September 2021 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website (Links to online material)
(See previous months acquisitions - 2013-2021)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS for September 2021:
SRI-Rice website: 2,153 new users (1,911 users last month) from 75 countries (76 last month) logged 2,648 sessions (2,290 last month) in which 4,175 pages (3,793 last month) were viewed. [Top ten countries in order of number of new users: India (651), USA (258), China (141), Philippines (111), Tanzania (83), Indonesia (70), Japan (63), Australia (48), Nepal (43), Pakistan (40)
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: 2562 likes; 2,673 follows. 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 348 members 3) SRI West Africa: 1,951 members, 4) SICA America Latina: 1,139 likes; 1,162 follows
SRI-Rice Newsletter: 75 views (130 last month)
YouTube (primary): 1,811 (2,051 last month) new views this month for our 90 uploads. 74 views (20 last month) for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 1,617 subscribers (22 new). 269,260 all time views of our videos (2009-2021). 93,557 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: 1,920 followers (2 new)
Slideshare: 4,745 views this month; 536 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 257 followers
Research Databases: There are 1,994 items (1,402 journal articles), in our Zotero research database (15 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 September 2021: 2021 additions, August 2021 additions (new page), Afghanistan (offline), Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, DRCongo, Indonesia, Kenya, Tanzania, USA, Vietnam, events, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, India videos, research network, videos.]
In the Press - September 2021
- Panen raya padi organik CSR Pertamina Hulu Rokan Region 1 Zona 4 Adera Field [2nd harvest of Pertamina CSR organic SRI project in South Sumatera. Yield increases from 6 to 7-9 tons/ha.]
September 29, 2021, HBN Indonesia (South Sumatera, Indonesia) - Metode SRI, cara mudah tanam padi dalam pot [Project plants SRI rice in pots]
September 20, 2021, Cendana News (Central Java, Indonesia)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during September 2021
- Kabemba, Éric Dieudonné. 2021. Professionnalisation de la riziculture au Tanganyika: le chemin parcouru à Kamangu. Rikolto Congo website. September 10. [Rikolto agronomist in Tanganyika documents SRI progress adoption by 409 FFS rice-adopters, which includes 98 learned from other rice farmers. Good adopters reached 5-6 tons/ha.]
- 2021. De bons résultats du système de riziculture intensive au nord de la Côte d'Ivoire. COMMODAFRICA website. September 10. [The National Center for Agronomic Research (CNRA) reports SRI use in Gbon, Savanes district in northern Côte d'Ivoire, resulted in a 25% increase in production.]
- Nepveu, Audrey. 2020. What we can do to support farmers on the front lines of climate change. IFAD Blog. March. [The IFAD blog entry notes SRI in the mitigation strategies.] [accessed September 23, 2021]
- 2021. How Lotus Foods is creating a more diverse, equitable and inclusive supply chain. New Hope Network website. September 17. [Lotus Foods is helping Black farmers in the South (USA) to experiment with SRI methods.]
- Nyangezi, Arsène. 2021. SRI: développer la riziculture durable au Sud-Kivu. Rikolto website. Sept. 1. [Article about the NGO Rikolto's SRI work in South Kivu and Tanganyika provinces in the DRC.]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during September 2021
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- • Sofian, Ahmad. 2021. Perbandingan beberapa teknik budidaya terhadap pertumbuhan dan produksi padi (Oryza sativa L.) dan sifat kimia tanah. Jurnal Agrofolium 1(1): 9-13. [accessed September 25, 2021]
- Nyamai, Matolo. 2017. A comparative assessment of SRI and conventional rice production in Mwea Irrigation Scheme, Kenya. MSc thesis. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (Kenya) [accessed September 25, 2021]
- • Mosha, Devotha B., et al. 2021. Yield and commercialisation effects of SRI interventions in Mngeta, Kilombero District, Tanzania. APRA Working Paper 66, Brighton: Future Agricultures Consortium. Sept. 21. [There is: a significant association between SRI training and adoption of SRI; significant spillover; need for farmers to adopt more than one of the practices; better strategy for understanding principles.] [accessed September 25, 2021]
- • Kavishe, Rosemary. 2021. Assessing adoption and water productivity of the system of rice-intensification under farmer-led irrigation system in northern Tanzania. MSc Thesis. The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST)(Tanzania). 60 p. [accessed September 25, 2021]
- Agustina, Hilda. 2021. Manajemen air Sistem Irigasi Evapotranspirasi aliran bawah permukaan (Sistem irigasi Evapotranspirasi) pada budidaya padi Sistem of Rice Intensification (SRI) Salibu. (Water management subsurface Evaporative Irrigation Sistem (Evapotranspirasi Irrigation Sistem) in rice cultivation System of Rice Intensification (SRI)-SALIBU). PhD dissertation. Bogor Agricultural University (IPB). [accessed September 24, 2021]
- Donzia, S.K.Y., H. Yeo, and H.K. Kim. 2019. Design and evaluation of soil pH IoT sensor attribute for rice agriculture in Central Africa. In: Lee R. (eds) Applied Computing and Information Technology. ACIT 2018. Studies in Computational Intelligence, 788: 37-47. Springer, Cham. 10.1007/978-3-319-98370-7_4 [accessed September 19, 2021]
- • Midya, Ashim, et al. 2021. Crop establishment methods and integrated nutrient management improve: Part I. Crop performance, water productivity and profitability of rice (Oryza sativa L.) in the Lower Indo-Gangetic Plain, India. Agronomy 11(9): 1860. doi:10.3390/agronomy11091860 [accessed September 19, 2021]
- • Fayama, Tionyélé. 2021. Determinants l'adoption ou non du Systeme de Riziculture Intensive (SRI) dan la Vallee de Karfiguela a Banfora - Burkina Faso. Revue des Etudes Multidisciplinaires en Sciences Economiques et Sociales 6(2): 44-65. doi: 10.48375/IMIST.PRSM/REMSES-V6I2.24655 [accessed September 19, 2021]
- • Nigrat, Mergono Adi, Carolina Diana Mual, and Yohanis Yan Makabori. 2021. Pertumbuhan dan hasil tanaman padi (Oryza sativa L.) pada berbagai sistem tanam di Kampung Desay, Distrik Prafi, Kabupaten Manokwari (Rice plant growth and yield (Oryza sativa L.) on various planting systems in Village Desay District Prafi, Manokwari Regency)Prosiding Seminar Nasional Pembangunan dan Pendidikan Vokasi, Pertanian Politeknik Pembangunan Pertanian Manokwari, 31 Juli 2021.doi:10.47687/snppvp.v2i1.191 [accessed September 15, 2021]
- • Quynh, Vu Duong, and Mai Van Trinh. 2018. Assessment of economic, ecological efficiency and resistant ability to unforable climate condition of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in comparison with conventional rice cultivation in Bihn Dinh province. Journal of Vietnam Agricultural Science and Technology 6(91): 27-34.
- • Anwari, Gulaqa. 2017. Effects of cultivation methods on yield of local rice varieties in Kunduz, Afghanistan. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development 4(3): 60-63 [accessed September 1, 2021]
New Links from our Website to Online Publications (and SRI-Related Social Media sites) - September 2021
- (see Latest Research section for pdf links to online research publications).
- Mosha, Devotha B., et al. 2021. Yield and commercialisation effects of SRI interventions in Mngeta, Kilombero District, Tanzania. APRA Working Paper 66, Brighton: Future Agricultures Consortium. Sept. 21. [There is: a significant association between SRI training and adoption of SRI; significant spillover; need for farmers to adopt more than one of the practices and better strategy for understanding principles.]
- Isinika, Aida, et al. 2021. Rice commercialisation effects in Mngeta, Kilombero District, Tanzania: Identifying the underlying factors. APRA Working Paper 63, Brighton: Future Agricultures Consortium. Sept. 7. [SRI is incldued in this study, though it is an adapted SRI that requires mulitple inputs.]
Documents Uploaded and New Pages Created/Updated on our Website - September 2021
- [Web pages updated during September 2021: 2021 additions, August 2021 additions (new page), Afghanistan (offline), Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, DRCongo, Indonesia, Kenya, Tanzania, USA, Vietnam, events, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, India videos, research network, videos.]
- Chowhan, Gopal. 2021. ADRA’s SRI Progress in Bangladesh. Bangladesh country page, SRI-Rice website. 1p. [uploaded September 30, 2021]
- Fisher, Lucy. 2020. August 2021 news additions to the SRI-Rice website.
Videos/Audio - September 2021
- 2021 (September 29). Budidaya Padi System of Rice Intensification (SRI). 4:03 min. Agroekoteknologi ULM channel, YouTube. [Community training by Universitas Lambung Mangkurat in Desa Sungai Rangas, Kecamatan Martapura Barat, Kabupaten Banjar, Kalimantan Selatan.]
- 2021 (September 26). System of rice intensification Technology ; এইচএসসি কৃষিশিক্ষা ১ম পত্র ৩য় অধ্যায় সৃজনশীল প্রশ্নসহ. 22:59 min. কৃষি টিউব channel, YouTube. [Bangla language technical presentation on SRI.]
- 2021 (September 7). SRI Method || Paddy plantation . 12:19 min. Telugu Agri APPs channel, YouTube. [Telugu language description of bed preparation for SRI]
Presentations - September 2021
- none this month
