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Liebe Kollegen,
hier ein Bericht über unsere
SRI Ergebnisse in Englisch.
Euer Andreas
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An on-farm trial with the
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) was conducted in the 2003 monsoon
season in Taruwa village, Bardiya District, Mid-West Nepal with the
technical cooperation of two NGOs, i.e. 'Samudahik Bikash
Saastha, Gulariya' and 'SAGOAL, Nepalgunj'.
The trial was conducted on one
farmer's field, which was divided into two plots:
Plot 1 (SRI
I)
Area: 0.058 ha
Plot 2 (SRI
II)
Areas: 0.0542 ha
Nursery:
Pre-soaked (24 hs) seeds were
sown on 12 June 2003 in dry-nursery. The variety was
PL84.
Transplanting:
SRI I on day 15 with planting
distance of 30 cm, single plant per hill
SRI II on day 17 with planting
distance of 15-20 cm, 1-3 plants per hill
Tillering:
SRI I: from 5-40 (average 18
productive tillers)
SRI II: from 3-31 (average 16
productive tillers)
Fertilizer:
no compost application, but
part of the plot was used to grow vegetables which received compost
during the winter.
SRI I: urea top dressing one
time
SRI II: urea top dressing two
times
Weeding:
only pulling out weeds,
digging was not possible because fields were flooded due to no
drainage facility.
Yields:
SRI I: total yield 252 kg =
4.35 t/ha
SRI II: total yield 264 kg =
4.87 t/ha
Nepal national average = 2.5
t/ha
The following table compares
results with other trials conducted in Nepal:
OBSERVATIONS:
- SRI II performed slightly better than SRI I Water control was impossible. Plots were flooded from around day 30. That resulted in less tillering and poor root development. Due to these reasons SRI II with higher planting density performed better. Still, the result is quite good without the use of inputs.
IDEAS FOR
IMPROVEMENTS:
- Use of compost and good land preparation. Growing Dhaicha as GM beforehand. Early sowing of a longer duration variety. Transplanting between day 8-10. Drain field before transplanting to get thicker mud, which makes it easier to mark grid for planting distances. Experiment with different planting distances. Mechanical weeding for soil aeration. Better water management.
INFORMATION MEETING ON
SRI
On 26 April 2004 we organised
an information meeting for interested NGOs and farmers in Gulariya,
Bardiya. There was an attendance of 25 persons, many of them were
farmers, which the "Samudahik Bikash Saastha" is working
with, but also representatives of NGOs like: SIMI Nepal, Caritas, and
Rural Reconstruction Nepal.
A presentation was given about
SRI and the experience and results gained from the trial in Taruwa
shared with the audience.
I uploaded the presentation to
my website which can be viewd at the URL:
http://www.beeandy.de/sri/sri.html
After the presentation, Prem
Naryan B.K., the farmer from Taruwa who tried SRI shared
enthusiastically about his experience. He recalled one lady saying to
him, when she saw the transplanted seedlings: "You must be a fool
to plant rice like that. You will eat no single grain from this
field!" A few weeks later, that same lady was surprised to see
how well the plants had developed. She said:"I said that you are
a fool, but now you proved I am the fool when I see that nice
field!".
Prem emphasised that he did
not understand much about this new system when he planted according to
SRI principles. A lot of mistakes were done, but these helped him to
learn for the coming season, and that he would know much better now
how things should be done.
He said he was amazed by the
tillering of the rice plants, and how heavy the filled panicles were
compared to rice grown according to local practise.
Prem is so keen about SRI,
that he plans to plant all his fields in the next season according to
SRI principles. He was also called by farmers in Kanchanpur District
in Far-West Nepal to teach them about SRI.
Author:
Andreas Jenny
SAGOAL Nepalgunj (10 May
2004)
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Mr. Andreas Jenny
Socio-Economic Development
Officer
SAGOAL - Tackling Poverty, Changing Lives
mail: P.O. Box 1230, Kathmandu, Nepal
office: Deva Phulbari Chowk, Nepalgunj, Banke District
fon: 081 523944 (shared) fax: +977 61 520430
eMail: mailto:ajenny@...
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SAGOAL - Tackling Poverty, Changing Lives
mail: P.O. Box 1230, Kathmandu, Nepal
office: Deva Phulbari Chowk, Nepalgunj, Banke District
fon: 081 523944 (shared) fax: +977 61 520430
eMail: mailto:ajenny@...
web (priv): http://www.beeandy.de/
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Mr. Andreas Jenny
Socio-Economic Development Officer
SAGOAL - Tackling Poverty, Changing Lives
mail: P.O. Box 1230, Kathmandu, Nepal
office: Deva Phulbari Chowk, Nepalgunj, Banke District
fon: 081 523944 (shared) fax: +977 61 520430
eMail: mailto:ajenny@...
web (priv): http://www.beeandy.de/
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Mr. Andreas Jenny
Socio-Economic Development Officer
SAGOAL - Tackling Poverty, Changing Lives
mail: P.O. Box 1230, Kathmandu, Nepal
office: Deva Phulbari Chowk, Nepalgunj, Banke District
fon: 081 523944 (shared) fax: +977 61 520430
eMail: mailto:ajenny@...
web (priv): http://www.beeandy.de/
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