2020 NEWS AND LATEST RESOURCES
- Latest Research
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In the Press - 2020
March 2020
- Improved irrigation infrastructure boosts crops' production in Mbeya
March 19, 2020, IPPMedia (Tanzania) - Madurai farmers wait endlessly for more DPCs [After 15 years, Madurai farmers generally adopt SRI now.]
March 16, 2020, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Peran bioteknologi tanah dalam mencapai sistem pertanian berkelanjutan [Article Sabout agroecology developmetn in Indonesia that highlights SRI.]
March 12, 2020, Bengkulu News (Bengkulu, Indonesia) - SRI helping Ba Kelalan farmers produce chemical-free rice
March 6, 2020, Borneo Post (Sarawak, Malaysia) [27 farmers from Long Langai in Sarawak's Ba Kelalan highlands harvested their second batch of Adan rice from pilot plots.] - Badalta Bharat: Promoting growth in rural India [Adani Foundation's SRI initiative has changed the lives of 1,30,000 beneficiaries in almost 64 villages in and around Maharashtra’s Tirora town.]
March 4, 2020, Republic (Maharashtra, India)
February 2020
- Hausse de 45% du budget de l'Office Riz Mopti [The regional Rice Office of Mopti expects cereal production of 184,690 tons of which 76% will be rice. The secretary general of the agricultural ministry stated that this will be possible using best agricultural practices through SRI.]
February 24, 2020, CommodAfrica (Mali) - Tamil Nadu budget 2020-21: Rs 11,000 crore allotted for crop loan [Tamil Ndu Deputy Chief Minister says will be expanded to 27.18 lakh acres in 2020-21.]
February 14, 2020, Times of India (Tamil Nadu, Inda) - Nagai farmers reap success of SRI method
February 12, 2020, New Indian Express (Tamil Nadu, India) [Four SRI farmers received ‘Best Farmer’ awards from their blocks on Republic Day.] - Father, daughter duo gets Padma Shri for 30-year-long conservation experiment [Sabarmatee, long-time SRI champion, and her father win a pretigious award in India.]
January 27, 2020, The Hindu (Odisha, India) [accessed February 7, 2020]
January 2020
- Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi Palaniswami presents State awards during Republic Day function [S. Yuvakumar, farmer from Kunnangattu Valasu, Pasuvapatti village in Erode district received special award for highest yield by adopting SRI; award carries cash prize of Rs 5 lakh and a medal.]
January 27, 2020, New Indian Express (Tamil Nadu, India) - COP26: India must commit to landmark Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture [KJWA doc notes like SRI and Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative noted as sustainable solutions for water use efficiency]
January 20, 2020, Financial Express (India) - Autoridades visitaron ensayos de arroz de INIA que genera ahorro de agua [Guided by the head of the INIA Rice Genetic Improvement Program, Karla Cordero, the Maule agriculture authorities, together with the provincial governor of Linares, visited the demonstration plot maintained by the Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA) in the commune of Parral]
January 15, 2020, El Centro (Chile) - SRI farming methodology training under Jeevan Jeuti Krishak Sangha held in Morigaon [Day-long training held at farmers’ club held at Oujar; 300 youth farmers trained in SRI under the District Agriculture Department.]
January 6, 2020, The Sentinel (Assam, India) - 2020. Reos de Coclé sembrarán sus propios alimentos en granja de Llano Marín [Panama prisoners experiment with SRI methods in plan to grow their own food.]
January 4, 2020, tvn Noticias (Panama)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - 2020
- Barua, Ananya. 2020. Bihar’s ‘Mushroom Mahila’ empowers 10K women, now earns lakhs! The Better India website. [Prize-winning Bihar woman mushroom farmer also helped 2,500 farmers create self-help groups, and taught them the SRI.] [accessed April 1, 2020]
- Mwajombe, Kizito K. 2020. Njage Farmers preparing to take rice commercialisation to the next level. Futures Agricultures blog. March 30. [Many rice farmers in Njage village under CWAUNJA, an irrigation scheme farmer association, have been using SRI since 2009 when it was introduced by collective efforts of the district extension services, Kilombero Plantation Limited (KPL), USAID, and others..]
- Yattara, Mahamadou. 2020. Office Riz Mopti: Hausse de 45% du budget. Maliweb website. March 9. [Mopti Rice Office increases budget by 45%. SRI figures prominently in plans along with irrigation.]
- Lakshmi. 2020. #EachforEqual: Impact Stories: PRADAN WOMEN. Feature article, Krishijagran website. March 7. [#EachforEqual, PRADAN introduced a new method of Agriculture, System of Root Intensification (SRI) in Debgaon in Chhattisgarh. Entire village adopted SRI following year.]
- 2020. System of Rice Intensification. Project Drawdown website, solutions section. [updated section on SRI's effect on GHGs.]
- 2020. Tips sukses budidaya tanaman padi organik dengan System of Rice Intensification (Sri). Istana Tanaman blog. February 28. [Tips for successfully growing rice with SRI methods.]
- 2020. 5 Cara AQUA menjaga kelestarian sumber air. AQUA website. February 28. [Bottled water company support SRI as one of the ways to reduce environmental pollution (through reduced use of agrochemicals).
- Saliboko, Merveille. 2019. Sud-Kivu et Tanganyika: professionnaliser la riziculture avec PICAGL.Rikolto website. August 20. [accessed February 17, 2020]
- Dwyer, Augusta. 2020. Growing a green, healthy rice bowl. The Good Men Project website. February 3. [Informational piece about SRI]
- Greenpeace. 2020. 水稻強化栽培系統SRI介紹 (Introduction to SRI). Greenpeace Taiwan website. February 5. [Chinese language article with basic SRI principles.]
- *2020. Reaping a better future. Caritas India website. February 1. [Story of CARITAS-India program that has SWI.]
- MDPI. 2020. Special Issue "The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Contributions to Agricultural Sustainability". Agronomy journal. [Announcement of upcoming special issue on SRI. Deadline for manuscript submissions: Nov. 1, 2020] [accessed January 31, 2020]
- 2020. Mengenal SRI Organik Indonesia. pertanianku.com website. January 31. [Indonesian language article about Organic SRI in Indonesia]
- 2020. Latar belakang terciptanya System of Rice Intensification (SRI). pertanianku.com website. January 30. [Indonesian language article about the history and value of Organic SRI in Indonesia]
- de Rosary, Ebed. 2020. Rahmat Adinata dan mimpi jadikan Sumba Pulau Organik Mongabay website. January 11. [Article about helping the island of Sumba in Indonesia become organic, which includes promotion of SRI.]
- Zevnik, Neil. 2019. How Lotus Foods reduces impact of rice growing on the environment. betternutrition magazine, healthy eating section. December 1. [accessed January 16, 2020]
- Pannell, Marvin. 2020. Paths out of poverty in Myanmar: Haircuts, textiles, rice and more. Reliefweb website. January 6. [Church World Service Country rep from Myanmar reports on ACT Alliance project that supports SRI Farmer Field Schools in Kayin State. A farmer interview indicated tripling of rice yields with SRI.]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - acquired during 2020
(listed in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles).
- Red dot (•) indicates article is freely available; * asterisk is SCI (other than rice)
- • Kharim, Muhammad Nurfaiz Abd., et al. 2020. Effect of variable rate application on rice leaves burn and chlorosis In System of Rice Intensification. Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 4(2): 66-70 [accessed April 2, 2020]
- • Soverda, Nerty, et al. 2019) The Influence of granting compost Azolla sp on the growth and the result of rice (Oryza Sativa L) with a method of SRI. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 50(3): 341-347. [accessed April 1, 2020]
- • Perumal, M. Saravana, et al. 2019. Effect of system of rice intensification on yield attributes towards enhancement of grain yield in rice. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 8(2): 1541-1543. [accessed March 31, 2020]
- Majumder, Saddam H., et al. 2019. Does the System of Rice Intensification make a difference to resource use efficiency? Evidence from Tripura, India. Agricultural Economics Research Review 32(2): 289-294. doi: 10.5958/0974-0279.2019.00040.5 [accessed March 31, 2020]
- • Phuong, D.T.L., N.T. Hoa, and N.T.H. Nga. 2020. Impact of irrigation techniques on rice yield and dynamics of zinc in plants and soil. Plant, Soil, and Environment 66: 135–142. doi:10.17221/660/2019-PSE [accessed March 30, 2020]
- • Waris, Amtul, et al. 2019. Climate resilient production practices: Extent of adoption and barriers faced by rice farmers in Telangana state of India. Journal of Cereal Research 11(3): 293-299. 10.25174/2249-4065/2019/94868 [accessed March 26, 2020]
- Kumar, Vikas. 2020. Social innovation for agricultural development: A study of System of Rice Intensification in Bihar, India. Millennial Asia (online first March 7, 2020) 0976399619900615. doi:10.1177/0976399619900615
- Raut, Nani, et al. 2020. Methane emission from unsustainable crop production in Nepal, system of rice intensification as an option for mitigation, in Climate Change and Soil Interactions, pages 37-49. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-818032-7.00003-5
- *• Rao, K.V.R., and Suchi Gangwar. 2019. Energy assessment of wheat under conventional and drip irrigation systems. International Journal of Chemical Studies 7(1): 664-669.
- Prasad, C Shambu. 2020. Constructing alternative socio-technical worlds: Re-imagining RRI through SRI in India. Science, Technology & Society (online first March 5, 2020) doi: 10.1177/0971721820903002
- • Yeasmin, M. S., et al. 2008. Effects of date of transplanting on the growth parameters of boro rice varieties under the system of rice intensification. Bangladesh Journal of Environmental Science 14(1): 71-75. [accessed March 4, 2020]
- • Isnawan, Bambang Heri, et al. 2020. Secondary macronutrients up-take, root development, and chlorophyll content of local rice varieties grown under System of Rice Intensification (SRI) vs. conventional methods. International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology 10(1): 381-388. doi:10.18517/ijaseit.10.1.11057[accessed March 4, 2020]
- • Mutiara, Farah, and Sustiyana Sustiyana. 2019. Kontributsi penyuluh pertanian dalam mensukseskan UPSUS padi S.R.I. (System of Rice Intensification) di Kecamatan Kepanjen Kabupaten Malang. Pengembangan Sumber Daya Lokal untuk Mewujudkan Ketahanan Pangan Nasional Proceedings of the Seminar Nasional Sumber Daya National. 2(1). [accessed March 4, 2020]
- • Anand, Jay, et al. 2019. Determinants of vulnerable group of Madhya Pradesh developing climate change strategies for sustainable agriculture practices: Discrete analysis using Logit Model. Journal of Innovative Agriculture 6(12): 1-13. [accessed February 17, 2020]
- • Agnese, Federica, and Zakirah Othman. 2019. Response to climate change impact on paddy farming: The System of Rice Intensification. Journal of Technology and Operations Management 14(1): 43-53. doi: 10.32890/jtom2019.14.1.8740. [accessed February 17, 2020]
- • Nguyen, Quang Co, et al. 2020. Effect of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) on growth and yield performance in Nam Dong district, Thua Thien Hue province, Vietnam. Scientific Reports of the Faculty of Agriculture, Okayama University 109: 13-20. [accessed February 12, 2020]
- • Singh, Chandran, et al. 2018. Performance of INM modules and different cultural practices on growth, yield and yield attributes of Basmati rice. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 7(special issue): 5140-5146 [accessed February 2, 2020]
- Shendage, G.B., et al. 2019. Weed management in rice established by different methods. Indian Journal of Weed Science 51(4): 328-332. doi: 10.5958/0974-8164.2019.00070.4 [accessed February 5, 2020]
- *• Sikdar, Samrat Sikdar, Satya Prakash and Shweta Kumari. 2020. Study on adoption of climate-smart system of wheat intensification (SWI) technology among the farmers of Bihar. International Journal of Chemical Studies. 8(1): 1289-1292. doi:10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i1r.8434 [accessed February 2, 2020]
- MDPI. 2020. Special Issue "The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Contributions to Agricultural Sustainability."Agronomy journal. [Announcement of upcoming special issue on SRI. Deadline for manuscript submissions: Nov. 1. 2020] [accessed January 31, 2020]
- • Akiho, Sayaka. 2020. How "Khmer product" is made through development process: Focusing on changing the value of agricultural products in contemporary Cambodia. Journal of Asian Rural Studies 4(1): 71-87 [accessed January 31, 2020]
- • Too, G., et al. 2020. Analysis of water use in rice production under paddy system and SRI in Ahero Irrigation Scheme, Kenya. African Environmental Review 3(2): 190-198. [accessed January 31, 2020]
- • Khing, Ei Ei, et al. 2019. Effects of different nitrogen fertilizer levels and spacing on phyllochron, yield and yield components of rice (Oryza sativa L.) under System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Journal of Agriculture Research (2) 70-79 [accessed January 28, 2020]
- Lee, Yun-ho, and Myung-Chul Seo. 2019. 캄보디아 남부 농업 생태환경이 다른 지역에서 벼 작부체계와 비료 사용 관리에 대한 실태 조사 -Survey of rice cropping systems and nutrient management in different agroecosystem, Southern Cambodia. 한국국제농업개발학회지 -Journal of the Korean Society of International Agriculture 31(4): 393-398. [accessed January 20, 2015]
- • Nayar, Vibhu, V.K. Ravichandran, B.C. Barah, and N. Uphoff. 2020. Sustainable SRI and rice production: Learnings from an irrigated agriculture management project in Tamil Nadu . Economic & Political Weekly LV(2): 46-51. [accessed January 15, 2015]
- • Baro, Barsri, et al. 2018. Post flowering photosynthetic contribution and productivity of rice (Oryza sativa L.) under different establishment methods. International Conference on Agriculture and Allied Sciences: The Productivity, Food Security and Ecology Proceedings. (Conference held in New Delhi, August 13-14, 2018.) [accessed January 15, 2015]
- • Paul, S.K., M. Ray, M.A.R. Sarkar, and S. Sarkar. 2019. Effect of water, nutrient and weed management on the yield and quality of aromatic boro rice (CV. BRRI dhan50). Bangladesh Agronomy Journal, 22(1), 57-69. doi:10.3329/baj.v22i1.44937 [accessed January 15, 2015]
- • Widyatami, Linda Ekadewi, and Ardhitya Alam Wiguna. 2020. Daya saing dan dampak kebijakan pemerintah terhadap usahatani padi SRI di Kecamatan Rogojampi Kabupaten Banyuwangi. AGRARIS: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development Research 5(2): 99-111. doi:10.18196/agr.5279 [accessed January 15, 2020]
- Uddin, M. Taj, and Aurup Ratan Khar. 2020. Assessing the impact of water-saving technologies on Boro rice farming in Bangladesh: economic and environmental perspective Irrigation Science. (online first January 14, 2020). doi:10.1007/s00271-019-00662-2 [accessed January 15, 2015]
- • Bharathi, M. Jeya, and K. Rajappan. 2019. Effect of microbial inoculants with low dose of inorganic fertilizers on microbial growth, soil enzymes, plant growth and yield of rice. Oryza 56(4): 396-404. doi:10.35709/ory.2019.56.4.8 [accessed January 15, 2015]
- • Sukarya, Yaya, et al. 2016. Analisis komparatif usahatani padi SRI (System of Rice Intensification) dengan PTT (Pengalolaan Tanaman Terpadu) “Studi kasus di Kecamatan Kebon Pedes Kabupaten Sukabumi Jawa Barat”. E-Jurnal: Penyuluhan Pertanian 11(2): 91-104. [accessed January 15, 2015]
- • Arif, Chusnul, et al. 2019. Water balance analysis on water management of organic System of Rice Intensification (Organic-SRI) in West Java, Indonesia. Jurnal Irigasi 14(1): 17-24. doi: 10.31028/ji.v14.i1.17-24 [accessed January 3, 2020]
- • Faisal, F., et al. 2019. A review of technology innovation in increasing rice production. Agrotech Journal 4(2): 75-82. doi: 10.31327/atj.v4i2.1095 [accessed January 3, 2020]
- • Singh, R., and S. M. Feroze. 2019. Evolution of system of rice intensification (SRI) and economic security in Tripura state of North East hill region of India. e-planet 17(2): 89-97. [accessed January 1, 2020]
- Andi, Febriansyah. 2019. Pengaruh tinggi genangan air terhadap pertumbuhan vegetatif padi Ciherang metode SRI Jajar Legowo 2:1. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Muhammadiyah Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia. [accessed January 1, 2020]
- • Jafar, R., and S. Alimin. 2019. Peran penyuluh pertanian dalam penerapan budidaya padi organik dengan metode SRI (System of Rice Intensification) di Kota Tarakan. J-Pen Borneo: Jurnal Ilmu Pertanian 2(2): 1-8. [accessed January 1, 2020]
- • Ramesh, P., D. Vengatesan, and S. Natrajan. 2019. SRI - A system of cultivation for increasing the knowledge level of the paddy farmers. Plant Archives 19(2): 2247-2250. [accessed January 1, 2020]
- • Maravi, P., S. M. Kurmvanshi and K. Namdeo. 2019. Performance of rice (Oryza sativa) varieties under different sowing methods in Kymore plateau. Annals of Plant and Soil Research 21(3): 293-295. [accessed January 1, 2020]
- • Singh, A., and M. Chakraborti. 2019. Water and nitrogen use efficiency in SRI through AWD and LCC. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 89(12): 2059-63. [accessed January 1, 2020]
- • Pal, Payel. 2019. Impact of controlled release urea on carbon fractions under different established methods of rice cultivation. M.Sc. thesis, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal, India. [accessed January 1, 2020]
New Links from our Website to Online Publications (and SRI-Related Social Media sites) (2020)
(see also Latest Research directly above and Recent Uploads below for new material on our site).
- Lotus Foods. Lotus Foods 25 year anniversary brochure. Lotus Foods website. February 28.
- Setiawan, B.I., and E. Yamaji. 2019. ‘Successful Adaptation Measures for Inland and Coastal Food Security’, in Anbumozhi, V., M. Breiling, and V. Reddy(eds.), Towards a Resilient ASEAN Volume 1: Disasters, Climate Change, and Food Security: Supporting ASEAN Resilience. Jakarta, Indonesia: Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, pp. 109-136.
Recent Documents Uploaded on our Website (2020) (Includes new pages added to the SRI-Rice website)
- [Web pages updated during March April 2020: Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, journal articles, India research, India news,index, events, research network page, Spanish documents, videos, 2020 new additions, March 2020 additions (new page)]
- Mati, Bancy. 2020. Local manufacture of rotary weeders Is linked to adoption of SRI in Kenya. SRI-Rice website. March 30. [6p pdf]
- Fisher, Lucy. 2020. Monthly additions to the SRI-Rice website. [uploaded monthly]
Videos / Audiofiles - 2020 acquisitions (either uploaded by SRI-Rice OR linked to from our website)
- 2020 (March 24). Budidaya padi organik metode tanam SRI. 12:00 min. nofi akbar channel, YouTube. [Instructions in Bahasa Indonesia on how to plant organic SRI paddy in Bali, Indonesia.]
- 2020 (March 4). Badalta Bharat: Promoting growth in rural India. 4:03 min. Republic website. [Adani Foundation's SRI initiative has changed the lives of 130,000 beneficiaries in almost 64 villages in and around Maharashtra’s Tirora town.]
- 2020 (March 2). Karuna Battambang Org. Agriculture research study of farmers best practices; English subtitle. 22:11 min. Karuna Battambang channel, YouTube. [Study of farmer best practices by Karuna Battambang Org in Cambodia.]
- 2019 (May 2). Alat Pematun Padi Sawah Dari Papan Bekas. 5:18 min. Tymoty Aquero channel, YouTube. [Indonesian video on how to make your own paddy weeder.] [accessed March 2, 2020]
- 2019 (September 11). Hama Rumut Sawah Pake Alat Ini. 10:25 min. Serabutan channel, YouTube. [Hand tool for weeding padi.] [accessed March 1, 2020]
- 2020 (February 10). Paddy Weeder Control Machine. 10:01 min. ndez herman channel, YouTube.
- 2019 (August 15). Alat Pembersih Rumput Disekeliling Tanaman Padi. 6:48 min. Double U channel, YouTube. [Indonesian video on how to make your own paddy weeder.] [accessed February 29, 2020]
- 2019 (August 8). Modifikasi Mesin Potong Rumput jd alat matun/pengiang padi. 10:39 min. Yendrik Purwanto channel, YouTube. [accessed February 28, 2020]
- 2020 (February 17). System of Rice Intensification CROAP Project Cambodia. 3:15 min. Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific channel, YouTube. [Farmer opinions of the SRI being promoted by the Centre for Research on Optimal Agricultural Practices (CROAP) project, a ministry of the Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang and Jesuit Service Cambodia.]
- 2020 (February 14). Paddy cultivation, with drip and mulch under SRI system. 5:13 min. Gronatura channel, YouTube. [Company in Kerala describes SRI with mulch and drip irrigation.]
- 2020 (February 7). SRI System of rice intensification. 9:35 min. Rajni vai Yadav channel, YouTube. [Indian language video with SRI demo/instruction.]
- 2020 (January 25). 8 from Odisha to get Padma Awards, Prof Radhamohan, his daughter Sabarmati to get Padmashri. 13:21 min. . Kalinga TV channel, YouTube. [Kalinga News report, largely about Sabarmatee and her father winning the prestigious Padmashri award. Sabarmatee is a SRI pioneer in Odisha, India.]
- 2020 (January 4). Comment cultiver du riz - riziculture, mode d'emploi [Série Riziculture - 2]. 5:13 min. Le Potagiste channel, YouTube.
Slide Presentations (Primarily PowerPoint) - 2020 acquisitions
- Cordera Lara, Karla. 2018. Towards a More Sustainable Rice Crop: The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Experience in Chilean Temperate Japonica Rice. Poster presentation at the Third International Symposium on Rice Science in Global Health, held November 29-30, 2018. [uploaded January 19, 2020]
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* indicates SCI, which is adaptation of SRI principles to other crops.
