We welcome Milan Shrestha as a new group member and are looking
forward to his introduction and input into the discussions of this group.

I would like to encourage all members to write a few lines about your
SRI activities during this upcoming monsoon season.

- Are there any new innovative projects?
- How are you promoting SRI at the farmers level?
- What are new developments in SRI in Nepal?

Looking forward to a lively exchange of ideas and hope that rains will
come in time and sufficiently. The increase of rice-prices worldwide
should spur us to produce more rice - it will be worth it!

Regards from Germany,
Andreas Jenny
(Group Moderator)