[tx_eggman]

In a village in India’s poorest state

One village in India is your answer ???

[Black Agnes]

Great reply. Gives me the opportunity to post a link I meant to but forgot:

http://sri.ciifad.cornell.edu/index.html

Hardly one village in India.

http://sri.ciifad.cornell.edu/countries/index.html

Lots of nifty pictures. Especially interesting are the before (using green revolution techniques and planting criteria) and after using SRI techniques.

[Mr. Lucky]

Things you may notice that most yuppies won't are:

1) how labor intensive this form of agriculture is,

2) how tillage intensive this form of agriculture is,

3) how much water pollution is caused by this form of agriculture,

4) how the rules are rigged to make this form of agriculture seem much more sustainable than it actually is. (the rice seedlings are planted in one field, then those with attractive growth habits are selected and hand transplanted into a second field, but in calculating yield only the second field is considered).