February 2018 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website
(Links to online material)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS FOR FEBUARY 2018:
SRI-Rice website: 2,481 users (2,404 last month) from 77 countries (76 last month) logged 3,149 sessions (3,045 last month) in which 6,188 pages (5,722 last month) were viewed. [Top ten user countries in order of sessions: India, USA, Philippines, Malaysia, Tanzania, Indonesia, UK, Canada, Nigeria and Nepal]
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: All-time likes 2,432 (16 new). 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 344 members (2 new) 3) SRI West Africa: 2,135 members, SICA America Latina: 1,069 total likes
YouTube (primary): 1,884 (2,284 last month) new views this month for our 88 uploads. 221 views (188 last month) for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 531 subscribers (8 new). 125,854 all time views of our videos. 85,609 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: 1,685 followers (4 new this month)
Slideshare: 4,845 (7,794 last month) views new this month; 486 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 223 followers
Research Databases: There are 1,281 items (965 journal articles) in our Zotero research database (24 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 February 2018: January 2018 additions, all news, contacts, events, FAQs, homepage, journal articles, India journal articles, NTU Trip Reports, seminars, Spanish docs, videos, Cambodia, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Haiti, Haiti archives, Indonesia, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Vietnam
News from past months
In the Press - February 2018
- Highlands to expand summer paddy cultivation with water supply improvements (in Burmese) [Includes 89 hectares of summer SRI rice]
February 24, 2018, Myawadi (Myanmar) - Timba ilmu bertani di Kebun-Kebun Bangsar [Bamgsar Gardems using SRI in urban garden... along with many other crops]
February 18, 2018, Kosmo Online (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) - Being different made all the difference [Story of a woman farmers who previously won an award for her work with SRI]
February 15, 2018, Times of India (Tamil Nadu, India) - Here’s how a Hyderabad farm has been experimenting with rice [Organic Telangana farm uses SRI for heirloom rice]
February 14, 2018, The Hindu (Telangana, India) - Japanese company to collaborate with regional distributor in rice production [Mechanized organic SRI production to be tested in collaboration with Japanese company]
February 13, 2018, Myanmar Times (Myanmar) - Tech push to boost crop yield
February 8, 2018, The Telegraph (Jharkhand, India) - CHAP develops roadmap for non-stop rice supply
February 6, 2018, Daily Observer (Liberia) - [Food security: Trying new rice cultivation method
November 15, 2017 The Financial Express. Accessed Feb, 7, 2018] - Professor explains implication of rice cultivation techniques for developing countries
February 1, 2018, The Cornell Daily Sun (New York, USA)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during February 2018
- Tecsom, Rhod. 2018. System of Rice Intensification: The ZIDOFA approach. IMT News (Panay, Philippines) [Article about Zarraga Integrated Diversified Organic Farmers Association and their closed loop organic value chain in the Philippines.] [accessed February 22, 2018]
- 2018. SRI methodologies. Agriculture Information Bank. February 17. [A recreation of the SRI-Rice home page and methods page!]
- 2018. Upaya ICCTF menanam padi di tanah Nusa Tenggara Timur. Dewi Magazine, February 2018 edition (?) [Gajah Mada University has SRI project in NTT to help combat climate change.] [accessed February 18, 2018]
- 2018. SNV CEO Meike van Ginneken makes first country visit to Vietnam. SNV website. February 14. [New SNV CEO visits women's enterprise project using SRI in Quang Binh province and other projects in Vietnam.]
- 2018. SRI is Increasing Farmer’s Incomes in Mali. West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program website. February 14. [Based on of an article first published in FoodTank.]
- Brown, Annie. 2018. Climate change and pollution threaten Cambodia's poorest villages - but Scots are helping to make a difference. Daily Record, February 10. [Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) is promoting SRI in Cambodia.]
- Henríquez, Priscila. 2018. Celebrating the creative genius of women agriculture scientists. Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) website. February. [This article discusses Kelly Witkowski's leadership with SRI in Latin America, particularly in Colombia and the DR.]
- Fredrick, Brian. 2018. How to meet rice demand more adequately, equitably, and sustainably. Crops and Commodities section, Food Tank. February 8.
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during February 2018
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- • Thirupathi, I. et al. 2018. Assessment of energetics of rice with irrigation and nitrogen management practices under different establishment methods. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 7(1): 2313-2319. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2018.701.279 [accessed February 19, 2018]
- Hansda, Regina. 2018. Small-scale farming and gender-friendly agricultural technologies: the interplay between gender, labour, caste, policy and practice. Gender, Technology and Development 21(3): 189-205. doi: 10.1080/09718524.2018.1434990 [accessed February 16. 2018]
- • * Berhe, T., Z. Gebretsadik, and N. Uphoff, N. 2017. Intensification and semi-intensification of tef production in Ethiopia: applications of the System of Crop Intensification. CAB Reviews 12(054): 1-12.
- • Sylla, M., et al. 2017. Evaluation des pratiques de gestion des adventices en riziculture irriguee dans la localite de Daloa, centre-ouest de la Cote d’Ivoire. Agronomie Africaine 29(1); 49-64.
- • Oo, Aung Zaw, et al. Sustainable farming under climate change: SRI - Both economical and environment friendly. Farmers' Forum, Dec. 2017-Jan.2018 edition: 13-18. [Research in Tamil Nadu finds GHG reduction with SRI and MSRI.]
- • Bagayoko, M., G. Traore, and O. Samake. 2017. Variabilite spatiale des rendements du riz en systeme de riziculture intensive (SRI) en zone office du Niger au Mali. Agronomie Africaine 29(2): 137-147. [accessed February 13, 2018]
- • Singh, Chandan, et al. 2018. Effect of INM modules and different cultural practices on properties of silty clay loam. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 7(1): 653-658. doi: 10.20546/ijcmas.2018.701.079 [accessed February 10, 2018]
- • Kirar, Shiv Singh, Ram Pratap Bain, and Jeetendra Kumar Soni. 2018. A comparative study on production realized in traditional and SRI methods of paddy cultivation in District Katni (M.P.). International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 7(01): 1936-1939. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2018.701.23 [accessed February 10, 2018]
- • Shamshiri, Redmond Ramin, et al. 2018. An overview of the System of Rice Intensification for paddy fields of Malaysia. Journal of Agricultural Studies 6(1):133-156. doi: 10.5296/jas.v6i1.12534 [accessed February 10, 2018]
- • Kumar, G., L. V. Subba Rao, R.M. Kumar, and K. Keshavulu. 2017. Influence of SRI (System of Rice Intensification) method of cultivation on seed quality parameters of rice (Oryza sativa L.). International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience 5(6): 784-788. doi:10.18782/2320-7051.5187 [accessed February 7, 2018]
- • Kesh, Hari, Khushi Ram, and Kuldeep Jangid. 2017. System of Rice Intensification: A review on resource conserving method of rice crop establishment. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 6(11): 2315-2328. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2017.611.275 [accessed February 7, 2018]
New Links to Publications (pdfs, books, etc.) - February 2018
- none this month
Documents Uploaded and New Pages Created/Updated on our Website - February 2018
- [SRI-Rice website pages updated during February 2018: January 2018 additions, all news, contacts, events, FAQs, homepage, journal articles, India journal articles, NTU Trip Reports, seminars, Spanish docs, videos, Cambodia, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Haiti, Haiti archives, Indonesia, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Vietnam]
- *ICAR-KVK Bidar/UAS Raichur. 2015. Redgram tansplanting techology. SRI-Rice website. 20p, (1.11MB pdf) [An extension piece on using SRI methods for growing redgram (pigeon pea) authored by ICAR-KVK Bidar and University of Agricultural Sciences Raichur] [uploaded February 28, 2018]
- Fisher, Lucy. 2017. January additions to the SRI-Rice website. (New page on the SRI-Rice website.) [uploaded Feb. 13, 2018]
Videos/Audio - February 2018
- Video: 2018 (January 16). 01 SRI - Trinidad & Tobago nuevo. 2:23 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Interview with Kurt Klinge about SRI potential in Trinidad & Tobago.] [accessed February 21, 2018]
- Video: 2018 (January 16). 02 SRI - Panama nuevo. 4:39 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Jose Alberto Yau Quinero from IDIAP talks about Panama SRI trials.][accessed February 21, 2018]
- Video: 2018 (January 16). 05 SRI - Fedearroz1 nuevo. 3:05 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Interview with Educardo Arevalo from Fedearroz Colombia about past and upcoming SRI trials, plus mention of an upcoming workshop.] [accessed February 21, 2018]
- Video: 2018 (January 16). 06 SRI - Costa Rica nuevo. 2:42 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Interview with Luis Carrera Hidalgo and Johnny Aguilar Rodriguez (INTA) about SRI in Costa Rica and the workshop they are attending.] [accessed February 21, 2018]
- Video: 2018 (December 13). 08 Metodo SRI. 9:57 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Interview (at a SRI workshop in Colombia) with Erika Styger about the SRI methodology.] [accessed February 21, 2018]
- Video: 2018 (December 13). 09 SRI - Kelly Witkowski. 8:11 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Interview with Kelly Witkowski, IICA Climate Change Specialist, talks about an upcoming SRI workshop.] [accessed February 21, 2018]
- Video: 2018 (February 6). The new method of rice cultivation - SRI, ধান ক্ষেতে কি পোকার আক্রমন হলে কি ওষুধ দিতে হয়. 3:50 min. Green Bangla AT Entertainment channel, YouTube.
- Video: 2018 (February 5). Norman Uphoff on the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) - What has been Learned? 55:10 min. The Science Media Production Center at Cornell channel, YouTube. [Seminar at Cornell University]
Presentations (PowerPoints) - February 2018
- Uphoff, Norman. 2018. What Has Been Learned of Scientific Value from SRI Research and Experience? 58 slides. Presentation at the International Programs/CALS Seminar Series, Cornell University, on January 31, 2018. [uploaded February 9, 2018]
* = System of Crop Intensification (SCI)
