The most beautiful period most waited for by most farmers is the harvest time. MicroAid Projects paddy SRI harvest will be held in the village of Rime Raya, Aceh – Indonesia next month. This is the first time for Tovan and his family. Tovan is a young man who pioneered organic agriculture, and has invited his village neighbours to plant paddy rice using new SRI techniques.
Paddy SRI grown in two hectares will produce approximately four tons of super quality rice and will be sold in Banda Aceh and Takengon city with price Rp 15,000 per kilogram. Tovan plans to sell the rice door to door.
After the harvest which will be implemented in early August 2010, 2 hectares of land will be used to learn how to make compost by six families in the village. Tovan will train local farmers to learn to make compost in a village meeting. The second period for SRI paddy cultivation will involve six families who have learned firsthand from Tovan. Thus Tovan been a pioneer for SRI paddy cultivation in Rime Raya village and neighboring farmers in Syiah Utama sub district will replicate the paddy SRI method.
Currently Tovan still waits for the next few weeks until the harvest came in early August and protects the rice from bird attacks. Tovan brought a slingshot and busy to scare off the birds which alight on the paddy.
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SRI = System of Rice Intensification. A new technique developed in Madagascar where rice plants are deprived of water in early growing stages, which stimulates root growth and almost double traditional paddy rice yields using less water and less fertilizer. A real “Green” revolution2
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