The System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Revisiting Agronomy for a Changing Climate

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By modifying management of rice plants, soil, water and nutrients to improve growth environments, farmers can get higher-yielding, more vigorous and resilient plants nurtured by larger root systems and greater diversity/abundance of beneficial soil organisms. More productive phenotypes from available genotypes enhance farmers’ income and security while reducing their costs and water requirements. View The […]

Case Study “The system of rice intensification”

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The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is an innovation in rice production systems that is still evolving and ramifying, but already it is raising factor productivity and incomes for more than 1 million small farmers producing rice around the world on over 1 million hectares. SRI addresses the major constraints affecting the livelihoods of small […]

Technical Manual for SRI in West Africa Improving and Scaling up of the System of Rice Intensification in West Africa

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The System of Rice Intensification, or SRI, is an agro-ecological and climate-smart rice production methodology that allows farmers to produce more grain using less seed and water, and fewer purchased inputs. Unlike other agriculture strategies, SRI does not rely on infrastructural projects, new varieties or fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides to raise yields. Instead, SRI is […]