Presentation by Dr. C.S.P. Patil Executive Director, Green Foundation At the At the National Colloquium on System of Crop Intensification (SCI) Held in Patna, Bihar on March 1, 2011

1. Experience of System of Crop Intensification (SCI) in Finger Millet Dr. C.S.P. Patil Executive Director, GREEN Foundation Presentation to SCI National Colloquium, Patna, Bihar, March 1, 2011

5. Comparison between Different Ragi cultivation methods CONVENTIONAL METHODS GULI RAGI METHOD 10 kg /acre ragi seeds required for sowing 1 kg/acre ragi seeds is enough Yield about 8 to 10 quintals/acre Yield about 18 to 20 quintals/acre 0.75 foot distance between rows 1.5 feet distance between rows Disease attacks more Less attacks of disease Seed drill ( Koorige ) sowing Transplanting 5 cartloads of grass for every acre 1 cartload of grass More use of chemicals Use of organic manure only Tillering 4-6 and less number of ear heads (panicles) 40-80 tillers and more number of ear heads (panicles) Mono cropping Horse gram can be grown as intercrop No use of koradu for leveling the land Use of koradu (leveler) Good quality of seed selected for sowing

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