UPSC Prelims 2022 · GS Paper 1 · Q72
Environment
Medium · System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
Consider the following claimed benefits of the 'System of Rice Intensification' (SRI), practised with alternate wetting and drying of paddy fields:
1. It reduces the quantity of seed required per hectare compared to conventional transplanting.
2. It reduces methane emissions compared to continuously flooded paddy cultivation.
3. It reduces the electricity consumed for pumping irrigation water.
How many of the statements given above are correct?