May 2017- Additions to the SRI-Rice Website
(Links to online material)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS FOR May 2017:
SRI-Rice website: 3,665 unique visitors (3,597 last month) from 94 countries (87 last month) logged 4,854 sessions (4,734 last month) in which 8,842 pages (8,978 last month) were viewed. [Top ten user countries in order of sessions: India, USA, Philippines, UK, Tanzania, Malaysia, Nigeria, Australia, Netherlands, and Indonesia. Note: Peru was #11 this month which is notable because Latin America is not usually in or near the top 10.]
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: All-time likes 2,334 (25 new). 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 335 members (4 new) 3) SRI West Africa: 2,242 members, SICA America Latina: 1,017 total likes
YouTube (primary): 3,123 (2,482 last month) new views this month for our 88 uploads. 331 views for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 376 subscribers (10 new). 99,120 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: 1,604 followers (12 new this month)
Slideshare: 5,222 (7,581 last month) views new this month; 466 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 213 followers (1 new)
Research Databases: There are 1,129 items in our new Zotero research database (31 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 May 2017: Home page, 2017 additions, events, April additions, events, journals, India journals, India news, presentations, projects page, SSI, staff news, theses, videos, Cambodia, Cameroon, Haiti, Japan, Laos, Laos archives, Kenya, Korea, Myanmar, Philippines,Thailand, Vietnam
News from past months
In the Press - May 2017
- System of Rice Intensification (SRI) findings shared at Hanoi workshop [SRI-LMB workshop April 23-25, 2017 in Hanoi]
May 19, 2017, Newswit.com (Thailand: re Vietnam workshop) (Article also on ThaiPR.net) - Despite food insecurity, Kisumu farmers lack ready market for rice [SRI increases production in Ahero, though distribution systems are lacking]
May 8, 2017, Business Daily (Kenya) - Petani Blang Nisam kembangkan SRI organik [P.T. Medco's CSR project in East Aceh Regency has success]
May 7, 2017, Serambi Indonesia (Aceh, Indonesia) - Petani Blang Nisam minta Medco lanjutkan pembinaan pengembangan padi SRI organik [P.T. Medco's CSR project in East Aceh Regency has success]
May 6, 2017, Serambi Indonesia (Aceh, Indonesia) - Just one rice seedling per hill will yield high
May 6, 2017, Manila Bulletin (Isabella, Philippines) - CHAP discloses progress of Japanese Rice Grant Project [Project is making progress in Lofa, Bassa, Bomi, Cape Mount and Montserrado counties. Six rice processing facilities upgraded to process two to three metric tons of rice daily.]
May 4, 2017, Daily Observer (Liberia) - Batan kembangkan padi ‘nuklir’ di Purbalingga [New variety developed with radiation grown with organic SRI]
May 3, 2017, Gatra News (Jawa Tengah, Indonesia)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during May 2017
- Bhole, Akshay. 2017. A list of 11 large agriculture CSR projects in India. CSRBox website. May 25. [Adani Foundation helped 1,050 farmers from 35 villages of Tiroda region, to implement SRI, reducing their cultivation costs by 33% and increasing their crop productivities by 51%.]
- 2016. SRI 4 Women (System of Rice Intensification) project. Engim Internazionale website. December 16. [One-Word SILC group in Foredugu, a group comprising only of women, are engaged in SRI and are transplanting (NERICA L19) in their demonstration plot at Foredugu town in Buya Romende Chiefdom pf Sierra Leone.]
- 2017. L’approche agro-écologique SRI fait ses preuves pour la production de riz en Afrique de l’Ouest. CommodAfrica website. May 22.
- Dung, Ngo Tien, and Hoang Van Phu. 2017. The 10 year journey of SRI in Vietnam. SRI in Vietnam blog. [The report was presented at the event "The 10 years Journey of SRI in Vietnam", Thai Nguyen City, September 27 and 28, 2016] [accessed May 19, 2017] [The Vietnamese version of this report was online in 2016.
- Chu, Will. 2017. Food production can weather the storm, say sustainability project leaders . Food Navigator.com. May 17. [ClimAdapt Project in India notes SRI as one of the main technologies promoted by the project.]
- Gulden, Katherine Torday. 2017. Climate-smart agriculture to ensure a food secure future. Norsk Institutt for Bioøkonomi (NIBIO) website. May 16.
- 2017. Intensive rice culture primer. Worldagriculturesolutions website. [Overview and basic instruction on SRI]
- Apriando, Tommy. 2017. Asa Desa Wlahar Wetan berdaulat pangan organik. Mongabay Indonesia. May 10. [Village in Central Java prospers with organic SRI.]
- Uphoff, Norman. 2017. The System of Rice Intensification’s role in hunger, climate change, and communities. Food Tank. May 9. [Article also in Rice News Today]
- 2017. Precious soils and seeds - Industrial agriculture and climate smart farming. Heinrich Böll Foundation website. May 5. [SRI noted as agroecological approach.]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during May 2017
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- • Mondol, Amit Partha. 2012. Assessment of SRI with conventional method of rice cultivation in Boro season. Master's thesis, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka (Bangladesh) [accessed May 11, 2017]
- • Setiawan, Budi Indra, Chusnul Arif, Rudiyanto, and Muhamad Askari. 2015. Optimizing irrigation drainage rates in SRI paddy fields. Jurnal Teknologi 76(15): 139-145. [accessed May 11, 2017]
- • Patil, Anagha. 2017. Impact of group counseling intervention programme on farmers. International Journal of Indian Psychology 4(3): 144-149. [accessed May 11, 2017]
- • Merina Prem Kumari, S., and B. J. Prabina. 2017. Impact of the mixed consortium of indigenous Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) on the growth and yield of rice (Oryza Sativa L.) under the system of Rice Intensification (SRI). International Journal of Environment, Agriculture and Biotechnology 2(20): 881-885. doi:10.22161/ijeab/2.2.41 [accessed May 10, 2017]
- • Sharma, Arpita, D. Kachroo, et al. 2017. Impact of different transplanting dates and nutrient sources on soil microbial population and grain yield of Basmati rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown under SRI. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 6(3): 778-782. [accessed May 7, 2017]
- Kumar, Suresh, S. K. Tiwari, et al. 2016. Effect of nutrient management on soil fertility and productivity under SRI method of cultivation. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science 64(2): 157-162. doi:10.5958/0974-0228.2016.00020.7 [accessed May 7, 2017]
- • Nath, Dipak, and Dilip K. Das. 2017. Constraints encountered by rice farmers of Tripura in adoption of system of rice intensification (SRI) technology. International Journal of Farm Sciences 7(1): 110-115. [accessed May 7, 2017]
- • Thakur, Amod K., and Norman T. Uphoff. 2017. How the System of Rice Intensification can contribute to Climate-Smart Agriculture. Agronomy Journal 109(4): 1-20. doi:10.2134/agronj2016.03.0162 [accessed May 7, 2017]
- • Sutarto, Widiyastuti Emi Widiyanti. 2016. Persepsi petani terhadap pengembangan System of Rice Intensification (SRI) di kecamatan Moga kapbuten Pemalang. AGRISTA 4(3): 476-485. [accessed May 7, 2017]
- Tumusiime, Emmanuel. 2017. Suitable for whom? The case of system of rice intensification in Tanzania. The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension 1-16. doi:10.1080/1389224X.2017.1310660.[accessed May 7, 2017]
- • Hembram, S. K., Satyajit Sarkar, and Rambilash Mallick. 2016. Effective weed management practices in system of rice infestation. Environment and Ecology. 34(3C): 1490-1494.[accessed May 7, 2017]
- Devi, D.A. Rajini, R. Vijaya Kumari et al. 2017. Study of economics of paddy cultivation under transplantation, system of rice intensification (SRI) and direct seeding in Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh. Indian Journal of Economics and Development 13(2a): 262- 264. doi:10.5958/2322-0430.2017.00077.4 [accessed May 7, 2017]
- • Waris, Amtul. 2017. Gender dimensions and training needs of farm women in system of rice intensification in selected districts of Bihar state. Agriculture Update 12(1): 109-112. doi: 10.15740/HAS/AU/12.1/109-112 [accessed May 5, 2017]
- Kumar, R. Mahender, T. Vidhan Singh et al. 2016. Mechanized weed management to enhance productivity in System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Indian Journal of Weed Science 3(48): 259-261. doi: 10.5958/0974-8164.2016.00063.0 [accessed May 4, 2017]
- Uphoff, Norman. 2017. "Developments in the system of rice intensification (SRI)." In Achieving sustainable cultivation of rice Volume 2: Cultivation, pest and disease management. ed. Takuji Sasaki. Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science. [Costs US$190] [accessed May 4, 2017]
- Raj, Rishi, Amil Kumar, I. S. Solanki et al. 2017. Influence of crop establishment methods on yield, economics and water productivity of rice cultivars under upland and lowland production ecologies of Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains. Paddy and Water Environment (Online first May 2, 2017). pp. 1-17. doi:10.1007/s10333-017-0598-7 [accessed May 4, 2017]
- • Rajput, A., S. S. Rajput, and G. Jha. 2017. Physiological parameters leaf area index, crop growth rate, relative growth rate and net assimilation rate of different varieties of rice grown under different planting geometries and depths in SRI. International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience 5(1): 362-367. doi:10.18782/2320-7051.2472
- • Wang, Sonam Wangyel, Woo-Kyun Lee, and Yowhan Son. 2017. Low carbon development pathways in Indian Agriculture. Change and adaptation in socio-ecological systems 3(1): doi:18-26.10.1515/cass-2017-0002.
New Links to Online Publications - May 2017
- Othman, Zakirah, and Quamrul Hasan. 2016. "Sustainable Agriculture through Organic Farming: A Case in Paddy Farming in Peninsular Malaysia," pp 38-50, In Focus on Environment. AIMST University, Malaysia. [accessed May 2017]
- 2017. Food: System of Rice Intensification. Project Drawdown website. [This from the book Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming, edited by Paul Hawken and published in April. It is the culmination of a multi-year effort of scientists and experts from around the world to identify, research and model the 100 most important solutions to reverse global warming by 2050.] [accessed May 10, though it went into the April newsletter.]
New Pages Uploaded on our Website - May 2017
- Uphoff, Norman. 2017. Review of presentations by Norman Uphoff on SRI, 1997-present. SRI-Rice website. May 24.
- Julius, Fieshi. 2016. SRI COOPBOD / Barudev Initiative in Rural Development: Introducing a Learning-by-Practicing Method (LbPM) on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) [Training by SRI COOPBOD (Ndop) Conducted at Mbueni-Njinikom Sub Division, Boyo Division, North West Region, Cameroon, Nov. 29 – Dec. 2, 2016] [uploaded May 2017]
- April 2017- Additions to the SRI-Rice website. [uploaded May 2017]
Videos/Audio - May 2017
- Videos: 2017 (May 30). Five short SRI instructional videos from India on the ashokknandania channel (YouTube)
1) System of Rice Intensification SRI in Punjab Conoweeder application. 0.21 min.
2) System of Rice Intensification in Punjab Uprooting Nursery for Transplantation. 0.25 min.
3) System of Rice Intensification SRI in Punjab Transplantation 3. 0.23 min.
4) System of Rice Intensification SRI in Himachal Transplantation 2. 1:07 min.
5) System of Rice Intensification SRI in Punjab -2 Nursery Sowing. 1:11 min. - Video: 2017 (May 9, 2017). SRI (Systemic Rice Intensification in Paddy) Bed Preparation_DoAg&DigitalGreen_April-2016. 9:15 min.digitalgrenorg channel, YouTube.
- Video: 2017 (May 5). Témoignage sur l'utilisation du SRI à Madagascar _avril2017. 5:15 min. [French language video on the SRI work of the NGO Codegaz and their partner GCD in Madagascar]
- Video: Système de Riziculture Intensive : Le programme de Codegaz à Madagascar. 4:38 min. CODEGAZ communauté channel, YouTube. [French language video on the SRI work of the NGO Codegaz and their partner GCD in Madagascar]
- Video: 2017 (May 4). UC Davis Professor Travis Lybbert speaks on improving rice yields in Haiti. 5:32 min. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Assets and Market Assets, YouTube. [Results of a study in an Oxfam project in the Artibonite Valley in Haiti.]
- Video: 2017 (May 4). S. S. I. cultivation cultivation in sugar cane. 17:14 min. pasumai vivashayam channel, YouTube. [Tamil language video on the Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative, based on SRI principles.]
- Video: 2017 (May 3). Lung Sai doubled his harvest. 1:10 min. Partners Relief & Development channel, YouTube. [Results of a 2014 Partners in Relief & Development project to train farmers in Shan state in Myanmar in SRI.]
- Video: 2017 (May 3). S R I method of rice cultivation (In TAMIL) . 11:38 min. pasumai vivashayam channel, YouTube. [Tamil language video on SRI methods.]
- Video: 2017 (May 3). SRI LMB developing a more intelligent pathway for sustainable rice intensification. 7:59 min. SRI LMB channel, YouTube. [The AIT is implementing an EU-financed project entitled: “Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin”. The objective is to enhance resilience of rainfed small-scale farmers of Lower Mekong region confronting climate change.]
Slide Presentations - May 2017
- Moreira, Díddier. 2017. El Sistema Intensivo del Cultivo Arrocero (SRI) en las Américas como una respuesta al cambio climático. 26 slides. Presented at the Foro virtual sobre Sistema Intensivo del Cultivo Arrocero (SRI) en las Américas como una respuesta al cambio climático. IICA, Costa Rica, May 25, 2017.
- 2017.
Presentations at the Regional Review and Planning Workshop 2017
of the Project on Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin (SRI-LMB), held April 23-25, 2017, in Hanoi Vietnam.
1) Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL): Regional Trend. 37 slides.
2) Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) in Cambodia. 39 slides.
3) Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) in Vietnam. 31 slides.
4) Key FPAR Learning and Draft Work Plans, Thailand. 24 slides.
5) Key FPAR Learning from Uttaradit Province, Thailand. 16 slides.
6) Key FPAR Learning from Thailand. 33 slides.
7) Key FPAR Learning and Draft Work Plans, Vietnam. 25 slides.
8) Key FPAR Learning and Draft Work Plans, Lao PDR, 21 slides.
9) Key FPAR Learning and Draft Work Plans, Cambodia. 54 slides.
10) Economic Outputs and Key Learning from Projects. 17 slides. - Norman Uphoff. 2014. Agroecological Strategies for Raising Crop Productivity with Reduced Inputs, with Less Water Requirement, and with Buffering of Climate-Change Stresses. 72 slides. Presentation at the Agricultural Research Center, Sakha, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt, April 10, 2014. [uploaded May 18, 2017]
