INCREASE YIELDS by 30-50% OR MORE REDUCE WATER USE by 30-50% REDUCE CHEMICAL INPUTS by 30-100% REDUCE SEED USE by 80-95% Widespread Adoption Just Starting SRI is an agroecological and climate-smart approach that produces more grain, while reducing water, seed, and synthetic chemical use. The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) SRI helps farmers to... Since first leaving Madagascar in 1997, SRI has spread to over 50 countries and more than 4 million farmers around the world. 1 EARLY PLANT ESTABLISHMENT 2 REDUCED PLANT COMPETITION 3 USE ORGANIC MATTER 4 REDUCED WATER USE Using four principles The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations The SRI International Network and Resources Center at Cornell University Contact: Erika Styger (SRI-Rice, Cornell University), [email protected]; Amir Kassam (FAO), [email protected]; Josef Kienzle (FAO), [email protected] www.sririce.org - www.fao.org/ag/ca Poster 1.indd 1 10/30/13 11:12 AM