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Presented by
M A Saleque
Senior Associate Scientist IRRI CSISA Project Coordinator
Project objectives
The project aims to increase household income, food security, and livelihoods. A total of 60,000 households (mostly marginal and poor) are targeted to increasing income by US $350 per year by the end of the project. Another 300,000 households are targeted to benefit from project activities indirectly through capacity building and dissemination of information.
IRRI interventions
Improved rice varieties
Short duration Salt-tolerant, submergence tolerant Aromatic and fine grain varieties Best-bet agronomic practices Alternate wetting and drying practices Urea deep placement Site-specific nutrient management practices Application of nutrient manager Rice mustard rice Rice potato rice Rice sunflower Rice mungbean Rice fish
management practices Increased cropping intensity (Integrated with CIMMYT and WF)
Table: Yield and gross margin of short duration Aman varieties (BINA dhan7). Aman 2012.
No. of Area (ha) Yield (t/ha) Gross Farmers margin (US$/ha) Faridpur 11 1.3 5.57 0.24 321 52 Jessore 44 6.7 5.27 0.07 278 57 Khulna 128 16.7 5.79 0.05 268 30 Mymensingh 126 16.3 4.57 0.06 378 15 Rangpur 105 21.2 4.40 0.08 513 17 Hubs
GM (US$/ha)
526 + 541 =
1,067
475
Jul Aug Sep
+
Oct Nov
590
Dec Jan
+
Feb
529
Mar Apr May
=
Jun
1,594
Field day
Table: Yield of salt tolerant Aman varieties in farmers fields. Aman 2012.
Varieties Growth duration 120 148 125 132 Patuakhali Khulna
Yield (t/ha) SE BINA dhan8 BRRI dhan41 BRRI dhan53 BRRI dhan54 5.45 0.40 7.03 0.09 6.26 0.41 4.86 0.14 4.65 0.05 4.09 0.08 5.49 0.04
BR23
150
4.37 0.08
Table: Yield and gross margin of BRRI dhan50 and popular MV in farmers fields. Boro 2012.
Varieties
BRRI dhan28 BRRI dhan50
Jhenaidah
Yield (t/ha) GM (US$/ha)
Jessore
Yield (t/ha) GM (US$/ha)
6.49 5.24
818 1,099
7.58 7.55
1,107 1,690
Minikit
Kajollota LSD0.05
6.86
6.45 0.82
1,021
804 34
7.29
NS
1,142
230
-K
NPK
-P -N
2012B-BA-18
Farmers participatory village level soil fertility mapping for field-specific nutrient management, Jessore
Farmers training in the current year: 8,861 Male : 7,304, Female: 1,557