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In the Press

December 2011

• Kailash Rana Manger from Sikkim recognized as "rice innovator"
  Dec. 28, Sikkim Times (Sikkim, India)
• SRI paddy cultivation finds many takers in Ernakulam
  Dec. 27, The Hindu (Kerala, India)
• TNAU welcomes award for best use of SRI technology
  Dec. 26, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Aditi Phadnis: From Bimaru to booming?
  Dec. 24, Business Standard (Bihar, India) [SRI mention in 5th paragraph relates to Nov. 28 article in The Pioneer]
• Government announces award for rice yield
  Dec. 22, IBN Live (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Indian farmer sets new world record in rice yield
  Dec. 18, The Philippine Star (Manila, Philippines).
• New rice cultivation system boon for farmers
  Dec. 7, Times of India (Bihar, India)
• Increasing rice productivity
  Dec. 6, The Hindu (Karnataka, India)
• A girl abandoned by parents in a 'home' grows up to become an MLA in Bihar
  Dec. 6, The Weekend Leader (Bihar, India)
• Bumper paddy brings cheers to farmers
  Dec. 4, Times of India (Jharkhand, India)
• Land to be provided for PHC in Thottiyam
  Dec. 1, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)

November 2011

• SRI project
  November 30, 2011, Times of India (Bihar, India)
• Organic rice cultivation transforming lives of Damoh farmers
  November 28, 2011, The Hindu (India)
• Bihar farmer beats world in paddy cultivation
  November 27, 2011, The Pioneer (Bihar, India)
• District to popularise SRI
  November 25, 2011, Moneycontrol.com (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Rice conference draws international participants
  November 18, 2011, ChronicleOnline (New York, USA)
• SRI method yields rich dividends
  November 15, 2011, Deccan Herald (Karnataka, India)
• Seed replacement rate for paddy rise farmhands decrease
  November 14, 2011, Business Line (Mumbai, India)
• Farmers briefed on rice intensification
  November 13, 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Manipur rice at par with Japanese in taste
  November 13, 2011, The Assam Tribune (Manipur, India) [SRI reference in 7th paragraph]
  [A similar article was published in Nov. 11 in E-PAO]
• New farm tech doubles Mizoram rice produce
  November 12, 2011, The Shillong Times (Mizoram, India)
  [article also in Echo of Arunachal and AllVoices]
• SRI training raises hope for bumper harvest
  November 11, 2011. The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Uphoff receives international society award
  November 7, 2011, ChronicleOnline (New York, USA)
• What will post-Newmont life in West Sumbawa look like?
  November 7, 2011, The Jakarta Post (Indonesia) [Note: SRI reference is in the 13th paragraph]
• Theni farmers reaping benefits of SRI technique
  November 5, 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• 56,000 hectares under samba paddy in Pudukottai this year
  November 5, 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Scientists note novel rice-growing method.
  November 3, 2011. Mb.Ph.com website. [Note: The third paragraph has an error that says SRI itself was actually developed for hybrids and even GM strains.]
• Rice farmers ask Government to adopt SRI
  November 1, 2011, Ghana News Agency (Ghana)
  [Similar Nov. 2 article also carried in the Ghana Busines News.]

October

• Rice farmers ask Government to adopt farming system
  October 31, 2011, Ghana News Agency (Ghana)
• SRI Helps Vietnam's Small-scale Farmers Increase Production
  October 20, 2011, Vietnam Business Forum (Vietnam)
• Over 1 million Vietnamese farmers benefits from SRI
  October 18, 201, People's Army Newspaper Online (Thai Nguyen, Vietnam)
• Memuaskan, Hasil Program System of Rice Intensification
  October 15, 2011, Tunas Bangsa (Indonesia)
• Farmers take to SRI in dry regions
  October 15, 2011, Deccan Herald (Karnataka, India)
• SRI-grown rice resists typhoon
  October 8, 2011, mb.com.ph (Manila, Philippines)
• Sunria: Erster organisch angebauter Fair-Trade-Reis aus Indonesien
  October 4, 2011, Kostenlose Pressemitteilungen (Germany)
• Church encourages natural farming
  October 3, 2011, UCA News (Chhattisgarh, India)
• Training on SRI - October 2, 2011
  The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)

September

• High paddy yield for Sri system
  September 24, 2011, Asian Mirror (Sri Lanka)
• Farmers adopt new method to grow more rice with less water
  September 21, 2001, Business Daily (Kenya)
• India develops less water consuming crop varieties
  September 16, 2011, Development Channel (New Delhi, India)
• TN farm varsity introduces flood-resistant rice
  September 15, 2011, BusinessLine (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Lightweight machine weeds out paddy farmers' woes
  September 15, 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Does good rice add to a good life?
  September 13, 2011, Portland Monthly (Portland, Oregon)
• Innovative Andhra Pradesh farmers grow rice under adverse conditions
  September 9, 2011, Syed Akbar Journalist (Andhra Pradesh, India)
• Primer on rice growing method
  September 7, 2011, MB.com.ph (Manila, Philippines)

August

• Tamil Nadu Agri output to rise 31%
  August 17, 2011, Business Standard (Tamil Nadu, India) [see similar articles on August 5]
• Climate changed considered as flooding hits Cambodia
  August 15, Eco-Business (Phnom Phen, Cambodia) [reference to SRI in 21st paragraph]
• Petani asal Aceh Jaya ke istana
  August 14, 2011, Serambi Indonesia (Banda Aceh, Indonesia)
• Farm mechanisation for 10 lakh acres in three years: Government
  August 13, 2011, The Hindu (Andhra Pradesh, India)
• Cash rewards for farmers
  August 7, 2011, Times of India (Jharkhand, India)
• Spinning a push for Bt cotton
  August 5, 2011, IBN Live (Tamil Nadu, India) (related article: State to “spare no efforts†in transforming agriculture, The Hindu)
• Kuruvai paddy coverage touches all time high in district in last 10 years
  August 4, 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• TN going all out to help farmers
  August 4, 2011, News Today (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Depletion in ground water
  August 4, 2011, Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India] (9th point recognizes SRI as a methodology for addressing ground water depletion)
• Areas under paddy, sunflower, chillies hit in AP
  August 1, 2011, Business Line (Andhra Pracesh, India)

July

• Power-operated konoweeders sought
  July 31 , 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• KVK training on low cost water harvesting
  July 26, 2011, The Morung Express ( Assam, India)
• Demonstration on use of bio-fertilizers conducted
  July 21, 2011, The Morung Express (Nagaland, India)
• Government ignores high rice production method
  July 13, 2011, The Himalayan (Nepal)
• Tamil Nadu plan outlay raised to Rs.23,535 crore
  July 6, 2011, NewKerala.com (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Winnowing machines to expedite post-harvest work
  July 2, 2011, IBN live (Tamil Nadu, India)

June

• Popularising SRI
  June 29, 2011, India Together (Bihar, India)
• Nepal's hunger solution
  June 24-30, 2011, Nepali Times (Nepal)
• Nepal can feed itself
  June 24-30, 2011, Nepali Times (Nepal)
• Small scale farmers can help in climate adaptation
  June 21, 2011, XinhuaNet (Manila, Philippines)
• Usuarios de riego aprovechan videoconferencia sobre la intensificación del cultivo de arroz
  June 20, 2011, Dominicanosen Noticias.com (Dominican Republic)
• Farmers cry for quality seed
  June 19, 2011, The Times of India (Jharkhand, India)
• Foodgrains target set at 115 lakh tonnes for this year
  June 19, 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Seminar on paddy cultivation
  June 18, 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Farmers register high paddy yield
  June 16, 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Jayalalithaa seeks central aid to reduce debt... [SRI reference in 10th paragraph] June 16, 2011, Business Standard (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Intensive rice cultivation seen solution to labour shortage
  June 15, 2011, The Hindu (Andrha Pradesh, India)
• Dhanbad farmers lead rice revolution - New paddy cultivation method will double productivity, say scientists
  June 10, 2011, The Telegraph (Jharkhand, India)
• Jim Carrey Spearheading Pioneering Rice Growing
  June 7, 2011, ContactMusic.com (USA)
• Towards the eradication of global hunger and undernutrition: Enhancing local understanding with the power of world class knowledge
  June 3, 201, Maxim News Network (United Nations)

May 2011

• Plan to bring 80% of kuruvai area under SRI
  June 6, 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Filière riz: Bientôt la mise à jour de la stratégie nationale
  May 30, 2011, La Gazette (Madagascar)
• Filière riz: Un livret SRI pour les paysans des pays AC
  May 26, 2011, La Gazette (Madagascar)
• SRI tingkat hasil pertani
  May 26, 2011, Sinar (edisi Selangor) (Selangor, Malaysia)
• Luang Prabang farmers lead way in rice intensification
  May 24, 2011, Vientiane Times (Laos) [Reposted in Lao Voices]
• Plan to bring additional 1,000 hectares under kuruvai
  May 24, 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Scientific push to Nitish’s agro dream - Farmers to yield more with new method of rice cultivation
  May 23, 2011, The Telegraph (Bihar, India)
• Awards haul for reel duo
  May 20, 2011, The Telegraph (Jharkhand, India)
• Grant for SRI Promotion
  May 20, 2011, The Hindu (Andhra Pradesh, India) [see related Sify.com article]
• Winning docus adopt rural social causes
  May 20, 2011, Times of India (Jharkhand, India
• SRI method
  May 14, 2011, E-PAO [source: Sangai Express] (Manipur, India)
• Sayaboury: dry season rice production increased
  May 12, 2011, Lao Voices (Laos)
• Bumper paddy production in Kokila village
  May 4, 2011, The Assam Tribune (Assam, India)
• A rich harvest for Nallur's farmers
  May 3, 2011, Deccan Herald (Karnataka, India)
• Modern rice farm system pushed
  May 1, 2011. PhilStar.com (Manila, Philippines) [source: The Philippine Star].

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April 2011

• NABARD for Integrated Dev
  April 30, 2011, Morung Express (Nagaland, India)
• Symposium on SRI method
  April 30, 2011, E-PAO. (Manipur, India) [source: Hueiyen News Service]
• Area sown under cotton, paddy fall short of target in Tirupur
  April 28, 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• SRI symposium
  April 26, 2011, E-PAO (Manipur, India) [source: Sangai Express]
• ‘Madagascar’ method retains the ‘organic’ prove Bilaspur farmers
  April 20, 2011, Thaindian News (Bangkok-based article about Chhatisgharh, India)
• Nabard raises credit support
  April 11, The Telegraph (Assam, India)
• SRI helps enhance rice productivity
  April 11, 2011, Financial Express (New Delhi, India)
• Cash rewards for farmers
  April 9, 2011, E-PAO, (Manipur, India) [Source: The Sangai Express]
• NABARD to enhance credit support to Assam
  April 7, 2011, The Sentinal (Assam, India)
• Surinder Sud: A new lease of rice
  April 5, 2011, Business Standard (Kerala, India)
• Jim Carrey and partners visiting a demonstration plot of the IRS in Montrouis
  April 1, 2011, Ayitinou (Haiti)

March 2011

• L'acteur américain Jim Carrey supporte le riz local Le SRI : une pratique pour augmenter la production rizicole
  March 31, 2011, Le Nouvelliste (Haiti)
• SRI samman for 35 farmers
  March 30, 2011, The Hindu (Orissa, India) [photos included in simlilar Koraput Online article]
• Targetkan kembangkan padi SRI 1,5 juta hektar
  March 28, 2011, EkonomiBisnis (Indonesia)
• Adaptation to climate change critical for food security
  March 28, 2011, Financial Express (India)
• Kemtan targetkan padi SRI 1,5 juta hektare
  March 27, Antara News - Jawa Timur (Indonesia)
• Adaptation to climate change critical for food security
  March 27, 2011, The Financial Express (India)
• Pakai SRI, Bupati Karawang Panen
  March 26, 2011, PosKota
• Aalo hosts farmer-scientists’ meet
  March 26, 2011, Echo of Arunachal (Arunachal Pradesh, India)
• Farmers go on exposure trip
  March 25, 2011, E-PAO (Manipur, India) [source: Sangai Express]
• Adopt SRI method of paddy cultivation, farmers told
  March 24, 2011, The Hindu (Andhra Pradesh, India)
• Rezeki Besar Petani dari Padi Organik
  March 18, 2011, Kompas (South Sumatera, Indonesia)
• Mentan panen perdana padi SRI organik di Muara Enim
  March 18, 2011, Berita Pertanian Online (Indonesia)
• Rice farmers eye larger export crop
  March 16, 2011, Lao Voices (Vientiane, Laos)
• Production de riz à Ségou : L’IICEM introduit de nouveaux matériaux de production
  March 14, 2011, MaliWeb [Source: Yeko]
• Mentan RI Panen Panen Raya di Tanjungagung
  March 12, 2011, Sriwijaya Post (Sumatera Selatan, Indonesia)
• Rice intensification system will enhance livelihood of marginal farmers
  March 12, 2011, The Pioneer (Orissa, India)
• Another Green Revolution
  March 10, 2011, Express Buzz (India)
• State-level symposium on SRI organised in Bhubaneswar
  March 9, 2011, Merrinews (India)
• Plan mulls rice intensification method
  March 7, 2011, The Hindu Business Line (Tamil Nadu, India)
• New tech could boost rice output by 5 million tonne
  March 7, 2011, The Financial Express (India)
• TN agri plan could be adopted in other states: Kasturirangan
  March 6, 2011, The Times of India (Tamil Nadu, India)
• 'TN agri schemes could help meet growth target'
  March 5, 2011, The Hindu Business Line (Tamil Nadu, India)
• TNAU proposal for free cellphones to benefit farmers
  March 2, 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)

February 2011

• TNAU proposal for free cellphones to benefit farmers
  March 2, 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Adopt modern cultivation technologies to get maximum profit, farmers told
  Feb. 24, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) [note: SRI is called "Rajarajaran 1000" in Tamil Nadu] (see also News Flash Today article)
• Agriculture sector key to Bihar's progress
  Feb. 17, 2011, India Today (Bihar, India)
• Reduction in paddy coverage area in Tirupur causing concern
  Feb. 14, 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Rajarajan 1000 technique doubles paddy yield
  Feb. 6, 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Rajarajan 1000 method great success in TN: Madurai Collector
  Feb. 6, 2011, oneindia news (Tamil Nadu, India)
• APC visit NABARD’s funded projects
  Feb. 3, 2011, Morung Express (Nagaland, India)
• Farmers seeks sops for SRI cultivation
  Feb. 2, 2011, Express Buzz (Orissa, India)

January 2011

• Dalit MLA is Bihar CM's 'rice' choice
  Jan. 31, 2011, India Today (Bihar, India)
• La riziculture intensive bio : pour l'autosuffisance alimentaire de Madagascar et de notre région
  Jan. 20, 2011, Témoignages (Réunion)
• ‘Rajarajan 1000' well suited for late samba crops
  Jan. 20, 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) [SRI is called 'Rajarajaran 1000' in Tamil Nadu]
• Riziculture : Le SRI augmente le rendement
  Jan. 15, 2011, Midi Madagaskikara (Madagascar)
• Inside Indo's organic rice
  Jan. 2011, Time Out (Indonesia)
• WB-funded irrigation project emphasises on effective use of water for farming
  Jan. 13, 2011, The Times of India (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Rs. 1,731.53 crore PLC planned for Thanjavur
  Jan. 5, 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
  

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Blog Posts and Website Articles (2011)

• Kecekapan pengeluaran padi SRI sawah sempadan
  December 3, 2011, Hijau Sawa blog
• Success story of Shri S. Shyamkumar Singh "SRI in fish farm"
  November 2011, KVK Thoubal website (Manipur, India)
  
• Reviving the lost legacy of rice biodiversity: The story of Ghani Khan
  October 13, 2011, Eco Walk the Talk (Asia)
• Focus on reducing disasters: "One way we are making a difference"
  October 13, 2011, Church World Service website. (re: Indonesia)
• More than 1 million growers are now embracing innovative approaches to producing more rice
  October 6, 2011, Oxfam America website (re: Vietnam)
• Hungry No More: Getting more rice from less resource in Mali
  October 6, 2011 ONE International blog
• Breaking the poverty trap
  September 27, 2011, Oxfam Australia blog (re: Cambodia)
• Kenya: New rice planting system saves water, seeds
  September 26, 2011, African Agriculture website. (Kenya)
• Our Continuing Commitment to the People of Haiti
  September 17, 2011, Impact blog. [USAID blog report written by Rajiv Shah, the current USAID Administrator]
• How to save Punjab Agriculture (see 13th paragraph: "Regenerate Groundwater")
  October 5, 2011, Countercurrents.org
• Case study Damarigedda SRI
  2011, WOTR website (Andhra Pradesh, India)
• Champion farmers
  2011, Stitches (India)
• A harvest test to verify presence of variability in a SRI-Rice crop
  July 23, 2011, SRI Padi Malaysia (Selangor, Malaysia)
• Better ways to grow what we love
  July 20, Oxfam Australia website
• Monthly archives for Weblog Padi Selangor (Jan., Feb., March, April, May, June, July, Aug, Sept.)
• 2011. Growing Against the Grain: Boosting India Harvests
  Catholic Relief Services website. (India; article by Steve Cunliffe)
• Ragi in the SRI way!
  July 19, 2011, Ananthoo's updates (India)
• Jim Carrey Talks About His Childhood And 'Mr. Popper's Penguins'
  June 16, 2011, StarPulse.com (USA) [SRI reference is in question "Do you have other ways of expressing yourself?"]
• Padi SRI Selangor : Menjawab Soalan Mengenai SRI
  May 27, 2011, Weblog Pad Selangor (Malaysia) [see also weekly posts during 2011]
• Scientists wrong to criticize alternative rice growing method
  May 27, 2011, Resource (Netherlands)
• Innovation of the week: researchers find farmers applying rice Innovations to their wheat crops
  May 19, 2011, Nourishing the Planet (USA)
• InterAction announces BPI award winners [Africare receives Best Practice Award for Natural Resources Management and Adaptation to Climate Change]
  May 4, 2011, InterAction website (re: Mali)
• Attitude change of farmer
  April 29, 2011, Yim Sok Sophors blog (Cambodia)
  [see also posts from April 7, April 4, April 1, Feb. 25, Jan. 26, Jan. 24, Jan. 17, Dec. 23, Dec. 14, Dec. 9, Dec. 6, and Dec. 4]
• "Consumer Investing” Creates Opportunity for Cambodian Rice Farmers
  April 14, 2011, Triple Pundit website
• From problem to solution: Making agriculture climate-smart
  April 13, 2011, World Bank Institute (article about Kenya)
• Jim Carrey Supporting Rice Production in Haiti
  April 2, 2011, Léogane Magazine
• Emerging challenges in agriculture & allied sectors in North East India
  April 10 ,2011, People's Democracy (Tripura, India)
• Madagascar’s “Magic Rice” – Dista Rice [article on pink rice in Madagacar]
  March 28, 2011, Nourishing the Planet blog
• Mechanical advantage
  Oxfam America website. March 17. [article on weeders in Cambodia]
  [similar Oxfam article entitled Rice farming in Cambodia: Mechanical advantage]
• One original way to preserve the plot during drought season: sharing experience on SRI, project in Menabe supported by the NGO CODEGAZ
  March 2011, SRI Group of Madagascar website
• Indonesia to up reliance on intensification sys. for rice output
  March 28, 2011, ReportLinker Academic (Jakarta, Indonesia)
• Regional and Bilateral Missions Bring New Rice-Growing Method to Field
  March 14, 2011, USAID West Africa
• Day 19 Sunderbans, Dt South 24 Parganas, West Bengal
  Vijaymahajan blog March 5, 2011(West Bengal, India)
• Using traditional strategies to address water problems
  March 3, 2011, Nourishing the Planet blog (USA) [article about Tamil Nadu, India]
• In the Fight Against Hunger, Women Lead the Way
  March 3, 2011, Care2 blog (re: Vietnam)
• Ecological System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Mondulkiri Province
  February 25, 2011, Yim Sok Sophors blog.
• SRI experiment
  Jan. 31, 2011, malathisanchiyinda.blogspot.com/ (India)
• Padi SRI: Falsafah padi SRI mengikut pandangan Pak Aep
  Feb. 9, 2011, Weblog Padi Selangor (Malaysia)
  [see also posts from Jan. 26, Jan. 24, Jan. 17, Dec. 23, Dec. 14, Dec. 9, Dec. 6, and Dec. 4]
• Open source rice farming platform takes off
  Jan. 24, 2011, P2P Foundation blog
• My Experiment with SRI
  January 16, 2011, Suraj Dixit's blogs
• The SRI initiative
  Jan.14, 2011, Deshpande Foundation (Karnataka, India)
• Academic commoners converge on Hyderabad
  January 13, 2011, David Bollier Blog (article about India)
• Check for regularly-added content in the dedicated SRI blogs:
  • SRI Global News and Views blog
  • Groupement SRI blog (Madagascar)
  • SRI-PADI blog (Malaysia)
  • Weblog Padi Selangor blog (Malaysia)
  • SRI Timbuktu blog (Mali)
  • SRI in Vietnam (website and blog)
    
    

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Dedicated SRI Websites(2011)

Check the following sites directly for their additions

• NEW in 2011: System of Rice Intensification (Nemani's SRI FaceBook site)
• NEW in 2011: SDTT SRI (India)
• System of Rice Intensification (SRI-India)
• SRI - An Alternative in Paddy Cultivation (India)
• System of Rice Intensification (World Bank Institute)
• Systeme de Riziculture Intensive (Madagascar)
• The System of Rice Intensification in Cambodia
• SRI in Vietnam (website and blog)
• see also the various dedicated SRI blogs listed in the section above
  
  

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Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses (2011)

• Hameed, K. A., F. A. Jaber, A. Y. Hadi, J. A. Elewi, and N. Uphoff. 2011. Application of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) methods on productivity of Jasmine rice variety in southern Iraq. Jordan Journal of Agricultural Sciences 7(3): 474-481.
• Meas, Vannak, Daniel Shon and Young Han Lee. 2011.Impacts of Planting Density on Nutrients Uptake by System of Rice Intensification under No-tillage Paddy in Korea. 한국토양비료학회지 (Korean Journal of Soil Fertility) 44(1):98-103.
• De Laulanié, H. 2011. Intensive rice farming in Madagascar. Tropicultura 29(3):183-187 (technical notes section). [The Tropicultura editors included this article because it is the 30th anniversary of Laulanié's work with SRI; the original article published in their journal appeared in 1993]
• Randrianariso, Lara Basilisse. 2011. Contribution a l'etude economique de la fertilisation du sol sur culture de riz en SRI: Cas de l'utilisation du compost tananamadio et du taroka dans la commune rurale de behenjy. Mémoire de fin d'études en vue d'obtenir le diplôme d'Ingénieur Agronome. Université Antananarivo, Madagascar. (66p.)
• Chapagain, Tejendra, Andrew Riseman and Eiji Yamiji. 2011. Assessment of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and conventional practices under organic and inorganic managements in Japan. Rice Science 18(4):311-320
• Acosta Buitrago, Jorge Orlando. 2011. Evaluación del Sistema Intensivo del Cultivo Arrocero (SICA) en el Municipio de Purificación Tolima. Thesis (ingeniero agronomo), Universidad de Cundinamarca. (128p 5.83MB pdf)
• Anitha, S. and Mani Chellappan. 2011. Comparison of the system of rice intensification (SRI), recommended practices, and farmers' methods of rice (Oryza sativa L.) production in the humid tropics of Kerala, India. Journal of Tropical Agriculture 49(1-2):64-71.
• Johnson, B. and K. Vijayaragavan. 2011. Diffusion of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) across Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh in India. Indian Research Journal of Extension Education 11( 3 ):72-79.
• Turmel, Marie-Soleil, Benjamin L. Turner, and Joann K. Whalen. 2011. Soil fertility and the yield response to the System of Rice Intensification. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 26(3):185–19. doi:10.1017/S174217051100007X
• Seenivasan, N. 2011. Efficacy of Pseudomonas fluorescens and Paecilomyces lilacinus against Meloidogyne graminicola infecting rice under system of rice intensification. Archives Of Phytopathology And Plant Protection.44(15):1467-1482
• Glover, Dominic. 2011. Science, practice and the System of Rice Intensification in Indian agriculture (in press). Food Policy. doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2011.07.008
• Uphoff, Norman T. 2011. The System of Rice Intensification: An Alternate civil society innovation. Technikfolgenabschätzung – Theorie und Praxis 2:45-52
• Weijabhandara, D.M.D.I, , G.S. Dasog, P.L. Patil, Manjunath Hebbar. 2011. Effect of nutrient levels on rice (Oryza sativa L.) under System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and traditional methods of cultivation. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science Year. 59(1).
• Martí, Orlando. 2011. Evaluación de las modificaciones a la tecnología del Sistema Intensivo del Cultivo del Arroz (SICA) para la producción popular en el municipio Melena del Sur, Provincia Mayabeque. Universidad Agraria de la Habana. (34p., 417KB pdf) [see English language summary]
• The March 2011 issue (vol. 9, no.1) of the journal Paddy and Water Environment is devoted to SRI. Included are six articles and nine technical reports from Afghanistan, China, the Gambia, Kenya, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Mali,  Pakistan, Panama, and Thailand as well as several review articles.
• Karki, Sudeep. 2010. System of Rice Intensification: An analysis of adoption and potential environmental benefits. Master's thesis. Norwegian University of Life Sciences. (80p., 8.65MB)
• Styger, Erika, Goumar Aboubacrine, Malick Attaher, and Norman Uphoff. 2011. The system of rice intensification as a sustainable agricultural innovation: introducing, adapting and scaling up a system of rice intensification practices in the Timbuktu region of Mali. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 9:67-75. DOI: 10.3763/ijas.2010.0549
• Glover, D. 2011. The System of Rice Intensification: Time for an empirical turn. NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences 57(3-4):217-224. doi:10.1016/j.njas.2010.11.006
• [Newly available online in 2011] Karki, Keshav Bahadur. 2009. Productivity and economic viability of rice under different planting pattern and age of seedlings through System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Tribhuvan University, Nepal. (107p., 446KB pdf)

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New Links to Online Publications (2011) (see also Latest Research directly above)

• 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.]
• Berkhout, Ezra, and Dominic Glover. 2011. The Evolution of the System of Rice Intensification as a Socio-technical Phenomenon: A Report to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Wageningen University and Research Centre Technology and Agrarian Development Group Development Economics Group website. (205p., 2.74MB pdf)
• Taharim, Noorazimah. 2011. Penaman Padi Cara SRI. Padi SRI Selangor website. (6p., 82KB pdf) [Manual in Bahasa Malaysia put together on behalf of the Menteri Besar Incorporate (MBI) Selangor]
• 2011. Système de Riziculture Intensive (SRI). Collection Guides Practiques du CTA No. 17. Groupmement SRI Madagascar website. 8p. [French language SRI manual published by CTA in collaboration with GDC and the Groupement SRI Madagascar]
• (Newly acquired) Gujja, B. and T.M. Thiyagarajan 2010. Producing more with less: exploring farm-based approaches to improve productivity and providing options to farmers in adapting to climate change (Lead article of in the International Rice Research Institute's Limited Proceedings No. 16: Advanced Technologies of Rice Production for Coping with Climate Change: 'No Regret' Options for Adaptation and Mitigation and their Potential Uptake)
• Barah, B. C., and 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].
• Prasad, C. Shambu and A. Ravindra. 2011. National SRI Consortium: Initiatives and proposition. Presentation at the round-table on Status of SRI in India: Upscaling strategy and global experience sharing, March 3, in New Delhi, India. (30p. pdf of a slide presentation)
• 2011. Région de l' Amoron' i Mania: Promouvoir la production rizicole par le SRI. Ministere de Agriculture Madagasikara website. March. (French)
• Noltze, Martin, Stefan Schwarze and Matin Qaim. 2011. Knowledge-Based Agricultural Innovations in Asia: The System of Rice Intensification(SRI) in Timor Leste. Pacific News 35:4-9.
• 2011. MADAGASCAR: Rice is 'becoming a luxury'. IRIN website. Feburary 15.
• 2011. Inside Indo's organic rice. TIme Out Jakarta (Indonesia), January, Food and Drink section.
  
  

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Recent Documents Uploaded on our Website (2011)

• AMEF. 2011. System of Crop Intensification: AMEF Experience in Red Gram. System of Rice Intensification website. (2p. 1.69MB pdf) [AME Foundation's experiences with applying SRI principles to red gram production in Karnataka, India]
• 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.]
• Mishra, Abha. 2011. Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the SRI in the Lower Mekong River Basin. System of Rice Intensification website. September 9.
• ترتيب دهنده گان: علی محمد رمزی، ونسنت توماس، فواد حسين و غلام حضرت . 2011. سيستم افزايش شالی(ايس آر آی) - بديل نوپيدا. Participatory Management of Irrigation System (PMIS) Project. Aga Khan Foundation. System of Rice Intensification website. (24 p., 4.35MB) [Dari language version of the English language SRI manual entitled "System of Rice Intensification - An Emerging Alternative"]
• Mishra, Abha and Prabhat Kumar. 2011. Community preparedness for climate change and increased water use efficiency for rice cultivation using principles of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Central Thailand: Summary report. System of Rice Intensification website. May 1. (16p. 595KB pdf) [This Asia-Pacific Forum for Environment and Development (APFED) Showcase 2008 project was undertaken 2009-2011 by the Asian Institute of Technology in collaboration with rice farmers of Ratchaburi province. It was intended to bring the latest agricultural innovation to the rice farming communities of central Thailand to prepare them to cope with the negative externalities of the climate change.] 2011. Système de Riziculture Intensive (SRI). Collection Guides Practiques du CTA No. 17. Groupmement SRI Madagascar website. 8p. [French language SRI manual published by CTA in collaboration with GDC and the Groupement SRI Madagascar]
• Hameed, Khidhir. 2009. Report on SRI workshop in Iraq, May 2011. (2 p., 251KB pdf). System of Rice Intensification website. [Report from Al-Mishkhab Rice Research Station in Najaf, Iraq.]
• 2011. Ang Sistema ng Pagpapalago ng Palay (Sipag-Palay o SRI). SRI-Pilipinas. System of Rice Intensification website. (4p., 1.39MB pdf) [Pilipino language manual used provided by the SRI-Pilipinas network. Though a recent upload, the hard copy has been in use for several years.]
• Suharto, Imam, and Suswadi. 2011. Manual Pembelajaran Penerapan SRI (System of Rice Intensification) di Lahan Tadah Hujan di Kabupatan Boyolali. System of Rice Intensification website. (41p., 1.24MB pdf) [Manual in Bahasa Indonesia put together by LSK Bina Bakat Surakarta, a local NGO, in cooperation with VECO Indonesia, a Belgian NGO. The manual was prepared for use by rainfed SRI farmers in the Andong sub-district of the Boyolali Regency in Central Java].
• Uprety, Rajendra. 2011. SRI training in Jhapa. System of Rice Intensification website. (3p., 441KB pdf)
• Uprety, Rajendra. 2011. SRI activities in Nepal as of 2011. System of Rice Intensification website. (3p., 25.47KB pdf)
• Ramzi, Ali Muhammad. 2011. System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Afghanistan: 2010 Campaign Results & Recommendations. Aga Khan Foundation/Afghanistan. System of Rice Intensification website. (29p., 2.96 MB pdf) [SRI activities of the Participatory Management of Irrigation Systems (PMIS) project managed by the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF). The project is part of a larger government-led initiative, the Panj-Amu River Basin Program (PARBP), which is funded by the European Union.]
• 2011. Rapport Atelier SRI National - Le SRI à Madagascar, un levier de la sécurité alimentaire, de la croissance économique et du développement durable. System of Rice Intensification website. (41p., 1.4MB pdf). (French langauge). [Report by the Secrétariat Permanent Groupement SRI of a National SRI Conference held November 22-24, 2010, at Siège FFPM Vohipiraisana Ambohijatovo Atsimo, Antananarivo]. (See also executive summary in French).
  
  

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Videos / Audiofiles (2011)

CAMBODIA

• 2011 (August 16). System of Rice Intensification in Cambodia. Produced by Oxfam 6:11 min. cambodianmediagroup channel, YouTube. [Overview of SRI adopters and practices used by 100,000+ farmers in Cambodia. Average yields increased from 2.6 t/ha to 3.5 t/ha with SRI methods]

HAITI

• 2011. System of Rice Intensification - Haiti Video. Produced by Better U Foundation, Better U Foundation website [Jim Carrey travels to Haiti to support SRI and other efforts.]
• 2011 (September 8). A Simple Formula. Produced John McKenzie Media LLC in collaboration with Chemonics. 3:26 min. ChemonicsInt channel, YouTube. [Video about SRI activities in the Watershed Initiative for National Natural Environment Resources (WINNER) project that is funded by USAID and implemented by Chemonics International.]

INDIA

• 2011 (October 14). Power weeder in direct seeded rice plot. ARKVK channel, YouTube. 1:48 min. [RASS-Krishi Vigyan Kendra has tested a power weeder in paddy plot which is directly sown using drumseeder. The width of wheels is modified to fit in the 20 cm inter-row spacing neede for the drumseeder technology. The cost is Rs.38000/- needs 3 litres peotrol to complete one acre weeding in 3 hours.]
• Video: 2011. (July 7). Rotary Weeder. 1:09 min. AP Agriculture Dept. channel, YouTube. [Telugu language description of a manual rotary weeder]
• 2011 (June 17). SWI Sutarpur SPWD - System of Wheat Intensification (SWI). Produced by Pran Ranjan. 10:10 min. pranranjan's channel, YouTube. (local language in Jharkhand). [Interview about the System of Wheat Intensification (SWI) with progressive farmer in Sutatpur village, Patratu block, Ramgarh district in Jharkhand. SPWD initiated SRI in this village in 2010 and within a year the whole village converted to SRI methods for their rice crop. The SWI initiative for wheat is being carried out by the Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development (SPWD) and SISU in Sutatpur. The farmers are very happy about the 50 acres now under SWI]
• 2011 (June 11). Self propelled Three Row Cono Weeder for SRI. anushamlakshmi channel, YouTube. 1:03 min. [This three row weeder has a forward gear to make easy operation to the operator. To turn, just tilt upwards in the rear side and accelerate; it will easily turn with the given spacing]. More info: jas.anusham@gmail.com
• 2011 (March 21). SRIJAN. 3:28 min. deshpandefoundation1 channel, YouTube. [Farmer's experience with SRI, which has been promoted by the NGO SRIJAN (Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action) for the past 4 years in Haveri and Uttar Kannada districts of Northwest Karnataka in India. They have reached more than 1600 farmers so far and hope to reach 3000 farmers by 2012. Along with the AME Foundation, SRIJAN has promoted SRI in the Sandbox Initiative with 7,847 farmers in 2010.]
• 2011 (March 2). AME Foundation. 5.00 min. deshpandefoundation1 channel, YouTube. [Video about AME Foudation's (an Indian NGO) promotion of SRI and farmers resistance to and acceptance of SRI]
• [We just discovered this video during 2011]. 2010 (June 22). Paddy Weeder. 3:09 min. primierbas channel, YouTube. ["The Garuda," a 17 lb. 300rpm rotovator speed, developed at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.]

MADAGASCAR

• 2011 (March 21). Madagascar Pink Rice. lotusfoodinc channel, YouTube. 14:36 min.
• 2011. The Natural Revolution: From the Roots Up. Produced by Better U Foundation, Better U Foundation website [Jim Carrey travels to Madagascar to support System of Rice Intensification efforts.]

MALAYSIA

• 2011 (October 7). Padi SRI Selangor Mesin Melandak Rahman Mark I. iamnoor channel, YouTube. 1.23 min. [7 and 5-row mechanized weeders developed at Sg Leman in Malaysia]
• 2011 (July 30). Padi SRI Selangor: Merealisasikan Mesin Melandak (Dethik Ilham dan Realisasi). iamnoor channel, YouTube. 3:48 min.
• 2011. (July 28). Mechanized Weeding Implement: (Padi SRI Selangor: Pembangunan Mesin Melandak). iamnoor channel, YouTube. 1.33 min.
• 2011 (July 25). Padi SRI Selangor : Mesin Melandak Dicuba Di Tanah Encik Toif, Sawah Sempadan. iamnoor channel, YouTube. 1.05 min. [Mechanized two-row weeder]
• 2011 (July 6). SRI-Mas Launching Video. iamnoor channel, YouTube. 1.05 min. 2:23 min. [Video launching the Malaysian SRI Network, SRI-Mas, which was inaugurated at the National SRI Conference in Malaysia, on July 6, 2011).
• For more 2011 videos from Malaysia: The iamnoor channel on YouTube has numerous of videos on trainings, SRI techniques and commentary as well as talks from the National SRI Conference and lectures at various events.]

MALI

• Harouna, Ibrahim. 2011 (August 8). SRI Timbuktu Song. sricornell channel, YouTube. 10.01 min. [French language song about SRI performed in Goundam, Timbuktu, Mali, by Oumar Malle, Harouna Ibrahim (Africare SRI technician), and Allassane.]

MOROCCO

• Amico, Claudia. 2011 (August 1). Producing Rice Saving Water in Morocco - WWF. Produced by Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). 1MILOUDI channel, YouTube. 8:14 min. [Primary subject of this film is an SRI project in Morocco's Sebou Basin. The original video was produced in 2009.]
• ratoon cropping in rice

NEPAL

• Khadka, Ram. 2011. Ratoon cropping in rice. 4:19 min. vijayautsarga's channel, YouTube. [Rajkuamr Chaudahry, an SRI farmer, from Lalbojhi, VDC, Kailali, added a littel urea and left his rice stubble for ratoon harvesting. Though the field was low land was full of water all the time, the harvest was as good as his usual one.]

PAKISTAN

• Sharif, Asif. 2011 (January 7). FarmAll Organic Rice Production using SRI Technology (Mechanized System of Rice Intensification). 2:20 min. aasifsharif's channel, YouTube. [FarmAll Technology developed a system to produce organic rice using 70% less inputs including water while increasing yield from 40 to 400%, depending which reference is used for comparison.]

USA

• 2011 (March 21). Madagascar Pink Rice. lotusfoodinc channel, YouTube. 14:36 min.
• 2011 (March 18). Lotus Foods - More Crop Per Drop lotusfoodinc channel, YouTube. 1:09 min.

VIETNAM

• 2011 (April 13). Our Rice Tomorrow. Produced by Manon Aubel and Thanh Thanh Phan. 6:15 min. baklavaprod channel, YouTube. [Contribution to a video contest organized by the Goethe Institute in Hanoi about the impact of climate change on Vietnamese people. The video features SRI.]
• 2011 (April 7). Cambodge: Le Riz du lLespoir - Systéme de Riziculture Intensive. Produced by Corinne Lalo. 14:59 min. Uploaded by vfeprojetsri on YouTube. [Voiceover and subtitles in Vietnamese; originally produced in French in 2008 to describe SRI in Cambodia]
• 2011 (April 7). Dự án SRI: Kết quả thí nghiệm 1 4:09 min. Uploaded by vfeprojetsri on YouTube. [Đây là kết quả của thí nghiệm 1 của dự án SRI được tổ chức Vietnam France Echange thực hiện ở Cái Rắn. Thí nghiệm này bao gồm bước thực nghiệm đầu tiên của dự án SRI nhằm cải thiện sản lượng lúa gạo của những người nông dân trong xã và đảm bảo an ninh lương thực.]
• 2011 (April 4). Projet SRI - VFE . Produced by Florent Cottin, Giang Thuy Minh and Caroline Guidemann. 4:22 min. Uploaded by vfeprojetsri on YouTube. [French language video by the NGO Vietnam France Echange about results of SRI trials in Cai Ran]
  
  

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Slide Presentations (Primarily PowerPoint)

• Thakkur, Amod. 2011. The Science behind SRI Practices: Quantifying the Effects on Morphology, Physiology and Crop Performance. PowerPoint presented at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York on December 6. 88 slides.
• 2011. 14 presentations from the First International Workshop on the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) for Latin America and the Caribbean, held at EARTH University Campus, Guácimo, Limón, Costa Rica, October 31- November 1.
• Basu, Soutrik, and Cees Leeuwis. 2011. The spread of system of rice intensification above farmer level in Andhra Pradesh, India. PowerPoint presented at the International Conference on Innovations in Extension and Advisory Services, Nairobi, Kenya, November 17. 21 slides.
• Mati, Bancy. 2011. Introducing Kenyan Praticipation: Producing More with Less Input through SRI – the System of Rice Intensification. PowerPoint presented by the Kenya SRI Projects Coordinator at the videoconference on South-South Knowledge Sharing on Climate-Smart Agriculture Practices, KDLC, Nairobi, August 24. 16 slides.
• See also other recent slide presenations on our SRS Slideshare site. The latest of the 300+ PowerPoint presentations will appear at the top of the list.
  
  

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Photo Gallery

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