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New hope for Indian food security? The System of Rice Intensification – A paper by International Institute for Environment and Development

This paper from the gatekeeper series of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) describes the potential of an innovative rice cultivation practice-the system of rice intensification (SRI)—for allowing Indian rice farmers to not only enhance rice production and their net incomes, but also to solve the water crisis.

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Purulia, WB, India
Latitude: 23.333333, Longitude: 86.366667

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Content Type: Case Studies, Research
Category: Agricultural Development, Agriculture, Agronomy, Direct Seeding, Food Scarcity, Food Security, Rice Cultivation, Soil Health, Sustainable Agriculture, System of Rice Intensification, Water Efficiency
Associated People / Organizations: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Author: Biksham Gujja, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), T M Thiyagarajan
Source: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Location / Time: Andhra Pradesh, Asia, China, Coimbatore, Himachal Pradesh, Hyderabad, India, Jharkhand, Madagascar, Orissa, Punjab, Purulia, South Korea, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, 2009
Difficulty Level: Expert

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