June 2023 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website (Links to online material)
(See previous months acquisitions - 2013-2023)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS for June 2023:
SRI-Rice website: 1,504 new users (1,707 users last month) from 71* (69 last month) logged 1,887 sessions (2,227 last month) in which 2,810 pages (3,395 last month) were viewed. [Top ten countries in order of number of new users: USA (324), India (288), China (143), Japan (67), Philippines (65), Nepal (46), Germany (32), UK (32), Indonesia (32), Canada (26)
* # of countries now includes those with 3 or more people visiting/month regardless of time spent on site or pages viewed
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: 2,594 followers. 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 399 members. 3) SRI West Africa: 1,811 members. 4) SICA America Latina: 1,155 follows 5) SRI en las Américas: 74 members
SRI-Rice Newsletter: 184 views (82 last month)
YouTube (primary): 1,767 (1,076 last month) new views this month for our 91 uploads. 38 views (42 month) for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 1,760 subscribers (10 new); 291,167 all-time views of our videos (2009-2022); 95,523 lifetime views of our playlists (2013-2021) [NOTE! The 8 India playlists from the SRI India video channel are now accessible on the main SRI-Rice video channel].
Twitter: 1,973 followers
Slideshare: 1,026 views this month; 545 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 263 followers
Research Databases: There are 2,296 items (1,585 journal articles) in our Zotero research database (18 new)
• For additional global news see: our News page, Latest Additions, SRI Newsletter, LinkedIn, or see news by country
• SRI-Rice web pages updated during June 2023: 2023 additions (new page), May 2022 additions (new page), Burkina Faso, Ecuador, Indonesia, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Vietnam, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, India videos, events, Spanish language docs, videos
In the Press - June 2023
- Farmers’ delegation submits 11-point demands to Panisagar agricultural superintendent [SRI among farmers demands to Panisagar Agricultural Superintendent in Tripura, India]
June 22, 2023, TripuraTimes (Tripura, India) - A vanishing resource [Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (aka "the Delta") is experimenting with SRI as part of their efforts to deal with water crisis... and it's not just on Adam's farm anymore!]
June 11, 2023, Arkansas Democrat Gazette (Arkansas, USA) - Amelioration de l'environment en amount de la filiere riz:
SRI semis germoir biodégradable
June 2023, Rapport-Gratuit.com (Madagascar)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during June 2023
- Negrine, Joseph. 2023. In search of greener pastures for sustainable growth in Vietnam. East Asia Forum website, June 27. [SRI recommended to allow for economic growth while protecting the environment. Both are supported by the Communist Party.]
- Carnevale Zampaolo, Francesco. 2023. Report on the 6th Arab Water Week. SRI-2030 website. June 20. [Dr Waled El-Khoby, part of the SRI-MENA group, presented a talk on SRI and other sustainable rice methods at the 6th Arab Water Week (AWW) took place in Amman, Jordan, on the 5th –7 th March, 2023]
- IBEF India. 2023. Indian rice - Rice production in India: The future of the rice industry in India. Journal (Vocal) website. June 14. [SRI is a main suggestion for the future.]
- DKPP. 2023. Demonstrasi pindah tanam dengan metode SRI (System of Rice Intensification). DKPP Indramayu website, June 13. [Govt. demo for tranplanting in Indramayu Regency, Indonesia]
- MacArthur, Danny. 2023. As the US invests more in climate-smart ag, these Louisiana farmers could serve as a model. WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio. June 7 [See the "Funding underserved producers" section for Jubilee Justice's work with SRI.]
- Jha, Rima. 2023. Rising rice: The emergence in Nepal. NepalDatabase.com [SRI noted as future way to reduce risk.]
- 2023. Healthy soil has demonstrated increased yields while reducing fertilizer dependency. Farmers Review Africa. June 5. [Article on SRI that notes World Neighbors work in Nepal and Burkina Faso.]
- Madeson, Frances. 2023. Five acres and a mill. 64 Parishes magazine. May. [Compelling story of Jubliee Justice's work to establish organic SRI production by Black farmers in the South.] [accessed June 3, 2023]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during June 2023
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- • Pal, A., D.S. Dhakre, et al. 2023. Economic impact of adoption of System of Rice Intensification. Environment and Ecology 40(3A): 1373-1378. [accessed June 29, 2023].
- • Padma, Sayam, et al. 2023. Impact of different crop establishment methods on yield attributes, yields and economics of rice: A comparative study. ORYZA- An International Journal on Rice 60(2): 315-324 [accessed June 29, 2023]
- • Tey, Yeong Sheng, Mark Brindal, and Poppy Arsil. 2023. Upgrading smallholders through “farmer-to-consumer” entrepreneurial model? Implications of rice value chain interventions in Indonesia and Malaysia. Journal of Rural and Community Development 18(2): 152-167. [accessed June 29, 2023]
- • Baboo, Kaptan, and Vishuddha Nand. 2023. Effect of crop establishment methods and fertility management on growth parameters of rice (Oryza sativa L.). International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 35(16): 24-32. doi: 10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i163125 [accessed June 25, 2023]
- • Shanmugasundaram. B. 2015. Adoption of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Kerala. Journal of Indian Journal of Extension Education 51(3&4): 121-124 [accessed June 22, 2023]
- • Candra, A., F. Farida, and H. Sulaiman, H. 2022. Prototype sistem kontrol pengairan sawah meggunakan metode Sistem of Rice Intensification berbasis mikrokontroller. Jurnal Teknoif Teknik Informatika Institut Teknologi Padang 10(2): 62–68. doi:10.21063/jtif.2022.V10.2.62-68 [accessed June 20, 2023]
- • Flora, G. Jennifer, et al. 2023. Effect of System of Rice Intensification practices in increasing the yield of traditional varieties of rice. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change 13(8): 1175–1180. doi:10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i82057 [accessed June 17, 2023]
- Agnese, Federica, Zakirah Othman, Anni Mitin, and Wan Ahmad Jaafar Wan Yahaya. 2023. Participatory monitoring in farmer field school program through Whatsapp among indigenous farmers in rural Sarawak, Malaysia. Interactive Learning Environments (online first June 14, 2023) doi:1080/10494820.2023.2223241 [accessed June 15, 2023]
- • Valdiviezo Freire, Wilfrido, Roberto Evaristo Celi Herán, and María Leticia Vivas Vivas. 2023. Impacto del sistema intensivo de cultivar arroz (SICA) en el Ecuador. Ciencia Latina Revista Científica Multidisciplinar 7(2): 11198-11213. doi:10.37811/cl_rcm.v7i2.6197 [accessed June 12, 2023]
- • Maulana, Mohamad. 2016. Externalities inclusion into production cost of System of Rice Intensification. Jurnal Agro Ekonomi 34(1): 17-33. [accessed June 3, 2023]
- Hazra, K.K., D.K. Swain, D.K. and S.S. Singh. 2023. System-based management of phosphorus in a non-flooded rice-lentil system on alkaline soil. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. (online first June 1, 2023) doi:10./s10705-023-10288-8
- Mallareddy, Maduri, Ramasamy Thirumalaikumar, et al. 2023. Maximizing water use efficiency in rice farming: A comprehensive review of innovative irrigation management technologies. Water 15(10): 1802. doi:10.3390/w15101802 [accessed June 1, 2023]
- Quade, Garrett. 2022. The System of Rice Intensification: A case study from Liberia. MPS capstone project paper. 102 p. Not online (see SRI research database for access) [accessed June 1, 2023]
- Ouma, Matilda, et al. 2023. The influence of multi-stakeholder networks on the uptake of system of rice intensification among smallholder rice farmers in western Kenya. International Journal of Agricultural Extension 11(1) doi:10.33687/011.001.4342 [accessed June 1, 2023]
Links to Online Publications and Websites - June 2023
- 2023. Jubilee Justice 2022 Annual Report. Jubilee Justice website. [Black Farmers Program in the southern USA that features production of organic SRI.]
- 2021. System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Best Practices Bank: Successful Experiences in Horizontal Cooperation. Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). IICA repository website. 5p. pdf [accessed June 10, 2023]
Documents Uploaded and New Pages Created/Updated on our Website - June 2023
- Web pages updated during June 2023: 2023 additions (new page), May 2022 additions (new page), Burkina Faso, Ecuador, Indonesia, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria,Vietnam, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, India videos, events, Spanish language docs, videos
- Fisher, Lucy. 2023. May 2023 news additions to the SRI-Rice website.
Videos/Audio - June 2023
- 2023. (June 26). Systems of Rice Intensification Training Videos Combined. 25:42 min. LINKS Nigeria channel, YouTube. [Combination of 5 Hausa language videos with English subtitles on how to grow rice with SRI principles as taught by the LINKS program in northern Nigeria. The six episodes making up the compiliation video can be found on the LINKS Nigeria channel on YouTube.]
- 2023 (June). Discover the Revolution in Rice Cultivation: System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Punjab. 6:36 min Punjab Talks channel, YouTube. [Audio only discussion of SRI in Punja, India, by Kuldip Singh]
- 2023 (June 7). Jubilee Justice prioritizes environmental justice with eco-friendly farming. 4:04 min. WWNO New Orleans Public Radio. [Audioon SRI is listed halfway down the page.] [Danny McArthur reports on Jubliee Justice climate-smart farming efforts with rice that also prioritize environmental justice.]
- 2023 (June). LINKS System of RIce Intensification Overview. LINKS Nigeria channel, YouTube.
- 2023 (June 4). Rice & Agriculture - Innovative Alternative -Break the Habit. 0.39 min. Nudge Innovative Alternatives channel, YouTube. [Weird 39 second promo for SRI on the Innovative Alternative channel.]
- 2019 (January 29). Drier Conditions Force Researchers to Find New Rice Farming Method. Radio clip on Morning Edition show, National Public Radio. [Danielle Preiss conducts interviews on SRI, primarily in Nepal.] [accessed June 6, 2023]
Presentations - June 2023
- none this month
