May 2019 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website
(Links to online material)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS for May 2019:
SRI-Rice website: 2,900 users (2,790 last month) from 79 countries (90 last month) logged 3,696 sessions (3,529 last month) in which 6,134 pages (5,990 last month) were viewed. [Top ten countries in order of number of users: India (940), USA (405), Philippines (171), Tanzania (134) ,Malaysia (101), Nepal (95), UK (93), Japan (61), Pakistan (38), Australia (55)]
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: All-time likes 2,538; 2,595 follows. 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 327 subscribers, SRI West Africa: 2,052 members, SICA America Latina: 1,131 total likes; 1,149 follows.
YouTube (primary): 3,671 (2,444 last month) new views this month for our 90 uploads. 161 views (196 last month) for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 946 subscribers (39 new). 172,388 all time views of our videos. 89,618 lifetime views of our playlists (2013-2019) [NOTE!: The 8 India playlists from the SRI India video channel are now accessible on the main SRI-Rice video channel].
Twitter: 1,805 followers (5 new this month)
Slideshare: 5,853 (5,274 last month) views new this month; 524 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 239 followers
Research Databases: There are 1,563 items (1,176 journal articles), in our Zotero research database (12 new) (700+ of these appear in the Mendeley SRI Research database, but we are not adding to this anymore). 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 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 2019: 2019, Ghana, Indonesia, Liberia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Vietnam, events, journal articles, India research, India news, seminars, Spanish docs, April updates, videos, index.
News from past months
In the Press - May 2019
- Arid Karnataka can’t just ‘bank’ on its rivers [SRI and SSI need to be increased as part of river-related water problems.]
May 31, 2019, The Asian Age (Karnataka, India) - Ghana to be self-sufficient in rice production by 2022 – Minister [United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has encouraged the country to adopt the System of Rice Intensification technology.].
May 30, 2019, Ghana News (Ghana) - Capacity building prog held at Kigwema [Kohima District training on SRI and other topics)
May 27, 2019, Morung Express (Nagaland, India) - Pertamina EP panen padi SRI di Ciranggon [Harvest festival for SRI project in Ciranggon, Karawang, takes place; it is part of a Pertamina CSR project.]
May 3, 2019, PeKa News (West Java, Indonesia) [Similar article in Rakyat Merdeka website] - Ini Dia UMKM yang berhasil Sabet YDBA Award [Rusli, an organic SRI farmer/trainer in Bontang, East Kalimantan, wins Yayasan Dharma Bhakti Astra (YDBA) national award for his work with SRI.]
May 3, 2019, Warta Ekonomi (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during May 2019
- Sinha, Rajesh. 2019. Rice market overview, cost structure analysis and forecast to 2022. weSRCH website. May 28. [Recent technological advancement in the agriculture sector coupled with development of modern rice production techniques such as rice intensification (SRI), laser land leveling, direct seeded rice (DSR), and precision farming are expected to drive market growth over the next seven years.]
- 2019. #WhySRI - Dr Ravi Chopra tells us his story. INSPIRE blog. May 16. [How People's Science Institute scientist Dr. Ravi Chopra first found and worked on SRI.]
- Chambers, Robert. 2019. Personal reflections on the Green Revolutions narrative and myths. Institute of Development Studies website. May 24. [The Green Revolution... how does SRI fit in?]
- Bennett, Chris. 2019. Conservation Agriculture: Savings, soil and realities of farming. Greenbook website. May 29. [Mention of possibility of using SRI in Mississippi!]
- 2019. 2019. System of Rice Intensification. Agriculture Department, Uttar Pradesh website. [Instructional material on SRI.]
- Nierenberg, Dani. 2019 (May). SRI: More Crop Per Drop, better lives for farmers with Lotus Foods. (article and 40:06 min podcast.) Food Talk with Dan Nierenberg series on the Food Tank website. [Dani Nierenberg interviews Lotus Foods co-founders and co-CEOs Caryl Levine and Ken Lee talk about supporting rice farmers including the development of SRI supply chains around the world.]
- 2019. Being the change for bringing change - Sir Ratan Tata Trust & Allied Trusts annual report 2017-2018. Tatatrusts website. [page 82-83 document progress on SRI and SCI efforts by Tata Trusts during 2017 and 2018 as well as future plans.]
- 2019. IOCL CSR intervention in water saving technologies in paddy crop proved successful for Tamil Nadu farmers. PSU Connect website. [Indian Oil Corporation Limited CSR project with TNAU in Tamil Nadu points to good results with SRI and AWD.]
- Hayak, Seyed Faiz, et al. 2019. System for Rice Intensification: Enhancing food security and increasing income for smallholder farmers in Tajikistan. Oxfam Digital Repository. (3p., 4.437Mb pdf) [Case study on SRI and SCI in Tajikistan. Rice productivity of up to 60% using standard SRI methodology. Oxfam and its partners plan to conduct further field demonstrations and research on SCI across Tajikistan to further test the result and develop a standard package of practice.] [accessed May 22, 2019]
- Carlile, Clare. 2019. Rice. Ethical Consumer website. [The Rice investigation lists several reasons to buy rice grown with SRI methods.]
- Jaurigue, Maridelle G. 2019. AEWs capacitated on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and extension delivery modalities. ATI in CaLaBaRzon website. May 14. [Twenty-nine Rice Agricultural Extension Workers (AEWs) of Cavite, Batangas, Rizal and Laguna participated in the “Capability Enhancement Course for Rice AEWs Batch 1” to acquire skills to apply SRI successfully and gain updates on rice technology and extension delivery modalities.]
- Oon, Samanta. 2019. Rice in Asia / How it's grown. Food Unfolded website. May 13. [SRI notable in the section on the future of rice.]
- 2019. Benih bermutu sebagai komponen utama pada "Teknologi Budidaya Sri" (System Of Rice Intensification). BPTP Sumbar website. [Agricultural Technology unit in West Sumatera, Indonesia, provides training on selection and use of seed as a component of SRI.]
- Kocik, Carrie. 2019. Lotus Foods wins both Gold and Silver in Pasta, Rice, Grain Category of sofi™ Awards. Specialty Food Association website.
- Macario, Noemi Beth G., 2019. Pool of SRI trainers and practitioners in Northern Mindanao beefed up. ATI in Northern Mindanao website. May 1. [28 Agricultural Extension workers and 2 farmers trained on SRI by in Bukidnon, northern Mindanao by the govt.'s Agricultural Technology Institute.]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during May 2019
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- • Sundawa, Eko Prastio. 2019. The effect of dose bohasi paddy straw on growth and yield of three varieties of paddy plant (Oryza sativa L.)on the SRI (System of Rice Intensification) method. Thesis, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung (Indonesia) 108p. pdf) [accessed May 31, 2019]
- Nandhini, Y., et al. 2019. Weeds, weed control efficiency and weed index of rice under varied field conditions and weed management practices in SRI. International Journal of Chemical Studies 7(3): 527-531 [accessed May 30, 2019]
- Nurhartati, Widi Nurul. 2019. Kajian budidaya padi System of Rice Intensification (SRI) secara organik dan anorganik di lahan pekarangan. Thesis, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) [accessed May 20, 2019]
- Thatchinamoorthy. 2019. Diffusion of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) across Tirunelveli District in Tamil Nadu. International Journal of Advance and Innovative Research 6(2): 28-31 [accessed May 20, 2019]
- Kumar, N. K. Sathish, and A. P. Mohankumar. 2019. Performance evaluation of a power operated wetland weeders for paddy. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 8(4): 2266-2272. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2019.804.265 [accessed May 20, 2019]
- Das, D. M., et al. 2019. A comparative study on water productivity of rice under different cultivation practices. Journal of Agricultural Engineering 55(4): 66- 73.
- • Jain, B.T., et al. 2019. Understanding G × E interaction of elite basmati rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes under north Indian conditions using stability models. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 5863-588. doi: 10.15666/aeer/ 1703_58635885 [accessed May 20, 2019]
- • Sathish Kumar, N.K. and A.P. Mohankumar, A.P. 2019. Performance evaluation of a power operated wetland weeders for paddy. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Science 8(4): 2266-2272. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2019.804.265 [accessed May 20, 2019]
- • Hayak, Seyed Faiz, et al. 2019. System for Rice Intensification: Enhancing food security and increasing income for smallholder farmers in Tajikistan. Oxfam Digital Repository. (3p., 4.437Mb pdf) [Case study on SRI and SCI in Tajikistan. Rice productivity of up to 60% using standard SRI methodology. Oxfam and its partners plan to conduct further field demonstrations and research on SCI across Tajikistan to further test the result and develop a standard package of practice.] [accessed May 20, 2019]
- Doni, Febri, et al. 2019. Roles of microbes in supporting sustainable rice production using the system of rice intensification. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (online first May 17, 2019) doi:10.1007/s00253-019-09879-9
- • Kenekar, A. A, et al. 2019. Impact of microbial products on the biometric parameters and productivity of rice in Madhya Pradesh, India. Current Agriculture Research Journal 7(1) [accessed May 1, 2019]
New Links to Publications (pdfs, books, etc.) and New Websites- May 2019
- Sekhar, C., and I. Muthuvel. 2018. "Economics of Precision Agriculture -The Case of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) - Chapter VI". pp. 140-160 In C. Sekhar and A. Vidhyavathi, eds., Economic of Precision Farming. MJP Publishers. [accessed May 23, 2019]
Documents Uploaded and New Pages Created/Updated on our Website - May 2019
- [Web pages updated during May: 2019, Ghana, Indonesia, Liberia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Vietnam, events, journal articles, India research, India news, seminars, April updates, videos, index.]
- Flyer for Le Minh seminar on May 16, 2019: Oxfam’s Experience with Sustainable Rice Production in Asia and Africa: Supply Chains, Women, and SRI
- Fisher, Lucy. 2019. April additions to the SRI-Rice website. SRI-Rice website.
Videos/Audio - May 2019
- Radio show: 2019 (May 29). Cuando el SRI se juntó con el arroz más austral del mundo. 15 min. AgroEnlace - Transmisión en vivo. IICA website. [Spanish language radio show about SRI in Chile.]
Presentations - May 2019
- none this month
* = System of Crop Intensification (SCI)
