January 2017- Additions to the SRI-Rice Website
(Links to online material)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS FOR January 2017:
SRI-Rice website: 3,386 unique visitors (3,199 last month) from 76 countries (87 last month) logged 4,395 sessions (4,154 last month) in which 8,014 pages (7,582 last month) were viewed. [Top ten user countries in order of sessions: India, USA, Philippines, UK, Tanzania, Nigeria, Malaysia, Indonesia, Nepal and Canada.]
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: All-time likes 2,174. 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 314 members (8 new) 3) SRI West Africa: 2,253 members
YouTube (primary): 2,424 (2,783 last month) new views this month for our 88 uploads. 404 views for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 327 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: 1,550 followers (12 new this month)
Slideshare: 8,062 (9,343 last month) views new this month; 462 slideshows/posters total uploaded (1 new), 204 followers
Research Databases: There are 1,050 items in our new Zotero research database (3 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 January 2017: 2016 additions, 2017 additions, events, home page, theses, journals, marketing, other crops, 2017 staff news, videos, Bangladesh, Bangladesh archives, Burkina Faso, DR Congo, Haiti, India news, Indonesia, Iraq, Liberia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Thailand, Vietnam, Vietnam archives, December additions
News from past months
In the Press - January 2017
- 2016, Tapanuli Selatan surplus beras 84 ton lebih [Ag. Dept. in South Tapanuli trying Jajar legowo, SRI and hazton methods to raise yields.]
January 28, 2017, AntaraNews (South Tapanuli, Indonesia) - Tirunelveli rice farmer bags award for record yield [Tirunelveli rice farmer gets award for record SRI yield
January 28, 2017, The Times of India (Tamil Nadu, India) - Padi Bondowoso cocok dengan pola tanam Hazton dan SRI [Hazton and SRI methods both tried in Bondowoso]
January 26, 2017, Times Indonesia (East Java, Indonesia) - Award winner wants more youth to take up farming [Tamil Nadu SRI award winner urges youth to take up farming.]
January 26, 2017, New Indian Express (Tamil Nadu, India) - Seedlings sowed at Singur site
January 26, 2017, The Times of India (West Bengal, India) [5 months after the Supreme Court ordered the Singur land returned to its owners, Boro seedlings, were planted with SRI on 200 acres Gopalnagar.] - Lotus Foods' Ken Lee receives Leadership Award for Citizenship [Ken Lee wins Specialty Foods Association Leadership Award for Citizenship.]
January 20, 2017, Yahoo! Finance (USA) - MOO-sic for chilled out milk! Meet the scientists and inventors coming up with wacky solutions to improve our lives [SRI is one of the wacky solutions!]
January 19, 2017, MailOnline (USA?) - Accelerate policy and community-resilient measures [SRI noted as one of Odisha's adaptation and coping mechanisms natural disasters.]
January 16, 2017, The Pioneer (Odisha, India) - Ekonomi hijau untuk Indonesia
January 3, 2017, Koran Sindo (Indonesia)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during January 2017
- Essar Foundation. 2017. A panorama of possibilities. Essar website. January 25. [Introduction SRI and SWI are planned by Essar Foundation for Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh.]
- Otarra, Cheenee. 2017. Agrea: The next sexy thing. Taste blog. January 18. [Article on Cherrie Atilano from the NGO AGREA PH in Marinduque, Philippines. AGREA uses SRI in their programs.]
- Lotus Foods. 2017. Lotus Foods specialty rice to promote climate- and women-smart rice production. PR Newswire website. January 19.
- 2017. धान उत्पादन की ‘एस आर आई (SRI) पद्धति’ (SRI paddy production method). IFCCO website. January 27. [Hindi article by the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative (IFFCO) on the benefits of SRI]
- Adellia, Dhea. 2017. Budidaya padi organik dengan metode SRI. Pengetahuan_BLOG. January 17. [Simple SRI instructions in Indonesian.]
- 2016. Organic-Basd System of Rice Intensification (SRI) - Philippines. WOCAT website. March 17. [Description of an organic SRI project the incorporates ducks for weed control. The project is part of Caritas' Sustainable Learning Agricultural Farm in Marabut, Samar, Philippines.] [accessed January 16, 2017]
- 2017. Social network, referrals and technology adoption: Randomized field experiments using System of Rice Intensification (SRI). International Growth Centre (IGC) website. January. [IGC Bangladesh will have a meeting Jan. 15 to disseminate study findings.]
- 2017. Managing drought: Prof M S Swaminathan. M S Swaminathan Research Foundation website. [SRI included in MSSRF water security system for Tamil Nadu, India.]
- Piro, Patrick. 2017. En Indonésie, une riziculture écologique et deux fois plus productive pour les paysans. CCFD-Terre Solidaire website.[In Sadono, Yogyakarta region, Indonesia, rice fields converted five years ago to SRI, produce 8-12 tons/ha compared to 4 to 5 t/ha before.] [Accessed Jan. 31, 2017]
- 2016. Padi. Majalah Malang website. December 20. [Magazine article that suggests SRI can reduce water use.]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during January 2017
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- • Mevada, K. D., M. V. Patel and ,N. P. Chauhan. 2016. Performance of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) technique in rice (Orzya Sativa L.) on farmer's field. Gujarat Journal of Extension Education 27(1): 27-29
- Hassouni, Laith Naeem. 2016. Effects of irrigation scheduling and the application of organic matter on rice yield under the System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Master's thesis, Baghdad University (Iraq). (153 p., 4.86MB pdf) [accessed January 23, 2017]
- • Fuadi, Najla Anwar, Muhammad Yanuar J. Purwanto, and Suria Darma Tarigan. 2016. Kajian kebutuhan air dan produktivitas air padi sawah dengan sistem pemberian air secara SRI dan konvensional menggunakan irigasi pipa. Jurnal Irigasi 11:(1): 23-32. [accessed January 23, 2017]
- • Sharp, Gawain. 2016. Sustainable development: A model Indonesian SRI co-operative. Master's thesis. Massey University (New Zealand). (63p., 1.89MB pdf) [accessed January 23, 2017]
- • Pisante, Michele, and Amir Kassam. 2017. Sustainable crop production intensification. AIMS Agriculture and Food 2(1): 40-42. doi: 10.3934/agrfood.2017.1.40 (Editorial for special edition on sustainable crop intensification.
- • Biswas, Pijush Kanti, Rajib Das, and Samuel Sangtam. 2016. Farmers perception on SRI Technology: A study of Mokokchung district of Nagaland. International Journal of Scientific Research 5(11): 760-761. [accessed January 17, 2017]
- • Priyanka, G., K. V. R. Murthy, and A. V. Ramana. 2016. Weed dynamics and yield of rice under mechanized system of rice intensification. Journal of Crop and Weed 12(2): 141-144. [accessed January 12, 2017]
- • Wani, Javaid Ahmad, and Amit Sharma. 2016. Response of jhelum rice variety to different crop management practices towards morphological and yield parameters in temperate Kashmir Valley. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 2(6): 1-7.
- • Wijebandara, D. I . Iranie. 2007. Studies on distribution and transformation of soil zinc and response of rice to nutrients in traditional and system of rice intensification (Sri) methods of cultivation. PhD thesis, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (India). (235p pdf) [accessed January 12, 2017]
- • Yasodha, P., and P. Senthil. 2016. Impact of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in increasing agricultural yield in India an analytical study. International Journal of Scientific Research 5(9): 595-596. [accessed January 12, 2017]
- Rakotovao, Narindra H., Tantely M. Razafimbelo, et al. Carbon footprint of smallholder farms in Central Madagascar: The integration of agroecological practices. Journal of Cleaner Production 140(3): 1165–1175. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.10.045
- Agarwal, Punit Kumar, and Ajay Kumar. 2017. A socioeconomic study on pros and cons of SRI method of paddy cultivation in ormanjhi block of Ranchi district, Jharkhand. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research. (online first 1/11/17) [accessed January 12, 2017]
- • Pascual, Victoriano Joesph, and Yu-Min Wang. 2017. Impact of water management on rice varieties, yield, and water productivity under the System of Rice Intensification in southern Taiwan. Water 9(1): 3. doi:10.3390/w9010003 [accessed January 3, 2017]
- • Darmawan, M. 2016. Analysis of Legowo row planting system and System of Rice Intensification (SRI) of paddy field (Oryza Sativa L.) toward growth and production. Agrotech Journal 1(1): 14-18. [accessed January 3, 2017]
New Links to Publications - January 2017
- MAZAO. 2017. MAZAO Newsletter, January 2017. MAZAO website. [accessed January 26, 2017] [SRI progress in Mazao's DR Congo site.]
- 2016. SRI-LMB Newsletter 4(1): 1-8. (December 2016) [accessed January 19, 2017]
- Hufstader, Chris. 2017. Sparking a rice revolution. Oxfam Impact, Winter 2017 edition, Oxfam website. [Fundraising piece about farmers in Vietnam training their neighbors in SRI methods.]
New Uploads to our Website - January 2017
- MAZAO. 2017. MAZAO Newsletter, January 2017. MAZAO website. [accessed January 26, 2017] [SRI progress in Mazao's DR Congo site.]
- 2016. SRI-LMB Newsletter 4(1): 1-8. (December 2016) [accessed January 19, 2017]
- Hufstader, Chris. 2017. Sparking a rice revolution. Oxfam Impact, Winter 2017 edition, Oxfam website. [Fund-raising piece about farmers in Vietnam training their neighbors in SRI methods.]
Videos/Audio - January 2017
- Video: 2017 (January 23). Pelatihan Menanam Padi Metode S.R.I | Inilah Cara Menanam Padi SRI | System Of Rice Intensification. 13:39 min. Johan Agro channel, YouTube. [Demonstration in Imogiri Bantul in the Yogyakarta Special Region in Indonesia.].
- Video: 2017 (January 10). Lotus Foods Sustainability Award. 2:56 min. Lotus Foods channel, YouTube. [Lotus Foods talks about their commitment to SRI methods in sourcing rice.]
- Video: 2017 (January 10). System of Rice Intensification (SRI). 13.04 min. GWPSoutheastAsia channel, YouTube. [Indonesian video focused on GHGs, SRI and climate change. Bahasa Indonesia video with English subtitles.]
Presentations - PowerPoint - January 2017
- Mara, Hillary. 2017. Rice Production in Guinea and SRI; Peace Corps Guinea Agroforestry PST. 54 slides. Presented at SRI Peace Corps Guinea Agroforestry PST, Dubreka, Guinea, January 9, 2017. SRI-Rice channel, Slideshare.net. [uploaded January 26, 2017]
