The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is an innovative rice cultivation method that focuses on maximizing individual plant productivity. By allowing sufficient space between seedlings, maintaining optimal soil moisture, and using organic materials, SRI promotes stronger root systems and healthier plants, resulting in higher yields and reduced vulnerability to pests and diseases.
SRI's benefits include increased rice yields by 20-50%, reduced water usage, decreased reliance on chemical fertilizers, and adaptability to various agro-ecological conditions, making it an environmentally friendly and versatile option for rice production globally.
Our organic fertilisers release nutrients slowly over time, providing a steady and balanced supply of essential elements to rice plants, which contributes to healthier growth and higher yields.
Lastly, organic fertilisers are environmentally friendly, as they minimise the risk of chemical runoff and water pollution, supporting a more ecologically balanced and sustainable rice cultivation system.
Projek Padi has led to the birth of Wagas Dati, a community-owned and managed enterprise that the paddy farmers themselves take the helm in marketing and selling.
After keeping enough of the year’s harvest, farmers’ are encouraged to take their surplus rice to market. Through a guided entrepreneurial journey, farmers’ learn to produce good quality rice, brand and package their rice to be sold.
A bowl of rice is very quickly consumed, but what actually goes into producing one? We welcome people from all corners of the earth to come and experience a day in the life of a paddy farmer.
A tradition that lives on in the hearts and minds of the Tenghilan community, we are currently in the process of reintegrating kerbaus into our paddy planting practices.
Bringing together tanah & air (soil & water) to create a cohesive, regenerative ecosystem within our paddy fields.
In paddy planting, a farmer's source of water is most often the watershed closest to their field. Our water quality monitoring activities emerged in effort to learn more about the existence of symbiosis between aquatic life, insects, and plants along the rivers that flow into the fields.
Training workshops were provided by KOPEL, a well established Community Ecotourism Co-operative initiative for the Batu Puteh community in the Lower Kinabatangan, the communities manage and coordinate these activities themselves.
Projek Padi is a comunity led driven initiative involving four communities (Kg. Tinuhan, Kg. Timbou, Kg. Lapasam, and Kg. Wangkod) who are working together to nurture cultural revitalisation, community empowerment, and establishing food security for their communities.
