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Field Trip Report – Group II October 5, 2007. Chairman: Dr. L.G. Giri Rao Rapporteur: Dr. R. Rajendran Liaison Officer: Mr. Ashish Saha Co-ordinator: Mr. Chakraborthy Officer – in- charge: Mr. P.K. Datta. No. of delegates participating 50 Villages covered 3
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Field Trip Report – Group IIOctober 5, 2007 Chairman: Dr. L.G. Giri Rao Rapporteur: Dr. R. Rajendran Liaison Officer: Mr. Ashish Saha Co-ordinator: Mr. Chakraborthy Officer – in- charge: Mr. P.K. Datta
No. of delegates participating 50 Villages covered 3 Farmers participating 35 Farmers interviewed 5
Farmer experiences: Mr. Vallab Debnath • In local govt area, 40 ha planted with SRI • Practices under SRI: • Seed rate – 2 kg/ac (conv. 20-25 kg/ac) • Compost - 3 t/ac, NPK – 40 kg/ha (conv. applic. 70 kg/ac) • 8-10 day, single seedlings, gap-filling • Water management – AWD • Yield – 30-35 mond/kani (3 t/ac)
Field observations : • Bagabasa Gram Panchayat area • Swarna Mashuri and Pooja varieties • Square planting, 22 – 25 cm • Tillers per plant 25- 35 (ave. 30) • Water stagnation by rain but draining • First hand weeding by rotary weeder
2. Mr. Chowdhary (Sonapur) Aman rice – planted with SRI methods Seed rate – 2 kg/ac (conv. 25 kg/ac) Seedling – single (conv . 5-6/hill), 10 d old seedlings (conv. 30 days) NPK fertilizer – 65 kg/ac (conv. 175 kg/ac) Three rotary weedings – 12, 24 and 36 DAT (conv. 2 hand weedings); AWD irrigation No lodging; reach maturity 5-7 days earlier, but pest attack is more in SRI
Paddy yield expected from present aman crop: • 40 mond/kani - 3.8 t/ac (9.5 t/ha) • Constraints: • Labour problem especially for weeding • Time-bound operations
3. Mr. Amirthalal Das, Indhiranagar 10 d old seedlings, single seedlings, square planting, 25 x 25 cm spacing Rice yield 40 panicles/hill, 38 mond/kani – 3.8 t/ac (conv. yield 1.8 t/ac -- 9.5 vs. 4.5 t/ha) Yield >doubled; cost reduced; 15 days earlier maturity; low pest pressure; good grain filling; low chaff (few unfilled grains); maximum tillering; only labour is a problem
After the field visit, 6 presentations were made by delegates
Field study …. Seeing the difference between SRI & conventional practice