2021 NEWS AND LATEST RESOURCES
- Latest Research
- New Publication Links
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In the Press - 2021
April 2021
- How an alcohol-addicted village became a model for organic farming [SRI part of the story!]
April 9, 2021, Daijiworld (India)
March 2021
- Wujudkan "Tanah Dolar" jadi pertanian organik, Gus Adhi latih penyuluh dan petani Gianyar
March 3 2021, Bali Berkarya (Bali, Indonesia) - Panen padi SRI Organik di Blora hasilnya lebih melimpah [CSR project by Pertamina yields 6.3-8.4 tons/ha with organic SRI in Blora, Central Java.]
March 29, 2021, Tribun Jateng (Central Java, Indonesia) - Japanese supported fisheries, rice project yields fruitful results [Includes results of CHAP-managed SRI work]
March 16, 2021, Daily Observer (Liberia) - Can a hungry Mali turn rice technology into ‘white gold’? [Updated version of a 2018 article by Reuters.]
March 14, 2021, Arab News (Re: Mali) - A green success story unfolds on farm at Pedda Kurumapally village in Telangana [City man returns to farming]
March 8, 2021, The Hindu (Telangana, India)
February 2021
- Autonomie alimentaire : Changer la base de régime alimentaire, mais pourquoi bon sang? [Author thinks SRI could help La Réunion become sef-sufficient in rice.]
February 23, 2021, Témoignages (La Réunion) - SRI विधि से खेती ज्यादा फायदेमंद क्यों है? कम लागत में ऐसे होती है ज्यादा पैदावार [History and pros and cons of SRI in India]
February 15, 2021, TVHindi9 (India) - Il était une fois le père Laulanié, il était une fois le SRI
February 3, 2021, Témoignages (La Réunion)
January 2021
- Awards for farmer producer companies from this year [Among Republic Day awards given was the ‘Thiru. C. Narayanasamy Naidu Award’ for highest productivity with SRI which was won by G. Selvakumar of Srivilliputhur, Tamil Nadu.]
Janaury 26, 2021, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Petani Langkat diajak budidayakan padi ramah lingkungan [Tani Sehat farmer group has first SRI harvest; CSR project by PT Tirta Investama Langkat.]
January 14, 2021, Sinar Baru Indonesia (North Sumatra, Indonesia) - Good response to farmers’ schemes: Collector
January 10, 2021, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Penyuluh Kostratani Kecamatan Sumur Pandeglang jadi motivator SL Tematik [Ujung Kulon National Park (TNUK) buffer villages have govt-sponsored FFS on SRI (16 meetings) facilitated by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)]
January 6, 2021, Jurnal Inspirasi (West Java, Indonesia)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - 2021
- Groeneweg-Thakar, Kanika. 2021. Women’s leadership in water governance and management. Water Governance Facility website. March. [Webinar on International Womens' Day features Ms Neetu Singh, who trained women in SRI and other efforts.] [Accessed April 14, 2021]
- 2021. Enhanced Photosynthesis (Technology Factsheet). Geoengineering Monitor . April 11. [Discussion of C3 to C4 for rice includes statement by Norman Uphoff on how other agronomic methods such as SRI can increase yields without additional plant engineering.]
- Karelia, Gopal. 2021. Scientist helps 50000 farmers switch To ‘Madagascar Method’, increase yield by 50%. Better India website. [Story of how Debashish Sen, People's Science Institute, introduced SRI to farmers in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh beginning in 2006]
- Ravichandran, V. 2021. A new style of growing rice. Global Farmer Network website. April 1. [Links to BBC video of Ravidchandran's SRI work.]
- Soo, Cheah Chor. 2021. Kedah and Penang should put aside squabble; prioritise the health of Sg Muda. Focus Malaysia website. March 31. [SRI could be one option to fixing water dispute between Kedah and Penang according to Global Environment Centre (GEC) director.]
- Roy, J., N. Das, S. Some, and H. Mahmud. 2021. Fast-Growing Developing Countries: Dilemma and Way Forward in a Carbon-Constrained World. In: Dasgupta P., Saha A.R., Singhal R. (eds) Sustainable Development Insights from India. India Studies in Business and Economics. Springer, Singapore. doi:10.1007/978-981-33-4830-1_2 [SRI noted in the agriculture section of this article that focuses on Bangladesh and India.] [accessed March 31, 2021]
- de Souza, Marlos, and Sasha Koo-Oshima. 2021. Food and Agriculture, Chapter 5, in The United Nations Water Development Report 2021 Valuing Water. [Includes a box on SRI.]
- 2021. สวก. เข้าร่วมพิธีรับมอบเครื่องหย่อนกล้าแบบประณีตเพื่อนพึ่ง(ภาฯ) จากมูลนิธิอาสาเพื่อนพึ่ง (ภาฯ) ยามยาก สภากาชาดไทย. Agriculture Development Research Agency website (Thaialnd). March 26. [NGOs provide SRI-capable transplanter (?)]
- Ravichandran, V. 2021. Technology in water usage will help us do more with less. Farm Journal Agweb website, opinion section. March 21. [Discussion of water usage which includes SRI as an answer in India. There is a link to Ravichandran's short BBC SRI video as well.]
- 2021. Varietas padi Basmati metode SRI berhasil panen di Parindu, Sanggau. Natuaral Kapital Foundation. March 20. [Group in Parindu, Sanggau, Aceh, Indonesia, tries out SRI with Basmati rice.]
- Jkubania. 2021. Celebrating sustainable agriculture on International Day of Forests. African Wildlife Foundation website. March 20. [Includes story of SRI farmer in Tanzania.]
- IIRR and CEDAC. 2020. Ecosystems-based adaptation in the forest and agriculture interface: Operationalizing action in Mondulkiriand Koh Kong. A brief for decision makers. International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
- 2021. System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Journals of India website. March 10. [Summary of SRI practices, benefits, and costs.]
- Reddy, Jagdish. 2021. SRI rice cultivation - method, paddy yield, benefits. Agricultural Farming website. [SRI overview and instructions; India.] [updated March 11.]
- Oliver, Noel. 2021. New generations ready for livelihood success. Jesuit Misson website. February. [accessed March 7, 2021] [School Children’s Project is providing children in Cambodian schools with training in agriculture and ecology through SRI methods.]
- Fisher, Lucy. 2021. System of Rice Intensification recognized for climate policy impact. Cornell Chronicle, February 23. [Apolitical website recognizes policies by Vietnamese Govt. to reduce GHGs by using SRI.]
- date? SRI Project in Marangdut. Bhutan Foundation website. [During Oct. armyworms badly affected rice yields in Marangdut except in SRI fields, which used biopesticides and were unaffected. SRI yields expected to be 10% higher when harvested.] [accessed February 16, 2021]
- Mushahary, Barhunkha. Paddy farmers reap rich harvest through SRI cultivation. Village Square. February 17. (Story of COVID-time success by the NGO SeSTA in Assam with yields doubled by SRI.)
- 2021. Can Africa overcome its own water problems? Farmers Review Africa. February 16.
- date? Success story#3. ICAR-IIRR website. [SRI success and potential based on AICRIP centers findings] [accessed February 12, 2021]
- Huda, Hanief Miftahul. 2020. Standar operasi prosedur (SRI) System of Rice Intensification. Natural Farming Indonesia. December 24. [SRI instructions with organic input details. (in Indonesian)] [accessed February 12, 2021]
- Grover, Sami. 2021. How small-scale farmers are growing more rice with less water and fewer chemicals. Treehugger website. February 8.
- Idrissa, Silue. 2021. Securite alimentaire: Une nouvelle approche rizicole utilisee par les techniciens de l'ANADER. National Rural Development Support Agency (ANADER) website. February 1. [SRI farmers/ANADER staff in Daloa, Cote d'Ivoire, have sharing event in 7 villages.]
- Fisher, Lucy. 2021. System of Rice Intensification recognized for climate policy impact. Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) website. January 30. [Apolitical website recognizes policies by Vietnamese Govt. to reduce GHGs by using SRI.]
- 2021. 100 climate policy breakthroughs. Apolitical website. [Apolitical website recognizes 100 climate policies, one of which is efforts by Vietnamese Govt. to reduce GHGs by using SRI.]
- 2021. Mahasiswa agroteknologi meraih medali perak di ajang international perlombaan Advanced Innovation Global Competition (AIGC). Universitas Jendral Soedirman website. January 14. [Indonesian students win silver medal for SRI irrigation device at international competition.]
- 2021. Reduced carbon footprint and increased economic results: when science proves the positive impact of agroecology! Agrisud International website. January 13. [See also French version] [Summary of a research paper that shows SRI can play a part in reducing carbon footprint in Madagascar.]
- *Dwyer, Augusta. 2021. From West Africa, here comes the next miracle grain: fonio. Global Landscape Forum website. January 7.
- 2021. SRI dan JARWO, terobosan baru cara penanaman padi organik di Muara Laboh. Anwar Muhammad Foundation (AMF) website. [Project in Muara Loboh, West Sumatra, gets training in SRI and Jajar Logowo methods from the NGO AMF.]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - acquired during 2021
(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)
- • Elita, Nelson, et al. 2021. Pengaruh aplikasi Trichoderma spp. indigenous terhadap hasil padi varietas Junjuang menggunakan System of Rice Intensification (Effects of Indigenous Trichoderma spp. Application on the yield of Junjuang variety rice under the System of Rice Intensification). Jurnal Tanah dan Iklim 45(1): 79-89. [accessed April 12, 2021]
- Deo, Man Mohan, et al. 2021. Development of mechanical urea briquette applicator for SRI. 91(2): The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 91(2): [accessed April 12, 2021]
- • Ginigaddara, G. A. S., and S.L. Ranamukhaarachchi. 2021. Varied responses of System of Rice Intensification to medium and short-aged rice and types of Planting material in Central Plains of Thailand. Asian Journal of Emerging Research 3(1): 12-18. [accessed April 12, 2021]
- • Lalit Kumar, et al. 2021. Resource Conservation Technologies (RCTs) in rice-wheat production: An overview. International Journal of Advanced Research and Innovative Ideas in Education 7(2): 23-27. [accessed April 2, 2021]
- • Isnawan, Bambang Heri, et al. 2021. Primary macro nutrient content, root growth, and crop growth analysis of local rice varieties with intermittent and continuous flooding irrigation. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 709: 012063. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/709/1/012063 [accessed March 31, 2021]
- • Khalid, Farhan, et al. 2021. Evaluating direct dry-seeding and seed-priming used with the system of rice intensification vs. conventional rice cultivation in Pakistan. Journal of Crop Improvement (online first March 30, 2021) doi: 10.1080/15427528.2021.1910094. [accessed March 31, 2021]
- • Ito, Noriko. 2018. ポスト緑の革命期のインドネシア・ジャワにおける低投入農法の普及過程―有機 SRI（System of Rice Intensification）の普及事例の社会ネットワーク分析― (The process of popularizing low-input farming methods in Java, Indonesia during the post-Green Revolution). 農林水産政策研究 = Journal of Agricultural Policy Research 29: 1-27.
- • Abankwah, Vincent, and Lucy A. Tutu. 2021. Rice production under the System of Rice Intensification and conventional methods: Which is more profitable in Ghana? Journal of Experimental Agriculture International 43(1): 75-83. doi:10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i130633 [accessed March 24, 2021]
- • Kaloi, Francis Kadipo, et al. 2021. Determinants influencing the adoption of rice intensification system among smallholders in Mwea Irrigation Scheme, Kenya. Advances in Agriculture (online first Feb. 24 2021). doi: 10.1155/2021/1624334 [accessed March 18, 2021]
- • Ghanaei-Pashaki, K.Mansour. 2020. Effect of rice-duck co-cultivation on rice yield, water productivity and weed control in different cultivation systems. Iranian Journal of Field Crops Research. 18(3): 341-355. doi: 10.22067/gsc.v18i3.86497 [accessed March 9, 2021]
- Eliyah, J. 2016. Effects of flooding and system of rice intensification on nitrogen use efficiency in rice production at Mkindo, Morogoro, Tanzania. Master's thesis. Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania). [accessed March 7, 2021]
- Denkyirah, E. K. 2015. Profitability of Rice Production: A Comparative analysis of System of Rice Intensification and conventional method in the Kassena-Nankana East District of Ghana. Master's thesis, University of Ghana. [accessed March 7, 2021]
- Salifu, Y. I. 2015. Evaluation of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) for enhanced rice (Oryza sativa L) production in the Guinea Savannah Zone of Ghana. Master's thesis, University of Development Studies (Ghana). [accessed March 7, 2021]
- • Zhimomi, T., et al. 2021. Effect of spacing and age of seedling on yield of rice under System of Rice Intensification. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 10(2): 763-769. doi: 10.20546/ijcmas.2021.1002.091 [accessed March 4, 2021]
- Biswas, Amit, Damodhara Rao Mailapalli, and Narendra Singh Raghuwanshi. 2021. Modelling the effect of changing transplanting water footprints for paddy under System of Rice intensification. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. (Online first March 1, 2021). doi:10.1002/jsfa.11186 [accessed March 4, 2021]
- • Ouma, Matilda A., Justus M. Ombati and Christopher A. Onyango. 2020. Challenges and coping strategies in the uptake of the System of Rice Intensification practices in Oluch Irrigation Scheme, Homa-Bay County, Kenya. Journal of Experimental Agriculture International 42(12): 13-25. doi:10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i1230624 [accessed February 27, 2021]
- • Ahadiyat, Y. R., and Ardiansyah. 2020. Aplikasi pemupukan pada System of Rice Intensification terhadap pertumbuhan dan hasil padi saat musim kemarau. Jurnal Penelitian Pertanian Terapan 20(3): 213-217. doi:10.25181/jppt.v20i3.1713 [accessed February 25, 2021]
- • Shah, Tavseef Mairaj. 2021. Agroecological engineering interventions for food security and sustainable rural development: The case of rice farming in Kashmir. Hamburger Berichte zur Siedlungswasserwirtschaft 103. 152 p. doi:10.15480/882.3286. [Book based on PhD dissertation] [accessed February 25, 2021]
- *Kavita and Darwankar, M. 2020. System of Wheat Intensification: A short review. Plant Cell Biotechnology and Molecular Biology 21(69-70): 74-78. [accessed February 12, 2021]
- • Htwe, T., et al. 2021. Grain yield and environmental impacts of alternative rice establishment methods in Myanmar. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 19(1): 507-524. [accessed February 10, 2021]
- Kavishe, R.E., F.C. Kahimba, and H.C. Komakech. 2021. Farmer's appropriation of system of rice intensification practices in water-scarce irrigation schemes in Northern Tanzania. Paddy and Water Environment. 10.1007/s10333-020-00836-1 [accessed February 10, 2021]
- • Nwahia, Ogechi Cordelia. 2021. Analysis of cost and returns in rice production by USAID-MARKETS II Project participants and non-participants in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Agricultural Socio-Economics Journal 121(1): 1-6. doi:10.21776/ub.agrise.2021.021.1.12 [accessed February 8, 2021]
- • Tampubolon, Yanto Raya, et al. 2020. IPTEK bagi masyakarkat untuk meningkatkan ketahanan pangan: Penerapan metode SRI (System of Rice Intensification) di Kecamatan Namorambe, Kabupaten Deli Serdang, Sumatera Utara. Logista 4(2): 285-297, doi: 10.25077/logista.4.2.285-297.2020 [accessed February 3, 2021]
- • Yadav, Shipra, et al. 2020. Soil organic carbon sequestration and carbon pools in rice based cropping systems in Indo-Gangetic Plains: An overview. International Research Journal of Pure & Applied Chemistry 21(24): 122-136. doi:10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i2430341 [accessed February 2, 2021]
- • Garbaa, A., and R. Kumeri. 2016. Transplanting rice (Oryza sativa L) using different seedling rates under rainfed condition in Bauchi, Nigeria. International Journal of Engineering & Scientific Research 4(3) [accessed February 1, 2021]
- • Diedhiou, Pierre C.C. 2021. Intensification (SRI) and traditional practices (TP) in Ziguinchor District, Senegal. Forestry & Agriculture Review 2(1): 22-36. doi:10.47285/far.v2i1.64 [accessed Janaury 31, 2021]
- • Astane, Yaser Ghorbanian, et al. 2013. Effects of systems of rice intensification (SRI) on grain yield and water productivity of rice. Agroecology Journal 9(4): 53-61 [accessed January 30, 2021]
- Akpoti, Komlavi. 2021. The potential for expansion of irrigated rice under alternate wetting and drying in Burkina Faso. Agricultural Water Management 247: 106758. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2021.106758
- • Sugarda, Tarya J., et al. 2008. Kajian pengembangan usahatani padi organik SRI (System of Rice Insensification) berwawasan agribisnis dalam mendukung program ketahanan pangan secara berkelanjutanr. Agrikultura 19(1): 15-25. doi:10.24198/agrikultura.v19i1.625 [accessed January 27, 2021]
- Adrianto, Irwan. 2020. Kajian perbandingan usahatani padi organik SRI (System of Rice Intensification) dan padi anorganik di Kabupaten Luwu Timur. Undergraduate Thesis, Universitas Hasanudin (Indonesia) [accessed January 27, 2021]
- • Arif, Chusnul, et al. 2021. Performances of sheet-pipe typed subsurface drainage on land and water productivity of paddy fields in Indonesia. Water 13(1): 48. doi:10.3390/w13010048
- Ramesh, Kumbhar Chaitanya. 2020. Population dynamics and management of insect pests of rice and their natural enemies in different rice cultivation systems in Bihar. PhD dissertation, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University. 116p. (Bihar, India) [accessed January 27, 2021]
- Kalita, Rekhashree. 2020. Resource use efficiency in winter rice (Oryza sativa L.) under SRI concept as influenced by microclimate. Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat. 213p. (Assam, India) [accessed January 27, 2021]
- Konwar, Milon Jyoti. 2020. Real time nitrogen application in winter rice under different crop establishment techniques. PhD dissertation, Assam Agricultural University. [accessed January 25, 2021]
- • Hasanah, N.A., et al. 2021. Economic valuation of SRI paddy. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 622: 012050. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/622/1/012050 [accessed January 14, 2021]
- Mishra, Abha, Jan Willem Ketelaar, Norman Uphoff and Max Whitten. 2021. Food security and climate-smart agriculture in the lower Mekong basin of Southeast Asia: evaluating impacts of system of rice intensification with special reference to rainfed agriculture. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability doi:10.1080/14735903.2020.1866852 [accessed January 13, 2021]
- Nirmala, B., et al. 2021. Integrated assessment of system of rice intensification vs. conventional method of transplanting for economic benefit, energy efficiency and lower global warming potential in India. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, doi:10.1080/21683565.2020.1868648 [accessed January 10, 2021]
- • Khanh, Hồ Vũ, et al. 2020. Assessment of economic efficiency, soil characteristics and plankton on SRI model, and traditional intensive rice model in Tan Hiep, Kien Giang. Ho Chi Minh City University of Education Journal of Science, 17(12), 2130-2142. [accessed January 8, 2021]
- • Kuotsu, Kevizhalhou, and Avanish Prakash Singh. 2020. Establishment and weed management effects on yield of lowland rice (Oryza sativa). Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 9(6): 1742-1744. [accessed January 6, 2021]
New Links from our Website to Online Publications (and SRI-Related Social Media sites) (2021)
(see also Latest Research directly above and Recent Uploads below for new material on our site).
- 2020. APRA Tanzania influencing activities media workshop report on agricultural commercialisation in Tanzania. Future Agricultures website [Agricultural Policy Research for Africa (APRA) and Sokoine University have a workshop for journalists on 10/20/20. Page 4 includes information on "yield and commercialisation effects of SRI interventions in Mngeta, Kilombero District."] [accessed February 28, 2021]
Recent Documents Uploaded on our Website (2021) (Includes new pages added to the SRI-Rice website)
- [Web pages updated during March: 2021 additions, February 2021 additions (new page), events, Cameroon, Ghana, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Myanmar, Pakistan, Tanzania, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, research network, theses, videos]
- Fisher, Lucy. 2021. Monthly additions to the SRI-Rice website. [uploaded monthly]
Videos / Audiofiles - 2021 (either uploaded by SRI-Rice OR linked to from our website)
- 2021 (March 26). Ag506 Lect 11 Water saving in Rice-- System Rice Intensification 26 03 2021 - Part II. 1:13:05 min. Dinesh Kumar channel, YouTube. [Part II of a lecture by Dinesh Kumar for the Indian Agricultural Research Institute's (IARI's) Division of Agronomy.]
- 2021 (March 25). Ag506 Lect 10 Water saving in Rice-- System Rice Intensification 25 03 2021 Part I. 41:37 min. Dinesh Kumar channel, YouTube. [Lecture by Dinesh Kumar for the Indian Agricultural Research Institute's (IARI's) Division of Agronomy.]
- 2021 (February 19). System of Rice Intensification | SeSTA's Intervention | Northeast India | Assam. 10:14 min. Seven Sisters Development Assistance channel, YouTube. [Local language instructional SRI video from the Indian NGO SeSTA's project in Assam.]
- 2021. BBC clip on SRI and drip irrigation (from Follow the Food series). 3:02 min. BBC website. [Interview on SRI is with Ravidchandran Vanchinathan in South India. This video clip is part of the BBC series Follow the Food, specifically the section on Why our food needs to use less water.]
- 2021 (February 16). Rice iCrop - Intercropping Rice and Legumes. 28:54 min. Rice iCrop channel, YouTube. [Beans intercropped with SRI rice in Assam. This is research from Tavseef Shah's PhD dissertation.]
- 2021 (January 26). SRI: The Zamfara Rice Farming Experience. 13:40 min. NIFAAS Nigeria channel, YouTube. [One of a series SRI videos from Zamfara State, Nigeria, produced by the NAERLS, Zaria.]
- 2020 (July 8). Hore! Akhirnya Panen SRI! 12:21 min. MD Indonesia channel, Indonesia.[Vlog from a ZOA-MDS SRI project in Central Sulawesi. In Indonesian with English subtitles.] [accessed January 12, 2021]
- 2020 (May 23). SRI #3 Pembersihan Gulma (MDS-ZOA Vlog). 2:31 min. MD Indonesia channel, Indonesia [Vlog about weeding from a ZOA-MDS SRI project in Central Sulawesi. In Indonesian with English subtitles.].[accessed January 12, 2021]
- [2020. System of Rice Intensification (SRI). 2:17 min. Resilience India channel, YouTube. [Video sponsored by NIBIO, ICAR and NRRI in India that is a short overview of SRI methods from seed to harvest.]
Slide Presentations (Primarily PowerPoint) - 2021 acquisitions
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* indicates SCI, which is adaptation of SRI principles to other crops.
