How to increase food production using less water is one of the greatest challenges of the future. Crops and livestock use 70 percent of all water withdrawals and up to 95 percent in some developing countries. Paddy alone consumes about 60 percent of it. By 2025, 1.8 billion people are projected to be living in […]
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a package of practices that changes how rice is grown in paddies, which incredibly increases yields. Rather than fully flooded paddy systems, SRI involves among its practices, the alternate wetting and drying of paddies which saves water, use of less seeds, wider crop spacing, transplanting one seedling per […]
From humble beginnings view the document here: Article_SRI Digital Learning for Kenyan Rice Farmers_Bancy The word “SRI”, meaning “System of Rice Intensification”, is not new to many farmers in Kenya’s Mwea, Ahero and West Kano Irrigation Schemes. It all started way back in 2009, when SRI was introduced in Kenya, first at Mwea Irrigation Scheme, and […]