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the earlier yield rate of the same land never exceeded one quintal of paddy. The experience of Mr. Gopal Khuntia of Kotapokhari village was also equally encouraging to note, although the yield rate was not very high like that of Buli Nayak. It was a different experience for him. Mr. Gopal Khuntia had cultivated 10 decimal of land for SRI experiment. He followed all the principles of SRI in the small plot and he continued his chemical farming method in rest of his lands. One of the interesting things found was that the plants were getting a pest attack at the time of flowering and were also getting a yellow colour. However, the impact of the pest attack in his SRI fields was limited, as in comparison with his remaining lands. Despite the attack the production was around 1.5 quintals. Gopal Khuntia felt that probably this was due to the use of organic manures and compost in the SRI field. In the current year, the rice cultivated by Mr. Prasanna Kumar Nayak is an encouraging experience to note. The highest number of tillers is 30 and the average number of tillers is 20-25 during 31 days of the rice plant which is normally higher. It was also interesting to note why Prasanna decided to go for SRI. Last year he learnt about SRI from Vasundhara, but instead of going to experiment SRI he transplanted a few seedlings in 10 inch spacing and found that the growth of the plant was extraordinarily well and that they had a good number of panicles. Therefore he decided to go for SRI in the current year. Current Practices and Future Prospects This year the SRI practices have expanded three times as far as areas are concerned. In addition to villages selected in 2006, there are two more villages (Sinduria and Kodalpalli) where farmers have cultivated rice in the process of SRI. One of the major factors that had direct implication for the SRI experiment was the poor rainfall and long dry spells in the current year in Ranpur, due to which the replication of SRI is not very encouraging. Even the soil moisture was not there to transplant the seedling within 8-12 days. Green Revolution that aims at providing food security in the country has also created a devastating impact on soil, water and the agriculture. Nevertheless there is at present a discussion on the second Green Revolution to take place. In this context SRI is a badly needed alternative. SRI has the potential of providing both food security and environment conservation. The state and other supporting agencies have a definite role in the extensive expansion of SRI across the country. 72 Towards a Learning Alliance: SRI in Orissa
CHAPTER 14 Ronali Pradhan and Rekha Panigrahi SRI: Scope and Opportunities for Upscaling in Orissa The Centre for World Solidarity (CWS) is a voluntary organisation established as a Public Trust in 1992 to contribute its modest bit towards creating a more just society. It envisions a ‘society of resilient, interdependent small communities vibrant with the consciousness of their rights and duties and sensitive to the rights of dalits, indigenous people and minorities, to rights of the women generally and gender equality, rights of the children and eco friendly development processes that cohere with the rights of these sections of the society’. CWS works through a network of partnerships with grassroots NGOs, networks and individual fellows, to promote people centred participatory development in five states of India, namely Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Jharkhand and Bihar. The Orissa chapter of CWS is called the Centre for World Solidarity – Orissa Resource Centre (CWS- ORC) and is focusing on issues pertaining to NRM, gender, child rights, tribal tights and human rights in general. Under the NRM programme ORC is promoting community forest management and sustainable agriculture in seven districts of the state. Initiatives by CWS in Orissa CWS first came to know about SRI in August 2005 when Prof. Radhamohan, former Advisor of CWS-ORC, met Mr. Narayana Reddy in Bangalore. Mr. Narayana Reddy informed Prof. Radhamohan about SRI, and to him the practice sounded very much useful for small and marginal tribal farmers of the state. Rice is the main crop of Orissa, a state that is known for its biodiversity in rice varieties, and Orissa does have a lot of promise with SRI given the large extent of rice and its close link to livelihoods. In the Orissa situation, mostly tribal people remain in vulnerable condition as they harvest very small amounts due to subsistence farming. Food security for them is only limited to six to eight months in a year and for rest of the year they migrate to far off places where they are subjected to various kinds of hazardous situations. In this context there is need to promote a practice like SRI which can provide food for the whole year with less input cost when practiced organically. As ORC is promoting sustainable agriculture in Orissa since 2002 and is mainly targeting small and marginal farmers, SRI as a practice is very much suitable to be adopted by these farmers. Realising the fact that SRI as an innovation comes at an opportune time and its importance in agriculture scenario in Orissa, CWS strategically took up the challenge of promoting SRI through its partners. More specifically we promoted it through partners operating in Southern parts of the state, mostly in the Ganjam, Gajapati, Phulbani, Nawrangpur and Koraput districts and also in Nayagarh districts in Eastern part of the state. To initiate the process CWS organised two workshops for the partners in two phases. Phase I – First Workshop on ‘System for Rice Intensification’ This workshop was only an in-house orientation session conducted for two days in the month of September 2005 specifically for the purpose of generating awareness among the partners about the concept behind SRI. The workshop was jointly organised by CWS and one of its partners in South Orissa called UAA (United Artists’ Association). As resource persons we had invited professionals from the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture in Secunderabad, field level staff representatives of CWS partners participated. The workshop included a theory session that discussed the chronology of SRI, the rationale behind adopting SRI, its suitability, the principles and the methodologies that are to be followed. The idea was to give the partners knowledge of SRI as a cultivation method that can be SRI: Scope and Opportunities for Upscaling in Orissa 73
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