PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENTS UNDER SDTT-SRI PROGRAM

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PROGRAM BACKGROUND

Major Achievements• NABARD has replicated SDTT SRI Model through NGO partners from Kharif’2010 with a

budgeted allocation of Rs 16 crore across 3 years.

• Moderate success has been achieved in building an alliance with the local State Governments, in variable scales.

• The e-group (sriindia in google) started by SDTT now has over 500 members and emerged as a platform for exchanging experience and ideas on SRI

• A common MIS has been developed by the SRI Secretariat to capture the on-field data and to track programme progress.

• Innovations in low cost weeders & markers by the farmers has diversified the spread of

SRI and its adoption.

• SRI principles has been successfully tried in other crops such as wheat, finger millets, Rapeseed/mustard , sugarcane and vegetables etc.

• The Secretariat has came up with the findings of the on farm research in the form of a booklet

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SRI-Research • On-farm research- Involving 6 selected partners

organization in 5 states.

• Collaborative research- With BCKV, West-bengal (Both on-station and on-farm).

• Impact of System of Root intensification (SRI) on Soil Nutrient Status in Rice-wheat cropping system of Plains (Gaya, Bihar) and Mountain Farms (Uttarakhand).

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