September 2019 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website
(Links to online material)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS for September 2019:
SRI-Rice website: 2,235 users (2,391 last month) from 75 countries (79 last month) logged 2,789 sessions (2,944 last month) in which 4,682 pages (4,797 last month) were viewed. [Top ten countries in order of number of users: India (765), USA (255), Philippines (157), Australia (86), Malaysia (68), Nepal (57), Nigeria (55), Japan (46), UK (38), Tanzania (45)
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: All-time likes 2,547 2,605 follows. 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 327 subscribers, SRI West Africa: 2,072 members, SICA America Latina: 1,151 total likes; 1,169 follows. Newsletter: 126 views.
YouTube (primary): 2,045 (2,325 last month) new views this month for our 90 uploads. 247 views (152 last month) for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 1,060 subscribers (28 new). 186,925 all time views of our videos. 90,524 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: 1,821 followers (11 new)
Slideshare: 6,422 (7,484 last month) views new this month; 527 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 241 followers
Research Databases: There are 1,622 items (1,211 journal articles), in our Zotero research database (8 new) (700+ of these appear in the Mendeley SRI Research database, but we are not adding to this anymore).
• 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 September 2019: 2019, Indonesia, Liberia, Madagascar, journal articles, India research, India news, India videos, index, events, videos
News from past months
In the Press - September 2019
- MAEP: Création de huit Zones d’Emergence Agricole [Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (MAEP) creates agricultural aggregation to connect processing companies with producer cooperatives. In the agricultural sector, "a new area of 100,000 ha will be developed while strengthening the adoption of the SRI production technique, and by extending the areas of intensive rainfed rice."]
September 27, 2019, Midi-Madagaskara (Madagascar) - Agriculture 4.0: Here are 10 elements of strategy that the sector needs [SRI noted in list of 10 recommended elements for "Agriculture" 4.0 strategy.]
September 19, 2019, Financial Express (India) - What will we eat? Climate-resilient farming best hope to solve the food security question [SRI one of methods cited to increase crop resilience]
September 18, 2019, News18 (India) - Agriculture Department eyes bumper harvest [Director of Ag. urged the officials to ensure that the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) techniques was adopted in at least 80 % of area cultivated.]
September 6, 2019, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Trg on rice intensification imparted [SRI training for 40 farmers from Longking district]
September 4, 2019, Arunachal times (Arunachal, India) - CHAP Lauds IPF for US$2,500 agriculture grant [Indigenous People Foundation (IPF) give grant for equipment to used by CHAP with SRI and other programs.]
September 2, 2019, Liberian Observer (Liberia)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during September 2019
- 2019. How agriculture changes the climate. weconnex website. September 12. [Article on climate change notes Helvetas work within the WAPRO project that includes promotion of SRI to reduce water use in rice.]
- 2019. Padi organik dengan metode SRI. CYBEXT website. September 8. [Indonesia's cyber-extension site gives provides guidelines for organic SRI methods.]
- 2019. Students become the teachers. FAO website. September 8? [SRI in Morogoro, Tanzania, promoted by Tupendane Youth Group who learned it from the Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS) . This is an FAO project sponsored by Venezuela!]
- Indrawan, Rio. 2019. Rajut kemandirian ekonomi masyarakat dengan SRI Organik Ala Medco E&P. Dunia-Energi website. September 6. [Story about Medco's (oil company) 10 year CSR project with Aliksa consultant to undertake organic SRI.]
- Rukmini, Maria E.V. 2019. Sosialisasi tanam padi pola SRI di Balai Penyuluhan Pertanian Perikanan dan Kehutanan (BP3K) Lambanapu Kecamatan Kambera Kabupaten Suma Timor Provinsi NTT. CYBEXT website. September 5. [UGM, ICCTF and Universitas Kristen Artha Wacana Kupang have SRI training for climate change in Wuku Kalara, Sumba Timur, Indonesia.]
- Jal Shatkti. 2019. Mulching, SRI cultivation, micro irrigation seen in W. Godavari. Jal Shakti website. September 5. [Jal Shakti promotes SRI, among other innovations, to reduce water use in West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh.]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during September 2019
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- • Sharma, Ravi Chandra, Nobuhiko Fuwa, and Pabitra Banik. 2019. System of Rice Intensification verses conventional rice system: Off-farm field studies NASS Journal of Agricultural Sciences 1(1): 7-17. [accessed September 13, 2019]
- • Muralikrishnan, L., and R. N. Padaria. 2018. Climate resilient water conservation technologies for sustainable rice production. Trends in Biosciences 11(39): 4017-4022 [accessed September 13, 2019]
- • Nivedha, R. M., et al. 2019. Standardization of spore load for AMF inoculation and its effect on rice root colonization and root system architecture in vitro. Madras Agricultural Journal 106(7-9): 143-149. doi:10.29321/MAJ 2019.00029 [accessed September 13, 2019]
- • Adamou, Haougui, et al. 2019. On-farm testing of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in lowlands ecology in Niger. Journal of Research in Biology 9(4): 2693-2700. [accessed October 22, 2019]
- • Saju, Sandra Maria, et al. 2019. Influence of high density planting on growth and yield of rice (Oryza sativa L.) under modified system of rice intensification. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 8:(3): 3376-3380. [accessed September 13, 2019]
- • Maulana, Mohamad. 2018. Comparing social costs of the conventional rice production system and System of Rice Intensification: A case study of Indonesia. International Journal of Environment & Sustainability 7(1):10-29. doi:10.24102/ijes.v7i1.879 [accessed September 13, 2019]
- Bandyopadhyay, K.K., et al. 2019. Effect of puddling and direct sowing of rice on soil physical health and water productivity of rice-wheat cropping system under different irrigation regimes. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science 67(2): 160-173. doi: 10.5958/0974-0228.2019.00017.3
- Jacks, G. 2019. Water management: Effects on human health and nutrition. pp. 301-315, In "Emerging Issues in the Water Environment during Anthropocene: A South East Asian Perspective". Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Singapore.
New Links to Publications (pdfs, books, etc.) and New Websites- September 2019
- None this month
Documents Uploaded and New Pages Created/Updated on our Website - September 2019
- [Web pages updated during September: 2019: 2019, Indonesia, Liberia, Madagascar, journal articles, India research, India news, India videos, index, events, videos.]
- Fisher, Lucy. 2019. August 2019 additions to the SRI-Rice website. SRI-Rice website.
Videos/Audio - September 2019
- Video: 2019 (July 4). ATMA, Kangpokpi 011: Farm School on SRI Method. 3:18 min. ATMA, Kangpokpi Khangminnasi-Yengminnasi, YouTube. [SRI nursery, marking and planting arm school SRI project in Manipur. Local language] [accessed September 11, 2019]
- Video: 2018 (December 18, 2018). Systemic Rice Intensification (SRI). 0:51 min. Agriquize.2k18 IG channel, YouTube. [One-minute description of SRI] [accessed September 13, 2019]
- Video: 2019 (September 11). Success story of SRI (system of rice intensification) in Gemawang, Wonogiri. Agro Klimat channel, YouTube. [Indonesian language video about a project to measure long-term climate change information in SRI fields in Central Java. Collaboration between Universitas Gadja Mada (UGM), Institute Pertanian Bogor (IPB), JIRCAS, University of Tokyo.]
- Video: 2019 (July 20). అధిక దిగుబడిస్తున్న శ్రీ వరి సాగు విధానం,Success Story Of Sri Paddy Cultivation | Matti Manishi 10TV. 7:10 min. 10TV News Telugu, YouTube. [Tamil language TV Clip -SRI success story] [accessed September 3, 2019]
Presentations - September 2019
- Varma, Poornima. 2019. Understanding the adoption of multiple packages of system of rice intensification and its gender implications. 18 slides. Presented at the Annual Scientific Conference hosted by the University of Canberra and co-sponsored by ACIAR and CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research, April 2-4, 2019, Canberra, Australia. [accessed September 16, 2019]
* = System of Crop Intensification (SCI)
