July 2016 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website
(Links to online material)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS FOR JULY 2016:
SRI-Rice website: 3,603 unique visitors (3,901 last month) from 89 countries (88 last month) logged 4,670 sessions (4,974 last month) in which 8,820 pages (9,363 last month) were viewed.
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: All-time likes 2,052 (42 new this month). 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 287 members (4 new) 3) SRI West Africa: 1,367 members (445 new)
YouTube (primary): Views for July: 2,280 new this month for our 67 uploads. 615 views of our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 260 subscribers (12 new). [NOTE!: The 8 India playlists from the SRI India video channel are now accessible on the main SRI-Rice video channel).
Twitter: 1,464 followers (4 new this month)
Slideshare: 33,609 (9,688 last month) views new this month 453 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 201 followers
Research Databases:
There are 942 items in our new Zotero research database (8 new). (700+ of these appear in the Mendeley SRI Research database). Note: we are no longer adding to RefWorks as it was 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
• See: SRI-Rice Center news for updates on our program's staff, students and activities
• SRI-Rice web pages updated during July 2016: 2016, 2009, home page, events, Staff news, June news, Cambodia, Ghana, Haiti, Indonesia, Indo archives, Japan, Kenya, Malysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Taiwan, Glaberrima feature, journal articles, India journal articles, India journal articles, staff news, theses, videos
News from past months
In the Press - July 2016
- Paddy transplantation on in full swing [50-60 farmers in Canacona, Goa, India, are using SRI on 20 ha. this Kharif season.]
July 31, 2016, Navhind times (Goa, India) - Bringing change to the community [Student Team “4Nature” from Universiti Utara Malaysia won best project in Khind Starfish Foundation (KSF) competition for educating farmers on organic farming in Kedah and Perlis, Malaysia.]
July 30, 2016, The Star Online (Malaysia) - Next of ‘Khind’ [KHIND Starfish Foundation awards best project award to SRI project by Enactus Universiti Utara Malaysia]
July 29, 2106, The Sun Daily (Malaysia) - Agriculture contributed to 18 pc of emissions in 2010: LS told [National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture launched in 2010 under National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) addresses both mitigation and adaptation to climate change through programmes such as System of Rice Intensification (SRI) against conventional rice cultivation] [similar article in Investmentguruindia.com]
July 26, 2016, Business Standard (New Delhi, India) - Farmers hit by brown planthopper plague [SRI spacing facilitates BPH management measures]
July 21, 2016, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - SRI bikin subur padi Putat [SRI has been successful in Putat, Geger, since 2012. New transplanters will help reduce labor.]
July 16, 2016, radarmadium.co.id ( East Java, Indonesia) - ATMA Ghathashi block conducts trainings and demonstrations
July 9, 2016, Nagaland Post (Nagaland, India)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during July 2016
- 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 stepsto ensure water access in India. SRI is one of the recommendations.]
- 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. Season-long training on System of Rice Intensification. AGREA facebook page. July 8. [Post on a an SRI training in Marinduque, Philippines.]
- 2016. Changing the narrative on farming in the Philippines. AGREA(ph) website. June 29. [AGREA’s SRI training program to four rice-farming communities in Marinduque.]
- Leu, Andre. 2016. Regenerative organic agriculture an reverse climate change. Permaculture website. July 21. [..a good body of scientific evidence showing that the scaling up of regenerative agricultural systems such as organic agriculture, permaculture, agroecology, holistic grazing, a system of rice intensification, and agroforestry can make a significant contribution to drawing down the 122 ppm of CO2 from the atmosphere into the soil as soil organic matter (SOM), and reverse climate change to pre-industrial levels.]
- 2016? Habiba Msonga examines her rice paddy. unfao channel, Instagram.
- Gudiño, Blanca. 2016. Promueven metodología de producción arroz adaptada a los cambios climáticos. Ultima Hora website. July 14.
- 2016. Menanam padi dalam polybag system S.R.I. Indonesia Betanam website. July 17. [A method of growing SRI rice entirely in plastic bags!]
- 2016. India: Irrigation & water saving. Pesticide Action Network webisite. [SRI is one of Tamil Nadu Women’s Collective's (TNWC) main approaches.. and it saves water.] [accessed July 17, 2016]
- Warsztacki, Fanny. 2016. Le riz, ce grand consommateur d’eau. SOS Faim website. June 16. [SRI can reduce water use; example is SEXAGON farmers in Mali,] [accessed July 15, 2016]
- 2016. Budidaya padi organik. Kreasi Zafran blog. July 13. [Bahasa Indonesian practicial information on organic SRI.]
- 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]
- 2016. Agriculture uses 25% of GHG emissions. Humanity Voice Watch website. July 4.
- Taub, Ben. 2016. Rice and wheat production use more water than all other crops put together. IFL Science website. July 1. [Article suggests SRI can reduce water and methane..]
- 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]
- Arandela, Joby. 2016. There is no hard-reset or factory reset for the environment. Life from Ridge to Reef blog. July 2. [Progress on trying the organic SRI in Panay, Philippines, after after a year.]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during July 2016
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- Ly, Proyuth, Lars Stoumann Jensen, et al. 2016. Factors explaining variability in rice yields in a rain-fed lowland rice ecosystem in Southern Cambodia. NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences (in press). doi:10.1016/j.njas.2016.05.003 [accessed July 27, 2016]
- • Hidayati, Nurul, Triadiati, and Iswandi Anas. 2016. Photosynthesis and transpiration rates of rice cultivated under the System of Rice Intensification and the effects on growth and yield. HAYATI Journal of Biosciences (in press, p.1-6, online July 16, 2016) doi: 10.1016/j.hjb.2016.06.002
- • Adrianto, Joko. 2016. Analisis adopsi SRI (System of Rice Intensification) dan dampaknya terhadap efisiensi usahatani padi di Kabupaten Solok Selatan (Analysis of adoption on SRI (System of Rice Intensification) and its impact on rice farming efficiency in South Solok district). Master's thesis. Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) (Indonesia). (87p., 1.31MB pdf) [accessed July 26, 2016]
- Mwatete, Gibson Kalume Kitsao. Technical efficiency differentials between conventional and System of Rice Intensification methods of rice production in West Kano Irrigation Scheme, Kenya. PhD dissertation, University of Eldoret (Kenya). [not online] [accessed July 26, 2016]
- Chen, Shih-Kai, Cheng-Shin Jang, and Cheng-Bin Tsai. 2016. Comparative study of irrigation water use and groundwater recharge under various irrigation schemes in an agricultural region, central Taiwan. EGU General Assembly Conference abstracts 18: p2361 2016. [Abstract of a paper presented April 17-22, 2016, in Vienna Austria] [accessed July 2016]
- Riyanto, Rudi. 2016. Faktor - faktor yang mempengaruhi penerapan teknologi System of Rice Intensification (SRI) di desa Kebonagung, Kecamatan Imogiri, Kabupaten Bantul (The factors of affecting the technology application System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Kebonagung Village, Imogiri District, Bantul Regency). PhD diss.?, Universitas Pembangunan Nasional "Veteran" Yogyakarta.
- • Londong, Arnoldus, Saartje Sompotan, Pemmy Tumewu, and Jelly V. Porong. 2016. Bokashi effect of fertilizer on the growth of rice production methods and SRI (System of Rice Intensification). COCOS 7(4): [accessed July 25, 2016]
- • Nayak, Chinmayee, Ratikanta Mahunta, and Soubhagya Dash. 2016. Economic benefits of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Kendrapara District of Odisha. International Journal of Applied and Pure Science and Agriculture 2(6): 220-225. [accessed July 3, 2016]
Recent Documents Uploaded / New Pages on our Website - July 2016
- No documents uploaded this month, although the presentation Development of Conservation Agriculture – System of Rice Intensification in Taiwan (SRI 保育型農業環境的推展) was uploaded to our slideshare site.
Links to Online Publications- July 2016
- FAO. 2014. Adapting to climate change through land and water management in Eastern Africa Results of pilot projects in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. FAO website. (180 p. pdf) [This publication presents the results and lessons learned from the FAO-Sida supported pilot project “Strengthening capacity for climate change adaptation in land and water management” in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. There are two papers on Tanzania that have very positive SRI results.] [accessed July 18, 2016]
- Watts, Meriel, and Stephanie Willamsone. 2015 Replacing chemicals with biology: Phasing out highly hazardous pesticides with agroecology. Pesticide Action Network website. [210 p., 5.37MB pdf] [accessed July 17, 2016] [SRI references abound in this publication.]
Videos/Audio - Additions to SRI-Rice Playlists - July 2016
- Video: 2016 (July 26). Who is Doctor Yang Saing Koma. 17:19 min. khmer kaksekar channel, YouTube. [Khmer language video about Yang Saing Koma's work with SRI and other development efforts with the NGO CEDAC in Cambodia.]
- Video: 2016 (July 12). SRI Method of Paddy Cultivation | Bhaskar Padire. 4:53 min. Nature's Voice channel, YouTube. [An Indian language video from Andhra Pradesh, India, explaining SRI spacing and transplanting age.]
Presentations - PowerPoint - July 2016
- Yu Chuan Chang. 2016. Development of Conservation Agriculture – System of Rice Intensification in Taiwan (SRI 保育型農業環境的推展). 34 slides. Presentation at the First General Meeting of the Society of Conservation Agriculture - System of Rice Intensification (CA-SRI) in Taipei, Taiwan, July 2. [in Chinese] [uploaded July 31, 2016]
- Shanmugasundaram et al. 2016. Comparison of Triangular and Square System of Rice Intensification in Rice Cultivation. 21 slides. Presentation at the India Water Week 2016, New Delhi, India, April 5-8. [accessed July 25, 2016]
