February 2017- Additions to the SRI-Rice Website
(Links to online material)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS FOR February 2017:
SRI-Rice website: 3,686 unique visitors (3,386 last month) from 94 countries (76 last month) logged 4,902 sessions (4,395 last month) in which 9,137 pages (8,014 last month) were viewed. [Top ten user countries in order of sessions: India, USA, Philippines, UK, Nigeria, Indonesia, Malaysia, Tanzania, Germany and Thailand.]
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: All-time likes 2,179. 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 317 members (3 new) 3) SRI West Africa: 2,248 members, SICA America Latina: 1,006 likes
YouTube (primary): 2,313 (2,424 last month) new views this month for our 88 uploads. 255 views for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 339 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: 1,562 followers (12 new this month)
Slideshare: 8,553 (8,062 last month) views new this month; 462 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 205 followers
Research Databases: There are 1,066 items in our new Zotero research database (16 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 February 2017: Bangladesh, Haiti, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Liberia, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Tanzania, Thailand, Thailand archives, Taiwan, 2017 additions, 2016 additions, January additions, events, FAQs, FAQs1, journal articles, India journal articles, staff news, theses, videos
News from past months
In the Press - February 2017
- Pour l’atteinte de l’objectif de l’autosuffisance en riz en 2017 : La campagne de contre saison démarre plus tôt que prévu à Matam [Article from the Matam region of Senegal. President of one of the producers' unions in Kanel department pledges to get 12 tons/ha with SRI.]
February 20, 2017, business221 (Senegal) - Office Riz Mopti: Des resultats encourageants [Agriculture Minister suggests use of SRI and other practices at regional agriculture conference in Mali.]
February 8, 2017, aBamak.com (Mali) - Youths trained on sustainable farm practices at OUAT [Ag. Dept. in South Tapanuli trying Jajar legowo, SRI and hazton methods to raise yields.]
February 1, 2017, The Pioneer (Odisha, India)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during February 2017
- 2017. Orasi Ilmiah Gubes ITB Irda Fidrianny & Mubiar Purwasasmita – Terobosan SDA Indonesia, Apa Kabar? Destinasianews.com website. February 25. [ITB professors talk about paying more attention to natural resources and note SRI as a positive step.]
- 2017? Getting more from less: System of Rice Intensification. Source Trace website. [accessed February 22, 2017]
- Leinau, Steve. 2017. Six Publications that tell the stories and possibilities of SRI. Earth Links website. February 22.
- Dial, Saër 2017. Autosuffisance en riz en 2017: La campagne de contre saison démarre plus tôt que prévu à Matam pour atteindre l’objectif fixé. Lactuacho.com website. February 20. [Article from the Matam region of Senegal. President of one of the producers' unions in Kanel department pledges to get 12 tons/ha with SRI.]
- 2017? Pertanian padi. Everyone is Number One website. [Rice planting article that recommends SRI. In Indonesian.]
- 2017. "We Do Things Differently" – the outsiders rebooting our world. EcoHustler website. February 8. [Announcing Mark Stevenson's new book We Do Things Differently, which a has section on SRI.]
- 2017? Capacity building and technology intervention - Chhattisgarh Agricon Samiti. Chhattisgarh Agricon Samiti website. [accessed February 3, 2-17] [Description of a 3-year SRI project in Durg, Chhattisgarh, in which farmers made 40%-200% yield increase with the highest yield of 87.5 q/ha.]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during February 2017
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- • Nugroho, Virgus Amin, Cahyo Prayogo. 2016. Dapatkah status unsur hara dan produktivitas tanaman padi metode SRI (System of Rice Intensification) ditingkatkan? Jurnal Tanah dan Sumber Daya Lahan 3(2): 365-374. [accessed February 28, 2017]
- • Manivannan, V., Jahanmohan, K.R., Pandian, B.J. and Harisudhan, C. (2016). Study on the impact of the system of rice intensification in less water endowed areas of Tamil Nadu, India. International Journal of Agricultural Sciences 12(2): 234-237. doi:10.15740/HAS/IJAS/12.2/234-237. [accessed February 22, 2017]
- • Samaila, Suleiman, Wan Ishak Bin Wan Ismail, and Muhamad Saufi Mohd Kassim. The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) practices and mechanization needs. Asian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 8(3): 1017. doi:10.19026/ajas.8.2988 [accessed February 18, 2017]
- • Mishra, Abha. 2017. Dealing with uncertainty with certain principles, and mobilizing farmers’ creativity for sustainable agriculture intensification that contributes to food security. Agricultural Research and Technology 4(1): 1-3. doi: 10.19080/ARTOAJ.2017.04.555629.
- • Rewari, Gulshan. 2017. Reduction of greenhouse gases emission from paddy fields. RiceOutlook website. February. 16. [accessed February 18, 2017]
- Nhamo, Nhamo, Jonne Rodenburg, et al. 2014. Narrowing the rice yield gap in East and Southern Africa: Using and adapting existing technologies. Agricultural Systems 131: 45–55 doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2014.08.003 [Review article, accessed February 9, 2017]
- • Manivannan, V., K. R. Jahanmohan, B. J. Pandian, B. J., and C. Harisudhan. 2016. Study on the impact of the system of rice intensification in less water endowed areas of Tamil Nadu. International Journal of Agricultural Sciences 12:(2): 234-237. doi:10.15740/HAS/IJAS/12.2/234-237 [accessed February 6, 2017]
- • Shewale, S. S. 2016. Economical study of summer gujari rice to various establishment techniques and weed control methods. International Journal of Agricultural Sciences 12(2): 379-381 doi:10.15740/HAS/IJAS/12.2/379-381 [accessed February 6, 2017]
- Singh, N., Anando Pramanik, et al. 2016. Response of hybrid rice to transplanting date and nitrogen fertilization under System of Rice Intensification in rainfed lowland ecosystem. International Journal of Bio-Resource & Stress Management. 7(4): 855-861. [accessed February 6, 2017]
- Gicheru, Mercy Njeri. 2016. Barriers and enablers to the uptake and implementation of System of Rice Intensification; A case study of Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kenya. Master's thesis. University of Capetown, South Africa. (79p. pdf) [accessed February 5, 2017]
- • Mariogani, Alvin. 2017. Research on the factors of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) dissemination in Indonesia - Case Study in Banyumas Regency, Central Java. University of Tokyo Repository. [accessed February 3, 2017]
New Links to Publications - February 2017
- Uphoff, Norman, Zhang Yu Quan, and Shan Lu Yong Si. 2017. 稻作革命SRI (System of Rice Intensification). [Chinese language version of Norman Uphoff's 2016 book "The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) - Responses to Frequently Asked Questions"] [Check various sites for varying prices.] [accessed February 16, 2017]
- 2016. System of Rice Intensification. Sekolah Pertani website. [Indonesian language online farmer education course.]
Videos/Audio - February 2017
- Video: 2017 (February 7). Animasi 2D Metode Tanam Padi SRI (System of Rice Intensification). 5:34 min. Bakti Raharjo channel, YouTube. [Animation of SRI methods in Bahasa Indonesia.]
- Video: 2017 (January 5). ASEAN's Next Generation Leaders (ANGeLs) - EP2: Cherri Atilano. 23:53 min. Channel NewsAsia, Toggle website. [Video about Cherri Atilano, founder of AGREA an NGO on the island of Marinduque.] [accessed February 16, 2017]
- Video: 2017 (February 14). Liberia Boosts Its Rice Production. 4:47 min. CNN channel. YouTube. [A CNN production about those who are promoting local rice production and sales, including the CHAP, an NGO promoting SRI.]
- Video: 2017 (February 6).উন্নত পদ্ধতিতে ধান চাষাবাদ, অধিক ধান উৎপাদনে SRI, Improved methods of rice cultivation. Part 1, 6:19 min., Part 2, 4:13 min.; Part 3, 9:51 min. AT channel, YouTube. [Bengali language SRI information, Bangladesh]
- Video: 2017 (February 5). Système Riziculture Intensif - SRI. 7:37 min. Filmotion Haiti channel, YouTube. [Creole language video produced by Oxfam and UC Davis about a workshop to deliver the results of a UCD research project on SRI.]
Presentations - PowerPoint - February 2017
- Rasquinha, Vijay. 2017. Saving 200 billion litres of water by 2020. 11 slides. Presentation at the Geospatial World Forum, Hyderabad, India, February 23-25. [Project intended to help 6300 canal-irrigated paddy farmers in 180 villages in of Raichur and Koppal districts to shift from a water-intensive flood irrigation regime to a rationale use of canal water through ICM Integrated crop management, comprising both NPM (Non-Pesticidal Management) and SRI. This should save 200 billion litres of canal water by 2020.]
