October 2022 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website (Links to online material)
(See previous months acquisitions - 2013-2022)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS for October 2022:
SRI-Rice website: 1,957 new users (1,986 users last month) from 81* countries (85 last month) logged 2,545 sessions (2,566 last month) in which 3,887 pages (4,344 last month) were viewed. [Top ten countries in order of number of new users: India (476), USA (379), Philippines (117), China (85), Indonesia (66), Japan (56), Tanzania (50), Canada (42), UK (39), Kenya (31)]
* # 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: 2,609 followers. 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 389 members (1 new). 3) SRI West Africa: 1,882 members, 4) SICA America Latina: 1,155 follows
SRI-Rice Newsletter: 65 views(113 last month)
YouTube (primary): 722 (996 last month) new views this month for our 90 uploads. 74 views (104 last month) for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 1,715 subscribers (10 new).284,007 all-time views of our videos (2009-2021). 94,999 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: 1,950 followers
Slideshare: 1,591 views this month; 541 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 263 followers
Research Databases: There are 2,180 items (1,515 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 October 2022: 2022 additions, September 2022 additions (new page), Bangladesh, Indonesia, Tanzania, The Gambia, Vietnam, events, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, India videos, research network, Spanish material, theses, videos
In the Press - October 2022
- Rice insecurity: The depletion of groundwater resources and the increasing cost of cultivation may put rice production in jeopardy in the future [SRI suggested to reduce water use]
October 7, 2022, New Indian Express [India]
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during October 2022
- Hardy, Liam, and Dustin Benton. 2022. The Global Methane Pledge How the UK can meet its commitment. Green Alliance website. October. [Article on UK's methane pledge includes info on SRI.] [accessed October 31, 2022]
- Laws, Forrest. 2021. Can reduced seeding rates lead to more profitable yields? How much seed do you have to plant to have a profitable rice yield? Delta Farm Press. March 2. [An Arkansas farmer adapts direct-seeded SRI to his farm with good results.] [accessed October 31, 2022]
- McCallum, Jen. 2022. SRI: A nature-based approach for rice cultivation providing a triple win for people, planet and prosperity. Resilience Hub website. [Article on SRI written in advance of COP27]
- 2022. Rice insecurity: The depletion of groundwater resources and the increasing cost of cultivation may put rice production in jeopardy in the future. Vajiram & Ravi website. October 7. [SRI suggested as one of the ways forward.]
- Rahayu, Yayuk Sri. 2022. Budidaya padi dengan pendekatan teknologi SRI (System of Rice Intensification). Cybex website. October 25. [Government extension material on SRI principles and instruction]
- Donnelly, Kristin. 2022. Rice is Life cookbook from Lotus Foods founders launches nationwide. Cision PR Newswire website. October 21. [Lotus Food, an American company, is a major importer of SRI-grown rice.]
- 2022. India’s rice exports and food insecurity. Civils Daily (2nd paper). October 7. [Conclusion suggests SRI]
- Firmansyah, Rifdan. 2022. Pembangunan rendah karbon sektor pertanian: Konseptual, implementasi dan strategi ke depan. Low Carbon Development Indonesia website. October 5. [See English translation] [Good overview on Indonesia's strategy and potential strategy to address low carbon opportunities.]
- 2022. WFP Guinea-Bissau Country Brief, July and August 2022. Reliefweb website. September 30. [Between July and August, WFP and FAO Identified and trained 150 farmers in 15 villages in Gabú, Bafatá and Quinara regions] [accessed October 1, 2022]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during October 2022
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- • Sigalla, O.Z., R.M.J. Kadigi, and J.R. Selemani, 2022. Assessment of variation in marginal productivity value of water in paddy farming systems in times of water stress. Water 14: 3459. doi:10.3390/w14213459 [accessed October 28, 2022]
- • S., Deivasigamani, et al. 2022. Evaluation of different organic nutrients on growth and yield of traditional rice – Mapillai Samba (Oryza sativa L.) under SRI method. Pharma Innovation 11(10): 1182-1184. [accessed October 28, 2022]
- • Mosha, D.B. and G. Boniface. 2022. The impact of rice commercialisation on livelihoods in Kilombero Valley, Tanzania: anybody left behind? Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Sciences 21(1): 252-262 [accessed October 25, 2022]
- • Borna, Samina Nasrin, et al. 2022. Influence of rice establishment methods on water productivity, methane emissions and rice grain heavy metals content from irrigated rice paddies in Bangladesh. European Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences 4(5): 112-119. doi:10.24018/ejfood.2022.4.5.586 [accessed October 25, 2022]
- • Kasase, Hamenya, et al. 2022. Measuring the intensity of adoption of the system of rice intensification and improved rice seeds technologies in Geita district, Tanzania: An application of the adoption quotient and the double hurdle model approaches. International Journal of Statistics and Applied Mathematics 7(5): 83-93. doi: 10.22271/maths.2022.v7.i5b.884 [accessed October 20, 2022]
- • Segnon, Alcade C., et al. 2022. Climate change adaptation options to inform planning of agriculture and food systems in The Gambia: A systematic approach for stocktaking. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 6: 834867. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2022.834867 [accessed October 13, 2022]
- • Wachid, Abdul, and Mintono Mintono. 2017. Rice productivity variety Ir-64 using System of Rice Intensification (Sri) method with several models (Tegel and Legowo). Nabatia 5(2): 91-99. [accessed October 8, 2022]
- • Rokins, Pugazhenthi Davidson, et al. 2022. The impact of different planting systems on the bacterial diversity of rice cultivated in saline soil based on 16S rRNA gene-based metagenomic insights. Agriculture 12(10): 1624. 10.3390/agriculture12101624 [accessed October 8, 2022]
- • Aseru, Gloria. 2021. Effects of integrating deficit irrigation and carbonate foliar fertilizer application into the system of rice intensification. Master's thesis, Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania). (100p. pdf) [accessed October 3, 2022]
Links to Online Publications and Websites - October 2022
- Mishra, Abha, Jan Willem Ketelaar, and Max Whitten. 2023. Chapter 5 - System of rice intensification - Empowering farmers to work with nature to achieve productive, resilient and climate-neutral farming systems in rice-based landscapes, pp. 87-105, in Neutral and Resilient Farming Systems. [accessed October 31, 2022]
- 2020. System of Rice Intensification - A SLEM best practice. Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education. Published by World Bank. [The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education has documented System of Rice Intensification (SRI) as one of the best practices for sustainable land and ecosystem management (SLEM) under the World Bank funded SLEM Project.] [accessed October 12, 2022]
- Abonmai, Tabuiliu, and Ksh. Manishwari Devi. 2022. System of Rice Intensification. AgriCOS e-Newsletter 3(10): No. 5. [Overview of SRI in item from Manipur, India] [accessed October 12, 2022]
Documents Uploaded and New Pages Created/Updated on our Website - October 2022
- Web pages updated during October 2022: 2022 additions, September 2022 additions (new page), Bangladesh, Indonesia, Tanzania, The Gambia, Vietnam, events, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, India videos, research network, Spanish material, theses, videos
- Fisher, Lucy. 2022. September 2022 news additions to the SRI-Rice website.
Videos/Audio - October 2022
- 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 October 20)
- 2022 (October 16). SRI cultivation of Paddy | System of rice intensification | By Avinash Agri world. Avinash Agri world channel, YouTube. [Directions on how to implement SRI]
- 2021. ఏది బెటర్? which is better? | cono weeder or finger weeder? | @grameenavyavasayam | ravi raju. 4:14 min. grameena vyavasayam channel, YouTube. [Telugu language video comparing weeders (Tamil Nadu, India)] [accessed October 13, 2022]
- 2021. Three Row Paddy Weeder களை எடுக்கும் கருவி. 12:47 min. Village Farmer channel, YouTube. [Tamil language description of paddy weeder.] [accessed October 9, 2022]
- 2020. ஒற்றை நாற்று நடவில் மார்க்கர் பயன்பாடு | செம்மை நெல் சாகுபடி | Marker |. 2:01 min. Sirkali TV channel, YouTube. [Tamil language description of device for marking spacing in SRI fields.] [accessed October 9, 2022]
- 2022 (October 5). System of Rice Intensification Chusnul. 21:05 min. Dept. Teknik Sipil dan Lingkungan IPB channel, YouTube. [Chusnul Arif, professor at Institut Pertanian Bogor in Indonesia is interviewed about SRI in Indonesia.]
Presentations - October 2022
- none this month
