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In the Press - 2018

May 2018

• Weekend, Bupati Luwu Timur Sambangi Petani di Angkona [Bupati of Luwu Timur, South Sulawesi, monitored SRI progress in Village Manggala, District Mangkutana.]
  May 7, 2018, TribunLutim (South Sulawesi, Indonesia)
• When Bhivpuri took a U-turn [Rural Communes NGO promotes SRI/SCI to improve yields. Better ventilation by spacing rows ensures improved growth, and shorter periods for crops to attain maturity.]
  May 4, 2018, Hindu Business Line (Maharashtra, India)
• *Government project to boost cane production [TN Ag. Dept. promoting SSI to deal with changing climate conditions and to raise yields.]
  May 4, 2018, New Indian Express (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Farmers urged to be proactive [Chet Bahadur was awarded as the best progressive farmer (Organic Farming) shared his SRI success story in May 2 Farmer Welfare Workshop in Singrijan village]
  May 3, 2018, Morung Express (Nagaland, India)
• Bumper vegetable, wheat yields push back farm distress in UP [At a time when farmers across the country are feeling marginalized, many unable to meet the rising costs of seeds, fertilisers, weighed down by loans, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF)SRI and SWI yields of both crops have increased 50 to 100 per cent and additional income has come from high value vegetable cultivation.]
  May 2, 2018, The Asia Age (Uttar Pradesh, India)
• Farmers’ welfare meet aims at doubling farmers’ income by 2022 [At farmers' welfare workshop, Neiliehunuo Solo shared her success story on how SRI helped her to decrease the labour and increase the yield and motivated her to till her paddy field after a gap of six years.]
  May 2, 2018, Eastern Mirror (Nagaland, India)
• Climate-smart production boosts West African rice self-sufficiency [New book recounts SRI experience SRI-WAAPP program, which involved 50,000 farmers in 13 West African countries.]
  May 1, 2018, Cornell Chronicle (New York: Re: West Africa)

April 2018

• How to make food and agriculture sustainable [Sustainable technologies like SRI suggested]
  April 30, 2018, Financial Express (India)
• Adopting new approaches to farming underscored [ICAR Interface Meeting stresses SRI and HYVs for rice production increase.]
  April 30, 2018, The Sangai Express (Manipur, India)
• Agriculture Dept ensures sustainability of production and income for farmers [SRI adopted to increase production of rice at low cost in West Bengal.]
  April 25, 2018, United News of India (West Bengal, India)
• Mali : Le Mali face au défi du développement agricole: L’incontournable promotion de l’agro-industrie Le rôle stratégique du Siagri [President gave a speech at the beginning of the agricultural season. Article mentions SRI as one of the new approaches introduced since 2013.]
  April 21, 2018, Maliactu.net (Mali)
• Filière rizicole -Sept tonnes à l'hectare atteint [Description of a mechanical transplanter that is giving 7 ton/ hectare yields. It lists a comparison of costs: Conventional 457 ariary kilo/hectare; SRA 357 ariary kilo/hectare; SRI 228 ariary kilo/hectare; mechanical transplanter 223 ariary kilo/hectare]
  April 201, 2018, L'Express de Madagascar (Madagascar)
• Panen padi teknologi System of Rice Intensification (SRI) di Kabupaten Dairi [Dairi District Government, Sumatera Utara, seeks to realize increased rice production with SRI.]
  April 19, 2018, IRLISID (Sumatera Utara, Indonesia)
• KVKs conduct trainings on crop productions in Kohima, Wokha [April 6 training at Nerhe Pezha covers SRI]
  April 18, 2018, Nagaland Post (Nagaland, India)
• Nilai Saham Golden Share Banyuwangi di Pertambangan Rp 580 M
  April 12, 2018, detiknews (East Java, Indonesia) [Banuwangi CSR project by the PT Bumi Suksesindo gold mine includes SRI.]
• Technology for society [SRI advocate Obet Verzola sends daily lessons to farmers via Short Message Service (SMS) messages]
  April 10, 2018, Panay News (Panay, Philippines)
• Summer paddy (SRI) demonstration providing fertilizer to farmers [Farmers in Pakokku included in SRI demonstration for summer paddy on 5 acres; fertilizer supplied]
  April 6, 2018, Myawady (Myanmar)
• ‘Rice intensification system’ can save farmers of parched Kashmir? [Amidst the worst concerns of the farmers in Kashmir in view of prolonged dry spell, SKUAST-K recommends SRI.]
  April 3, 2018, Greater Kashmir (Kashmir, India)
• Rice in water scarcity? Yes, why not [SRI has been described as one of the strategies that could contribute towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)]
  April 2, 2018, Greater Kashmir (Kashmir, India)

March 2018

• INIA presentó en Parral nuevo sistema de producción de arroz para enfrentar el cambio climático [Chile: INIA has trails on adapted SRI in Maule regions and northern part of Ñuble, and SRI field day with 130 farmers near Parral.]
  March 28, 2018, Mundo Agropecuario (Chile) [Story also covered in El Heraldo]
• Farming in Tamil Nadu ready for a turnaround
  March 25, 2018, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• En 2050, 5 milliards de personnes pourraient faire face à des pénuries d'eau
  March 22, 2018, L'info durable (France)
• Desa Ranggagata jadi lokasi percontohan
  March 22, 2018, Radar Mandalika (Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia) [similar article in kicknews.today]
• Mendulang rupiah melalui tanam padi 'Nyeleneh' ala SRI organik [Insights on organic SRI, increased tillering and yield, and how/why to do it]
  March 21, 2018, Liputan6 (Jawa Tengah, Indonesia)
• TN to introduce contract farming law soon [TN state budget: SRI will be promoted on 10 lakh hectares during 2018-2019.]
  March 15, 2018, The Hindu Business Line (Tamil Nadu, India)
• ECOWAS, CORAF collaborate to improve rice production
  March 14, 2018, Leadership (Nigeria)
• Farmers’ income doubled in six years [State Ag. Minister says SRI has been adopted to increase the production of rice at low cost]
  March 10, 2018, United News of India (Kolkata, India)
• Woman conservationist from Odisha receives ‘Nari Shakti Award’
  March 9, 2018, Odisha Sun Times (Odisha, India)
• Tra Vinh: AMD project helps farmers adapt to climate change [Priority for $1.54 million “Adaptation in the Mekong Delta” (AMD) project is for clean and water-saving vegetable cultivation, rice under SRI, and aquaculture.]
  March 7, 2018, Vietnam+ (Vietnam)
• Agri budget presented in Assembly [(SRI) has been adopted to increase the production of rice at low cost.]
  March 5, 2018, Millennium Post (West Bengal(?), India)
• Tanzania: New technology brings fortune Kilosa rice farmers [SRI allows paddy farmers to yield 350,000 kg per quarter acre as opposed to the traditional farming method that produces between 150,000 kg and 190,000 kg per quarter acre. It is implemented in Kilosa and Mvomero district centres.]
  March 5, 2018, AllAfrica.com (Tanzania)

February 2018

• Highlands to expand summer paddy cultivation with water supply improvements (in Burmese) [Includes 89 hectares of summer SRI rice]
  February 24, 2018, Myawadi (Myanmar)
• Timba ilmu bertani di Kebun-Kebun Bangsar [Bangsar Gardens using SRI in urban garden... along with many other crops]
  February 18, 2018, Kosmo Online (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
• Being different made all the difference [Story of a woman farmers who previously won an award for her work with SRI]
  February 15, 2018, Times of India (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Here’s how a Hyderabad farm has been experimenting with rice [Organic Telangana farm uses SRI for heirloom rice]
  February 14, 2018, The Hindu (Telangana, India)
• Japanese company to collaborate with regional distributor in rice production [Mechanized organic SRI production to be tested in collaboration with Japanese company]
  February 13, 2018, Myanmar Times (Myanmar)
• Tech push to boost crop yield
  February 8, 2018, The Telegraph (Jharkhand, India)
• CHAP develops roadmap for non-stop rice supply
  February 6, 2018, Daily Observer (Liberia)
• [Food security: Trying new rice cultivation method
  November 15, 2017 The Financial Express. Accessed Feb, 7, 2018]
• Professor explains implication of rice cultivation techniques for developing countries
  February 1, 2018, The Cornell Daily Sun (New York, USA)
  

January 2018

• New initiative pushes up rice output in Machinga
  January 30, 2018, The Nation (Malawi)
• SRI boosting rice production in Machinga [African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (AICC) says the SRI (SRI) among farmers in Machinga has helped to increase production
  January 29, 2018, MANA Online (Malawi)
• As the republic chugged into 69th year... [Notes that special award for achieving the highest yield of paddy in the state was given to farmer R Munusamy from Kullanur village who used SRI]
  January 27, 2018, The Times of India (Tamil Nadu, India)
• DOST exec hails organic farmers, assures technical support [ZIDOFA Farmers Group gets accolades for SRI work]
  January 26, 2018, The Daily Guardian (Panay, Philippines)
• Ketahanan pangan dan potensi pertanian (2-Habis) [Trisakti University prof notes SRI among food security measures.]
  January 25, 2018, ProKaltim (Kalimantan, Indonesia)
• ABU trains Bakolori farmers on new rice farming techniques [The Institute for Agricultural Research of the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria is training 1000 Bakolori farmers in SRI methods.]
  January 18, 2018, Daily Trust (Nigeria)
• Promoting sustainable agriculture [Biksham Gujja promotes SRI/SSI for TEC India agenda of the 2017-18 Union Budget]
  January 24, 2018, milleniumpost (India)
• Organic, regenerative agriculture thru SRI cultivation [Story of Zarraga Integrated Diversified Organic Farmers Association (ZIDOFA), who have used organic SRI since 2015]
  January 15, 2018, The Daily Guardian (Iloilo, Philippines)
• 青農的美好年代 屏科大「農藝復興」傳奇 [National Pingtung University in Taiwan values values and mixes smart technologies with traditional methods - cites SRI as example]
  January 12, 2018, Business Weekly (Taiwan)
• A river runs through it [The Cauvery water sharing dispute... SRI/SSI could reduce water need]
  January 11, 2018, Deccan Chronicle (Karnataka, India)
• Nkwanta rice farmers undergo climate-smart agric training [Rice Farmer Group training by Adidome Farm Institute incorporates SRI methods]
  January 10, 2018, citifmonline (Ghana)
• Seed chronicles [SRI used by Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems for producing indigenous seeds because it requires fewer seeds.]
  January 9, 2018, The Hindu (India)
• Petani Lebak mulai panen [SRI now common throughout Lebak Regency, and has raised yields from 5.6 tons/ha to 8.2-9.0 tons/ha]
  January 7, 2018, AntaraBanten (Banten, Indonesia)
• Genjot produksi padi lewat SRI [West Sumatera Govt. to promote SRI in several locations in order to increase rice production in 2018]
  January 6, 2018, AntataJambi (Jambi, Indonesia)
• K Nadha Nugraha kembali digelar [One of the awardees of the K. Nadha Nugraha Award was Subak Mambal, an irrigation association in Abiansemal for its work with organic rice production using SRI.]
  January 5, 2018, Bali Post (Bali, Indonesia)
• Amoron'i mania: Miarinavaratra inaugure la PNEFP [200 women trained in SRI in Miarinavaratra in Madagascar's Fandriana district]
  January 4, 2018, News Mada (Madagascar)
• Rétrospective 2017 - Riziculture : Des pas géants [ANCAR and SAED helped improve rice production through promotion of SRI]
  January 3, 2018, le soleil (Senegal)

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Blog Posts and Website Articles - 2018; includes Dec. 2017

• 2018. Grant program for scholars in low emissions development expands; 2018 recipients announced. CCAFS website. May 7. [Abubakar Halilu Girei, a student at Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, will do his short-term research at CIAT, focusing on soil quality and greenhouse gas emissions under SRI practices in Kadawa, Sudan savanna agroecological zone of Nigeria.
• 2018. Le riz de contre-saison épargne les agriculteurs maliens du stress des variations climatiques. CORAF website. May 11. [French article about SRI in Mali.]
• Jin-gook, Kim. 2018. 미NGO, 신규 농업기술 지원 위해 방북 (US NGO to visit North Korea to support new agricultureal technology). Radio Free Asia website. May 9. (in Korean language). This article is about a visit to North Korea by a American Friend Service to follow up on ag techonologies, including SRI with individual seedlings grown in trays. See also Korean radio broadcast )
• Laats, Henkjan. 2018. Een agroecologische evolutie is beter voor Afrika dan een ecomodernistische revolutie. de Volkskrant website. May 5. [Dutch article about SRI and agroecology in Senegal.]
• 2018. Seeds of change. Jesuit Mission website. May? [Current appeal letter highlights SRI in Cambodia]
• Chavan, Sandeep and Bikalp Chamola. 2018. Kamrup women lead artisan skills revival for improved livelihoods. The Wire website. April 28. [The NGO Grameen Sahara in Assam]
• Nathan, Dev, et al. 2018. Energy use and women’s work in agriculture. Economic & Political Weekly 53(17). 28 April.
• Muhajir, Anton. 2018. Saatnya makan ubi untuk menggantikan nasi. Mongabay website. April 21. [SRI hadn't proved as successful as hoped due to several factors.]
• Phansalkar, Sanjiv. 2018. Strengthening grassroots in Gaya for self-sustenance. VillageSquare website, April 20. [By popularizing the system of root intensification and introducing sustainable agricultural practices, Anil Verma has brought a positive change in the lives of marginalized farmers in Gaya]
• 2018. Panen padi teknologi System of Rice Intensification (SRI) di Kabupaten Dairi. BPTP website. April 18. [Govt. of Dairi Regency in North Sumatera, Indonesia, which is promoting SRI, recorded 5-6 tons/ha at harvest festival.]
• 2018. FAO, Tanzania Government train youth to increase rice production. FAO website (Africa section). [Sustainable Rice System Development project in Tanzania finds success with SRI.]
• 2018. Vietnam’s rice caught between two models of development. Gro Intelligence website. April 11.
• 2018. SRI-Methode: Indischer Bauer knackt mit pestizidfreier Anbaumethode Ernte-Weltrekord. Permakultur Lebensraum website. April 11. [General description of SRI]
• 2018. Nature-based solutions the key to water management. Outdoor Design Source website. April 5.
• Paddock, Catherine. 2018. Nature-based solutions needed for better management of water, says UN report. Market Business News, March 26.
• 2018. Going beyond pieties on world water day. The Economic Times blog. March 21. [Editorial about The UN World Water Development Report 2018 which stresses nature-based solutions (NBS); cites SRI is useful to reduce water use.]
• 2018. World Water Development Report 2018: Nature-based Solutions for Water. UN Water website. March 19. [Similar to above article}
• UNESCO. 2018. Access to safe water: Is the Green Revolution around the corner? Inter Press Service News Agency website. March 19. [UNESCO article cites SRI as example of green architecture.]
• Hill, Joe, Mukund Kujur, Nishant and Madhaw. 2018. Empowering Jharkhand’s female farmers. SPWD (Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development) blogs. March 8. [In an article about the Mahila Kisan Shashaktikaran Pariyojna (MKSP) in Jharkhand, SRI (known as "sribidi") began in 2014, a year the rains failed. The SRI fields produced good quality rice while the others were a loss.]
• 2018. PRAN: Infusing new life into agriculture in Bharat PRAN. Dilip's Desk blog. March 15. [Story about the Indian NGO PRAN, which uses promotes SRI.
• 2017. SRI probiotics friendly-farming method allows soil to breathe: Waiting for rich harvest. National Pingtung University of Science and Technology website. December 1. [Director of the NPUST Department of Civil Engineering, Professor Yu-Min Wang, oversees the Water Conservation Lab responsible,a 10 year research initiative on improved crop cultivation methods. The SRI Probiotics Project has received funding from the Council of Agriculture, the Pingtung Irrigation Association and the SRI Society of Conservation Agriculture (CA-SRI)]
• 2018. Trinamool Congress has doubled farmers’ income in six years. All India Trinamool Congress website. March 10. [State Ag. Minister says SRI has been adopted to increase the production of rice at low cost]
• Tecsom, Rhod. 2018. System of Rice Intensification: The ZIDOFA approach. IMT News (Panay, Philippines) [Article about Zarraga Integrated Diversified Organic Farmers Association and their closed loop organic value chain in the Philippines.] [accessed February 22, 2018]
• 2018. SRI methodologies. Agriculture Information Bank. February 17. [A recreation of the SRI-Rice home page and methods page!]
• 2018. Upaya ICCTF menanam padi di tanah Nusa Tenggara Timur. Dewi Magazine, February 2018 edition (?) [Gajah Mada University has SRI project in NTT to help combat climate change.] [accessed February 18, 2018]
• 2018. SNV CEO Meike van Ginneken makes first country visit to Vietnam. SNV website. February 14. [New SNV CEO visits women's enterprise project using SRI in Quang Binh province and other projects in Vietnam.]
• 2018. SRI is Increasing Farmer’s Incomes in Mali. West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program website. February 14. [Based on of an article first published in FoodTank.]
• Brown, Annie. 2018. Climate change and pollution threaten Cambodia's poorest villages - but Scots are helping to make a difference. Daily Record, February 10. [Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) is promoting SRI in Cambodia.]
• Henríquez, Priscila. 2018. Celebrating the creative genius of women agriculture scientists. Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) website. February. [This article discusses Kelly Witkowski's leadership with SRI in Latin America, particularly in Colombia and the DR.]
• Fredrick, Brian. 2018. How to meet rice demand more adequately, equitably, and sustainably. Crops and Commodities section, Food Tank. February 8.
• Zbinden, Raphaël. 2018 Agriculture bio: plaidoyer pour les "crapauds fous." cath.ch website. January 25.
• Gujja, Biksham. 2018. Budget 2018: Time for promoting sustainable agriculture with focus on improving productivity of major crops. January 23. [Author suggests SRI, SCI, SSI, relevant for the 2017-18 Union Budget in India]
• *Panda, Luna, and Muralidhar Adhikari. 2017. Intensification of finger millet production – An agroecological innovation. LEISA India 19(4) 10-13. [An article on SFMI in this issue on millet farming systems] [accessed January 21, 2018]
• *Kumbhar, Nitin, Ananda Wani, Sameer Raskar and Prithviraj Gaikwad. 2017. System of Crop Intensification – Promoting a profitable crop sequence of finger millet and chickpea. LEISA India 19(4) 14-17. [An article in this issue on millet farming systems] [accessed January 21, 2018]
• 2018. Phumani. sri4women.org. January 10. [The story of a rice farmer in Odisha, India, and how transplanting and other rice field activities has crippled her and others.. SRI reduces the strain.] [accessed January 20, 2018]
• Kaplan, Liz. 2018. Lotus Foods Urges Consumers to “Do The Rice Thing™”. Specialty Food Association website. January 16. [Lotus Foods sources SRI rice from Africa and Asia.]
• Agudelo, Pilar. 2016. Validación del sistema intensivo de cultivo de arroz – SICA en Saldaña. Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) website. September 6. [accessed Jan. 11, 2018]
• Hansen-Kuhn, Karen. 2018. A journey toward gender equity in agroecology. Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) website. January 9. [Group in Mexico cites women's collective experience in Tamil Nadu experience in using SRI to advance agroecology] [accessed Jan.11, 2018]
• Witkowski, Kelly. 2017. System of Rice Intensification in the Americas: Progress report. Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) website. December 2017. [accessed January 11, 2018]
• Sy, Souleymane Diam. 2017. Riziculture pluviale : La méthode Sri donne des résultats satisfaisants dans le bassin arachidier. West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAPP) website. November. [accessed Jan. 5, 2018]
• 2017?. Small changes can make a difference. European Commission website. [Lao PDR project by European Commission's International Cooperation and Development describes the SRS system that is derived from SRI.]
• Agustin, Rose Jeanette. 2017. Try this unconventional farming for a better yield. GoodNewsPilipinas.com. December 28. [Article about the NGO AGREA in Marinduque. Philippines.]
• 김진국 기자가 (Kim, Jin-kook). 2017. 북에 신농법 전수 미 NGO, 여행금지 후 첫 방북 (NGOs to transfer new farming methods to North Korea). Radio Free Asia website. December 29. [Korean article and audio clip by Radio Free Asia on the NGO AFSC's continuing efforts to promote SRI in North Korea.]
• Parket, Anna. 2017. Sustainable Agriculture in Madagascar has a worldwide impact. Borgen Project blog. December 30. [See more about the
• 2017. New Agreement signed to support Climate Resilient Agriculture – over 500,000 farmers to benefit in Tamil Nadu World Bank website, December 26. [Press release about signing of the $318 million loan for the Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernization Project that includes SRI and SSI.]
• date? Difference between SRI method and Traditional method in paddy production. Course Hero website. [Article on a student site.]
• *Katoch, Manabi. 2017. This farmer grew 100 tonnes of 20-foot tall sugarcane in one acre! Here’s how! The Better India website. December 13. [Maharashtra farmer uses SSI to increase yield. Great photos.]
• Edmond, Ewane. 2017. Comment produire le riz de manière Intensive: Système de Riziculture Intensive (SRI). Espace Pub/Agriculture Au Cameroun webiste. December 13. [Overview of SRI methods published on Cameroon website.]
• Ka, Mangoné. 2017. Les inquiétantes contrevérités de Abdoul Mbaye, Par Dr Waly DIOUF*. Senego website. December 7, 2017. [Contrary to govt. claims, rice production has made progress in Senegal thanks to SRI, mechanization, etc.]
• 2017. Bærekraftig landbruk. Partners website. [The Norwegian website for Partners, an NGO with SRI-focused rice production projects in Myanmar.] [accessed December 3, 2017]

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Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - acquired during 2018
(listed in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
- Red dot (•) indicates article is freely available

• Ansari, Hanafi, et al. 2014. Pengaruh dosis pupuk dan jerami padi terhadap kandungan unsur hara tanah serta produksi pad sawah pada sistem padi SRI (System of Rice Intensification). Agrotekoteknologi 2(3): 1048-1055.
• Pinazo Caldas, M. V. 2017. Comparación de tres sistemas de transplante manual en arroz (Oryza sativa L.) en el valle Jequetepequ. Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina Lima Peru Facultad De Agronomia repository. 88p pdf.
• Pono, Maat, et al. 2016. Explaining determinant of post adoption behaviour of small scale farmers: Evident of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) practices in Indonesia. 34(5): 637-634. doi: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2016.34.5.15641 [accessed May 14, 2018]
• Thakur, Amod K. 2018. Rice root growth, photosynthesis, yield and water productivity improvements through modifying cultivation practices and water management. Agricultural Water Management 206: 67-77. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2018.04.027 [accessed May 13, 2018]
• Kim, Gun-Yeob, et al. 2012. Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases by water management of SRI (System of Rice Intensification) in rice paddy fields. Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer 45(6): 1173-1178. 10.7745/KJSSF.2012.45.6.1173 [accessed May 8, 2018]
• • Mittal, Shreyansh, and Sanjay K. Sharma. 2018. Effect of different approaches of fertilizer recommendations on yield, nutrient uptake and economics of rice under SRI. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 7(2): 761-765. [accessed May 3, 2018]
• • Pogula, Sowmya, and K. K. Rout, 2018. Effect of different manurial practices on soil microbial activity under SRI method of rice planting. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 7(4): 3221-3227. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2018.704.365 [accessed May 3, 2018]
• • Debberma, B., D. Ram, M.K. Singh and M. Deepa Devi. 2018. Extent of adoption of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) technology by the farmers of Tripura. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 7(4): 1853-1861. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2018.704.211 [accessed May 3, 2018]
• Jiyeon, 서지연, Seo, et al. 2018. Effect of SRI water management on the reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions and irrigation water supply in paddy. Journal of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers 60(1): 79-87. doi:10.5389.KSAE2018.60.1.079 [accessed April 2018]
• Pun, Ishwar, and Eiji Yamaji. 2017. Comparative study of methane emission and structural development of rice plants from SRI and non-SRI methods in a lysimeter experiment. International Journal of Environmental and Rural Development 8(1): 20-26. [accessed April 2018]
• • Jain, Bharat Taindu, A. K. Sarial, and Hari Kesh. 2018. Comparison of yield potential of basmati rice (Oryza sativa) through direct seeded rice, SRI and conventional technology. Research Journal of Agricultural Sciences 9(2): 300-306. [accessed April 2018]
• • Sulandjari, and M. B. Yunindanova. 2018. Application of azolla and intermittent irrigation to improve the productivity and nutrient contents of local black rice variety. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 142(1): 1-6. [accessed April 2018]
• Nathan, Dev, et al. 2018. Energy use and women’s work in agriculture. Economic & Political Weekly 53(17). 28 April. [accessed April 2019]
• • Taylor, Marcus, and Suhas Basme. 2018. The political ecology of rice intensification in South India: Putting SRI in its places. Journal of Agrarian Change (online first) 1-18. [accessed April 2018]
• • Soentoro, Edy Anto, et al. 2018. Optimization of irrigation water use to increase the benefit of agricultural products. MATEC Web of Conferences 159. doi:10.1051/matecconf/201815901026. [Presented at the 2nd International Joint Conference on Advanced Engineering and Technology (IJCAET 2017) and International Symposium on Advanced Mechanical and Power Engineering (ISAMPE 2017)] [accessed April 2018]
• • Mwatete, Gibson, et al. 2017. Comparing the economic performance of two rice technologies in West Kano Irrigation Scheme, Kenya. Africa Environmental Review Journal 2(2): 93-106. [accessed March 25, 2018]
• • Sudhakara, T.M., et al. 2017. Productivity of rice as influenced by irrigation regimes and nitrogen management practices under SRI. Annals of Plant and Soil Research 19(3): 253-259 [accessed March 21, 2018]
• • Nayak, Amruta, and Sabyaschi Biswal. 2018. Performance of rice in modified conventional System over of Rice Intensification (SRI). International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 6: 2163-2168 [accessed March 21, 2018]
• • Dhaliwal, L. K., et al. 2018. Effect of meteorological parameters on incidence of brown leaf spot in rice crop under different planting methods. Journal of agrometeorology 20(1):53-56 [accessed March 21, 2018]
• • Paramasivan, M. 2017. Productivity, water use efficiency and economics of system of rice intensification (SRI) in Nichabanadhi sub basin of southern Tamil Nadu. Journal of Applied and Natural Science 9(1): 286-290 [accessed March 21, 2018]
• • Vijayakumar, M., et al. 2017. Refinement of fertilizer recommendation based on Soil Test Crop Response technology for rice under System of Rice Intensification. Journal of Applied and Natural Science 9(2): 855-859 [accessed March 21, 2018]
• *• Rana, Lalita, et al. 2017. System of wheat intensification (SWI) – A new approach for increasing wheat yield in small holder farming system. Journal of Applied and Natural Science 9(3): 1453-1464 [accessed March 21, 2018]
• • Kumar, R. Mahender, et al. 2017. Influence of different methods of rice (Oryza sativa l.) cultivation on microbes, soil health, water productivity and grain yield. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry SP1: 394-399
• • Ochoa, Esteban, et al. 2017. Comparación de un sistema de intensificación del cultivo de arroz (SICA) con sistemas tradicionales de siembra en la zona de Churute, Ecuador (Comparing a system of rice intensification (SRI) with traditional cropping systems in Churute, Ecuador). Ciencia y Tecnología (Cienc Tecn UTEQ) 10(1): 1-6.
• Singh, Ram, and S. M. Feroze. 2016. Impact of SRI method on livelihood and food security of rice grower in Tripura: An empirical analysis. Agricultural Economics Research Review 29(conf): 225. [accessed March 10, 2018]
• • Hosain, T., et al. 2018. Response of physiological characteristics and productivity of hybrid rice varieties under System of Rice Intensification (SRI) over the traditional cultivation. International Journal of Plant Biology & Research 6(2): 1085. [accessed March 10, 2018]
• Choudhary, Anil K., and Vinod K. Suri. 2018. System of rice intensification in promising rice hybrids in north-western Himalayas: crop and water productivity, quality, and economic profitability. Journal of Plant Nutrition 41(8): 1020-1034, doi:10.1080/01904167.2018.1431675 [accessed March 9, 2018]
• • Thirupathi, I. et al. 2018. Assessment of energetics of rice with irrigation and nitrogen management practices under different establishment methods. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 7(1): 2313-2319. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2018.701.279 [accessed February 19, 2018]
• Hansda, Regina. 2018. Small-scale farming and gender-friendly agricultural technologies: the interplay between gender, labour, caste, policy and practice. Gender, Technology and Development 21(3): 189-205. doi: 10.1080/09718524.2018.1434990 [accessed February 16, 2018]
• • * Berhe, T., Z. Gebretsadik, and N. Uphoff, N. 2017. Intensification and semi-intensification of tef production in Ethiopia: applications of the System of Crop Intensification. CAB Reviews 12(054): 1-12. [accessed February 16, 2018]
• • Sylla, M., et al. 2017. Evaluation des pratiques de gestion des adventices en riziculture irriguee dans la localite de Daloa, centre-ouest de la Cote d’Ivoire. Agronomie Africaine 29(1); 49-64. [accessed February 16, 2018]
• • Oo, Aung Zaw, et al. Sustainable farming under climate change: SRI - Both economical and environment friendly. Farmers' Forum, Dec. 2017-Jan.2018 edition: 13-18. [Research in Tamil Nadu finds GHG reduction with SRI and MSRI.] [accessed February 16, 2018]
• • Bagayoko, M., G. Traore, and O. Samake. 2017. Variabilite spatiale des rendements du riz en systeme de riziculture intensive (SRI) en zone office du Niger au Mali. Agronomie Africaine 29(2): 137-147. [accessed February 13, 2018]
• • Singh, Chandan, et al. 2018. Effect of INM modules and different cultural practices on properties of silty clay loam. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 7(1): 653-658. doi: 10.20546/ijcmas.2018.701.079 [accessed February 10, 2018]
• • Kirar, Shiv Singh, Ram Pratap Bain, and Jeetendra Kumar Soni. 2018. A comparative study on production realized in traditional and SRI methods of paddy cultivation in District Katni (M.P.). International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 7(01): 1936-1939. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2018.701.23 [accessed February 10, 2018]
• • Shamshiri, Redmond Ramin, et al. 2018. An overview of the System of Rice Intensification for paddy fields of Malaysia. Journal of Agricultural Studies 6(1):133-156. doi: 10.5296/jas.v6i1.12534 [accessed February 10, 2018]
• • Kumar, G., L. V. Subba Rao, R.M. Kumar, and K. Keshavulu. 2017. Influence of SRI (System of Rice Intensification) method of cultivation on seed quality parameters of rice (Oryza sativa L.). International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience 5(6): 784-788. doi:10.18782/2320-7051.5187 [accessed February 7, 2018]
• • Kesh, Hari, Khushi Ram, and Kuldeep Jangid. 2017. System of Rice Intensification: A review on resource conserving method of rice crop establishment. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 6(11): 2315-2328. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2017.611.275 [accessed February 7, 2018]
• • Stoop, W. A., et al. 2017. Opportunities for ecological intensification: lessons and insights from the System of Rice/crop Intensification - their implications for agricultural research and development approaches. CAB Reviews 12(036): 1-19. [accessed January 30, 2018]
• • Attia, A. M. E., et al. 2017. Improvement System of Rice Intensification (Sri) for some rice genotypes. Journal of Plant Production, Mansoura Univ. 8(11): 1147-1151.
• • Katambara, Zacharia, et al. 2013. Adopting the system of rice intensification (SRI) in Tanzania: A review. Agricultural Sciences 4(8): 1-7. doi:10.4236/as.2013.48053 [accessed January 17, 2018]
• • Johnson, J., et al. 2018. Farmers' perceptions on mechanical weeders for rice production in Sub-Saharan Africa. Experimental Agriculture, 1-15. doi:10.1017/S001447971700059X [accessed January 17, 2018]
• • Scheidel, A., B. Lim., K. Sok., and P. Duk. 2017. Leapfrogging agricultural development: Cooperative initiatives among Cambodian small farmers to handle sustainability constraints. In: Fraňková E., Haas W., Singh S. (eds) Socio-Metabolic Perspectives on the Sustainability of Local Food Systems. Human-Environment Interactions, vol 7. Springer, Cham. 10.1007/978-3-319-69236-4_8 [accessed January 15, 2018]
• • Mallikarjun, Channa, and Syed Sadaqath. 2017. Constraints and suggestions of SRI method of paddy growers in Dharwad district, Karnataka, India. Agriculture Update 12(3): 361-364 ref.14. doi: 10.15740/has/au/12.3/361-364 [accessed January 15, 2018]
• Arman, Effendi Ar. 2017. Perbaikan teknologi budidaya padi (Oryza sativa L.) metode SRI (the System of Rice Intensification) melalui optimasi lahan serta pengelolaan popluasi dan gulma. PhD dissertation, Universitas Andalas (Indonesia). 10.25077/06301015 [accessed January 9, 2018]
• Bourjac, Mathilde, et al. 2017. Sustainable intensification of rainfed lowland rice systems: A case study in Xieng Khouang Province in Lao PDR. ECHO Development Notes 34: 37-39. [Presentation at 6th Biennial ECHO Asia Agriculture and Community Development Conference, Thailand, Oct. 3-16, 2017] [accessed January 8, 2018]
• • Aziez, A.F., E. Hanudin, and S. Harieni. 2018. Impact of water management on root morphology, growth and yield component varieties of lowland rice under the organic system of rice intensification. Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management 5(2): 1035-1045. doi:10.15243/jdmlm.2018.052.1035 [accessed January 8, 2018]
• Islam, Mokidul. 2014. Productivity and socio-economic impact of system of rice intensification and integrated crop management over conventional methods of rice establishment in eastern Himalayas, India. Paddy and Water Environment 12(1): 193–202. [accessed January 4, 2018]
• • Reddy, P. Maheswara, et al. 2017. Response of machine transplanted rice (Oryza sativa L.) to different nitrogen and phosphorus levels during Rabi. 6(12): 2683-2688. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2017.612.310 [accessed January 3, 2018]
• Oo, Aung Zaw, et al. 2018. Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from conventional and modified rice cultivation systems in South India. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 252: 148-158 (Online 15 January 2018). doi:10.1016/j.agee.2017.10.014 [SRI conditions in this article are called "YW-AWD"] [accessed January 3, 2018]
• • Hasanah, Nur Aini Iswati, Budi Indra Setiawan, Chusnul Arif, and Slamet Widodo. 2017. Muka air optimum pada System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Jurnal Irigasi 12(1): 55-64. [accessed January 3, 2018]
• Ghoshal, Riya, Anindita Saha, and Debabrata Basu. 2017. Social impact of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Journal of Interacademicia 21(3): 282-286 ref.8. [accessed January 3, 2017]

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New Links from our Website to Online Publications (and SRI-Related Social Media) (2018)
(see also Latest Research directly above and Recent Uploads below for new material on our site).

• Styger, Erika and Gaoussou Traoré. 2018. 50,000 Farmers in 13 Countries: Results from Scaling up the System of Rice Intensification in West Africa; Achievements and Regional Perspectives for SRI; SRI-WAAPP Project Summary Report, 2014-2016; West Africa Agriculture Productivity Program (WAAPP). The West and Central Africa Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF/WECARD), Dakar, Senegal. 120p. (accessed April 2018)
• Sinha, Biswanath, Tushar Dash, and Ashotosh Pal. 2018. Scaling up the System of Rice Intensification in India. In Agroecology: A path towards the sustainable development goals. Farming Matters, May 3. Ileia website.
• INTA. 2018. Sistema Intensivo del Cultivo de Arroz (SRI). Brochure de INTA - Instituto Nicaragüense de Tecnología Agropecuaria (Instructional/promotional brochure by the Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA).)
• Krishi Bhavan. 2017. A farmer friendly handbook for Government of India (Central) & Government of Goa (State): Schemes and Programmes in 2017-2018. Govt. of Goa Agriculture website. (24p. pdf) [Lists promotion of SRI (Incentive@Rs. 10000/-per ha. to improve rice productivity) and promotion of modified Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) (50% assistance limited to Rs. 10000/- per ha. toward land preparation and planting of new crop)] [accessed March 17, 2018]
• Shiney, Varghese. 2011. Women at the center of climate-friendly approaches to agriculture. Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy website. [This 20-page publication discusses SRI on page 15-16 (water conservation section) and also includes a section on SRI as Annex 2.] [accessed January 10, 2017]
• Zotoglo, Kokou, and Djiguiba Kouyaté. 2011. Manuel de formation Système de Riziculture Intensive (SRI). USAID website. (14p. pdf) [French language SRI manual by USAID/Afrique de l’Ouest and USAID/Mali [accessed January 4, 2018]
• Mendoza, Díddier A. Moreira. 2017. Sistema Intensivo del Cultivo del Arroz (SRI) Produciendo más con menos en un clima cambiante. FONTAGRO website. (44p, 9.6MB pdf) [Guía para el establecimiento y monitoreo del cultivo de arroz bajo la metodología del SRI. Con la revisión y contextualización de Pedro A. Núñez Ramos (IDIAF) y de Kelly Witkowski (IICA).] [accessed January 2, 2018]
• Mendoza, Díddier A. Moreira. 2017. Sistema Intensivo del Cultivo del Arroz (SRI) Prouciendo más con menos en un clima cambiante. FONTAGRO website. (44p, 9.6MB pdf) [Guía para el establecimiento y monitoreo del cultivo de arroz bajo la metodología del SRI. Con la revisión y contextualización de Gabriel Garcés Varón de la Federación Nacional de Arroceros de Colombia (FEDEARROZ) y de Kelly Witkowski (IICA).] [This is the Dominican Republic version of using and monitoring SRI] [This is the Colombian version of using and monitoring SRI] [accessed December 31, 2017]
• 2017. Case Study: System of Millet Intensification (SMI) farmers from Nuapada felicitated by member of Parliament. WASSAN website. December 7. (2p. pdf)

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Recent Documents Uploaded on our Website (2018) (Includes new pages added to the SRI-Rice website)

• [Websites updated during May 2018: 2018 additions, April monthly update, Cambodia, Colombia (sp, en), Costa Rica (sp, en), DPRK, Ecuador (sp, en), India, Indonesia, Korea, Mali, Panama, (sp, en), Peru (en only), Venzuela (sp,en), journal articles, India journals, India news, projects, seminars]
• Singh, V.P., Uday Shankar, and Pradip Bora. 2007. Feasibility study to support System of Rice Intensification (SRI). SRI-Rice website. [Posted on May 3, 2018]
• 2018. Flyer for Regina Hansda seminar on March 22, 2018. SRI-Rice website. [Posted March 14, 2018]
• *ICAR-KVK Bidar/UAS Raichur. 2015. Redgram transplanting technology. SRI-Rice website. 20p, (1.11MB pdf) [An extension piece on using SRI methods for growing redgram (pigeon pea) authored by ICAR-KVK Bidar and University of Agricultural Sciences Raichur] [uploaded February 28, 2018]
• World Neighbors. 2017. World Neighbors experience with SRI in Kavre, Nepal. SRI-Rice website (9p., 971KB pdf)
• Tech, Chey. 2006. Ecological System of Rice Intensification (SR) impact assessment in 2001-2005. SRI-Rice website (21p.,367KB pdf) [Assessment for the NGO CEDAC in Cambodia].
• Fisher, Lucy. 2017. Monthly additions to the SRI-Rice website. (December 2017, January 2018) New pages on the SRI-Rice website. [uploaded monthly] [uploaded January 3, 2018]

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Videos / Audiofiles - 2018 acquisitions (either uploaded by SRI-Rice OR linked to from our website)

• Video: 2018 (May 9). Interview with Thein Su about the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Myanmar. SRI-Rice channel, YouTube.
• Video: 2018 (January 18). Producción de Semmilleros en Bandejas para Transplante en el Cultivo del Arroz. 1:38 min. Oscar Montero channel, Youtube. [Spanish language video about Oscar Montero's SRI production in Costa Rica.] [accessed April 15, 2018]
• Videos: 2018 (March 26). SRI Paddy (Hindi) Part 2: 5:18 min., Part 3: 10:13 min., Part 4: 6:30 min., Part 5: 8:58 min., Part 6: 12:53 min., Part 7: 8:36 min. Manage channel, YouTube. [Series of six Hind language videos on SRI produced by the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Govt. of India, Hyderabad] [accessed April 15, 2018]
• Video: 2018 (April 6). Community Development Agriculture Karuna Battambang Organization. 11:58 min. Produced by Karuna Battambang Organization. Karuna Battambang channel, YouTube. [Community Development-Agriculture program: The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) currently spread to 28 farmers, youth and women by Croap, in KeoMony Village, Pursat, Cambodia.]
• Video: 2017 (December 21). Le Système de Riziculture Intensive (SRI 01 - FR). 14:25 min. Stéphane Corduant channel, YouTube. [French language video for FAO made by Tsimba Randriamiarintsoa with support from Nicolas Duriez.]
• Video: 2018 (May 3). System of Rice Intensification (SRI). 12:43 min. sigit nur setiawan channel, YouTube. [In Bahasa Indonesia. This video was produced by Sketsa Multimedia to accompany a book launch by the Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) in Indonesia.]
• Video: 2018 (January 16). 01 SRI - Trinidad & Tobago nuevo. 2:23 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Interview with Kurt Klinge about SRI potential in Trinidad & Tobago.] [accessed February 21, 2018]
• Video: 2018 (January 16). 02 SRI - Panama nuevo. 4:39 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Jose Alberto Yau Quinero from IDIAP talks about Panama SRI trials.][accessed February 21, 2018]
• Video: 2018 (January 16). 05 SRI - Fedearroz1 nuevo. 3:05 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Interview with Educardo Arevalo from Fedearroz Colombia about past and upcoming SRI trials, plus mention of an upcoming workshop.] [accessed February 21, 2018]
• Video: 2018 (January 16). 06 SRI - Costa Rica nuevo. 2:42 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Interview with Luis Carrera Hidalgo and Johnny Aguilar Rodriguez (INTA) about SRI in Costa Rica and the workshop they are attending.] [accessed February 21, 2018]
• Video: 2018 (December 13). 08 Metodo SRI. 9:57 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Interview (at a SRI workshop in Colombia) with Erika Styger about the SRI methodology.] [accessed February 21, 2018]
• Video: 2018 (December 13). 09 SRI - Kelly Witkowski. 8:11 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Interview with Kelly Witkowski, IICA Climate Change Specialist, talks about an upcoming SRI workshop.] [accessed February 21, 2018]
• Video: 2018 (February 6). The new method of rice cultivation - SRI, ধান ক্ষেতে কি পোকার আক্রমন হলে কি ওষুধ দিতে হয়. 3:50 min. Green Bangla AT Entertainment channel, YouTube.
• Video: 2018 (February 5). Norman Uphoff on the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) - What has been Learned? 55:10 min. The Science Media Production Center at Cornell channel, YouTube. [Seminar at Cornell University]
• Video: 2018 (January 16). 04 SRI - Colombia nuevo. 1:19 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Interview with Raul Guzman Montcaleano about SRI advantages and trials.]
• Video: 2018 (January 16). 03 SRI - Nicaragua nuevo. 3:32 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Video about Nicaraguan SRI trials.]
• Video: 2018 (January 16. 07 SRI - Fedearroz nuevo. 3:42 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Interview with Patricia Guzman, Subgerente Tecnica, Fedearroz, Colombia,about past and upcoming SRI trials, plus mention of an upcoming workshop.]
• Video: 2018 (January 10). SRI4Women - Phumani. 8:52 min. SRI4women channel, Vimeo. [Story of how rice production work affects women. (SRI reduces the workload)]
• Video: 2018 (January 13). System of Rice Intensification Transforming Lives in Tanzania. 3:45 min. Kilimo Biashara channel, Youtube. [Video about a young SRI farmer in Ilonga Village, near Kilosa, Tanzania; the project is implemented with technical support from FAO in collaboration with the Government of Tanzania and funded by the Government of Venezuela through the South South Cooperation.]
• Video: 2018 (January 7). How to produce Paddy under System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Method; Part 01 (About the System) 2:55 min.; Part 2 (Transplanting) 6:18 min. and Part 3 (Management) 3:17 .min. Innertia channel, YouTube. [This is a three-part instructional ppt presentation from India prepared as three separate videos.]
• Audio: 2017 (December 29). 북에 신농법 전수 미 NGO, 여행금지 후 첫 방북 (NGOs to transfer new farming methods to North Korea). 2:09 minutes. Radio Free Asia website. [Korean article and audio clip by Radio Free Asia on the NGO AFSC's continuing efforts to promote SRI in the DPRK.]

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Slide Presentations (Primarily PowerPoint) - 2018 acquisitions

• Su, Thein. 2018. System of Rice Intensification-SRI Experiences in Myanmar. 32 slides. Presentation at the Department of Agricultural Research, Department of Agriculture Research, Naypyidaw, Myanmar, April 25, 2018.
• Uphoff, Norman. 2018. What Has Been Learned of Scientific Value from SRI Research and Experience? 58 slides. Presentation at the International Programs/CALS Seminar Series, Cornell University, on January 31, 2018. [uploaded February 9, 2018]
• Gayakwad, Jagdish. 2017. Rice culture and greenhouse gas emission. 71 slides. Presentation from Dept. of Agronomy UAS, Raichur, Karnataka, India. [SRI discussion begins at slide 12 and occasionally thereafter] [uploaded by author May 8, 2017; accessed by SRI-Rice January 7, 2018]
• Shah, Tavseef Mairaj. 2017. System of Rice Intensification (SRI) with Intercropping. 18 slides. November. CCAFS/CGIAR channel, Slideshare website. [Presentation for the Climate Food and Farming (CLIFF) Network] [accessed December 21, 2017]

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