System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Growing more with less
THE USE OF ANY COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL IS USED UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF "FAIR USE" IN TITLE 17 § 107 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE. SUCH MATERIAL REMAINS THE COPYRIGHT OF THE ORIGINAL HOLDER AND IS USED HERE FOR THE PURPOSES OF EDUCATION, COMPARISON, AND CRITICISM ONLY System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Growing more with less Overview of SRI - Improving Rice Productivity and Achieving Water SavingsOverview of SRI - Improving Rice Productivity and Achieving Water Savings http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/library/245848/index.html Target audience: This presentation is intended for policy and decision makers, managers of development projects, and stakeholders involved in agriculture, water resource and irrigation management. Content Covered: This section focuses on the benefits and limitations of SRI application. Compared to the commonly known flooded rice production, successful applications of SRI have shown that farmers can raise their paddy yields by 50 to 100% or more, while using fewer farm inputs, especially water. While failed field trials also exist, it is important to note that SRI is still a 'work in progress' and evolving, and should be adopted to local conditions and traditions. After a brief review of the six key elements of SRI, the benefits of SRI are discussed - increase in paddy yields, better rice quality, reduction in irrigation water use, and reduction in production cost. Constraints to implementing and scaling up SRI are also reviewed - psychological and technical barriers as well as farm labor. With climate change, increasing variability of rainfall, and the growing competition for water and land, SRI offers a new opportunity for increasing the production value per drop of water and for reducing agricultural water demand. Special thanks to: The following people who reviewed and provided input to the narration script: Norman Uphoff (Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development), Shuichi Sato (Nippon Koei, Indonesia Decentralized Irrigation System Improvement Project), Carlos Salazar and Bonifacio Labiano (National Irrigation Administration, the Philippines), Kotaro Kikuchi (World Bank Institute), Willem Janssen, Richard Chisholm (World Bank). Thanks to those who generously provided photos from their field experience: Bahman Amiri (Iran), Association Tefy Saina (Madagascar), Gamini Batuwitage (Sri Lanka), Mustapha Ceesay (Gambia), Elske van de Fliert (FAO), Andre Goncalves (Brazil), Green Foundation (India), T. M. Thiyagarajan (India), P.V. Satyanarayana (India), Henry Ngimbu (Zambia), Rena Perez (Cuba), Koma Yang Saing (Cambodia), Carlos Salazar (Philippines), Shuichi Sato (Indonesia), Erika Styger (Mali), Aga Khan Foundation (Afghanistan), Norman Uphoff (USA), Rajendra Uprety (Nepal), Tim Krupnik (Burkina Faso), Kotaro Kikuchi (Japan), Mei Xie (World Bank Institute) and the World Bank Photo Library. More info on SRI; http://sri.ciifad.cornell.edu/index.html
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I would like to ask your permission to use your video to show and teach farmers in our village. Thanks!
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Hi A.Kirankumar Singh. I heard this SRI is not yet approved by http://www.irri.org/.If it is so much profitable and natural why IRRI didn,t approve it??
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like to learn more about this application bec.we dont have much water now here in our land.thanks to the uploader.....
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this is interesting to learn about, but why do they have to repeat the same things 5 to 10 times? They mention it saves water like a dozen times at least. Is that really necessary?
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lol watch the and reply the video nearly 20 time this is good source for my feasibility study thank for uploading it .
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The same question comes from me. Please allow me to download and distribute this video on my website, so many people can benefit from this. Wim Roskam, Netherlands
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Hi A.Kirankumar Singh This is not my video. It belongs to the World Bank Institute. My only wish with these uploads, was to make these awesome SRI videos available to a broader audience. I couldn't upload my original message here. Don't know why. I have tried to send it to your profile. Good luck with your SRI work Kind regards Chris
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I am impressed with your videos on SRI and therefore I would like to request to allow me to use your videos for the purpose of training the farmers in my locality. Kindly allow me to download it. I hope that you will be kind enough to allow me in the interest of the farming community.
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