November 2022 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website (Links to online material)
(See previous months acquisitions - 2013-2022)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS for November 2022:
SRI-Rice website: 2,016 new users (1,957 users last month) from 76* countries (81 last month) logged 2,863 sessions (2,545 last month) in which 4,520 pages (3,887 last month) were viewed. [Top ten countries in order of number of new users: India (631), USA (287), Philippines (102), China (81), Japan (58), Tanzania (56), Canada (55), UK (44), Indonesia (39), (Malaysia (38)]
* # of countries now includes those with 3 or more people visiting/month regardless of time spent on site or pages viewed
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: 2,603 followers. 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 393 members (4 new). 3) SRI West Africa: 1,822 members, 4) SICA America Latina: 1,157 follows 5) SRI en las Américas: 72 members
SRI-Rice Newsletter: 130 views (65 last month)
YouTube (primary): 859 (722 last month) new views this month for our 90 uploads. 81 views (74 last month) for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 1,723 subscribers (8 new). 285,292 all-time views of our videos (2009-2021). 95,129 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: 1,968 followers (18 new)
Slideshare: 1,535 views this month; 541 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 263 followers
Research Databases: There are 2,196 items (1,524 journal articles), in our Zotero research database (17 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 November 2022: 2022 additions, October 2022 additions (new page), Guinea Bissau (new page), Ecuador, Egypt, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, SRi Lanka, Tanzania, Togo, Vietnam, events, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, India videos, theses
In the Press - November 2022
- Tingkatkan taraf ekonomi, Vale (INCO) bina petani teknologi SRI Organik
November 29, 2022, IPOT News (Central Sulawesi, Indonesia) - GM mustard: Where is data on biosafety and higher yield? [GM article notes SMI..]
November 29, 2022, Fortune India (India) - Yuk ketahui System of rice intensification dan budidaya Hatzon pada padi [Info on SRI and Hazton methods]
November 27, 2022, NTB Satu (Lombok, Indonesia) - Agriculture : Des nouveaux mécanismes d’accompagnement agricole pour pérenniser la production vivrière. [SRI included in govenment entrepreneurial framework system called Champs Écoles Agriculteurs (CEA) in Togo
October 17, 2022, Matin Libre (Togo) [accessed November 7, 2022] - At COP 27, IICA will present a document on sustainable agriculture milestones from across the Americas showcasing the countries’ shared commitment to combating climate change and caring for the environment
November 5, 2022, SKN Vibes (re: Latin America) - Conserving water can help avoid existing and future crisis [As SRI up to 44% water, Mountain Research Center for Field Crops (MRCFC)-Khudwani has been working on resources conservation technologies under All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) including SRI and direct dry seeded rice.]
November 3, 2022, Kashmir Reader (Jammu and Kashmir, India) - Arroz SRI/SICAJuly [Jorge Gil Chang makes the case for SRI in Ecuador.
July 6, 2022, El Universo (Educador) [accessed November 6, 2022] - Tripura registers shortfall in paddy cultivation due to low rainfall ["Since the previous Left Front government, Tripura has been working to boost paddy production with innovative techniques like System of Rice Intensification (SRI)."]
November 2, 2022, Hindustan Times (Tripura, India) - Expect no serious adverse impact on Aman paddy output despite rainfall deficit: Tripura agri official [ICM recommended over SRI]
November 1, 2022, The New Indian Express (Tripura, India)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during November 2022
- Held, Lisa. 2022. Young farmers are growing food for climate action and racial justice. Civil Eats. November 28. [Story of Iriel who works with Jubilee Justice in Louisiana]
- 2022. SRI-Digital app to revolutionize rice farming in Mwea. Jomo Kenyata University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) website. November 24. [Bancy Mati target new app for SRI in Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kenya.]
- Leu, Andre. 2022. The distorted lies about Sri Lanka’s organic pathway. Regeneration International website. November 15. [Not really about SRI, but interesting! and it does mention SRI]
- Chakravarthy, A.B. 2022. How can technology innovations sustainably solve the global food challenge? Upaya website. November 14.
- 2022. Change the face of Vietnam’s rice industry with international organizations (VAN) International organizations assess that Vietnam". Nông Nghiệp Việtnam. November 16. [FAO expert says emissions had been significantly reduced when building measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) system around SRI models in Vietnam..
- 2022. Lotus Foods' regenerative agriculture work featured in video shown at COP27. Cision PR Newswire website. November 14. [Video is accessible here.]
- NASFAM. 2022. MALAWI | System of Rice Intensification (SRI) to mitigate climate change effects by National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (NASFAM). Climakers website. [accessed November 9, 2022]
- 2022. Visite de travail du Président de la République S.E.M Mohamed Bazoum dans la région de Dosso du 10 au 12 Octobre 2022. Présidence de la République du Niger website. October 10. [accessed November 7, 2022]
- Uprety, Rajendra. 2022. Rice sustainable farming and SRI (System of Rice Intensification) method. Wikifarmer website. November. [accessed November 5, 2022]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during November 2022
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- • Valentino, Valentino. 2022. Budidaya padi sawah organik untuk pemulihan kesehatan tanah dan pengurangan residu pestisida pada produk hasil pertanian. Jurnal PkM Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat 5(5): 591-597. [accessed November 27, 2022]
- • Oladejo, Ajibola Mujidah. 2022. Economic implications of environmentally smart System of Rice Intensification in Nigeria. Journal of Sustainable Development 15(6): doi:10.5539/jsd.v15n6p1 [accessed November 24, 2022]
- • Janani, Higgoda K., et al. 2022. Water footprint assessment for irrigated paddy cultivation in Walawe Irrigation Scheme, Sri Lanka. Hydrology 9(12): 210. [accessed November 24, 2022]
- • Megha, P., P. Nair Pravitha, N.K. Rithuvarnya, and K.S. Suraj. 2022. Design and development of a self-propelled three row vertical axis rotary paddy weeder. Bachelor thesis (project report), Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology (Kerala, India). 66p. [accessed November 24, 2022]
- • Patra, Bishnupriya, Satyananda Jena and Amit Phonglosa. 2022. Date of planting, spacing and integrated nutrient management practices improves soil microbial populations and soil fertility status under rice-arhar cropping system in acidic soils of Eastern India. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis (online first Nov. 16, 2022). doi:10.1080/00103624.2022.2146133 [accessed November 19, 2022]
- • Aris, Nur Fatin Munirah, and Abdul Fatah. 2019. Cost and return analysis of System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Evidence from major rice producing areas in Malaysia. International Journal of Supply Chain Management 8(3): 541-546. [accessed November 12, 2022]
- Mwidege, Asheri. 2022. Adoption dynamics of the System of Rice Intensification by smallholder farmers in Tanzania: A case of Mkindo Irrigation Scheme. International Journal of Adaptive and Innovative Systems 3(3): (online first). doi: 10.1504/IJAIS.2022.10050551 [accessed November 6, 2022]
- • Harahap, Ananda Muhammad Hidayah, A. Ardi, and Zulfadly Syarif. 2022. Efikasi herbisida etil pirazonsulfuron10% terhadap gulma dan hasil padi sawah (Oryza sativa L.) metode SRI dan convensional. Jurnal Pertanian Agros 24(3) 141-1422. [accessed November 6, 2022]
- Saha, Anuradha, and Vijay Bharti. 2022. Influence of crop-establishment methods and weed-management practices on weeding efficiency and productivity of basmati rice (Oryza sativa). Indian Journal of Agronomy 67(3): 233-239 [accessed November 3, 2022]
- • Mboyerwa, P.A., K. Kibret, P. Mtakwa, and A. Aschalew. 2022. Greenhouse gas emissions in irrigated paddy rice as influenced by crop management practices and nitrogen fertilization rates in eastern Tanzania. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 6: 868479. doi:10.3389/fsufs.2022.868479 [accessed November 5, 2022]
- Dash, P. K., et al. 2023. Lifecycle greenhouse gases emission from five contrasting rice production systems in the tropics. Pedosphere 33. doi:10.1016/j.pedsph.2022.11.001 (online first Nov. 4, 2022). [accessed November 4 2022]
- Nayaka G.V., Venkataravana, et al. 2022. Productivity and water-use efficiency of rice (Oryza sativa) cultivars under different irrigation regimes and systems of cultivation. Indian Journal of Agronomy 67(3): 221-226. [accessed November 3, 2022]
Links to Online Publications and Websites - November 2022
- (eds) Hashim, N., A. Yahya, D. Ahmad, and A.R.M. Shariff. 2021. Smart Technology for Paddy Cultivation (The Malaysian Experience). UPM Press: Malaysia. [SRI is one of the three sections of this book]. [uploaded Nov. 2022]
- IICA. 2022. Sistema Intensivo de Cultivo de Arroz (SRI). pp.54-63, in Hitos de un agricultura sustenable en las Americas. Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) repository. [Report on IICA's activities related to climate change and natural resource conservation in Central and South America, including a section on their recent SRI activities in 7 countries.] [accessed November 6, 2022]
- SRI-2030. The System of Rice Intensification (SRI): A strategic opportunity for tackling the growing pressure on Egypt’s water resources while sustainably intensifying national rice production. SRI-2030 website. [2p pdf prepared for the COP27.] [accessed November 5, 2022]
Documents Uploaded and New Pages Created/Updated on our Website - November 2022
- Web pages updated during November 2022: 2022 additions, October 2022 additions (new page), Guinea Bissau (new page), Ecuador, Egypt, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, SRi Lanka, Tanzania, Togo, Vietnam, events, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, India videos, theses
- Fisher, Lucy. 2022. October 2022 news additions to the SRI-Rice website.
Videos/Audio - November 2022
- 2022 (November 30). MAT Nursery Preparation of SRI Technique of Rice by #MITCAT students | #Cynosure. 7:50 min. MIT College of Agriculture and Technology channel, YouTube. [Telugu language instruction on SRI nursery prep.]
- 2022 (November 23). Padi VR 46, pola tanam kolaborasi Jarwo dan SRI (System of Rice Intensification). 13:16 min. sugenk free channel, YouTube. [Bahasa Indonesia language video on combining SRI and Jajar Legowo, which is a system gaining popularity in Indonesia. Jarwo mainly changes the spacings from square to a 40cm break every two rows and closer intrarow spacing (which is allowable due to the increased edge effect]
- 2021. Adam Chappell talks about lower seeding rates. 5:14 min. Farmer Progress Daily channel, YouTube. [SRI inspires Arkansas farmer to reduce density and single seed.] [accessed November 2, 2022]
- 2022 (November 1). How greenhouse gas emissions from rice can be minimised through regenerative production. 5:53 min. Ellen MacArthur Foundation channel, YouTube. [Ellen MacArthur video on SRI and GHG emissions]
Presentations - November 2022
- none this month
