1164 National Colloquiu on System of Crop Intensification (SCI)

National Colloquium on SCI, Patna 1

NATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON

SYSTEM OF CROP INTENSIFICATION (SCI)

04/10/2023

Organized byBIHAR RURAL LIVELIHOODS PROMOTION SOCIETY (BRLPS)

and convened in Patna, Bihar State, March 1, 2011

Income enhancement through sustainable livelihoods – farm & non-farm sectors

Socio-economic empowerment of

rural poor households in Bihar

JEEViKA POVERTY ERADICATIONled by RURAL WOMEN

Access to social protection, including food security &

absorption of health shocks

Self-managed & financially sustainable

community institutions

11th August 2010 2Government of Bihar

• ExComm- 2 from each VO, 5 OB• Support VO• Secure linkages with Govt line

depts, finanncial insts, markets, etc

• Audit of groups• Micro -fnance functions

• ExComm- 2 from each SHG, 5 OB• Strengthening of SHGs• Appraisal and disbursement of

CIF• Social action• Inclusion of POP• Appraisal and management of

community cadre.

• Weekly Thrift and Credit activities

• Monitoring of group activity

• Group-level poverty reduction plan

• Development of family investment plan (Micro Plan)

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CBLF

BLF

VO

SHG PG

Community Institutions: Architecture


Project Spread

Coverage Location 650,000 Families. 5,500 villages in 55 Blocks

of 9 districts, namely Gaya, Nalanda, Muzaffarpur, Madhubani, Purnia, Khagaria, Saharsa, Supaul and Madhepura

Priority to benefiting poor and women

• Participatory Identification of Poor• Saturation approach.• Use of Community Cadre for scaling up.• High investment on Capacity Building• Community Livelihoods Fund managed by women

• Food Security Fund• Health Risk Fund

• Focused interventions in agriculture - SRI, SWI & PVSP- • In-situ food security• Growth engines for coming out of poverty

• Convergence & Linkages with Government programmes, banks, etc.

Approaches and Strategies


Community Institutions at a Glance

No. of villages covered : 2,693 No. of SHGs formation : 29,545 No. of HH part of SHGs : 354,540 No. of VO formed : 1,452 No. of Community Cadre : 6,091 Total Savings (in Rs.) : 19.87

Crores Total Inter-loaning (in Rs.) : 64.23 Crores


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Vulnerability MappingFlood & Drought

Flood Prone

Drought Prone

Flood & Drought Prone

Source: Disaster Management Department, GOB

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KEY STRATEGIES


System of Crop Intensification (SCI)

Interventions

System of Rice Intensification (SRI)

System of Wheat Intensification (SWI)


Rapeseed

Green Gram

Vegetable

Tomato

Brinjal

Chilli

National Colloquium on SCI, Patna

System of Rice Intensification

(SRI)

PARTICULARS CONVENTIONAL SRISeed treatment Not done Done with salt

solution & fungicide

Seed rate 50-60 Kg/Ha 5 Kg / Ha

Nursery Area 10,750 sq ft/ha 800 sq ft/ha

Age of seedling fortransplantation

21-35 days 8-14 days

Spacing No spacing 10’ X 10’

Weeding / hoeing No weeding 3 times

Yield 2 tons / ha 4-6 tons / ha

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SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION

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Status of SRI

PARTICULARS 2007 2008 2009 2010No. of SHG Members

128 5,146 8,367 19,911

Land in hectare 30 544 786 1,412

SRI yield (ton/ha) 10 7.75 6.5 3.22

Traditional yield (ton/ha)

2.7 2.36 2.02 1.66

Highest yield (ton/ha)

18.18 19.3 14.2 6.5

State ave. yield 2.3 tons / hectare

Climatic conditions Normal Water Stresse

d

Drought

Extreme Drought

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SEED TREATMENT & NURSERY BED PREPARATION

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FIRST WEEDING OPERATION BY CONO WEEDER


ROOT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SRI & TRADITIONAL


HARVEST & COMPARISON BETWEEN TRADITIONAL & SRI


System of Wheat Intensification

(SWI)

PARTICULARS CONVENTIONAL

SRI

Seed treatment Not done Done with warm water, cow urine, jaggery, vermi-compost & fungicide

Seed rate 100-125 Kg/ha 20-30 Kg / Ha

Sowing Broadcasting Line sowing

Spacing No spacing 8’ X 8’

Weeding / hoeing No weeding 3 times

Yield 1-2 tons / ha 3-4 tons / ha

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Status of SWI

PARTICULARS 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11No. of SHG Members 415 25,235 48,521

Land in hectares 16 1,200 2,536

SRI yield (ton/ha) 3.7 4.5 cont.

Traditional yield (ton/ha)

1.8 1.6 cont.

Highest yield (ton/ha) 8.4 10.012 cont.

State ave. yield 2.4 ton / hectare

Climatic conditions After Water Stressed

After Drought

After ExtremeDrought

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Seed sorting & treatment : Warm water, cow urine, jaggery, vermi-compost, fungicideSeed sowing/transplanting : 2 pre-germinated seed / 8-12 days seedling used for shallow transplantationWeeding/hoeing : At 15-20 day intervalsSoil treatment : Vermi-compost & trichodermaYield increase: 40-85% more


Status of SCI

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Particulars / Years 2009-10 2010-11

Green GramNo. of SHG members/smallholders 490 2400Area in hectares 32 527Average yield in quintals/acre 7.5 Cont.Traditional green gram yield in quintals/acre

2.5 Cont.

RapeseedNos. of SHG members/smallholders 7 425Area in acres 0.48 27.96Average yield in quintals/acre 12.15 Cont.Traditional rapeseed yield in quintals/acre

6.75 Cont.


Status of SCI-Vegetable

PARTICULARS Brinjal Tomato Chilli

No. of SHG members 42 168 69

Conventional yield (Kg/Plant)

5-6 3-4 1.5-2

SCI yield (Kg/Plant) 10-12 12-14 4.5-5

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Carbon Credits

Agriculture emits 10-12% GHGs to atmosphere

GHGs are CH4, N2O, CO2

CH4 is 25 times more harmful than CO2

N20 is 298 times more harmful than CO2

Traditional paddy cultivation is done on anaerobic anaerobic that emits more CH4

and N2O SRI is an aerobic method of paddy

cultivation Emits 4 times less CH4 and 5 times less N2O Research done in Sri Lanka, China, Nepal &

Vietnam Why shouldn’t SRI farmers get carbon

credits?


EXPECTATIONS

How to reach the smallholders (small, marginal & landless farmers)?

Community-based extension mechanism – for scaling-up SCI (SRI, SWI, and others)

SCI opportunities for a majority of the crops with natural farming

Systematic scientific research to develop SRI protocol for Carbon Credit compensation to smallholders


THANK YOU

1164 National Colloquiu on System of Crop Intensification (SCI)

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