Rice intensification system boosts output

YANGON, 24 July—The Agricultural Development Training School in Naungkham Village, Hsihseng Township, Shan State (South), has introduced the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in cultivation of paddy and now it is meeting success.

Deputy Minister for Agriculture Brig-Gen Khin Maung, departmental officials and members of Shan State Agricultural Supervisory Committee inspected the fields of paddy cultivated with the use of the system there on 22 July morning.

Agricultural course instructors briefed the Deputy Minister and party on the system and conducted them round the paddy fields of 24-day old.

According to last year’s agricultural experiment, two small baskets (two pyis) of paddy is enough for broadcasting of a one-acre field. One single paddy plant can multiply itself up to over 50, resulting in an increase in paddy output by half or 100 per cent.

The Deputy Minister and party looked into the paddy transplanting method, pests control system and thriving summer paddy fields in Hsaikkhaung Village.

The Rice Intensification System helps boost paddy production remarkably.