The document summarizes the proceedings of the National Colloquium on System of Crop Intensification held in Patna, Bihar, India. It provides an overview of JEEViKA, a poverty alleviation program led by rural women in Bihar covering 650,000 families across 5,500 villages. The colloquium discussed strategies to scale up systems of rice intensification (SRI), wheat intensification (SWI), and other crop intensification systems which have led to 40-85% increase in yields. It also discussed opportunities for smallholder farmers to receive carbon credits through use of SRI and called for a community-based extension mechanism and research to develop SRI protocols.
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1. 1 NATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON SYSTEM OF CROP INTENSIFICATION (SCI) National Colloquium on SCI, Patna 8/11/2011 Organized by BIHAR RURAL LIVELIHOODS PROMOTION SOCIETY (BRLPS) and convened in Patna, Bihar State, March 1, 2011
2. JEEViKA POVERTY ERADICATION led by RURAL WOMEN Income enhancement through sustainable livelihoods – farm & non-farm sectors Socio-economic empowerment of rural poor households in Bihar Access to social protection, including food security & absorption of health shocks Self-managed & financially sustainable community institutions 11th August 2010 2 Government of Bihar
30. 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 11th August 2010 6 Government of Bihar
56. 8/11/2011 24 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’tSRI farmers get carbon credits? National Colloquium on SCI, Patna
57. 8/11/2011 25 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 National Colloquium on SCI, Patna