Presenter: Biksham Gujja
Audience: International Workshop on Rice and Water: Exploring Options for Food Security and Sustainable Environments IRRI, Las Banos
Subject Country: India
0603 Reducing Water for Improving the Livelihoods & Ecosystems: Experiences from Mid-Godavari Basin
1. Reducing water for improving the livelihoods & ecosystems: Experiences from Mid-Godavari basin [annotated presentation, focusing on SRI] International Workshop on Rice and Water: Exploring Options for Food Security and Sustainable Environments 6-8 March 2006, IRRI, Las Banos, Philippines Dr. Biksham Gujja Policy Advisor, Global Freshwater Programme, WWF-International [email_address] [email_address]
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4. DIALOGUE ON WATER, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/dialogue/godavari/
11. Claims of benefits from SRI: Experience from WWF’s evaluation 1. Less water requirement – about 25% less 2. Less seed – 80-90% less 3. Lesser chemical inputs 4. Soil health improvement through biological activity 5. Reduced duration (by 10 days) 6. Higher yields – of both grain and straw 7. Less chaffy grain % 7. Higher head rice recovery 8. Withstand cyclonic gales 9. Cold tolerance 10. Drought tolerance