?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F10152%2F&rft.title=System+Of+Rice+Intensification+(SRI)%3A+Enhancing+input+use+efficiency+in+Rice&rft.creator=Mahender+Kumar%2C+R&rft.creator=Surekha%2C+K&rft.creator=Padmavathi%2C+CH&rft.creator=Subba+Rao%2C+L+V&rft.creator=Ravindra+Babu%2C+V&rft.creator=Sreenivas+Prasad%2C+M&rft.creator=Raghuveer+Rao%2C+P&rft.creator=Somashekar%2C+N&rft.creator=Muthu+Raman%2C+P&rft.creator=Gopalakrishnan%2C+S&rft.creator=Singh%2C+S+P&rft.creator=Viraktamath%2C+B+C&rft.subject=Rice&rft.subject=Food+Security&rft.subject=Indian+Agriculture&rft.description=Sustainable+food+security+in+India+remains+an+important+agenda+given+the+ever+increasing+population+and+widening+gap+between+food+availability+and+consumption+at+the+house+hold+level.+Rice+being+the+staple+food+crop+holds+the+key+for+food+security+of+India.+It+is+grown+in+about+44+m.ha+with+a+production+of+about+99+m.t.+At+the+current+rate+of+population+growth+and+per+capita+consumption%2C+rice+requirement+by+2025+is+estimated+to+be+around+130+m.t.+Keeping+this+in+view%2C+the+Government+of+India+has+launched+the+National+food+Security+Mission+to+achieve+the+production+of+additional+10+million+tons+of+rice+by+the+end+of+the+XI+plan+period+Production+of+additional+20-30+m.t.+of+rice+by+2025+has+to+come+in+the+backdrop+of+declining+resources+such+as+land%2C+water%2C+labour+and+the+costly+inputs.+Area+under+rice+is+expected+to+be+reduced+to+about+40+m.ha+in+the+next+15-20+years+and+most+of+this+reduction+is+attributed+to+water+shortages+and+rapid+urbanization.+Recent+estimates+indicate+that+there+would+be+acute+water+shortages+in+the+coming+decades.+More+than+80+per+cent+of+fresh+water+is+consumed+for+agriculture+and+50%25+of+it+goes+for+rice+cultivation.+Rice+consumes+about+4000+-+5000+liters+of+water+to+produce+1+kg+of+rice.+Therefore%2C+rice+cultivation+could+face+a+threat+due+to+water+shortages+and+hence+there+is+an+urgent+need+to+develop+and+adopt+water+saving+methods+in+rice+cultivation+so+that+production+and+productivity+levels+are+elevated+despite+the+looming+water+crisis...&rft.publisher=Directorate+of+Rice+Research+(DRR)&rft.date=2011-04-08&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F10152%2F1%2FSystem%2520of%2520Rice%2520Intensification%2520%2520Enhancing%2520input%2520use%2520efficiency%2520in%2520Rice.pdf&rft.identifier=++Mahender+Kumar%2C+R+and+Surekha%2C+K+and+Padmavathi%2C+CH+and+Subba+Rao%2C+L+V+and+Ravindra+Babu%2C+V+and+Sreenivas+Prasad%2C+M+and+Raghuveer+Rao%2C+P+and+Somashekar%2C+N+and+Muthu+Raman%2C+P+and+Gopalakrishnan%2C+S+and+Singh%2C+S+P+and+Viraktamath%2C+B+C++(2011)+System+Of+Rice+Intensification+(SRI)%3A+Enhancing+input+use+efficiency+in+Rice.++Technical+Report.+Directorate+of+Rice+Research+(DRR)%2C+Hyderabad.+++++