0882 upscaling sri in orissa state
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Presenter: Arabinda K. Padhee at 3rd National SRI Symposium, TNAU, Coimbatore, India Subject Country: Orissa, IndiaTRANSCRIPT
Upscaling SRI in Orissa State
Dr. Arabinda K. Padhee, IAS
Director of Agriculture and
Food Production, Orissa
. Productivity of Rice in Orissa & All India (in kg./ha)
Year
Total
Cereals Rice
All-India Orissa All-India Orissa
1950-51 522 668 520
1960-61 710 906 1013 986
1970-71 872 847 1123 917
1980-81 1023 865 1336 1026
1990-91 1380 992 1740 1198
2000-01 1626 884 1901 1041
2006-07 1707 1213 2084 1557
2007-08 1854 1344 2203 1712
Government Interventions
• Earlier interventions facilitated by CBOs/NGOs
• Research by OUAT,WTCER,CRRI
• Learning Alliance• NFSM, RKVY, ATMA,
Work Plan Schemes• SRI Villages• SRI in State Agricultural
Policy, 2008
LIMITATIONS– In cases of small holdings of land surrounded by normal
flooded rice fields, it becomes difficult to control water at saturation level.
– Sufficient quantity of organic matter may not be available.
– All the lands may not be perfectly leveled to practice SRI.
– The availability of cono-weeders that are suited to particular soil types is a problem.
– Preparation of the bed before transplanting needs precision.
– It is risky to adopt this method in rainfed areas.– All types of soils may not be suitable to achieve higher
productivity through SRI method
ISSUES • SRI for rainfed areas is needed• Monitoring the nutrient status of rice
in continuous cropping with SRI• Development of low-cost power weeder• Development of low cost transplanter
for SRI planting• Use of chemical fertilizers in SRI
method, even though SRI is perceived bto be an organic system
• The use of herbicide as pre-emergence application and even to substitute for weeding
• Evaluation of rice cultivars of different maturity groups for their suitability
• Direct-seeded vs. transplanted SRI• SRI as an adaptation strategy to
reduce vulnerability to climate change
THANKS