Presenter: Baharul Islam Majumdar Audience: 1st National SRI Symposium Hyderabad Subject Country: Tripura, India

2. TRIPURA REQUIREMENTS OF FOODGRAINS BY 2010 8.22 36.44 2009-10 8.09 35.92 2008-09 7.98 35.40 2007-08 7.87 34.89 2006-07 Food Grain Requirement (Mt, in Lakhs) Projected Population (in Lakhs) Year

6. Area Coverage in Kharif, 2006-07, by districts 77.7% 6,324 8,140 Total 46.2% 961 2,080 North 187.8% 657* 350 Dhalai 82.9% 2,794 3,370 South 81.7% 1,912 2,340 West Percentage achieved Achievement in Ha Target in Ha District

7. Targets for Boro/Rabi Season 2006-07 (Area in Ha) 11,428 700 2123 8,605 Total 1,989 - 1119 870 North 850 - - 850 Dhalai 4,101 700 576 2,825 South 4,488 - 428 4,060 West Total Target for boro Additional requirement Spill- over from kharif Target District

8. NURSERY MANAGEMENT

9. SOIL 75% COW DUNG / FYM 20% RICE HULL / HUSK (BURNED) 5% SOIL+COW DUNG+RICE HULL / BURNED HUSK MIXTURE - 1.5 to 2 cm THICK LAYER ON TOP OF THE RAISED NURSERY BED

10. RAISED NURSERY BED

11. AFTER SOWING OF SPROUTED SEEDS, SEED BED SHALL BE COVERED BY THIN LAYER OF SOIL MIXTURE

12. NURSERY BED SHALL BE COVERED BY PADDY STRAW FOR 2 DAYS

13. INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE USED TO SAVE NURSERY FROM BIRDS

14. ITK TO SAVE NURSERY FROM BIRDS

15. CROSS SECTION OF NURSERY BED SOIL AND TOP LAYER OF MIXTURE OF SOIL + COW DUNG + RICE HULL

17. 10-day-old Nursery

18. Seedling 10 days old

19. Careful transportation of seedlings to the main field

20. Uprooting of young seedlings without any trauma, and transplanting them into the main field within 30 minutes Method-I

21. Uprooting of young seedlings without any trauma and transplanting them in the main field within 30 minutes Method-II

22. Uprooting of young seedling without any trauma and transplanting themn the main field within 30 minutes – locally-devised method of transport Method-III

24. I I I I I I I I I I I Deeper transplanting significantly reduces the number of tillers Comparative photograph of 20 DAT plants

25. ONE SEEDLING PER HILL

27. Labour-intensive ?? necessary at first

29. LEVELLING OF THE MAIN FIELD

30. SPACING MAINTENANCE THROUGH LOW-COST DEVICE DEVELOPED BY FARMERS Husband-wife team developed this spacing implement made from bamboo

33. WATER MANAGEMENT Necessary under rainfed as well as irrigated conditions

34. No standing water at the time of transplanting. In muddy soil, space is left for drainage, with drain created during first weeding at 10-12 DAT

35. Drainage Channel in the Main Field

36. 12 days after irrigation / watering

37. Drainage channel -- 25 cm wide and 25 cm deep

38. 60 DAT -- 65 tillers per hill / per plant MTU 7029

39. 75 DAT 80 tillers per hill/ per plant MTU 7029 No standing water near the base of the plant, no hindrance to the aeration

40. NO STANDING WATER, NO HYPOXIC SOIL CONDITIONS

43. Weeding schedule: 3 weedings at an interval of 10 -12 days 1 st weeding shall be done 10-12 DAT

48. Counting of tillers by the farmer

49. Variety : Pooja

50. Variety : Pooja

52. Variety-wise Yield 30 5.8 - 6.25 3.75 - 4.25 Swati 46 4.8 - 5.4 3.0 - 3.5 Satabdi 134 6.4 - 6.8 3.8 - 4.5 Krishna Hamsha 37 5.5 - 6.2 3.4 - 3.8 Joya No. of demos in farmers’ fields (0.40 ha) Average yield: SRI method (t/ha) Average yield: conv. method (t/ha) HYV

53. 124 7.4 - 8.2 4.8 - 5.2 POOJA 64 4.6 - 5.0 2.5 - 3.0 NDR 97 73 6.5 - 7.2 4.3 - 5.2 NDR 359 183 7.2 - 8.5 4.5 - 5.5 MTU7029 192 7.2 - 7.6 4.5 - 5.0 IR 64 No. of demos in farmers’ fields (0.40 ha) Average yield: SRI method (t/ha) Average yield: conv. method (t/ha) HYV

54. HYBRIDS VARIETIES 15 7.2 - 7.8 6.2 - 6.8 SHEYADRI 28 8.1 - 8.5 6.5 - 7.0 PHB 71 35 8.2 - 8.7 6.5 - 7.0 KRH-2 19 7.6 - 8.1 6.0 - 6.5 DRRH-1 No. of demos in farmers’ fields (0.40 ha) Average yield: SRI method (t/ha) Average yield: conv. method (t/ha) HYBRID

55. Variety-wise Yields with SRI 12 3.1 - 3.4 1.5 - 2.0 Local scented varieties 37 3.8 - 4.3 2.0 - 3.0 Local varieties No. of demos in farmers’ fields (0.40 ha) Average yield: SRI method (t/ha) Average yield: conv. method (t/ha) Local