demonstration of stress tolerant rice varieties under nfsm (irri) – strasa (irri) collaboration
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Demonstration of Stress Tolerant Rice Varieties under NFSM (IRRI) – STRASA (IRRI) collaboration
Work Plan No. of demonstrations : 100 (100 ha cluster
each) Varieties: Flood tolerant : Swarna-Sub1, Samba Mahsuri-Sub1 (pre-release) Drought tolerant: Sahbhagi dhan, Susk Samrat Salinity tolerant: CSR 36 • States : UP, Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal, Jharkhand,
AP, Karnataka and TN• Partners: SAUs, State Agriculture Departments,
NGOs, KVKs etc.
Salient characteristics
Collection of baseline data (socio-economic aspects)
Targeting to stress-prone areas Technologies: STRVs + suitable
management practices for stress prone areas
Geo-referencing of all demonstrations on maps
Targetted Villages for Dissemination of Swarna Sub-1 in Bhadrak Block, Bhadrak Dist., Orissa
Targeted villages for Swarna Sub-1Block boundary
List of Villages for Targetted Dissemination for Swarna Sub-1 in Bhadrak Block, Bhadrak,Orissa Vill_Code Village Name
728 Ambroli775 Atto755 Bagamara738 Bahadalpur839 Balabhadrapur826 Balajitpada729 Bandhgn778 Bania727 Bantia831 Baradadihi807 Baranga862 Barapada766 Basuapada770 Basudebpur780 Bhagabanpur827 Bilabari748 Chadheya774 Toranpada
Salient characteristics
Collection of baseline data (socio-economic aspects)
Targeting to stress-prone areas Technologies: STRVs + suitable
management practices for stress prone areas
Geo-referencing of all demonstrations on maps
Location of Swarna Sub-1 field demonstration in Maharajganj District, U.P. ( RKVY, GOI)
Swarna Sub-1 field demonstration in Kharif 2011 ( RKVY, GOI)Chehari Village, Sadar Block, Maharajganj District, U.P.
This Google Image of 3 Oct. 2010 shows no crop generally being grown in this area due to flood hazard (light brownish colour of un-cropped area vs dark green colour of rice cropped area on the top left of the image). Red dot shows GPS location of demonstration plots in kharif 2011.
Location of Swarna Sub-1 field demonstration in Kharif 2011( RKVY, GOI)Pipra Kalyan and Patrengwa Villages, Mithaura Block, Maharajganj District, U.P.
Date of Image 3 Oct. 2010
Salient characteristics Extensive awareness generation
(information brochures, posters, bill boards, field days etc.)
Proper documentation and impact assessment (including comparison with vegetation index during previous years particularly stress affected years)
Follow-up: Neighbourhood survey to track farmer to farmer dissemination
THANK YOU
Stress tolerant rice varieties have potential to usher Green Revolution in eastern India by enhancing & stabilizing rice productivity & production in stress prone areas