April 2018 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website
(Links to online material)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS FOR April 2018:
SRI-Rice website: 3,213 users (3,022 last month) from 87 countries (89 last month) logged 4,124 sessions (3,839 last month) in which 7,184 pages (6,728 last month) were viewed. [Top ten user countries in order of sessions: India, USA, Philippines, Malaysia, Tanzania, Indonesia, Pakistan, Canada, UK and Taiwan]
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: All-time likes 2,440; 2,420 follows. 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 345 members (2 new) 3) SRI West Africa: 2,116 members (-10), SICA America Latina: 1,078 total likes; 1,084 follows.
YouTube (primary): 2,303 (2,139 last month) new views this month for our 88 uploads. 523 views (306 last month) for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 571 subscribers (40 new). 129,998 all time views of our videos. 86,445 lifetime views of our playlists [NOTE!: The 8 India playlists from the SRI India video channel are now accessible on the main SRI-Rice video channel].
Twitter: 1,707 followers (7 new this month)
Slideshare: 6,285 (8,338 last month) views new this month; 488 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 225 followers (0 new)
Research Databases: There are 1,310 items (974 journal articles) in our Zotero research database (29 new). (700+ of these appear in the Mendeley SRI Research database, but we are not adding to this 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 April 2018: 2018 additions, March 2018 additions, Indonesia, Mali, Madagascar, Myanmar, Philippines, Taiwan, Tanzania, Vietnam, home page, SCI, SCI-other,
Spanish docs, SWI, marketing, country index, events, journal articles, India journals, India news, Spanish docs, seminars
News from past months
In the Press - April 2018
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How to make food and agriculture sustainable [Sustainable technologies like SRI suggested]
April 30, 2018, Financial Express (India) - Adopting new approaches to farming underscored [ICAR Interface Meeting stresses SRI and HYVs for rice production increase.]
April 30, 2018, The Sangai Express (Manipur, India) - Agriculture Dept ensures sustainability of production and income for farmers [SRI adopted to increase production of rice at low cost in West Bengal.]
April 25, 2018, United News of India (West Bengal, India) - Mali : Le Mali face au défi du développement agricole: L’incontournable promotion de l’agro-industrie Le rôle stratégique du Siagri [President gave a speech at the beginning of the agricultural season. Article mentions SRI as one of the new approaches introduced since 2013.]
April 21, 2018, Maliactu.net (Mali) - Filière rizicole -Sept tonnes à l'hectare atteint [Description of a mechanical transplanter that is giving 7 ton/ hectare yields. It lists a comparison of costs: Conventional 457 ariary kilo/hectare; SRA 357 ariary kilo/hectare; SRI 228 ariary kilo/hectare; mechanical transplanter 223 ariary kilo/hectare]
April 201, 2018, L'Express de Madagascar (Madagascar) - Panen padi teknologi System of Rice Intensification (SRI) di Kabupaten Dairi [Dairi District Government, Sumatera Utara, seeks to realize increased rice production with SRI.]
April 19, 2018, IRLISID (Sumatera Utara, Indonesia) - KVKs conduct trainings on crop productions in Kohima, Wokha [April 6 training at Nerhe Pezha covers SRI]
April 18, 2018, Nagaland Post (Nagaland, India) - Nilai Saham Golden Share Banyuwangi di Pertambangan Rp 580 M
April 12, 2018, detiknews (East Java, Indonesia) [Banuwangi CSR project by the PT Bumi Suksesindo gold mine includes SRI.] -
Technology for society [SRI advocate Obet Verzola sends daily lessons to farmers via Short Message Service (SMS) messages]
April 10, 2018, Panay News (Panay, Philippines) - Summer paddy (SRI) demonstration providing fertilizer to farmers [Farmers in Pakokku included in SRI demonstration for summer paddy on 5 acres; fertilizer supplied]
April 6, 2018, Myawady (Myanmar) -
‘Rice intensification system’ can save farmers of parched Kashmir?
[Amidst the worst concerns of the farmers in Kashmir in view of prolonged dry spell, SKUAST-K recommends SRI.]
April 3, 2018, Greater Kashmir (Kashmir, India) -
Rice in water scarcity? Yes, why not [SRI has been described as one of the strategies that could contribute towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)]
April 2, 2018, Greater Kashmir (Kashmir, India)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during April 2018
- 2018 Seeds of change. Jesuit Mission website. May? [Current appeal letter highlights SRI in Cambodia]
- Chavan, Sandeep and Bikalp Chamola. 2018. Kamrup women lead artisan skills revival for improved livelihoods. The Wire website. April 28. [The NGO Grameen Sahara in Assam]
- Nathan, Dev, et al. 2018. Energy use and women’s work in agriculture. Economic & Political Weekly 53(17). 28 April.
- Muhajir, Anton. 2018. Saatnya makan ubi untuk menggantikan nasi. Mongabay website. April 21. [SRI hadn't proved as successful as hoped due to several factors.]
- Phansalkar, Sanjiv. 2018. Strengthening grassroots in Gaya for self-sustenance. VillageSquare website, April 20. [By popularizing the system of root intensification and introducing sustainable agricultural practices, Anil Verma has brought a positive change in the lives of marginalized farmers in Gaya]
- 2018. Panen padi teknologi System of Rice Intensification (SRI) di Kabupaten Dairi. BPTP website. April 18. [Govt. of Dairi Regency in North Sumatera, Indonesia, which is promoting SRI, recorded 5-6 tons/ha at harvest festival.]
- 2018. SRI-Methode: Indischer Bauer knackt mit pestiferous Unmethodical Enter-Weltrekord. Permaculture Lebensraum website. April 11. [General description of SRI]
- 2018. FAO, Tanzania Government train youth to increase rice production. FAO website (Africa section). [Sustainable Rice System Development project in Tanzania finds success with SRI.]
- 2018. Vietnam’s rice caught between two models of development. Gro Intelligence website. April 11.
- 2018. Nature-based solutions the key to water management. Outdoor Design Source website. April 5.
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during April 2018
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- Jiyeon, 서지연, Seo, et al. 2018. Effect of SRI water management on the reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions and irrigation water supply in paddy. Journal of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers 60(1): 79-87. [accessed April 2018]
- Pun, Ishwar, and Eiji Yamaji. 2017. Comparative study of methane emission and structural development of rice plants from SRI and non-SRI methods in a lysimeter experiment. International Journal of Environmental and Rural Development 8(1): 20-26. [accessed April 2018]
- • Jain, Bharat Taindu, A. K. Sarial, and Hari Kesh. 2018. Comparison of yield potential of basmati rice (Oryza sativa) through direct seeded rice, SRI and conventional technology. Research Journal of Agricultural Sciences 9(2): 300-306. [accessed April 2018]
- • Sulandjari, and M. B. Yunindanova. 2018. Application of azolla and intermittent irrigation to improve the productivity and nutrient contents of local black rice variety. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 142(1): 1-6. [accessed April 2018]
- Nathan, Dev, et al. 2018. Energy use and women’s work in agriculture. Economic & Political Weekly 53(17). 28 April. [accessed April 2019]
- • Taylor, Marcus, and Suhas Basme. 2018. The political ecology of rice intensification in South India: Putting SRI in its places. Journal of Agrarian Change (online first) 1-18. [accessed April 2018]
- • Soentoro, Edy Anto, et al. 2018. Optimization of irrigation water use to increase the benefit of agricultural products. MATEC Web of Conferences 159. doi:10.1051/matecconf/201815901026. [Presented at the 2nd International Joint Conference on Advanced Engineering and Technology (IJCAET 2017) and International Symposium on Advanced Mechanical and Power Engineering (ISAMPE 2017)] [accessed April 2018]
New Links to Publications (pdfs, books, etc.) - April 2018
- INTA. 2018. Sistema Intensivo del Cultivo de Arroz (SRI). Brochure de INTA - Instituto Nicaragüense de Tecnología Agropecuaria (Instructional/promotional brochure by the Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA).)
Documents Uploaded and New Pages Created/Updated on our Website - April 2018
- [SRI-Rice website pages updated during April 2018: 2018 additions, March additions, Indonesia, Mali, Madagascar, Myanmar, Philippines, Taiwan, Tanzania, Vietnam, home page, SCI, SCI-other, Spanish docs, SWI, marketing, country index, events, journal articles, India journals, India news, Spanish docs, seminars]
- Fisher, Lucy. 2017. March additions to the SRI-Rice website. (New page on the SRI-Rice website.) [uploaded March 14, 2018]
Videos/Audio - April 2018
- Video: 2018 (January 12). Producción de Semmilleros en Bandejas para Transplante en el Cultivo del Arroz. 1:38 min. Oscar Montero channel, Youtube. [Spanish language video about Oscar Montero's SRI production in Costa Rica.] [accessed April 15, 2018]
- Videos: 2018 (March 26). SRI Paddy (Hindi) Part 2: 5:18 min., Part 3: 10:13 min., Part 4: 6:30 min., Part 5: 8:58 min., Part 6: 12:53 min., Part 7: 8:36 min. Manage channel, YouTube. [Series of six Hind language videos on SRI produced by the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Govt. of India, Hyderabad] [accessed April 15, 2018]
- Video: 2018 (April 6). Community Development Agriculture Karuna Battambang Organization. 11:58 min. Produced by Karuna Battambang Organization. Karuna Battambang channel, YouTube. [Community Development-Agriculture program: The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) currently spread to 28 farmers, youth and women by Croap, in KeoMony Village, Pursat, Cambodia.]
Presentations (PowerPoints) - April 2018
- Su, Thein. 2018. System of Rice Intensification - SRI Experiences in Myanmar. 32 slides. Presentation at the Department of Agricultural Research, Department of Agriculture Research, Naypyidaw, Myanmar, April 25, 2018.
* = System of Crop Intensification (SCI)
