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). To put his achievement in perspective, the average paddy yield worldwide is about 4 tons per hectare. Even with the use of fertilizer, average yields are usually not more than 8 tons.
Sumant
Kumar’s success was not a fluke. Four of his neighbors, using SRI
methods, and all for the first time, matched or exceeded the previous
world record from China, 19 tons per hectare. Moreover, they used
only modest amounts of inorganic fertilizer and did not need chemical
crop protection.
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