Indigenous soil and water management in Senegambian rice farming systems

The paper seeks to investigate the environmental, social and economic impacts of the Soil and Water Management Program in Micro-basins in Paraná for farm producers participating in the program in the town of Irati/PR and region. The agency affirms that the initiative aims to generate a better quality of life for the residents near the micro-basins, as well as to help in the agricultural productive capacity of the region. The paper’s results showed that 85% of the producers believe that the program not only fulfilled what it proposed but also entailed several positive points and significant changes in the relationship between rural producers and the work in the field. Thus, the program assumes an essential role in its condition of public policy, generating income, social welfare, and environmental protection in the Irati/PR region.

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MOTIVASI PETANI DALAM MEMPERTAHANKAN SISTEM TRADISIONAL PADA USAHATANI PADI SAWAH DI DESA PARBAJU JULU KABUPATEN TAPANULI UTARA PROPINSI SUMATERA UTARA

Jurnal AGRISEP Kajian Masalah Sosial Ekonomi Pertanian dan Agribisnis ◽

10.31186/jagrisep.10.1.51-62 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 51-62

Author(s):

. Reflis ◽

M. Nurung ◽

Juliana Dewi Pratiwi

Keyword(s):

Formal Education ◽

Family Members ◽

Rank Correlation ◽

Farming Systems ◽

Farming System ◽

Farm Size ◽

Rice Farming ◽

Traditional System ◽

Size Number ◽

Rainfed Farming

This research aims to identify factors correlated significantly to the motivation of farmers in perseving traditional rainfed farming systems, such as using local seeds and planting once a year. The population of this study is farmer who still perform the traditional paddy farming system in the Village of North Tapanuli Parbaju Julu County North Sumatra Province. As much as 48 respondents randomly selected from 160 farmers. A descriptive analyse and Spearman rank correlation are applied in this study. The study showed that formal education, farmers' perception of the traditional system of rice farming are correlated significantly to farmer motivation in preserving tradional farming system while non-formal education, the traditional system of farming experience, farm size, number of family members are not. Factors that correlated significantly to farmer motivation in maintaining local seed is non-formal education, farming experience, while the traditional system of formal education, farmers' perception of traditional rice farming system, farm size, number of family members are not correlated significantly. Furthermore, the number of family members is merely factor that correlated significantly to the farmers motivation in maintaining once a year plantings while others factors are not correlated. Key words: farmer motivation, preserving, traditional farming

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Influence of seed invigouration and foliar spray on seed yield of semi dry rice

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL PLANT SCIENCES ◽

10.15740/has/ijps/16.aaebssd/57-61 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (AAEBSSD) ◽

pp. 57-61

Author(s):

K. Parameswari ◽

V. Vijayageetha ◽

S. Sangeetha

Keyword(s):

Water Management ◽

Seed Yield ◽

Seed Weight ◽

Growth Parameters ◽

Foliar Spray ◽

Management Research ◽

Foliar Nutrition ◽

Commercial Grade ◽

Facultative Methylotroph ◽

Soil And Water

A study was conducted in Soil and Water Management Research Institute, Thanjavur with different combination of seed treatments and foliar spray on growth parameters of rice and its seed yield. Paddy variety Anna (R) 4 seeds were invigourated with different seed treating chemical/biocontroll agents viz., 1% Potassium Chloride, 750 PPM Gelatin (commercial grade), 2% Pigmented Facultative Methylotroph (PPFM) for 12 hours soaking and dried back to original moisture content of 13%. The seeds were dibbled with a spacing of 20 x 10 cm and other recommended package of practice was followed to all the plots. Foliar nutrition on 60 and 90 days after sowing was done with 2% DAP, 4 % cowpea sprout extract and 4 % horsegram sprout extract were applied. Seeds hardened with 2% Pink Pigmented Facultative Methylotroph (PPFM) for 12 hrs and foliar spray with 4 % cowpea sprout extract on 60 and 90 days after sowing recorded significant enhancement in productive tillers, seeds /panicle, 1000 seed weight and 11 per cent higher seed yield than the control.

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