Norman Uphoff

September 3, 2014

‘More Crop Per Drop’ in India

Modifying the methods of plant establishment and water management, changing agricultural practices, and creating more favourable growing conditions for crops, both above and below the ground, farmers have begun producing more crop per drop of water, more crop per acre of land and more crop per unit of work
August 10, 2014

MGNREGA: Investment in Soil Systems Asset Creation

Preserving and enriching soil and associated natural resources within the framework of MGNREGA and employment generation is a way of ensuring and enhancing individual and national productivity in the future
July 2, 2012

Nalanda District, Bihar: World-Record Sri Yields

Experimenting with SRI cultivation, five farmers of Darveshpura village in Bihar attract considerable attention with their bumper yield; the results indicate a viable alternative to the conventional methods of growing rice and other crops
March 22, 2012

System of Rice Intensification – A Pro-Poor Option for Food Security

Acknowledging that SRI can result in a high payoff for poor and small farmers, that the SRI process of rice production will cost less and that it has many environmental benefits, Norman Uphoff engages in an untiring campaign to promote SRI around the world