September 2014 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website
(Uploads to our site and links to online material)
- Latest Research
- Publication Links
- New Uploads (Our site)
• SRI-Rice Statistics for September 2014: SRI-Rice Statistics for September 2014: 3,754 unique visitors (3,936 last month) from 125 countries (102 last month) viewed 10,342 pages (10,277 last month) on the SRI website. Total Facebook views: 2236 (3,748 last month). Twitter followers: 909 (25 new this month). Total Youtube views: 40,089 (661 new this month). We have 386 presentations (all time) uploaded on Slideshare, and 631 papers (52 new this month) in our Refworks research database.
• For additional global news see: our News page, Latest Additions, Twitter, News and Views blog, LinkedIn, YouTube (global), YouTube (India), Slideshare and Picasa photo gallery, or, see news by country
• For news about our program see: SRI-Rice Center news
News from other months
In the Press - September 2014
- Berkat GO SRI, produksi padi meningkat, ongkos tanam lebih hemat. [Farmers in Bandung Regency, West Java, adopt SRI with the help of Ganesha Organic System of Rice Intensification (GO SRI), founded by alumni from Institut Technologi Bandung as a CSR initiative.]
September 29, 2014, GATRA News (West Java, Indonesia). - VN joins Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture [In his speech delivered at the inaugural meeting of the Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture (GACSA) in New York, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan said Vietnam is joining with international communities to apply the Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA) practices, which includes projects on SRI.]
September 25, 2014, Saigon GP Daily (Saigon, Vietnam) - Delta farmers slowly turn to SRI technique [Close to 50% (44,000 acres) of Tiruchy district delta areas are expected to use SRI for Samba this year.]
September 24, 2014, New Indian Express (Tamil Nadu, India) - Seeds of hope [Ag. Dept. suggests SRI to reduce water use in Cauvery Basin.]
September 22, 2014, New Indian Express (Tamil Nadu, India) - New techniques needed to save water resources
September 21, 2014, Hindustan Times (Punjab, India) - Malang surplus 65 ribu ton beras berkat SRI [Bupati of Malang Regency, East Java, suggests SRI to overcome rice production limitations related to land and water availability.]
September 21, 2014, Tempo.co, (Jawa Timur, Indonesia). - Farm officials told to design special package to help paddy farmers [SRI and DSR suggested to deal with labor problems in Udupi, Karnataka]
September 17, 2014, The Hindu (Karnataka, India) - Group announces $2.2m rice farming Investment [A specialized agribusiness service provider, WEMS Agro Companies Limited, has announced plans to invest in rice cultivation using SRI in Ondo state.]
September 16, 2014, This Day Live (Nigeria) - Thai 'smart' farmers lead drive to boost production
September 14, 2014, The Nation (Thailand) -
Metode SRI tingkatkan produksi padi petani Langkat [Farmers in Sirapit, Langkat, North Sumatera, practicing SRI on 100 ha. average 9.5 tons/ha]
September 14, 2014, Antara News (Sumatera Utara, Indonesia) - Planning Commission approves Rs. 2,400 crore for Puducherry [32% paddy increase over the previous 3 years and 10% sugarcane increase achieved through SRI and precision farming techniques.]
September 8, 2014, The Hindu (Puducherry, India) - Gapoktan Simpatik jadi demplot pengembangan padi organik [Simpatik farmer group in Tasikmalaya, which has 2000 ha of organic SRI rice, designated by Ministry of Agriculture as reference for organic rice production.]
September 6, 2014, Pikiran Rakyat (West Java, Indonesia) - R Gopalakrishnan: For a second rice revolution
September 4, 2014, Business Standard (India) - Rice area goes up as farmers pick up SRI method
September 4, 2014, Business Standard (Madhya Pradesh, India) - A new method of cultivating rice
September 2, 2014, Kuensel Online (Bhutan) - Encourage low-cost farming, says Minister [Minister for Youth Affairs calls for introducing farmers to low-cost farming techniques such as SRI]
September 1, 2014, The Hindu (Kerala, India)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - acquired during September 2014
- 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.
- Jeffs, Amy. 2014. Q&A: Building bridges at the 18th Organic World Congress. Student Reporter website. September 25. [7th question mentions SRI.]
- Jenkins, Devon. 2014. Training of Trainers and technical workshop wraps up in Kpalimé, Togo. SI West Africa website. [accessed Sept. 17, 2014] [WAAPP SRI project hRas participants from 12 ECOWAS countries in West Africa.]
- 2014. Dengan metode ini, produksi padi petani Langkat meningkat. Seruu.com. September 14. [Farmers in Sirapit, Langkat, North Sumatera, practicing SRI on 100 ha. average 9.5 tons/ha]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during September 2014
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphbetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- • Sridevi, V., and V. Chellamuthu. 2014. Advantages of SRI cultivation in the tail end of Cauvery delta. Journal of Crop and Weed 8(2) 40-44. [accessed September 26 2014]
- Setiawan, Budi I., Arief Imansyah, et al. 2014. SRI paddy Growth and GHG emissions at various groundwater levels. Irrigation and Drainage. Published online first Sept. 12. doi:10.1002/ird.1866 [accessed September 26 2014]
- • Kumar, G. Ashok, V. Sailaja, P. V. Satyagopal, and S. V. Prasad. 2014. Evaluation of profile characteristics of SRI cultivation farmers in relation to their extent of adoption of technologies. Current Biotica 8(1) 36-41. [accessed September 19, 2014]
- • Engla, Ravindra, Gaurav Mahajan, and C. M. Mishra. 2014. Response of rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars to different sowing methods under rainfed condition of Kymore plateau. Environment and Ecology 32(3) 942-945. [accessed September 19, 2014]
- • Kakde, A. M. and K.G. Patel. 2014. Seasonal incidence of rice yellow stem borer (Scirpophaga Incertulas Wlk.) in relation to conventional and SRI methods of planting and its correlation with weather parameters. IOSR Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science 7(6)Ver. II: 5-10. [accessed September 2, 2014]
- • Mohanty, Tushar Ranjan, Pravat Kumar Roul and Swapan Kumar Maity. 2014. Energetics of greengram (Vigna radiata L.) production as affected by residual effect of rice establishment methods and nutrient management practices in rice - greengram cropping system. IOSR Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science 7(7)Ver III: 51-54. [September 2, 2014]
New Links from our Website to Online Publications (September 2014)
(see also Latest Research directly above and Recent Uploads below for new material on our
site)
- CHAP. 2014. Pilot project on the System of Rice Intensification: Inception and first quarterly report May - August 2014. SRI West Africa website. [Report on the Ministry of Agriculture/ WAAPP Liberia pilot project in Liberia to accelerate agricultural adoption and dissemination of SRI through the lead organization Community Hope Agriculture Project (CHAP)].
Recent Documents Uploaded on our Website (September 2014)
- Styger, Erika. 2014. Rice production diagnostic for Chinsali (Chinsali District, Northern Province) and Mfuwe (Mwambe District, Eastern Province), Zambia. SRI-Rice website. September. (51p., 2.45MB pdf) [A report on a trip during April/May 2014 by Erika Styger, SRI-RIce, for the non-profit COMACO company in Lusaka, Zambia, and the David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell.]
- [Rereleased together with CTA] SRI-Rice. 2014. SCI - The System of Crop Intensification: Agroecological innovations for improving agricultural production, food security, and resilience to climate change. SRI International Network and Resources Center (SRI-Rice), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), Wageningen, Netherlands. (72p., 5.45MB pdf) [new version uploaded September 2014]
Videos / Audiofiles (September 2014 Additions to SRI-Rice Playlists)
- Video: 2014. (September 25). The System of Rice Intensification Songs. 3:46 min. PUNNAGAI TV channel, Youtube. [Songs about SRI broadcast on PUNNAGAI TV in India]
- Video: 2014 (September 23, 2014). Scaleable Ideas: Pitching for Partnerships. 1:23:00 min. Produced by Clinton Global Inititive on Livestream.com. [Caryl Levine, who imports SRI rice through Lotus Foods, is featured 8:30-25:50 minutes of this hour+ video. She was one of the speakers presenting scaleable ideas to donors at this session that was part of the Clinton Global Initiative's 10th Annual meeting, Sept 21-24, 2014. Her project was rice mills with CEDAC in Cambodia.]
- Video: 2013 (November 19). Padi Sistem SRI. 25:04 min. zanit fatham channel, YouTube. [accessed Sept. 21, 2014]
- Video: 2014 (September 16, 2014). Scaling up the System of Rice Intensification and System of Wheat Intensification in Bihar, India. 48 min. Cornell Transnational Learning channel, YouTube. [Presentation at Cornell University by Anil Kumar, Executive Director of the NGO PRAN, PRAN's SRI and SCI work in Bihar, India]
Slide Presentations (Primarily PowerPoint) - September 2014 links
- 2014. Scaling Up of System of Rice Intensification and System of Wheat Intensification in Bihar, India. 38 slides. Presentation by Anil K. Verma at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, September 15. [uploaded September 18, 2014]
