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In the Press - 2026 and Dec. 2025
December 2025
- Kisan Diwas: Vedanta Aluminium empowers 20,000 farmers in Odisha, Chhattisgarh
December 22, 2026, businessline (Odisha, India) - CSIR-SARI introduces climate-resilient rice technologies to farmers in Gowrie [Farmers in Gowrie, a community in the Bongo District, Upper East Region, Ghana, learn about SRI in RICOWAS project.]
December 12, 2025, A1 Radio (Ghana)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - 2026 (and Dec. 2025)
- Mohanty, Abhijit. 2026. Tribal farmers in Koraput are growing more rice with less water – And reviving indigenous varieties. Upbeat website. January 19.[SRI story from Odisha, India's tribal lands.]
- Tu, Ngoc. 2026. Smart rice farming slashes over 3.7 tonnes of carbon/ha. Nong Nghiep Moi Truong website. January 9. [The smart rice cultivation model, based on AWD and SRI, reduces methane emissions and aims at developing agricultural carbon credits, has been deployed in Thai Nguyen province with positive results.]
- Kapoor, Riya. 2026. India's invisible water drain: Billions of liters exported via crops. Whalesbook website. 13. [Discussion of India's virtual water export. SRI is one of suggestions to reduce it.]
- Emaojo, Egwu Favour. 2026. Rice, the grain that feeds the world, is breaking the planet. DevelopmentAid website. January 8. [SRI a suggestion for water and methane reduction.]
- 2025. RICOWAS Project trains farmers on sustainable rice production packages. CSIR-Crops Research Institute website. December 11. [RICOWAS training in Ghana]
- McMillan, Aaron. 2025. Mars: Committed to sustainable rice sourcing. Procurement Magazine. December 8.
- Jessen, Jasmin. 2025. Mars’ US$20m rice investment: Climate-smart farming. Sustainability Magazine. December 4. [Mars cites SRI as sustainable sourcing.]
- Vaidyanation, Sharmila. 2025. Diversifying beyond rice to cut losses and improve alternative cereal yields. Mongabay website. December 1. [Despite higher yields, SRI/AWD require more weeding which some farmers don't want.]
- a-Bissau Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development's joint PAUSA project delegation visited collaborative key initiatives, System of Rice Intensification (SRI) expansion.]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - acquired during 2026
(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)
- • Komba, Martin, Gody Sanga, et al. 2026. Inefficiency of rice production in Kilombero-Tanzania from stochastic profit frontier model: Farming household as a unit of analysis. Journal of Science, Technology and Innovation 7 (Special Issue 1). doi:10.37425/d3qy7b67 [acessed January 19, 2026]
- Shekhar, Shashank, Chwadaka Pohshna, et al. 2026. Evaluation of water use efficiency and rice yield under different water saving irrigation practices. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C (pre-proof, Jan. 12, 2026) doi:10.1016/j.pce.2026.104272
- • Soudé, M. K., L. O. Sintondji, D. H. Ahoton, and R. Bodjrènou. 2026. Sustainable water management for rice cultivation under climate change: a case study of the Lower Ouémé Valley, Southern Benin. Proceeding of the International Association of Hydrologicial Sciences (IAHS) 388: 17–24, doi:10.5194/piahs-388-17-2026. [accessed January 12, 2026]
- • Aulia, T., M. Kasim, and N. Rozen. 2025. The effects of kiserit and biofertilizer on morphological response and yield of rice plants (Oryza sativa L.) under the SRI method: Pengaruh pemberian pupuk kiserit dan pupuk hayati terhadap morfologi dan hasil tanaman padi (Oryza sativa L.) metode SRI. Nabatia 13(2): 149–157. [accessed January 7, 2026]
- • Plaza, J. W. C., J. M. Q. Campoverde, V. J. G. Montealegre, et al. 2022. Comparación económica entre el sistema tradicional y el sistema intensivo de la producción de arroz en el Ecuador: Economic comparison between the traditional system and the intensive system of rice production in Ecuador. South Florida Journal of Development 3(1): 985–995. doi:10.46932/sfjdv3n1-076. [accessed January 5, 2026]
- • Palanisamy, Jeevanand, V. Geethalakshmi, S. P. Ramanathan, et al. 2022. Evaluating the suitability of System of Rice Intensification practices for enhancing rice and water productivity in semi-arid environment, Tamil Nadu, India. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change 12(10): 419-424. doi:10.9734/IJECC/2022/v12i1030814[accessed January 4, 2026]
New Links to Online Publications (and SRI-Related Social Media and Websites) 2025
(see also Latest Research directly above and Recent Uploads below for new material on our site).
- none yet!
Documents Uploaded on our Website 2026 (Includes new pages added to the SRI-Rice website)
- Parr, Adam. 2026. Le système de riziculture intensive malgache : la mission d’Henri de Laulanié, S.J. SRI-Rice website. [ Le présent article est une traduction et une version abrégée de Parr, A. (2025). Ecological Crisis and the Jesuit Way of Proceeding in the Mission of Henri de Laulanié. Journal of Jesuit Studies 12(4): 521-547. Pour les références bibliographiques et les notes non incluses ici, on se reportera à l’article original. L’article est disponible en libre accès et peut être téléchargé à https://doi.org/10.1163/22141332-12340008.
Videos (2026 and Dec. 2025)
- 2026 (January 17). Pembibitan Padi metode SRI (System of Rice Intensification) Desa Limbangan. 10:28 min. |BPP Limbangan-Kendal channel, YouTube. [Indonesian language video on nursery management, with special reference to rat damage.]
- 2025 (December). Organic Farming & Food Security in Morowali by Vale Indonesia | Sustainability [Ep. 1]. 4:53 min. Olahkarsa Official channel, YouTube. [Indonesian language video of a CSR project promoting SRI by the mining company PT Vale.]
- 2025 (December 28). SRI Paddy Cultivation Explained | System of Rice Intensification | UPSC | ICAR. 5:45 min. Agriculture RS Rajput [channel, YouTube. Auto-dubbed in English, this Hindi video explains SRI methods and history.]
- 2025 (December 15). Pengembangan Sistem Budidaya Padi Organik Menuju Sustainable Agriculture di Tuban Jawa Timur. 4:45 min. Universitas Nasional Official 1949 channel, YouTube.
- 2025 (December 10). Dokumentasi Tanam Padi SRI Organik di Lahan Pak Lurah Desa Sumber. 2:54 min. SRI Organik Channel, YouTube. [Inodonesian language video by the SRI Organik group.]
* indicates SCI, which is adaptation of SRI principles to other crops
