The document discusses system, service and product innovation in Indian agriculture away from unsustainable industrial models. It summarizes alternatives like System of Rice Intensification (SRI) which uses less water, seeds and chemicals but yields more. SRI has spread to over 250,000 farmers in 250 districts through knowledge sharing rather than conventional innovation channels. The document advocates for learning alliances and institutional innovations that facilitate exchange to collectively learn and improve agricultural systems for sustainability.

1. System, Service and Product Innovation in Agriculture : The case of SRI C Shambu Prasad Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar LENS Workshop IIT Delhi July 14, 2009

6. Dear Farmers are you Aware? The government has not increased the prices of fertilizers in last four years whereas the subsidy by the Government on fertilizers has increased eight fold! - Min of Fertilisers unsustainability of industrial agriculture.. Fertiliser riots, inequity in distribution Years 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Subsidy 15779 18299 25952 40338 119772* (estimated)

7. Ecological Foot Prints Each ha of paddy yields @ 30 bags/acre and 75 kg/bag 5625 kg/ha grain In terms of rice 70 % milling 3938 kg/ha Water requirement 2000 mm (2 m) crop water requirement x10000 sq m. 20000 cu m water Which is equal to 5.078 cu.m/kg rice ( 5078 litres/kg rice ) Each family consuming monthly 30 kg rice 152340 Litres of water per month per family This is equivalent to Each family consumes water directly at around @ 300 litres/day and for 30 days 9000 litres Water consumption by way of rice is 16.93 times higher than the water we consume directly

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