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| -Zhejiang
Province |
China
National Rice Research Institute working in seven locations;
SRI yield of 12.1 t/ha in TianTai
township set provincial record in 2004; SRI fields withstood
damage from 3 typhoons in 2005, with 11.38 t/ha yield; starting
to spread in the 7 areas |
| -Sichuan
Province |
Sichuan
Academy of Agricultural Sciences is promoting SRI after
three years of evaluation, with 12-13 t/ha yields; working
with municipal govt. technicians; several thousand farmers
now using SRI methods; yield of 16 t/ha achieved at Meishan
already in 2001 |
| -Heilongjiong
Province |
Northeast
Agricultural University promoting its own version of SRI,
called 3-S, adapted to cold northern climates; 44,000 ha
of 3-S rice in 2004, with average yield of 10 t/ha |
| -Guizhou
Province |
Rice
Institute of Guizhou Academy of
Agricultural Sciences evaluating and promoting SRI; in 2004,
had 12.87 t/ha yield, setting high-altitude record for China |
| -Hunan
Province |
Hunan
Agricultural University and Rice Research Institute working
on SRI, but no data available on spread or results; China
National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center using
SRI methods in its hybrid rice demonstrations, with 13-14
t/ha yields |
| -Jiangsu
Province |
Nanjing
Agricultural University started SRI evaluations in 1999
with 9.2-10.5 t/ha results; some promotion going on through
extension serv. |
Southeast
Asia |
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Ministry
of Agriculture’s Agency for Agricultural Research and Dev.
started evaluations in 1999, getting 9.2 t/ha yield in 2000;
integrated SRI methods into Integrated Crop Management (ICM)
strategy; Farmer Field School program for IPM, which trained
1 million farmers in rice system IPM, is now promoting SRI
through its ecoagriculture program;
irrigation agency (PU) is training farmers in SRI for water-saving
benefits, 3,000 trained at Bandung
in past year; agency has allocated $100,000 (1 billion rupiah)
for SRI training in 2005; various NGOs are also carrying
out their own SRI training programs (WE, VECO, etc.) |
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NGO
network has been promoting SRI since 2002, with average
SRI yields over 6 t/ha and as high as 16 t/ha in Mindanao;
Visayas State University promoting SRI in Region VIII with
8-14 t/ha yields; PhilRice and
University of Philippines at Los Baños
are supporting NGO and local government efforts to disseminate
SRI; Department of Agriculture has promised to support expanded
training; its Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) is already
doing some training around country |
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CEDAC,
an indigenous NGO, has taken lead on SRI dissemination since
2000, when it got 28 farmers to try SRI methods; in 2004,
this number reached 17,000, and this year it should be 50,000
farmers; many NGOs and donor projects are cooperating in
spread; GTZ is funding a secretariat within the Ministry
of Agriculture to promote SRI |
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Oxfam/CAA
has been working with SRI since 2001, now with some AusAid
financial support; very good results with several thousand
farmers; IRRI/Laos has assisted evaluation efforts |
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SRI
network has developed, after initial trials by Chiangmai University and McKean Rehabilitation Center; results
less impressive than in other countries, about 30% increase,
but with less costs, making innovation attractive; several
thousand Thai farmers probably now using SRI |
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Indigenous
NGO, Metta Development Foundation,
has introduced SRI through its farmer field schools in NE
Myanmar; over 5,000 farmers training in FFS, with more than
doubling of yields; probably at least 20,000 farmers using
the new methods now |
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SRI
work started later here than elsewhere, but good results
and good organization are catching up; most work is through
IPM farmer field school program; probably 5,000 farmers
now; in one case, four women have trained 1,000 farmers
themselves, covering 300 ha to save water |
South
Asia |
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| -Tamil
Nadu State |
Trials
started in 2000 by Tamil Nadu
Agricultural University; 100 on-farm comparison trials in
Tamiraparani river basin showed
1.57 t/ha yield advantage against best modern practices,
with lower cost; state extension service is actively promoting
SRI |
| -Andhra
Pradesh State |
Trials
started in 2003 with 300 on-farm trials in all 22 districts,
showing 2.5 t/ha yield advantage for SRI; this has been
confirmed by >1500 trials since; state extension service
is actively promoting SRI, along with a number of NGOs and
the state federation of farmer associations; Dept. of Irrigation
promoted SRI on 100,000 ha in kharif
season 2005 |
| -Karnataka
State |
Organic
farmers started trials in 1999; now state extension service
and agricultural university are also supporting SRI dissemination;
strong endorsement by Minister of Agriculture; no obstacles
to SRI spread |
| -Kerala
State |
Trials
started in 2004 through KVKs (farmer
science centers); good results and leadership from Mitraniketan KVK, plus need for farmers to find cost-saving
methods so that they can continue with rice farming, have
propelled SRI into state-wide effort |
| -West
Bengal State |
The
national NGO PRADAN introduced SRI into rainfed areas of Purulia district;
use went from 4 to 150 farmers in 3 seasons based on economic
and other advantages of SRI methods, incl. labor-saving |
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Initial
trials not very impressive, largely because inadequate water
management during monsoon season; trials through farmer
field schools in 2002 and 2003 at Sunsari-Morang
irrigation system established >8 t/ha average for SRI
vs. ~4 t/ha with farmer methods and ~6 t/ha with improved
(high input) methods; more than doubling of yields in Morang
district in 2004, with reduced time to maturity and lower
costs led to national interest in SRI; dissemination now
endorsed by Minister of Agriculture and supported by World
Bank grant to extension service |
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National
SRI steering committee includes two NGOs (BRAC and SAFE),
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Department of Agric.
Extension, and Syngenta Bangladesh
Ltd.; IRRI/Bangladesh has supported systematic evaluations
that have shown in 98% of the on-farmer trials a significant
advantage for SRI; NGOs and DAE are taking lead on dissemination,
probably about 10,000 farmers now |
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Trials
started in 2000, with opposition from government rice research
establishment; farmer and NGO initiatives have been successful,
with yields up to 17 t/ha; other government agencies besides
Department of Agriculture have started promoting SRI; probably
10,000 farmers now |
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Merits
of SRI methods (50% increase in yield with less water use)
shown in Northwest Frontier Province villages under ICIMOD
project; Directorate for Water Management in Ministry of
Agriculture now taking active interest in SRI evaluation
and promotion |
Africa
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Dissemination
started around 1990, but spread has been slow; estimates
of use range between 20,000 (full users) and 100,000 (partial
users); after years of resistance from government researchers
and extension, now supportive of SRI due to President’s
personal endorsement and results of national rice production
competitions (being won always by SRI farmers) – with 13.5
t/ha yield in 2004 |
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Learned
about SRI from visit to Madagascar
by World Vision/Sierra Leone agricultural staff member in
Nov. 2000; results have shown a doubling of yield or more;
WV/SL activities now supported by USAID; number of farmers
using SRI may be 5,000 by now |
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On-station
trials in 2000 showed 5.4-8.3 t/ha yields; on-farm trials
in 2001 showed SRI yield of 7.4 t/ha vs. 2.5 t/ha with usual
methods; no institutional support for dissemination of SRI,
however |
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On-station
trials by China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development
Center have shown yields of SRI methods with hybrid varieties
up to 9.2 t/ha; no information on any dissemination, however |
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Trials
encouraged by FAO in 2004 showed SRI yields of 9 and 11
t/ha compared with 4 and 5 t/ha on control plots; no info
on dissemination |
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Trials
in 2002 showed 7.5 t/ha with SRI methods vs. 1.6 t/ha with
standard methods; but no information on any dissemination |
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PhD
thesis research in 2003 showed initial results of 3-8 t/ha
with SRI methods on saline soils, organic matter, and water
control vs. 3 t/ha on good soils, with fertilizer and full
irrigation; no follow-up so far |
Latin
America |
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Trials
started in 2000, with support from Cuban Rice Research Institute
(IIA); then support from Council of Churches, National Institute
of Agricultural Research (INRA), Popular Rice (Arroz
Popular) movement for smallholder production, and farmer
cooperatives; probably about 5,000 farmers using SRI methods
now |
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First
trial (at Chiclayo) found SRI
yield to be 8 t/ha vs. 2 t/ha with usual methods, plus a
ratoon crop yield of 5.5 t/ha; but no follow-up as far as
we know; some university and NGO involvement now; no data
on use |
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