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In the Press - 2019

May 2019

• Pertamina EP panen padi SRI di Ciranggon [Harvest festival for SRI project in Cireggon, Karawang, takes place; it is part of a Pertimina CSR project.]
  May 3, 2019, PeKa News (West Java, Indonesia)
• 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 iwith 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
• 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. 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.]
• 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 Technoogy 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]
• 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)

• 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) [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]
• • Rusman Pita, Paul Ludgerius, 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]
• Pandey, D.K., and S.K. Kamal. 2018. System of Rice Intensification: An opportunity for marginal and small farmers. Journal of Krishi Vigyan 7(special): 151-154. 10.5958/2349-4433.2018.00182.4 [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 c
• • 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).

• Network of SRI Friends (in Myanmar). New facebook group in Burmese with 315 members. Public group (need to join to post).
• 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 April: Ghana, Indonesia, Rep. of Korea, Liberia, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Tanzania, Vietnam, events, journal articles, India research, March updates, index]
• 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 (March 11). Movie on System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Seven Sister Development Assistance SesTA channel, YouTube. [Video by the NGOs SeSTA and Pradan about a program in Assam, India. Not sure about when this was originally produced.] [accessed April 23, 2019]
• 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

• 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.