How Millions of Farmers are Advancing Agriculture For Themselves
Latham, Jonathan http://www.independentsciencenews.org/un-sustainable-farming/how-millions-of-farmers-are-advancing-agriculture-for-themselves/
Publisher: Independent Science News
Date Written: 03/12/2012
Year Published: 2012
Resource Type: Article
The world record yield for paddy rice production is not held by an agricultural research station or by a large-scale farmer from the United States, but by Sumant Kumar who has a farm of just two hectares in Darveshpura village in the state of Bihar in Northern India. His record yield of 22.4 tons per hectare, from a one-acre plot, was achieved with what is known as the System of Rice Intensification (SRI).
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