January 2021 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website (Links to online material)
(See previous months acquisitions - 2013-2020)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS for January 2021:
SRI-Rice website: 4,058 users (2,461 last month) from 73 countries (69 last month) logged 8,352 sessions (3,175 last month) in which 10,294 pages (5,134 last month) were viewed. [Top ten countries in order of number of new users: India (878), USA (450), China (254), Tanzania (169), Nepal (159), Philippines (159), Malaysia (124), UK (107), Japan (96) Indonesia (72), -- Nigeria is #11 (73)]
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: 2,554 likes and 2,626 followers. 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 342 members (1 new) 3) SRI West Africa: 1,984 members, 4) SICA America Latina: 1,136 likes; 1,157 follows.
SRI-Rice Newsletter: 192 views (150 last month).
YouTube (primary): 2,224 (2,483 last month) new views this month for our 90 uploads. 155 views (84 last month) for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 1,454 subscribers (40 new). 250,237 all time views of our videos. 92,926 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: 1,898 followers (3 new)
Slideshare: 9,210 (6,756 last month) views new this month; 534 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 253 followers
Research Databases: There are 1,863 items (1,331 journal articles), in our Zotero research database (19 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 January 2021:2021 additions, December 2020 additions (new page), events, Cambodia, Iran, Korea, Laos, Madagascar, Nigeria, Senegal, Thailand, Vietnam, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, research, research network, videos
In the Press - January 2021
- Awards for farmer producer companies from this year [Among Republic Day awards given was the ‘Thiru. C. Narayanasamy Naidu Award’ for highest productivity with SRI which was won by G. Selvakumar of Srivilliputhur, Tamil Nadu.]
January 26, 2021, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Petani Langkat diajak budidayakan padi ramah lingkungan [Tani Sehat farmer group has first SRI harvest; CSR project by PT Tirta Investama Langkat.]
January 14, 2021, Sinar Baru Indonesia (North Sumatra, Indonesia) - Good response to farmers’ schemes: Collector
January 10, 2021, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Penyuluh Kostratani Kecamatan Sumur Pandeglang jadi motivator SL Tematik [Ujung Kulon National Park (TNUK) buffer villages have govt-sponsored FFS on SRI (16 meetings) facilitated by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)]
January 6, 2021, Jurnal Inspirasi (West Java, Indonesia)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during January 2021
- Fisher, Lucy. 2021. System of Rice Intensification recognized for climate policy impact. Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) website. January 30. Apolitical website recognizes policies by Vietnamese Govt. to reduce GHGs by using SRI.]
- 2021. 100 climate policy breakthroughs. Apolitical website. [Apolitical website recognizes 100 climate policies, one of which is efforts by Vietnamese Govt. to reduce GHGs by using SRI.]
- 2021. Mahasiswa agroteknologi meraih medali perak di ajang international perlombaan Advanced Innovation Global Competition (AIGC). Universitas Jendral Soedirman website. January 14. [Indonesian students win silver medal for SRI irrigation device at international competition.]
- 2021. Reduced carbon footprint and increased economic results: when science proves the positive impact of agroecology! Agrisud International website. January 13. [See also French version] [Summary of a research paper that shows SRI can play a part in reducing carbon footprint in Madagascar.]
- *Dwyer, Augusta. 2021. From West Africa, here comes the next miracle grain: fonio. Global Landscape Forum website. January 7.
- 2021. SRI dan JARWO, terobosan baru cara penanaman padi organik di Muara Laboh. Anwar Muhammad Foundation (AMF) website. [Project in Muara Loboh, West Sumatra, gets training in SRI and Jajar Logowo methods from the NGO AMF.]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during January 2021
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- • Diedhiou, Pierre C.C. 2021. Intensification (SRI) and traditional practices (TP) in Ziguinchor District, Senegal. Forestry & Agriculture Review 2(1): 22-36. doi:10.47285/far.v2i1.64 [accessed January 31, 2021]
- • Astane, Yaser Ghorbanian, et al. 2013. Effects of systems of rice intensification (SRI) on grain yield and water productivity of rice. Agroecology Journal 9(4): 53-61 [accessed January 30, 2021]
- Akpoti, Komlavi. 2021. The potential for expansion of irrigated rice under alternate wetting and drying in Burkina Faso. Agricultural Water Management 247: 106758. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2021.106758
- • Sugarda, Tarya J., et al. 2008. Kajian pengembangan usahatani padi organik SRI (System of Rice Intensification) berwawasan agribisnis dalam mendukung program ketahanan pangan secara berkelanjutanr. Agrikultura 19(1): 15-25. doi:10.24198/agrikultura.v19i1.625 [accessed January 27, 2021]
- Adrianto, Irwan. 2020. Kajian perbandingan usahatani padi organik SRI (System of Rice Intensification) dan padi anorganik di Kabupaten Luwu Timur. Undergraduate Thesis, Universitas Hasanudin (Indonesia) [accessed January 27, 2021]
- • Arif, Chusnul, et al. 2021. Performances of sheet-pipe typed subsurface drainage on land and water productivity of paddy fields in Indonesia. Water 13(1): 48. doi:10.3390/w13010048
- Ramesh, Kumbhar Chaitanya. 2020. Population dynamics and management of insect pests of rice and their natural enemies in different rice cultivation systems in Bihar. PhD dissertation, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University. 116p. (Bihar, India) [accessed January 27, 2021]
- Kalita, Rekhashree. 2020. Resource use efficiency in winter rice (Oryza sativa L.) under SRI concept as influenced by microclimate. Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat. 213p. (Assam, India) [accessed January 27, 2021]
- Konwar, Milon Jyoti. 2020. Real time nitrogen application in winter rice under different crop establishment techniques. PhD dissertation, Assam Agricultural University. [accessed January 25, 2021]
- • Hasanah, N.A., et al. 2021. Economic valuation of SRI paddy. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 622: 012050. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/622/1/012050 [accessed January 14, 2021]
- Mishra, Abha, Jan Willem Ketelaar, Norman Uphoff and Max Whitten. 2021. Food security and climate-smart agriculture in the lower Mekong basin of Southeast Asia: evaluating impacts of system of rice intensification with special reference to rainfed agriculture. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability doi:10.1080/14735903.2020.1866852 [accessed January 13, 2021]
- Nirmala, B., et al. 2021. Integrated assessment of system of rice intensification vs. conventional method of transplanting for economic benefit, energy efficiency and lower global warming potential in India. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, doi:10.1080/21683565.2020.1868648 [accessed January 10, 2021]
- • Khanh, Hồ Vũ, et al. 2020. Assessment of economic efficiency, soil characteristics and plankton on SRI model, and traditional intensive rice model in Tan Hiep, Kien Giang. Ho Chi Minh City University of Education Journal of Science, 17(12), 2130-2142. [accessed January 8, 2021]
- • Kuotsu, Kevizhalhou, and Avanish Prakash Singh. 2020. Establishment and weed management effects on yield of lowland rice (Oryza sativa). Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 9(6): 1742-1744. [accessed January 6, 2021]
New Links from our Website to Online Publications (and SRI-Related Social Media sites) - Jan. 2021)
- None this month (see also Latest Research section for links to online research publications).
Documents Uploaded and New Pages Created/Updated on our Website - January 2021
- [Web pages updated during January 2021: 2021 additions, December 2020 additions (new page), events, Cambodia, Iran, Korea, Laos, Madagascar, Nigeria, Senegal, Thailand, Vietnam, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, research, research network, videos]
- Fisher, Lucy. 2020. December 2020 monthly news additions to the SRI-Rice website.
Videos/Audio - January 2021
- 2021 (January 26). SRI: The Zamfara Rice Farming Experience. 13:40 min. NIFAAS Nigeria channel, YouTube. [One of a series of SRI videos from Zamfara State, Nigeria, produced by the NAERLS, Zaria.]
- 2020 (July 8). Hore! Akhirnya Panen SRI! 12:21 min. MD Indonesia channel, Indonesia.[Vlog from a ZOA-MDS SRI project in Central Sulawesi. In Indonesian with English subtitles.] [accessed January 12, 2021]
- 2020 (May 23). SRI #3 Pembersihan Gulma (MDS-ZOA Vlog). 2:31 min. MD Indonesia channel, Indonesia [Vlog about weeding from a ZOA-MDS SRI project in Central Sulawesi. In Indonesian with English subtitles.].[accessed January 12, 2021]
Presentations - January 2021
- None this month
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