INDIA - General Publications, Online Articles and Reports about SRI
2022
- 2022. Water use in agriculture. Insights on India website. September. [Some good policy insights here!]
- VIEWS. 2022. Promoting sustainable livelihoods. VIEWS website. September 11. [SRI and SMI are two of the five methods of farm-based livelihoods supported by the VIEWS NGO in Odisha, India.]
- Sunaratiya, Aakash, and Rahul Banick. 2022. System of Wheat Intensification (SWI): A novel approach. Food and Agriculture: E-Newsletter 4(9): 397-402.
- Kumari, Binita. 2022. System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Practices, varieties, and seed treatment. Krishi Jagran website, Agripedia section. Updated April 29, 2022. [Manual for SRI in India]
- 2022. Short note on Andhra Pradesh agriculture. Mandi Bhav website. August 27. [Andhra Pradesh is set to scale new heights in agriculture during the 12 Five Year Plan with a renewed focus on Micro Irrigation, System of Rice Intensification (SRI) cultivation, micronutrient application, development of dryland agriculture, farm mechanization, increasing storage capacity and other agriculture-related strategies.]
- Kumari, Binita. 2022. System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Practices, varieties, and seed treatment. Agripedia website. Updated April 28.
- Deepa. 2022. Rice: The staple diet of half the world. Owlcation website. April 4. [Article is not about SRI, but SRI is one of the methods that they cite saying how rice is grown.]
- Mishra, Jigasa. 2022. Gond women take charge of water and farming in their village by Jigyasa Mishra. Mongabay-India website. February 1.
- *2022. WTO verdict on sugar subsidies and india's sugarcane industry. IASGYAN website. [SSI recommended]. [accessed January 27, 2022]
- *2022. Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI). Byju's website, current affairs section. [accessed January 27, 2022]
- *2020. Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) in sugarcane cultivation. Easgri.info website. November 10. [accessed January 27, 2022]
- Padhee, Arabinda K., and Anthony Whitbread. 2022. Indian agriculture: The route post-CoP 26. Down to Earth blog. January 18. [Strategies to make Indian agriculture resilient and sustainable in a changing climate. Brief mention of SRI. This story has been corrected to reflect that India did not sign the Sustainable Agriculture Policy Action Agenda].
- Brown. 2022. What you need to know about the environmental impacts of rice production. ePrimeFeed. January 14.
- Mishra, Jigasa. 2022. Gond women take charge of water and farming in their village by Jigyasa Mishra. Mongabay-India website. February 1.
- *2022. WTO verdict on sugar subsidies and india's sugarcane industry. IASGYAN website. [SSI recommended]. [accessed January 27, 2022]
- *2022. Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI). Byju's website, current affairs section. [accessed January 27, 2022]
- *2020. Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) in sugarcane cultivation. Easgri.info website. November 10. [accessed January 27, 2022]
- Padhee, Arabinda K., and Anthony Whitbread. 2022. Indian agriculture: The route post-CoP 26. Down to Earth blog. January 18. [Strategies to make Indian agriculture resilient and sustainable in a changing climate. Brief mention of SRI. This story has been corrected to reflect that India did not sign the Sustainable Agriculture Policy Action Agenda].
2021
- PIB. 2021. Minimization of carbon footprint. Press Information Bureau - India website. December 14.
- 2021. Rice in Rajasthan: A detailed overview. SupeRice website. December 10. [Discusses SRI among other topics]
- System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Vikaspedia website. [Instructional SRI information from India] [accessed December 8, 2021]
- Patle, GT. 2021. Climate smart water saving techniques for mitigation of climate change impacts in hill agriculture. The Sangai Express. December 7 .(SRI included; from Manipur, India)
- Mondal, Monika. 2021. Why India is neglecting its methane problem. Eco-Business website. December 3. [While India did not ledge to reduce methane at COP26, SRI is suggested as an idea to reduce emissions in India.]
- 2021. Rice in Tamil Nadu: A detailed analysis. Superrice website. December 2. [While published in 2021, this article, which has a lot of info on SRI in Tamil Nadu, seems to have been written in 2008.]
- D'Souza, Renita. 2021. Perspectives on a green taxonomy for India. Observer Research Foundationa (ORF). November 11. [SRI among suggestions in light of COP26 discussions.]
- 2021. Journey of Bari Marndi. Land Tenure Hub website November 9. [Woman from relocated village in Odisha succeeds with SRI and help from Indian Grameen Services, who help her to purchase more land.]
- Ji-hyun. 2021. Agro office in India promotes black rice farming. WeKnowRice blog. November 5. [The zonal agricultural department of Saligao, India, has decided to introduce the black rice variety to Goan farmers.]
- *2021. Five food processing companies that take CSR seriously. The CSR Journal. November 3. [Nestle launched a water stewardship CSR initiative with AgSri at the Kabini river Basin in Karnataka to promote SRI and SSI]
- Abin, Joseph. 2021. Biofach India Day 2: Discussions held on policy making and sustainable practices. Krishi Jagran website. October 30. [Tappan Ray, Founder and CEO of Pratithi Organic Food Pvt., cites SRI as way to increase yields without chemical fertilzers.]
- RNBA Manipur. 2021. Adoption of SRI method for rice cultivation. RNBA website. August? [SRI project by the Development & Relief Department of Rongmei Naga Baptist Association, Manipur (India)] [accessed August 31, 2021]
- 2021. Pragati Koraput's program page on SCI. Pragati Koraput website. [Overview of the NGO Pragati Koraput's SCI programs for rice and millet.] [accessed August 24, 2021]
- 2021. धान की खेती: मशीनीकरण और आधुनिक तकनीकी अपनाकर लागत कम करें. m.jagran.com website. August 13.
- Gupta, Niti, Shanal Pradhan, Abhishek Jain and Nayha Patel. 2021. Sustainable Agriculture in India 2021 – What we know and how to scale up. New Delhi: Council on Energy, Environment and Water.
- Chakrabarty, Mrigakshi. 2021. My expedition in SeSTA. SeSTA blog. [Story of a new employee's experiences with promoting SRI and other efforts.] [accessed August 9, 2021]
- Awasthi, Hitul. 2021. Two new technologies to boost rice production and conserve natural resources. Jagran Krishi website. Updated July 31. [Overviews of DSR and SRI.]
- 2021. JM Financial Ltd management discussions. IIFL Securities website. [Various ag projects, some of which have SRI components reviewed in Bihar and Maharashtra.] [accessed June 18, 2021]
- Sharma, Sudeep. 2021. सघन धान खेती प्रबिधि System of Rice Intensification (SRI) उत्पादनमा वृद्धी ल्याउने प्रबिधि .eKishaan website. June 8. [Nepali language brief SRI instructions.]
- Torgalka, Varsha. 2021. In Assam, new rice varieties are a lifeline for farmers struggling to adapt to climate change. ScrollIn website. June 3. [The NGO SeSTA helps farmers in Assam combine new flood-tolerant varieties with SRI.]
- Torgalkar, Varsha. 2021. New varieties of rice help farmers in flood-prone Assam. The Third Pole website. May 31. [New varieties together with SRI increase yields in Majuli district, Assam, India.]
- 2021. Best method: SMI in finger millet enhances productivity. Millet Advisor website. [Recommendations based on experiences in Odisha, India, by the SMI Odisha Millet Mission. [accessed May 24, 202]]
- Kashyaap, Sindhu. 2021. [Startup Bharat] How this 23-yr-old came upon the idea for an agritech startup to make farming more machine driven. Your Story website. May 18, 2021. [Story of an Indian man who invented a SRI-compatible translplanter. See also their Pitchbook profile]
- Roy, Joyashree, Nandini Das, and Shreya Some. 2021. India must use SDG framework to strengthen developmental diplomacy. Observer Research Foundation website. April 29. [Article on India's use of SDG framework includes SRI.]
- Groeneweg-Thakar, Kanika. 2021. Women’s leadership in water governance and management. Water Governance Facility website. March. [Webinar on International Womens' Day features Ms Neetu Singh, who trained women in SRI and other efforts.] [Accessed April 14, 2021]
- *Basu, Subhodeep, Arhadeep Saha, and Sayantani Satpathy. 2021. Addressing nutrition crisis: Reflections from Odisha Millets Mission. Ideas for India website. April 9. [Includes information on the System of Millet Intensification (SMI).]
- Ravichandran, V. 2021. A new style of growing rice. Global Farmer Network website. April 1. [Links to BBC video of Ravidchandran's SRI work.]
- Roy, J., N. Das, S. Some, and H. Mahmud. 2021. Fast-Growing Developing Countries: Dilemma and Way Forward in a Carbon-Constrained World. In: Dasgupta P., Saha A.R., Singhal R. (eds) Sustainable Development Insights from India. India Studies in Business and Economics. Springer, Singapore. doi:10.1007/978-981-33-4830-1_2 [SRI noted in the agriculture section of this article that focuses on Bangladesh and India.] [accessed March 31, 2021]
- 2021. สวก. เข้าร่วมพิธีรับมอบเครื่องหย่อนกล้าแบบประณีตเพื่อนพึ่ง(ภาฯ) จากมูลนิธิอาสาเพื่อนพึ่ง (ภาฯ) ยามยาก สภากาชาดไทย. Agriculture Development Research Agency website (Thailand). March 26. [NGOs provide SRI-capable transplanter (?)]
- Ravichandran, V. 2021. Technology in water usage will help us do more with less. Farm Journal Agweb website, opinion section. March 21. [Discussion of water usage which includes SRI as an answer in India. There is a link to Ravichandran's short BBC SRI video as well.]
- 2021. System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Journals of India website. March 10. [Summary of SRI practices, benefits, and costs.]
- Reddy, Jagdish. 2021. SRI rice cultivation - method, paddy yield, benefits. Agricultural Farming website. [SRI overview and instructions; India.] [updated March 11.]
- Mushahary, Barhunkha. Paddy farmers reap rich harvest through SRI cultivation. Village Square. February 17. (Story of COVID-time success by the NGO SeSTA in Assam with yields doubled by SRI.)
2020
- 2020. New farming techniques transform livelihoods. Growing Hope Globally website. December. [Farmer success story by India Umsning Program which is led by World Renew and Local Partner NEICORD] [accessed December 3, 2020]
- Thacker, Hency. 2020. The complete report on CSR activities of Nestle. October 6. [Nestle launched a water stewardship CSR initiative with AgSri at the Kabini river Basin in Karnataka, India. As of 2019, 300 farmers have adopted the SSI and SRI methods on 180 hectares for both sugarcane and paddy.]
- PIB Chennai. 2020. System of Rice Intensification to ensure record food grain output - Prime Minister announces Rs 1,00,000 crore aid to enhance agriculture infrastructure. Press Information Bureau India website. August 17. [September 15, 2020]
- 2020. Tackling agri methane to achieve Paris Agreement goals. Tatsat Foundation website. August 31. [Debesh Roy suggests suggests SRI and other measures to reduce CH4, and says "skilling farmers to adopt the SRI technique and disseminating its benefits needs to be prioritised by the central and state governments, and NABARD." [accessed September 7, 2020]
- Thacker, Hency. 2020. CSR initiatives benefitting farmers in India. CSR Journal. September 7. [Adani Foundation's SLD programme assisted 1,000 farmers in Gujarat's Tiroda region in using SRI to reduce their cultivation costs by 33% and increase crop productivity by 51%.]
- 2020. Financial security from agriculture. Rajiv Ghandi Charitable Trust website. [RGMVP teaches SRI and System of Wheat Intensification (SWI), which has resulted in yield increase by 30%.]
- India CSR Network. 2020. CSR: HCCB aiming big towards Green Revolution in India. Indiacsr website. July 27. [Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) is enabling farmers in the village of Goblej, near Ahmedabad, Gujarat, to adopt SRI.]
- Zachariah, Serene Sarah. 2020. 7 acres of barren land now flourishes with rice & apples, thanks to 66-YO farmer. The Better India website. July 22.
- Bose, Hiren Kumar. 2020. How Nivaje transformed into a model village. Village Square website. [How SRI is part of village becoming a prosperous model village in India.] [accessed July 17, 2020]
- EHEditor. 2020. Environment smart rice farming. EnvironHeroes website July 15.
- 2020. CSR: Vedanta’s Hindustan Zinc becomes water-positive on World Environment Day 2020. The CSR Journal. June 5. [On World Environment Day 2020, Hindustan Zinc, part of Vedanta, became a water-positive company. Livelihood programs undertaken by Vedanta...have motivated several farmers to adopt modern farming techniques SRI which has doubled yields and enhanced incomes.]
- 2020. Know about System of Rice Intensification. Agademy website. [SRI overview article from India]
- Karelia, Gopal. 2020. TN astrophysicist gives up French fellowship to help 1500 farmers earn more! The Better India website. February 27. [accessed May 12, 2020]
- Barua, Ananya. 2020. Bihar’s ‘Mushroom Mahila’ empowers 10K women, now earns lakhs! The Better India website. [Prize-winning Bihar woman mushroom farmer also helped 2,500 farmers create self-help groups, and taught them the SRI.] [accessed April 1, 2020]
- Lakshmi. 2020. #EachforEqual: Impact Stories: PRADAN WOMEN. Feature article, Krishijagran website. March 7. [#EachforEqual, PRADAN introduced a new method of Agriculture, System of Root Intensification (SRI) in Debgaon in Chhattisgarh. Entire village adopted SRI following year.]
- *2020. Reaping a better future. Caritas India website. February 1. [Story of CARITAS-India program that has SWI.]
- MDPI. 2020. Special Issue "The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Contributions to Agricultural Sustainability". Agronomy journal. [Announcement of upcoming special issue on SRI. Deadline for manuscript submissions: Nov. 1, 2020] [accessed January 31, 2020]
2019
- 2019. Yadadri Farmer Producer Company in Turkapally starts a single-window unit to support farmers. act!onaid website. December 27. [ActionAid Association’s Andhra Pradesh & Telangana Regional Office, together with Pilupu, has been supporting farmers in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district of Telangana, India, with producer company formation and SRI support.]
- date? System of Rice Intensification. India Filings website. [Short, good description of SRI principles and benefits.] [accessed November 30, 2019]
- Dutta, Devopriya. 2019. The green journey of Tarumitra with the youth. ecojesuit website. November 26. [Tarumitra (friends of trees in Hindi and Sanskrit) is a student movement with a focus on promotion of ecological sensitivity that is headquartered in Patna, Bihar, and includes SRI in it's training]
- Perween, Shrimati Kahkasahn. 2019. Effect of climate change on paddy cultivation. India Environment Portal website. (Answered on) November 25. [India's Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change was asked about climate change and paddy. He replied to part a and b of the the Rajya Sabha starred question no. 88. He said agronomic practices and varieties can increase yields, though ICAR simulation studies show rice yields declining in 2020 and will continue to do so in 2050 and 2080 scenarios by varying amounts. SRI was one of the suggestions for water-saving.]
- 2019. Reaping benefits: Rupturing myths. HCCB blog. November 11. [CSR project by HCCB works with around 200 SRI farmers in and around Goblej village near Ahmedabad.]
- 2019. System of Rice Intensification Initiative. Tata Trusts website. November. [Tata Trust's SRI programme has covered over 170,000 farmers in 3,500 villages, spread across 104 districts in Odisha, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Manipur, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. They are also promoting SCI with millets and pulses.]
- *Krujia, Hannah. 2019. A review: System of crop intensification on field crops. Perspective section, Morung Express. October 31.
- 2019? The power of a grain of rice. Tearfund website. [Story of an Indian farmer from the Saura ethnic community in India who had success with SRI in project funded by Canada's Tearfund charity.]
- Verma, Jyoti. 2019. Farmers turn saviours of traditional rice varieties. Govt. of India Dept. of Science & Technology website. [accessed October 17, 2019] MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), project in Wayanad, Kerala, promotes is conserving traditional varieties and experimenting with SRI.]
- Jal Shatkti. 2019. Mulching, SRI cultivation, micro irrigation seen in W. Godavari. Jal Shakti website. September 5. [Jal Shakti promotes SRI, among other innovations, to reduce water use in West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh.]
- 2019. #WhySRI - Dr Ravi Chopra tells us his story. INSPIRE blog. May 16. [accessed August 25, 2019]
- 2019. #WhySRI - The village. of Gacherigaon. INSPIRE blog. August 20. [Village in Odisha forest dweller village adopts SRI.]
- Dey, Partha. 2019. Conservation of water through sustainable practices: You can try. Association for India's Development website. August. [Some suggestions from West Bengal state for sustainability and water conservation; SRI is the first suggestion.]
- 2019?. Innovative enterprise: ‘Greening’ agriculture and boosting farmers’ livelihoods. Bioneers website. [Panel at the Bioneers Conference in 2018. Ken Lee makes the case for SRI.] [accessed August 22, 2019]
- NABARD.
2019. A one-stop solution for Indian farmers. Outlook India website. [National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) CSR project introduces SRI in remote Tuensang, Nagaland.]
- SRI4Women. 2019. Heritage and diversity hold many answers for climate change resilience. SRI4women blog. July 22. [Sabarmatee conserving traditional biodiversity in Odisha, India, with world’s biggest collection of indigenous seed varieties, which are grown with SRI methods]
- Ranjeevkr. 2019. चावल गहनता प्रणाली (System of Rice Intensification SRI). Krisiweb website. June 30. [Excellent Hindi language overview of SRI and its benefits]
- Poudel, Suraj. 2019. System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Scholar Space website. June 9. [Overview of SRI principles, practices and benefits.]
- 2019. Nilima. sri4women website. [Story of the president of the Ath-Kosia Tribal People's Organisation in Orissa, who promotes SRI to reduce women's drudgery in rice production.] [accessed June 5, 2019]
- Sinha, Rajesh. 2019. Rice market overview, cost structure analysis and forecast to 2022. weSRCH website. May 28. [Recent technological advancement in the agriculture sector coupled with development of modern rice production techniques such as rice intensification (SRI), laser land leveling, direct seeded rice (DSR), and precision farming are expected to drive market growth over the next seven years.]
- 2019. #WhySRI - Dr Ravi Chopra tells us his story. INSPIRE blog. May 16. [How People's Science Institute scientist Dr. Ravi Chopra first found and worked on SRI.]
- 2019. System of Rice Intensification. Agriculture Department, Uttar Pradesh website. [Instructional material on SRI.]
- 2019. Being the change for bringing change - Sir Ratan Tata Trust & Allied Trusts annual report 2017-2018. Tatatrusts website. [page 82-83 document progress on SRI and SCI efforts by Tata Trusts during 2017 and 2018 as well as future plans.]
- 2019. IOCL CSR intervention in water saving technologies in paddy crop proved successful for Tamil Nadu farmers. PSU Connect website. [Indian Oil Corporation Limited CSR project with TNAU in Tamil Nadu points to good results with SRI and AWD.]
- Chaudhary, Rajinder. 2019. Power subsidy for farm sector. Economic and Political Weekly 54(12): 7-8.
[accessed April 14, 2019]
- 2019. World Water Day 2019: Positive water actions by farmers, governments. SANDRP website. March 22. [SRI and SWI both featured in this article by South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People Network.]
- Menon, Emily R. 2019. Filling India's rice bowls. Thrive blog. [Ambuja Cement Foundation's SRI initiative has increased outreach from 174 farmers in 2009 to over 10,000 farmers in 2019. And farmer profits have increased 30%. ]
- 2019. ‘Rice intensification system’ can save farmers. agroinfobank.pk website. March 7. [SK University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) promote SRI for Kashmir.]
- Pant, Laxmi. How to fight climate change in agriculture while protecting jobs. The Conversation website. February 14. [Article cites SRI as example of overlap of sustainable agriculture and agroecology]
- Prudhviraj, CA Bhanu. 2019. Whether loan waiver to farmers is one stop solution for eliminating agrarian distress in India? Taxguru website. January 18. [Loan waivers should be a last resort. SRI among the items cited a needs of the hour that related to long term solutions rather than short term benefits.]
- Ghosh, Sahana. 2019. Eyes in the sky: Space technology aiding Meghalaya to expand boro rice cultivation. Mongabay website. January 7. [Meghalaya state in India wants to increase boro rice, which is, according to the article, is well-suited for SRI.]
- Priya, Annu. 2019. By altering the method of farming, reducing carbon emission. Latest Indian Story blog. January 2. [Info from the Minister of State for Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare lists SRI as one of suggested soil, water and crop management practices that reduce carbon emission.]
2018
- Sinha, Biswanath, Tushar Dash, and Ashotosh Pal. 2018. Scaling up the System of Rice Intensification in India. In Agroecology: A path towards the sustainable development goals. Farming Matters, May 3. Ileia website.
- Chavan, Sandeep and Bikalp Chamola. 2018. Kamrup women lead artisan skills revival for improved livelihoods. The Wire website. April 28. [The NGO Grameen Sahara in Assam]
- Nathan, Dev, et al. 2018. Energy use and women’s work in agriculture. Economic & Political Weekly 53(17). 28 April.
- Phansalkar, Sanjiv. 2018. Strengthening grassroots in Gaya for self-sustenance. VillageSquare website, April 20. [By popularizing the system of root intensification and introducing sustainable agricultural practices, Anil Verma has brought a positive change in the lives of marginalized farmers in Gaya]
- 2018. SRI-Methode: Indischer Bauer knackt mit pestizidfreier Anbaumethode Ernte-Weltrekord. Permakultur Lebensraum website. April 11. [General description of SRI]
- 2018. Nature-based solutions the key to water management. Outdoor Design Source website. April 5.
- Paddock, Catherine. 2018. Nature-based solutions needed for better management of water, says UN report. Market Business News, March 26.
- *ICAR-KVK Bidar/UAS Raichur. 2015. Redgram transplanting technology. SRI-Rice website. 20p, (1.11MB pdf) [An extension piece on using SRI methods for growing redgram (pigeon pea) authored by ICAR-KVK Bidar and University of Agricultural Sciences Raichur] [uploaded February 28, 2018]
- Hill, Joe, Mukund Kujur, Nishant and Madhaw. 2018. Empowering Jharkhand’s female farmers. SPWD (Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development) blogs. March 8. [In an article about the Mahila Kisan Shashaktikaran Pariyojna (MKSP) in Jharkhand, SRI (known as "sribidi") began in 2014, a year the rains failed. The SRI fields produced good quality rice while the others were a loss.]
- 2018. PRAN: Infusing new life into agriculture in Bharat
PRAN. Dilip's Desk blog. March 15. [Story about the Indian NGO PRAN, which uses promotes SRI.
- 2018. Trinamool Congress has doubled farmers’ income in six years. All India Trinamool Congress website. March 10. [State Ag. Minister says SRI has been adopted to increase the production of rice at low cost]
- Krishi Bhavan. 2017. A farmer friendly handbook for Government of India (Central) & Government of Goa (State): Schemes and Programmes in 2017-2018. Govt. of Goa Agriculture website. (24p. pdf) [Lists promotion of SRI (Incentive@Rs. 10000/-per ha. to improve rice productivity) and promotion of modified Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) (50% assistance limited to Rs. 10000/- per ha. toward land preparation and planting of new crop)] [accessed March 17, 2018]
- Gujja, Biksham. 2018. Budget 2018: Time for promoting sustainable agriculture with focus on improving productivity of major crops. January 23. [Author suggests SRI, SCI, SSI, relevant for the 2017-18 Union Budget in India]
- *Panda, Luna, and Muralidhar Adhikari. 2017. Intensification of finger millet production – An agroecological innovation. LEISA India 19(4) 10-13. [An article on SFMI in this issue on millet farming systems] [accessed January 21, 2018]
- *Kumbhar, Nitin, Ananda Wani, Sameer Raskar and Prithviraj Gaikwad. 2017. System of Crop Intensification – Promoting a profitable crop sequence of finger millet and chickpea. LEISA India 19(4) 14-17. [An article in this issue on millet farming systems] [accessed January 21, 2018]
- 2018. Phumani. sri4women.org. January 10. [The story of a rice farmer in Odisha, India, and how transplanting and other rice field activities has crippled her and others.. SRI reduces the strain.] [accessed January 20, 2018]
2017
- Radha, T. M. 2016. One man mission – A farmer educator spreads agroecology. LEISA India 18(4): 22-24. December issue [Story of Pradeep Kumar, a middle school headmaster and farmer who has been spreading SRI and other agroecology techniques in Odisha since 2000.]
- 2017. New Agreement signed to support Climate Resilient Agriculture – over 500,000 farmers to benefit in Tamil Nadu World Bank website, December 26. [Press release about signing of the $318 million loan for the Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernization Project that includes SRI and SSI.]
- *Katoch, Manabi. 2017. This farmer grew 100 tonnes of 20-foot tall sugarcane in one acre! Here’s how! The Better India website. December 13. [Maharashtra farmer uses SSI to increase yield. Great photos.]
- *Rai, Vijay. 2017. Farmers turn to organic farming in Bundelkhand. Welthungerhilfe website. November 23. [Story of System of Vegetable Intensification (SVI) in a Welthungerhilfe-funded project Kapuriya, a tribal village in the district of Sheopur in Madhya Pradesh.]
- 2017. Hundreds of students join organic rice harvesting in Bihar. Matters India. November 19. [This is the seventh consecutive year of organic farming with SRI at Tarumitra, a Jesuit farm near Patna.]
- 2017. Kashmir struggles with climate adaptation projects. India Climate Dialogue website. November 10. [SRI noted as one option for Kashmir's climate change projects.]
- Phansalkar, Sanjiv. 2017. Why rural India needs to widen domains for micro-enterprises. YourStory website. November 10. [SRI equipment enterprise by PRADAN in Gaya, Bihar noted.]
- Parvaiz, Athar. 2017. Kashmir struggles with climate adaptation projects. India Climate Dialogue website. [Water Use Efficiency (WUE) project element to include SRI.]
- Bhagwat, Shreeya. 2017. An inspiring tale of how one woman in rural India created entrepreneurs out of homemakers. Yourstory website. October 31. [Story a woman who gained respect through SRI]
- Pragati Koraput. 2017. Reducing GHG emission through system of crop intensification in South Odisha. Climate CoLab website. Proposal for Land Use: Agriculture, Forestry, Waste Management in the Climate Co-Lab Competition. October 27.
- Bhatt, K. N., and Pradeep Bhargava. 2017. System of Rice Intensification. Studium Press: New Delhi. [The book is not yet available online. Please contact K. N. Bhatt or Studium Press to obtain a copy] [accessed October 17, 2017]
- Gujja, Biksham. 2017. Producing More with Less: Promoting System of Rice Intensification, SRI and Up scaling Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative SSI. Changemakers website.[AgSri's Pitch for the Creating Shared Value Prize, which starts Nov. 1]
- 2017. A new method of rice farming. Pakissan.com website. October 15 [SRI in Kerala, India]
- Chhandosree. 2017. Women in Jharkhand village use education to achieve development goals. YourStory website. October 11. [Women in a night school in Jharkhand adopt srividhi (SRI) and other activities.]
- 2017. SRI4women.org website [Check out the newly revised SRI4women website!] [accessed October 10, 2017]
- TNAU. Updated 2017. System of Rice Intensification (SRI). TNAU Agritech Portal website. [updated version of earlier manual] [accessed October 10, 2017]
- 2017. Team KVK Ambikapur visit ‘Project Annapurna’ at Parsa. Hitavada website. September 21.
- 2017. Tata Power organises Swavalamban Drive to train farmers towards self-sustainability in villages of Maharashtra. India Education Diary website. September 18. [330 farmers adopted the SRI practices on 303 acres in villages of Maval, Maharashtra in project funded by Tata Power.]
- 2017. Possible options for enhancing agricultural production. Kisan Suvidha website. September 6. [Use SRI in Kharif season where yields are likely to decline.]
- Magasool. 2017. Save dryland farmers - make agriculture possible in drought. Milaap website. [Crowdfunding ad for the NGO Magasool in Tamil Nadu, which promotes modified SRI using mechanization.]
- Nitin, B. 2017. Meet the organic farmer who transformed a barren wasteland near Hyderabad into a lush farm. The News Minute website, August 17. [Story of GN Naidu, one of the first SRI farmers in Telangana].
- Bhagwat, Shreeya. 2017. Enterprising woman farmer charts a path to prosperity. Village Square website. August 11. [Maharashtra woman promotes SRI and other methods after joining BAIF project.]
- Tarumitra. 2017. Joining hands for a healthier planet. Tarumitra website. July 12. [250 students from over 10 schools participate in organic rice transplanting (using SRI) at Tarumita Farm, Bihar, India.]
- 2017. Enhancing women’s empowerment and livelihood opportunities through collective effort in Khiwli Kala village - Allahabad – A case study of UPSRLM. murad4ali blog. July 20. [Khiwli Kala Village, Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh, India: About 65 women engaged from 15 SHGs and more than 2.5 hectare land used in SRI intervention.]
- 2017. Organic rice plantation festival. Patna Jesuit Society website. [Student organic (SRI) festival July 11 in Bihar] [accessed July 20, 2017]
- Schiffman, Richard. 2017. Running dry: Seeking solutions to South Asia’s looming water crisis. YaleEnvironment360 website. June 29. [Interview with climatologist Sonali McDermid about water issues in South Asia - She will be studying SRI in Tamil Nadu.]
- Sahu, Krushna Ch. 2017. Better yield with customised rice cultivation. India Water Portal. June 8. [Modified SRI in Kendrapara, Odisha, India]
- Plummer, Lucy. 2017. A pioneer in climate change action, Odisha will now help others prepare for natural disasters! The Better India website. June 8. [Odisha was one of the first states to begin work on a Climate Change Action Plan in 2009 and in 2010 it officially became the pioneering state. Under the first phase of the plan, several initiatives centered around preparing for a disaster were set in action, including promotion of SRI, livelihood diversification.....]
- Diluxi, Arya. 2017. Research fellow position in DST-SERB project on Modelling of greenhouse gas emissions from paddy fields @ University of Burdwan. Bioteknika website. May 29. [Recruitment of one Junior Research Fellow (JRF) under DST-SERB Project entitled “Modelling of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Paddy Fields through Conventional, System of Rice Intensification and Zero-tillage Practices in Burdwan District, West Bengal, India” in the Department of Environmental Science, The University of Burdwan.]
- Bhole, Akshay. 2017. A list of 11 large agriculture CSR projects in India. CSRBox website. May 25. [Adani Foundation helped 1,050 farmers from 35 villages of Tiroda region, to implement SRI, reducing their cultivation costs by 33% and increasing their crop productivities by 51%.]
- Chu, Will. 2017. Food production can weather the storm, say sustainability project leaders . Food Navigator.com. May 17. [ClimAdapt Project in India]
- Gulden, Katherine Torday. 2017. Climate-smart agriculture to ensure a food secure future. Norsk Institutt for Bioøkonomi (NIBIO) website. May 16.
- Kanitkar, Ajit. 2017. Community resource persons are torchbearers of a resurgent countryside. VillageSquare website. April 5.
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Pulla, Priyanka. 2017. Study shows eating red meat, small dietary changes can help India’s water crisis. Factor Daily website. April 5. ["For example, the campaign to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables in the UK even after a decade. A better option, say water researchers, would be to push for better farming practices such as drip irrigation or SRI, which cut water usage."]
- Tyagi, Abhishek. 2017. High yielding variety to boost agriculture production. Uttaranchal (P.G.) College of Bio-Medical Sciences website. March 6. [HYV's good, but also SRI methods!]
- 2017? Capacity building and technology intervention - Chhattisgarh Agricon Samiti. Chhattisgarh Agricon Samiti website. [accessed February 3, 2-17] [Description of a 3-year SRI project in Durg, Chhattisgarh, in which farmers made 40%-200% yield increase with the highest yield of 87.5 q/ha.]
- Essar Foundation. 2017. A panorama of possibilities. Essar website. January 25. [Introduction SRI and SWI are planned by Essar Foundation for Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh.]
- 2017. Managing drought: Prof M S Swaminathan. M S Swaminathan Research Foundation website. [SRI included in MSSRF water security system for Tamil Nadu, India.]
2016
- Radha, T. M. 2016. One man mission – A farmer educator spreads agroecology. LEISA India 18(4): 22-24. December issue [Story of Pradeep Kumar, a middle school headmaster and farmer who has been spreading SRI and other agroecology techniques in Odisha since 2000.]
- Bhattacharjee, Suchiradipta, and Saravanan Raj. 2016. Stakeholders in SRI innovation systems. LEISA India 18(4): 6-9. December issue) [SRI development in Tripura, India]
- Varma, Poornima. 2017. Rice productivity and food security in India:
A study of the System of Rice Intensification. Springer. [Printed eBook: $ 24.99. Hardcover: €114,99; $139.00]
- MITTRA. 2016. Case Studies - Wadi and improved agriculture.
Maharashtra Institute of Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (MITTRA) website. [Story of Arvind Bapurao Dhote, a Maharashtra farmer who is putting his whole paddy crop into SRI after a trial year.]
- Aferin, Sabnam, and Kanna K. Siripurapu. 2016. This Unique farming technique doubled the rice produce of an entire village in Odisha. The Better India. December 19.
- Krishi Vigyan Kendra Ri-Bhoi. 2016. Field day on SRI Paddy (var. Rcm-10). ICAR website. November 7. [Demonstrate the performance of var. RCM-10 under SRI in Meghalaya, India.]
- Welthungerhilfe India. 2016. When Ghanshyam ventured into vermicomposting in 2013, nobody imagined that this small initiative would change his life one day.
Welthungerhilfe India website. November 7. [SRI and SWI as well biopesticides and vermicomposting change the life of a Jharkhand farmer via a program of the NGO Welthungerhilfe India.]
- Prakash, Pranav. 2016. The hidden casteism of climate change reporting in India. The Quint website, Environment section. October 27. [SRI is one of the innovations used by the he Laya Tribe Development Organisation, who works with Adivasi communities in India.]
- Maier, Von Marco. 2016. Indien: Organische Landwirtschaft statt Gentechnik ist erfolgreich. Contra Magazin website. October 1.
- 2016. PR4: System of Rice Intensification. eborc.im website. September 30.
[Overview of SRI history, primarily in India.]
- 2016. The “Swavalamban” Initiative. agromanthan website. September 11. [SRI/SWI included in this initiative to help farmers in India.]
- Mahesh, Ashwin. 2016. Four things that can be done to address Cauvery problem. Citizen Matters/Bangalore blog. September 6. [Article recommends SRI as the first way that Cauvery delta water shortage could be dealt with.]
- IPCALS. 2016. How farmers in Uttarakhand reworked the System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Innovations from sociotechnical interactions in the field. Cornell Events Calendar listing, Cornell University website. September 6.
- Rawat, Bhim Singh. 2016. DRP News Bulletin 29 August 2016 - WHEN DAMS CAUSE FLOODS. SANDRP website. August 29. [Ag section reports that in the last five years, 11,880 villages were covered by SRI as a whole village concept and 27.20 lakh acres used SRI, helping to get a yield of 4,429 kg / hectare; 3,000 more villages will add SRI this year.
- Kurunganti, Kavitha. 2016. Improving India’s oilseeds production. DownToEarth. August 23. [There is clear evidence that large scale adoption of agro-ecological methods like System of Crop Intensification (SCI, or also referred to as System of Mustard Intensification when it is deployed in this crop) will not only increase productivity but also reduce use of water resources, and reduce cost of cultivation for farmers.]
- 2016. First-ever skill development workshop on settled cultivation held at Chandigre, Garo Hills. Wildlife Trust of India website. [Workshop on SRI and ICM on settled cultivation organized by WTI, ICAR and WLT in Meghalaya's Faro Hills Autonomous District.]
- Govindwad, Vishnukant. 2016. How a tribal community In MP united to protect their only source of livelihood. August 5.
- XAAM. 2016. Cresting water abundance through conservation and judicious use. XAAM website. July 30. [An Indian website that summarizes the answers to queries such as steps to ensure water access in India. SRI is one of the recommendations.]
- Press Information Bureau. 2016. Climate Change & Agriculture Sector. Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Environment and Forests website. July 26.
- Mougdil, Manu. 2016. Rice and shine. India Water Portal. July 22. [Punjab continues to overuse water. SRI is used, but would be more popular if mechanization were available.]
- 2016. India: Irrigation & water saving. Pesticide Action Network website. [SRI is one of Tamil Nadu Women’s Collective's (TNWC) main approaches.. and it saves water.] [accessed July 17, 2016]
- 2016. Architects promote use of native crop species. dna website. July 8 [Students in Maharashtra experiment with native crops; try out SRI for rice.]
- 2016. India: Irrigation & water saving. Pesticide Action Network website. [Tamil Nadu Women’s Collective (TNWC) uses trains women in organic SRI methods.] [accessed July 8, 2016]
- ActionAid. Bumper harvest of mustard by Odisha farmer! ActionAid website.[Adapting SRI to mustard in Odisha, India. SCI adaptation brings mustard yield from 40-50 kg to 145 kg during rabi season]. [accessed July 3, 2016]
- UNDP India. 2016. Green harvest: Organic farming along the Maharashtra coastline. UNDP India website, Environment and Energy section. [SRI projects by UNDP/Govt. of Maharashtra have increased rice yields nearly 40-80 percent while reducing the need for irrigation by up to 40 percent, while increasing family incomes from INR 20,000 to 70,000 per season.] [accessed July 2, 2016]
- Ajmal. date? System of Rice Intensification - SRI. Ajmal Foundation website. [accessed July 2, 2016] [Short overview of SRI and its introduction into Assam. India]
- 2016. Popularising SRI (The System of Rice Intensification). Sadhana Farm website. May 26. [Review of the Indian film, Ek Ropa Dhaan, which came out a few years ago.]
- 2016. Caring for water: Incentivise farmers to save & liberalise import of water – guzzling crops. Financial Express. May 9.
- AWID. 2016. System of Rice Intensification. Action of Women in Development (AWD) website. [This SRI pilot phase started in 2009 in Ukhrul District, Manipur, with 20 farmers and as of 2015, SRI was promoted in 12 villages to 580 farmers, increasing food security and yields.].
- 2016. Community outreach program. Resource Centre For Primary Health Care (RECPHEC) website. May 6 [Nepal's RECPHEC's community health program includes SRI, SWI, and a farmer exposure visit to Uttarakhand, India, among its 16 extension activities. Also, one of the IPM farmers groups have adopted the SWI method for maize cultivation.] [accessed May 8, 2016]
- Malhotra, Sarika. 2016. The real cost of water. Business Today, Cover Story. May 22. [SRI and SSI can reduce water requirements by 30-40%]
- Sahu, K. C. 2016. Water Conservation – A Response to drought in Hazaribagh, Indo-Global Social Service Society (IGSSS) website. April 16. [Planning include for climate change in this Jharkhand community includes SRI in the Khariff season, and vegetables during rainy and winter season and pulses and millets during summer.]
- 2016. Odisha: 3rd Shambhavi Puraskar awarded to Ms Sabarmatee. Orissa Diary. March 31. [Sabarmatee, who won this award has been an important part of the SRI movement in India.]
- 2016. Nestlé India supports greater access to water and sustainable water use IFIL website. March 22. [Nestlé India has launched a water stewardship initiative with AgSRI at the Kabini river Basin in Karnataka, implementing pilot projects promoting both SRI and SSI.]
- Press Trust of India. 2016. Dhenkanal in Odisha is a proof that agriculture can co-exist harmoniously with industrialisation, Your Story website. March 7. GMR Kamalanga Energy Limited (GKEL) works with farmers to adopt SRI and other agricultural innovations in Odisha, India.]
- Press Trust of India. 2016. Dhenkanal in Odisha is a proof that agriculture can co-exist harmoniously with industrialisation, Your Story website. March 7. GMR Kamalanga Energy Limited (GKEL) works with farmers to adopt SRI and other agricultural innovations in Odisha, India.]
- Srinivasa, Kavitha. 2016. Empowering a million lives. Issues and Concerns blog. March 7. [The second item in the March 7 issue, this post is about the Swades Foundation and their work in India, which include1,400 farmers successfully adopting SRI, which will extend to 4,500 farmers by March 2016.]
- 2016. DRP News Bulletin 25 Jan. 2016 (Save & Grow: FAO supports SRI). SANDRP website. January 25. [South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People are glad that SRI is included in the new edition of FAO's Save and Grow book.]
- Rajaraman, Indira. 2016. Climate change and other wishes. Live Mint website. January 12. [One of her four new years wishes is to use SRI to help with water shortage and climate change.]
2015
- FAO. 2015. "Rice farming - India: System of Rice Intensification vs. conventional." In Natural Capital Impacts in Agriculture: Supporting Better Business Decision-Making, pp. 59-63. FAO website. June 2015.
- Sharma, Devinder. 2015. Bharat Ratna C Subramaniam’s dream of transforming agriculture needs a push. Agrinsight.org website. February 24.
- Rus, Jennifer. 2015. Battling climate change in the Himalayas, one woman at a time. Buddhist Global Relief website. February 22. [Buddhist Global Relief-sponsored project in Uttarakhand, India, promotes SRI/SWI.]
- Purohit, Makarand. 2015. A way to minimise agricultural problems in India. India Water Portal. February 24. [Links to a video on SRI in Chhattisgarh, India]
- 2015. Odisha Farmer to receive the Krishi Karman award from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. OdishaDiary. February 17. [Nirakara Dharua, a farmer of Balangir district, will receive the Krishi Karman award for achieving highest paddy production the state of Odisha.] [See similar story in I am in dna of Bhubaneswar website.]
- 2015. Impact on nursery seeding density, nitrogen, and seedling age on yield and yield attributes of fine rice - Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. 71, No. 3. Bioline News Blog. February 11. [The bioline blog reviews this 2011 article in light of what they read about SRI recently in the Guardian.]
- Adhikari, Prabhakar. 2014. Pragati, Koraput experiences in System of Ragi Intensification. SRI-Rice website. (12p., 2.23 MB pdf) [Pragati's 2014 experiences with Ragi Intensification, which reached 1,215 farmers on 824 acres in Koraput district, Odisha, India.]
2014
- RRA Network
Malkangiri. 2014. System of Rice Intensification (SRI) with the rainfed tribal farmers of Malkangiri. WASSAN website. (8p. pdf)
- 2014. Rice-to-riches story for paddy cultivators in Dangs. DNA India website. May 24. [Aga Khan Rural Support Programme AKRSP in Gujarat, India, says increases with SRI there range from 40% to150%.]
- Parida, Ronalisa. 2014. Krusi Mahotsav acquaints farmers with better technology. I am in DNA of Berhampur. December 31. (Three-day event in South Odisha, India, highlights SRI, farm equipment, and other innovations.)
- Shrivastava, Aakriti. 2014.
Farming's better half: Jharkhand women redefine smallholder farming. NewKerala. December 30. [Women in Jharkhand, India, successfully adopting SCI for a number of crops.]
- Mati, Bancy. 2014. SRI Rice marketing project launched. Water Research and Resource Center (JKUAT) website. December 21.
- Pidgeon, Stephen. 2014. Stephen Pidgeon: Go and see for yourself the difference you make.Third Sector wesite. December 18. [Comments on SRI progress on a project wiwth VSO volunteers near Deoghar, India]
- 2014. Modified cono weeder - Decreasing rice farmer's drudgery, increasing yields. Orzya.com. November 10. [An interview with 3 scientists from the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Chittoor, in South India.]
- 2014. How innovated drum seeders tweaked cono weeders are leading better rice yields. Orzya.com. November 7.
- Johnson, Nathanael. 2014. Farm tech isn’t a war between good and evil -- it’s a quest for whatever works. Grist website. October 6.
- Atlas, Debra. 2014. System of Rice Intensification brings hope to global rice production. Earth Island Journal. Septemeber 30.
- 2014. Planting the SRI seed: Harvest proves the benefits
of AVANSE’s rice farming method. August 2014 AVANSE Success Story, USAID/AYITI publication (dropbox.com website). September 1.
- 2014. System of Rice Intensification. Dristi - The Vision Foundation website. July 23. [Guideines for using, constraints, etc.]
- Tiwari, Ravish. 2014. India's shifting food bowls. India Today, Cover Story, August 13. [SRI in Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Jharkhand
has led to this massive jump in paddy production that is shifting the rice bowl of India away from Punjab and Haryana.]
- SWISSAID. 2014. A new rice cultivation method: hard work, but successfu. SWISSAID website. August 13.
- Jishnu, Latha. 2014. Getting more with less. Down to Earth website. July 31. [Article about the adoption of SRI, primarily in India]
- Jishnu, Latha. 2014. Agriculture is egocentric. Down to Earth website. July 31. [Interview with Norman Uphoff.]
- 2014. Gurdaspur: The new success story of SRI farming in rice crop. Oryza website. June 25. [Using SRI for the past 9 years, Gurdaspur farmers in Punjab produce 20% more paddy with 75% less seed, 30% less ground water and less pesticides.]
- Badoni, Padmakshi. 2014. Huge potential of System of Rice Intensification: SRI needs government attention. South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People blog. July 19.
- John, Adam. 2014. System of Rice Intensification: Fact or fiction? Oryza.com website. July 18.
- Lahangir, Sarada.
2014.
When tribal women make farming look so easy. Press Institute of India. June. [accessed July 23, 2014] (Article on women farmers in Odisha, many of whom are using SRI.]
- Anne. 2014. Report on the sustainable agriculture development seminar. Humanitarian Centre website. June 20.
- 2014. Training on System of Rice Intensification. Indo-Global Social Service Society website. June 18. [IGSSS and the NGO Samagra Seva Kendra organize SRI training for 61 farmers from 10 villages at Barachetti village, Gaya, Bihar.]
- 2014. NABARD to start livelihood project in 19 Maoist-hit districts of Odisha. OdishaDiary website. June 1. [Program to include SRI and SCI among other sustainable livelihood opportunities.]
- Swain, Ashwini. 2014. Can India reform its agriculture? The Diplomat, Feature section, June 1. [Discussion of India's need to address agriculture in its climate change dialogue.]
- Kay, Sylvia. 2014. Global food security needs states to ally with family farmers. Truth-Out website. May 28.
- Faridi, Rashid. 2014.
Sustainable rice intensification. Jugraphia Slate blog. May 26.
- 2014. What is SRI? Global Network on Sustainability and Education website. May 26
- 2014. Rice-to-riches story for paddy cultivators in Dangs. DNA India website. May 24.[Aga Khan Rural Support Programme AKRSP in Gujarat, India, says increases with SRI there range from 40% to150%.]
- Nuwer, Rachel. 2014. This farmer grew four times as much rice in the same amount of land. Smithsonian.com website. Smart News section. May 14.
- 2014. New rice cultivation method could help poor farmers worldwide. SOS Children's Villages website. May 14.
- DH. 2014. Indischer bauer stellt neuen reisrekord auf. Informationsdienst Gentechnik website. May 13.
- 2014. Indian farmer sets new record in rice production with SRI method. Global Agriculture website, Agriculture at the Crossroads section. May 13. [summarized the controversial large rice yields with SRI in TN India. See Guardian article directly below.]
- Vidal, John. 2014. Miracle grow: Indian rice farmer uses controversial method for record crop. GlobalDevelopment blog (The Guardian). May 12. [More on controversial large rice yields with SRI in India.]
- Moudgil, Manu 2014. Punjab wades in shallow waters. India waterportal. May 3.
- Nuwer, Rachel. 2014. This farmer grew four times as much rice in the same amount of land. Smithsonian.com website. Smart News section. May 14.
- 2014. New rice cultivation method could help poor farmers worldwide. SOS Children's Villages website. May 14.
- Vidal, John. 2014. Miracle grow: Indian rice farmer uses controversial method for record crop. GlobalDevelopment blog (The Guardian). May 12. [More on controversial large rice yields with SRI in India.]
- Moudgil, Manu 2014. Punjab wades in shallow waters. India waterportal. May 3.
- Thiyagarajan, T. M. 2010. My destiny, my profession. System of Rice Intensification website. October. (8 p., 86KB pdf) [Story of T.M. Thiyagarajan and how he came to be a champion of SRI] [uploaded March 28, 2014]
- Abraham, Binju, Hailu Araya, et al. 2014. The system of crop intensification: Reports from the field on improving agricultural production, food security, and resilience to climate change for multiple crops. Agriculture & Food Security 3:(4): 1-26. doi:10.1186/2048-7010-3-4 (review article) [see also longer SCI monograph] [accessed February 28, 2014]
2013
(Note: 2013 articles are listed in the order acquired)
- NewsReach magazine, March-April edition, volume 13 , no. 2. [Entire edition is devoted to SRI.]
- Policy consultation on System of Rice Intensification. 13(2): 2-13.
- Banerjee, Soumik. Indigenous paddy varieties under SRI and conventional practices: A performance study. 13(2): 14-30
- Kumar, Amit, and Amit Saha. Engagement of the state in the promotion of SRI: Understanding the process.13(2): 31-49
- Chopra, Ravi. All you'd like to know about SRI in India and more. 13(2): 50-52 [url accessed October 1]
- lvcsouthasia. 2013. Bihar's agroecological farmers host international farmers' delegation.
La Via Campesina South Asia - Peasants for Food Sovereignty blog. October 8. [La Via Campesina and GM Free Bihar hosted farmers from Karnataka, Brazil and Haiti to visit Nalanda SRI farmers and others.]
- Tutwiler, M. Ann. 2013. From the fields of Bihar, India. DG Dialogues blog, Bioversity International website. September 11. [SRI is part of Bioversity/IARI's farmers' field network in the Indo-Gangetic Plains region of India.].
- Van Vark, Caspar. 2013. Do crop intensification techniques hold the key to food security? The Guardian Global Development Professionals Network blog. [Indian farmers have seen increased yields in rice and wheat cultivation. Could SCI curb hunger in low-resource communities?]
- Gujarat Regional Office (NABARD). 2013. System of Rice Intensification - NABARD initiative in tribal districts of Gujarat. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Bank (NABARD) website, Initatives section. (viewed August 24). NABARD, Gujarat Regional Office has extended grant support of ` 47.472 Lakh to Aga Khan Rural Support Programme - India (AKRSP(I), for propogating and promoting SRI approach in three tribal dominated districts of South Gujarat.]
- Behera, Debaraj, Arvind K. Chaudhary, Vinay K. Vutukuru, Abhishek Gupta, Sitaramachandra Machiraju, and Parmesh Shah. 2013. Enhancing agricultural livelihoods through community institutions in Bihar, India. South Asia rural livelihoods. Series 3, note no. 1. Washington D.C.: The Worldbank.
- Devi, Rajkumari Sunita. 2013. SRI cultivation in Manipur. System of Rice Intensification website. (7p., 928KB pdf)
- Eaton, Sam. 2013. Intensive lunch: Hope in a controversial rice growing technique. What's for Lunch blog. PRI's The World website. July 25.
- 2013. India's Bihar State plans large scale SRI popularization campaign to boost rice production. Oryza website. April 24.
- Thiyagarajan, T.M., and Biksham Gujja. 2013. Transforming rice production with SRI: Knowledge and practice. Hyderabad: National Consortium on SRI (NCS), India. (204 p.)
- Nirmala. 2013.
Profitability of System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Rice Knowledge Management Portal. April 18.
- Kumar, Pankaj. 2013. Striking green gold in Nalanda. Governance Now website. April 17.
- Grover, Sami. 2013. How small-scale farmers are growing more rice with less water and fewer chemicals. Mother Nature Network website. April 15.
- Kumar, Raksha. 2013. For farmers in Bihar, a simple solution for more crops. India Ink (New York Time - India) blog. April 9. [Article about System of Crop Intensification in Bihar, India.)
- Kumar, Supriya. 2013. The looming threat of water scarcity. Vital Signs (WorldWatch Institute) website. March 19.
- Bornstein, David. 2013. Where YouTube meets the farm. Opionionator blog (Online commentary from the New York Times) [Article about Digital Green's video projects in India]
- Debaraj Behera, A. K. Chaudhary,V. K. Vutukuru, A. Gupta,
S. Machiraju and P. Shah. Enhancing agricultural livelihoods
through community institutions in
Bihar, India. South Asia Livelihood Learning Note Series 3 Note 1. World Bank website. (24p., 1.68MB pdf)
- 2013. SRI: A scaling up success. LEISA India 15(1). [The March issue of LEISA India is about SRI. Articles specifically about India are listed below.]
- Sinha, B., and T. Dash. Learning from the up-scaling efforts (p.5-9)
- Verma, A. K. SRI Kranti: The rice revolution (p.10-12)
- Chandra, A. Showing the dawn (p. 13-15)
- Prasad, C.S., and B. C. Barah. Upscaling SRI - Unpacking innovation, investments and institutions (p.16-19)
- Gujja, B., Natarajan, U.S. Sustainable sugarcane initiative: Improving yields and reducing ecological footprint (p. 23-24)
- Subhashini, S., K. Perumal, K. Vijayalakshmi K., and A.V. Balasubramanian. Horses for courses: Understanding SRI adoption (p. 25-26)
- Chopra, R., and D. Sen. Golden wheat becomes more golden: Extending SRI to wheat (p. 30-32)
- The Narayana Reddy Column: Adopt SRI, save resources (p. 33)
- Radha, T. M. Lessons in scaling up (p. 38-40)
- Perumal, K., S. Subhashini , K. Vijayalakshmi, A.V. Balasubramanian. 2013. Beyond higher yields: Enhancing agrobiodiversity through SRI. Farming Matters 29(1): 24-25. March.
- Verma, Anil Kumar. SRI in Bihar: From one to 350,000. Farming Matters 29(1): 42-44. March.
- Tom Pietrasik. 2013. Indian farmer doubles rice yield. Tom Pietrasik blog. March 5. [Video and photos about farmer in Chhattishgarh who increased yields with SRI]
- Banerjee, Soumik.
2013. Study of performance of indigenous paddy varieties
under SRI and conventional practices. India Water Portal. (35p., 1.37 MB pdf) [Study commissioned by National SRI Consortium]
- Palanisami, K., K. R. Karunakaran, Upali Amarasinghe, C. R. Ranganathan. 2013. Doing different things or doing it differently?
Rice intensification practices in 13 states of India. Economic & Political Weekly 48(8): 51-58. [accessed 2/16/13] [A macro-level study covering 13 major rice-growing shows that fields grown with SRI have a higher yield average, higher gross margins, and lower production costs than non-SRI fields, although only 20% adopted all the SRI components.]
- Sengupta, Uttam. 2013. The whole truth on a grain of rice. OutlookIndia.com. March 11. [More on the controversial Bihar rice record.]
- 2013. Bumper crops in India, no GE required. Ground Truth blog. March 7. [More on the controversial Bihar rice record.]
- Diwakar, M. C., Arvind Kumar, Anil Verma, and Norman Uphoff. 2013. A response to doubts raised by Prof. Yuan on Indian farmer's record paddy yield through SRI method in Bihar. India Water Portal. March 4. [See also comments section for additional points. More on the controversial Bihar rice record.]
- Kumar, Pankaj. 2013. Farming goes organic in Nalanda, to grow big-time. Governance Now website. February 28.
- 2013. India: Raccolto record di riso da agricoltura contadina e SRI. Ecoblog. February 18. (Italian).]
- Fantastic farming: India's miracle rice. [Commentary on SRI/SCI methods following recent news about Bihar SRI yields.]
February 18, 2013, AsianCorrespondent.com. (Re: Bihar)
- 2013. SRI, of hoe Indiase boeren recordoogsten boeken. DeMorgen/DM website. February 18. [Article in Dutch about the record-breaking rice yield with SRI in Bihar, India]
- India's rice revolution [Relates how organic SRI farmer in Bihar broke world record for rice yield]
February 16, 2013, The Guardian / Observer (Great Britain, re: (Re: Bihar)
- Not crop diversification, Punjab needs to diversify from existing intensive farming system.
Ground Reality blog, January 19.
- Shrivastava, Arun. 2013. Spurious debate on agricultural productivity. salem-news.com. January 22.
2012
- Mukherjee, Kuntal. 2012. Toolkit: Promotion of SRI-Millet with small and marginal farmers in Chhattisgarh: A practitioner's manual. NewsReach 12(11): 28-35. [PRADAN's livelihood and development bimonthly magazine]
- Barah, B. C. 2012. Report: Why do farmers adopt or dis-adopt? SRI - A short report from the field. NewsReach 12(11): 14-27. [PRADAN's livelihood and development bimonthly magazine.]
- 2012. Symposium on System of Rice Intensification held. Kangla Online. June 12.
- 2012. System of Rice Intensification (SRI )- Bihar's Srividhi campaign. Bihar Spider blog. May 2.
- Adve, Nagraj. 2012. The per capita myopia. Tehelka 9(13), March 31. [Review of Praful Bidai's new book on the politics of climate change - SRI is mentioned along with non-agricultural solutions such as renewable energy, etc. para. 4]
- Baskaran, P. 2012. STI -- Sustainable Turmeric Initiative: An innovative method for cultivation of turmeric (Curcuma longa). System of Rice Intensification website. (8p., 220 KB pdf) [General information and instruction for STI, an adaptation of SRI methods for turmeric developed in Thumbal, Tamil Nadu.]
- Biswas, Anibrata. 2012. SRI-India bimonthly update - March-April. SDTT-SRI website. May.
- Chetty, Sowmya, and Venkata Ramana. 2012. Integrated nutrient management in SRI. Lambert Academic Publishing. (172 p., pdf) [The book includes a review of SRI, including performance of cultivars in relation to methods of planting (SRI and conventional transplanting) and the effect of FYM when used alone or in integrated manner on growth, yield and nutrient uptake of rice is presented.]
- Erulan, Sathiyavani, Velayudham Kumaran and Thavaprakaash Nallasamy. 2012. System of Crop Intensification in greengram: An innovative approach. Lambert Academic Publishing (92 p.) [SRI practices extrapolated to greengram, called System of Crop Intensification (SCI), a term used when applied to other other crops than rice.]
- Fisher, Lucy. 2012. Research Articles on SRI in India.... And Elsewhere. News and Views - System of Rice Intensification (SRI) blog. August 30.
- Gujja, Biksham et al. 2012. Farmers from the field - SSI - More with less. AgSRI website. March. (60p., pdf) [Published AgSRI with assistance from NRMC (NABARD), this Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative publication was compiled with inputs/experiences of thousands of SSI farmers from different states of India]
- Gujja, Biksham, Vinod Goud, U. S. Natarajan, T. V. V. V. Rao, Suhasini Ramayanam and Sraban Dalai. 2012. Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative. AgSRI website. (7p., pdf) [Manual for Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) methods compiled by the AgSRI Group. For the complete 48 p. manual contact AgSRI]
- Haridas, V. R. 2012. Rice - The golden grain. Caritas India website. January 23. ( 51p., 11.7 MB pdf) [Instructional booklet about organic SRI for farmers - published by the NGO Caritas in India.]
- IANS. 2012. Bihar farmer sets organic wheat production record. Newstrack India. April 12. [Farmer uses SRI methods to get 135.75 quintals/ha]
- Loganandhan, N., B. Gujja, V. V. Goud, and U. S. Natarajan. 2012. Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI): a methodology of "more with less." Sugar Tech (pp.1-5, early print). doi:10.1007/s12355-012-0180-y
- Mencher, Joan P. 2012. Food security and SRI (System of Rice Intensification) methods of cultivation. Bangalore Film Society blog, February 13.
- Mukherjee, Kuntal. 2012. SDTT-CSO collaboration in Chhattisgarh for SRI promotion among small & marginal farmers. System of Rice Intensification website. February 7. [Report by Kuntal Mukherjee for the PRADAN Team in Chhattisgarh, India]
- Parivartan. 2012. Pilot project on System of Rice Intensification under farmers technology transfer fund. Parivartan. August.
- PRADAN. 2012. Cultivating Rapeseed/Mustard with SRI Principles: A Manual. System of Rice Intensification website. (24p., 696KB pdf) [This manual is based on experiences by PRADAN and Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) that began with farmers in Gaya district, Bihar.]
- PRADAN. 2012. Cultivating wheat with SRI principles: A manual. System of Rice Intensification website. (20p., 4.76MB pdf) [This manual resulted from the Bihar Rural Livelihood Promotion Society (BRLPS), the Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), and the NGO PRADAN, Nalanda branch who worked together on SWI in the Gaya and Nelanda districts of Bihar.] A 2011 Hindi version is also available as a PowerPoint.
- PRADAN. 2012. Cultivating finger millet with SRI principles: A training manual. System of Rice Intensification website. (20p., 2.16MB pdf) [Based on the experiences of farmers affiliated with the PRADAN rural development program in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand States and with the SRI Consortium, Chhattisgarh, India. Print copies produced by Sir Dorbji Tata Trust and PRADAN]
- Prasad, C. Shambu, T.M. Thiyagarajan, O.P. Rupela, Amod Thakur, and G. V. Ramanjaneyulu. 2012. Contesting agronomy through creative dissent: Experiences from India. In Contested agronomy agricultural research in a changing World, ed. James Sumberg and John Thompson, 175-185. Routledge and Earthscan series on sustainability, London.
- Prashant. 2012. Small but steady steps for a green revolution in Bihar. Bihar's - Change in Destiny and Progress blog. January 28.
- Reddy, P. Bala Hussain, S.Sreenivasulu and C.Manohar. 2012. A report on direct-seeding technology with SRI concepts in rice using drumseeder in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India. System of Rice Intensification website. (6p., 350KB pdf) [Report of direct-seeding innovation by the RASS-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tirupati, Chittoor dt, A.P, India]
- Singh, Pragya. 2012. Rice transplanter for small farms. Young Designers.
- Suryawanshi, P. K., J. B. Patel, and S. M. Deore. 2012. System of Wheat Intensification (SWI): New trend of wheat cultivation. Lambert Academic Publishing.
- Thakkur, Himanshu. 2012. Water sector options for India in a changing climate. South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers & People (SANDRP) website. (106p., 1.4MB pdf)
- Thiyagarajan, T. M., and Biksham Gujja. 2012. SRI - Transforming rice production with SRI (System of Rice Intensification) knowledge and practice. AgSRI website. (216p., 10.26MB pdf) [Publication by the National Consortium of SRI (NCS) and AgSRI]
- TNAU. 2012. System of Rice Intensification. Advance agricultural practice. TNAU. June 2.
2011
- 2011. Champion farmers. STITCHES blog.
- 2011. The sustainable sugarcane initiative in Orissa - NIRMAN. System of Rice Intensification website. (6p., pdf) [Report on sugarcane cultivation with SRI methods in Nayagarh district of Orissa]
- Ananthoo. 2011. Ragi in the SRI way!. Ananthoo's updates blog, July 19.
- Ashok, M. V. et al. 2011. Report on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) 2010-2011. NABARD, Regional Jharkhand Office. System of Rice Intensification website. (40p., 1.7MB pdf) [Annual SRI report from the National Bank for Rural Development (NABARD)'s Jharkhand regional office in Ranchi.]
- Barah, B. C., and D. Narendrnath. 2011. Status of SRI in India: Up-scaling strategy and global experience-sharing. SRI-India website. (11p., pdf) [Proceedings of the round-table discussion organized by the National Consortium on SRI, March 3, 2011 at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi].
- Bollier, David. 2011. Academic commoners converge on Hyderabad. news and perspectives on the commons blog. January 13.
- Dash, Tushar Kanta, and Ashutosh Pal. 2011. Growing crops with SRI principles. SDTT-SRI website. (42p., 26MB pdf) [The booklet, published by the Livolink Foundation's SRI secretariat in Bubaneshwar, Orissa, contains information on applying SRI principles to wheat, finger millet, mustard and several vegetables.]
- Dixit, Suraj. 2011. My experiment with SRI. My Experiments with Nature blog. January 16.
- Inda, Malathi S. 2011. Experiment with SRI. Random rumblings blog. January 30.
- Kumar, Shailesh. 2011. BASIX’s experience on SRI in India: Farmer-financed extension. System of Rice Intensification website. (5p., pdf)
- Kumar, Supriya. 2011. Using traditional strategies to address water problems. Worldwatch blog. March 13.
- Mahajan, Vijay. 2011. Day 19 Sunderbans, Dt South 24 Parganas, West Bengal. Vijaymahajan blog. March 5.
- PRADAN. 2011. SRI paddy development in Chhattisgarh, 2009-10. System of Rice Intensification website (5p., 846KB pdf).
- Reddy, Anitha. 2011. Reviving the lost legacy of rice biodiversity: The story of Ghani Khan. EcoWalktheTalk blog. October 13.
- Sharma, Devinder. 2011. How to save Punjab agriculture. Countercurrents blog. October 5.
2010
- Thiyagarajan, T. M. 2010. My destiny, my profession. System of Rice Intensification website. October. (86KB, 8p. pdf) [Story of T.M. Thiyagarajan and how he came to be a champion of SRI]
- 2010. The System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Ramblings of a flustered Development banker blog. February 13.
- Alexander, Rajan. 2010. Increasing temperatures will take a toll on rice production in Asia. Rajan's Take: Climate Change Blog. August 13.
- Brunette, Rick. 2010. Waiting on the rainy season. ECHO Asia blog. December 31.
- Chandrasekhar, Nemani. 2010. Rainfed areas and rice farming crucial agricultural water issues. India Water Portal blog, December 25, 2010.
- Correspondent. 2010. Orissa NGO NIRMAN releases training manual on Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI). OdishaDiary. April 13.
- Digambara. 2010. SRI method: Farmers reap dividends. Kalahandia blog. February 3.
- Down to earth. 2010. Rice intensification for increasing productivity. Down To Earth. December 31.
- Jishnu, Latha, Aparna Pallavi, and Sayantan Bera. 2010. Saving rice. Down To Earth. December 31.
- Kumar, Sanjay. 2010. Adopting modern technologies for efficient management of water resources. India Current Affairs. February 13.
- Pragati, Koraput. 2010. SRI. Pragati, Koraput. March 4.
- Prasad, C. Shambu. 2010. Learning alliances for poverty reduction. Capacity.org. October 29.
- Prasad, C. Shambu, Sen, Debashish. 2010. The new commons in agriculture: lessons from the margins and SRI in India. CIRAD (Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement). September 27.
- Rani, Bhama D. 2010. Tamil Nadu farmers to benefit from Norway project. The Times Of India. February 16.
- Sahai, Suman. 2010. Agriculture and the challenge of climate change. Suman Sahai blog. May 14.
- SEDS. 2010. Sustainable Agriculture: Lead farmers training. Social Education and Development Society blog. April 19.
- Sima products. 2010. Sima products partners with Digital Green. Sima Products blog. February 3.
- Udem, Michelle. 2010. An organic revolution blooms. The Jakarta Globe. August 2.
- Vanashree. 2010. Latest News. Vanashree website. April 17.
- World Vision India.2010. Innovative farmer receives best farmer's award at the State symposium. World Vision India. April.
- www.orissadiary.com. 2010. Orissa NGO NIRMAN releases training manual on Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI). OdishaDiary. April 13.
2009
- 2009. SRI cultivation a boon for farmers. Kalahandia blog. June 2.
- Bera, Sayantan. 2009. A magic wand for hungry stomachs. Tehelka Magazine, May 9.
- Digambara.2009. Farmers urged to double rice production by SRI method. Kalahandia blog. November 18.
- Gujja, B., and T.M. Thiyagarajan. 2009. New hope for Indian food security?: the System of Rice Intensification. London, International Institute for Environment and Development. (24p., pdf.)
- Jena, Saroj Kumar. 2009. System of rice intensification (SRI) - Status in Chhattishgarh. Nabard website. (12 p., 7.93 MB pdf)
- Prabu, M. J. 2009. Crops under System of Rice Intensification withstand drought conditions. Business Line Club podcast audio.
- Prasad, C. Shambu. 2009. Can the big learn from the small? Insights on policy dialogue and innovation capacity in SRI in India. Prolinnova website. (8p. pdf.)
- Prasad, C. Shambu. 2009. Encounters, dialogues and learning alliances: The System of Rice Intensification in India. In: I. Scoones and J. Thompson, eds., Farmers First revisited: Innovation for agricultural research and development, Earthscan, London, pp 82-87.
- Prasad, C. Shambu. 2009. Knowledge and democracy: fables from SRI. india-seminar website.
- PRASARI. 2009. System of Rice Intensification (SRI) 2009 status report - West Bengal. System of Rice Intensification website. November. (28 p., pdf) [Banglar-SRI (SRI-promoters' platform in West Bengal, India)]
- Reddy, P. Bala Hussain, S.Sreenivasulu and C.Manohar. 2009. Direct seeding with drum seeder - Future prospects. RASS - Acharya Ranga Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. (11p., 1.49 MB pdf)
- Udem, Michelle. 2009. An Organic revolution blooms. The Jakarta Globe. August 2.
2008
- Gujja, Biksham, N. Loganandhan, and V. Goud. 2008. System of Rice Intensification experiences of farmers in India. System of rice Intensification website. November.(116 p., 1.92 MB pdf) [ICRISAT - WWF Project International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Andhra Pradesh, India]
- Ghosh, Gopi N., N.P.Y. Raman, and T.N. Anuradha. 2008. Consolidated reply to a query on systemic rice intensification (SRI) experiences. May 19. (21p., pdf) [The Food and Nutrition Security Community (FNS) of Solution Exchange: a discussion community in India facilitated by FAO and Nutrition Foundation of India (NFI)]
- Prasad, C. Shambu . 2008. Jai Sri: Celebrating civil society involvement in SRI in India. Indiawaterportal website. (17p., pdf)
- Prasad, C. Shambu, Mohapatra, Debasis, and Mishra, Piyush. 2008. Strengthening the learning alliance: Scaling up options for SRI in Orissa. WWF International - ICRISAT Dialogue Project. indiawater portal website (68p. pdf)
- 2008. Rubber, GM debate and rice intensification. Mera Khet blog. December 16.
- Swarup, Gadde. 2008. I missed this. Gaddeswarup's blog blog. June 19.
- Swarup, Gadde. 2008. System of Rice Intensification. Gaddeswarup's blog blog. August 5.
- Thapliyal, Jyotirmay.2008. Workshop: Promotion of system rice Intensification Paddy cultivation for achieving food security. SRI Learning Alliance Workshop blog December 17.
- 2008. What is SRI ? System of rice intensification?. Entertaining Research blog. June 17.
2006-2007
- 2007. Discussions on System of rice intensification in the Indian Parliament. System of rice intensification website. (18p., pdf) [Unpublished document listing items referring to SRI on the Indian parliament website (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha)]
- Prasad, C. Shambu. 2007. Encounters, dialogues and learning alliances among farmers, scientists and others with the System of Rice Intensification in India. future-agricultures website. (11p., pdf)
- Prasad, C. Shambu, Beumer, Koen, and Mohanty, Debasis. 2007. Towards a learning alliance SRI in Orissa. WWF International - ICRISAT Dialogue Project. indiawater portal website (90p., pdf)
- Radha. 2008. AMEF-BEST SRI programme in Tamil Nadu, 2007-2008. System of rice intensification website. (7p., pdf) [Report from Agriculture-Man-Ecology Foundation, Bangalore]
- Singh, Amrik. 2008. Performance of System of Rice Intensification and conventional rice cultivation methods under Punjab conditions. System of rice intensification website. (7p., pdf) [Report by the Agriculture Development Officer, Department of Agriculture, Punjab]
- Singh, V.P., Uday Shankar and Pradip Bora. 2007. Feasibility study to support System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Sir Dorbji Tata Trust website. December. (30p., pdf) [Study conducted for Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, Mumbai]
- Uphoff, Norman. 2006. Report on SRI status in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. System of Rice Intensification website. October 5-8 and 14-17, (35p., pdf)
- 2006. Water and Livelihoods: SRI in Large Irrigation Projects in Andhra Pradesh. System of Rice Intensification website. (15p., pdf) [JalaSpandana - South India Farmers Organisation for Water Management]
2004-2005
- Prasad, C. Shambu, Basu, Prajit K., Hall, Andrew. 2005. Assessing SRI as a process: Evidence from India. Researchgate website. (8p., pdf)
- 2005. SRI - System of Rice Intensification / Kerala report (KVK). System of Rice Intensification website. March 25.
- 2005. SRI paddy to address water problems: Report of JalaSpandana, Andhra Pradesh, India. System of Rice Intensification website. (4p., pdf) [JalaSpandana - South India Farmers Organisation for Water Management]
- Satyanarayana, A. 2004. Review of results and progress the System of Rice Intensification during 2003, System of Rice Intensification website. (2p., pdf)
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(Note: 2013 articles are listed in the order acquired)
- Policy consultation on System of Rice Intensification. 13(2): 2-13.
- Banerjee, Soumik. Indigenous paddy varieties under SRI and conventional practices: A performance study. 13(2): 14-30
- Kumar, Amit, and Amit Saha. Engagement of the state in the promotion of SRI: Understanding the process.13(2): 31-49
- Chopra, Ravi. All you'd like to know about SRI in India and more. 13(2): 50-52 [url accessed October 1]
- Sinha, B., and T. Dash. Learning from the up-scaling efforts (p.5-9)
- Verma, A. K. SRI Kranti: The rice revolution (p.10-12)
- Chandra, A. Showing the dawn (p. 13-15)
- Prasad, C.S., and B. C. Barah. Upscaling SRI - Unpacking innovation, investments and institutions (p.16-19)
- Gujja, B., Natarajan, U.S. Sustainable sugarcane initiative: Improving yields and reducing ecological footprint (p. 23-24)
- Subhashini, S., K. Perumal, K. Vijayalakshmi K., and A.V. Balasubramanian. Horses for courses: Understanding SRI adoption (p. 25-26)
- Chopra, R., and D. Sen. Golden wheat becomes more golden: Extending SRI to wheat (p. 30-32)
- The Narayana Reddy Column: Adopt SRI, save resources (p. 33)
- Radha, T. M. Lessons in scaling up (p. 38-40)
February 18, 2013, AsianCorrespondent.com. (Re: Bihar)
February 16, 2013, The Guardian / Observer (Great Britain, re: (Re: Bihar)
Ground Reality blog, January 19.
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