Presented by: Roger C. Lazaro, NIA Consultant Institution: SPMOs@Magballo, Butuan, and Cebu Pictorial Contributions, Compilations Subject Country: Philippines

1. SRI, TQPM, SRI(modified), and Minus-One Element in SPISP SPMOs@Magballo, Butuan, & Cebu Pictorial Contributions-Compilations August 2003

4. SRI Modified –Andanan RIS C/O RIM Bong Salazar RCL

5. Land preparation is very important in increasing rice production. Engr. Salazar, during his spare time on weekends, personally worked to make his Research and Demonstration on SSRI successful.

6. Organic fertilizer, produced from Engr. Salazar’s poultry wastes, is applied prior to transplanting which is one of the most important features of SSRI.

7. Seedbed preparation and seeding of certified seeds, a HYBRID MESTIZO variety from PhilRice. Seedlings are grown in organic soil 2 cm. thick on top of plastic canvas. 200 grams or germinated seeds are broadcasted in an area of 3 square meters.

8. Care and maintenance of growing seedlings adopting modified Dapog scheme. Organic fertilizer is spread/applied evenly right after the germinated seeds are broadcasted in the seedbed. Seedlings are transplanted as early as 8 days Engr. Salazar supervised transplanting adopting straight row planting spaced 40 cm x 40 cm at one (1) plant per hill

9. After planting 7 days old TILLERING STAGE

10. 25 days old 35 days old TILLERING STAGE

11. TILLERING STAGE (45 days old) Rice is not an aquatic plant, it must not be always with water. With SSRI, ricefield is provided with water when weeding, cultivation and rotavation, which is done using the versatile rotary weeder. This will promote aeration which is very vital to plant growth.

12. Weeding using his own designed rotary weeder. This is a versatile rotary weeder because it has a floater, a cultivator, and a rotavator.

13. A close-up view of the mechanical weeder designed by Engr. Bong Salazar

14. SSRI Common practice Salazar’s System of Rice Intensification (SSRI) on the left and the common practice of rice planting on the right where you can see the difference in plants’ color and stand.

15. Mr. Miyazato of Asian Development Bank (ADB), counting the tillers in the one hectare (1 ha.) Demonstration Farm conducted by Engr. Bong Salazar, the Salazar’s System of Rice Intensification (SSRI)

16. Tilapia fishpond opposite the SRI Trial Demo Farm-Region 13 RIM CC TL RIM Bong ADB SM TL

17. ATI researcher conduct weekly monitoring on the progress of SSRI, such as number of tillers, plant, pest and diseases and other relevant information.

19. Minus-One Fertilizer Element Pictorials Still on the Way

20. - The END - Acknowledgement: From Album to *.pdf format by Andrew Mamangun SDS Support Staff Editing by R.C. Lazaro, Ph.D. MES-CC-Schema Konsult August 2003