AAPI 8th Quarterly Report Jul-Sept 2012
AAPI 8th Quarterly Report Jul-Sept 2012
AAPI 8th Quarterly Report Jul-Sept 2012
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Field Trials – Like the demonstrations, in this quarter the trials for the Aus season<br />
were harvested and those for Aman season were planted. Table 21 lists the Aus season trials.<br />
It shows <strong>AAPI</strong> has trials for both rice and vegetables. Map 3 shows their distribution.<br />
Aus Season<br />
QPR 7 (April-June <strong>2012</strong>) explained, from Aus season, the project had ceased to<br />
conduct standard NPK trials. There has been adequate data collected through ILSAFARM<br />
and <strong>AAPI</strong> Year 1 to demonstrate the benefits of NPK deep placement. The NARs (BRRI and<br />
BARI) are now running independent verification in their own field trials on station and in<br />
farmer fields before submitting the results to the national fertilizer committee for their<br />
approval of the technology, allowing its rollout in an extension campaign.<br />
<strong>AAPI</strong> trials are now to address specific technical problems identified by farmers and<br />
extension workers. These are to be replicated trials, with considerable additional work<br />
required in design, establishment and management (hence fewer trials). In Aus season, they<br />
were designed to look at the effects of UDP in dibble seeded rice crops as practiced in Bhola<br />
and to look at FDP in soils deficient in phosphorus and potassium. The reconciliation of trial<br />
targets, established and harvested, are presented in.Table 21; all were on the rice crop.<br />
Appendix 15 provides the treatment details. In trials within the same AEZ, the NPK formula<br />
in T3 and T4 was the same across different locations.<br />
Table 21. Reconciliation of Aus Season Trials – Targets, Established and Harvested<br />
Type of Trial<br />
Dibble Planting<br />
NPK Omission –<br />
non-saline soil<br />
NPK Omission –<br />
saline soil<br />
NPK Omission –<br />
Old Brahmaputra<br />
Flood Pl.<br />
Applicator *<br />
Total<br />
Target<br />
14<br />
Number of Trials Managed in Aus Season (<strong>Jul</strong>y-<strong>Sept</strong>ember)<br />
<strong>AAPI</strong> Total FTF Districts M&S Districts<br />
Established Harvested Established Harvested Established Harvested<br />
1 1 1 1<br />
2(1) 2(1) 2(1) 2(1)<br />
2(2) 2(2) 2(2) 2(2)<br />
34<br />
2 trials planned but not<br />
established due to<br />
drought<br />
8(3) 8(3) 5(3) 5(3) 3 3<br />
Total 14 13(6) 13(6) 10(6) 10(6) 3 3<br />
Source: <strong>AAPI</strong>-IFDC database.<br />
Note: Figures within parentheses indicate number of women farmers leading the demonstration.<br />
* The applicator performance was reported in QPR 7. The harvest is reported in this quarter.
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