Professor A M Muazzam Husain, Chair Department of ESS, BU led an eight-member team from Bangladesh to observe the performance of the system of rice intensification (SRI) trials in Andhra Pradesh (AP), India. The weeklong trip from April 7-14, 2004 was sponsored by the IRRI-PETRRA project for the team to examine the special features of SRI trials in AP that led to high success of the system. The team members also attended the All India Rice Research Group Meeting held in New Delhi during the period.