1. Low seed requirement
2. Low water requirement
3. Transplantation of tender/ young seedlings
(8-12days)
4. Transplanting at wider spacing (10 x 10
inches or 25 x 25 cm )
5. Incorporating weeds into the soil while
weeding
6. Organic manures in place of chemical
fertilizers
7. Pest management without chemicals
Picture provided by Gamini Batuwitage, at the time Sr. Asst.
Secretary of Agriculture, Sri Lanka, of SRI field that yielded 13 t/ha
in 2000, the first year SRI was used in that country. Such
performance got SRI started there..
For more Information please contact
District Agriculture Development Office,
Morang, Biratnagar.
Phone: 021-521358/526568.
Email: [email protected]
www.ciifad.cornell.edu/sri/countries/nepal