September 2016 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website
(Links to online material)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS FOR September 2016:
SRI-Rice website: 3,378 unique visitors (3,950 last month) from 86 countries (96 last month) logged 4,112 sessions (4,942 last month) in which 9,432 pages (9,035 last month) were viewed. [Top ten user countries: India, USA, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Canada, Australia, UK, Myanmar, and Kenya]
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: All-time likes 2,106 (20 new this month). 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 301 members (4 new) 3) SRI West Africa: 2,137 members (92 new)
YouTube (primary): 2,023 new views this month for our 67 uploads. 221 views for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 282 subscribers (9 new). [NOTE!: The 8 India playlists from the SRI India video channel are now accessible on the main SRI-Rice video channel).
Twitter: 1,502 followers (10 new this month)
Slideshare: 10,857 (10,331 last month) views new this month; 457 slideshows/posters total uploaded (2 new), 203 followers
Research Databases:
There are 1,011 items in our new Zotero research database (45 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 September 2016: 2016, August news, July news, about us, home page, events, staff news, events, journal articles, extension material, seminars, video, Spanish docs, Bhutan, Colombia, Ghana, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Tanzania, Vietnam.
News from past months
In the Press - September 2016
- Water shortage triggers paradigm shift in cultivation in delta region [Changing patterns included switch to SRI.]
September 28, 2016, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Menebar virus organik di Katiku Wai [SRI in the village of Katiku Wai, Sumba Timur.
September 25, 2016, Villagerspost.com (Sumba Timur, NTT) [Another post in the Villagerspost.com noted that the golden apple snail has been reduced in paddy grown with SRI.] - President U Htin Kyaw visits integrated farm in Toungoo Township [Myanmar President U learns about SRI in Toungoo Township]
September 23, 2016, The Global New Light of Myanmar (Myanmar) - Govt promotes SRI to achieve self sufficiency in food grain production [Tripura Ag. Dept. sets a target of producing 5 lakh 1,000MT with SRI]
September 23, 2016, tripuraninfo (Tripura, India) - ‘Cultivating cane all year unscientific’
September 23, 2016, NOOOZ (Karnataka, India) - Perda LP2B lindungi lahan produktif di Kabupaten Tasik [Govt. to restrict building on paddy lands, especially SRI fields, which produce rice for export.]
September 22, 2016, Radartasikmalaya.com (West Java, Indonesia) - Formadat holds symposium on highlanders
September 22, 2016, Suara Sarawak (Sarawak, Malaysia) - Samdrup Jongkhar Initiative up scaling SRI [Rekhey village chosen at third pilot area; Pemathang and Langchenphu gewogs began with SRI in 2014]
September 17, 2016, The Bhutanese (Bhutan) - TN’s kuruvai paddy is Karnataka’s bane [Shared water source between TN and Karnataka lead to SRI and aerobic rice to save water.]
September 14, 2016, Bangalore Mirror (Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, India) - Tambang Emas fasilitasi penanaman benih unggul [South Tapanuli farmer group plants improved varieties with public and private assistance.]
September 13, 2016, Apakabarsidimpuan (North Sumatra, Indonesia) -
Hiệu quả cao từ hệ thống SRI [MARD says SRI is in 29 provinces and cities and has increased yields while reducing inputs.]
September 9, 2016, Thời Báo (Vietnam) - Troubled waters [Cauvery water shortage affecting TN and Karnataka; govt. should promote SRI.]
September 8, 2016, Business Line (Tamil Nadu/Karnataka, India) - With kuruvai gone, farmers anxious about samba, thaladi
September 4, 2016, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during September 2016
- 2016. MIT project awards innovative climate proposals, presents $10,000 prize. Climate CoLab website. [ClimateRe's carbon offsetting project to finance SRI wins honorable mention.]
- Wheeler, Cat. 2016. Happy endings. Bali Advertiser. [accessed September 30, 2016.]
- 2016. Nestlé India’s commitment on water stewardship. Nestle India website. September 29. [For water saving, Nestle India has partnered with AgSRI on SRI and SSI.]
- 2016. Technology adoption, System of Rice Intensification and food security in rural Bangladesh. Global Development & Research Initiative (GDRI) website, research section. [accessed September 2016]
- 2016. Pasali conducts training on System of Rice Intensification methodologies. Pasali Philippines website. September 19. [31 farmers get SRI training at Pasali Center in Sultan Kudarat, Philippines, Aug. 30-Sept. 1, 2016.]
- Bollier, David. 2016. Transnational Republics Of Commoning. CounterCurrents.org website. September 16.
- 2016. The Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security. Olam Group website. September. [Applications for the 2016 Olam Prize will open on October 16. SRI-Rice won in 2015. See video on the page.]
- 2016. SRI advancing in Latin America to help address climate change, IICA website. September. [This post appears in the IICA Delegation in the USA Newsletter - July - August 2016. This project involved 150 producers in Colombia and the Dominican Republic.]
- 2016. SRI being piloted at Rekhay for the first time. Samdrup Jougkhar Initiative website. July 6. [Samdrup Jongkhar Initiative has begun piloting SRI at Rekhay (Dewathang Gewog), Bhutan.] [accessed Sept. 15, 2016]
- Samphel, Norbu, Erik Landry, and Emily Green-Tracewicz. 2015. System of Rice Intensification - A case study from Bhutan. Samdrup Jougkhar Initiative website. October. [accessed Sept. 15, 2016]
- 2016. The “Swavalamban” Initiative. agromanthan website. September 11. [SRI/SWI included in this initiative to help farmers in India.]
- Mahesh, Ashwin. 2016. Four things that can be done to address Cauvery problem. Citizen Matters/Bangalore blog. September 6. [Article recommends SRI as the first way that Cauvery delta water shortage could be dealt with.]
- IPCALS. 2016. How farmers in Uttarakhand reworked the System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Innovations from sociotechnical interactions in the field. Cornell Events Calendar listing, Cornell University website. September 6.
- Bollier, David. 2016. New forms of network-based governance. David Bollier blog. September 4. (Article reproduced on the Resilience website on Sept. 19). [More on SRI as an example of the global eco-digital commons.]
- 2016. Budidaya padi organik dengan metode SRI. Riong Medan News blog. September 2. [In Bahasa Indonesia. Instructional material for organic SRI from North Sumatera, Indonesia. Includes videos on various steps. The original article by Syahroni Yunus dan Titis Priyowido was initially posted on the Alamtani website in 2013.]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during September 2016
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- Doni, F., Zain, C.R.C.M. Zain, A. Isahak, et al. 2016. Relationships observed between Trichoderma inoculation and characteristics of rice grown under System of Rice Intensification (SRI) vs. conventional methods of cultivation. Symbiosis pp1-15. [Online first July 8, 2016] doi:10.1007/s13199-016-0438-3 [accessed September, 2016]
- Batara, Lily Noviani, Iswandi Anas, Dwi Andreas Santosa, and Yulin Lestari. 2016. Application of indigenous microorganism enriched with beneficial microbes on organic System of Rice Intensification. Jurnal Tanah dan Iklim 40(1): 71–78. [accessed September 23, 2016]
- • Othman, Siti Norezam, Zakirah Othman, and N. A. Yaacob. 2016. The value chain of system of Rice Intensification (SRI) organic rice of rural farms in Kedah. International Journal of Supply Chain Management 2016 (pp.1-8) [accessed September 23, 2016]
- • Othman, Zakirah, and Hidayah Abu Noor (eds). 2015. Proceedings: Southeast Asia Regional Conference on the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) 2015. Universiti Utara Malaysia: Kedah, Malaysia. (167p., 4.3MB pdf) [accessed September 23, 2016]
- • Ludong, Daniel, and Dan Nio Ai Song. 2016. Irigasi hemat air pada padi lokal dengan variasi ketebalan tanah olah menggunakan pola tanam SRI (System of Rice Intensification). [Efficient irrigation in the local rice with thickness variation of cultivated soil using the System of Rice Intensification method]. Eugenia 22(2): 93-98. [accessed September 23, 2016]
- Mohapatra, S., A.K. Mohanty, S.K. Tripathy, S. Lenka, N. Panigrahy, and B.R. Nayak. 2016. Integrated weed management under modified water regimes in System of Rice Intensification. Indian Journal of Weed Science 48(1): 17. doi:10.5958/0974-8164.2016.00003.4. [accessed September 23, 2016]
- He Shiyin-何仕银. 2014. The mulching technology in the System of Rice Intensification applied in mountain areas-山区水稻覆膜强化栽培技术. Sichuan Agriculture and Agricultural Machinery-四川农业与农机 3: 42. [accessed September 23, 2016]
- Kunnathadi, Musthafa, P. R. Jayan, and C. T. Abraham. 2016. Development and testing of self-propelled cono-weeder for mechanized rice cultivation. Indian Journal of Weed Science 48(1): 25–28. doi:10.5958/0974-8164.2016.00005.8. [accessed September 23, 2016]
- Lu Xiuming-陆秀明, Huang Qin-黄庆, Liu Huaizhen刘怀珍, Zhang Bin-张彬, Li Huifen-李惠芬, and Zou Jixiang-邹积祥. 2014. Intensification cultivation techniques of super rice wuyou 308 in central and north areas of Guangdong-广东中北部超级稻五优308强化栽培技术. Tillage and Cultivation-耕作与栽培 (3): 54–55. [accessed September 23, 2016]
- Pandey, Aviral. 2016. System of Rice Intensification (SRI) methods in Bihar: A district level study. NIRD &PR: Journal of Rural Development 35(2). [accessed September 23, 2016]
- Poonam, Annie, Sanjoy Saha, and Sushmita Munda. 2016. Weed management in rice under SRI method of crop establishment. Research on Crops 17(2): 205–209. doi:10.5958/2348-7542.2016.00036.X. [accessed September 23, 2016]
- • Shakya, H. B., M. R. Parmar, M. T. Kumpavat, and R. Swarnkar. 2016. Development and performance evaluation of manually operated cono-weeder for paddy crop. International Refereed Journal of Engineering and Science. 5(7): 6-17. [accessed September 23, 2016]
- Cheng, Chaojian-程健超, and Huo Hairong-霍海榕. 2014. The experiment of the rice intensification density－水稻免耕强化栽培适宜密度试验. Agriculture and Technology-农业与技术 34(1): 91–92. [accessed September 23, 2016]
New Links to Online Publications- September 2016
- Siyami, Bu. 2016. "Agroecology has changed our lives for the better (p.18)," In Making the case for agroecology, Farming Matters 32(3). September.
- Styger, E., and N. Uphoff. 2016. The System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Revisiting agronomy for a changing climate. Practice Brief on Climate-Smart Agriculture Practice Brief. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). [11p., 1.352Mb pdf available on the CGSpace website.] [accessed September 220, 2016].
- Létang, Gardy, Jolette Joseph and Vikerson Garnier. 2015. Haiti Livelihoods and Disaster Risk Reduction Program Evaluation. Evaluation of strategic interventions 2011-2014. Oxfam America Evaluation Report, Relief Web website. December. [accessed September 14, 2016] [Positive evaluation of SRI elements of this Oxfam program in Haiti.]
Videos/Audio - Additions to SRI-Rice Playlists - September 2016
- Video: 2014 (November 14). Rice weeding in Tanzania: Innovations from the field. 3:23 min. USAIDAfrica channel, YouTube. [accessed Sept. 30, 2016. The original was on the USAID website, but we didn't have the YouTube address til now.]]
- Video: 2016 (September 26) Can SRI techniques help Bangladeshi farmers increase their yields? 1:56 min. Monash Business School channel, YouTube. [Associate Professor Asad Islam, Monash University, explores the implications of SRI techniques in rural Bangladesh.]
- Audio: 2016 (August 31). Programa Cultivar Más Con Menos, El SICA O SRI. 15 min. Produced by IICA. iicanoticias channel, Soundcloud. [Presentamos sus características, así como la experiencia de República Dominicana en la aplicación de estas prácticas. Nos acompañan Fabio Diasa, productor dominicano de pequeña escala; Juan Arthur, Especialista en Seguridad Alimentaria y Agricultura, de la Representación del IICA en ese país; y Díddier Moreira, del IICA, Especialista Técnico del Proyecto SRI, cultivar más con menos.] [accessed September 2016]
Presentations - PowerPoint - September 2016
- Aruna, Gerald. 2016. 1609 - Experiences Introducing the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) to Resource-Limited Farmers in Sierra Leone. 37 slides. Presentation at the SRI-Rice seminar series. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, September 12. SRI-Rice channel, Slideshare.net.
- Sen, Debashish. 2016. How farmers in Uttarakhand reworked the System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Innovations from Sociotechnical Interactions in Fields and Villages. 13 slides. Presentation at the SRI-Rice seminar series. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, September 6. SRI-Rice channel, Slideshare.net.
