2. Year of Establishment: 26th January 1992
VISION:
To build a self-reliant society, free from hunger
and exploitation, where everyone irrespective of
caste, creed, sex or language have right to dignified
means of livelihood and through collective action ensure
socio-economic justice and ecological balance.
Operational Area :
Koraput District in Odisha State
Our Programme Themes :
Formation and Empowerment of People’s Organizations
Ensure food security through Natural Resource Management
Sustainable Agriculture through organic practices
Disaster Preparedness and Risk Reduction
Women Empowerment
About Pragati
3. Objective:
Enhance sustainable food security of Small and marginal
farmer of Koraput district through SRI and sustainable agriculture.
Program coverage (2008 to 2013) :
13 Blocks of Koraput District
Panchayats : 44
Villages : 213
Farmers : 11304
Area in acres : 7162
Program coverage Kharif 2013:
8 Blocks of Koraput District
Panchayats : 34
Villages : 157
Farmers : 3038
Area in acres : 1806
Pragati Koraput Experiences in Organic SRI
4. • Promotion of SRI:
Note: Beginning of the project 395 farmers in 231 acres land in Kharif
2008 we have spread the practice to 11304 farmers in 7162 acre land
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5. Block GP Villages Farmers Acres
Semiliguda 2 3 21 14
Pottangi 1 1 1 1
Boipariguda 1 1 12 7
Koraput 2 3 3 1
Nandapur 4 13 106 96
5 10 21 143 119
Block GP Villages Farmers Acres
Semiliguda 2 6 220 111
Koraput 2 9 497 485
2 4 15 717 596
•Promotion of SRI: Ragi:
•Application of SRI principles in other crops:
6. Rationale for Organic SRI
Small farm holders –Average 1 ha land holdings.
Food insecurity & Need to increase productivity.
By default ,farmers follow organic practices.
Lack of investment capacity for chemical farming
Low per capita income- 83.81 % below the poverty line
Irregular monsoons- Need to reduce water stress.
7. Package of Practices for Organic SRI
Pre Sowing
Seed Treatment- Cow urine solution, Bija Amruta
Land Preparation
Summer Ploughing , Bund cleaning,Green manuring, FYM
Crop management
Medicinal compost, Vermi compost ,Jiba Ambamruta ,Neem
oil/Cake/Leaf extract
Post harvest
Timely harvest ,Selection of plants for seed, Proper
Draying, Storage ,marketing
9. Achievement
•150 Nos. Community Resource Persons trained on Preparation and application of Organic
practices.
•11,304 farmers adopted organic nutrient and pest management practices in SRI principles
• 717 farmers adopted organic practices in vegetable cultivation in 596 acres with an
average income of 16500/- per acre.
•176 farmers clubs formed in 176 villages covering 10,443 farmers. 93 Farmers clubs
establish linkage with NABARD.
• 1657 farmers established vermi- compost units and mobilized 199 vermi units through
linkage with NHM
•District and Block level interface created space for liasioning with Dist.
Administration,PRIs and line department officials.
•Exposures created space for cross learning and sharing of organic practices among 508
farmers and implementing staff.
10. Impact:
Increased production per acre & food security for small farm holders-
3-6 months.
Popularisation and increased adoption of organic practices.
Increased area of land put under SRI paddy( Average- 0.63 acre per
farmer).
37 Indigenous varieties propagated.
Replication of SRI principles in Ragi(143 farmers in 119 acres in 21
villages) , Vegetables, Pulses and oil seeds.
Increased income from sale of surplus as yield increases. (Incremental
Crop yield (q/ac) against traditional-Paddy: 5.33,Sugarcane: 3.2, Ragi:
2.7)
SRI incorporated in all projects as an intervention for increasing food
availability.
Cadre of CRPs, progressive and women farmers propagate SRI principles.
11. Objective:
•Refinement of principles and procedures of SRI cultivation for wider
adaptability.
•Document the action research findings in a systematic manner for making
SRI more inclusive in nature.
•Disseminate the research results among various stakeholders and farmers
in particular for up scaling of SRI
Aspects of Research
1. No of plants per hill X Age of seedlings (AOS )
2. Age of seedlings (AOS ) x Spacing
3. Contribution of each aspect on crop yield
On Farm research on SRI
12. Issues & Challenges :
Convergence with Govt. scheme for scale up - a challenge in delivering commitment and
the stance of the organization.
Promotion of massive Line sowing by Govt. with package of hybrid seeds and chemical
fertilizers affected intensity of scale up of SRI.
Scale up of technology and increased outreach requires policy support, but little
initiative from govt. for promotion of SRI.
Learning:
SRI principles proved effective in Ragi, Vegetables and pulses-resulted in increased
yield and adopting package of practices.
Intensive intervention & action research in organic practices needed for scaling up.
Seed banks can be a key strategy for conservation and multiplication of indigenous
varieties and retain the seed control at farmer level.
Suggestions/Recommendations:
Integrating voices of farmers groups into state level advocacy and building a state level
lobby with evidence based documentation and research.
The technology need to be extended to millets, vegetables ,pulses and cash crops.
Market linkage through producer organizations to enable small farm holders move from
subsistence farming to income enhancement.
