1. System of Rice Intensification in MYANMAR METTA DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

2. METTA DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION Metta is a leading national NGO dedicated to rural development in Myanmar. Metta works closely with the root level community based local organizations in the war-torn least developed areas.

3. Metta facilitates Farmer Field School (FFS) in the northern parts of Myanmar–in Kachin State and Shan State Farmer Field School

5. PREVAILING SITUATIONS There is a tremendous crisis of quality seeds. Farmers use no manures and fertilizers at all, as a result over the years soil fertility has badly declined Not many good varieties are available. Most of the tall varieties have serious lodging problem. Use of taller and weaker seedlings, and mostly during uprooting beating to legs highly prevent them from expressing their full potential of growth

6. All these have resulted in very poor yield (2 tons/ha)

7. PRIMARY STRATEGY OF FFS Facilitating An Ecological Approach to Crop Production INCREASING PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY OF RICE FIELD

11. EVALUATIONS OF SRI

13. 2001, AT THE TRAINING FIELD SRI Treatment No of tillers/hill Yield (ton/ha) T1 (25 X 25 Cm) 17 5.5 T2 (30 X 30 Cm) 19 4.5 T3 (30 X 20 Cm) 21 5.0 IPM / Rice varieties No of tiller/hill Yield (ton/ha) Japan 7 4.0 Pinle Bo 6 3 Sin-3 9 4.2 Hkun ni 9 3 L.S - 1 13 4.0

15. 2001, AT FARMER’S FIELDS FFS site Farmers Av. Yields (t/ha) Nawng hkying 24 5 10 Miles 13 5.4 Rosana 22 5.4 8 Miles 13 5.4 Woi Rawng pa 14 7.5 Gat Sha Yang 13 4.9 Shadau 12 4.9 N-gan 12 4.8 Sut Ngai Yang 7 6 Nawng Hkyi 25 4.25 Gara Yang 21 7.5 Ja Pu 15 7.8 Awng Mye Tit 25 3.0 10 Miles 25 5.2 Saga Pa 6 5.5 Shang Htawk 20 5.5 Yihku Nam Hkam 25 5.5 Mai Hkawng 22 4.0 Mung Lu 20 5.0 Mya Ze Ti 16 * Lawa Yang 7 5.0 Mai Sak Pa 8 4.9 Mai Ja Yang 10 * Sut Ra Yang 10 * Labang Kahtawng 20 5.0 Nam Sheng 29 5.0 Chyahkrau 15 * Sha-U Yang 3 7.9 Lung sha Yang 24 5.5

17. OVERALL RESULTS

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