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In the Press - 2020

October 2020

• Local government urge to work with development partners [Agriculture Policy Research in Africa (APRA) Country Representative says SRI will benefit farmers, including women. Suggests Local Govt. Authorities work with partners to support SRI.]
  October 22, 2020, Daily News (Tanzania)
• 因應水情嚴峻 桃市舉行抗旱應變會議 (In response to severe water conditions, drought response meeting held) [SRI suggested]
  October 19, 2020, HiNet (Taiwan)
• Serahkan bantuan Alsintan di Karangasem, Gus Adhi dan SOKSI totalitas sejahterakan petani, "Sepi Ing Pamrih Rame Ing Gawe" [SRI suggested to reduce water use in Eastern Bali, Indonesia]
  October 17, 2020, MetroBali (Bali, Indonesia)
• Office riz Mopti : Malgré les inondations, l’espoir est permis [In the rice area of Mali's Mopti region, govt reports that 400+ producers (1/3 women) have received training, particularly in SRI as supported by CIV/GIZ.]
  October 1, DePeches du Mali (Mali)

September 2020

• Growing rice, healing the soil: Project tests new method in southern US [SRI project in Louisiana.]
  September 30, Alexandria Town Talk (USA)
• ATMAs conduct activities for farmers across Nagaland [A number of blocks have SRI activities conducted by ATMA]
  September 22, 2020. Nagaland Post (Nagaland, India)
• PPAAO-TOGO : À 95% d’exécution, plus de 600 000 bénéficiaires dans le secteur agricole [SRI among technologies promoted by decade long World Bank-funded WAAPP-TOGO program.]
  September 22, 2020, Togo First (Togo)
• Paddy farmers begin preparing nursery [Joint Director of Agriculture says Agricultural dept. extensively promotes SRI on Madurai's 49,900 ha for Samba season.]
  September 12, 2020, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Nagaland farm school inauguration and trainings held at several locations
  September 11, 2020, Eastern Mirror (Nagaland, India)
• SRI farming successful in Tuophema village [SRI Farm School launched by ATMA Kohima Botsa block in Tuophema village, Nagaland, on Sept. 3.]
  Septmeber 8, 2020, Morung Express (Nagaland, India)
• Conservation of traditional rice varieties take a new path [M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) begins a 3-year experiment to study traditional varieties and the best SRI practices to grow them.]
  September 1, 2020, The Hindu (Kerala, India)
  

August 2020

• Green development: Strategising mitigation of agricultural methane emissions [SRI, in combination with solar-powered drip emitters along with artificial intelligence (AI)-embedded systems could be the best bet to increase rice yield and mitigate methane emission significantly.]
  August 24, 2020, Financial Express (India)
• Trabajos de INIA sobre arroz en Chile son destacados por Universidad estadounidense [A review from Chile of the SRI-Rice Chile page!]
  August 15, 2020, San Carlos Online (Chile)
• Metode tanam padi SRI, bina tani organik [Farmers group in Desa Jirak go from 1 to 7 tons/ha with SRI]
  August 13, 2020, LamanQu (Sumatera Selatan, Indonesia)
• Lotus Foods Basmati Is first rice to achieve Regenerative Organic certification [This rice is grown with SRI methods.]
  August 11, 2020, Cision PR Newswire (USA)
• Nagarathnam Naidu, the ryot who turned barren land into fertile farm [Telangana farmer tames wasteland; gets 92 bags/acre of paddy with SRI.]
  August 10, 2020, Telangana Today (Telangana, India)
• Irrigation plots increase by 233,715 hectares in five years
  August 4, 2020, Daily News (Tanzania) [article also carried in AllAfrica]

July 2020

• Project revives interest in rice farming [Community representatives visited Kg Tambatuon in the Mt Kinabalu foothills of Kota Belud, Sabah, to see the more climate-friendly SRI in action.]
  July 30, 2020, Borneo Today (Sabah, Malaysia) [A similar article is posted in Borneo Post Online.]
• Volunteers at farm replace machines -- transplant paddy by hand
  July 28, 2020, Times of India (Karnataka, India)
• After success in trial, S Goa farmers grow basmati rice [Basmati trials used SRI]
  July 20, 2020, Times of India (Goa, India)
• Chiephobozou SDAO introduces system of rice intensification [Nagaland farmers in Chiephobozou learn SRI under India's National Food Security Mission.]
  July 16, 2020, Eastern Mirror (India)
• We are expecting a good crop, say kuruvai farmers [SRI to be promoted on 80% of the 4,800 ha of canal-irrigated areas in Tiruchi district.]
  July 2, 2020, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
  

June 2020

• PPAAO-Togo: Des resultats salutaires (DOSSIER) [Extension of WAAPP program through 2019 continues with SRI promotion.]
  June 27, 2020, Savoir News (Togo)
• SRI Paddy Cultivation: इस खास तकनीक से कम बीज और खाद में करें धान की बुवाई, ये है खेती का तरीका
  June 27, 2020, Krishijagran, (India)
• Hà Nội in the front line on curtailing the use of pesticide [According to the article, total area under SRI in Hà Nội is about 60%.].
  June 19, 2020, Vietnam News (Vietnam)
• #Monsoon2020: Two new technologies to boost rice production and conserve natural resources [Author suggests DSR and SRI for upcoming monsoon season.]
  June 9, 2020, Krishi Jagran (India)
• Royalty, MSP hike evoke mixed response [G.S. Unnikrishnan Nair, a retired Additional Director of Agriculture, says Increasing MSP and royalties for rice land is good, but SRI should be promoted to increase productivity]
  June 2, 2020, The Hindu (Kerala, India)
• الزراعة : نستهدف التوسع فى الأرز الموفر للمياه عبر الحقول الإرشادية (Agriculture: We aim to expand water-saving rice through extension fields) [SRI and new varieties to be used together to reduce water usage in rice.]
  June 2, 2020, Al-Mal News (Egypt)
• Togo: Apprendre les meilleures pratiques agricoles grâce à l’application « SimulAgri »
  May 30, 2020 (accessed June 7, 2020), La Voix de la Nation (Togo)

May 2020

• Importance of food self sufficiency in relation to havoc of corona in Nepal [SRI among suggestions to increase food self-sufficiency during covid-19 pandemic]
  May 2020, myRepublica (Nepal)
• Farmers remain focused on SRI techniques amid COVID-19
  May 25, 2020, Daily Observer (Liberia) [Also carried on AllAfrica]
• Kendala dan tantangan pertanian KSB sejauh ini
  May 21, 2020, Kabar Media Citra (Sumbawa Barat, Indonesia)
  
• Agriculture:Voici pour vous, la nouvelle version de Simulgames. Vidéo [Learning video games teach SRI in Togo]
  May 9, 2020, Togo Times (Togo)
• SRI method takes a back seat in paddy cultivation
  May 2, 2020, Times of India (Goa, India)

April 2020

• Encourage SRI method (Letters to the editor) [Rajiv Maga suggests mechanized SRI for Covid19 times.]
  April 24, 2020, Hindu Businessline (Karnataka, India)
• COVID-19 in Rural India-XX: Life on Hold in Tripura
  April 22, 2020, NewsClick (Tripura, India)
• Kilimo shadidi 'System of rice intensification (SRI)' ni mbinu ya kisasa ya inayosaidia wakulima kupata mavuno mengi [Swahili article about SRI in Tanzania]
  April 4, 2020, Mtanzania (Tanzania)
• Metode tanam SRI, upaya Dompet Dhuafa jaga sumber pangan saat pandemi Covid-19 [Despite COVID-19, SRI trainings/harvests ongoing]
  April 4, 2020, Kompas (Central Java, Indonesia)

March 2020

• Improved irrigation infrastructure boosts crops' production in Mbeya
  March 19, 2020, IPPMedia (Tanzania)
• Madurai farmers wait endlessly for more DPCs [After 15 years, Madurai farmers generally adopt SRI now.]
  March 16, 2020, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Peran bioteknologi tanah dalam mencapai sistem pertanian berkelanjutan [Article about agroecology development in Indonesia that highlights SRI.]
  March 12, 2020, Bengkulu News (Bengkulu, Indonesia)
• SRI helping Ba Kelalan farmers produce chemical-free rice
  March 6, 2020, Borneo Post (Sarawak, Malaysia) [27 farmers from Long Langai in Sarawak's Ba Kelalan highlands harvested their second batch of Adan rice from pilot plots.]
• Badalta Bharat: Promoting growth in rural India [Adani Foundation's SRI initiative has changed the lives of 1,30,000 beneficiaries in almost 64 villages in and around Maharashtra’s Tirora town.]
  March 4, 2020, Republic (Maharashtra, India)

February 2020

• Hausse de 45% du budget de l'Office Riz Mopti [The regional Rice Office of Mopti expects cereal production of 184,690 tons of which 76% will be rice. The secretary general of the agricultural ministry stated that this will be possible using best agricultural practices through SRI.]
  February 24, 2020, CommodAfrica (Mali)
• Tamil Nadu budget 2020-21: Rs 11,000 crore allotted for crop loan [Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister says will be expanded to 27.18 lakh acres in 2020-21.]
  February 14, 2020, Times of India (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Nagai farmers reap success of SRI method [Four SRI farmers received ‘Best Farmer’ awards from their blocks on Republic Day.]
  February 12, 2020, New Indian Express (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Father, daughter duo gets Padma Shri for 30-year-long conservation experiment [Sabarmatee, long-time SRI champion, and her father win a prestigious award in India.]
  January 27, 2020, The Hindu (Odisha, India) [accessed February 7, 2020]

January 2020

• Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi Palaniswami presents State awards during Republic Day function [S. Yuvakumar, farmer from Kunnangattu Valasu, Pasuvapatti village in Erode district received special award for highest yield by adopting SRI; award carries cash prize of Rs 5 lakh and a medal.]
  January 27, 2020, New Indian Express (Tamil Nadu, India)
• COP26: India must commit to landmark Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture [KJWA doc notes like SRI and Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative noted as sustainable solutions for water use efficiency]
  January 20, 2020, Financial Express (India)
• Autoridades visitaron ensayos de arroz de INIA que genera ahorro de agua [Guided by the head of the INIA Rice Genetic Improvement Program, Karla Cordero, the Maule agriculture authorities, together with the provincial governor of Linares, visited the demonstration plot maintained by the Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA) in the commune of Parral]
  January 15, 2020, El Centro (Chile)
• SRI farming methodology training under Jeevan Jeuti Krishak Sangha held in Morigaon [Day-long training held at farmers’ club held at Oujar; 300 youth farmers trained in SRI under the District Agriculture Department.]
  January 6, 2020, The Sentinel (Assam, India)
• 2020. Reos de Coclé sembrarán sus propios alimentos en granja de Llano Marín [Panama prisoners experiment with SRI methods in plan to grow their own food.]
  January 4, 2020, tvn Noticias (Panama)

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Blog Posts and Website Articles - 2020

• 2020. Spotlight on Lotus Foods.Middlebury National Foods Coop website. October 8. [Story of Lotus Foods, a pioneer in marketing rice grown with SRI methods.]
• 2020. The story of Pouk La and SRI Farmers. Tropical Agriculture Association website. October 8. [Story (and video link) about Pouk La, a Champion Farmer in Takeo province, Cambodia who has been practicing SRI since 2008 .]
• Thacker, Hency. 2020. The complete report on CSR activities of Nestle. October 6. [Nestle launched a water stewardship CSR initiative with AgSri at the Kabini river Basin in Karnataka, India. As of 2019, 300 farmers have adopted the SSI and SRI methods on 180 hectares for both sugarcane and paddy.]
• Sarian, Zac B. 2020. Dennis Miguel: He wanted to break the world record rice yield! zac b. sarian blog. Ocotber 4. [Filipino who tried to break the world rice yield record with SRI in 2019 reflects on his efforts which ultimately yielded 10 tons/ha.]
• 2020? System of Rice Intensification. PlantVillage website. [Penn State University's public access pages for smallholder farmers. This page has instructional material as well.] [accessed September 30, 2020]
• 2020. Five crops that are fighting poverty. The Borgen Project website. September 24. [Rice grown with SRI methods in Sierra Leone is highlighted.]
• 2020. Pouk La. SRI4Women website. September 20. [Pouk La is a champion farmer in Takeo Province in Cambodia who has been using SRI since 2008. The story is accompanied by a video.]
• PIB Chennai. 2020. System of Rice Intensification to ensure record food grain output - Prime Minister announces Rs 1,00,000 crore aid to enhance agriculture infrastructure. Press Information Bureau India website. August 17. [September 15, 2020]
• CLA. 2020. Tidak punya sawah tapi mau tanam padi, bisa di halaman rumah! Nusa Bali website. September 13. [Govt. extension agents teach urban rice production in polybags using SRI methods.]
• 2020. An innovation model for sustainable low-carbon agriculture in the Americas – The System of Rice Intensification. South-South Galaxy website. [Article about SRI in Latin America.] [accessed September 10, 2020]
• 2020. Agroforma: Formation de qualite secteur agro alimentaire Mali. La Côte d’Ivoire Agricole website. September 8. [Group offers agricultural networking and modules for Mali and the Sahel that include SRI.] accessed September 7, 2020]
• Independent Evaluation Group (IEG). 2020. West Africa Agric Prod Progrm (WAAPP-1C) completion report. CORAF website. [In Benin, rice yield increased from 2.5 t/ha to over 9 t/ha with SRI. In The Gambia, rice yield increased from 2.5 t/ha to over 9 t/ha with SRI. In Togo, improved rice varieties and SRI increased yield from 1.5 t/ha to 4 5 t/ha in 2019. Income increased by 64% with the adoption of improved rice varieties and over 500% when they were used in combination with SRI technology.] accessed September 7, 2020]
• 2020. Tackling agri methane to achieve Paris Agreement goals. Tatsat Foundation website. August 31. [Debesh Roy suggests suggests SRI and other measures to reduce CH4, and says "skilling farmers to adopt the SRI technique and disseminating its benefits needs to be prioritised by the central and state governments, and NABARD." [accessed September 7, 2020]
• Thacker, Hency. 2020. CSR initiatives benefitting farmers in India. CSR Journal. September 7. [Adani Foundation's SLD programme assisted 1,000 farmers in Gujarat's Tiroda region in using SRI to reduce their cultivation costs by 33% and increase crop productivity by 51%.]
• 2020. African Development Bank project tripled incomes of rural producers and traders. African Business Focus website. September 3. [ADB's $56.8 million MIVRAF project in Tanzania (2012-2017): Increase attributable to value-added products, improved access to markets, increased productivity, the use of improved techniques (including SRI, fertilizer and improved seed) and enhanced capacity to negotiate better prices.]
2020. Neue wege im reisanbau führen aus der krise. Jesuitenweltweit website. August 28. [Story about farmers in Jesuit programs in Cambodia using SRI during the COVID crisis.]
• 2020. Financial Security from Agriculture. Rajiv Ghandi Charitable Trust website. [RGMVP teaches SRI and System of Wheat Intensification (SWI), which has resulted in yield increase by 30%.]
• Simcik, Cameron. 2020. How Lotus Foods is changing the rice category from paddy to plate. New Hope Network website. August 19. [Story of Lotus Foods, a rice importer who has been importing SRI-grown rice for a decade.]
• 2020. Universidad de Cornell, EE.UU. reconoció metodología INIA en producción de arroz en Chile. INIA Chile blog. August 17. [Spanish language blog post about INIA's SRI collaboration in Chile with Cornell and IICA.]
• Canzano, Julia. 2020. How ECHO is fighting global hunger and poverty. Borgen Project website. August 17. [SRI progress in Togo cited as the example of ECHO successful practices around the world.]
• 2020. Polsek Sungai Keruh Muba ikuti panen bersama padi organic di Desa Jirak. Divisi Humas Polres website. August 14. [Indonesian language article about a Pertamina CSR project for organic SRI in Jirak, South Sumatera]
• 2020. Successful innovation attempt by a Venezuelan farmer to improve rice resilience. IICA website. August 13. [Account of an ongoing SRI project in Venezuela.]
• 2020. Combating food insecurity during COVID-19. Partners NGO website. July 29. [SRI is among organic innovations promoted by Partners in Myanmar and Thailand.] [accessed August 3, 2020]
• India CSR Network. 2020. CSR: HCCB aiming big towards Green Revolution in India. Indiacsr website. July 27. [Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) is enabling farmers in the village of Goblej, near Ahmedabad, Gujarat, to adopt SRI.]
• Bush, Glenn, et al. 2020. Primary forest protection and food security in the DRC: research and policy engagement for managing the GHG tradeoffs in land use decisions. Woods Hole Research Institute (congo-biogeochem.com)
• Zachariah, Serene Sarah. 2020. 7 acres of barren land now flourishes with rice & apples, thanks to 66-YO farmer. The Better India website. July 22.
• Bose, Hiren Kumar. 2020. How Nivaje transformed into a model village. Village Square website. [How SRI is part of village becoming a prosperous model village in India.] [accessed July 17, 2020]
• Date? Nos activités menées en SRI. AMAPAD website. [The NGO AMAPAD's SRI work in Burkina Faso (French). [accessed July 15, 2020]
• EHEditor. 2020. Environment smart rice farming. EnvironHeroes website July 15.
• . 2020. Kegiatan panen raya padi pola SRI (System Of Rice Intensification) DI. Katua Komplek dan DI. Pelaparado Tahun Anggaran 2020. BWS Nusa Tenggara I webpage. July 14. [Harvest Festival by public works and other Indonesian govt. agencies on the island of Sumbawa, NTB]
• Adél, Alexis . 2020. Tanzania: African Development Bank project tripled incomes of rural producers and traders. AfDB group website. July 7.
• 2020. Morogoro’s best farmer | FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Indifact website. June 22. [Story of Godfrey Joseph Pascal, one of 150 youths trained in SRI by FAO and the Tanzanian Government ]
• 2020. Siswazah tidak punya kerja tetap disaran usahakan tanaman padi organik. Bernama website. June 23. [Article from Malaysia about SRI Lovely, which promotes SRI.]
• 2020. Panen lebih banyak! Ini dia cara budidaya padi organik terbaru. Greenstoreon blog. June 22. [Indonesian language description of SRI practices.]
• 2020. SRI : Système de Riziculture Intensive. Tinga-Neere website. [Accessed June 6, 2020] [Article by the Tinga-Neer organization about SRI, primarily in Burkina Faso.]
• 2020. CSR: Vedanta’s Hindustan Zinc becomes water-positive on World Environment Day 2020. The CSR Journal. June 5. [On World Environment Day 2020, Hindustan Zinc, part of Vedanta, became a water-positive company. Livelihood programs undertaken by Vedanta...have motivated several farmers to adopt modern farming techniques SRI which has doubled yields and enhanced incomes.]
• 2020. Manfaat System of Rice Intensification terhadap varietas padi di Indonesia. Agroklimat UGM website. [Universitas Gadja Mada's Agroclimate program discusses WUE with red and black varieties as well as Ciherang, dan IR64. Red had best water-use efficiency and black rice was lowest.] [accessed June 3, 2020]
• Pambudi, Ridho. 2020. Komunitas kebon belajar: Mengenal alam dan menciptakan pangan secara mandiri. Greeners.co website. May 27. [Students learn about SRI and other techniques in community garden program in West Java, Indonesia.]
• Riemens, Patrice. 2020. Part ... 0X0: In Memoriam Roberto ‘Obet’ Verzola. The MonaCovid Chronicles blog. May 23. [Notes on Obet's life following his memorial service. Obet was a SRI pioneer in the Philippines.]
• 2020. Know about System of Rice Intensification. Agademy website. [SRI overview article from India]
• Mokurai. 2020. Renewable Roundup: The lowdown on Project Drawdown. Red, Green and Blue website. May 20. [This article, which includes SRI in the list of activities to slow climate change, also has several videos delivered on Earth Day during April.]
• Karelia, Gopal. 2020. TN astrophysicist gives up French fellowship to help 1500 farmers earn more! The Better India website. February 27. [accessed May 12, 2020]
• 2020. “Burkina Faso Can Reduce Import of Rice,” Researcher. CORAF website. May 4. [Article about rice breeding, though it references past gains due to the SRI-WAAPP program several years ago.]
• Makruf, Anas. 2020. Sistem SRI tanam benih muda lebih hemat hasil melimpah. carabudidaya.id website. April 28. [Indonesian language post reviewing the reasons and principles of SRI.]
• Penrhys-Evans, Toby. 2020. How SRI technology and irrigation has transformed Anita’s life. Future Agricultures blog. April 23. [Find out how SRI transformed a farmer's life in the Njage irrigation scheme in Tanzania.]
• Held, Lisa. 2020. Could changing the way we farm rice be a climate solution? Civil Eats website. April 23.
• Blumenfeld, Jenna. 2020. 50 ways the natural products industry can love the Earth. New Hope Network website. April 22. [SRI included Earth Day article on 50 ways natural products are good for the planter.]
• 2020. Del laboratorio al campo: Las investigaciones más destacadas del INIA del mes de febrero. Mundoagro website. April 15. [Summary of INIA Quilamapu's recent work with SRI in Parrall, Chile.]
• Mantava, John. 2020. FarmBiz TV: Irrigation Board launches rice scheme to double yields. FarmBiz Africa website. April 11. [The National Irrigation Board in Kenya has launched a new rice production system (SRI) to improve food security. The programme combines using certified seeds and intensive water management with high levels of farmer sensitization.]
• Haryono, Moch. 2020. Budidaya padi dengan SRI lebih menguntungkan. Radio Republik Indonesia website. April 9. [To increase rice productivity through SRI, the Madiun District Agriculture and Fisheries Office (East Java, Indonesia) will make numerous pilots as their SRI demo plots so far have never failed.]
• Rohayana, Dede, et al. 2019. Budidaya padi dengan System of Rice Intensification. BPTP Lampung website. October 10. [Extension material in Bahasa Indonesia.]
• Barua, Ananya. 2020. Bihar’s ‘Mushroom Mahila’ empowers 10K women, now earns lakhs! The Better India website. [Prize-winning Bihar woman mushroom farmer also helped 2,500 farmers create self-help groups, and taught them the SRI.] [accessed April 1, 2020]
• Mwajombe, Kizito K. 2020. Njage Farmers preparing to take rice commercialisation to the next level. Futures Agricultures blog. March 30. [Many rice farmers in Njage village under CWAUNJA, an irrigation scheme farmer association, have been using SRI since 2009 when it was introduced by collective efforts of the district extension services, Kilombero Plantation Limited (KPL), USAID, and others.. Tanzania]
• Yattara, Mahamadou. 2020. Office Riz Mopti: Hausse de 45% du budget. Maliweb website. March 9. [Mopti Rice Office increases budget by 45%. SRI figures prominently in plans along with irrigation.]
• Lakshmi. 2020. #EachforEqual: Impact Stories: PRADAN WOMEN. Feature article, Krishijagran website. March 7. [#EachforEqual, PRADAN introduced a new method of Agriculture, System of Root Intensification (SRI) in Debgaon in Chhattisgarh. Entire village adopted SRI following year.]
• 2020. System of Rice Intensification. Project Drawdown website, solutions section. [updated section on SRI's effect on GHGs.]
• 2020. Tips sukses budidaya tanaman padi organik dengan System of Rice Intensification (Sri). Istana Tanaman blog. February 28. [Tips for successfully growing rice with SRI methods.]
• 2020. 5 Cara AQUA menjaga kelestarian sumber air. AQUA website. February 28. [Bottled water company support SRI as one of the ways to reduce environmental pollution (through reduced use of agrochemicals).
• Saliboko, Merveille. 2019. Sud-Kivu et Tanganyika: professionnaliser la riziculture avec PICAGL. Rikolto website. August 20. [DRC] [accessed February 17, 2020]
• Dwyer, Augusta. 2020. [Growing a green, healthy rice bowl. The Good Men Project website. February 3. [Informational piece about SRI]
• Greenpeace. 2020. 水稻強化栽培系統SRI介紹 (Introduction to SRI). Greenpeace Taiwan website. February 5. [Chinese language article with basic SRI principles.]
• *2020. Reaping a better future. Caritas India website. February 1. [Story of CARITAS-India program that has SWI.]
• MDPI. 2020. Special Issue "The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Contributions to Agricultural Sustainability". Agronomy journal. [Announcement of upcoming special issue on SRI. Deadline for manuscript submissions: Nov. 1, 2020] [accessed January 31, 2020]
• 2020. Mengenal SRI Organik Indonesia. pertanianku.com website. January 31. [Indonesian language article about Organic SRI in Indonesia]
• 2020. Latar belakang terciptanya System of Rice Intensification (SRI). pertanianku.com website. January 30. [Indonesian language article about the history and value of Organic SRI in Indonesia]
• de Rosary, Ebed. 2020. Rahmat Adinata dan mimpi jadikan Sumba Pulau Organik Mongabay website. January 11. [Article about helping the island of Sumba in Indonesia become organic, which includes promotion of SRI.]
• Zevnik, Neil. 2019. How Lotus Foods reduces impact of rice growing on the environment. betternutrition magazine, healthy eating section. December 1. [accessed January 16, 2020]
• Pannell, Marvin. 2020. Paths out of poverty in Myanmar: Haircuts, textiles, rice and more. Reliefweb website. January 6. [Church World Service Country rep from Myanmar reports on ACT Alliance project that supports SRI Farmer Field Schools in Kayin State. A farmer interview indicated tripling of rice yields with SRI.]

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Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - acquired during 2020

(listed in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles).
- Red dot ( •) indicates article is freely available; * asterisk is SCI (other than rice)

• Htwe, Than, et al. 2020. Energy use efficiency and cost-benefits analysis of rice cultivation: A study on conventional and alternative methods in Myanmar. Energy (in press). 10.1016/j.energy.2020.119104 [accessed October 20, 2020]
• • Kasim, Musliar, et al. 2016. Studi persepsi dan tingkat adopsi petani padi terhadap penerapan System of Rice Intnensification (SRI) di Kota Payakumbuh. Research report, Andalas University (Indonesia), 39p. [accessed October 20, 2020]
• • Usman, Y., et al. 2020. Comparatif analysis on working time allocation of the system of rice intensification (SRI) and non-SRI rice farming in West Sumatra. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 385. Paper presented at the Conference on Agrifood System Towards Agriculture 4.0 and Delivery of Sustainable Developments Goals, 4-7 September 2018, Padang, Indonesia.
• • Ardiansyah, A., et al. 2020. Performance of SRI rice growth on soil accustomed to conventional cultivation methods. Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal 22(3): 11-18. [accessed October 16, 2020]
• • Irham, et al. 2020. Indonesian organic farmers: The long journey of farmers' groups towards organic farming sustainability (A case study in Rukun Farmers Group, Yogyakarta). IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 518: 012030. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/518/1/012030 [accessed October 11, 2020]
• Aldy Yudha Irawan. 2014. Potensi Trichoderma harzianum dan Bacillus firmus dalam Mengendalikan Penyakit – Penyakit Penting pada Tanaman Padi (Oryza sativa L.) dengan Metode System of Rice Intensification (SRI).
• Pujarani, Gandheswari. Pengaruh jarak tanam dan penjarangan terhadap pertumbuhan dan hasil tanaman padi lahan kering (Oryza sativa L.) varietas Situ Bagendit dengan metode SRI (System of Rice Intensification).
• Menakaadnyana, Gede. 2011. Pertumbuhan dan hasil panen padi System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Agrotrop: Journal on Agriculture Science 1(2): [accessed October 9, 2020]
• • Kavitha, M.P., P. Paramaguru, and M. Uma Maheswari. 2020. Doubling farmers income through system of rice intensification and comparative analysis of SRI and conventional method of rice cultivation in Theni district of Tamil Nadu. International Journal of Chemical Studies 8:(4) 414-416. doi:10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i4g.10180 [accessed October 9, 2020]
• • Prasetya, I Kadek Andrie, I Wayan Tika, and Sumiyati. Kajian pengematan air irigasi pada metoday System of Rice Intensification (SRI) dan teknik irigasi berselang (mgenyatin) pada bidudaya padi studi kasus di Subak Sigaran). Jurnal BETA (Biosistem dan Teknik Pertanian) 2(2): 1-9 [accessed October 9, 2020]
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• Prasad, C Shambu. 2020. Constructing alternative socio-technical worlds: Re-imagining RRI through SRI in India. Science, Technology & Society (online first March 5, 2020) doi: 10.1177/0971721820903002
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• • Singh, Chandran, et al. 2018. Performance of INM modules and different cultural practices on growth, yield and yield attributes of Basmati rice. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 7(special issue): 5140-5146 [accessed February 2, 2020]
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• • Akiho, Sayaka. 2020. How "Khmer product" is made through development process: Focusing on changing the value of agricultural products in contemporary Cambodia. Journal of Asian Rural Studies 4(1): 71-87 [accessed January 31, 2020]
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New Links from our Website to Online Publications (and SRI-Related Social Media sites) (2020)
(see also Latest Research directly above and Recent Uploads below for new material on our site).

• 2020. Rice strategic partnership. SAGCOT website. August 2020. [Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) brochure that highlights progress with SRI in Kilombero and Mbeya.]
• 2020. Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) technical brief. Flood Resilience Portal website. May 2020. [Document by Concern Worldwide that categorizes CSA interventions and timelines for project development.] [accessed August 22, 2020]
• FAO-Myanmar. 2020. Farmers willing to use climate-smart agriculture techniques including system of rice intensification in wider scale in Labutta. FAO Myanmar website. June. [accessed June 19, 2020]
• Lotus Foods. Lotus Foods 25 year anniversary brochure. Lotus Foods website. February 28.
• Setiawan, B.I., and E. Yamaji. 2019. ‘Successful Adaptation Measures for Inland and Coastal Food Security’, in Anbumozhi, V., M. Breiling, and V. Reddy(eds.), Towards a Resilient ASEAN Volume 1: Disasters, Climate Change, and Food Security: Supporting ASEAN Resilience. Jakarta, Indonesia: Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, pp. 109-136.

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Recent Documents Uploaded on our Website (2020) (Includes new pages added to the SRI-Rice website)

• [Web pages updated during October 2020: 2020 additions, Indonesia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, home page, India news, India research, India videos, journal articles, videos, September 2020 additions (new page), events]
• Chile page on SRI-Rice website (now public as of May 25, 2020)
• Bimba, Robert. 2020. CHAP helps reduce spread of COVID-19 among Liberian farmers using System of Rice Intensification (SRI) principles. SRI-Rice website, Liberia page. May 16. (3p. pdf)
• Uphoff, Norman. 2020. Comments in memoriam for Roberto Verzola. SRI-Rice website, Philippines page. May 15. (1p. pdf)
• Mati, Bancy. 2020. Local manufacture of rotary weeders is linked to adoption of SRI in Kenya. SRI-Rice website. March 30. [6p pdf]
• Fulford, Mark. 2020, Application of SCI ideas to orchard management/intensification SRI-Rice website, SCI section. April 10.
• Fisher, Lucy. 2020. Monthly additions to the SRI-Rice website. [uploaded monthly]

Videos / Audiofiles - 2020 acquisitions (either uploaded by SRI-Rice OR linked to from our website)

• 2020 (September 28). System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Alternative wetting and Drying (AWD). 7:27 min. education channel, YouTube. [Bangla language academic explanation of SRI from S. M. Shikha Mukhlesur Rahman College Bangladesh.]
• 2020 (September 16). Panen Perdana Singgamani. 5:57 min. YAPIDI channel, YouTube. [Organic SRI rice harvest in Singgamanik village, Karo Regency, in Sumatra Utara, Indonesia. The farmer group is assisted by the YAPIDI organization.]
• 2020 (September 11). Chapter no 5 System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Method of Rice Cultivation. 27:16 min. channel, YouTube. [Introductory lecture on SRI Prof Waghmode B.R. at K.K. Wagh College of Agriculture, Nashik, Maharashtra, India]
• 2020 (August 14). Permakultur pada Tanaman Padi SRI Kelompok Dampingan YAPIDI Desa Singgamanik. 4:19 min. YAPIDI channel, YouTube. [Organic SRI rice production in Singgamanik village, Karo Regency, in Sumatra Utara, Indonesia with farmer group that is assisted by the YAPIDI organization.] [accessed September 16, 2020]
• 2020 (September 13).திருந்திய நெல் சாகுபடியில் பயிர் பராமரிப்பு 🌾SRI paddy cultivation. 7:28 min. இவன் நவீன உகத்தின் உழவன் channel, YouTube. [Indian video on SRI planting.]
• 2020 (September 2). Pertanian Sistem SRI (System of Rice Intensification) oleh Yayasan Trukajaya. 54:39min. Trukajaya channel, YouTube. [In Indonesian, with English subtitles. SRI training put on by Yayasan Trukajaya in Central Java, Indonesia].
• 2020 (August 27). Sustainable Rice Intensification in Baguineda, Mali. 9:33 min. Green innovation centres channel, YouTube. [French language video with input from GIZ ag extension agent for SRI, Djiguiba Kouyate.]
• 2020 (August 19). ஒற்றை நாற்று நடவு முறை தொழில்நுட்பங்கள் | திருந்திய நெல் சாகுபடி system of rice intensification 3:13 min. Sirkali TV channel, YouTube. [Tamil language discussion of SRI.]
• 2020 (August 17). Story from the field: Adoption Experience of SRI. 7:23 min. CIPT-channel, YouTube. [Interview with a SRI farmer near Ludhianan, Punjab, who is part of a Centers for International Projects Trusts (CIPT) program.]
• 2020 (August 11). Betsaida Soublette, Experiencia SRI. Venezuela. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Spanish language video in which Betsaida Soublette, a rice researcher in Venezuela, describes her SRI trials she is conducting.]
• 2020 (August 10). Cara Menyiapkan Lahan Untuk Tabur Benih Padi Dengan Metode Tanam SRI. 2:53 min. Petani Cinta Alam channel, YouTube. [Short Indonesian language video about seedbed construction.]
• 2020 (August 7). Pertumbuhan padi Sistem SRI - System of Rice Intensification. 9:18 min. Kang Arif channel, YouTube. [Indonesian language video by extension agent.]
• 2020 (August 3). SRI method of rice cultivation at Varanashi Farms [Kannada Edition]. 6:27 min. Varanashi Organic Farms channel, YouTube. [Kannada language (India) instruction video on seed/seedbed/preparation and planting using SRI methods.]
• 2020 (August 1). Lesson In Organic Rice Planting, System of Rice Intensification SRI, Ba'kelalan Highlands Sarawak. 6:33 min. #bombasticborneo channel, YouTube. [Someone videos a training of SRI in Bekalalan, Sarawak, Malaysia. The trainer is from WWF.]
• 2020 (July 31). Penanaman Padi secara Intensi / System of Rice Intensification (S.R.I). 9:55 min. Forever Sabah Institute channel, YouTube. [SRI training video by the Forever Sabah Institute in Sabah, Malaysia.]
• 2020 (July 22). Budidaya Padi Organik Dengan Metode SRI (System of Rice Intensification). 12:12 min. TV Tani Indonesia channel, YouTube. [Indonesian language informational/instructional video on the govt. TV channel about organic SRI efforts by the govt in Bali.]
• 2020 (July 13). Kegiatan Panen Raya Padi Pola SRI (System Of Rice Intensification) | DI. Katua Komplek | T.A. 2020. 7:26 min. EquaFilms channel, YouTube. [Govt. meeting about SRI in Sumbawa Barat, Indonesia]
• 2020 (March 4). Système de riziculture intensive (SRI). 10:52 min. Agriculture Burkina Faso channel, YouTube.[French language video about SRI in Burkina Faso.] [accessed July 9, 2020]
• 2020 (July 4). कोकणातील आधुनिक "SRI" भातलावणी । System of Rice Intensification | Rice Farming In kokan. 16.39 min. Malvani Life channel, YouTube. [Marathi language (India) video on SRI planting with rope spacing. Note: The field look like there's a little too much water...]
• 2020 (July 4). SRI or System of Rice Intensification has increased rice production in developing countries. 1:56 min. Sukanto Roy channel, YouTube [Video about a large SRI adoption study in Bangladesh .]
• 2020 (June 30). Organic SRI Rice Nursery ll Basmati ll Chhattisgarh. 3:55 min. KHARSIA channel, YouTube. [Interesting ideas on organic nursery management (Chhattisgarh India).]
• 2020 (June 29). A Two-Row Motorized SRI Weeder Use in Malaysia. 3:47 min. Febri Doni channel, YouTube.
• 2020. (June 28). Mengenal Lebih Dekat 6 Prinsip System of Rice Intensification (SRI). 7:47 min. Agus Setyaningsih channel, YouTube. [Studetn project from Universitas Islam Riau on agricultural extension for SRI. (In Indonesian)]
• 2020 (June 25). SRI method paddy cultivation .श्री विधि से धान की खेती. 7:01 min. Naveen Jakhar channel, YouTube. [Hindi language video to help students in India prepare for comprehensive exams.]
• 2020 (June 16). ปลูกข้าวต้นเดียว 1ไร่ ใช้เมล็ดพันธุ์ 1กำมือ. สาวแบงค์ วันธรรมดา ชาวนาวันหยุด channel, YouTube. [A short introductory video on SRI in Thai language.]
• 2020 (June 15). सघन धान खेती प्रविधि || System of Rice Intensification (SRI) 3:57 min. Agro Tips channel, YouTube. [Nepali language video on how and why to implement SRI.]
• 2020 (June 14). Cara milih benih padi buat tanam padi organik dengan pola SRI organik. 10:16 min. Akang Gembol Thea 115 channel, YouTube. [Explanation on how to select good seedlings prior to SRI planting and how to properly handle the seedlings while planting. Indonesian language]
• 2020 (June 5). SRI System of rice intensification || सघन धान खेती प्रबिधि || Rice cultivation technique ||. 4:37 min. A for Agriculture channel, YouTube. [Nepali language video on how and why to implement SRI.]
• 2020 (June 3). ทำนาครั้งแรก กับการปลูกข้าวต้นเดียว แบบปราณีต. 5:03 min. สาวแบงค์ วันธรรมดา ชาวนาวันหยุด channel, YouTube. [Thai language video on SRI farming.]
• 2020 (May 26). SRI method of paddy cultivation in hindi || धान की बंपर खेती का राज ||. 5:31 min. Kishan online channel, YouTube [Hindi language explanation of SRI.]
• 2020 (May 21). What is SRI technology in paddy cultivation, धानमा SRI प्रविधि. 11:40 min. Agritech Nepal channel, YouTube. [Nepali video introducing SRI and its principles.]
• 2020 (May 19). Pertanian KSB. 6:28 min. Pertanian KSB channel, YouTube. [Dept. of Agriculture staff discuss the adoption of SRI to address water problems for paddy in West Sumbawa, Indonesia. (in Bahasa Indonesia)]
• 2020 (May 17). Persemaian padi praktis dan efisien metode SRI - System Rice of Intensification. 7:50 min. Kang Caping channel, YouTube. [Video in Bahasa Indonesia that provides practical information on making an SRI seedbed.]
• 2020 (May 10). Training on SRI in Rice. 1:02:15 min. Arunima's Uttarans channel, YouTube. [Video from India with detailed SRI instruction.]
• 2017. Liberia boosts its rice production. 4:47 min. Marketplace Africa section, CNN videos. [TV CNN video about rice marketing in Liberia. SRI section on CHAP begins at minute 2:09.]
• 2020 (April 30). 08 Paddy crops by 'SRI' Method | Dr. L. Narayana Reddy. 18:43 min. Nadoja Dr. L Narayanareddy Foundation channel, YouTube. [L. Narayana Reddy describes his insights gained after many years of SRI farming.] [accessed May 6, 2020]
• 2020 (April 22). Food for Earth Day - Session 21: Costa Rica. 56:33 min (SRI portion is min. 4:10-16:10), Future Food Institute channel, YouTube. [Kelly Witkowski talks about SRI in Costa Rica for 12 minutes in this Earth Day video for Future Food Institute (in Spanish).]
• 2020 (May 3). SRI Method of Rice. 7:01 min. Dr. Pronay Bala channel, YouTube. [Bengali language SRI intro video made by professor at Hazi Lalmia City College in Bangladesh]
• 2020 (April 7). Rice farmers yield expected to double up with the new System of Rice Intensification technology. 3:11 min. FarmBiz Africa channel, YouTube. [The National Irrigation Board in Kenya has launched a new rice production system (SRI) to improve food security. The programme combines using certified seeds and intensive water management with high levels of farmer sensitization.]
• 2020 (April 2). 7 Steps of System of Rice Intensification (SRI). 5:43 min. Karuna Battambang channel, YouTube. [See also German subtitle version]. [An SRI video on the work of the Karuna Battambang organization, a aid group by the Catholic Church in Cambodia.]
• 2019. (May 17). T&P du 30-03-2019 : [1ère Partie] Système de Riziculture Intensive . 12:32 min. FIRCA channel, YouTube. [Video from Cote d'Ivoire M. KOUAKOU Marcel est l’un des précurseurs e`n Côte d’Ivoire, producteur de riz vivant à Yamoussoukro] [accessed April 9, 2020.]
• 2020 (March 24). Budidaya padi organik metode tanam SRI. 12:00 min. nofi akbar channel, YouTube. [Instructions in Bahasa Indonesia on how to plant organic SRI paddy in Bali, Indonesia.]
• 2020 (March 4). Badalta Bharat: Promoting growth in rural India. 4:03 min. Republic website. [Adani Foundation's SRI initiative has changed the lives of 130,000 beneficiaries in almost 64 villages in and around Maharashtra’s Tirora town.]
• 2020 (March 2). Karuna Battambang Org. Agriculture research study of farmers best practices; English subtitle. 22:11 min. Karuna Battambang channel, YouTube. [Study of farmer best practices by Karuna Battambang Org in Cambodia.]
• 2019 (May 2). Alat Pematun Padi Sawah Dari Papan Bekas. 5:18 min. Tymoty Aquero channel, YouTube. [Indonesian video on how to make your own paddy weeder.] [accessed March 2, 2020]
• 2019 (September 11). Hama Rumut Sawah Pake Alat Ini. 10:25 min. Serabutan channel, YouTube. [Hand tool for weeding padi.] [accessed March 1, 2020]
• 2020 (February 10). Paddy Weeder Control Machine. 10:01 min. ndez herman channel, YouTube.
• 2019 (August 15). Alat Pembersih Rumput Disekeliling Tanaman Padi. 6:48 min. Double U channel, YouTube. [Indonesian video on how to make your own paddy weeder.] [accessed February 29, 2020]
• 2019 (August 8). Modifikasi Mesin Potong Rumput jd alat matun/pengiang padi. 10:39 min. Yendrik Purwanto channel, YouTube. [accessed February 28, 2020]
• 2020 (February 17). System of Rice Intensification CROAP Project Cambodia. 3:15 min. Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific channel, YouTube. [Farmer opinions of the SRI being promoted by the Centre for Research on Optimal Agricultural Practices (CROAP) project, a ministry of the Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang and Jesuit Service Cambodia.]
• 2020 (February 14). Paddy cultivation, with drip and mulch under SRI system. 5:13 min. Gronatura channel, YouTube. [Company in Kerala describes SRI with mulch and drip irrigation.]
• 2020 (February 7). SRI System of rice intensification. 9:35 min. Rajni vai Yadav channel, YouTube. [Indian language video with SRI demo/instruction.]
• 2020 (January 25). 8 from Odisha to get Padma Awards, Prof Radhamohan, his daughter Sabarmati to get Padmashri. 13:21 min. Kalinga TV channel, YouTube. [Kalinga News report, largely about Sabarmatee and her father winning the prestigious Padmashri award. Sabarmatee is a SRI pioneer in Odisha, India.]
• 2020 (January 4). Comment cultiver du riz - riziculture, mode d'emploi [Série Riziculture - 2]. 5:13 min. Le Potagiste channel, YouTube.

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Slide Presentations (Primarily PowerPoint) - 2020 acquisitions

• Witkowski, Kelly. 2020. SRI in the Americas: S-S Cooperation to Accelerate action. 5 slides. September 23. United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) website. [Presentation at the webinar on Fostering South-South cooperation on nature-based solutions for a low-emission and climate-resilient recovery ] [accessed October 11, 2020]
• Ahamed, Soumique. 2020. SRI (Rice Farming). 44 slides. Soumique Ahamed channel, slideshare.net. [SRI lecture at the H.N.B Garhwal University, Srinagar, India.] [accessed September 8, 2020]
• 2019. Kỹ thuật thâm canh lúa cải tiến SRI. 42 slides. November 8, 2019. [Presentation (in Vietnamese) by the Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam.] [accessed August 2, 2020]
• Cordera Lara, Karla. 2018. Towards a More Sustainable Rice Crop: The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Experience in Chilean Temperate Japonica Rice. Poster presentation at the Third International Symposium on Rice Science in Global Health, held November 29-30, 2018. [uploaded January 19, 2020]
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* indicates SCI, which is adaptation of SRI principles to other crops.