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In the Press - 2019

July 2019

• Pertamina dorong petani budidayakan padi SRI organik [Pertamina CSR project trains 546 farmer from 7 villages in Blora Regency, Central Java)
  July 13, 2019, SindoNews (Central Java, Indonesia)
• Coimbatore agri trade fair to focus on taking technology to micro and small farmers [SRI/SSI could be helped by access to tech at agri trade fair]
  July 9, 2019, Times of India (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Bagaimana rentetan penelitian menggoyang bangunan sosial mapan [Farmers' group uses PAR and Farmer Field School with SRI... among other things.]
  July 8, 23-19, GeoTimes (Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia)
• PNSADR-IM : Des coopératives pour l’amélioration des conditions de vie des ménages
  July 5, 2019, BurundiEco (Burundi)
• Groupe de la BAD : Le Président Akinwumi ADESINA est dans nos murs [Strengthening the dissesmination and adoption of SRI through training and investment will increase productivity and help fight climate change: ADB president]
  July 1, 2019, La Gazette (Madagascar)

June 2019

• Northern provinces urged to bring pesticide use under control [5,000 training courses on SRI and IPM were offered to 120,000+ farmers with the expectation of bringing agrochemical use under control.]
  June 29, 2019, VietNam News (Vietnam)
• Drought teaches people the value of water [SRI more popular as people realize water shortages.]
  June 28, 2019, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Agriculture: Le projet farm offredes guides de bonnes pratiques agricoles [At the Canadian-Malian FARM project ceremony hosted by the Ministry of Ag.,"best practices guides" were distributed on various techniques including SRI.]
  June 26, 2019, BAMADA.net (Mali)
• Université de Ségou: Atelier d'information sur les innovations dans les CVA et CIV [Segou University hosted a workshop on "Green Innovation Centers of Segou that included SRI. Participants undertook a stakeholder mapping exercise to reinforce links between the university and extension services that serve farmers.]
  June 20, 2019, BAMADA.net (Mali)
  
• Margao: As monsoon delays, farmers worry for paddy crops [Late monsoon causes concern; SRI still not widely practiced.]
  June 9, 2019, The Times of India (Goa, India)
• Office du périmètre irrigué de Baguinéda: Le riz de contre-saison pour entamer sereinement la campagne
  May 31, 2019, BAMADA.net (Mali) [accessed June 4, 2019]

May 2019

• Arid Karnataka can’t just ‘bank’ on its rivers [SRI and SSI need to be increased as part of river-related water problems.]
  May 31, 2019, The Asian Age (Karnataka, India)
• Ghana to be self-sufficient in rice production by 2022 – Minister [United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has encouraged the country to adopt the System of Rice Intensification technology.].
  May 30, 2019, Ghana News (Ghana)
• Capacity building prog held at Kigwema [Kohima District training on SRI and other topics)
  May 27, 2019, Morung Express (Nagaland, India)
• Pertamina EP panen padi SRI di Ciranggon [Harvest festival for SRI project in Cireggon, Karawang, takes place; it is part of a Pertamina CSR project.]
  May 3, 2019, PeKa News (West Java, Indonesia) [Similar article in Rakyat Merdeka website]
• Ini Dia UMKM yang berhasil Sabet YDBA Award [Rusli, an organic SRI farmer/trainer in Bontang, East Kalimantan, wins Yayasan Dharma Bhakti Astra (YDBA) national award for his work with SRI.]
  May 3, 2019, Warta Ekonomi (Jakarta, Indonesia)

April 2019

• “Love Liberian Rice” campaign launched
  April 29, 2019, Liberian Observer (Liberia) [Also available on AllAfrica site]
• UGM dan Pemda NTT terapkan metode SRI tingkatkan produktivitas dan pertanian ramah lingkungan [Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund (ICCTF) and Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) working in Sumba Timur achieved 12 tons/ha on 28 ha area.]
  April 23, 2019, Pos Kupang (NTT, Indonesia)
• Not all superheros wear capes! [Jyoti’ won as the JD(U) candidate from the reserved seat (Scheduled Caste) of Barachatti in Gaya district, Bihar. Besides motivating them to stand up against violence,she trained women in SRI methods. It was Jyoti’s success in turning vast barren lands into green belts with the SRI technique and other indigenous methods that caught the attention of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar...]
  April 15, 2019, Opinion Express Group (Bihar, India)
• ‘Poultry growth may flatten without GM corn’ an interview with team from CropLife Pakistan Association [Brief mention of SRI as potential GM alternative?]
  April 15, 2019, Business Recorder (Pakistan)
• Earth Day 2019 – Growing rice with far less water and chemicals. [Story about SRI and World Neighbors' SRI success there.]
  April 13, 2019, Review Nepal (Nepal)
• SKK Migas budidaya padi SRI [PT SKK Migas's 16 ha. CSR project on SRI in Sulawesi Tengah]
  April 12, 2019, Kailipost.com (Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia)
• Farmers to adopt new rice planting technology - Minister
  April 11, 2019, PeaceFM (Ghana)
• Kota Belud to spearhead organic rice [SRI program in Kg Tambatuon supported by SRI-Mas, UNDP, UNESCO, Integrated Agricultural Development Area (IADA) Kota Belud and PACOS]
  April 11, 2019, Daily Express (Sabah, Malaysia)
  
• Ibn Chambas promotes rice production technology [Article on the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel, Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, is championing campaign on a new technology, SRI, aimed at improving rice production in the country and the Africa continent.]
  April 12, 2019, Ghanaweb (Ghana)
• Friday@Noon on Agriculture in Africa – 2018 [West Africa section cites SRI advances]
  April 10, 2019, Africa Business (Africa)
• Ibn Chambas urges Ghana to end rice imports [The special representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel has urged Ghana to double up its efforts in becoming self-sufficient in rice production. He highlighted the use of SRI in the news article.] [Article above on Ghanaweb has more SRI emphasis.}
  April 10, 2019, Daily Guide Network (Ghana) [Also covered by Modern Ghana.]
• Liberia: 5,000 Farmers to benefit seed rice under the Chap Program [CHAP plans to deliver improved seed rice to 5,000 farmers (mainly women) in Bong, Bomi, Lofa, Nimba, Grand Cape Mount, Grand Gedeh, and Montserrado counties in conjunction with the Rice Investment Scheme for Empowerment (RISE), which also promotes SRI]
  April 8, 2019, AllAfrica (Liberia) [From Liberian Daily Observer article]
• Rice: time to adopt SRI [Article suggests SRI could be beneficial to Pakistan, also reduce virtual water export]
  April 4, 2019, Business Recorder (Pakistan)
• Major highlights of Janasena election Manifesto [SRI #8 of 28 of Pawan Kalyan's Jana Sena Party's elections manifesto]
  April 3, 2019, Xappie (India)

March 2019

• Petani organik panen raya [Medco CSR project in South Sumatera has harvest festival. Red, white and black rice yields have increased from 3-4 to 7-8 tons/ha]
  March 22, 2019, Nusantara Sumsel (Sumatera Selatan, Indonesia)
• Earn while You Learn programme Inaugurated in TNAU [Tamil Nadu Ag. Univ. students get their own SRI plots and sell the rice]
  March 15, 2019, The Covai Post (Tamil Nadu, India)
• 'Seed Mother' who never went to school has lessons for scientists [SRI farmer success story]
  March 4, 2019, Hindu BusinessLine (Maharashtra, India)
• Tripura govt initiates steps to double farmers income: Jishnu Debbarma [Tripura Govt. making efforts to increase rice production through SRI and hybrids]
  March 1, 2019, United News of India (Tripura, India)

February 2019

• On farm trial on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) under Wokha, District [SRI instructions by Senior Scientist & Head (i/c) KVK (ICAR), Kiphire, Nagaland]
  February 28, 2019, The Morung Express (Nagaland, India)
• Minoru-Keiwa Myanmar donate rice transplanting, seed cleaning machines to DAR [Minister of Ag present at trial of new transplanting machine with SRI methods.]
  February 17, 2019, The Global New Light of Myanmar (Myanmar)
• Cheaper technology for paddy cultivation [Startup India Punjab Yatra winners include Dhaiya Agricultural Tools entry with plan to produce SRI transplanter]
  February 9, 2019, The Tribune India (Punjab, India)
  
• Bumper harvest at last for rice outgrowers
  February 6, 2019, Standard Digital (Kenya) [Similar article below]
• Kenya's Kano rice farmers reap from new technology [Farmers in Nyando, Kisumu County, increase yields with SRI, but have trouble with markets.]
  February 4, 2019, Standard Digital (Kenya)
• For Climate-Smart Agriculture to succeed, need to take into account social dynamics [A study in Telangana found that unequal ownership of land and the social position of farmers strongly regulated their ability to sustain the use SRI.]
  Feburary 1, 2019, The Wire (Telangana, India)

January 2019

• The miracle method for sustainable rice – and bigger harvests [Article by John Vidal]
  January 30, 2019, The Guardian
• Tiga cara hasilkan 10 ton beras di lahan 1 hektar
  January 24, 2019, KBK (Indonesia)
• Green touch to rice production [Farmers in WWF pilot project in Long Langai village, Ba’Kelalan highlands of Sarawak, harvest local organic SRI rice (Adan variety)]
  January 22, 2019, The Star Online (Sarawak, Malaysia)
  (Similar article Jan. 19 in The Star Online: Making rice production more environment-friendly
• Cambodia prepared for EU rice tariffs: Ministry [Brief mention of SRI by vice president of Amru Rice Cambodia, who notes SRI as one of the things that might boost competitiveness of rice exports.]
  January 21, 2019, Khmer Times (Cambodia)
  
• Ditjen PSP Kementan sebut petani mulai cerdas dan hemat kelola air [The Directorate General of Agricultural Infrastructure and Facilities (PSP) of the Ministry of Agriculture, highlights SRI with Jajar Legowo as an example of innovations they are recommending to optimize agricultural water use.]
  January 17, 2019, BreakingNews (Indonesia)
• Liberian rice company closing gap on imported rice [CHAP promotes rice self-sufficency and SRI for Liberia]
  January 15, 2019, Front Page Africa (Liberia)
• Gaston Dossouhoui à propos des perspectives de l’économie béninoise:Le Bénin, une puissance agricole à l’horizon 2021 [12 ha will be planted to SRI in GIZ-financed Prosol project.]
  December 20, 2018, Le Matinal (Benin) (accessed January 13, 2019)
• Organic farming brings huge returns [Harvest of organic SRI in Ba Kelalan is part of pilot project by WWF-Malaysia through a RM1.5-million funding by CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad in a three-year partnership, beginning in 2017.]
  January 9, 2019, Borneo Post (Sarawak, Malaysia) [Similar article in Dayak Daily]
• Scientific farming to be promoted to increase output [Cooperative farms will be encouraged to introduce advanced farming methods, including the system of rice intensification, [..and other activities]
  January 6, 2019, KCNA Watch (Source: Pyongyang Times) (North Korea)
• WWF Malaysia bersama media lawat Ba' Kelalan, Cabaran Eko HBH 7-12 Jan [Media event for SRI in WWF project in Sarawak, January 7-12, 2019]
  January 6, 2019, Utusan Borneo (Sarawak, Malaysia)
• Reducing carbon emission by altering the method of farming [Info from the Minister of State for Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare lists SRI as number 1 of 8 suggested soil, water and crop management practices that reduce carbon emission.]
  January 2, 2019, The Open View (India)
• Binh Thuân développe des modèles d’agriculture intelligente face au climat [Update on the NGO SNV's SRI projects related to women and climate change in Vietnam.]
  December 28, 2018, Le Courrier du Vietnam (Vietnam) [accessed January 4, 2019]

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Blog Posts and Website Articles - 2019

• 2019. A Maryland grain grower takes regenerative agriculture to the next step. Civil Eats. July 10. [Story of USA farmer who grows SRI rice]
• Makoye, Kizito. 2019. Reducing water raises rice yields in Tanzania. Climate Smart Solutions section, SPORE Newsletter, CTA website. July 9. [5-year project in Tanzania's Morogoro region, which is run by Sokoine University of Agriculture with support from FAO, has had good success promoting SRI. 3,000+ farmers in Kidugalo village, eastern Morogoro, have adopted SRI.]
• Hufstader, Chris. 2019. Chickens and smart farming bring more money to family in Cambodia. OXFAM website, stories section. July 8. [With SRI, Saren went from 2.7 tons/ha to 3.5 tons andwent from being a subsistence rice farmer to someone with a surplus, making money selling 50 percent of her production.]
• 2019. Teknologi budidaya padi dan perubahan iklim. ICCTF website. June 28. [Article about the Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund project on SRI in Sumba Timur, Indonesia]
• Thansrithong, Boonsong. 2019. Training in SRI (System of Rice Intensification) ขอเชิญเข้าร่วมอบรม “การปลูกข้าวต้นเดียว”. ECHO Community website. July 1. [Announcement for an all-day SRI training on July 12, 2019, at the ECHO Asia Small Farm Resource Center & Seed Bank, Chiang Mai, Thailand]
• Ranjeevkr. 2019. चावल गहनता प्रणाली (System of Rice Intensification SRI). Krisiweb website. June 30. [Excellent Hindi language overview of SRI and its benefits]
• Leinau, Stephen. 2019. Our recent SRI training for smallholder rice farmers in Nicaragua. Earth Links website. June 28. [Nicaragua SRI training partners included Earth Links, ADDAC, IICA, Three Americas and SRI-Global.]
• Mati, Bancy. 2019. SRI presented at the International Rice Congress in Changsha, China. SRI-Africa.net. June 28. [Prof. Bancy Mati presents at China-Africa rice congress in Changsha, China.]
• Islam, Asad, et al. 2019. How information matters for adopting a new technology in Bangladesh. VOX CEPR Policy Portal. June 6. [Article by Monash University researchers using SRI to study adoption.]
• Beege, Bastian (contact), 2019. Green Innovation Centres for the Agriculture and Food Sector (GIC). GIZ website. [GIC project, a German govt. project in many countries, reports to have trained 7,500 farmers in Mali in SRI in conjunction with an irrigation initiative.]
• 2019. Meningkatkan kualitas dan produksi padi dengan System of Rice Intensification. Adisucipto webiste. June 19. [Overview of SRI in Indonesian language.]
• Poudel, Suraj. 2019. System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Scholar Space website. June 9. [Overview of SRI principles, practices and benefits.]
• 2019. Nilima. sri4women website. [Story of the president of the Ath-Kosia Tribal People's Organisation in Orissa, who promotes SRI to reduce women's drudgery in rice production.] [accessed June 5, 2019]
• Sinha, Rajesh. 2019. Rice market overview, cost structure analysis and forecast to 2022. weSRCH website. May 28. [Recent technological advancement in the agriculture sector coupled with development of modern rice production techniques such as rice intensification (SRI), laser land leveling, direct seeded rice (DSR), and precision farming are expected to drive market growth over the next seven years.]
• 2019. #WhySRI - Dr Ravi Chopra tells us his story. INSPIRE blog. May 16. [How People's Science Institute scientist Dr. Ravi Chopra first found and worked on SRI.]
• Chambers, Robert. 2019. Personal reflections on the Green Revolutions narrative and myths. Institute of Development Studies website. May 24. [The Green Revolution... how does SRI fit in?]
• Bennet, Chris. 2019. Conservation Agriculture: Savings, soil and realities of farming. Greenbook website. May 29. [Mention of possibility of using SRI in Mississippi!]
• 2019. System of Rice Intensification. Agriculture Department, Uttar Pradesh website. [Instructional material on SRI.]
• Nierenberg, Dani. 2019 (May). SRI: More Crop Per Drop, better lives for farmers with Lotus Foods. (article and 40:06 min podcast.) Food Talk with Dan Nierenberg series on the Food Tank website. [Dani Nierenberg interviews Lotus Foods co-founders and co-CEOs Caryl Levine and Ken Lee talk about supporting rice farmers including the development of SRI supply chains around the world.]
• 2019. Being the change for bringing change - Sir Ratan Tata Trust & Allied Trusts annual report 2017-2018. Tatatrusts website. [page 82-83 document progress on SRI and SCI efforts by Tata Trusts during 2017 and 2018 as well as future plans.]
• 2019. IOCL CSR intervention in water saving technologies in paddy crop proved successful for Tamil Nadu farmers. PSU Connect website. [Indian Oil Corporation Limited CSR project with TNAU in Tamil Nadu points to good results with SRI and AWD.]
• Hayak, Seyed Faiz, et al. 2019. System for Rice Intensification: Enhancing food security and increasing income for smallholder farmers in Tajikistan. Oxfam Digital Repository. (3p., 4.437Mb pdf) [Case study on SRI and SCI in Tajikistan. Rice productivity of up to 60% using standard SRI methodology. Oxfam and its partners plan to conduct further field demonstrations and research on SCI across Tajikistan to further test the result and develop a standard package of practice.] [accessed May 22, 2019]
• Carlile, Clare. 2019. Rice. Ethical Consumer website. [The Rice investigation lists several reasons to buy rice grown with SRI methods.]
• Jaurigue, Maridelle G. 2019. AEWs capacitated on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and extension delivery modalities. ATI in CaLaBaRzon website. May 14. [Twenty-nine Rice Agricultural Extension Workers (AEWs) of Cavite, Batangas, Rizal and Laguna participated in the “Capability Enhancement Course for Rice AEWs Batch 1” to acquire skills to apply SRI successfully and gain updates on rice technology and extension delivery modalities.]
• Oon, Samanta. 2019. Rice in Asia / How it's grown. Food Unfolded website. May 13. [SRI notable in the section on the future of rice.]
• 2019. Benih bermutu sebagai komponen ttama pada "Teknologi Budidaya Sri" (System Of Rice Intensification). BPTP Sumbar website. [Agricultural Technology unit in West Sumatera, Indonesia, provides training on selection and use of seed as a component of SRI.]
• Kocik, Carrie. 2019. Lotus Foods wins both Gold and Silver in Pasta, Rice, Grain Category of sofi™ Awards. Specialty Food Association website.
• Macario, Noemi Beth G., 2019. Pool of SRI trainers and practitioners in Northern Mindanao beefed up. ATI in Northern Mindanao website. May 1. [28 Agricultural Extension workers and 2 farmers trained on SRI by in Bukidnon, northern Mindanao by the govt.'s Agricultural Technology Institute.]
• Sucahyo, Nurhadi. April 30, 2019. Budidaya padi di Sumba, teknologi dan perubahan iklim. VOA Indonesia. April 30. [Indonesian language article about an SRI program on climate change in Sumba Timur, NTT, Indonesia]
• 2019. The success of implementing a sustainable rice systems development in Tanzania. YenKasa Africa website. April 28. [FAO in partnership with Ministry of Agriculture of Tanzania trained 150 youths on the SRI and life skills in 2017 in Tanzania to tackle the challenges. This FAO project is also being carried out in Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea Conakry, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal and Uganda]
• 2019. SRI Global and Malaysia visits the Philippines. NICE Sustainable Agriculture Network website. [Visitors from SRI-Rice and SRI-Mas visit the Philippines to check on SRI progress there.]
• Levine, Caryl. 2019. Changing how rice is grown. Fair World Project website. April 22. [from: pp16-17 in For a Better World, Issue 18, Spring/Summer edition]. [Article about Lotus Foods, a rice importer that supports SRI as a women-, water- and climate-smart method]
• Isahak, Anizan. 2019. Upscaling agrobiodiversity-based rice farming systems through the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Malaysia. SRI-Mas website, Farming the Future section. April.
• 2019. [Review Buku] Bertani dengan Akal dan Nurani. Artikel Pak Tani website. April 17. [ Book review of Utju Suiatna's Indonesian language book entitled Bertani dengan Akal dan Nurani (Farming with Intellect and Conscience). It has lots of insights from the SRI farmers in Cianjur.]
• 2019. Agroinfobank's SRI section. Agroinfobank website. April 14. [This is a new section on SRI resources on Pakistan's Agroinfobank that reprints numerous SRI articles.]
• Chaudhary, Rajinder. 2019. Power subsidy for farm sector. Economic and Political Weekly 54(12): 7-8. [accessed April 14, 2019]
• Amladi, Divya. 2019. Achieving a just world without poverty. Oxfam website, stories section. April 11. [Oxfam work with Vietnamese govt. on SRI highlighted.]
• Hằng, Kiều. 2019. Thâm canh lúa tiết kiệm nước (Water-saving rice cultivation). Bình Thuận website. April 11. [SRI trials focusing on seed reduction and AWD have shown reduced cost and improved prodcutivity in Bình Thuận province in Vietnam. Provincial Agricultural Extension Center: The Provincial Agricultural Extension Center requests the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to consider and plan to integrate SRI solutions into programs and projects to expand the scale and focus on sustainable agricultural production. The NGO SNV continues to implement the project, aiming at bringing SRI to a large scale.]
• Nightingale, Darrin. 2019. Project Drawdown: The System of Rice Intensification (SRI), developed on Madagascar in the 1980s, is a holistic approach for sustainable rice cultivation. Darrin Nightingale blog. April 5. [Refers back to the Project Drawdown projections for SRI climate mitigation figures.]
• Leidia, Mary Grace P. 2019. ATI capacitated LFTs on product stewardship and System of Rice Intensification. Agriculture Training Institute (ATI) website. [26 Rice Local Farmer Technicians (LFTs) of Calabarzon (Region IV-A) participated in the “Training Course on SRI and Product Stewardship for LFTs Batch 1” held at City of Springs, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines, April 1 to 5, 2019.]
• Natalie. 2019. Earth Day every day: Grains of wisdom: Sustainable rice cultivation. Chinese Southern Bell blog. April 1.
• Burger, Johan. 2019. Looking back: Unpacking the trends that shaped Africa’s business environment (Part 2). How We Made It in Africa website. March 29. [Trend #7 (agriculture) notes that SRI in W. Africa increased farmers’ yields increased overall by 56% for irrigated rice and 86% for lowland rain-fed rice.]
• 2019. After defaulting on loans, Kilombero Plantation Ltd (KPL) goes up for sale. Oakland Institute website. March 28. [Too bad that KPL forced SRI farmers to buy and use chemicals- since SRI is about how chemicals can be reduced or eliminated!]
• Makoye, Kizito. 2019. Tanzania: Ny kompetanse løfter unge bønder ut av fattigdom. Bistandsaktuelt website. March 27. (in Norwegian). [Story of young farmers in Koraka village, Morogoro Region, who were trained in SRI methods in FAO program.]
• 2019. CraAFT dialogue session on rice harvest. Universiti Teknologi Brunei website. March 27. [Dialogue session entitled “The Global Development: A New Farming Method for Bigger Rice Harvests” was presented by Professor Dr. Beston F. Nore at UTB; it focused on the use of System of Rice Intensification (SRI)]
• 2019. World Water Day 2019: Positive water actions by farmers, governments. SANDRP website. March 22. [SRI and SWI both featured in this article by South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People Network.]
• Hisnum, Bambang. 2019. Budidaya padi organik menggunakan metode SRI. mesinpertanian.id website. March 18. [Instructional material for SRI in Indonesian language.]
• Menon, Emily R. 2019. Filling India's rice bowls. Thrive blog. [Ambuja Cement Foundation's SRI initiative has increased outreach from 174 farmers in 2009 to over 10,000 farmers in 2019. And farmer profits have increased 30%. ]
• IWMI. 2019. International Women's Day. IWMI website. March 8. [International Water Management Institute's piece for International Women's Day showcases the IWMI Rep fro India, who references success of a women-managed water user association in Purulia, West Bengal, that also adopted SRI. Their success as irrigators and producers enabled them to close illicit alcohol shops to reduce out-migration of local youth.]
• COMACO. 2019. Photos that tell our stories: Latest from the field. COMACO Newsletter. March. [COMACO has promoted SRI has to over 35,000 rice farmers and plans to help export rice in the near future]
• 2019. ‘Rice intensification system’ can save farmers. agroinfobank.pk website. March 7. [SK University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) promote SRI for Kashmir.]
• Bollier, David. 2019. Multilateralism and the Commons. Resilience website. February 27. [David Bollier's speech (and video) that included mention of the SRI community functioning as an online commons were presented at the UN panel entitled The Multilateral System in the Public Eye: The Impact of Mass Communications.] See also original post on Davide Bollier's blog on Feb. 26]
• McIntyre, Spencer. 2019. Local Farmers, Local Food: A Gathering of Passionate Natural Farming Advocates in Malaysia. Slow Food website. February 21, 2019. [First Local Farmers, Local Food (LFLF) meeting in Malaysia held at Sri Lovely, an organic SRI farm in Kedah, Malaysia.]
• 2019. New rice farming method adapts to water scarcity. Storm Water Solutions website. February 21. [Synopsis of the recent NPR radio clip on SRI in Nepal.]
• Pant, Laxmi. How to fight climate change in agriculture while protecting jobs. The Conversation website. February 14. [Article cites SRI as example of overlap of sustainable agriculture and agroecology]
• Agrimag. 2019. A miracle method to produce sustainable rice and bigger harvest. Agrimag. (Philippines agriculture monthly magazine entry based on recent Guardian article by John Vidal.) [accessed February 11, 2019]
• 2019. SRI, SCI, System of rice/crop intensification, anyone using it? Permies.com website (market garden forum). February 1. [Permaculture discussion forum wonders about the merits of SRI/SCI after NPR broadcast.]
• CWARice. 2019. Short training course on System of Rice Intensification (SRI). CWARice website. [Announcement for a 3-day training in May or June for Central and West Asia sponsored by the CWARice Center.] [New Rice Farming Method Adapts to Water Scarcity] [accessed February 1, 2019]
• Preiss, Danielle. 2019. Nepalese rice farmers boost yields by sowing fewer plants and cutting water. National Public Radio, The Salt section. January 30. [Nepali SRI story that also has an 3;50 min audio component on the page.]
• Price, Samuel. 2019. ‘SRI’ in Kilombero Valley: Potential, misconception and reality. Future Agricultures blog. January 25. [Article about SRI in Tanzania's Kilombero district and some of the issue with Kilombero Plantation Limited (KPL), which has trained over 8,000 smallholder farmers in 10 villages over the past few years.]
• Prudhviraj, CA Bhanu. 2019. Whether loan waiver to farmers is one stop solution for eliminating agrarian distress in India? Taxguru website. January 18. [Loan waivers should be a last resort. SRI among the items cited a needs of the hour that related to long term solutions rather than short term benefits.]
• Green, Duncan. 2019. Book review: Can we know better? by Robert Chambers. Oxfam blogs. January 11. [Review says...the aid community ..." rejects heresies for far too long, until the evidence becomes overwhelming (e.g. System of Rice Intensification").
• 2019. Making rice production more environment-friendly. WWF Malaysia website. January 8.
• 2019. Vale Indonesia tetap survive kelola tambang selama 5 dekade. CNBC Indonesia website. January 11. [Article about PT Vale Indonesia, which notes their CSR work promoting organic SRI in Indonesia, including national organic certification for their rice.]
• 2019. Lotus Foods urges consumers to “Do The Rice Thing™”. Specialty Food Association website. January 8.
• Ghosh, Sahana. 2019. Eyes in the sky: Space technology aiding Meghalaya to expand boro rice cultivation. Mongabay website. January 7. [Meghalaya state in India wants to increase boro rice, which is, according to the article, is well-suited for SRI.]
• 201?. The Farmers’ Clubs Programme. Humana People to People (Laos) website. [94 farmers got seeds and learned to grow SRI rice and they planted 94 Rai (15.66 Ha). [Ban Phamueng and Ban Phadai, Bolikhan District, and has enrolled 1,000 participating farmers for 2 years. (note: not sure which years)]
• Ariyani, Desi. 2019. Penerapan Sistem tanam SRI (System of Rice Intensification) Organik pada padi organik. Cybex website. January 6. [Cyberextension instructional material in Indonesian.]
• Basia, Mathet, and Lydia Boclig. 2019. Towards rice sufficiency, System of Rice Intensification (SRI) trial farm in Lamag. Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera website. January 5. [Lamag Farmers’ Association (LFA) in barangay Lamag of Quirino, Ilocos Sur, Philippines are experimenting with SRI with help from Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera (CDPC).]
• 2018. Initiatives to reduce carbon emissions from farming. GKToday, Current Affairs website. January 3. [Info from the Minister of State for Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare lists SRI as one of suggested soil, water and crop management practices that reduce carbon emission.]
• Priya, Annu. 2019. By altering the method of farming, reducing carbon emission. Latest Indian Story blog. January 2. [Info from the Minister of State for Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare lists SRI as one of suggested soil, water and crop management practices that reduce carbon emission.]

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Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - acquired during 2019
(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)

• *• M. Manikandan, et al. 2019. Optimization of irrigation and fertigation scheduling for Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) through subsurface drip irrigation in Western Zone of Tamil Nadu. Current Agriculture Research Journal 7(1). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CARJ.7.1.14
• • Ghosh, Ananya, et al. 2019. Comparative study of energy utilization and Green House Gas emission by hybrid rice grown under two different cultivation systems in red lateritic zone of West Bengal. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change 9(6): 356-353.
10.9734/ijecc/2019/v9i630121 [accessed July 7, 2019]
• Shahane, Amit Anil, et al. 2019. Zinc nutrition of rice as influenced by crop establishment methods, rates of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization and inoculation with microbial consortia. Journal of Plant Nutrition (online first July 1). doi:10.1080/01904167.2019.1636066 [accessed July 6, 2019]
• Yahaya, Iddrisu, et al. 2019. Complementarity of technology adoption and social capital participation: The case of Systems of Rice Intensification in Ghana. Journal of International Development (online first July 1). doi: 10.1002/jid.3420 [accessed July 6, 2019]
• • Rajani Satish, L. 2006. Standardisation of System of rice intensification (SRI) technique. Master's thesis. College of Agriculture, Vellayani, India. [accessed July 1, 2019]
• Husnah, Wan ‘Alia, Wan Abdullah. 2017. Impacts of system of rice intensification farming on marginal land. Masters thesis, University of Malaya. [accessed June 27, 2019]
• • Narayan, Sawant Sandeep, et al. 2019. Performance of aromatic varieties and age of seedlings on yield and nutrient uptake of rice under irrigated ecosystem. International Journal of Chemical Studies 7(3): 166-169. [accessed June 26, 2019]
• Shahane, Amit Anil, et al. 2019. Crop establishment methods, use of microbial consortia, biofilms and zinc fertilization for enhancing productivity and profitability of rice–wheat cropping system. Agricultural Research 8(1): 44-55. doi:10.1007/s40003-018-0344-4 [accessed June 13, 2019]
• Dattatraya, Vibhute Sagar. 2018. Modelling crop water productivity of rice under different cultivation methods. PhD dissertation, Division of Agricultural Engineering Indian Agricultural Research Institute - New Delhi [June 10, 2019]
• Hasanah, Nur Aini Iswati, et al. 2019. Optimizing rice paddies’ lower greenhouse gas emissions and higher yield with SRI management under varying water table levels. Paddy and Water Environment (online first June 11) pp 1-11. doi:10.1007/s10333-019-00744-z. [accessed June 15, 2019]
• • Dewi, Ardiana Puspa. 2018. Analisis pertumbuhan tanaman padi (Oryza sativa L.) System of Rice Intensification (SRI) di lahan terasering Wonogiri, Jawa Tengah. Thesis, Gadja Mada University (Yogyakarta, Indonesia). 76 p. [accessed June 10, 2019]
• Shahane, Amit Anil, et al. 2019. Nitrogen nutrition and use efficiency in rice as influenced by crop establishment methods, cyanobacterial and phosphate solubilizing bacterial consortia and zinc fertilization. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis pp 1-3 (online June 8). doi:10.1080/00103624.2019.1626876 [accessed June 10, 2019]
• *Kushwaha, H. L., et al. 2019. Design, development and performance evaluation of manual planter for system of wheat intensification. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 89 (4): 678–87 [June 8, 2019]
• Harriss-White, Barbara, Alfred Gathorne-Hardy, and Gilbert Rodrigo. 2019. Towards lower-carbon Indian agricultural development: An experiment in multi-criteria mapping (online first, May 30, 2019) Review of Development and Change 10.1177/0972266119845952 [accessed June 7, 2019]
• • Arif, Chusnul, et al. 2019. System of Rice Intensification: An alternative mitigation strategy to Greenhouse Gas emissions from paddy fields in Indonesia. pp. 37-51 In: Climate Smart Agriculture for the Small-Scale Farmers in the Asian and Pacific Region, Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO, Tsukuba, Japan. [accessed June 2, 2019]
• Mwalupaso, G. E., et al. 2019. Recuperating dynamism in agriculture through adoption of sustainable agricultural technology - Implications for cleaner production. Journal of Cleaner Production (in press), doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.05.366 [accessed June 2, 2019]
• • Sundawa, Eko Prastio. 2019. The effect of dose bohasi paddystraw on growth and yield of three varieties of paddy plant (Oryza sativa L.) on the SRI (System of Rice Intensification) method. Thesis, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung (Indonesia) 108p. [accessed May 31, 2019]
• Nandhini, Y., et al. 2019. Weeds, weed control efficiency and weed index of rice under varied field conditions and weed management practices in SRI. International Journal of Chemical Studies 7(3): 527-531 [accessed May 30, 2019]
• Nurhartati, Widi Nurul. 2019. Kajian budidaya padi System of Rice Intensification (SRI) secara organik dan anorganik di lahan pekarangan. Thesis, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) [accessed May 20, 2019]
• Thatchinamoorthy. 2019. Diffusion of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) across Tirunelveli District in Tamil Nadu. International Journal of Advance and Innovative Research 6(2): 28-31 [accessed May 20, 2019]
• Kumar, N. K. Sathish, and A. P. Mohankumar. 2019. Performance evaluation of a power operated wetland weeders for paddy. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 8(4): 2266-2272. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2019.804.265 [accessed May 20, 2019]
• Das, D. M., et al. 2019. A comparative study on water productivity of rice under different cultivation practices. Journal of Agricultural Engineering 55(4): 66- 73.
• • Sathish Kumar, N.K. and A.P. Mohankumar, A.P. 2019. Performance evaluation of a power operated wetland weeders for paddy. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Science 8(4): 2266-2272. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2019.804.265 [accessed May 20, 2019]
• • Hayak, Seyed Faiz, et al. 2019. System for Rice Intensification: Enhancing food security and increasing income for smallholder farmers in Tajikistan. Oxfam Digital Repository. (3p., 4.437Mb pdf) [Case study on SRI and SCI in Tajikistan. Rice productivity of up to 60% using standard SRI methodology. Oxfam and its partners plan to conduct further field demonstrations and research on SCI across Tajikistan to further test the result and develop a standard package of practice.] [accessed May 20, 2019]
• Doni, Febri, et al. 2019. Roles of microbes in supporting sustainable rice production using the system of rice intensification. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (online first May 17, 2019) doi:10.1007/s00253-019-09879-9
• • Kenekar, A. A, et al. 2019. Impact of microbial products on the biometric parameters and productivity of rice in Madhya Pradesh, India. Current Agriculture Research Journal 7(1) [accessed May 1, 2019]
• Varma, Poornima. 2019. Adoption and the impact of system of rice intensification on rice yields and household income: an analysis for India. Applied Economics (online first April 25, 2019) doi: 10.1080/00036846.2019.1606408 [accessed April 28, 2019]
• Sasqia, Shafira Laila. 2019. Tinjauan fisiologi berbagai varietas padi dan macam pengairan pada System of Rice Intensification dan konvensional. Thesis. Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (Indonesia) [accessed April 22, 2019]
• • Choi, Joongdae, et al. 2019. Greenhouse Gas reduction from paddy by environmentally-friendly intermittent irrigation: A review. 한국습지학회지 Journal of Wetlands Research 21(1): 43-56 [accessed April 19, 2019]
• • Pita, Paul Ludgerius Rusman, et al. 2016. Aplikasi metode SRI (System of Rice Intensification) dan Sistem Tanam Jajar Legowo terhadap iklim mikro yang mempengaruhi productivitas pad beras merah. Jurnal BETA (Biosistem dan Teknik Pertanian) 4(1). [accessed April 14, 2019]
• • Paulus, J. M., and Jein H. Senduk. 2019. Aplikasi beberapa jenis pupuk organik pada pertumbuhan dan produksi padi sawah metode SRI (System of Rice Intensification). EUGENIA 22(3): 134-140.[accessed April 14, 2019]
• Gupta, N., et al. 2019. Performance evaluation of irrigation automation for cultivation System of Rice Intensification (SRI) combined with Jajarlegowo System: Theories, methods, and techniques. International Journal of Engineering and Applied Technology 2(1): 27-36. [accessed April 14, 2019]
• *• Pandey, Shikha, and Parmod Kumar. 2019. Determinants of farm-level adoption of System of Rice and Wheat Intensification in Gaya, Bihar. Working Paper 434, Institute for Social and Economic Change (Bengaluru, India). [accessed April 14, 2019]
• Arsil, P., et al. 2019. The reasons for farmers not to adopt System of Rice Intensification (SRI) as a sustainable agricultural practice: an explorative study. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 250 (conference 1). 6p. [accesses April 8, 2019]
• Tawde, Vilas, and Monalisa Banerjee. 2019. Introduction of SRI technique for paddy growers as a part of CBM-Raniganj Development. Paper presented at the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Oil and Gas India Conference and Exhibition, 9-11 April, Mumbai, India. doi: 10.2118/194672-MS [accesses April 8, 2019]
• • Shamshiri. Redmond R., et al. 2019. Evaluating system of rice intensification using a modified transplanter: A smart farming solution toward sustainability of paddy fields in Malaysia. International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering 12(2): 54-68. [accessed April 6, 2019]
• • Kurniawan, Rury. 2019. Substitusi pupuk kimia pada budidaya padi SRI pengaruhnya terhadap pertumbuhan, produksi and organisme tanah. Jurnal Ilmu Tanah dan Lingkungan 19(1): 46-50. doi: 10.29244/jitl.19.1.46-50 [accessed March 28, 2019]
• • Hamyana. 2018. Adopsi teknologi System Rice Of Intensification (SRI) di Kelompok Tani Suka Makmu Desa Pekangkungan Kecamatan Gondangwetan Kabupaten Pasuruan Propinsi Jawa Timur. 2018: Prosiding Seminar Nasional "Membangun Kemandirian Korporasi Petani Indonesia Menuju Kedaulatan Pangan Berkelanjutan". (10p.) [accessed March 15, 2019]
• Putri, Yulvin Marhamah, and Chusnul Arif. 2019. Penerapan algoritma genetika untuk optimasi pengelolaan air lahan padi sawah rendah emisi gas metana (CH4). Jurnal Teknik Sipil dan Lingkungan3(3): 39-49.
• Harman, Gary E., and Norman Uphoff. 2019. Symbiotic root-endophytic soil microbes improve crop productivity and provide environmental benefits (review article). Scientifica 2019 (Article ID 9106395): 25p. doi: 10.1155/2019/9106395 [accessed March 2, 2019]
• • Hasman, Elvin. 2019. Rancang bangun prototipe mesin penyiang mekanis pada lahan dengan System of Rice Intensification (Design and development prototype of mechanical weeding machine for paddy field with SRI). Journal of Applied Agricultural Science and Technology 3(3): 166-177. doi:10.32530/jaast.v3i1.101 [accessed March 2, 2019]
• • Mbatha, Wathome N., et al. 2019. Influence of Sri fertilizer practice on yield components and grain yield of hybrid rice varieties in Kenya. Asian Plant Research Journal 2(2): 1-7. [accessed March 15, 2019]
• • Deejing, Somkid, and Anuttree Buntor. 2019. Screening and identification of endophytic bacteria from organic red jasmine rice soil. Journal of Agriculture 35(1): 49-60. [accessed March 2, 2019]
• •* Saxena, Abha, et al, 2019. System of Wheat Intensification study using hydroponically raised wheat seedling – A new approach towards farmer’s welfare. International Journal of Advances in Agricultural Science and Technology 6(1): 24-40.
• • Ali, Muhammad Aslam, et al. 2019. "Management of paddy soil towards low Greenhouse Gas emissions and sustainable rice production in the changing climatic conditions," chapter 6, In Soil Contamination and Alternatives for Sustainable Development. (Open access peer-reviewed chapter - Online First) [accessed March 2, 2019]
• • Kathia, Mercy Kangai, et al. 2019. Integrating mechanical weeding and planting for reduced labour input in paddy rice under System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Agricultural Sciences 10: 121-130 doi:10.4236/as.2019.102010 [accessed March 2, 2019]
• • Pandiangan, S., S.T. Trina, and S. Saragih. 2018. Response of rice (Oryza sativa L.) on seedling age and number of seedlings per planting hole. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering420(conference 1): 1-9. doi: 10.1088/1757-899X/420/1/012082 [accessed March 2, 2019]
• • Kurniadie, Denny, et al. 2019. Weeds diversity of lowland rice (Oryza sativa L.) with different farming system in Purwakarta Regency Indonesia. Journal of Agronomy 18: 21-26. doi: 10.3923/ja.2019.21.26 [accessed March 1, 2019]
• • Mandal, K.G., et al. 2019. Current rice farming, water resources and understanding micro-irrigation for rice. Current Science 116(4): 568-576. [accessed February 28, 2019]
• • Maryono. 2018. Indeks keberlanjutan usahatani padi di Tasikmalaya. Jurnal Agribisnis Indonesia 6(2): 109-120. doi:10.29244/jai.2018.6.2.109-120 [accessed February 28, 2019]
• • Nisha, Fitriani Nurhayatin. 2018. Pengembangan model denitrification decomposition (DNDC) untuk pendugaan emisi gas metana (CH4) dari lahan padi sawah. Jurnal Teknik Sipil dan Lingkungan 3(2): 1-11. [accessed February 26, 2019]
• Hussain, Ashaq. 2019. Yield and physiological response of newly released rice (Oryza sativa) varieties to crop establishment methods under temperate conditions of Kashmir. Indian Journal of Agronomy 63(4): 441-446. [accessed February 26, 2019]
• Kharim, Muhammad Nurfaiz Abd, et al. 2019. Preliminary study of variable rate application – organic liquid fertilizer by using SPAD chlorophyll meter on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) cultivation. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis (online first Feb. 19, 2019). doi: 10.1080/00103624.2019.1576717
• • Azmi, Kahirul, and Chusnul Arif. 2018. Analisis sensitivitas emisi gas metana (CH4) pada sawah dengan metode korelasi rank spearman. Jurnal Teknik Sipil dan Lingkungan 3(1): 10-22. [accessed February 13, 2019]
• • Lesdiana, Firda, et al. 2019. Technology adaptation to climate change in level producers rice in West Java. 3BIO: Journal of Biological Science, Technology and Management 1(1): 22-26. [accessed February 13, 2019]
• • Potkile, S.N. 2018. Influence of planting methods and varieties on yield and economics of paddy. International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience 6(6):202-206. doi:10.18782/2320-7051.6668 [accessed February 8, 2019]
• • Rahmat, Arif. 2019. Greenhouse gas estimation in various water management using Denitrification-Decomposition Model (DNDC). Jurnal Irigasi 13(1): 11-20. doi: 10.31028/ji.v13.i1.11-20 [accessed February 7, 2019]
• • Shukla, U. N., et al. 2015. Effect of seedlings age, cultivars and weed management on weed dynamics, nutrient removal and yield of rice (Oryza sativa) under system of rice intensification (SRI). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 85(10): 1260-1268. [accessed February 7, 2019]
• Shahane, Amit Anil, et al. 2019. Improving water and nutrient use efficiency in rice by changing crop establishment methods, application of microbial Inoculations, and Zn fertilization. Global Challenges (online first 06 February 2019) doi:10.1002/gch2.201800005 [accessed February 1, 2019]
• • Syafrullah, Syafrullah. 2018. Pemanfaatan batubara dan sumber daya lokal pedesaan sebagai pupuk batubara plus dan penagarunya terhadap pertumbuhan dan produksi tanaman padi System of Rice Intensification (SRI) di lahan pasang surut. Klorofil 13(2): 71-77. [accessed February 1, 2019]
• • Hassan, Izzudin. 2018. Inventarisasi hama pada beberapa varietas unggul padi di lahan dengan pengairan SRI (System of Rice Intensification) dan Konvensional. Thesis, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia). 61 p. [accessed February 1, 2019]
• • Dwipa, Indra, et al. 2018. Emergence of phyllochron of 3 rice varieties in different time of land flooding in System of Rice Intensification (SRI). International Journal of Environment, Agriculture and Biotechnology 3(6): 2177-2181. doi:10.22161/ijeab/3.6.30 [accessed January 30, 2019]
• Gautam, Priyanka, et al. 2019. Inter-relationship between intercepted radiation and rice yield influenced by transplanting time, method, and variety. International Journal of Biometeorology [online first] pp 1–13. doi:10.1007/s00484-018-01667-w [accessed January 30, 2019]
• • Efrizal, Ahmad, et al. 2019. Uji berbagai dosis pupuk herbafarma granul terhadap pertumbuhan dan produksi tanaman padi sawah (Oryza sativa L.) dengan metode SRI. Jurnal Ilmiah Pertanian 15(2): 95-104. [accessed January 29, 2019]
• Ghoshal, R., and D. Basu. 2018. Comparative analysis of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and traditional technology of rice cultivation with respect to some selected parameters in farmers' field conditions. 14(2): 199-201.[accessed January 29, 2019]
• Sunadi, Herman, W., and N. Y. Yessirita. 2019. The influence of pruning time of tiller and cow manure doses on growth and yield of paddy rice (Oryza sativa L.) in the SRI method. INA-Rxiv papers (preprint) 10.31227/osf.io/de3a9 [accessed January 29, 2019]
• • Efendi, et al. 2015. Morpho-agronomic performances of rice (Oryza sativa L.) landraces under organic cultivation of SRI method. International Journal of Agricultural Research 10(2): 74-82. doi:10.3923/ijar.2015.74.82 [accessed January 19, 2019]
• • Khatri-Chhetri, Arun, et al. 2019. Potential of climate-smart agriculture in reducing women farmers’ drudgery in high climatic risk areas. Climatic Change (online first) pp 1–14. doi:10.1007/s10584-018-2350-8
• *• Divya, V. et al. 2015. Growth, yield attributes, yield and economics of sesame (Sesmum indicum L.) as influenced by System of Crop Intensification (SCI) practices. Andhra Pradesh Journal of Agricultural Sciences 1(2): 62-66. [January 16, 2019]
• • Isnawan, Bambang Heri, et al. 2018. A study of physiology of rice varieties with intermittent irrigation and conventional method on System of Rice Intensification. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANRes 2018), Yogyakarta, Indonesia. [January 16, 2019]
• • Khadka, Ram B., and Norman Uphoff. 2019. Effects of Trichoderma seedling treatment with System of Rice Intensification management and with conventional management of transplanted rice. PeerJ: e5877. doi:10.7717/peerj.5877 [January 15, 2019]
• Lee, Yun-ho, et al. 2018. On-farm study of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) of rainfed lowland in southern Cambodia (캄보디아 남부 천수답지역의 벼 집약관리재배 시스템(SRI)에 대한 현장 연구). Korea International Agricultural Development Association 30(4): 285-291 [January 15, 2019]
• Dastan, Salman. 2012. Evaluation on agronomic and eco-physiological indices of lowland rice genotypes under modified agronomical systems. PhD dissertation, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. [abstract uploaded January 5, 2019]
• • Dastan, Salman, et al. 2016. CO2 emission and global warming potential (GWP) of energy consumption in paddy field production systems. Būm/shināsī-i kishāvarzī 6(4): 823-835. [accessed January 5, 2019]
• • Minithra, R., and D. Suresh Kumar. 2019. An economic analysis of technology adoption coupled with conjunctive use of ground water in tank command area. Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology 29(1): 1-7. doi:10.9734/AJAEES/2019/45946 [accessed January 5, 2019]

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New Links from our Website to Online Publications (and SRI-Related Social Media sites) (2019)
(see also Latest Research directly above and Recent Uploads below for new material on our site).

• SRI4Women has an Instagram site, a twitter, a Vimeo site, a facebook page, and main website!
• Uphoff, Norman. 2019. Realising the System of Rice Intensification’s potential. SPORE magazine, opinion section. May 31. [June 2, 2019]
  [French: Uphoff, Norman. 2019. Développer le potentiel du système de riziculture intensive. SPORE magazine, opinion section. May 31.] [June 2, 2019]
• Sekhar, C., and I. Muthuvel. 2018. "Economics Precision Agriculture The Case of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) - Chapter VI". pp. 140-160 In C. Sekhar and A. Vidhyavathi, eds., Economic of Precision Farming. MJP Publishers. [accessed May 23, 2019]
• Network of SRI Friends (in Myanmar). New facebook group in Burmese with 315 members. Public group (need to join to post). [accessed May 23, 2019]
• SRI-Africa.net. A new regional SRI website for Africa.
• Segal, Ruth, and Le Nguyet Minh. 2019. Unfair harvest: The state of rice in Asia. Oxfam Briefing Paper. Oxfam policy-practice website. March 20. 32 p. [Box 2 on page 16 has information on SRI] [Here is the link to the entry page.]
• 2019. Manipur agriculture - Maxim: Maximum. Tata Trusts Horizon Magazine March: 32-34. ["Farmers in Imphal West district are swearing by the revolutionary ‘system of rice intensification’ to provide for food security and more]
• Ali, Muhammad Aslam, et al. 2019. "Management of paddy soil towards low Greenhouse Gas emissions and sustainable rice production in the changing climatic conditions," chapter 6, In Soil Contamination and Alternatives for Sustainable Development. (Open access peer-reviewed chapter - Online First)
• Uphoff, N., and A. K. Thakur. 2019. An agroecological strategy for adapting to climate change: The System of Rice Intensification (SRI). In: Sarkar A., Sensarma S., vanLoon G. (eds) Sustainable Solutions for Food Security. Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-77878-5_12 [accessed January 19, 2019]
[accessed January 19, 2019]
• Tannirkulam, Ajay, Suraj R. Nair, and Divya Mary. 2017. Doubling farmers' incomes: Strategies and recommendations for Tamil Nadu. NABARD website. [This study about Tamil Nadu, India, was commissioned by NABARD and carried out by IFMR LEAD.

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Recent Documents Uploaded on our Website (2019) (Includes new pages added to the SRI-Rice website)

• [Web pages updated during July: 2019, Burundi, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Vietnam, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, India research,India videos, index, events, research indiex, research network page, videos]
• Hameed, Khidhir Abbas. 2010. SRI ﻧﻈﺎم اﻟﺘﻜﺜﯿﻒ ﻟﻤﺤﺼﻮل اﻟﺮز SRI field manual for Iraq (Arabic language). SRI-Rice website. [uploaded June 17, 2019]
• 2019. Oxfam’s Experience with Sustainable Rice Production in Asia and Africa: Supply Chains, Women, and SRI. Announcement for seminar at Cornell University.
• PAFO/DAFO Luangprabang and Pro-net21. Guideline on Luangprabang SRI. ProNet21. SRI-Rice website. (29p., 3.11MB pdf) [Results of a ProNet21/Govt.project for SRI farmers in Luangprabang, Laos, as part of a diversified farming promotion project] [uploaded March 13, 2019]
• PAFO/DAFO Luangprabang and Pro-net21. Technical Guideline on Luangprabang SRI. ProNet21. SRI-Rice website. (13p., 1.86MB pdf) [SRI technical manual used in ProNet21 SRI project in Luangprabang, Laos]
• Bimba, Robert. 2018. CHAP Newsletter on 7th CARD GM and CARD High-Level Meeting held in Tokyo, Japan, October 2-5, 2018. October 8. (4p pdf) [abstract uploaded January 5, 2019]
• Bimba, Robert. 2018. Japanese Government Rice Grant impact in Liberia continues on after the close of the project implemented by CHAP. October 8. (3p. pdf)
• [abstract uploaded January 5, 2019] Dastan, Salman. 2012. Evaluation on agronomic and eco-physiological indices of lowland rice genotypes under modified agronomical systems. PhD dissertation, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. [abstract uploaded January 5, 2019]
• Fisher, Lucy. 2018. Monthly additions to the SRI-Rice website. New pages on the SRI-Rice website. [uploaded monthly]

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Videos / Audiofiles - 2019 acquisitions (either uploaded by SRI-Rice OR linked to from our website)

• Video: 2019 (July 14). System of Rice Intensification. Part I, (12:06 min); Part II (land preparation) (9:18 min); Part III, 7:02 min. AP ZBNF channel, Youtube. [Indian language SRI instructional/informational series from East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India. Originally published by Digital Green.]
• Audio: 2019 (April 30). Budidaya Padi di Sumba, Teknologi dan Perubahan Iklim. 2:50. VOA Indonesia. (Indonesian language broadcast about an SRI climate change program in Sumba Timur.) [accessed June 30, 2019]
• Video: 2019 (June 21). Rice Farming - by SRI technique. 27:42 min. Bhimashankar channel, Youtube. [Indian language video on organic SRI.]
• Video: 2019 (June 19). Smart agriculture: SPRI. 9:06 min. 國立屏東科技大學土木工程系 NPUST Department of Civil Engineering channel, Youtube. [Chinese, with English subtitles. NPUST work adapting SRI in Taiwan with additions for probiotics and precision ag technology]
• Video: 2019 (June 15). Six key elements: System of Rice Intensification (SRI). 0:48 min. Krishi GYAN channel, Youtube.
• Video: 2019. SRI4Women Story - Nilima. 8:05 min. sri4women channel, Vimeo. [Story of the president of the Ath-Kosia Tribal People's Organisation in Orissa, who promotes SRI to reduce women's drudgery in rice production.] [accessed June 5, 2019]
• Video: 2019 (January 28). Gerakan tanam padi organik pemerintah Kab Morowali bersama staf ahli Kementrian Pertanian. 4:55 min. Diskominfo Morowali channel, Youtube. [-in Indonesian language. Large organic SRI project in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.]
• Radio show: 2019 (May 29). Cuando el SRI se juntó con el arroz más austral del mundo. 15 min. AgroEnlace - Transmisión en vivo. IICA website. [Spanish language radio show about SRI in Chile.]
• Video: 2019 (April 17). ZIDOFA’s organic SRI rice operation in Panay Philippines. SRI Rice channel, YouTube. [Joby Arandela describes the organic rice processing procedure used by the ZIDOFA group in Panay, Philippines. The rice is grown using System of Rice Intensification (SRI) methods.]
• Video: 2019 (April 2). RBL CSR - System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Project Video. 4:08 min. Dilasa Janvikas Pratishthan channel, YouTube. [Video on CSR project on SRI funded by RBL Bank and implemented by Dilasa Janvikas Pratishthanin in Sindudurg district in Maharashtra, India. 23,000 farmers have been reached with the SRI project.]
• Video: 2019 (March 14). Systematic Rice Intensification Process and Impact ACF. 3:10 min. Prateek Nag channel, YouTube. (Indian language) [SRI Process and Impact by Ambuja Cement Foundation Chhattisgarh, India.]
• Video: 2019 (February 22). (4th meeting) 2019 IPU Parliamentary Hearing. [SRI section between 11:50 through 16:40]. UN Web TV website. [David Bollier's speech that included mention of the SRI community functioning as an online commons were presented at the UN panel entitled The Multilateral System in the Public Eye: The Impact of Mass Communications.] See also post on Davide Bollier's blog on Feb. 26]
• Video: 2019 (February 20). Thirsty Rice. 8:11 min. Chan S. Nara channel, YouTube. [Farmers in Traing district, Takeo province, Cambodia talking about drought and also there SRI experiences.]
• Video: 2019 (January). This Sustainable way of growing rice produces bumper harvests. 1:26 min. World Economic Forum, LinkedIn. [Short video shown at the World Economic Forum 2019 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held Jan 22-25, 2019, in Davos, Switzerland
• Video: 2018 (November 19). SRI LMB Project Closer (Longer Version). 11:09 min. SRI LMB channel, YouTube. [Video for the final workshop of the AIT-led project entitled Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin.]
• Video: 2019 (January 30). Bupati bersama Pertamina lakukan panen padi perdana SRI Organik. 4:45 min. Humas Protokol Setda Blora channel, YouTube. [in Indonesian; Blora Regency Head and other govt. officials attend harvest of Organic SRI in Bajo Village (Central Java)]
• Audio: 2019 (January 29). Drier Conditions Force Researchers To Find New Rice Farming Method. 3:49 min. National Public Radio, Inc. website. [Danielle Preiss reports on SRI in Nepal highlighted in this NPR radio clip].
• Video: 2017. Lotus Foods. 3:21 min. Climate Collaborative channel, Vimeo. [Video about Lotus Foods' commitment to importing SRI-grown rice.] [accessed January 28, 2019]
• Video: 2019 (January 23). புதிய முறையில் நெல்நாற்று உற்பத்தி System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Cultivation. 2:59 min. Aalaya channel, YouTube. [Explanation of SRI from India. Local language]

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Slide Presentations (Primarily PowerPoint) - 2019 (and Dec. 2018) acquisitions

• Mati, Bancy. 2019. Improving Productivity of Rice under Water Scarcity in Africa: The Case for the System of Rice Intensification. 52 slides. Presentation at the International Rice Development Conference and Seminar on China-Africa Development. Changsha, China, June 26-29.
• Aguero, Miguel. 2019. 1905 - SRI en Venezuela - Resena Historica de la Parcela 234. 24 slides. Presentation at the webinar Sistema Intensivo de Cultivo de Arroz (SRI) - Experiencia Venezuela, February 15. SRI-Rice slideshare channel. [Webinar organized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)] [accessed March 12, 2019]
• Nestlé. 2019. 1904 - SRI en Venezuela - Informe Resultados SICA Parcela 75 Norte Verano Calabozo 2018. 10 slides. Presentation on Nestlé SRI results at the webinar Sistema Intensivo de Cultivo de Arroz (SRI) - Experiencia Venezuela, February 15. SRI-Rice slideshare channel. [Webinar organized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)] accessed March 12, 2019]
• Soublette, Betsaida. 2019. 1903 - Sistema Intensivo de Cultivo de Arroz (SRI) - Experiencia Venezuela. 25 slides. Presentation at the webinar Sistema Intensivo de Cultivo de Arroz (SRI) - Experiencia Venezuela, February 15. SRI-Rice slideshare channel. [organized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)] accessed March 12, 2019]
• ProNet 21. 2019. Photos of SRI Activity in Laos. 15 slides. SRI-Rice slideshare channel. [SRI Promotion Project with JICA assistance that ran from 2006 to 2018] [accessed February, 2019]
• Isahak, Anizan. 2018. SRI Network in Malaysia: The SRI-Mas experience. Presentation at the The Workshop to Enhance Cooperation and Sharing among SRI National Networks in Asia, held October 18-19, 2018, at the Leverage Business Hotel-Skudai, Malaysia [uploaded January 9, 2019]
• Bimba, Robert. 2019. 1901 - Community of Hope Agriculture Project Update to Liberia MOA 2019. 19 slides. Presentation at the Ministry of Agriculture, Liberia, January 11. [uploaded January 17, 2019]
• Presentations at the The Workshop to Enhance Cooperation and Sharing among SRI National Networks in Asia, held October 18-19, 2018, at the Leverage Business Hotel-Skudai, Malaysia [uploaded Dec. 2018]
  - Uprety, Rajendra, Nepal SRI Network, 9 slides
  - Eiji, Yamaji, Introduction of J-SRI : Japan Association of the System of Rice Intensification, 13 slides
  - Arif, Chusnul, Budi Indra Setiawan, and Ahmad Jatika, SRI Networks in Indonesia - Report of INA-SRI Activities, 14 slides
  - Hameed, Khidhir Abbas, Iraq - Initiatives to Spread the SRI in the Middle East and Central Asia, 20 slides
  - Isahak, Anizan, SRI Network in Malaysia: The SRI-Mas experience, 6 slides
  - Sen, Debashish, National Consortium of SRI (NCS) India, 10 slides
  - Phu, Hoang Van, Vietnam SRI Network, 21 slides
  - Verzola, Roberto, SRI Pilipinas: Asia SRI Network Ideas, 45 slides
  - Moreira, Diddier, and Kelly Witkowski, SRI en las Americas, 8 slides
  - Photakoun, Viengxay, SRI-LMB in Laos, 9 slides
  
• Konwar, Kakali, et al. 2018. Increasing the productivity of rapeseed through the practice of System of Rapeseed Intensification. 19 slides. Presented at the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, India, December 13-16, 2018. [uploaded December 17, 2018]
• Thiyagarajan, T. M. 2018. Understanding the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) for Sustainable Rice Production. 53 slides. Presentation at The International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, India, December 13-16, 2018. [uploaded December 15, 2018]
• Presentations (Day 1) at the SRI-LMB Regional Workshop for the Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin (SRI - LMB), held November 1-21, 2018 at the Notvotel Sukhumvit, Bangkok, Thailand (pdfs): [accessed December 15, 2018]
  - Kassam, Amir. Mobilizing greater crop and land potentials: Integrating System of Rice Intensification with Conservation Agriculture. 34 slides.
  - Mishra, Abha. Learning with the System of Rice Intensification for Food Security and Climate-Smart Agriculture. 52 slides.
  - Mishra, Abha. SRI-LMB Project Achievement and the "Way Forward".
  - Ty, Sopheavy. Key Policy Options for th SRI-LMB Countries. 13 slides.
  - Isahak, Anizan, Norida Mazlan and Anni Mitin. Key Findings of the Evaluation of the SRI-MB Project. 27 slides.
  - Duong, Nguyen Quy. Project Achievements - Key Learning and Recommendations. 42 slides.
  - Photakoun, Viengxay, and Kongsy Xayavong. SRI-LMB in Laos. 28 slides.
  - Parithamma, Thongsa. SRI Learning from Uttaradit Province, Thailand. 16 slides.
  - SRI in Surin Province. 48 slides.
  - Kaewkamthomg, Yuttakarn. Reflection on SRI-LMB Experience in Thailand. 15 slides.
• Presentations (Day 2) at the SRI-LMB Regional Workshop for the Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin (SRI - LMB), held November 1-21, 2018 at the Notvotel Sukhumvit, Bangkok, Thailand (pdfs) [There are 11 presentations in this group] [accessed December 15, 2018]

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* indicates SCI, which is adaptation of SRI principles to other crops.