November 2015 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website
(Links to online material)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS FOR NOVEMBER 2015:
SRI-Rice website: 4,418 unique visitors (3,972 last month) from 106 countries logged 5,759 sessions in which 11,332 pages (9,386 last month) were viewed.
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: All-time likes 1,780 (44 new this month). 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 260 members (4 new this month)
YouTube (primary): Total views: 1,302 new this month (57,752 for past 5 years) for our 65 uploads. 2,019 views during November of our 27 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 201 total followers.
Twitter: 35 new followers this month (1,301 total followers).
Slideshare: 11,860 views new this month (524,808 total for past 5 years); 2 new added for a total of 446 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 192 followers (3 new).
Research Databases:
There are 796 items in our new Zotero research database (20 new). (700+ of these appear in the Mendeley SRI Research database). Note: we are no longer adding to RefWorks as it will be retired in Dec. 2015. Please use Zotero.)
• For additional global news see: our News page, Latest Additions, SRI Newsletter, LinkedIn, YouTube (India), and Picasa photo gallery, or, see news by country
• For news about our SRI-Rice program see: SRI-Rice Center news
• SRI-Rice web pages updated during November: 2015, main page, about us, SRI-Rice news, September updates, October updates, donation page, publications, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cuba, Cuba Archives, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Malaysia, Philippines, Senegal, Tanzania, Thailand, Thailand archives, Timor Leste, Vietnam, journals, projects page, events, seminars, Spanish, tef, videos
News from past months
In the Press - November 2015
- Dinas Pertanian Lebak dorong petani kembangkan beras merah [Dept. of Ag. from Lebak Regency promotes organic red rice production using SRI methods.]
November 28, 2015, Berita Satu (Banten, Indonesia) - ATMAs conduct various agricultural activities across state [ATMA Jakhama block inaugurated SRI farm school at Tora, Kezoma village.]
November 25, 2015, Nagaland Post (Nagaland, India) - DAR holds farmers' convention in Dipolog City [SRI among topics for 400 farmers at convention]
November 24, 2015, Sun Star Zamboanga (Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines) - Now, state to promote non-paddy crops [Govt. to launch special drive to encourage SRI adoption]
November 13, 2015, OrissaNews (Odisha, India) - Cumbum farmers record bumper paddy yield
November 5, 2015, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Pemkot Madiun kembangkan tanaman padi teknologi "SRI"
November 4, 2015, Antatra Jatim (Jawa Timur, Indonesia) - 6,550 hectares of paddy under SRI
November 4, 2015, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Gubernur Syahrul YL panen raya padi di Tomoni Lutim (Governor of South Sulawesi reviews SRI methods at harvest festival)
November 2, 2015, Rakyatku.com (Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia) - Menristekdikti dorong pertanian organik
November 1, 2015, AntaraLampung.com (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during November 2015
- Offenheiser, Ray. 2015. How to increase resilience in the face of climate change. Devex website. November 30.
- 2015. Natural capital impacts in Agriculture. Trucost website. [Overview of book by the same name that reviews SRI as a case study and finds significant reductions in soil, air and water pollutants can be achieved by adopting SRI, with a reduction in natural capital impact of up to 97 percent, 78 percent and 16 percent respectively.] October 15. [accessed November 30, 2015]
- Renault, Fabrice. 2015. Agro-écologie : l’Inde produit mieux et plus avec moins de pesticides. 21 février. [Accessed Nov. 23, 2015]
- Rohleder, Anna. 2015. Running out of food, running out of time. Sustainable Food Trust website. November 20. [Interview with Joel Bourne about his book The End of Plenty: The Race to Feed a Crowded World. He mentions SRI as one of the most scalable models that he has come across in his research.]
- Tegue, Katya. 2015. Changing how rice is farmed one acre at a time. The Concordian website. November 17. [Engineers Without Borders student works on SRI in Ghana]
- 2015. La bataille du riz. African Business, November 4. (Burkina Faso)
- Clavreu, Jean Yves 2015. Commentaires sur Réduire les émissions de méthane pour limiter le dérèglement climatique dès aujourd’hui. November 3. [Comment regarding SRI on an article on methane generation]
- 2015. Harvest in the Philippines. Humanitarian Aid and Development Cooperation (Charita) website. November. [Caritas Czech Republic project in Samar, Philippines, has a successful yield with SRI despite water shortage.]
- Tautonico, Tommaso. 2015. Altromercato: il riso biologico coltivato con metodi sostenibili rispetta l'ambiente. Alternativa Sostenibile website. November 11. (Italian)
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during November 2015
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- • Bhatt, K. N. 2015. System of Rice Intensification for increased productivity and ecological security: A report. Journal of Rice Research 3(4): 147. doi:10.4172/2375-4338.1000147 [accessed November 1, 2015]
- • Surekha, K., R. Mahender Kumar, and Ch. Padmavathi. 2015. Evaluation of crop establishment methods for their productivity, nutrient uptake and use efficiency under rice-rice system. Journal of Rice Research 8(1): 41–47. [accessed November 1, 2015]
- Ray, Plabita, and T. Barik. 2015. Effect of fertility, genotypes and spacing on yield and soil properties of rice under SRI during dry season in coastal Odisha. Advance Research Journal of Crop Improvement 6(1):
- Pandey, Pragya, Trilochan Barik, and Sahaja Deva. 2015. Effect of planting of geometry and timing and source of nitrogen application on growth attributing characters and yield of rice (Oryza Sativa L.) under System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Advance Research Journal of Crop Improvement 6(1): [accessed November 1, 2015]
- • Chakrabortty, Sudip, S. Islam, P. K. Biswas, et al. 2015. Response of seedling age to growth and yield of boro rice (BRRI Dhan 50) under SRI. International Journal of Business, Social, and Scientific Research 3(2): 97-101. [accessed November 1, 2015]
New Links to Online Publications and Pages on the SRI-Rice Website- November 2015
(For Research articles, see section above)
- Jenkins, Devon. 2015. System of Rice Intensification (SRI) volunteer handbook - Peace Corps publication no. M0118V July 2015. (Peace Corps libguides website) (62p pdf) [Produced by the Peace Corps with funding from the Feed the Future program through the USAID Bureau for Food Security]. [accessed November 30, 2015]
- 2015. SRI-LMB Newsletter 3(2): 1-7. [A publication by the System of Rice Intensification - Lower Mekong River Basin Project operating in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.] [accessed Nov. 30, 2015]
- 2015. System of Rice Intensification in Mali. Agroecology Case Studies. Oakland Institute website. November. [Co-published by the Institute and the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA).]
- Fisher, Lucy. 2015. October additions to the SRI-Rice website. New page on the SRI-Rice website. [Uploaded November 15, 2015]
Recent Documents Uploaded on our Website - November 2015
- Arandela, Joby. 2015. SRI presented at National Organic Agriculture Congress in Bacolod City . SRI-Rice website. (2p. 61KB pdf)
Videos/Audio - Additions to SRI-Rice Playlists - November 2015
- Video: 2015 (November 25). System of Rice Intensification - Wanpen Channard & Picharineeraksri Channard. 28 min. Nate Flood channel. [Wanpen Channard and her daughter, Picharineeraksri, who are farmers from Baan Tha Mai Village, Nakorn- sawan Province of Thailand, talk about how they carry out SRI. ECHO Asia Conference, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Oct. 6-9, 2015]
- Video: 2015 (November 23). System of Rice Intensification (SRI). 3:13 min. Rizky Sulaiman Salim channel, YouTube. [Video about a UNDP project in Sumba Timur, Indonesia, to promote SRI.]
- Video: 2015. (November 5). We shall meet the seed demand for next year-Dr. Nustugah SARI 5. 3:30 min. Noah Nash channel, YouTube. [Viasat 1 News video about an SRI rice project in northern Ghana.]
Presentations - PowerPoint - November 2015
- Berhe, Tareke. 2014. The Concept of the TIRR Package. Ethiopian ATA - Agricultural Transformation Agency. 18 slides. [uploaded Nov. 3, 2015]
- 2013. 2012 FTCs and farmer tef technology demonstration - Overview of results. Presentation by the Ethiopian ATA - Agricultural Transformation Agency, May 2013. 26 slides. [Uploaded Nov. 2, 2015]
