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September 24, 2011

Jayjeet Kumar: An Inspiring Story

Jayjeet’s journey proves that one is never too young to be an agent of change; most essential is the inclination to identify methods, the conviction that old ways must give way to newer, more cost-effective ways to ensure food sufficiency, and the spirit to take calculated risks
September 10, 2011

Introducing SRI in Chhattisgarh: The CARMDAKSH experience

Considering the urgent need to find ways to grow more rice, with less water and fewer inputs, the SRI method is proving to be of considerable advantage in exponentially increasing paddy output.
September 2, 2011

Using the SRI Methodology for Other Crops

Following the success of SRI and SWI, similiar methodologies were applied to different crops, resulting in the considerable increase in the yield of each.
August 18, 2011

SRI: Helping Enhance Rice Productivity of Small Farmers

Low productivity and large regional differences in yield imply that there is ample scope to increase production and bridge the yield gaps.
August 2, 2011

SRI Promotion among Small and Marginal Farmers: SDTT-PRADAN Collaboration in Chhattisgarh

Promoting SRI with about 13,500 families, covering about 340 villages in nine districts across the northern hills, the plains and the Bastar plateau region of the Chhattisgarh state seems to have paid rich dividends by way of doubling yield and food grain sufficiency.
August 2, 2011

System of Rice Intensification

Combining several innovative practices, SRI is a different way of cultivating rice, including changes in nursery management, in the time of transplantation, and in water and weed management, which could well easily counter the sideeffects of the Green Revolution
July 23, 2011

Dare to Dream: Kamala and Jaisen Sakia

The willingness to take risks and experiment with innovative methods, with the backing and guidance of professionals, proves to be life-changing for the tribals of Koraput district and especially one family…
July 9, 2011

SRI in Gaya: Promotion Strategies

Introducing and promoting SRI involved phased training, detailed planning and handholding of farmers who were only used to traditional ways of cultivation.
July 9, 2011

Migration in Darbha Block of Bastar District (Chhattisgarh): A Study

“It is an explosive situation in India today as far as agriculture is concerned and the farmers are concerned, with the employment rates in rural areas being the lowest since the late 1990s. We keep hearing about huge displacements due to dam-building or canal-digging, but let me tell you the biggest displacement is in agriculture where the largest mass migration in the history is beginning to unfold, following displacement of people from their land…”
June 3, 2011

Guaranteeing Employment, Guaranteeing Livelihood: MGNREGA and INRM

Linking INRM with MGNREGS can prove to be a win-win option, with villagers building infrastructure on their lands are long term assets and being paid for their labour by the government.