February 2020- Additions to the SRI-Rice Website
(Links to online material)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS for February 2020:
SRI-Rice website: 1,985 users (2,135 last month) from 70 countries (75 last month) logged 2,440 sessions (2,681 last month) in which 3,985 pages (4,451 last month) were viewed. [Top twelve countries in order of number of new users: India (509), USA (329), Tanzania (110), Philippines (110), UK (63), Nepal (60), Malaysia (56), Japan (48), Indonesia (45), Australia (35), China (35), Nigeria (35)
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: All-time likes: 2,562; 2,628 follows. 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 327 members, SRI West Africa: 2,058 members, SICA America Latina: 1,148 Total likes; 1,167 follows.
SRI-Rice Newsletter: 257 views.
YouTube (primary): 2,492 (2,088 last month) new views this month for our 90 uploads. 164 views (147 last month) for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 1,141 subscribers (16 new). 198,074 all time views of our videos. 91,234 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: 1,844 followers (8 new)
Slideshare: 4,049 (4,736 last month) views new this month; 532 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 245 followers
Research Databases: There are 1,723 items (1,245 journal articles), in our Zotero research database (14 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 February 2020: India, Indonesia, Kenya, Vietnam, Vietnam archives, journal articles, India research, India news, India videos, index, events, all news index, presentation index, research network page, Spanish documents, videos, 2020 new additions, 2019 additions, January 2020 additions.
News from past months
In the Press - February 2020
- Hausse de 45% du budget de l'Office Riz Mopti [The regional Rice Office of Mopti expects cereal production of 184,690 tons of which 76% will be rice. The secretary general of the agricultural ministry says this is possible using best agricultural practices through SRI.]
February 24, 2020, CommodAfrica (Mali) - Tamil Nadu budget 2020-21: Rs 11,000 crore allotted for crop loan [Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister says will be expanded to 27.18 lakh acres in 2020-21.]
February 14, 2020, Times of India (Tamil Nadu, India) - Nagai farmers reap success of SRI method
February 12, 2020, New Indian Express (Tamil Nadu, India) [Four SRI farmers received ‘Best Farmer’ awards from their blocks on Republic Day.] - Father, daughter duo gets Padma Shri for 30-year-long conservation experiment [Sabarmatee, long-time SRI champion, and her father win a prestigious award in India.]
January 27, 2020, The Hindu (Odisha, India) [accessed February 7, 2020]
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during February 2020
- 2020. System of Rice Intensification. Project Drawdown website, solutions section. [Updated section on SRI's effect on GHGs.]
- 2020. Tips sukses budidaya tanaman padi organik dengan System of Rice Intensification (Sri). Istana Tanaman blog. February 28. [Tips for successfully growing rice with SRI methods in Indonesia.]
- 2020. 5 Cara AQUA menjaga kelestarian sumber air. AQUA website. February 28. [Bottled water company support SRI as one of the ways to reduce environmental pollution (through reduced use of agrochemicals.]
- Saliboko, Merveille. 2019. Sud-Kivu et Tanganyika: professionnaliser la riziculture avec PICAGL. Rikolto website. August 20. [accessed February 17, 2020]
- Dwyer, Augusta. 2020. Growing a green, healthy rice bowl. The Good Men Project website. February 3. [Informational piece about SRI]
- Greenpeace. 2020. 水稻強化栽培系統SRI介紹 (Introduction to SRI). Greenpeace Taiwan website. February 5. [Chinese language article with basic SRI principles.]
- *2020. Reaping a better future. Caritas India website. February 1. [Story of CARITAS-India program that has SWI.]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during February 2020
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- • Anand, Jay, et al. 2019. Determinants of vulnerable group of Madhya Pradesh developing climate change strategies for sustainable agriculture practices: Discrete analysis using Logit Model. Journal of Innovative Agriculture 6(12): 1-13. [accessed February 17, 2020]
- • Agnese, Federica, and Zakirah Othman. 2019. Response to climate change impact on paddy farming: The System of Rice Intensification. Journal of Technology and Operations Management 14(1): 43-53. doi: 10.32890/jtom2019.14.1.8740. [accessed February 17, 2020]
- • Nguyen, Quang Co, et al. 2020. Effect of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) on growth and yield performance in Nam Dong district, Thua Thien Hue province, Vietnam. Scientific Reports of the Faculty of Agriculture, Okayama University 109: 13-20. [accessed February 12, 2020]
- • Singh, Chandran, et al. 2018. Performance of INM modules and different cultural practices on growth, yield and yield attributes of Basmati rice. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 7(special issue): 5140-5146 [accessed February 2, 2020]
- Shendage, G.B., et al. 2019. Weed management in rice established by different methods. Indian Journal of Weed Science 51(4): 328-332. doi: 10.5958/0974-8164.2019.00070.4 [accessed February 5, 2020]
- *• Sikdar, Samrat Sikdar, Satya Prakash and Shweta Kumari. 2020. Study on adoption of climate-smart system of wheat intensification (SWI) technology among the farmers of Bihar. International Journal of Chemical Studies. 8(1): 1289-1292. doi:10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i1r.8434 [accessed February 2, 2020]
New Links to Publications (pdfs, books, etc.) and New Websites - February 2020
- Lotus Foods. Lotus Foods 25 year anniversary brochure. Lotus Foods website. February 28.
Documents Uploaded and New Pages Created/Updated on our Website - February 2020
- [Web pages updated during February, 2020: India, Indonesia, Kenya, Vietnam, Vietnam archives, journal articles, India research, India news, India videos, index, events, all news index, presentation index, research network page, Spanish documents, videos, 2020 new additions, 2019 additions, January 2020 additions.]
- Fisher, Lucy. 2020. January 2020 monthly news additions to the SRI-Rice website.
Videos/Audio - February 2020
- 2019 (August 8). Modifikasi Mesin Potong Rumput jd alat matun/pengiang padi. 10:39 min. Yendrik Purwanto channel, YouTube. [accessed February 28, 2020]
- 2020 (February 10). Paddy Weeder Control Machine. 10:01 min. ndez herman channel, YouTube.
- 2019 (August 15). Alat Pembersih Rumput Disekeliling Tanaman Padi. 6:48 min. Double U channel, YouTube. [Indonesian video on how to make your own paddy weeder.] [accessed February 29, 2020]
- 2020 (February ). Alat penyiang gulma padi (matun gulma padi)
- 2020 (February 17). System of Rice Intensification CROAP Project Cambodia. 3:15 min. Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific channel, YouTube. [Farmer opinions of the SRI being promoted by the Centre for Research on Optimal Agricultural Practices (CROAP) project, a ministry of the Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang and Jesuit Service Cambodia.]
- 2020 (February 14). Paddy cultivation, with drip and mulch under SRI system. 5:13 min. Gronatura channel, YouTube. [Company in Kerala describes SRI with mulch and drip irrigation.]
- 2020 (February 7). SRI System of rice intensification. 9:35 min. Rajni vai Yadav channel, YouTube. [Indian language video with SRI demo/instruction.]
Presentations - February 2020
- none this month
* = System of Crop Intensification (SCI)
