Presentation by Anoop Tiwari, social worker for the Madhya Pradesh Rural Livelihood Program (MPRLP).

1. Extension of SRI in Shahdol District, Madhya Pradesh, India Anoop Tiwari Social Worker anooptiwari2006@gmail.com

3. Avoid trauma to the roots – transplant quickly, shallow (1-2 cm), with no inversion of the seedings’ root tips that will delay the plants’ resumption of growth after transplanting.

4. Give plants optimally wider spacing – one plant per hill and in square pattern so as to achieve ‘the border effect’ for the whole field.

5. Keep paddy soil sufficiently moist, but not continuously flooded, mostly aerobic and not saturated – This concept has been adapted for rice-growing in rainfed, unirrigated areas with considerable success.

6. Actively aerate the soil as much as possible, using a rotary hoe or cono weeder to control weeds.

8. SRI IN SUMMER PADDY CULTIVATION No. of farmers Area (acre)

9. SWI IN SHAHDOL No. of farmers Area (acre)

10. Farmers’ Innovation Markers from bamboo

11. Farmers’ Innovation Wheat dibbler for SWI Rope markers

12. Farmers’ Innovation Self-made Weeder

13. Low-Cost Technology for Soil Fertility Composting method - No. of Units Gau-samadhi Khad 45 Cow Horn Khad 455 Cow Horn Silica Khad 442 Matka Khad 1,214 Vermiwash Unit 4,251 Pheromone Trap 160 Vermicompost Pit 3,000 Nadep Compost Pits 2,010 Blue-green Algae 84 ht. Azolla 8 ht. Mycorrhizae 24 ht. Biogas 1,600

14. Establishment of Selling Outlet

15. Thanks