February 2021 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website (Links to online material)
(See previous months acquisitions - 2013-2020)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS for February 2021:
SRI-Rice website: 2,257 users (4,058 users last month) from 69 countries (73 last month) logged 2,785 sessions (8,352 last month) in which 4,481 pages (10,294 last month) were viewed. [Top ten countries in order of number of new users: India (728), USA (300), Tanzania (134), Philippines (133), Indonesia (68), Nepal (62), Japan (57), Malaysia (56), UK (47), China (41) -- [Nigeria is #11 and Kenya is #12]
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: 2,560 likes and 2,673 followers. 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 343 members (1 new) 3) SRI West Africa: 1,981 members, 4) SICA America Latina: 1,136 likes; 1,165 follows.
SRI-Rice Newsletter: 125 views (192 last month).
YouTube (primary): 1,850 (2,224 last month) new views this month for our 90 uploads. 62 views (155 last month) for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 1,472 subscribers (18 new). 252,114 all time views of our videos. 92,991 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: 1,912 followers (14 new)
Slideshare: [stats not available this month]; 534 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 253 followers
Research Databases: There are 1,863 items (1,339 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
• SRI-Rice web pages updated during February 2021: 2021 additions, January 2021 additions (new page), events, Bhutan, Indonesia, Kenya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, India videos, research network, SWI, videos
In the Press - February 2021
- System of Rice Intensification recognized for climate policy impact. [Apolitical website recognizes policies by Vietnamese Govt. to reduce GHGs by using SRI.]
February 23, 2021, Cornell Chronicle (USA, re: Vietnam) - Autonomie alimentaire : Changer la base de régime alimentaire, mais pourquoi bon sang? [Author thinks SRI could help La Réunion become self-sufficient in rice.]
February 23, 2021, Témoignages (La Réunion) - SRI विधि से खेती ज्यादा फायदेमंद क्यों है? कम लागत में ऐसे होती है ज्यादा पैदावार [History and pros and cons of SRI in India]
February 15, 2021, TVHindi9 (India) - Il était une fois le père Laulanié, il était une fois le SRI
February 3, 2021, Témoignages (La Réunion)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during February 2021
- SRI Project in Marangdut. Bhutan Foundation website. [During Oct. armyworms badly affected rice yields in Marangdut except in SRI fields, which used biopesticides and were unaffected. SRI yields expected to be 10% higher when harvested.] [accessed February 17, 2021]
- Mushahary, Barhunkha. Paddy farmers reap rich harvest through SRI cultivation. Village Square. February 17. (Story of COVID-time success by the NGO SeSTA in Assam with yields doubled by SRI.)
- 2021. Can Africa overcome its own water problems? Farmers Review Africa. February 16.
- date? Success story#3. ICAR-IIRR website. [SRI success and potential based on AICRIP centers findings] [accessed February 12, 2021]
- Huda, Hanief Miftahul. 2020. Standar operasi prosedur (SRI) System of Rice Intensification. Natural Farming Indonesia. December 24. [SRI instructions with organic input details. (in Indonesian)] [accessed February 12, 2021]
- Grover, Sami. 2021. How small-scale farmers are growing more rice with less water and fewer chemicals. Treehugger website. February 8.
- Idrissa, Silue. 2021. Securite alimentaire: Une nouvelle approche rizicole utilisee par les techniciens de l'ANADER. National Rural Development Support Agency (ANADER) website. February 1. [SRI farmers/ANADER staff in Daloa, Cote d'Ivoire, have sharing event in 7 villages.]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during February 2021
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- • Ouma, Matilda A., Justus M. Ombati and Christopher A. Onyango. 2020. Challenges and coping strategies in the uptake of the System of Rice Intensification practices in Oluch Irrigation Scheme, Homa-Bay County, Kenya. Journal of Experimental Agriculture International 42(12): 13-25. doi:10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i1230624 [accessed February 27, 2021]
- • Ahadiyat, Y. R., and Ardiansyah. 2020. Aplikasi pemupukan pada System of Rice Intensification terhadap pertumbuhan dan hasil padi saat musim kemarau. Jurnal Penelitian Pertanian Terapan 20(3): 213-217. doi:10.25181/jppt.v20i3.1713 [accessed February 25, 2021]
- • Shah, Tavseef Mairaj. 2021. Agroecological engineering interventions for food security and sustainable rural development: The case of rice farming in Kashmir. Hamburger Berichte zur Siedlungswasserwirtschaft 103. 152 p. doi:10.15480/882.3286. [Book based on PhD dissertation] [accessed February 25, 2021]
- *Kavita and Darwankar, M. 2020. System of Wheat Intensification: A short review. Plant Cell Biotechnology and Molecular Biology 21(69-70): 74-78. [accessed February 12, 2021]
- • Htwe, T., et al. 2021. Grain yield and environmental impacts of alternative rice establishment methods in Myanmar. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 19(1): 507-524. [accessed February 10, 2021]
- Kavishe, R.E., F.C. Kahimba, and H.C. Komakech. 2021. Farmer's appropriation of system of rice intensification practices in water-scarce irrigation schemes in Northern Tanzania. Paddy and Water Environment. 10.1007/s10333-020-00836-1 [accessed February 10, 2021]
- • Nwahia, Ogechi Cordelia. 2021. Analysis of cost and returns in rice production by USAID-MARKETS II Project participants and non-participants in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Agricultural Socio-Economics Journal 121(1): 1-6. doi:10.21776/ub.agrise.2021.021.1.12 [accessed February 8, 2021]
- • Tampubolon, Yanto Raya, et al. 2020. IPTEK bagi masyakarkat untuk meningkatkan ketahanan pangan: Penerapan metode SRI (System of Rice Intensification) di Kecamatan Namorambe, Kabupaten Deli Serdang, Sumatera Utara. Logista 4(2): 285-297, doi: 10.25077/logista.4.2.285-297.2020 [accessed February 3, 2021]
- • Yadav, Shipra, et al. 2020. Soil organic carbon sequestration and carbon pools in rice based cropping systems in Indo-Gangetic Plains: An overview. International Research Journal of Pure & Applied Chemistry 21(24): 122-136. doi:10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i2430341 [accessed February 2, 2021]
- • Garbaa, A., and R. Kumeri. 2016. Transplanting rice (Oryza sativa L) using different seedling rates under rainfed condition in Bauchi, Nigeria. International Journal of Engineering & Scientific Research 4(3) [accessed February 1, 2021]
New Links from our Website to Online Publications (and SRI-Related Social Media sites) - Feb. 2021)
- (see also Latest Research section for links to online research publications).
- 2020. APRA Tanzania influencing activities media workshop report on agricultural commercialisation in Tanzania. Future Agricultures website [Agricultural Policy Research for Africa (APRA) and Sokoine University have a workshop for journalists on 10/20/20. Page 4 includes information on "yield and commercialisation effects of SRI interventions in Mngeta, Kilombero District."] [accessed February 28, 2021]
Documents Uploaded and New Pages Created/Updated on our Website - February 2021
- [Web pages updated during February 2021: 2021 additions, January 2021 additions (new page), events, Bhutan, Indonesia, Kenya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, India videos, research network, SWI, videos.
- Fisher, Lucy. 2020. December 2020 monthly news additions to the SRI-Rice website.
Videos/Audio - February 2021
- 2021 (February 19). System of Rice Intensification | SeSTA's Intervention | Northeast India | Assam. 10:14 min. Seven Sisters Development Assistance channel, YouTube. [Local language instructional SRI video from the Indian NGO SeSTA's project in Assam.]
- 2021. BBC clip on SRI and drip irrigation (from Follow the Food series). 3:02 min. BBC website. [Interview on SRI is with Ravidchandran Vanchinathan in South India. This video clip is part of the BBC series Follow the Food, specifically the section on Why our food needs to use less water.]
- 2021 (February 16). Rice iCrop - Intercropping Rice and Legumes. 28:54 min. Rice iCrop channel, YouTube. [Beans intercropped with SRI rice in Assam. This is research from Tavseef Shah's PhD dissertation.]
Presentations - February 2021
- None this month
