System of Rice Intensification

Part A: Improving Rice Productivity and saving Water through System for Rice Intensification (12 minutes)

System of Rice Intensification  is being acknowledged as an emerging opportunity to increase food production and raise farmer incomes. It is assuming increased relevance in the context of increasing population, competition for water and a changing climate. Part A of a toolkit developed by The World Bank Institute contains the basic elements of the SRI method, the benefits and constraints of its application. This will particularly useful for policy and decision makers, managers of development projects and stakeholders involved in agriculture, water resource and irrigation management.  Click Here

Part B: "How-to" Guide for Farmers and Practitioners Based on an application in the Philippines (15 minutes)

This document contains a step by step guide of the SRI method in the context of Philippines, organised around six basic steps - land preparation, seedling preparation, innovative transplanting, intermittent irrigation, rotary weeding, and organic fertiliser application. This presentation is intended for farmers and practitioners who are interested in seeing how to apply SRI on the ground. For Part B, Click Here