Jai SRIJai SRI

PRAGATI,KORAPUTPRAGATI,KORAPUT

Welcomes UWelcomes U

Year of Establishment: 26th January 1992 VISION:

To build a self-reliant society, free from hunger and exploitation, where everyone irrespective of caste, creed, sex or language have right to dignified means of livelihood and through collective action ensure socio-economic justice and ecological balance.

Operational Area : Koraput District in Odisha State

Our Programme ThemesOur Programme Themes :• Formation and Empowerment of People’s

Organizations • Ensure food security through Natural Resource

Management• Sustainable Agriculture through organic practices &

SRI• Disaster Risk Reduction • Women Empowerment

Introducing Pragati

• A farmer with only 0.5 acre land

• Started SRI in 2008 • Now able to ensure food

security for the whole year

• A messenger of SRI- scaling up to the whole village

Organic SRI- Towards Food Security of Small Farm holders

PRAGATI,KORAPUT EXPERIENCES IN

SCALE UP OF ORGANIC

SRI

• Small and marginal farmers with less than 1 ha land holdings.

• Lack of adequate suitable land for rice cultivation.• Food insecurity & Need to increase productivity • Low per capita income- 83 % below the poverty

line • The shortage of water (climate change)-Need to

consider water saving alternatives• Need of reducing use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

Rationale for Introducing Organic SRI in Koraput Context

Organic practice and package for SRI

11 Green manure 8 kg/acGreen manure 8 kg/ac

22 Manure (FYM) @2 MT/acManure (FYM) @2 MT/ac

33 Vermicompost @20kg/ac Vermicompost @20kg/ac

44 panchagavya (10liters / ac pre-panchagavya (10liters / ac pre-dilution)dilution)

55 HandiKhata (60 lt/ac)HandiKhata (60 lt/ac)

66 PSB and Azatobactor 6 kg/acPSB and Azatobactor 6 kg/ac

77 Fish Amines 1 lt/ac)Fish Amines 1 lt/ac)

•Nutrient Management

11 Summer PloughingSummer Ploughing

22Neem, Karanja seed/Leaf + kernel Neem, Karanja seed/Leaf + kernel extractextract

33 Garlic + Tobacco leaf extractGarlic + Tobacco leaf extract

44 Fresh cow dung sprayFresh cow dung spray

55 Pheromone Traps 4 no/acPheromone Traps 4 no/ac

66 Tricho Cards (3 Cards/ac)Tricho Cards (3 Cards/ac)

•Pest & disease management

SRI COVERAGE AREA

SRI-Coverage Area

13 Blocks of Koraput DistrictPanchayats : 44 Villages : 213Farmers : 6831 Area in acres : 4758

TRIBEBoriguma

A U SDasmanthpur

SEARCHBoipariguda

BKSBoipariguda

WORDLaxmipur

R A DBandhugam

G J SPottangi

PRASTUTEEPottangi

SAHARASemiliguda

PRAGATIKoraput

ODISALamtaput

AFRD Boriguma

Jaibik SRI Samaj

• Village meetings, Trainings & Formation of Farmers Clubs• Networking with NGOs • Use of ICT through production and dissemination of videos• District level SRI Symposiums, Demonstration festivals• Dissemination through Literatures, Greeting cards, posters, wall

paintings • Demonstrations and cross learning exposures • On farm & Action Research• Media interface• Awarding successful farmers.

Scale up & Extension Strategy

• 6831 Farmers adopting SRI in 4758 acres of land (Average0.7acre )

• Average increase in household food security( 4-5 months).• 67 indigenous seed varieties conserved and replicated.• Crop intensification method applied to Ragi, Sugarcane and

vegetables.• 176 Farmers clubs established with 6643 SRI adopting farmers. • Convergence with Govt. Schemes/ATMA,NABARD for SRI Village

and scale up. • Reduced use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides.• Reduced drudgery of women.

Achievements & Impact

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Note: Beginning of the project 395 farmers in 231 acres land in Kharif 2008 we have spread the practice to 6831 farmers in 4758 acre land

Scale up of Organic SRI in Koraput District

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Note: 6708 small and marginal farmers of 213 villages of Koraput District ensured their food security by adopting SRI in their respective field .Also 5324 Tribles involved in SRI practice.

Project addressee

Crop cutting result in SRI of different varieties

Variety

Type of

seed

Plant

Hite in Cm

No.of TillerPer Hill

No ofProducti

ve tiller

Per Hill

Length

of the panicl

e in Cm

No. Of filled grain in a

panicle

No.Of Chaff

y in a panicl

e

Crop cutting yield

(25 Sq mt Area )

in Kg

Yield

Per Acre

InQntl.

Grain Yield

Straw Yield

Lalat HYV 85 24 19 20 85 4 14.2 24 23

Jajati HYV 100 35 32 22 147 7 15.7 21 25

RGL HYV 95 23 20 16 65 4 9.75 14 15.6

KalajeeraAromat

ic 90 16 13 21 132 7 9.3 11.5 14.9

Kala kamanda

Aromatic 93 14 12 16 93 9 7.6 12 12.1

Khudrat-2Aromat

ic 62 20 14 18 117 4 11 19 17.6

Khudiasar Local 90 13 11 21 113 5 5.3 12 8.6

RangaLachai Local 75 40 36 18 120 2 15.6 28 25

Sapur Local 90 38 34 23 117 4 13.5 22 21.6

Arize-6444 HBV 100 21 14 18 123 18 14.3 19.5 22.8

JK-401 HBV 59 16 13 17 147 24 8.3 14.5 13.2

Ragi Local 105 32 28 8 NA NA 10.5 13 16.5

Farmer: Surendra Gadaba Village:Chitra,Kotpad Year-Kharif 2012

Variety: LalatExtent Of SRI Paddy: 0.50

acresConventional Paddy: 0.50

acres

Activity/Purpose Unit QtyRat

eAmoun

t Qty Rate Amount

Ploughing - Own / HiredP.Bulloc

ks 2 80 160 2 80 160

Seed Own / Purchased Kg 1 20 20 15 20 300

Nursery Bed Labor 0.5 100 50 1 100 100

PuddlingP.Bulloc

ks 2 100 200 2 100 200

Transplanting Labor 4 100 400 10 60 600

Farm Yard Manure own/bought

Cart-load 2 100 200 1 100 100

Vermicompost Kg.s 60 5 300 0 0 0

DAP Kg.s 0 0 0 25 20 500

Urea Kg.s 0 0 0 20 10 200

HandiKhata Tin 6 60 360 2 60 120

Weeding - Labor - 1 Labor 4 60 240 10 60 600

Weeding - Labor - 2 Labor 4 60 240 2 60 120

Harvesting Labor 5 60 300 4 60 300

Transportation Labor 2 80 160 2 80 160

Threshing ,Winnowing & Bagging Labor 3 80 240 3 80 240

Total : Investment       2870 3700

Yield Qntl 11.2105

0 11760 7.3 1050 7665

Net profit       8890 3965

Cost Benefit analysis – SRI & Traditional

Note: Incremental Crop yield (q/ac) against traditional-Paddy: 5.33,Sugarcane: 3.2, Ragi: 2.7

Organic SRI Calendar as per farmers practice

• Total farmers involved -21• Total plots - 123• Total Area - 4 acres• Aspects 1. Nutrient Management (NM) (organic/Chemical)2. Age of seedling (AS) (0,8,12,16,20,25 )3. Variety Response (VR) (Local, HYV, Hybrid,

Aromatic)4. Spacing (4,6,8,9,10,12 inch)5. Spacing (S) X Age of seedling (AOS)6.Direct seeded

Tribal farmers in SRI Research

• The Govt. has introduced line sowing method which provides seed support to farmers along with package of chemical fertilizers and pesticides- the same strategy can be promoted for SRI.

• State level pressure Group required for policy change.

Challenges

Learning

Recommendations –suggestions

• Climate Change/ Erratic rainfall- Slowing the Scale up rate. • Promotion of hybrid seeds, Line sowing and chemical use

campaigning by Govt .• Convergence with Govt. scheme.

• Local seed varieties need to be conserved and replicated • Farmers need training and input support for organic practices.• Cadre building of farmers .

• Emphasis on replication of Crop Intensification method in Ragi and other crops

• Promotion of cadre of service providers • Replication of indigenous seed varieties • Promotion & up scaling of organic

practices• Marketing promotion of organic produces.

Way forward……

Thanks

Let us join hands for Let us join hands for the cause of food securitythe cause of food security