May 2020 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website
(Links to online material)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS for May 2020:
SRI-Rice website: 2,220 users (2,347 last month) from 83 countries (77 last month) logged 2,820 sessions (3,087 last month) in which 5,017 pages (5,992 last month) were viewed. [Top ten countries in order of number of new users: India (531), USA (328), Philippines (114), Tanzania (85), Nepal (63), UK (62), Australia (60), Malaysia (60), Indonesia (50), Japan (48)
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: 2,371 likes and 2,639 followers. 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 327 members, 3)SRI West Africa: 2,042 members, 4) SICA America Latina: 1,146 likes; 1,1664 follows.
SRI-Rice Newsletter: 187 views (228 last month).
YouTube (primary): 5,770 (4,159 last month) new views this month for our 90 uploads. 207 views (122 last month) for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 1,239 subscribers (34 new). 210,315 all time views of our videos. 91,648 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: 1,851 followers (-1 new)
Slideshare: 5,694 (3,663 last month) views new this month; 532 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 249 followers
Research Databases: There are 1,753 items (1,264 journal articles), in our Zotero research database (6 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 May 2020: Cambodia, Chile (now public), Egypt, Indonesia, Kenya, Liberia, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Tanzania, Taiwan, country index page, journal articles, India research, India news, India videos, Indonesia archives, index, events, research network page, videos, 2020 new additions, April 2020 additions (new page)
News from past months
In the Press - May 2020
- Importance of food self sufficiency in relation to havoc of corona in Nepal [SRI among suggestions to increase food self-sufficiency during covid-19 pandemic]
May 2020, myRepublica (Nepal) - Farmers remain focused on SRI techniques amid COVID-19
May 25, 2020, Daily Observer (LIberia) [Also carried on AllAfrica] - Kendala dan tantangan pertanian KSB sejauh ini
May 21, 2020, Kabar Media Citra (Sumbawa Barat, Indonesia)
- Agriculture:Voici pour vous, la nouvelle version de Simulgames. Vidéo [Learning video games teach SRI in Togo]
May 9, 2020, Togo Times (Togo) - SRI method takes a back seat in paddy cultivation
May 2, 2020, Times of India (Goa, India)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during May 2020
- Pambudi, Ridho. 2020. Kebon belajar: Mengenal alam dan menciptakan pangan secara mandiri. Greeners.co website. May 27. [Students learn about SRI and other techniques in community garden program in West Java, Indonesia.]
- Riemens, Patrice. 2020. Part ... 0X0: In Memoriam Roberto ‘Obet’ Verzola. The MonaCovid Chronicles blog. May 23. [Notes on Obet's life following his memorial service. Obet was a SRI pioneer in the Philippines.]
- 2020. Know about System of Rice Intensification. Agademy website. [SRI overview article from India]
- Mokurai. 2020. Renewable Roundup: The lowdown on Project Drawdown. Red, Green and Blue website. May 20. [This article, which includes SRI in the list of activities to slow climate change, also has several videos delivered on Earth Day during April.]
- Karelia, Gopal. 2020. TN astrophysicist gives up French fellowship to help 1500 farmers earn more! The Better India website. February 27. [accessed May 12, 2020]
- 2020. “Burkina Faso Can Reduce Import of Rice,” Researcher. CORAF website. May 4. [Article about rice breeding, though it references past gains due to the SRI-WAAPP program several years ago.]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during May 2020
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- Rajput, Archana, Girish Jha, and Sujit Singh Rajput. 2016. Root traits responses of improved varieties of rice grown under different planting geometries and depths of planting in SRI. Green Farming 7(6): 1423-1426 [accessed May 29, 2020]
- •Too, Gideon, et al. 2020. Comparative study of rice yield production for conventional paddy rice and Systems of Rice Intensification. American Journal of Water Science and Engineering. 6(2): 70-75. doi: 10.11648/j.ajwse.20200602.13 [accessed May 29, 2020]
- • Mwidege, Asheri, and Zacharia Katmbara. 2020. Smallholder farmers’ adoption drivers for the system of rice intensification practice: The case of case of Mkindo Irrigation Scheme, Tanzania. MUST Journal of Research and Development 1(2): 145-159 [accessed May 25, 2020]
- • Legowo, D. Y. H., et al. 2020. Analysis of water-saving irrigation with organic materials at different percentages for rice cultivation. Journal of Civil Engineering Forum 6(2): 157-170. doi:10.22146/jcef.53191 [accessed May 25, 2020]
- • Onuoha, S. C., et al. 2020. Study on the effect of indigenous mircroorganisms (IMO) and System of Rice Intensification (SRI) on the growth of rice plant in Nigeria. International Journal of Biology, Pharmacy and Allied Sciences 9(4): 690-705. doi:10.31032/IJBPAS/2020/9.4.5002 [accessed May 6, 2020]
New Links to Publications (pdfs, books, etc.) and New Websites - May 2020
- None this month. For research pdfs, see section above.
Documents Uploaded and New Pages Created/Updated on our Website - May 2020
- [Web pages updated during May 2020: Cambodia, Chile (now public), Egypt, Indonesia, Kenya, Liberia, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Tanzania, Taiwan, country index page, journal articles, India research, India news, India videos, Indonesia archives, index, events, research network page, videos, 2020 new additions, April 2020 additions (new page)]
- Chile page on SRI-Rice website (now public as of May 25, 2020)
- Bimba, Robert. 2020. CHAP helps reduce spread of COVID-19 among Liberian farmers using System of Rice Intensification (SRI) principles. SRI-Rice website, Liberia page. May 16. (3p. pdf)
- Uphoff, Norman. 2020. Comments in memoriam for Roberto Verzola. SRI-Rice website, Philippines page. May 15. (1p. pdf)
- Fisher, Lucy. 2020. April 2020 monthly news additions to the SRI-Rice website.
Videos/Audio - May 2020
- 2020 (May 26). SRI method of paddy cultivation in hindi || धान की बंपर खेती का राज ||. 5:31 min. Kishan online channel, YouTube [Hindi language explanation of SRI.]
- 2020 (May 21). What is SRI technology in paddy cultivation, धानमा SRI प्रविधि. 11:40 min. Agritech Nepal channel, YouTube. [Nepali video introducing SRI and its principles.]
- 2020 (May 19). Pertanian KSB. 6:28 min. Pertanian KSB channel, YouTube. [Dept. of Agriculture staff discuss the adoption of SRI to address water problems for paddy in West Sumbawa, Indonesia. (in Bahasa Indonesia)]
- 2020 (May 17). Persemaian padi praktis dan efisien metode SRI - System Rice of Intensification. 7:50 min. Kang Caping channel, YouTube. [Video in Bahasa Indonesia that provides pracitical information on making an SRI seedbed.]
- 2020 (May 10). Training on SRI in Rice. 1:02:15 min. Arunima's Uttarans channel, YouTube. [Video from India with detailed SRI instruction.]
Presentations - May 2020
- none this month
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