SRI - Achieving More with Less: A New Way of Rice Cultivation
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The System of Rice Intensification, known as SRI, is a set of farming practices developed to increase the productivity of land and water, as well as other resources. SRI is based on the principle of developing healthy, large and deep root systems that can better resist drought, water logging and wind damage. It consists of six key elements to better manage inputs, utilize new ways to transplant seedlings, and to manage water and fertilizer application. Reports from thousands of SRI farmers and practitionersaround the world indicate that SRI plants develop stronger roots and stalks, and more tillers, with higher yields and even better flavor qualities.
Rice is a central food crop to many countries and to the majority of the world’s population. The growing number and the need for food security, increasing scarcity of water resources, predicted changes to climate and inefficiencies in current cultivation practices require more sustainable farming and atthe same, time higher productivity of land and water.Growing more with less—for many, this sounds unreal but SRI applications from more and more places are showing that it is indeed possible.
WBI has produced a Multimedia Toolkit “SRI: Achieving More with Less – A new way of rice cultivation”, to help disseminate the information and bring awareness to people who may be interested in learning more about SRI. Thetoolkit is available on-line, linked above or here, while the CD-ROM and accompanying booklet are available on request. See contact information below.
To view the multimedia presentations from the toolkit, please click the following two links:
Improving Rice Productivity and Achieving Water Savings This presentation provides an overview of SRI, and focuses on the benefits and limitations of SRI application. After a brief review of the six key elements, the benefits of SRI are discussed - increase in paddy yields, better rice quality, reduction in irrigation water use, and reduction in production costs. Constraints to implementing and scaling up SRI are also reviewed - psychological and technical barriers as well as farm labor. (12 minutes)
"How-to" Guide for Farmers and Practitioners Based on an application in the Philippines This presentation, organized as a how to guide with highly illustrative images, focuses on one of the field applications of SRI, using the practices from the Philippines, where SRI is locally referred as Sustainable System of Irrigated Agriculture, or SSIA. (15 minutes)
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Contact Information:
For any questions related to the content of the toolkit or to request a copy, please contact: Ms. Alyson Kleine, World Bank Institute, Washington, DC, USA e-mail:akleine@worldbank.org
Project leader: Dr. Mei Xie, World Bank Institute, Washington, DC, USA e-mail:mxie@worldbank.org
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