February 2022 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website (Links to online material)
(See previous months acquisitions - 2013-2021)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS for February 2022:
SRI-Rice website: 2,062 new users (1,915 users last month) from 65 countries (60 last month) logged 2,728 sessions (2,717 last month) in which 4,278 pages (3,947 last month) were viewed. [Top ten countries in order of number of new users: India (525), USA (451), China (112), Philippines (103), Japan (69), Malaysia (59), Nepal (60), Tanzania (53), UK (50), Indonesia (41)]
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: 2,553 likes; 2,660 follows. 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 377 members. 3) SRI West Africa: 1,932 members, 4) SICA America Latina: 1,138 likes; 1,161 follows
SRI-Rice Newsletter: 128 views (78 last month)
YouTube (primary): 877 (1,014 last month) new views this month for our 90 uploads. 218 views (35 last month) for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 1,645 subscribers (9 new). 274,753 all-time views of our videos (2009-2021). 94,282 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: 1,929 followers
Slideshare: 8,821 views this month; 541 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 258 followers
Research Databases: There are 2,058 items (1,444 journal articles), in our Zotero research database (13 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 February 2022: 2022 additions, January 2021 additions (new page), events, Chile, Liberia, Indonesia, Madagascar, Myanmar, Nigeria, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, India videos, research network, videos
In the Press - February 2022
- Liberia: Ten years on, CHAP eyes integrated rice fish farming technology [Community of Hope Agriculture Project (CHAP) is considering integrating fish farming to its SRI projects.]
February 25, 2022, Front Page Africa (Liberia) - Banate bullish on government’s agri programs [Govt. program also supports equipment for SRI in Western Visaysas, Philippines.]
February 25, 2022, IMT News (Philippines) - Farm profits threatened by soaring fertiliser prices [SRI recommended to help alleviate higher fertilizer prices.]
February 25, 2022, Newswires (Vietnam) - PT Vale tanam perdana SRI Organik di Uluere Morowali [PT Vale's CSR effort (The Sustainable Environmentally Friendly Healthy Agriculture Program) is expanding the Organic System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method to the Bahodopi Block, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia].
February 17, 2022, Sulteng Raya (Central Sulsawesi, Indonesia) - UNDP grant recipient launches climate smart seed rice for Liberia
February 3, 2022, Africa-Press.net (Liberia) [Also available in Frontpage Africa]
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during February 2022
- Hermosa, Magnum. 2022. This Black chef wants to reclaim his culture’s culinary roots. Delicious Food website. February 28? [Matthew Raiford, a chef, author and farmer who raises awareness of the life cycle of food, especially in the African-American community, also grows rice with SRI.]
- 2022. ‘I feel like more thana female farmer’: Nang Kwei on her journey to empowerment in Myanmar Trócaire website. Feb 14. [Story of a successful woman farmer using SRI in a collaborative project in Myanmar between the Department of Agriculture and Trócaire, an Irish NGO].
- Mishra, Jigasa. 2022. Gond women take charge of water and farming in their village by Jigyasa Mishra. Mongabay-India website. February 1. [Women in high-migration area in Madhya Pradesh, Inidia, take up agricultural efforts, including SRI, with help of self-help group.]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during February 2022
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- • Agustina, H., et al. 2022. Subsurface evapotranspiration irrigation system design in System of Rice Intensification (SRI) salibu paddy cultivation. Asian Journal of Applied Sciences 10(1). doi: 10.24203/ajas.v10i1.6891 [accessed February 28, 2022]
- • Beumer, Koen, Harro Maat, and Dominic Glover. 2022. It's not the market, stupid: On the importance of non-market economies in sustainability transitions. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 42: 429-441. doi:10.1016/j.eist.2022.02.001 [accessed February 24, 2022]
- • Kumar, Pradip, et al. 2017. Standardization of system of rice intensification (SRI) and its comparison to conventional system of rice production for resource conservation and yield maximization. Research in Environment and Life Sciences 10(7): 599-601. [accessed February 22, 2022]
- Narayanamoorthy, A. 2022. Summary and policy pointers. In: The Irrigation Future of India. Global Issues in Water Policy, vol 29. Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-89613-3_16 [accessed February 22, 2022]
- Nayaka, Venkataravana GV, G. Prabhakara Reddy, and R. Mahender Kumar. 2021. Productivity and economics of rice cultivars under different irrigation regimes and systems of cultivation. Oryza 58(4): 540-554 [accessed February 20, 2022]
- • Efendi, Efendi, et al. 2012. Selection of Acehnese germplasm of rice (Oryza Sativa L.) using SRI approach in the post-tsunami affected area of Aceh Province, Indonesia. Prceedings of the 2nd Syiah Kuala University Annual International Conference 2012. November 22-24, 2012.(Banda Aceh, Indonesia) [accessed February 13, 2022]
- • Brown, Laura Michelle. 1998. Swidden agriculture and an intensified rice cultivation program at Ranomafana National Park Madagascar. MS thesis, University of Montana. 78p. [accessed February 13, 2022]
- • Didal, Vijay Kumar, et al. 2022. Effect of nitrogen management practices on SPAD values and NDVI readings of rice crop. Pharma Innovation 11(2): 367-371. [accessed February 6, 2022]
- • Narayanamoorthy, A. 2022. Innovative farm practices and water use efficiency: A study of the System of Rice Intensification under different settings in South India. In: The Irrigation Future of India. Global Issues in Water Policy, vol 29. Springer, Cham. doi:1007/978-3-030-89613-3_13 [accessed February 6, 2022]
- • Zoundou, Sidnoma l, and Yu-min Wang. 2019. Assessment of probiotic bacteria effects on rice growth and yield at reduced doses of chemical fertilizers in Pingtung, Southern Taiwan. International Journal of Science and Research 8(8): 2073 - 2080. [accessed February 2, 2022]
New Links from our Website to Online Publications (and SRI-Related Social Media sites) - February 2022
- Lomeña-Gelis, Mónica, et al. 2022. Republic of Burundi - Country Strategy Programme Evaluation. IFAD website. February 17. (173 p. pdf) [French language evaluation of IFAD's support in Burundi. SRI appears in several of the activities.]
Documents Uploaded and New Pages Created/Updated on our Website - February 2022
- [Web pages updated during February 2022: 2022 additions, January 2021 additions (new page), events, Chile, Liberia, Indonesia, Madagascar, Nigeria, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, India videos, research network, videos]
- Fisher, Lucy. 2020. January 2021 news additions to the SRI-Rice website.
Videos/Audio - February 2022
- 2022 (February 2). Community of Hope Agriculture (CHAP) Presents "Liberian Seed Rice and Business Harvest" Official Ceremony. 1:48:20 min. Video of event held Feb. 2, 2022, at Duport Road Zubah town. Dixon TV Facebook page.
Presentations - February 2022
- Kartini, Ni Luh. 2022. Effect of Dosage Kascing Organic Fertilizer on Growth and Rice Yield on SRI System and Regular Rice Planting System in Batubulan Village, Gianyar. 11 slides. Universitas Udayana website. [accessed February 24, 2022]
