SRI - Baskaran thumbal

India / Tamil Nadu / Belur / pappanaikanpatty main road, 4/1330
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SRI (system of rice intensification)is a method ,introduced in this village by world bank project IAMWARM by TNAU (TCRS - yethapur ).thanks to worldbank,TNAU,TCRS,TN-government.
The most enthusiastic post graduate farmer from thumbal, P. Baskaran,
president of the SRI Farmers Association –Thumbal in Salem district. He reported
that paddy yields in his area have been 2.9 to 5.8 tons/ha, but with labor constraints
and high costs that have made paddy production less and less attractive. In Thumbal village “At first, nobody would come forward to follow the methods of SRI.” But
more than 200 acres were planted with these new methods last year, and farmers
found they could reduce their labor requirements by 30% while getting higher
yields. This year, about 90% will plant SRI without subsidy, Baskaran said.
Because of their satisfaction with SRI, farmers in Thumbal formed an association to
train other farmers and promote the spread of SRI in their area. One goal of the
Association is: “Avoid wastage of seeds (we feel it’s a crime).” The Association aims
to help farmers reduce their costs of production and thereby to further increase
their incomes.
With pride,VIP visiters to the Thumbal SRI Farmers
Association from the Minister of Agriculture, the Vice-Chancellor of TNAU, and Dr. T.
M. Thiyagarajan,(WWF-consultant) (the TNAU faculty member who started SRI evaluation in 2000 and promoting SRI. Baskaran said that in the past year, 2,500 farmers have visited his Thambal village to learn more about SRI methodology.
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Coordinates:   11°46'36"N   78°32'21"E

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