Rice farmers in Kenya are set to double their production, reduce seed wastage by 90 percent and cut on water costs by 40 percent, thanks to a new precise production method that significantly reduce plant population, improve soil conditions and require less water. Dubbed System of Rice Intensification (SRI), this low water, labor-intensive, organic method […]
This is an introduction to SRI-2030, an initiative of Homeland Conservation in the UK. The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a way of growing rice that increases grain yield while reducing inputs and GHG emissions. –>The newly-launched SRI-2030 website is here: https://www.sri-2030.org/ SRI-Rice’s insight: A two-minute version of this video, which was made by […]
Rebecca-Alexie Langard en mission pour Esperanza joie des enfants à Imerina-Imady rencontre soeur Joséphine qui exploite la rizière Sainte-Anne dont l’exploitation a été transformée selon le modèle du “système de riziculture intensive”. Nouvelle gestion de l’eau, du repiquage, de la rotation des cultures… autant de changements dans les méthodes traditionnelles qui permettent sans apports chimiques […]