April 2022 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website (Links to online material)
(See previous months acquisitions - 2013-2022)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS for April 2022:
SRI-Rice website: 2,528 new users (2,293 users last month) from 104 countries (75 last month) logged 3,278 sessions (3,204 last month) in which 5,039 pages (5,245 last month) were viewed. [Top ten countries in order of number of new users: India (489), USA (476), China (208), Philippines (96), Tanzania (96), Japan (80), UK (63), Malaysia (54), Indonesia (54), Nepal (42)]
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: 2,548 likes; 2,659 follows. 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 379 members (2 new). 3) SRI West Africa: 1,932 members, 4) SICA America Latina: 1,135 likes; 1,165 follows
SRI-Rice Newsletter: 60 views (82 last month)
YouTube (primary): 843 (687 last month) new views this month for our 90 uploads. 23 views (103 last month) for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 1,654 subscribers (6 new). 276,260 all-time views of our videos (2009-2021). 94,408 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: 1,924 followers
Slideshare: 13,841 views this month; 541 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 260 followers
Research Databases: There are 2,093 items (1,462 journal articles), in our Zotero research database (14 new)
• For additional global news see: our News page, Latest Additions, SRI Newsletter, LinkedIn, or see news by country
• SRI-Rice web pages updated during April 2022: 2022 additions, March 2021 additions (new page), events, Benin, Burundi, Indonesia, Kenya, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, India videos, research network, theses, videos
In the Press - April 2022
- Panen padi organik dengan SRI di ALC hasilkan 11,8 ton GKP/Hektar [Organic SRI program in Bali produced 11.8 tons/ha.]
April 25, 2022, Bali Ekbis (Bali, Indonesia) - T.N. reaching saturation level in foodgrain production [C. Ramasamy, former Vice-Chancellor TNAU, says the paddy production can go up 90 lakh tonnes if there is an intense campaign to adopt the SRI, train farmers and regulate fertilization.]
April 25, 2022, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Rice fish crop rotation in valley districts of Manipur [Good example of crop rotation with SRI]
April 17, 2022, E-Pao (Manipur, India) [Also in Sangai Express on April 12, 2022]
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during April 2022
- Kumari, Binita. 2022. System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Practices, varieties, and seed treatment. Agripedia website. Updated April 28.
- TUO Foungnigué DAGNOGO. 2020. Burundi- Le Système de Riziculture Intensif (SRI): une aubaine pour les riziculteurs. Inades-Formation website. July 29. [English version: System of Rice Intensification (SRI): a godsend for farmers.] [SRI adopters have increased from 165 to 587 in 3 communes in West and South Burundi, Yields up from 4 to 6.5 tons/ha] [accessed April 29 2022]
- Gauvin, David. 2022. Henri de Laulanié, le curé inventeur de la riziculture intensive samedi.Témoignages website. April 9. [A short piece on SRI's originator from Réunion.]
- So, Kim, and Dinh Thung. 2022. Scaling up model of input cost reduction: SRI provides benefits and mitigates damage. Nong Nghiep (Vietnam Agriculture) website. April 19. [According to the Binh Thuan Agricultural Extension Center, the province has produced 1,100ha of rice using the SRI. In 2022, the Center will establish a model of intensive rice production using the SRI method, which is certified VietGAP and provides chain-link traceability, on size of around 20ha in the rice area of Tanh Linh district]
- Kurnik, Julia, and Katherine Devine. 2022. Innovation in reducing methane emissions from the food sector: Side of rice, hold the methane. World Wildlife Fund blog. April 12. [Article notes that dealing with stubble and SRI can reduce methane; SRI needs to mechanize to scale up.]
- SRI-2030. SRI-2030 website. Formally released April 2022. [SRI-2030, an initiative of Homeland Conservation (formerly the Downforce Trust), plants to scale up SRI to 50 million hectares by 2030.]
- Deepa. 2022. Rice: The staple diet of half the world. Owlcation website. April 4. [Article is not about SRI, but SRI is one of the methods that they cite saying how rice is grown.]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during April 2022
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- Kesh, Hari, et al. 2022. Identification of adaptable rice genotypes under diverse production environments using a multivariate statistical model. Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture 34:(3) [accessed April 29, 2022]
- Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald, et al. 2022. Thirty years of water management research for rice in sub-Saharan Africa: Achievement and perspectives. Field Crops Research 283: 108548.
- • Pratiwi, Agus Subekti, and Dadan Permana. 2014. Penerapan metode sri (system of rice intensification) dalam produksi benih sumber padi situ bagendit di Kalimantan Barat. Prosiding Seminar National: Inovasi Teknologi Pertanian Specifik Lokasi, Pontianak, Kalimantan Barar (Indonesia), August 20-21, 2014. [accessed April 27, 2022]
- • Arsil, Poppy, et al. 2022. Perceived attributes driving the adoption of system of rice intensification: The Indonesian farmers’ view. Open Agriculture 7(1): 217-225. doi:10.1515/opag-2022-0080 [accessed April 19, 2022]
- • Arsil, Poppy, et al. 2018. Perceived importance and performance of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) between adopters and dis-adopters: Insights from Indonesia. The Journal of Social Sciences Research 6: 16-21. [accessed April 19, 2022]
- • Pili, Njira Njira. 2016. Possibilities of endophytic fungi from Kenya for growth promotion of rice (Oryza sativa L.) and defense against nematodes. PhD dissertation. Ghent University (Belgium). 172 p. [Notes effects of SRI on nematode species.] [accessed April 19, 2022]
- Matloob, Amar, et al. 2022. Water-wise cultivation of Basmati rice in Pakistan, pp:187-229, In: Modern Techniques of Rice Crop Production. Springer Singapore [accessed April 14, 2022]
- • Pathak, Jharna. 2013. System of Rice Intensification vs. conventional system: A case of Gujarat. International Journal of Agriculture and Food Science Technology. 4(4): 287-289. [accessed April 14, 2022]
- • Dixit, J., F. A. Hakak, and A. Saxena. 2022. Adaption of modified brush cutter for rice harvesting. Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal. 24(1): 90-101. [accessed April 14, 2022]
- • Meesala, K., and S. Rasala. 2022. Potential of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) to contribute to the policy objectives: Paradigm of three-tier approach in southern Telangana - A case study of Narayanpet. Agricultural Sciences 13(4): 542-554. doi: 10.4236/as.2022.134036. [accessed April 14, 2022]
- • Nihayah, B., B. D. A. Nugroho, and N. A. I. Hasanah. 2022. Model denitrification decomposition (DNDC) untuk estimasi emisi gas CH4 pada budidaya padi metode SRI. Jurnal Ilmiah Rekayasa Pertanian Dan Biosistem 10(1): 116–128. doi: 10.29303/jrpb.v10i1.278 [accessed April 6, 2022]
- • Elita, Nelson. 2022. Identifikasi molekuler Trichoderma spp. indigenous dari rizosfer beberapa varietas padi asal Kabupaten Lima Puluh Kota dan Kota Payakumbuh. Agroteknika 5(1): 1-13. [accessed April 1, 2022]
New Links from our Website to Online Publications (and SRI-Related Social Media sites) - April 2022
- See research articles above for online publications
Documents Uploaded and New Pages Created/Updated on our Website - April 2022
- [Web pages updated during April 2022: 2022 additions, March 2021 additions (new page), events, Benin, Burundi, Indonesia, Kenya, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, India videos, research network, theses, videos]
- Fisher, Lucy. 2022. March 2021 news additions to the SRI-Rice website.
Videos/Audio - April 2022
- 2022 (March 30). Atelier de formation sur les pratiques BPA - SRI (CCR- B). 6:22 min. Darich@Media channel. YouTube. [SRI training workshop in Benin held May 25-25, 2021.] [accessed April 13, 2022]
- 2022 (April 12). System of Rice Intensification. 10:06 min. Dimpas Greentigrated Agri-Tourism Farm channel, YouTube.
- 2021 (January 3). e-Hob หรือ Rotary Weeder สำหรับย่ำหญ้า. 1:00 min. Supachai Pitiwut channel, YouTube. [Video of Thai manual weeder.] [accessed April 5, 2022]
Presentations - April 2022
- None this month
