July 2017- Additions to the SRI-Rice Website
(Links to online material)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS FOR July 2017:
SRI-Rice website: 3,501 unique visitors (3,460 last month) from 86 countries (89 last month) logged 4,658 sessions (4,462 last month) in which 8,384 pages (8,186 last month) were viewed. [Top ten user countries in order of sessions: India, Philippines, USA, Nepal, Indonesia, Myanmar, Japan, Tanzania, Nigeria, Malaysia. Note: This is the second time that Myanmar was in the top 10 users.]
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: All-time likes 2,359 (6 new). 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 342 members (2 new) 3) SRI West Africa: 2,227 members, SICA America Latina: 1,025 total likes
YouTube (primary): 4,238 (4,063 last month) new views this month for our 88 uploads. 376 views (473 last month) for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 422 subscribers (103 new). 107,537 all time views. [NOTE!: The 8 India playlists from the SRI India video channel are now accessible on the main SRI-Rice video channel].
Twitter: 1,634 followers (9 new this month)
Slideshare: 8,862 (6,480 last month) views new this month; 469 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 215 followers (1 new)
Research Databases: There are 1,154 items in our new Zotero research database (11 new). (700+ of these appear in the Mendeley SRI Research database, but are not added to regularly). 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 2017: 2017 additions, about us, contact us, events, home page, listservs/orgs, May additions, journals, theses, videos, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, China, China journals, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Mali, Myanmar, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, India journals, India news, Indonesia, Malaysia, Malaysia archives, Nepal, Thailand, Tanzania, Vietnam, publications, staff news.
News from past months
In the Press - July 2017
- Can Thailand’s latest ‘superfood’ fortify its struggling farmers? [Includes story of Fa Mui, who grows and sells SRI rice in Chiang Rai.]
July 29, 2017, Chiangrai Times (Chiang Rai, Thailand) - Agung Hendriadi "Kita manfaatkan babinsa untuk membantu pertanian" [Dept. Ag to continue working with armed services, includes SRI]
July 24, 2017, tirto.id (Indonesia) - Agri officers focus on SRI technique [Malkangiri administration to grow 56,000 ha of SRI (of a total of 73,125 ha)]
July 23, 2017, The New Indian Express (Odisha, India) - 4 Korba villagers receive ‘Sri Method’ farming training [78 farmers study SRI in 'Project Jalgram’ being implemented jointly by Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO) and NABARD]
July 21, 2017, The Pioneer (Chhattisgarh, India) - Paddy, papaya, vegetables and ornamental plants... A victorious award heaping farmer!
July 21, 2017, Vikatan (Telengana, India)
- Budidaya padi organik dengan metode SRI, panen lebih banyak melimpah [Tips for planting with SRI methods]
July 2017, Tribun Barat (Indonesia) - SRI farm method introduced in Long Semadoh
July 21, 2017, Borneo Post (Sarawak, Malaysia) - Nouvelle technique de vulgarisation du riz chez FIDA
July 20, 2017, Ikiriho, (Burundi) - Anies Baswedan Hadiri panen padi binaan Muhammadiyah DIY
July 19, 2017, Republika (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) [Similar article in Tempo] - Tamil Nadu's granary losing substantial ground: delta region shrinks by 20%
July 15, 2017, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Rice self-sufficiency
July 14-20, 2017, Nepali Times (Nepal) - Use local rice for school feeding programme – Group [Ghana urged to use local rice for govt programs; SRI could increase quality.]
July 12, 2017, Citifmonline (Ghana) - Organic rice transplantation festival celebrated in Patna
July 11, 2017, Matters India (Bihar, India) - Cấy thưa - phương pháp đã chứng minh hiệu quả tại nhiều nước (history of SRI)
July 11, 2017, Khoa Học Phát Triển (Vietnam) - Flood destroys one-third of crops, kills over 3000 livestock [To counter the flood losses the administration will be taking up corrective measures like August transplantation, short duration paddy varieties and SRI.]
July 6, 2017, E-PAO (Manipur, India) - Gains for grains [ClimaAdapt project in India successfully incorporates SRI into interventions]
July 4, 2017, BusinessLine (Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India) - Enfants victimes des migrations [Through the work of the Swiss NGO Terre des Hommes, 1340 families improved their food production and income-generating capacity from SRI and crop diversification]
July 3, 2017, Le Courrier (Switzerland, article re: India)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during July 2017
- Tarumitra. 2017. Joining hands for a healthier planet. Tarumitra website. July 12. [250 students from over 10 schools participate in organic rice transplanting (using SRI) at Tarumita Farm, Bihar, India.]
- Parashar, Akshay. 2017. Pak Anggir - The Balinese farmer idol. Tri Hita Karana - Bali website. July 26.
- Parashar, Akshay. 2017. System of Rice Intensification - A triple-win situation. Tri Hita Karana - Bali website. July 22.
- Gray, Denis D. 2017. Can Thailand’s latest ‘superfood’ fortify its struggling farmers? NIKKEI Asian Review. July 29.
- 2017. Enhancing women’s empowerment and livelihood opportunities through collective effort in Khiwli Kala village - Allahabad – A case study of UPSRLM. murad4ali blog. July 20. [Khiwli Kala Village, Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh, India: About 65 women engaged from 15 SHGs and more than 2.5 hectare land used in SRI intervention.]
- 2017. Organic rice plantation festival. Patna Jesuit Society website. [Student organic (SRI) festival July 11 in Bihar] [accessed July 20, 2017]
- 2017. How rice is made in Madagascar. Chic African Culture website. July 20.
- Rudiana, Pito Agustin. 2017. Di acara panen padi, Anies Baswedan potong bulir masih hijau, Tempo, National section. July 19. [Similar Tempo article]
- Candelario, Elizabeth. 2017. After Paris: Why the natural food industry should double down on regenerative organic agriculture. New Hope Network website. July 13. [Lotus Foods, along with others, reduces GHGs by promoting SRI.]
- ACISAI. 2017. Developing sustainable practices among rice farmers, using the System of Rice Intensification principles. International Cooperation and Development (EU) website. July 13. [Story about the SRI-LBM regional SRI project in the Lower Mekong Basin.]
- 2017. Budidaya padi organik dengan metode SRI, panen lebih banyak! alamtani website. July 5. [Indonesian description of organic SRI methods.]
- 2017. Female-led Enterprise & Agribusiness Development. SNV website. July. [.. Climate Smart practices in Vietnam also can include soil conservation efforts like SRI (System of Rice Intensification) that SNV and their EOWE programme advocate for and apply in Vietnam, which in many circumstances may greatly decrease women’s time spent on weeding and other (rice) farming tasks..]
- 2017. Sustainable agriculture and rural livelihoods. World Neighbors website. [Description of World Neighbors' programs that cites SRI project in Nepal as an example of their work.] [accessed July 2, 2017]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during July 2017
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- Uphoff, Norman. 2017. SRI: An agroecological strategy to meet multiple objectives with reduced reliance on inputs. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 41(7): 825-854. doi: 10.1080/21683565.2017.1334738
- Chapagain, Tejendra. 2017. The System of Rice Intensification and Conventional Rice Farming: Responding to Crop Growth, Yield and Water Productivity. Nova Science Publishers (online). (US$73.80)
- Truong, Tuyet Thi Anh Truong, John Fry, Phu Van Hoang, and Hoang Huy Ha. 2017. Comparative energy and economic analyses of conventional and System of Rice Intensification (SRI) methods of rice production in Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam. Paddy and Water Environment (online first July 17, 2017) pp. 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s10333-017-0603-1 [accessed July 17, 2017]
- • Adrianto, Joko, Harianto Harianto, Manuntun Parulian Hutagaol. 2016. Peningkatan produksi padi melalui penerapan SRI (System of Rice Intensification) di Kabupaten Solok Selatan. Agribusiness Indonesia 4(2):107-122. [accessed July 17, 2017]
- • Vebrina, Dea Astylia. 2017. Respon padi sawah varietas unggul lokal IF8 dan Lentera terhadap aplikasi kompos dan pupuk hayati pada Inceptisol Situgede, Bogor. Undergraduate thesis, Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) (Bogor, Indonesia) (33p). [accessed July 14, 2017]
- • Salma, Siti Suraiya Rukha. 2016. Analisis pendapatan usahatani padi System of Rice Intensification (SRI) dan padi konvensional di Kecamatan Nagrak Kabupaten Sukabumi. Undergraduate thesis, Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) (Bogor, Indonesia) (59p). [accessed July 14, 2017]
- • 林羿汝(Yi-Ju Lin), 邱儀婷(Yi-Tin Chiou), 邱儀婷(Yi-Tin Chiou), 陳清田(Ching-Tien Chen), 陳清田(Ching-Tien Chen), 李振誥(Cheng-Haw Lee), and 李振誥(Cheng-Haw Lee). 2017. 灌溉管理操作對水稻生長期距及灌溉用水效能影響之研究 The effects of Irrigation management practice on growth period and irrigation water use efficiency in paddy rice. Journal of Taiwan Agricultural Engineering 63(2): 1-14. [accessed July 14, 2017]
- Zaman, Nur Badriyah Kamarul, Jamal Ali, and Zakirah Othman. 2017. Sustainable paddy cultivation management: System of Rice Intensification (Sri) for higher production. International Journal of Supply Chain Management 6(2): 235-242. [accessed July 14, 2017]
- • Cariem, Chau Abdoul. 2016. Emisi gas N2O dari lahan padi sawah pada berbagai kondisi lingkungan mikro (N2O emissions from paddy fields at various micro-climate conditions). Undergraduate thesis, Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) (Bogor, Indonesia) (33p). [accessed July 14, 2017]
- Kakde, A. M., K. G. Patel, and B. B. Bhosle. 2017. Larval parasitism of rice yellow stem borer by braconid, Apanteles sp. in relation to conventional and sri methods of planting. BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences 14(2): 186-187. [accessed July 14, 2017]
New Links to Publications - July 2017
- AIT. 2016. Farmer's Congress and National Review and Planning Workshop Suanpa Resort, Surin Province, Thailand, June 23-24, 2016. SRI-LMB website. (26 p. pdf) [Report on a workshop associated with the Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin (SRI- LMB) project.]
- Tu Anh, Tran. 2017. Women's economic empowerment in Quy Hau Agriculture Cooperative. SNV website. [Factsheet about Women's economic opportunities, including SRI, in Quang Binh Province for the Enhancing Opportunities for Women's Enterprises (FLO/EOWE) Project.]
- SRI-LMB. 2017. SRI-LMB Newsletter 5(1): 1-6. [Biannual newsletter published by the SRI-LMB Project, Asian Center of Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (ACISAI), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). National and Regional workshops are highlighted in this edition.]
- Chapagain, Tejendra. 2017. The System of Rice Intensification and Conventional Rice Farming: Responding to Crop Growth, Yield and Water Productivity. Nova Science Publishers (online). (US$73.80)
New Pages Uploaded on our Website - July 2017
Videos/Audio - July 2017
- Video: 2017 (July 20). FIDA: Le projet PNSADR-IM avec le Système de Riziculture Intensive SRI. 5:59 min. Ikiriho News channel, YouTube. [Newscast about an IFAD-sponsored program with SRI in Burundi]
- Video: 2017 (July 25). Water Management of Crops SRI and its Components by Prof Aftab Zaman. 14:25 min. CUTM Odisha channel, YouTube. [Lecture at Centurion University, Odisha, India]
- Video: 2013 (June 9). SRI Pilipinas, isinusulong ang organic rice farming sa bansa. 0.41 min. PTV channel, YouTube. [Tagalog TV clip about SRI in the Philippines.] [accessed July10, 2017]
- Video: 2017 (July 5). Marking of Seedling Distances using marker for SRI method. 1:54. Green Foundation channel, YouTube.
- Video: 2017 (June 8). AWD/SRI for Sustainable Irrigated Rice Production. 1:20:43 min. Produced by the Water in Agriculture Global Solutions Group, World Bank. [Video of the Water in Agriculture Innovation Series webinar on Alternative Wetting and Drying (AWD) and the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Techniques for Sustainable Irrigated Rice Production.] [accessed July 2017]
Slide Presentations - July 2017
- Toure, Abdoulaye, and Gaoussou Traoré. 2017. Mainstreaming of SRI/AWD in WAAPP. 30 slides. Presentation at the Water in Agriculture Innovation Series, World Bank, Washington DC, June 8, 2017. [See ALL presentations in this event] [accessed July 2017]
- 2017. System of Rice Intensification (SRI) - A Way to Improve Agriculture and Water Productivity. 14 slides. Presentation at the Water in Agriculture Innovation Series, World Bank, Washington DC, June 8, 2017. [See ALL presentations in this event] [accessed July 2017]
