August 2021 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website (Links to online material)
(See previous months acquisitions - 2013-2021)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS for August 2021:
SRI-Rice website: 1,911 users (2,142 users last month) from 76 countries (69 last month) logged 2,290 sessions (2,702 last month) in which 3,793 pages (4,575 last month) were viewed. [Top ten countries in order of number of new users: India (568), USA (245), China (96), Philippines (89), Nepal (61), Japan (56), Tanzania (49), Malaysia (45), Australia (43), Pakistan (37)
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: 2563 likes; 2,674 follows. 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 346 members 3) SRI West Africa: 1,957 members, 4) SICA America Latina: 1,142 likes; 1,172 follows
SRI-Rice Newsletter: 130 views (64 last month)
YouTube (primary): 2,051 (3,683 last month) new views this month for our 90 uploads. 20 views (91 last month) for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 1,595 subscribers (10 new). 267,248 all time views of our videos (2009-2021). 93,480 lifetime views of our playlists (2013-2021) [NOTE!: The 8 India playlists from the SRI India video channel are now accessible on the main SRI-Rice video channel].
Twitter: 1,918 followers (1 new)
Slideshare: 5747 views this month; 536 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 257 followers
Research Databases: There are 1,979 items (1,397 journal articles), in our Zotero research database (20 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, or see news by country
• SRI-Rice web pages updated during August 2021: 2021 additions, July 2021 additions (new page), events, journal articles, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Philippines, India journal articles, India news, India videos, research network, videos
In the Press - August 2021
- Letters to the editor - SRI technology to boost paddy cultivation (letter #2; farmer talks to PM Modi about SRI)
August 11, 2021, Herald (Goa, India) - Netravali woman farmer uses tech to boost farm output, gets PM's attention [Goa woman talks about SRI to PM]
August 10, 2021, Times of India (Goa, India) - Telangana farmer who changed kismet of waste land
August 9, 2021, New Indian Express (Telangana, India) - Citizen science helps rice farmers to move forward
August 7, 2021, Borneo Post Online (Sabah, Malaysia) - Paddy farmers boost yield by using System of Rice Intensification
August 6, 2021, Kathmandu Post (Nepal)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during August 2021
- 2021. Inception-kick off meeting of JSPS-GRIPS-MSRI research project titled on “Impact of Mechanized System of Rice Intensification in Bangladesh”. RDA Bangladesh gov. website. August 12. [Japanese-sponsored 3-year SRI project in Bangladesh.]
- RNBA Manipur. 2021. Adoption of SRI method for rice cultivation. RNBA website. August? [SRI project by the Development & Relief Department of Rongmei Naga Baptist Association, Manipur (India)] [accessed August 31, 2021]
- 2021. Asisten ll Lutim: Beras sehat metode System of Rice Intensification (SRI) di petani Wasponda yang mandiri. INFO-NAWACITA website. August 28. [Ongoing CSR project (since 2016) of PT Vale has a harvest festival in East Luwu Regency (Sulawesi) by the Organic SRI Farmers Association (APSO).]
- 2021. Farmer-to-Farmer training improves rice production in Madagascar using environmentally sustainable approaches. CNFA (Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture) website. August 26. [CNFA volunteers supported by USAID promote SRI and other sustainable approaches in Vatovavy Fitovinany, Madagascar.]
- 2021. Pragati Koraput's program page on SCI. Pragati Koraput website. [Overview of the NGO Pragati Koraput's SCI programs for rice and millet.] [accessed August 24, 2021]
- Maringen. 2021. Development of rice planting method SRI (System of Rice Intensification). PESADA website. June 21. [Womens' organization in Sumatera, Indonesia, promotes SRI.]
- Deep, Ashish. 2021. धान की खेती: मशीनीकरण और आधुनिक तकनीकी अपनाकर लागत कम करें. m.jagran.com website. August 13.
- Chakrabarty, Mrigakshi. 2021. My expedition in SeSTA. SeSTA blog. [Story of a new employee's experiences with promoting SRI and other efforts.] [accessed August 9, 2021]
- DE. 2021. ‘Projek Padi’ to be expanded to other villages. Warta Oriental website. August 9. [Forever Sabah project involves “Citizen Scientists” from initial two villages expand to new villages to monitor harvests and to assess the results SRI and organic ag progress.]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during August 2021
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- Hazra, Kali Krishna, Dillip Kumar Swain, and Sati Shankar Singh. 2021. Crop performance and soil-plant nutrient dynamics in rice-lentil system altered with rice cultivation practices in alkaline soil. European Journal of Agronomy 130: 126352. [accessed September 6,, 2021]
- • Ouma, Marilda Auma. 2021. Assessing the uptake of System of Rice Intensification practices. PhD disseration, Egerton University (Kenya). 187 p. [accessed August 31, 2021]
- • Nayaka, G. V. , G. Prabhakara Reddy, and R. Mahender Kumar. 2021. Effect of water management, systems of cultivation on grain yield and energy budget of rice varieties. 33(17): 70-81. doi:10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i1730551 [accessed August 31, 2021]
- • Hazra, Kali Krishna, et al. 2021. Sustainable phosphorus management option for non-flooded rice-lentil sys-em in alkaline soil of Indo-Gangetic plain. Environmental Challenges 100258 (in press). doi:10.1016/j.envc.2021.100258 [accessed August 31, 2021]
- • Kumar, G. Santhosh, et al. 2021. Evaluation of establishment methods and nutrient management practices on growth rate, root weight, water productivity and yield of rice. Pharma Innovation 10(8): 988-994. [accessed August 25, 2021]
- • Abdulkadir, Tukur D., et al. 2021. Analytical comparison between the speed of screw and crank-rocker based pick and place mechanisms for seedling tray seeding machine. Basrah Journal of Agricultural Sciences 34(1) 108-118. doi: 10.37077/25200860.2021.34.sp1.12 [accessed August 24, 2021]
- • Prusty Ajay Kumar, et al. 2021. Technology adoption of farmers regarding System of Rice Intensification (SR) methods in Puri District of Odisha, India. Journal of Tianjin University Science and Technology 54(7): 394-405. doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/3CVHZ 1 [accessed August 18, 2021]
- • Tampubolon, Yanto Raya, et al. 2021. Securing food security: System for Rice Intensification method to produce more with less resources in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Journal of Research in Agriculture and Animal Science 8(5): 1-6. [accessed August 18, 2021]
- Lestari, S. A., E, P. Ramdan, and U. Kulsum. 2021. Identifikasi penyebab penyakitb Blas padi pada kombinasi pola tanam System of Rice Intensification (SRI) dan Jajar Legowo. Agropross : National Conference Proceedings of Agriculture 5: 312–321. [accessed August 15, 2021]
- • Das, Sripriya, et al. 2021. Recent advances in crop establishment methods in Rice-wheat cropping system - A review, in Cereal Grains, IntechOpen. doi:10.5772/intechopen.98743. [accessed August 15, 2021]
- • Androli, Vandana A., et al. 2019. Factors associated with symbolic adoption of SRI (System of Rice Intensification) method of paddy cultivation. International Journal of Agricultural and Statistical Sciences 15(2): 493-496. [accessed August 1, 2021]
New Links from our Website to Online Publications (and SRI-Related Social Media sites) - August 2021
- (see Latest Research section for pdf links to online research publications).
- Mendez, KS, et al. 2021. Portfolio of climate resilient options for farming and fishing Communities in Ivisan, Capiz. Cavite, Philippines: International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR). 42p. (pp. 20-28 related to SRI) [accessed August 31, 2021]
- Gupta, Niti, Shanal Pradhan, Abhishek Jain and Nayha Patel. 2021. Sustainable Agriculture in India 2021 – What we know and how to scale up. New Delhi: Council on Energy, Environment and Water.
Documents Uploaded and New Pages Created/Updated on our Website - July 2021
- [Web pages updated during August: 2021 additions, July 2021 additions (new page), events, journal articles, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Philippines, India journal articles, India news, India videos, research network, videos]
- Fisher, Lucy. 2020. July 2021 news additions to the SRI-Rice website.
Videos/Audio - August 2021
- 2021 (August 29). SRI || System of rice intensification || The magic of a handful of seeds. Sambhav Odisha channel, YouTube. 28:27 min.
- 2020 (June 13). System of Rice Intensification (SRI). 2:25 min. ADRA Bangladesh video on Facebook. [In the boro season, there are 300 farmers implementing SRI with the help of the NGO ADRA-Bangladesh's CEP-Dalatpur, Manikgan.] [accessed August 17, 2021]
- 2021 (August 10, 2021). System of Rice Intensification introduction video. 4:13 min. Rice Watch Action Network, Inc. channel, YouTube. [Tagalog language SRI instructional video from long-time SRI trainer Rene Jaranilla in the Philippines.]
- 2021 (August 8). Budidaya Padi Organik Dengan Metode System of Rice Intensification (SRI). 8:35 min. KKN-PPM UGM Simfoni Sindangwangi 2021
- 2021 (August 5). Paddy Cultivation in SRI Method. 4:35 min. Lucky Mediabbsr channel, YouTube. [Lucky media program in Ganjam district, Odisha, India, increases to 500 ha. This video explains practices.]
- 2021 (August 5). SRI and AWD (System of Rice Intensification and Alternate Wetting and Drying). 6:45 min. Dhirendra chand channel, YouTube. [SRI methods elaborated in Nepali language]
Presentations - July 2021
- none this month
