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Agriculture | Sustainable SRI and Rice Production: Learnings from an Irrigated Agriculture Management Project in Tamil Nadu -Vibhu Nayar. VK Ravichandran, BC Barah and Norman Uphoff

Sustainable SRI and Rice Production: Learnings from an Irrigated Agriculture Management Project in Tamil Nadu -Vibhu Nayar. VK Ravichandran, BC Barah and Norman Uphoff

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published Published on Jan 13, 2020   modified Modified on Jan 13, 2020
-Economic and Political Weekly

In Tamil Nadu, the extreme variation in rainfall had reduced the availability of water to agriculture and caused the groundwater table to fall by 37%. The production of rice, an important crop, had became particularly precarious. A well-designed upscaling strategy boosted and sustained the production of rice; it also helped the build-up of organic matter and improved soil fertility. This experience shows that the System of Rice Intensification offers an attractive opportunity for increasing food production per unit of water and improving efficiency.
 
Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 55, Issue No. 2, 11 Jan, 2020, please click here to read the entire research article.

Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 55, Issue No. 2, 11 Jan, 2020, https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/2/special-articles/sustainable-sri-and-rice-production.html


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