRI farmers Area under SRI (ha) 13/13 27/95 358/15,761 11,377 8,996 (21% SC) 181.14

13. Exposure Visits of Farmers State Level Workshop on ‘Promoting SRI Paddy Cultivation for Achieving Food Security in Uttarakhand’

14. Experience-Sharing Workshops 13 Workshops conducted, one each at the district level State Level Workshop on ‘Promoting SRI Paddy Cultivation for Achieving Food Security in Uttarakhand’ Non-SRI Farmers NGO Personnel Agriculture Dept. & KVK Others Total 661 97 54 91 903

15. Crop-Cutting Results of 2008 While non-SRI yields stood close to 3.4 tons per ha, the SRI yields were around 5.6 tons per ha, an average increase of 65% State Level Workshop on ‘Promoting SRI Paddy Cultivation for Achieving Food Security in Uttarakhand’ S. No. Particulars Conventional SRI 1 No. of farmers (villages) 8,996 (358 villages) 2 Area (ha) - 181.14 3 Average no. of total tillers/plant 8 21 4 Average no. of productive tillers/plant 7 18 5 Average plant height (cm) 99 122 6 Average panicle length (cm) 18 23 7 Average no. of grains/panicle 95 175 8 Grain yield (Q/ha) 34 56 9 Straw yield (Q/ha) 122 172

17. Research on Other Crops Rajma Crop Manduwa State Level Workshop on ‘Promoting SRI Paddy Cultivation for Achieving Food Security in Uttarakhand’ Crop/ Year No. of Farmers Area (ha) Grain Yield (Q/ha) % Incr. 2006 Conv. SRI Rajma 5 0.4 14 20 43 Mandwa 5 0.4 18 24 33 Wheat Resear-ch Farm 5.0 16 22 38 2007 Rajma 113 2.26 18 30 67 Mandwa 43 0.8 15 24 60 Wheat (I) 36 0.26 21 43 105 Wheat (UI) 16 0.06 15 24 60

18. Cost-benefit analysis for SCI and conventional method of paddy and wheat cultivation Organic Basmati Type 3 variety is most profitable for mountain regions at altitude below 1500m. State Level Workshop on ‘Promoting SRI Paddy Cultivation for Achieving Food Security in Uttarakhand’ Method Conventional SCI Total expen-diture (Rs./ ha) Gross income (Rs./ ha) Net profit (Rs./ ha) C-B ratio Total expen-diture (Rs./ ha) Gross income (Rs./ ha) Net profit (Rs./ ha) C-B ratio Transplanting (local paddy) 26,250 34,700 8,450 1:1.3 23,750 56,125 32,375 1:2.4 Transplanting (paddy Basmati Type-3) 28,000 63,125 35,125 1:2.3 25,500 96,875 71,375 1:3.8 Direct-seed sowing (wheat) 22,720 30,600 7,880 1:1.3 25,850 51,600 25,750 1:2.0

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27. Proposed Programme Coverage S. No. Districts Name of POs Name of Block No. of Villages Farmers (Area Ha) 1 Nainital UGSS, CHIRAG Haldwani, Nathuakhan 6 240 (5) 2 U.S. Nagar SIMAR, KAGAS Rudrapur, Khatima 13 250 (5) 3 Bageshwar PVSS, HT, HWS, KSS Garud, Kapkot 38 1120 (22) 4 Almora MH, SUDHA Takula 23 400 (8) 5 Pithoragarh CHIRAG, SWATI, KAGAS Beriang, Kanalichina, Monakat 25 890 (18) 6 Champawat GRASS Lohaghat 2 100 (2) Kumaon 12 11 107 3000 (60) 7 T. Garhwal GVK, HIFEED, KVS, MVDA, JVS Bhilangana, Tahtiyur, Chamba, Kirtinagar 118 3200 (64) 8 Pauri Garhwal HIRA, SRT Yamkeshwar, Duggada, Richnikhal 6 300 (6) 9 Dehra Doon GVS, SMTA Sahaspur, Vikasnanagr, Chakrata 3 200 (4) 10 Haridwar HIRA Bhadrabad 8 200 (4) 11 Rudraprayag PANVAS, GMVS, CDI, PREDS Agustmoni, Jakholi 68 1680 (34) 12 Chamoli GMVS, UYRDC Narayanbagar, Karnaprayag 17 510 (10) 13 Uttarkashi SARDHA, HPJAS, TPVS Mori, Purola, Dunda 31 910 (18) Garhwal 18 18 251 7000 (140) TOTAL 30 29 358 10000(200)

29. Programme Budget Total Estimated Cost = Rs. 95.38 lakhs Contribution from SDTT, Mumbai = Rs. 43.25 lakhs (45%) PSI & POs = Rs. 4.77 lakhs (05%) Contribution from Farmers = Rs. 17.37 lakhs (18%) Agriculture Directorate, Uttarakhand = Rs. 29.99 lakhs (32%) Investment on training < Rs. 1000/farmer Investment by SDTT & Agriculture Directorate = Rs. 732/farmer Expected average grain yield of paddy = 5.5 T/ha Present paddy yield = 3T/ha. Additional production of paddy = 2.5 T/ha. If a farmer adopts SRI in at least 0.04 ha (2 nali) of farmland, it would result in an additional grain production of 100kg, worth Rs. 800 (which is more than the SDTT + Directorate’s component of investment on one farmer).

30. Orientation Workshops Conducted S. No. Districts Name of POs Name of Block No. of Workshops Farmers Trained 1 Nainital UGSS, HIMANI Haldwani, Nathuakhan 10 352 2 U.S. Nagar SIMAR Rudrapur, Khatima 2 115 3 Bageshwar PVSS, HT, HWS, KSS, CHIRAG Garud, Kapkot 42 1723 4 Almora MH, SUDHA Takula 10 425 5 Pithoragarh SWATI, KAGAS Beriang, Kanalichina, Munakot 27 1049 6 Champawat GRASS Lohaghat 4 140 Kumaon 13 11 95 3804 7 T. Garhwal GVK, HIFEED, CVS, MVDA, JVS Bhilangana, Thatyur, Chamba, Kirtinagar 80 3842 8 Pauri Garhwal HIRA, BVSS Yamkeshwar, Nainidanda, Richnikhal 5 267 9 Dehra Doon GVS Sahaspur 3 142 10 Haridwar HIRA Bhadrabad 4 235 11 Rudraprayag PANVAS, CDI, PREDS, GRASS Agustmoni, Jakholi 37 1405 12 Chamoli GMVS, UYRDC Narayanbagar, Karnprayag 18 704 13 Uttarkashi SARDHA, HPJAS, TPVS Muri, Purola, Dunda 26 978 Garhwal 17 16 173 7573 TOTAL 30 27 268 11377

31. Adoption Rate of SRI S. No. Districts Farmers Trained Farmers who adopted SRI Adoption Rate (%) Area under SRI (Ha) 1 Nainital 352 385 109 7.70 2 U.S. Nagar 115 54 47 1.08 3 Bageshwar 1723 1401 81 28.02 4 Almora 425 302 71 6.04 5 Pithoragarh 1049 989 94 19.78 6 Champawat 140 32 23 0.64 Kumaon 3804 3163 83 63.26 7 T. Garhwal 3842 3248 85 66.18 8 Pauri Garhwal 267 218 82 4.56 9 Dehra Doon 142 30 21 0.60 10 Haridwar 235 220 94 4.20 11 Rudraprayag 1405 1289 92 25.78 12 Chamoli 704 191 27 3.82 13 Uttarkashi 978 637 65 12.74 Garhwal 7573 5833 77 117.88 TOTAL 11,377 8,996 79 181.14

32. Crop Cutting Results of 2008 Average Increase in (i) Grain Yield – 76 %, (ii) Straw Yield – 46 % Districts No. of tillers/ plant (Avg.) Average Plant Height (cm.) Average Panicle length (cm) Average no. of grains/ panicle Average grain yield (Q/Ha) Average straw yield (Q/Ha) Con. SRI Con. SRI Con. SRI Con. SRI Con. SRI Con. SRI Nainital 8 27 114 123 23 24 144 154 25 41 90 200 U.S. Nagar 8 26 89 108 23 26 126 171 65 90 144 176 Bageshwar 7 14 98 133 13 21 65 194 38 71 273 400 Almora 6 16 68 110 20 23 68 110 36 73 176 200 Pithoragarh 17 42 76 108 15 20 87 148 38 67 130 150 Champawat 5 12 101 135 16 22 69 192 36 63 126 194 Kumaon 9 23 91 120 18 23 93 162 40 68 157 220 T. Garhwal 5 9 143 170 18 21 132 237 46 72 300 400 P. Garhwal 4 21 62 94 14 20 92 175 23 43 55 72 Dehra Doon 5 12 137 146 18 25 118 288 38 100 100 300 Haridwar 9 28 98 109 23 27 130 166 37 65 135 195 R. Prayag 7 16 128 160 16 20 55 140 42 80 100 120 Chamoli 8 21 76 95 19 24 95 177 51 75 210 260 Uttarkashi 6 23 92 100 16 25 54 124 40 68 100 160 Garhwal 6 19 105 125 18 23 97 187 40 72 143 215