SRI-RICE CENTER NEWS - 2018
This page contains updates about the SRI International Network and Resources Center (SRI-Rice)
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DECEMBER 2018
- YouTube Subscribers Reach 800! SRI-Rice Newsletter, Monthly Report and Statistics
for November Now Online, December 15
Our SRI-Rice Selected News Updates for November (on ScoopIt, shown at right) as well as the November website additions and statistics are now available. 2,945 unique visitors from 77 countries logged 3,693 sessions in which 6,174 pages were viewed. Our primary Facebook page now has 2,512 "likes"; the SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange has 350 members and our primary YouTube channel, which now has 800 total followers, had 3,420 new views for our 89 uploads; 250 views of our 41 playlists. The twitter account has 1,757 total followers. Slideshare had 12,748 views of our 515 uploads; 235 followers. There are 1,459 items (17 new this month) in our Zotero research database.
NOVEMBER 2018
- SRI-Rice Newsletter, Monthly Report and Statistics
for October Now Online, November 15
Our SRI-Rice Selected News Updates for October (on ScoopIt) as well as the October website additions and statistics are now available. 3,077 unique visitors from 79 countries logged 4,047 sessions in which 7,237 pages were viewed. Our primary Facebook page now has 2,508 "likes," the SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange has 350 members and our primary YouTube channel, which now has 781 total followers, had 3,564 new views for our 89 uploads; 307 views of our 41 playlists. The twitter account has 1,748 total followers. Slideshare had 9,608 views of our 493 uploads; 235 followers. There are 1,442 items (7 new this month) in our Zotero research database.
SRI-Rice Participates in Final SRI Workshop For the Mekong River Basin's Four-Country SRI-LMB Project,, November 2
The SRI-Rice Assoicate Director for Communications was on eof 75 participants attending the Workshop for the Project on Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning on SRI in the Lower Mekong River Basin (SRI-LMB), which was held November 1-2, 2018, in Bangkok. While there, she gave a presentation entitled SRI Networks Around the World: Where to Next? She is shown at left with the two of the Malaysian team who evaluated the project, Anizan Isahak and Norida Mazlan. SRI-Rice is partner in the SRI-LMB Project, which is financed by the EU and led by the ACISAI Center of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). The four-country project, which ran from 2013-2018, was intended to enhance the resilience of rainfed farmers confronting climate change variability in the Lower Mekong River Basin (LMB) region. More than 15,000 farmers participated directly in the farmer-led field trials located in 33 districts of 11 provinces of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand nad Vietnam.
OCTOBER 2018
- SRI-Rice Co-Sponsors Workshop in Malaysia for National SRI Workshop to Work on SRI Regional Entity, October 20
A two-day workshop was held in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, on October 18-19, 2018, to share SRI experiences and to investigate opportunities to collaborate on scaling-up, multi-country research, value chain improvements, accessing resources, and capacity building of SRI networks. Lucy Fisher, along with SRI-Rice advisors Olivia Vent and Steve Leinau, represented SRI-Rice at the event, which which was attended by 50 participants from 17 countries (see photo). The workshop, which was organized by the Malaysian Agroecology Society (SRI-Mas), the Asian Centre of Innovation for ACISAI Centre at the Asian Institute of Technology, and SRI-Rice, allowed SRI network representatives and other stakeholders to share experiences and to investigate opportunities to collaborate on scaling-up, multi-country research, value chain improvements, accessing resources, and capacity building for SRI networks. The possibilities for forming an Asia Regional SRI Network from the ten Asian SRI networks that operating the region were maped out. The workshop also included representatives from the African and Latin American regional SRI networks and included a discusion about how the various regional entities could collaborate in the future. [Workshop presentations from many of the participants are available.]
SRI-Rice Sponsors SRI Research Side Event at the 5th International Rice Conference (5th IRC) in Singapore, October 17
SRI-Rice sponsored a side event entitled "SRI Research: What's New and What's on the Horizon" at 4:00-5:30 on October 16, 2018, the second day of the 5th IRC. Ten speakers from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the USA presented research overviews in three panel presentations on 1) plant and soil biology, 2) water/GHG/climate effects and 3) equipment and farmer engagement. Lucy Fisher presented an overview of the 1,400+ research items curated by SRI through the SRI Research Network over the past decade. SRI-Rice also co-sponsored a booth (see photo at right) together with Oxfam at the 5th IRC for the duration of the conference, October 15-17, 2018. [Logistical and design work for the booth was provided by Olivia Vent (Lotus Foods) and Steve Leinau (Earth Links, Inc.)]
- SRI-Rice Newsletter, Monthly Report and Statistics
for September Now Online, October 10
Our SRI-Rice Selected News Updates for September (on ScoopIt) as well as the September website additions and statistics are now available. 2,946 unique visitors from 87 countries logged 3,812 sessions in which 7,856 pages were viewed. Our primary Facebook page now has 2,504 "likes," the SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange has 350 members and our primary YouTube channel, which now has 736 total followers, had 3,102 new views for our 89 uploads; 273 views of our 41 playlists. The twitter account has 1,739 total followers. Slideshare had 5,078 views of our 491 uploads; 234 followers. There are 1,435 items (20 new this month) in our Zotero research database.
AUGUST 2018
Min Huang Completes Year as Visiting Fellow with SRI-Rice, August 17
Dr. Min Huang, Associate Professor of Agronomy at Hunan Agricultural University, has completed his year at SRI-Rice as a Visiting Fellow with International Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He will return to China on August 18. During his one-year stay (September 2017-August 2018), he completed over 20 articles that relate related to rice production; he is first author on most of these articles! You can find his recent research articles on his ResearchGate page.
- SRI-Rice Newsletter, Monthly Report and Statistics
for July Now Online, August 17
Our SRI-Rice Selected News Updates for July (on ScoopIt) as well as the July website additions and statistics are now available. 4,045 unique visitors from 84 countries logged 4,823 sessions in which 7,869 pages were viewed. Our primary Facebook page now has 2,484 "likes," the SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange has 348 members and our primary YouTube channel, which now has 676 total followers, had 5,120 new views for our 89 uploads; 273 views of our 41 playlists. The twitter account has 1,739 total followers. Slideshare had 5,991 views of our 490 uploads; 232 followers. There are 1,400 items (27 new this month) in our Zotero research database.
Vibhu Nayar PresentsSRI Seminar on World Bank project in Tamil Nadu, India, August 16
Vibhu Nayar, Principal Secretary in the Government of Tamil Nadu state and Project Director for the World bank-funded Irrigation Agriculture Modernization Project (IAMP), is visitng Cornell this month. On August 16, he presented an SRI seminar in 100 Mann Library entitled Up-Scaling of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Tamil Nadu, India: Results from a World Bank Project. The seminar was co-sponsored by SRI-Rice and the South Asia Program at Cornell.
JULY 2018
- SRI-Rice Newsletter, Monthly Report and Statistics
for June Now Online, July 14
Our SRI-Rice Selected News Updates for June (on ScoopIt) as well as the June website additions and statistics are now available. 2,967 unique visitors from 85 countries logged 3,809 sessions in which 6,746 pages were viewed. Our primary Facebook page now has 2,464 "likes," the SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange has 349 members and our primary YouTube channel, which now has 620 total followers, had 4,355 new views for our 89 uploads; 267 views of our 41 playlists. The twitter account has 1,729 total followers. Slideshare had 6,185 views of our 490 uploads; 231 followers. There are 1,373 items (22 new this month) in our Zotero research database.
JUNE 2018
- SRI-Rice Newsletter, Monthly Report and Statistics
for May Now Online, June 14
Our SRI-Rice Selected News Updates for May (on ScoopIt) as well as the May website additions and statistics are now available. 4,109 unique visitors from 94 countries logged 5,089 sessions in which 9,724 pages were viewed. Our primary Facebook page now has 2,458 "likes," the SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange has 346 members and our primary YouTube channel, which now has 596 total followers, had 3,378 new views for our 89 uploads; 403 views of our 41 playlists. The twitter account has 1,720 total followers. Slideshare had 6,617 views of our 489 uploads; 226 followers. There are 1,351 items (41 new this month) in our Zotero research database.
MAY 2018
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SRI-Rice Students Wrap Up the Semester! May 31, 2018
The SRI-Rice students have completed their work for the Spring semester. Nina Lin, an info sciences major is spending the summer in San Francisco. Eurika Nzouatcham,a biological sciences major from Cameroon, and Genesis Miranda Soto, a senior in the IARD major, have received their bachelor's degrees. Hanzhou Yang completed her master's degree in public administration and returned to China. Veronika Vogel, an IARD student from Germany, is spending the summer working in a plant breeding program at Cornell. (Shown at right are Hanzhou, Genesis and Eurika).
- SRI-Rice Newsletter, Monthly Report and Statistics
for March Now Online, May 12
Our SRI-Rice Selected News Updates for April (on ScoopIt) as well as the April website additions and statistics are now available. 3,213 unique visitors from 87 countries logged 4,124 sessions in which 7,184 pages were viewed. Our primary Facebook page now has 2,440 "likes," the SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange has 345 members and our primary YouTube channel, which now has 571 total followers, had 2,303 new views for our 88 uploads; 523 views of our 41 playlists. The twitter account has 1,707 total followers. Slideshare had 6,285 views of our 488 uploads; 225 followers. There are 1,310 items (29 new this month) in our Zotero research database.
APRIL 2018
- SRI-Rice Newsletter, Monthly Report and Statistics
for March Now Online, April 14
Our SRI-Rice Selected News Updates for March (on ScoopIt) as well as the March website additions and statistics are now available. 3,022 unique visitors from 89 countries logged 3,839 sessions in which 6,728 pages were viewed. Our primary Facebook page now has 2,440 "likes," the SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange has 343 members and our primary YouTube channel, which now has 560 total followers, had 2,139 new views for our 88 uploads; 306 views of our 41 playlists. The twitter account has 1,700 total followers. Slideshare had 8,338 views of our 487 uploads; 225 followers. There are 1,310 items (29 new this month) in our Zotero research database.
SRI-Rice to Sponsor Side Event at the International Rice Congress during October in Singapore, April 5
The SRI-Rice proposal to hold a side event entitled The System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Research, Resilience and Scaling Up, was accepted by the organizing committee of the 5th International Rice congress to be held October 14-17 in Singapore. Two additional side events of interest to the SRI community will be sponsored by Oxfam: 1) Farmer voices: Smallholder farmers speak out about research priorities for rice improvement and 2) Feminization of Agriculture, rice-farming women's health, and implications for agricultural productivity. The speakers and agenda for these side events will be decided by July 31.
- SRI-Rice Represented at FAO Agroecology Symposium in Rome, April 6
Lucy Fisher attended the FAO Agroecology Symposium the FAO headquarters April 3-5, 2018, in Rome Italy. While at FAO, plans were completed to formally link the CU Conservation Agriculture website with FAO's Smallscale Mechanization website. Also, FAO representatives agreed to increase their involvement in the SRI-Rice side event and the post-conference SRI Asia Alliance Workshop convened by SRI-Mas and ACISAI in Johor.
MARCH 2018
Regina Hansda to Present Talk on Gender and Labor Issues with SRI in India, March 17
Regina Hansda, Research Fellow at the Centre for Rural Economy, Newcastle University, UK, gave a seminar entitled The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and Questions of Gender and Labor at 4:00-5:00PM on March 22, 2018, in 100 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Dr. Hansda was in Ithaca to present her work at the Trans-Atlantic Rural Research Network (TARRN) Annual Meeting. Click on the photo of her publication at right to read her recent article in Gender, Technology and Development.
- Maymar Lim and Eugene Shu Visit Ithaca, March 13
Two visitors with aspirations to upscale SRI in Myanmar visited Ithaca on March Tuesday, March 13. In a meeting at Norman Uphoff's home, plans were solidified for an upcoming visit (April 23-28, 2018) by Maymar Lim, Yang Saing Koma (formerly with the Cambodian NGO CEDAC), and Humayun Kabir, who helped Myanmar's Metta Foundation bring SRI to farmers through farmer field schools. In Myanmar the group will meet with long-time SRI advocate and Yezin University professor U Thein Su and a number of government officials. The group will also visit several SRI projects throughout Myanmar.
- SRI-Rice Newsletter, Uploads Report and Statistics
for February Now Online, March 10
Our SRI-Rice Selected News Updates for February (on ScoopIt) as well as the February website additions and statistics are now available. 2,481 unique visitors from 77countries logged 3,149 sessions in which 6,188 pages were viewed. Our primary Facebook page now has 2,432 "likes," the SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange has 344 members and our primary YouTube channel, which now has 531 total followers, had 1,884 new views for our 88 uploads; 221 views of our 41 playlists. The twitter account has 1,685 total followers. Slideshare had 4,845 views of our 486 uploads; 223 followers. There are 1,281 items (24 new this month) in our Zotero research database.
FEBRUARY 2018
- Bancy Mati Presents Talk on SRI in Kenya, February 1
Bancy Mati, Director, Water Research and Resource Center (WARREC), Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya gave a talk entitled Experience in Kenya with the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Context of Water Scarcity and Climate Stresses at 12:20 - 1:10PM on February 1, 2018, in 100 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Dr. Mati was in Ithaca for several to discuss SRI initiatives with the SRI-Rice Center.
- SRI-Rice Newsletter, Uploads Report and Statistics for January Now Online, February 10
Our SRI-Rice Selected News Updates for January (on ScoopIt) as well as the January website additions are now available. January 2017 statistics are as follows: 2,404 unique visitors from 76 countries logged 3,045 sessions in which 5,722 pages were viewed. Our primary Facebook page now has 2,40316 "likes," the SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange has 342 members and our primary YouTube channel, which now has 523 total followers, had 2,284 new views for our 88 uploads; 188 views of our 41 playlists. The twitter account has 1,681 total followers. Slideshare had 7,794 views of our 486 upload; 222 followers. There are 1,257 items (21 new this month) in our Zotero research database.
JANUARY 2018
- SRI-Rice Senior Advisor Discusses the Science Behind SRI in IP/CAL Seminar Series, January 31
Norman Uphoff, SRI-Rice Senior Advisor, gave a talk on What Has Been Learned of Scientific Value through SRI Research and Experience on at 12:20 - 1:10PM on January 31, 2018, in 135 Emerson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. This event is the first seminar of the IP/CALS seminar series on Perspectives in International Agriculture, Development and Nutrition. (See PowerPoint and video of the presentation)
- New and Returning Students Assist SRI-Rice Projects for the Spring 2018 Semester, January 23
Five students joined SRI-Rice for the Spring 2018 semester. Nina Lin, an info sciences senior who is heading up the SRI web migration project is being assisted by Eurika Nzouatcham,
a biological sciences student from Cameroon. Hanzhou Yang, who returned after a year in China, has resumed curating our Chinese SRI research collection. We also have two new students: Veronika Vogel, a freshman IARD student from Germany, is organizing our SCI collection, and Genesis Miranda Soto, a senior in the IARD major, works with our Latin America program to create Spanish language content and manage the Spanish language social media. (Shown at right are Hanzhou, Genesis and Eurika). - SRI-Rice Newsletter, Uploads Report and Statistics
for December Now Online, January 10
Our SRI-Rice Selected News Updates for December (on ScoopIt) as well as the December website additions are now available. December 2017 statistics are as follows: 2,576 unique visitors from 72 countries logged 3,269 sessions in which 5,776 pages were viewed. Our primary Facebook page now has 2411 "likes," the SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange has 340 members and our primary YouTube channel, which now has 505 total followers, had 2,284 new views for our 88 uploads; 286 views of our 41 playlists. The twitter account has 1,675 total followers. Slideshare had 8,662 views of our 484 uploads; 222 followers. There are 1,236 items (16 new this month) in our Zotero research database.
