SRI International Network and Resources Center

Presentations from the First Workshop on the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Latin America
EARTH University, Costa Rica

October 31, 2011 - November 1, 2011
Sponsored by SRI-Rice, Jim Carrey's Better U Foundation and EARTH University

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Presentations at the First Workshop on SRI in Latin America

• The System of Rice Intensification: A Global Overview
  Erika Styger
  Director of Programs, SRI International Network and Resources Center (SRI-Rice)
  Cornell University, Ithaca New York
  
  
• Machinery Used with the System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
  Matthew Fisher-Post
  CIPA Fellow, Cornell Institute for Public Affairs
  Cornell University, Ithaca New York
  
  

• Estado Actual de la Producción de Arroz en LAC
  (The State of Rice Production in Latin America and the Caribbean)
  Luis Pocasangre, Professor of Tropical Crops
  EARTH Univeristy – Plant Protection Department (PPD)
  
  
• ¿Como llegó el SICA a America Latina?
  (How Did SRI Come to Latin America? Overview of how SRI developed in Cuba)
  Rena Perez, Volunteer SICA Coordinator for Cuba
  Cuba
  
  

• Generalidades Región Arrocera Brunca
  (The Brunca Rice Region: General Comments)
  Ronald Cardenal, Agroplus, Management and Consulting
  Costa Rica
  

• 1) Arroz competitivo:A través del Sistema Intensivo de Cultivo Arrocero (SICA) (SRI)
  2) Sabemos que el SICA funciona
  Oscar Montero
  Costa Rica
  
• Sistema Intensivo de Cultivo Arrocero en Panamá:Investigación sobre los Dinámicos de Nutrientes
  (SRI in Panama: Research into Soil Nutrient Dynamics)
  Marie-Soleil Turmel
  International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico
  
  
• Grandes Pasos Patronato de Nutricion
  (Large Strides: Patronato de Nutricion)
  Candelario Perez, NGO Patronata de Nutricion
  Panama
  
  
• Arroz en Costa Rica: Investigación y Producción
  (Rice in Costa Rica: Research and Production)
  Roberto Tinoco and Roberto Camacho
  Instituto Nacional de Innovacion y Transferencia en Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA)
  Costa Rica
  
  
• SRI en la República Dominicana: Resultados Preliminares
  (SRI in the Dominican Republic: Preliminary Results)
  Manuel Sanchez, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA),
  Dominican Republic
  
  
• Evaluación del Sistema Intensivo del Cultivo Arrocero (SICA) en Colombia
  (Evaluation of SRI in Colombia)
  Jorge Acosta, student at the University of Cundinamarca in Colombia, independent researcher and farmer
  Colombia
  
  
• SRI + Beni Raised Berms Project
  Fernando Neri, PARITI-CB
  Bolivia
  
  
• Evaluation of Urea Deep Placement (UDP) Technology in Irrigated Lowland, Direct-Seeded Rice in Guyana
  Herman Adams, Caribbean Agricultural Research & Development Institute (CARDI)
  Trinidad and Tobago
  
  
• SRI / SICA
  Jorge Gil Chang
  Ecuador