Farmers participatory research was conducted at Viluppuram district in sugarcane crop to find out the feasibility of Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) promotion in tank fed irrigated area under the World Bank funded TN-IAMWARM Project. The OFT’s were conducted in 10 farmers holdings at 5 villages with 3 treatments viz., conventional method, sett planting with Sub surface drip irrigation (SSDI) and Sustainable Sugarcane initiative (SSI) during 2011-14. | Sugarcane productivity influenced by irrigation techniques and crop establishment methods