{"id":373,"date":"2024-12-09T12:58:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T12:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/?page_id=373"},"modified":"2024-12-09T14:14:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T14:14:07","slug":"significant-achievements-by-sri-tanzania-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/index.php\/news\/significant-achievements-by-sri-tanzania-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Significant achievem &hellip;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"373\" class=\"elementor elementor-373\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3c5930 e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"e3c5930\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-334e248 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"334e248\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.2 - 23-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Significant achievements by SRI Tanzania project<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b0ef89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3b0ef89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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In addition,\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;\">16 researchers\/ field personnel, 207 lead farmers, 31 local Government\/Agricultural Extension Department officers were trained. A total of 6 training modules on different principles of SRI (covering crop, soil, water, pest, and disease and weed management) were prepared\/evaluated and the final version was published in local language.\u00a0<i>Swahili<\/i>). One of the significant achievements of the project in the first year has been the introduction of the \u201cmat nursery\u201d technique for the first time in the rice growing areas of Tanzania.<\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;\">Scientists, farmers, and extension officers were trained on the mat nursery technique in India and on farm demos were conducted in project areas in Tanzania. Farmers have<br \/>observed the benefits of this nursery technique in terms of quality seedlings, low seed rate, and easy to manage and transport rice seedlings.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;\">Mat nursery has resulted in a significant decrease in seed rate from 30 kgs to 4 kgs\/acre\/ and seed cost savings of 90,000 TZS per acre.<\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3790421 e-con-full e-con\" data-id=\"3790421\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52d4144 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"52d4144\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"264\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/resiliencetanzania.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bilde5.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-389\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Photo: Atu Bilaro, TARI<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Significant achievements by SRI Tanzania project The first year of the SRI-T project has made good progress during 2023, with almost 975 farmers, trained on various principles of SRI method both in theory and in practice. In addition,\u00a016 researchers\/ field personnel, 207 lead farmers, 31 local Government\/Agricultural Extension Department officers were trained. 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