May 2023 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website (Links to online material)
(See previous months acquisitions - 2013-2023)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS for May 2023:
SRI-Rice website: 1,707 new users (1,705 users last month) from 69* (65 last month) logged 2,227 sessions (2,284 last month) in which 3,395 pages (3,534 last month) were viewed. [Top ten countries in order of number of new users: India (427), USA (307), China (169), Philippines (68), Japan (49), UK (43), Indonesia (41), Nepal (40), Nigeria (39), Australia (35)
* # 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: 2,594 followers. 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 399 members . 3) SRI West Africa: 1,811 members. 4) SICA America Latina: 1,155 follows 5) SRI en las Américas: 74 members
SRI-Rice Newsletter: 82 views (111 last month)
YouTube (primary): 1,076 (696 last month) new views this month for our 91 uploads. 42 views (84 month) for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 1,750 subscribers (9 new); 289,381 all-time views of our videos (2009-2022); 95,480 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: 1,978 followers (4 new)
Slideshare: 1,259 views this month; 545 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 263 followers
Research Databases: There are 2,278 items (1,576 journal articles), in our Zotero research database (15 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 May 2023: 2023 additions (new page), April 2022 additions (new page), extension materials page, Bangladesh, Chile, China, Indonesia, Liberia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, India videos, events, videos
In the Press - May 2023
- UK boosts efficiency rice production in Nigeria [UK-supported LINKS Project in northern Nigeria helps 26,000 farmers in three states adopt SRI.]
May 30, 2023, This Day Live (Nigeria) - How to mobilise climate-smart agriculture finance [SRI is in examples.]
May 30, 2023, The European Sting - Revolutionizing rice farming in Senegal: The System of Rice Intensification
May 30, 2023, BNN (Senegal) - UK Govt programme helping Nigerian farmers address climate issues – Official
May 25, 2023, Premium Times (Nigeria) - Lukasu residents embrace Community Forestry Management Project [500 farmers will plant 8 acres with Nerica variety rice in a UNDP/FAO project in Liberia funded by the Embassy of Sweden,]
May 24, 2023, New Dawn (Liberia) - ‘Jubilee Justice’ rice mill is changing the way Cenla farms rice [Jubilee Justice, an organization helping Black farmers in the southern USA focuses on regeneratively-grown SRI along with other crops]
May 23, 2023, KALB (Louisiana, USA) - PT Pertamina EP Sukowati field tutup pelatihan pertanian organik [SRI training in East Java by PT Pertamina's CSR efforts May 12-16, 2023]
May 18, 2023, Banyuurip (Jawa Timur, Indonesia) - Jubilee Justice, Black farmers celebrate opening of new Alexandria rice mill
May 15, 2023, Town Talk (Louisiana, USA) - Panen perdana, petani binaan PT Vale Desa Ululere panen padi organik musim ketiga
May 14, 2023, Jurnal Makassar (Sulawesi, Indonesia) - Council endorses DA's P396-B 2024 budget [Rice Watch Action Network Executive Director and Federation of Free Farmers Cooperatives National Manager reiterated recommendation to the DA to adopt SRI]
May 3, 2023, Manila Times (Manila Philippines)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during May 2023
- Grylis, Bethan. 2023. Can rice be produced sustainably? Food Manufacture website. May 30. [With rice’s shocking sustainability record, Nice Rice founder Fergus O’Sullivan is selling rice in the UK grown with a method "tracing its roots back to SRI" and marketed under the brand "Nice Rice."]
- 2023 (?). Promotion of millet and indigenous crops. SACAL website. [System of Millet Intensification discussed]
- 2023. Methane: Today’s high impact greenhouse gas. May 25.
- Ding, Helen. 2023. Unlocking China’s climate neutrality: The crucial role of a food and land use system approach. Food and Land Use Coalition website. May 24. [SRI suggested as part of agriculture strategies to reduce emissions.]
- 2023. Koordinasi dalam rangka sosialisasi budidaya padi hemat air metode SRI (System of Rice Intensification). DKPP Indramayu website. May 29. [Govt. officials meet to coordinate framework for promoting SRI to save water in Indramayu, Indonesia.]
- Tobias, Noah. 2023. In Senegal, rice intensification helps farmers grow more with less. Mongabay website. Many 20.
- 2023. System of Rice Intensification. Agriculture Wale website. May 20 [Instructional SRI material (though some of it is unusual).]
- Witkowski, Kelly. 2023. Co-Innovating for more sustainable, climate responsive rice production in Chile. IICA Blog. May 9. [IICA visit to SRI fields in Chile. See also Spanish version.]
- 2023. BALCO’s ‘Mor Jal Mor Maati’ project increases revenue of Mahua farmers. Balco India website. May 5. [BALCO (Aluminum company) works with Chhattisgarh’s Mahua farmers 2,400 farmers in 32 villages. More than 70% have adopted SRI and other agricultural techniques.]
- 2023. Agroecology: A path to sustainable agriculture. BuilderBold website. May 4. [General agroecology article cites SRI as first case study of successful agroecology examples.]
- Vent, Olivia and Alex Pears. 2023. SRI - a proven solution that addresses the challenges of sustainable food systems highlighted by Rockefeller Foundation. SRI-2030 blog. May 2.
- Dahlgreen, James. 2023. SRI-2030 at the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture annual forum. SRI-2030 blog. May.
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during May 2023
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- Hardy, Harrison, et al. 2023. The influence of manure-based organic fertilisers on the oviposition behaviour of Anopheles arabiensis. Acta Tropica (online first May 25, 2023). doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2023.106954 [accessed May 30, 2023]
- Devi, G. Karthiga, et al. 2023. Intensification save water and increase yield of paddy?: A study of tank irrigated area. Journal of Land and Rural Studies (Online First May 24). doi:10.1177/23210249231164032 [accessed May 29, 2023]
- • Dwipa, Indra, Nalwida Rozen and Musliar Kasim. 2023. Effect of land flooding in controlling weeds to several rice varieties in System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Indra. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1177(1): 012019. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/1177/1/012019 [accessed May 28, 2023]
- • Paul, Subrata, Bidhan Chandra Nath, et al. 2023. Development and fabrication of manually push-pull type conical weeder for Bangladesh condition. Agricultural Sciences, 14(5): 685-709. doi:10.4236/as.2023.145046. [accessed May 25, 2023]
- • Rani, S., and P. Sukumari. 2012. Growth and yield of medicinal rice Njavara as influenced by nutrient sources under different management systems. Madras Agricultural Journal 99(10-12): 786-788. doi:10.29321/MAJ.10.100195 [accessed May 23, 2023]
- • Rozen, Nalwida, Musliar Kasim, and Indra Dwipa. 2023. The effect of different types of organic mulch in system of rice intensification on yield components of Batang Piaman rice. American Institute of Physics Conference Series. 2730(1): 020007-1- 020007-5. [accessed May 22, 2023]
- • Sreeni, K. R. 2022. Sarvathobhadram-Organic Initiative: Cooperative model for resilient agriculture by adopting System of Rice Intensification. Journal of Rice Research 10(12): 1000337. [accessed May 21, 2023]
- • Rozen, N., et al. 2023. The early heading growth stage of rice plants in using the SRI method by giving liquid organic fertilizer of coconut husk and banana stems. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 160(1): 012006. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/1160/1/012006 [accessed May 20, 2023]
- • Naveen Saviour, M. , S. Mohandas, and B.J. Pandian. 2013. Upscaling SRI in Agniyar Sub-basin, Thanjavur District,Tamil Nadu under TN-IAMWARM Project. Madras Agricultural Journal 100(4-6): 421-423. [accessed May 20, 2023]
- • Kavishe, Rosemary, Hans Komake, and Frederick Kahimba. 2022. Integration of the System of Rice Intensification in smallholder farming systems in Tanzania: Are farmers ready? A case of Lekitatu Irrigation Scheme, Northern Tanzania, First Annual Agricultural Conference in Kagera (KAACE 1) Proceedings, pp148-162. [accessed May 20, 2023]
- Majumder, Saddam Hossen, and Biswajit Mondal. 2023. System of Rice Intensification in Tripura: A reflection. Indian Journal of Economics and Development (online first May 16 2023). doi:10.35716/IJED-22412 [accessed May 19, 2023]
- • Waris, Amtul. 2022. Adept to adapt: Closing the gender capacity gaps for scaling up System of Crop Intensification. Journal of Rice Research 15(special issue): 231-234. doi:10.58297/MJDW2273 [accessed May 9, 2023]
- • Mallareddy, M., R. Thirumalaikumar, et al. 2023. Maximizing water use efficiency in rice farming: A comprehensive review of innovative irrigation management technologies. Water 15(10): 1802. doi:10.3390/w15101802 [accessed May 9, 2023]
- Nazir, Aijaz M., Anwar Bhat, et al. .2023. Impact of crop establishment techniques and weed management practices on Oryza sativa L. growth and yield. Agronomy Journal (preprint. Online first April 28, 2023). doi:10.1002/agj2.21363 [accessed May 7, 2023]
Links to Online Publications and Websites - May 2023
- 2023. Pilot-testing the framework to identify and quantify health gains from mitigation and adaptation actions. Chapter 5, pp.53-73. In A framework for the quantification and economic valuation of health outcomes originating from health and non-health climate change mitigation and adaptation action. World Health Organization [SRI section is on 54-57] [accessed May 7, 2023]
Documents Uploaded and New Pages Created/Updated on our Website - May 2023
- Web pages updated during May 2023: 2023 additions (new page), April 2022 additions (new page), extension materials page, Bangladesh, Chile, China, Indonesia, Liberia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, India videos, events, videos
- Fisher, Lucy. 2022. April 2023 news additions to the SRI-Rice website.
Videos/Audio - May 2023
- 2023. Systems of Rice Intensification Podcast Series. 6 episodes. Podbean.com via LINKS programme website. [Podcasts from the LINKS programme in northern Nigeria that promotes SRI and other projects in three states.] [accessed May 31, 2023]
- 2023 (March). 20 năm SRI -Cuộc cách mạng trong sản xuất lúa ở Việt Nam | VTC16. 24.06 min. VTC16 channel, YouTube. [English translation: 20 years of SRI - Revolution in rice production in Vietnam | VTC1] [acccessed May 31, 2023]
- 2023 (May). धान की खेती की/SRI technique Paddy/अधिक उत्पादन/खैरा रोग की रोकथाम/system of rice intensification. 8:35 min.Dr.R.S.RAJPUT Agronomist channel, YouTube. [Hindi language overview of SRI]
- 2023 (May). Conservation through Ba’ Kelalan Adan Rice - Heirloom rice of the Lun Bawang people. 5:33 min. WWFMy channel, YouTube. [Reissue of an earlier video on a WWF-Malaysia supported project using SRI to grow Adan heirloom rice in Ba'Kelalan in Sarawak.]
Presentations - May 2023
- none this month
