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Promotion of SRI for food security of Marginal farmersProject supported by JTT, Mumbai
Grameen Sahara(In Support of Sustainable Livelihood)
Grameen Sahara
Why SRI project
• To build awareness among farmers, increaseinformation and knowledge base about SRIpractices, its benefits etc;
• To encourage farmers to adopt the SRI principles / technique in other crops.
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Achieving
• Enhanced yield which in turn would lead to
enhanced food security and increased income;
• Improved Social status and equity of targetfarmers;
• Mobilized government support influencing thegovernment institutions and policies.
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Through
• Enhancing Productivity;
• Ensuring regular cash flows;
• Encouraging maintenance of land quality;
• Ensuring availability of quality seeds/saplings locally;
• Building community institutions;
• Organizing them for increased bargaining power of farmers;
• Access to markets;
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Geography
50 villages from 4 C.D. blocks (Rangjuli, Kushdhowa, Matia and Krishnai) under Goalparadistrict of Assam
5000 farmers in three years time (2000 in the first year).
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Rabha tribe - Year-1 Year-2 (New) Year-3 Total
Bodo 100 150 100 350
Garo 75 150 200 425
Rabha 650 600 200 1450
OBC 250 200 200 650
General 75 200 100 375
Muslim Minority 850 700 200 1750
Total 2000 2000 1000 5000
Demography
One of the disturbed areas in Assam
– RHAC demand movement resulting political problem– Communal tensions between Rabha tribe and Muslim
community– Communal tensions between Rabha and Garo tribe– One of the poorest districts in Assam– High potential agriculture area
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Extension & Promotion of SRI
• Awareness and Community Mobilization;• Village and Household survey;• Motivation campaign;• Formation of Farmers' Group;• Group wise training on the principles of SRI;• Simple marker making locally;• Production of compost manure using EM technology;• Documentation – farmers’ profile, MIS, Video Recording,
etc.• Visit of non SRI farmers and officials from State
Agriculture Dept and Reporters from various Printing andElectronic Media
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Coordination & monitoring mechanism
Regular field visit of FE and PC
• Weekly group Meeting of farmers & GFEWs;
• Regular Meeting of Project Executive and GFEWs) Project Coordinator & the Project Executives;
• Fortnightly Meeting of Project Head, Project Coordinator and Project Executives
• Monthly Meeting of CEO, Project Head, Project Coordinator and Project Executives
• Monthly reporting by the GEWs and FEWs on prescribed format
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Present Status (SRI)
Block wise number of villages, farmers and farmers groups
Sl. No Block Name No. of Village identified
No. of Farmer already identified
Farmers’ Group
1 KUSHDHOWA 22 605 8
2 MATIA 11 714 7
3 RONGJULI 13 628 8
4 KRISHNAI 7 503 5
Total 4 53 2450 28
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Sl. No Year Total Targeted (New) % of achievement
1 2008-09 77 125 61.6
2 2009-10 240 265 90.56
3 2010-11 450 628 71.65
4 2011-12 700 870 80.45
5 2012-13 2000 2101 95.19
Total 2013-14 1530 2000 76.5
Outreach of SRI (Paddy)
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Indicators SRI Non SRI
Average no of tillers/hill 50 23
Average plant height(ft) 3.5 3
Average no of productive tillers/hill 32 12
Average length of the panicle(cm) 9 6
Average no. of filled grains/panicle 305 142
Chaffy grains/panicle 7 15
Weight of 1000 grains(test weight) in grams
30 27
Total grain yield in Kg/Acr. 2460 1620
Characters at Maturity
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Number of farmers adopting paddy and other crops using SRI Principles
Block Winter paddy Rabi crops Summer crops Total
KUSHDHOWA 400 80 125 605
MATIA 380 95 239 714
RONGJULI 400 85 143 628
KRISHNAI 350 90 063 503
total 1530 350 570 2450
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Awareness Building
Crops in SRI fields
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Grameen Sahara
Sri Amiya Kr. Das
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