March 2021 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website (Links to online material)
(See previous months acquisitions - 2013-2021)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS for March 2021:
SRI-Rice website: 2,803 users (2,257 users last month) from 114 countries (73 last month) logged 3,554 sessions (2,785 last month) in which 5,954 pages (4,481 last month) were viewed. [Top ten countries in order of number of new users: India (807), USA (417), Philippines (158), Tanzania (128), Nepal (89), China (72), Malaysia (68), Indonesia (64), Japan (60), Nigeria (60)
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: 2,559 likes and 2,633 followers. 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 342 members (1 new) 3) SRI West Africa: 1,977 members, 4) SICA America Latina: 1,133 likes; 1,155 follows
SRI-Rice Newsletter: 247 views (125 last month)
YouTube (primary): 1,798 (1,850 last month) new views this month for our 90 uploads. 92 views (62 last month) for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 1,482 subscribers (10 new). 253,773 all time views of our videos (2009-2021). 93,081 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: 1,916 followers (4 new)
Slideshare: [stats not available this month]; 534 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 253 followers
Research Databases: There are 1,896 items (1,351 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 March 2021: 2021 additions, February 2021 additions (new page), events, Cameroon, Ghana, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Myanmar, Pakistan, Tanzania, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, research network, theses, videos]
In the Press - March 2021
- Wujudkan "Tanah Dolar" jadi pertanian organik, Gus Adhi latih penyuluh dan petani Gianyar
March 31, 2021, Bali Berkarya (Bali, Indonesia) - Panen padi SRI Organik di Blora hasilnya lebih melimpah [CSR project by Pertamina yields 6.3-8.4 tons/ha with organic SRI in Blora, Central Java.]
March 29, 2021, Tribun Jateng (Central Java, Indonesia) - Japanese supported fisheries, rice project yields fruitful results [Includes results of CHAP-managed SRI work]
March 16, 2021, Daily Observer (Liberia) - Can a hungry Mali turn rice technology into ‘white gold’? [Updated version of a 2018 article by Reuters.]
March 14, 2021, Arab News (Re: Mali) - A green success story unfolds on farm at Pedda Kurumapally village in Telangana [City man returns to farming]
March 8, 2021, The Hindu (Telangana, India)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during March 2021
- Soo, Cheah Chor. 2021. Kedah and Penang should put aside squabble; prioritise the health of Sg Muda. Focus Malaysia website. March 31. [SRI could be one option to fixing water dispute between Kedah and Penang according to Global Environment Centre (GEC) director.]
- Roy, J., N. Das, S. Some, and H. Mahmud. 2021. Fast-growing developing countries: Dilemma and way forward in a carbon-constrained world. In: Dasgupta P., Saha A.R., Singhal R. (eds) Sustainable Development Insights from India. India Studies in Business and Economics. Springer, Singapore. doi:10.1007/978-981-33-4830-1_2 [SRI noted in the agriculture section of this article that focuses on Bangladesh and India.] [accessed March 31, 2021]
- de Souza, Marlos, and Sasha Koo-Oshima. 2021. Food and Agriculture, Chapter 5, in The United Nations Water Development Report 2021 Valuing Water. [Includes a box on SRI.]
- 2021. สวก. เข้าร่วมพิธีรับมอบเครื่องหย่อนกล้าแบบประณีตเพื่อนพึ่ง(ภาฯ) จากมูลนิธิอาสาเพื่อนพึ่ง (ภาฯ) ยามยาก สภากาชาดไทย. Agriculture Development Research Agency website (Thailand). March 26. [NGOs provide SRI-capable transplanter (?)]
- Ravichandran, V. 2021. Technology in water usage will help us do more with less. Farm Journal Agweb website, opinion section. March 21. [Discussion of water usage which includes SRI as an answer in India. There is a link to Ravichandran's short BBC SRI video as well.]
- 2021. Varietas padi Basmati metode SRI berhasil panen di Parindu, Sanggau. Natural Kapital Foundation. March 20. [Group in Parindu, Sanggau, Aceh, Indonesia, tries out SRI with Basmati rice.]
- Jkubania. 2021. Celebrating sustainable agriculture on International Day of Forests. African Wildlife Foundation website. March 20. [Includes story of SRI farmer in Tanzania.]
- IIRR and CEDAC. 2020. Ecosystems-based adaptation in the forest and agriculture interface: Operationalizing action in Mondulkiriand Koh Kong. A brief for decision makers. International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
- 2021. System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Journals of India website. March 10. [Summary of SRI practices, benefits, and costs.]
- Reddy, Jagdish. 2021. SRI rice cultivation - method, paddy yield, benefits. Agricultural Farming website. [SRI overview and instructions; India.] [updated March 11.]
- Oliver, Noel. 2021. New generations ready for livelihood success. Jesuit Mission website. February. [accessed March 7, 2021] [School Children’s Project is providing children in Cambodian schools with training in agriculture and ecology through SRI methods.]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during March 2021
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- • Isnawan, Bambang Heri, et al. 2021. Primary macro nutrient content, root growth, and crop growth analysis of local rice varieties with intermittent and continuous flooding irrigation. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 709: 012063. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/709/1/012063 [accessed March 31, 2021]
- • Khalid, Farhan, et al. 2021. Evaluating direct dry-seeding and seed-priming used with the system of rice intensification vs. conventional rice cultivation in Pakistan. Journal of Crop Improvement (online first March 30, 2021) doi: 10.1080/15427528.2021.1910094. [accessed March 31, 2021]
- • Ito, Noriko. 2018. ポスト緑の革命期のインドネシア・ジャワにおける低投入農法の普及過程―有機 SRI（System of Rice Intensification）の普及事例の社会ネットワーク分析― (The process of popularizing low-input farming methods in Java, Indonesia during the post-Green Revolution). 農林水産政策研究 = Journal of Agricultural Policy Research 29: 1-27.
- • Abankwah, Vincent, and Lucy A. Tutu. 2021. Rice production under the System of Rice Intensification and conventional methods: Which is more profitable in Ghana? Journal of Experimental Agriculture International 43(1): 75-83. doi:10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i130633 [accessed March 24, 2021]
- • Kaloi, Francis Kadipo, et al. 2021. Determinants influencing the adoption of rice intensification system among smallholders in Mwea Irrigation Scheme, Kenya. Advances in Agriculture (online first Feb. 24 2021). doi: 10.1155/2021/1624334 [accessed March 18, 2021]
- • Ghanaei-Pashaki, K. Mansour, et al. 2020. Effect of rice-duck co-cultivation on rice yield, water productivity and weed control in different cultivation systems. Iranian Journal of Field Crops Research. 18(3): 341-355. doi: 10.22067/gsc.v18i3.86497 [accessed March 9, 2021]
- Eliyah, J. 2016. Effects of flooding and system of rice intensification on nitrogen use efficiency in rice production at Mkindo, Morogoro, Tanzania. Master's thesis. Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania). [accessed March 7, 2021]
- Denkyirah, E. K. 2015. Profitability of Rice Production: A Comparative analysis of System of Rice Intensification and conventional method in the Kassena-Nankana East District of Ghana. Master's thesis, University of Ghana. [accessed March 7, 2021]
- Salifu, Y. I. 2015. Evaluation of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) for enhanced rice (Oryza sativa L) production in the Guinea Savannah Zone of Ghana. Master's thesis, University of Development Studies (Ghana). [accessed March 7, 2021]
- • Zhimomi, T., et al. 2021. Effect of spacing and age of seedling on yield of rice under System of Rice Intensification. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 10(2): 763-769. doi: 10.20546/ijcmas.2021.1002.091 [accessed March 4, 2021]
- Biswas, Amit, Damodhara Rao Mailapalli, and Narendra Singh Raghuwanshi. 2021. Modelling the effect of changing transplanting water footprints for paddy under System of Rice intensification. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. (Online first March 1, 2021). doi:10.1002/jsfa.11186 [accessed March 4, 2021]
New Links from our Website to Online Publications (and SRI-Related Social Media sites) - March 2021)
- (see Latest Research section for pdf links to online research publications).
Documents Uploaded and New Pages Created/Updated on our Website - March 2021
- [Web pages updated during March: 2021 additions, February 2021 additions (new page), events, Cameroon, Ghana, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Myanmar, Pakistan, Tanzania, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, research network, theses, videos]
- Fisher, Lucy. 2020. February 2021 news additions to the SRI-Rice website.
Videos/Audio - March 2021
- 2021 (March 26). Ag506 Lect 11 Water saving in Rice-- System Rice Intensification 26 03 2021 - Part II. 1:13:05 min. Dinesh Kumar channel, YouTube. [Part II of a lecture by Dinesh Kumar for the Indian Agricultural Research Institute's (IARI's) Division of Agronomy.]
- 2021 (March 25). Ag506 Lect 10 Water saving in Rice-- System Rice Intensification 25 03 2021 Part I. 41:37 min. Dinesh Kumar channel, YouTube. [Lecture by Dinesh Kumar for the Indian Agricultural Research Institute's (IARI's) Division of Agronomy.]
Presentations - March 2021
- None this month
