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Exchange Workshop on
the System of Rice Intensification
December 19, 2005
ICIMOD, Lalitpur, Nepal

The People and Resource Dynamic Project of the International Center for the Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) organized a one day Exchange Workshop on SRI on December 19, 2005, at ICIMOD, Lalitpur, Nepal. The workshop was organized to share information and experience on SRI from different districts of Nepal, to document the information and experince, and to identify and recommend future field research and study. Full-text versions of three of the eight papers presented are available below along with a report on the workshop itself. These papers are also available on the SRI-Nepal Yahoo Group site.

The workshop results, which showed the growing success of SRI in Nepal, also indicated that the major areas needing further refinement include weed management and water control. Research on variety, age of seedlings, spacing and soil fertility management in maintaining long-term nutreint balance were also suggested.

The agenda, list of papers represented, suggested outreach strategies and participants, can be found in the workshop report. The following full-text papers are available below:

• PARDYP's experience on System of Rice Intensification, presented by Madhav Dhakal, People and Resource Dynamic Project, ICIMOD, Lalitpur, Nepal
• On-station and on-farm studies on System of Rice Intensification, presented by M.R. Bhatta, National Wheat Research Program, Rupandehi, Nepal
• System of Rice Intensification performance in Morang District during 2005 main season, presented by Rajendra Uprety, Morang District, Nepal