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Farmer inspecting zero-till wheat crop, West Bengal, India. Photo Credit: Conor Ashleigh

A female farmer practices using ricer transplanter machine, West Bengal, India. Photo Credit: Ashleigh Conor

Female farmer loading paddy seedling bed into rice transplanter in Malda, India. Photo Credit: Conor Ashleigh

Observation of Happy seeder in Cooch Behar by members from BAU and NARC, India. Photo Credit: Conor Ashleigh

A female farmer taking care of young vegetable seedlings, Nepal.

A female farmer taking care of young vegetable seedlings, Nepal. Photo Credit: Conor Ashleigh

Group demonstration, Nepal. Photo Credit: Conor Ashleigh

A farmer happily throwing corn in the air, Nepal. Photo Credit: Conor Ashleigh

Happy ZT Service Provider in Malda, India. Photo Credit: Conor Ashleigh

Farmer’s discussing in training, India. Photo Credit: Conor Ashleigh

Inspecting machinery, India. Photo Credit: Conor Ashleigh

Capacity Development

Group Discussion
Satmile Satish and Farmers club, India
Professors and researchers from UBKV interact with farmers, West Bengal, India
Observing machinery, India
Female farmers selecting pictures at the workshop, West Bengal, India
Female farmers during the workshop, Coochbehar, India
Extension service provider from UBKV interacting with farmers, West Bengal, India
Female farmer checking picture during the workshop, Bangladesh
Farmers inspect machinery, India
Farmers reading learning materials, West Bengal, India
Training farmers, West Bengal, India
Extension service provider from UBKV distributing materials to female farmers, West Bengal, India
Service Providers, India
BAU’s Dr Pawan and group discussion, Bihar India
Professors and researchers from UBKV interact with farmers, West Bengal, India
Satmile Satish club and farmers club, Coochbehar, India
Using app, Bihar, India
Women from self-help groups sit for a discussion, Bihar, India
Workshop in continuation, Nepal
Workshop with farmers, Bangladesh
Workshop with farmers, Bangladesh
Training 2021, India
Training session for farmers, India
Showing app use, India
Service provider and his tractor, Nepal
Rice seedling factory in Coochbehar, India
Learning to confirm geo-point during a training, Coochbehar, India
Mechanical rice transplantation activity by a female farmer, Malda, India
Meeting with the members of Province 2, Nepal
Meeting with the members of Province 2, Nepal
Participants of Province 2 in group discussion, Nepal
Interacting with farmers during workshop, West Bengal
In conversation with a service provider, Purnea, India
In conversation with farmers, Nepal
Symposium held at National Agri-Mechanization Fair, Nepal
Farmer couple with their newly bought tractors, Bihar, India
Farmers in a meeting, Bangladesh
Farmers interacting at the workshop, Nepal
Farmers looking at MRT, West Bengal, India
Female farmer checking picture during the workshop, Bangladesh
Farmer during the workshop, BangladeshFemale farmer
Engineer Jha briefing about machines
Dr. T. Dhar from UBKV (front) and Dr. M. Gathala from CIMMYT (back), West Bengal, India
Dr. B Mitra from UBKV during demonstration, West Bengal, India
Discussion on CASI, Bangladesh
Dehaat App showcase
Conversation among farmers. West Bengal
CIMMYT Scientist on a field visit in West Bengal, India
Bihar Agriculture University (BAU) and other researcher interact, Bihar India
A farmer looking at a picture during the workhop, West Bengal, India

CASI Machines

Zero tillage machine and a service provider, Nepal
Zero tillage machine
Zero tillage machine in operation, Malda, India
Zero tillage machine, Coochbehar, India
Wheat sowing using Power Tiller operated Seeder machine, Bangladesh
Threshing of crops, Malda, India
Threshing of crops, Malda, India
Strip tillage machine, Bangladesh
Service provider with his zero tillage machine, Coochbehar, India
Service provider with zero tillage machine, Nepal
With machinery, Bangladesh
Mechanical Rice Transplanter
Mechanical Rice Transplanter in operation, West Bengal, India
Wheat sowing using power tiller operated seeder, Bangladesh
Wheat planting using power tiller operated seeder, Bangladesh
Jute seeding using power tiller operated seeder, Bangladesh
Operation of zero tillage machine, Coochbehar, India
Zero tillage machine at Satmile Satish Club, Coochbehar, India
Rain gun at Custom Hiring Center, Purnea, India
Power reaper at Satmile Satish Club, Coochbehar, India
Laser Land Leveler at Custom Hiring Center, Purnea, India
Happy seeder at Custom Hiring Center, Purnea, India
Maize lifter at Custom Hiring Center, Purnea, India
Mahinery at Satmile Satish Club, Coochbehar, India
A farmer with zero tillage machine, Nepal
Er. Jha showing machine, Nepal
A farmer with zero tillage machine, Nepal
Female farmer using mechanical rice transplanter, Nepal
Farmers with Machinery. West Bengal, India
Farmer with this tractor, Nepal
Farmer with zero tillage machine, Coochbehar, India
Zero tillage machine in operation
Mechanical rice transplanter in operation
Farmers with zero tillage machine, Nepal
Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh with machine, Bangladesh
Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh with machine, Bangladesh
Using mechanical rice transplanter, India
Mechanical rice transplanter in use
Mechanical rice transplanter
Machinery, Bangladesh
Strip tiller, Bangladesh
A farmer inspecting zero till seed drill, Nepal
Using weeder
Mechanical rice transplanter operational demo, India
Using weeder
Maize kernels inside zero till seed drill machine, Nepal
A farmer couple with zero tillage machine, Bihar, India
Explaining the parts of zero tillage machine

Crops, Community & Custom Hiring Center

Zero tillage maize and wheat in Malda, India
Zero till wheat farm, West Bengal, India
Wheat growing, Nepal
Wheat crop, West Bengal, India
Showing Crop. Bangladesh
Showcasing maize variety. Nepal
Rice Seedling. West Bengal, India
Identifying weed, India
Happy farmers inspecting crop in the farm, Nepal
Happy farmer inspecting zero till wheat in his farm, Nepal
Field technicians looking at crops. Bangladesh
Farmer sowing paddy, Bangladesh
Farmer inspects her ZT maize crop in West Bengal, India
Farmer inspecting crop, West Bengal, India
Farmer looks at wheat, Bangladesh
Custom Hiring Center owner inspecting the crop, West Bengal, India
Crop, Bangladesh
Crop Rows
Crop after the use of zero till practice, Nepal
Comparing fields with Zero tillage maize on the left and Conventional tillage maize on the right in Malda, India
UBKV group photo, India
Traditional Tillage, West Bengal, India
Traditional ploughing, rear view, Nepal
Group Discussing
Farmer practicing CASI. Bihar, India
Farmer Family in Purnea Bihar, India
Farmer discussions. West Bengal< India
Farmer carries maize. Nepal
Farmer carries maize. Nepal
Farmer adds rice to be husked. West Bengal, India
Discussion, India
Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh with farmers, Bangladesh
Amal Roy from Satmile Satish walks with farmers, West Bengal, India
Agricultural inputs shop, Bangladesh
A farmer using four-wheel tractor to puddle his field before planting rice, West Bengal, India
Power Reaper at Satmile Satish Club Custom Hiring Center, Coochbehar, India
Maize Processing Machine at Satmile Satish Club Custom Hiring Center, Coochbehar, India
Maize Lifter at Custom Hiring Center Purnea, India
Machines at Satmile Satish Club Custom Hiring Center, Coochbehar, India
Custom Hiring Centre at Purnea, India

Happy and Passionate Farmers

Women talking in group, Bihar, India
Smiling women farmers, Bihar, India
Smiling woman farmer, West Bengal, India
Smiling female farmer, Bangladesh
Smiling women farmer. Nepal
Smiling female farmer in fields, India
Rice transplanter operation by women farmer in Malda, India
Picking Vegetables, Nepal
Passionate female farmer, Bangladesh
Happy woman and child, West Bengal, India
Happy female farmers at the workshop, Bangladesh
Happy female farmer. Nepal
Group Female Farmers, Nepal
Female farmers picking vegetables, Nepal
Female farmers increasing their income, West Bengal, India
Female farmers in line. Nepal
Female farmers dancing in West Bengal, India
Female farmers busy preparing mat nursery, West Bengal, India
Female farmers at self help groups. Bihar, India
Female Farmer. Bangladesh
Female farmer picking vegetables. Nepal
Female farmer smiling in Malda, India
Female farmer in the field in West Bengal, India
Female Farmer holds money. Nepal
Female Farmer and mechanical rice transplanter, West Bengal, India
Female farmer in her field at Coochbehar, India
A lead female farmer walking with her husband along their farm, Bihar, India
A happy female farmer with her children, Coochbehar, India
A happy female farmer rests in her home with her daughter, Nepal
A group of happy female farmers, West Bengal, India
A female leader farmer in her home in Bihar, India
A female farmer on her way to drop her children to school, Coochbehar, India
A female farmer distributing fertilizer, Nepal
Smiling in maize field, Nepal
Smiling Farmer, Bangladesh
Smiling farmer, West Bengal, India
Smiling farmer, West Bengal, India
Happy Farmer from Malda, India
Happy farmer at the workshop, Bangladesh
Happy farmer at his zero till maize field, Bangladesh
Happy farmer from Coochbehar, India
A young farmer enjoying in his field, Bangladesh
A smiling farmer with his son in the field, West Bengal, India
A lead farmer from Terai, Nepal
A happy farmer on his tractor, Nepal
A happy farmer among his crops, West Bengal, India
A greeting farmer, Nepal
A farmer walks in his field with his son, West Bengal, India
A farmer inspecting zero till maize, Bihar India
A farmer at his zero till maize field, Bangladesh
Women farmers group discussion. Bihar, India

Field Research & On-farm Demo

Women use mechanical rice transplanter, India
Women use mechanical rice transplanter, India
Transporting rice seedlings, India
Self help groups carry rice seedlings, West Bengal, India
A professor from UBKV with farmers, West Bengal, India
BAU representative and farmers in field, Bihar, India
Mechanical rice transplanter demonstration, West Bengal, India
Local farmer uses mechanical rice transplanter, West Bengal, India
Group demonstration, Nepal
Field demonstration for zero till drill in Coochbehar, India
Field demonstration, Nepal
Farmers using mechanical rice transplanter, West Bengal, India
Farmers removing weed, West Bengal, India
Female farmers prepare rice seedlings, West Bengal, India
Farmer inspecting , crop, Bangladesh
UBKV demo plot, West Bengal, India
Farmer in demo plot, Bangladesh
Farmer explains mechanical rice transplanter machinery, West Bengal, India
Dr. Llewellyn from CSIRO and Dr. Brown from CIMMYT Nepal in a zero till field in Cooch Behar, India.
Department of Agriculture (DOA) and Satmile Satish Club at demonstration field, West Bengal, India
Demonstration, India
An extension service provider stands in a demonstration maize plot, West Bengal, India
An extension expert from DOA with farmers, West Bengal, India
Training of enumerators for Quantitative field survey in Coochbehar, India
Qualitative Research interviews by CIMMYT staff in Coochbehar, India
Photo Diary Research Training in Coochbehar, India
Photo Diary research being done by SRFSI team member and partners, Bangladesh
Photo diary field research in action, India
Members from RDRS in photo diary research, India
Interview with Service provider for Qualitative research in Coochbehar, India
Field demonstration for Photo Diary Research in Coochbehar, India
Enumerators practicing Kobo Collect in Coochbehar for Quantitative survey, India
Dr. Brown from CSIRO in Conversation with a Farmer from Purnea, India
Capacity building of enumerators for Quantitative survey in Malda, India
Collecting data from farmers during quantitative survey maintaining social distance, India
Collecting data from farmers during quantitative survey maintaining social distance, India
Collecting data from farmers during quantitative survey maintaining social distance, India
Collecting data from farmers during quantitative survey maintaining social distance, India
Collecting data from farmers during quantitative survey maintaining social distance, India

This section contains pictures and videos related to Conservation Agriculture based Sustainable Intensification in the Eastern Gangetic Plains of Bangladesh, India, and Nepal.

DISCLAIMER: All photographs and videos in this section remain the property of the SRFSI project led by CIMMYT and funded by ACIAR.

… for more productive, profitable and resilient farming systems

The SRFSI project is a regional research for development collaboration of more than 30 partners, focused on the Eastern Gangetic Plains.