Less is More (less water, more rice)

Increasing yields with less water.

These women in Tamil Nadu state in South India are participating in a pilot project by the state government to increase yields of paddy (rice) but requiring up to 40% less water. The seedlings are planted singly, not in bunches, an exact distance apart (see the woman with the measuring string). The plants have greater room to grow and the even rows allow weeding with a $3 mechanical rotary hoe which churns the weeds into a free fertilizer. See http://iamwarm.org/noteiamwarm.htm for further information.