0312 The System of Rice Intensification, Tripura in Bengali language

The water was plenty during our ChildhoodThe water was plenty during our Childhood ! !

Rainfall in 67.7 % of 142.2 m ha is erratic

Why SRI Rice ?

Fr. de Laulanié making field visit

SRINTP

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SRI under direct seededSRI under direct seeded

2nd weeding 20 days after transplanting

Demonostration of

mechanical Weeding

at Haripur

No standing water at the time of transplanting

Drainage channel of 30 cm. width

60 days after transplantingAt

Rangamura having 65 tillersPer hill

75 days after transplantingAt

Rangamura having 80 tillers

Per hill maximum

FURROW IRRIGATED RAISED BED????

Ms. Im Sarim, Cambodia,

with rice plant grown

from single seed,

using SRI methods

and traditional variety

-- yield of 6.72 t/ha

Heavy tillered single plant of SwarnaHeavy tillered single plant of Swarna

20 days after transplanting

having 15 to 18 tillers per hill

The hill having 31 tillers

at 30 daysAfter

transplanting

Counting of tillers by the farmer

At the age of 115 days, Variety Pooja at Hrishyamukh

SRI field in Sri Lanka –

with many panicles having 400+ grains