2024 NEWS AND LATEST RESOURCES
- Latest Research
- New Publication Links
- New Uploads (Our site)
News from other years:
[Also see WHAT'S NEW THIS MONTH!]
In the Press
March 2024
- Liberia: Chap wants wetlands protection law enforced [Rice production area threatened by urban expansion.]
March 5, 2024, AllAfrica (Liberia)
February 2024
- Petani didorongi lirik teknologi tanam padi di musim kering [Bali farmers association head urges farmers to use SRI to reduce water use during the dry season.]
February 17 2024, Bisnis Bali (Bali, Indonesia) - IGP Morowali tegaskan komitmen dukung keberlanjutan melalui Program PPM [PT Vale's Organic SRI project has 25 organic farmers on 6:8 ha that harvested 17.6 thousand kg rice]
February 16, 2025, PLUZ.id (South Sulawesi, Indonesia)
January 2024
- Sustainable rice farmer project supported by WWF-Malaysia - CIMB Islamic empowers 88 farmers in Ba'Kelalan [Successful SRI project expands to four villages.]
January 21, 2024, Dayak Daily (Sarawak, Malaysia) - Republic Day fete on Marina: Governor unfurls Tricolour; CM presents awards [SRI farmer from Pollampatti village in Salem district received C Narayanasamy Naidu Paddy Productivity Award for the 2022-23]
January 26, 2024, New Indian Express (Tamil Nadu, India) - Climate change, global conflict threaten food security [SRI suggested to address some of the problems.]
January 24, 2024, Bangladesh Post (Bangladesh) - Growing rice in Louisiana: A path to justice, for Black farmers [Story of Konda Mason and SRI for Black farmers in Louisiana.]
January 18, 2024, Christian Science Monitor (re: Louisiana, USA) - Competition des pratiques rizicoles et avantages de la technique du SRI pendant la saison culturale VARY BE
January 17, 2024, Rapport-Gratuit (Madagascar)
- Enhancing food security in developing countries
January 12, 2024, The Exchange (Tanzania)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - 2024
- 2024. Rice production in Africa: Sowing seeds of change and sustainability. Medium (Agriculture News) website. March 11. [Rice production article includes SRI as possible way forward.]
- Meka, Christina. 2024. Tingkatkan indeks pertanaman, langkah optimasi pemanfaatan lahan pertanian. Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) website. [Covers SRI, PTT, and Salibu (ratoon) systems in Bali.]
- Styger, Erika. 2024. Supporting black farmers in organic rice production. New York Ag Connection website. March 7. [Reference to Jubilee Justice's SRI trials in Louisiana]
- Sarbagya. 2024. The rise of sustainable agricultural practices.IndiBlogHub website. March 11. [SRI cited as one of the three case studies in this overview of sustainable ag.]
- 2024. The white egret: An icon of local rice development in the DRC. Rikolto website. March 8. [Rikolto's success with SRI, SRP, etc., in South Kivu and Tanganyika in DRCongo. The project is part of World Bank-funded PICAGL program in South Kivu and Tanganyika in DRCongo effort.]
- 2024. Ahmad Heryawan: Solihin GP layak dapat gelar pahlawan. ARMOL JABAR website. March 5. [Former governor of West Java cites promotion of SRI as one of his accomplishments.]
- 2024. Farming resilience: Building adaptive capacity in agricultural systems. Milewheel blog. February 27. [SRI one of three adaptive capacity suggestions.]
- year?. A greener paddy? NABARD case study. NABARD website. [NABARD-sanctioned project under the Indo-German Watershed Development Programme increased area covered under SRI from 4 acres to 307.5 acres over 4 years in various tribes Karimnagar district, Telangana, India.]
- 2024. Vedanta boosts agri entreprenuer. Tathya website. February 28. [Vedanta Aluminium’s CSR Jeevika Samriddhi Project that includes SRI in 3 villages of Odisha’s Jharsuguda district has benefited 400 farmers. 500 more are being added.]
- Praminik, Priyanka. 2024. Assam- Agriculture equipment distribution and SRI training conducted at Tezpur event. Tractor News website. February 26. [The Sonitpur District Agriculture Department conducted a comprehensive SRI training at the Tezpur Majgaon Training Center in Assam, India.]
- Berthelot, Adele. 2024. Why is rice agriculture the 3rd source of methane emissions worldwide? Medium website. February 23. [SRI is a main source of methane reduction in rice cited in the article.]
- Uphoff, Norman. 2024. Reflections on opportunities with, and resistance to, the System of Rice Intensification. Cornell University website. Announcement of a Feb. 21, 2024 seminar [video of event will be posted online in March.]
- Baul, Tushi, et al. Effective agricultural advice at scale: Evidence from India. VoxDev website. February 21. [Evaluation of Digital Green extension videos/methods using SRI]
- 2024. J.E.D.I Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Lotus Foods blog. February 13. [Lotus Foods is a member of the J.E.D.I. Collaborative that aims to help natural products companies and leaders increase their abilities to actualize Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion efforts. SRI is part of the story.]
- Vargas Bolívar, Luis Carlos. System of Rice Intensification (SRI), Contributing to food security, competitiveness, and resilience by adapting SRI to local contexts. South-South Galaxy website. [accessed February 15, 2024] [SRI efforts by IICA in 6 Latin American countries between 2015 and 2019]
- Uphoff, Norman. 2024. How SRI can be labour-intensive and labour saving simultaneously. SRI-2030 blog. February.
- SINGIRA. 2024. Farmers acceptance of SRI Project. Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) website. January 29. [This 3-year SRI project in Tanzania by TARI / Norwegian Institute of Bio economy research (NIBIO) / Swaminathan Research Institute (MSSRF) has reached 900 farmers in its first year (final target 4,500)]
- Witkowski, Kelly. 2023. Co-Innovating for more sustainable, climate responsive rice production in Chile. IICA blog. May 9. [See also Spanish version] [accessed January 22, 2024]
- 2024. Sri Lanka's organic way. Pressenza website. January 17. [Defense of Sri Lanka's organic shift. Includes SRI reference.]
- Ficou, Moctar. 2024. Riziculture en Afrique de l’Ouest : Le projet RICOWAS officiellement lancé à Diamniadio (Sénégal). VivAfrik website. January 6. [Official launch of RICOWAS Project in Senegal. RICOWAS is a 4-year $14 million project emphasizing SRI that covers 14 countries in West Africa.] [accessed January 26, 2024]
- 2202. Le système SRI en application à travers le monde. June 20. Wikiterre website.
- FAO. 2020. Farmers willing to use climate-smart agriculture techniques including system of rice intensification in wider scale in Labutta. Success stories section, FAO website. [Farmer success story by FAO in Myanmar.] [accessed January 7, 2024]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - acquired during 2024
(listed in order of acquisition. See also complete list of journal articles alphabetized by author)
- Red dot (•) indicates article is freely available; asterisk (*) is SCI (SRI applied to crops other than rice)
- Shewale, R. R. 2016. Response of establishment techniques and weed control methods on weed intensity, yield attributes and yield of summer gujari rice. BIOINFOLET-A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences 13(1b): 179-181.
- • Al Mamun, Abdullah, Md. Ferdous Hossain Khan, and Md. Mojaherul Haque. 2023. Effect of SRI and AWD technology in comparison to traditional methods on yield contributing characters of rice (Oryza sativa). Big Data in Agriculture 5(1): 15-21. doi:10.26480/bda.01.2023.15.21 [accessed March 12, 2024]
- • Nagarajan, K., V. Geethalakshmi, et al. 2024. Root growth, nutrient uptake and soil enzyme activity influenced by aerobic, System of Rice Intensification and conventional method of irrigation in rice Indian Journal of Agricultural Research 1:6. doi:10.18805/IJARe.A-6126 [accessed March 10, 2024]
- • Moore, Maya, Kimmerling Razafindrina, V. Ernesto Méndez and Meredith T. Niles. 2024. An analysis of the adoption of the “system of rice intensification” (SRI): Why a homegrown technique has yet to take seed among rice farmers in Madagascar. Cogent Food and Agriculture 10(1):2319932. doi:10.1080/23311932.2024.2319932 [accessed March 8, 2024]
- • *Singh, Maninder, Arshdeep Singh, et al. 2024. System of Wheat Intensification: Innovative and futuristic approach to augment wheat yield. Nature Environment and Pollution Technology 23(1): 569-575 [accessed March 5, 2024]
- • Thakur, Amod Kumar, Krishna Gopal Mandal, et al. 2024. Next-gen rice farming: Ways to achieve food, nutritional and economic security under changing climatic conditions. Current Science 126(4): 426-433. doi: [accessed February 28, 2024]
- • Babu, Ch. Suresh. 2024. System of Rice Intensification- Cultivation. Post-graduate diploma in agricultural extension management from the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), India. 37p. [accessed February 28, 2024]
- • Kamara, Lamin Alhaji. 2018. The use of agricultural innovation systems approaches in Sierra Leone: exploring perceptions on innovations in rice production, research and extension. PhD dissertation, University of Reading. 445p. [accessed February 25, 2024]
- • Huy, D. Q., M. Keeni, and K. Fuyuki. 2024. An analysis of environmental and economic impacts of the system of rice intensification : A case study in Thai Binh Province, Vietnam. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development 14(1): 1–9. doi:10.55493/5005.v14i1.4983 [accessed February 25, 2024]
- • Kapolo, Derrick. 2018. Farmers perceptions and impact of adopting the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) on rice yields in southern Malawi: The case of Likangala Irrigation Complex of Zomba District. M.Sc. thesis. Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources. 102 p. (Malawi) [accessed February 20, 2024]
- • Reyes, Gemma U., Julia P. Adajar, et al. 2020. System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Farmers’ awareness, and attitudes in Quezon Province. 8th National Business and Management Conference Proceedings, Nov. 27-28, 2020. 8th
- • Dahlgreen, James, and Adam Parr. 2024. Exploring the impact of alternate wetting and drying and the System of Rice Intensification on Greenhouse Gas emissions: A review of rice cultivation practices. Agronomy 14: 378. 10.3390/agronomy14020378 [accessed February 15, 2024]
- • Gusril, Afdhi, Nalwida Rozen, and Musliar Kasim. 2024. Pertumbuhan dan hasil tanaman padi (Oryza sativa L.) metode SRI dengan pemberian berbagai jenis mulsa organik. Jurnal Pertanian Agros 26(1): 5361-5367. [accessed February 13, 2024]
- • Rantung , R., J. Paulus, et al. 2024. The effects of substituting straw compost for NPK fertilizer on field rice growth and yield using the SRI (System of Rice Intensification) method. Jurnal Agroekoteknologi Terapan 5(1): 52–57. doi:10.35791/jat.v5i1.54192 [accessed February 7, 2024]
- •* Debbarma, V.,T. Abraham, et al. 2024. Agronomic response of System of Finger Millet Intensification technique on growth and yield of organic finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.). International Journal of Environment and Climate Change 14(2): 174–188. doi:10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i23927 [accessed February 7, 2024]
- • Husny, Zulkarnain, and Manisah. 2024. Budidaya padi secara SRI dan konvensional pada padi sawah lebak: Pengaruhnya terhadap hasil dan produksi beberapa varietas padi. Jurnal TriAgro 4(1): 14-22. [accessed January 31, 2024]
- • Anand, G., et al. 2021. SRI-AWD coupled with field water tube - An innovative practice for maximizing yield and optimizing irrigation water usage in rice cultivation. Chapter 1, In: Recent Advances in Irrigation System & irrigation scheduling. p.1-14 [accessed January 27, 2024]
- • Sowmya, K., et al. 2023. Productivity and profitability of green gram [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] under System of Crop Intensification. Agricultural Science Digest. doi:10.18805/ag.D-5703 [accessed January 22, 2024]
- • Dhamira, Aura, and Fadilla Ristya Aminda. 2023. Rice production risk in main producing countries 1961-2021. Buletin Penelitian Sosial Ekonomi Pertanian Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Haluoleo 25(2): 143-150 doi:10.37149/bpsosek.v25i2.921 [accessed January 20, 2024]
- *• Pandey, Menuka, Hemant Raj Awasthi, Roshan Subedi, and Kamal Joshi. 2023. Crop intensification practices for better finger millet growth. Reviews in Food And Agriculture 4(2): 71-77. [accessed January 20, 2024]
- • Prasath, P. Naveen, P. Stalin, et al. 2024. Studies on integrated plant nutrient supply system for maximizing the growth and yield of rice (Oryza sativa L.) in SRI. Indian Journal of Applied and Pure Biology 39(1): 531-535 [accessed January 19, 2024]
- • Susanti, W.I., S.N. Cholidah, and F. Agus. 2024. Agroecological nutrient management strategy for attaining sustainable rice self-sufficiency in Indonesia. Sustainability. 2024; 16(2):845. doi:10.3390/su16020845 [accessed January 19, 2024]
- Partiwi, Putri Anisa. 2024. Pengaruh budidaya padi konvensional dan SRI (System of Rice Intensification) terhadap sifat kimia tanah di Desa Pematang Setrak Dusun VI, Kecamatan Teluk Mengkudu, Kabupaten Serdang Bedagai, Sumatera Utara. PhD dissertation, Universitas Pembangunan Nasional "Veteran" (Indonesia). [not available online] [accessed January 17, 2024]
- • Ouma, M.A., L.O. Ouma, J.M. Ombati, and C.A. Onyango. 2024. A cost benefits analysis of the adoption of system of rice intensification: Evidence from smallholder rice farmers within an innovation platform in Oluch irrigation scheme, Kenya. PLoS ONE 19(1): e0290759. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0290759 [accessed January 5, 2023]
- • Kumar, Sunil, and Amrendra Kumar. 2018. System of Rice Intensification: A new pathway of rice crop establishment method. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 7(9): 3076-3086. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2018.709.384 [accessed January 5, 2023]
- M., Vikram Sai, Murugan G., et al. 2023. Evaluation of weed management approaches on weed dynamics, yield and economics of puddled rice under different plant techniques. ORYZA- An International Journal on Rice 60(4): 597-602. doi:10.35709/ory.2023.60.4.12 [accessed January 2, 2023]
- • Jena, Pooja, Manoher Saryam, et al. 2022. Assessment of NGOs activities for disseminating SRI technique among paddy growers. International Journal of Agricultural Sciences 18: 31-35. [accessed January 1, 2024]
- Hussain, Ashaq, Aabid Hussain Lone, et al. 2023. Seedling vigour and quality as influenced by soil media in SRI and conventional rice nursery methods. SKUAST Journal of Research 25(4): 578-584. doi:10.5958/2349-297X.2023.00071.5 [accessed January 2, 2024]
New Links to Online Publications (and SRI-Related Social Media sites) 2024
(see also Latest Research directly above and Recent Uploads below for new material on our site).
- Haougui, Adamou, et al. 2022. Manuel du système de riziculture intensive (SRI) pour le riz irrigué au Niger. Inter-réseaux website. May 9. [French language extension manual from Niger] [accessed January 30, 2024]
- IICA and VCMI. 2023. Opportunités pour le secteur agricole et le carbone bleu en Amerique Latine et dans les Caribes dans les marchés volountaires du carbone (Agricultural and blue carbon market oportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean). IICA repository, September. (1.382MB, 17p.) [See also English version] [Brief mention of SRI potential with respect to policy] [accessed January 31, 2024]
- 2023. Le couplage de l’approche Smart-valleys et SRI mis au service de l’adaptation aux changements climatiques. Inter-réseaux website. September 21. [13p. 81MB pdf] [French language project by the NGO ECLOSIO in Benin and supported by GCCA+ AO. It aims to capitalize on the Smart Valleys practice which was implemented by AfricaRice at various time during the past 20 years in Benin, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo.]
Documents Uploaded on our Website 2024 (Includes new pages added to the SRI-Rice website)
Videos / Audiofiles - 2024 (either uploaded by SRI-Rice OR linked to from our website)
- 2024 (February 17). SRI পদ্ধতিতে ধান চাষ। ধান চাষের আধুনিক পদ্ধতি। কৃষি শিক্ষা। Learning Agriculture -কৃষিবিদ আবু তৌহিদ. Learning Agriculture channel, YouTube. [Tamil language SRI tutorial] [accessed March 15, 2024]
- 2024 (March 6). Co benefits and tradeoffs of agricultural mitigation and adaptation in rice based cropping systems. 1:32:16 min. Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases channel, YouTube. [GRA Croplands Research Group & AgMIP. Presented as part of the GRA Flagship project: “Evaluation of Mitigation and Adaptation Co-benefits (MAC-B) of Agricultural GHG Emission Reduction Strategies Over Time.”
- 2024 (February 29). Fostering Partnerships to Advance Climate Smart Paddy Rice in Africa. 1:48:43 min. African Climate Action Partnership channel, YouTube. [This African Climate Action Partnership webinar features three groups (including SRI-2030) exploring opportunities to collectively advance pathways for low emission and climate-smart rice production.]
- 2024 (February 28). Paddy - SRI Nursery Bed. 3:56 min. digitalgreen channel, YouTube. [Good, short explanation in Hindi(?) of how to make a SRI nursery.
- 2024.ஒரு நெல் நடவு தொழில்நுட்பம் ற்றிய தகவல்கள் | System of Rice Intensification | 17:48 min. Makkal TV channel. [Tamil language TV video clip explaining SRI]
- 2024 (February 2, 2024). PReCA _ Le Systeme de Riziculture Intensive . 12:56 min. PReCA channel, YouTube. [French language SRI video from Projet de Résilience et de Compétitivité Agricole (PRéCA) in Burkina Faso.]
- 2020. SRI The System of Rice Intensification. 2:25 min. ADRA Bangladesh, Facebook. [Video about the SRI work by ADRA Bangladesh. [accessed February 10, 2024]
- Review Power Weeder Daun Mas @binaunggulsejahtera9820 berbagai type dilahan dalam. 6:20 min. Bina Unggul Sejahtera channel, YouTube.
- 2016. ANCAR : introduction du système de riziculture intensive SRI dans le Bassin Arachidier Sud Sénégal. 16:52 min. ANCAR channel, YouTube. [French language ANCAR video on SRI in Bassin Arachidier Sud Senegal] [accessed February 4, 2024]
- 2022 (June 17). 2022有機稲作栽培研修会+水田除草機実演会 in 佐渡. 5:41 min.(2022.6.17). JA佐渡広報 channel, YouTube. [Several interesting Japanese weeder designs shown at a field day.] [accessed February 3, 2024]
- 2024 (January). ஒரு நெல் நடவு தொழில்நுட்பம் பற்றிய தகவல்கள் | System of Rice Intensification. Makkal TV channel, YouTube. [Tamil language description of SRI]
- 2024. SRI Kheti -Dugna Munafa | Double production - Double benefit. 3:32 min. Baar Vlogs channel, YouTube. [Video on pulling and transplanting seedlings, and weeding.]
- 2024 (January 30). Episode 1108. 26:46min. [SRI discussion starts at min.10:13 and ends at 16:27 min.] Maryland Farm and Harvest series. Maryland Public Television. [One of the speakers is a Maryland rice farmer from Purple Mountain Organics who adapted SRI to produce dryland rice.]
- (Audio) 2021. Nazirahk Amen of Purple Mountain Organics. The No-Till Growers Podcast Network. [Jesse interviews Nazirahk Amen, a Maryland farmer who grows dryland SRI rice.] [accessed January 2, 2024]
- 2024. (January). System of Rice Intensification - Key Points. short. Agriquize.2k18 channel, YouTube. [accessed January 16, 2024]
- 2024 (January 10). Asia Initiatives - SRI project for empowerment of women in Sindhudurg district. 4:36 min. Dilasa Janvikas Pratishthan channel, YouTube. [SRI project by Asia Initiatives for 1100 women in 25 villages in Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.]
- 2023 (October). Precision weeder & aerator - Revolutionizing Rice Production: Innovations in Crop Cultivation. 5:31 min. Asif Sharif channel, YouTube. [Motorized weeder/aerator invented in 2008 from Pedaver in Pakistan.] [accessed January 10, 2024]
- 2023 (July 22). Interesting Facts of SRI (System of Rice Intensification). 3:51 min. Agri-Tutorial channel, YouTube. [Hindi explanation of SRI practices.] accessed January 10, 2024]
* indicates SCI, which is adaptation of SRI principles to other crops