A Madagascar, 78,7 % de la population sont agricoles dont 83,7 % pratiquent l’agriculture à titre d’activité principale (INSTAT, Campagne 2004-2005), de plus la part de l’agriculture dans le PIB total est de 28 % (FAO, 2008). Le développement de l’agriculture est alors un des facteurs clés pour dynamiser le pays. Concernant la riziculture, elle […]
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a set of good practices that introduces a new way of farming rice to smallholders. By using less seed, land and water, the new system significantly increases yields in most cases, but at the same time intensifies work requirements at some stages. The remarkable results obtained by farmers […]
The system of rice intensification (SRI) originated in Madagascar and was first synthesized in 1983 by Father Henri de Laulanı́e, a French Jesuit priest. Under the drought conditions of that year, he experimented serendipitously with transplanting very young seedlings of only 15 days old. To everyone’s surprise, the yields surpassed all expectations and in subsequent […]