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Knowledge Travels –From India to Kenya
South-South Knowledge Sharing on SRI
Dr. V.K. Ravichandran, Tamil Nadu Agriculture Univ.
Dr. Mei Xie, WBI
Feb. 9, 2010, GDLN Discussion linking Mali, Madagascar and India
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SRI Plants
• Captures existing genetic potentials in plant and soil
• An innovation, set of good practice that relies less on external input –water, seeds, fertilizer
Shown more resilience to climate variability
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SRI LANKA: Same soil, variety, irrigation system, drought conditions - three weeks after water was stopped
Conventional
SRI
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Vietman: Farmer from Dông Trù village - After a typhoon
SRI Conventional
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SRI in 1999
Practiced only in Madagascar
Ref. http://ciifad.cornell.edu/sri/5
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SRI application /trials 10 years later
1999-2000 China, Indonesia
2000-2001 Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cuba, India, Laos, Nepal, Myanmar, Philippines, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Thailand
2002-2003 Benin, Guinea, Mozambique, Peru
2004-2005 Senegal, Mali, Pakistan, Vietnam
2006-2007 Burkina Faso, Bhutan, Iran, Iraq, Zambia, Afghanistan,
2008 Brazil, Egypt, Rwanda, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Timor Leste
2009-2010 Ghana , Kenya
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WBI south-south knowledge exchange
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- Droughts in Kenya- VC links Kenya with India, Madagascar, Rwanda – 9/2009
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Pilot SRI Farmer from Mwea Irrigation District – largest in Kenya
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Aug. 2009
His SRI paddy field
His conventional paddy field
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Pilot SRI Farmer from Mwea Irrigation District – largest in Kenya
Harvested in Dec. 2009, reported yield increase 37% comparing to his conventional field Oct. 2009
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Pilot SRI Farmer from Mwea Irrigation District – largest in Kenya
Harvested in Dec. 2009, reported yield increase 100% comparing to his conventional field
Oct. 2009
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Field training – Dr. Ravi with Kenyan farmers after a knowledge-sharing session
Per Request from Kenyan Stakeholder, WBI organized further South-South learning
- Jan. 2010: visit by Dr. Ravi from TNAU India --- Central & Western Kenya-Workshops & field demonstr.- Farmers, govt. extension staff, researchers, NGO, private sector
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Interested farmers from central & western Kenya regions viewing WBI SRI Toolkit Video in farmer schools
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Farmers practice how to prepare SRI nursery - a 40m2 nursery area of 8 blocks of 5m2 is prepared to hold 3 kg of seed - enough to transplant in a 1-acre SRI field
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After the seed is sown in nursery, mulching is applied to conserve moisture -- removed after 5 days
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Showing Kenyan farmers how to make a marked string for transplanting
Use two nylon strings
of different colours to
make a marked string.
The markers are placed
25cm apart.
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Farmers use the marked string for square transplanting
How SRI seedlings look in
the field after doing square
transplanting (2 days after)
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Kenya’s pilot SRI farmer helps explain use of conoweeder in local language
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Farmers practice rotary weederafter field demonstration
More practice on use of weederin a rice field
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Conclusion
• Remember the key elements in SRI• Apply them with local suitable, adaptable practices• Scaling up – farmers need support from government, research agencies, donors, as well as involvement of private sector, NGOs
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