Amit Kumar is a senior assistant with PRADAN and is responsible for data analysis, data collection, training and supervision of survey teams in the field including development of survey questionnaires and data screening.
Quantifying the benefits and analysing the factors that encourage farmers to adopt or dis-adopt SRI methods in the four major rice-producing states in India, this study offers policy recommendations for up-scaling in order to attain agricultural sustainability
Presenting facts, experiences and lessons of a study conducted to assess the engagement of states in the SRI programme in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha and the role played by various stakeholders including the government, CSOs and farmers
The System of Rice Intensification has made its presence felt in the Indian agriculture scenario, by its fast speed and the promise to “ grow more with less”. Yet there has also been a lot and reports of disadoption. This preliminary report of a research lays out a number of reasons, predominantly rainfall failure related for farmer drop-outs.
