Impact assessment of sowing method of paddy cultivation through traditional method DSR and SRI

Rice cultivation is a major part of Indian agriculture with over half the states cultivating the crop. A huge portion of the agricultural community is dependent on it for their livelihood and a larger portion of the population is dependent on it for food. Hence, there is a pressing need to secure the crop from various issues like water scarcity, labour shortage, etc. Introduction of any new technology into the rice cultivation is to be done with utmost care given the high stakes. The DSR method is an answer to the short-term problems. While the 1950s-60s Green Revolution sought to increase food production, the current times calls for a different kind of ‘Green’ Revolution with focus on how it would affect the environment and the agricultural community. KVK Auraiya in UP conducted an on Farm Trail to assess the better yield/productivity effect of paddy cultivation. In this area the farmers are growing in traditional method (Puddle Rice) but the productivity is very low and cost of cultivation is similar. By introducing the DSR (Paddy + Dhaincha) the productivity is high (55.59 q./ha.) as compared to traditional (48.90 q./ha) method and cost of cultivation less as compared to traditional method. Through SRI method in paddy cultivation is very effective because in this method the production is very high (69.75 q./ha) the compared to traditional and DSR method.