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In the Press - 2023

June 2023

• Amelioration de l'environment en amount de la filiere riz: SRI semis germoir biodégradable
  June 23, 2023, Rapport-Gratuit.com (Madagascar)

May 2023

• How to mobilise climate-smart agriculture finance [SRI is in examples.]
  May 30, 2023, The European Sting
• Revolutionizing Rice Farming in Senegal: The System of Rice Intensification
  May 30, 2023, BNN (Senegal)
• UK Govt programme helping Nigerian farmers address climate issues – Official
  May 25, 2023, Premium Times (Nigeria)
• Lukasu residents embrace Community Forestry Management Project [500 farmers will plant 8 acres with Nerica variety rice in a UNDP/FAO project funded by the Embassy of Sweden,]
  May 24, 2023, New Dawn (Liberia)
• ‘Jubilee Justice’ rice mill is changing the way Cenla farms rice [Jubilee Justice, an organization helping Black farmers in the southern USA focuses on regeratively-grown SRI along with other crops]
  May 23, 2023, KALB (Louisiana, USA)
• PT Pertamina EP Sukowati field tutup pelatihan pertanian organik [SRI training in East Java by PT Pertamina's CSR efforts May 12-16, 2023)
  May 18, 2023, Banyuurip (Jawa Timur, Indonesia)
• Jubilee Justice, Black farmers celebrate opening of new Alexandria rice mill
  May 15, 2023, Town Talk (Louisiana, USA)
• Panen perdana, petani binaan PT Vale Desa Ululere panen padi organik musim ketiga
  May 14, 2023, Jurnal Makassar (Sulawesi, Indonesia)
• Council endorses DA's P396-B 2024 budget [Rice Watch Action Network Executive Director and Federation of Free Farmers Cooperatives National Manager reiterated recommendation to the DA to adopt SRI]
  May 3, 2023, Manila Times (Manila Philippines)

April 2023

• ₹33cr climate resilience plan for Ganjam’s 4 coastal blocks [SRI is included]
  April 27, 2023, Times of India (Odisha, India)
• Lotus Foods co-founders honored with 2023 MO 100 Top Impact CEO Award for their leadership in rrganic and regenerative rice farming
  April 17, 2023, Cision PR Newswire (USA)
• Agriculture: des petits producteurs formés au système de riziculture intensive [GIZ-sponosred SRI training in Kinshasa in associated with the centres d’innovations vertes (CIV)]
  April 7, 2023, Agence Congolaise de Presse (ACP) (DR Congo)
  
• The future of sustainable agriculture in India: GM crops and beyond [SRI at top of examples list for sustainable agriculture]
  April 4, 2023, ISRGKB (India)

March 2023

• Climate-smart agriculture innovations give Assam farmers hope and income
  March 25, 2023, Northeast News Now (Assam, India)
• Bupati Limi menghadiri panen perdana padi organik di Kelurahan Imandi [Govt. officials attend harvest festival for organic SRI rice project in North Sulawesi, Indonesia]
  March 18, 2023, Redaksi Sulut (Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia)
• PSRLB berdayakan warga Bajo dan sekitarnya (Pertiamina CSR project promotes organic inputs with SRI in Kedungtuban, Blora, Cental Java)
  March 17, 2023, Radar Bononegoro (Jawa Tengah, Indonesia)
• Mise en oeuvre du programme national Systeme Riziculture Intensif (PR-SRI) : Le Ministère du Développement Rural et les PTF en conclave pour assurer l'opérationnalisation du programme (Implementation of the National System of Rice Intensification Program (PR-SRI): The Ministry of Rural Development and the TFPs in conclave to ensure the operationalization of the program)
  February 21, 2023, MaliActu.net (Mali) [accessed March 17, 2023]
• *Discussion about System of Wheat Intensification
  March 11, 2023, News Corporation (India)
• Jubilee Justice opens pop-up farmers market's in Alexandria [Interview with Jublilee Justice, which grows SRI rice in Louisiana, on their farmers market stand]
  March 10, 2023, CenLANow, (Louisiana, USA)
• Rektor Dwijendra mengangkat filosofi Tri Hita Karana di Yamagata University, Jepang [Rector of Balinese University presents on Hindu philosophy and SRI at organic agricutlure event in Japan]
  March 2, 2023, SunarPos (Bali, Indonesia)
• Le système de riziculture intensive : Une technique difficilement acceptée
  February 27, 2023, La Gazette (Madagascar) [accessed March 17, 2023]
  

February 2023

• Shortcomings in procurement hit farmers in Odisha [During kharif season, SRI yield per acre went up to 26 to 29 quintal per acre.]
  February 23, 2023, New Indian Express (Odisha, India)
• Inadvertida técnica arrocera en Ecuador [Opinion piece by Alfredo Saltos Guale]
  February 19, 2023, El Universo (Ecuador)
  
• Promoting Agriculture in different districts of Odisha : Mr. Muralidhar Adhikari, CEO, Jaivik SRI Farmers Producer Company Ltd.
  February 15, 2023, Interview Times (Odisha, India)
• Resah dengan kualitas tanah, 50 petani Tulungagung ikuti pelatihan padi organik
  February 5, 2023, ZNews (Jawa Timur, Indonesia)

January 2023

• Alasan budidaya padi dengan metode SRI perlu dilakukan [IPB professor cites SRI's importance for Indonesia)
  January 27, 2023, Trubus (Indonesia)
• Chusnul Arif: Metode SRI,budidaya padi hemat air dan mengurangi emisi (similar to item above)
  January 27, 2023, Wanaloka (Indonesia)
• TN honours its best on R-day [At the Republic Day celebrations in Chennai, Farmer G Vasantha of Aalavayal in Pudukottai, won the C Narayanasamy Naidu Award for the highest rice production. The award, which carries `5 lakh, a medal and a citation. She been growing rice SRI methods for the past 20 years,]
  January 27, 2023, New Indian Express (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Kementan sosialisasikan budidaya padi organik mudah dan murah [Ministry of Agriculture is promoting the Pro-Organic Farmer Movement (Organic Genta). SRI cited as example.]
  January 9, 2023, Indopos.co.id (Indonesia)
• Alumni IPB gelar HA IPB Awards 2022 [Alumni Awards at Insitut Pertanian Bogor include Ida Bagus Gede Arsana, farmer and director of Bali SRI organik enterprise, for his work on organic SRI in Bali.]
  December 27, 2022, Media Indonesia (Bogor, Indonesia) [accessed January 1, 2023]

Blog Posts and Website Articles - 2023

• Grylis, Bethan. 2023. Can rice be produced sustainably? Food Manufacture website. May 30. [With rice’s shocking sustainability record, Nice Rice founder Fergus O’Sullivan is selling rice in the UK grown with a method "tracing its roots back to SRI" and marketed under the brand "Nice Rice."]
• 2023 (?). Promotion of millet and indigenous crops. SACAL website.
• 2023. Methane: Today’s high impact greenhouse gas. May 25.
• Ding, Helen. 2023. Unlocking China’s climate neutrality: The crucial role of a food and land use system approach. Food and Land Use Coalition website. May 24. [SRI suggested as part of agriculture strategies to reduce emissions.]
• 2023. Koordinasi dalam rangka sosialisasi budidaya padi hemat air metode SRI (System of Rice Intensification). May 29. [Govt. officials meet to oordinaten framework for promoting SRI to save water in Indramayu, Indonesia.]
• Tobias, Noah. 2023. In Senegal, rice intensification helps farmers grow more with less. Mongabay website. Many 20.
• 2023. System of Rice Intensification. Agriculture Wale website. May 20 [Instructional SRI material (though some of it is unusual).]
• Witkowski, Kelly. 2023. Co-Innovating for more sustainable, climate responsive rice production in Chile. IICA Blog. May 9. [IICA visit to SRI fields in Chile]
• 2023. BALCO’s ‘Mor Jal Mor Maati’ project increases revenue of Mahua farmers. Balco India website. May 5. [BALCO (Aluminum company) works with Chhattisgarh’s Mahua farmers 2,400 farmers in 32 villages. More than 70% have adopted SRI and other agricultural techniques.]
• 2023. Agroecology: A path to sustainable agriculture. BuilderBold website. May 4. [General agroecology article cites SRI as first case study of successful agroecology examples.]
• 2023. Earth Day 2023: Sustainable rice cultivation. Global Hearth website. April 22. [Article on SRI for Earth Day]
• 2023. FAO spearheads adoption of new rice production technology in Tanzania in push to raise yields and boost farmer incomes. Milling Middle East and Africa website April 17. [FAO, twith EU funding, is training farmers on SRI to improve yields and incomes in the Morogoro and Mbeya regions.]
• 2023. Lotus Foods 2022 impact report. Lotus Foods blog. April 20. Links to 25 page full report on LF's organic rice importing efforts help minimize water usage, improve soil health, empower women, increase farm incomes and reduce climate impact.]
• Letters to the editor. The Economist. April 20.
• 2022. Presentamos estudio sobre alternativas para mejorar competitividad de pequeños productores en Ecuador. RIMISP website. July 22. [Study and workshops for small producers in Guayas and Los Rios, Ecuador, recommend SRI as an alternative.] [accessed April 16, 2023]
• 2023. The Earthshot Prize 2023 submitted nominations. Cranfield University website. April 15. [Description of SRI-2030's nomination (along with others) for the Earthshot Prize.]
• McCallum, Jen. 2023. Improving rural livelihoods in Zambia with SRI: The inspiring story of Henry Ngimbu. SRI-2030 blog. April 14.
• 2023. Meet the shortlisted candidates of the Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) Challenge. Global Resilience Partnership website. April 10. [SRI project by Nile Interconsults Uganda is among the shortlist. (We don't know much about SRI in Uganda so this is interesting!)
• Mbago, Gertrude. 2023. Rice intensification technolgy transforms farming, lives of people. IPP Media. April 8. [EU-supported FAO SRI project in Mbeya and Morogoro yields good results in Tanzania.]
• Panda, Pradeep Kumar. 2023. Odisha aims to take millets' processing to Gram Panchayat. The Raisina Hills website. April 6. [Odisha Millets Mission in Odisha, India, promotes System of Millet Intensification (SMI) and milltet processing enterprises with farmers.]
• 2023. A walk through the past and the future of Congolese rice: an interview with Ivan Godfroid. RIKOLTO website. April 5. [Rikolto (a Dutch NGO) ag value chain article that briefly notes their work with SRI and ISFM in DR Congo.]
• 2023. Growing green: Climate-Smart Agriculture, revolutionizing farming for a changing world. Tractor News. April 3. [SRI cited as example of CSA.]
• 2023. (Press release by the Indian Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare on) Green agriculture. Press Information Bureau website. March 28. [Cites SRI as an option]
• Bose, Hiren Kumar. 2023. No firewood, no LPG: How we saved our village’s forests & became carbon-Nneutral. The Better India website. March 27.
• 2023. Le premier riz Basmati sobre en eau un éco engagé! Autour du Riz website. [French company imports Basmati. rice grown in Pakistani Punjab by 78 farmers.] [accessed March 20, 2023]
• 2023. More crop per drop. Lotus Foods website. March 22. [Update of Lotus Foods' More crop per drop page for World Water Week.]
• McCallum, Jen. 2023. Three ways the System of Rice Intensification supports biodiversity! SRI-2030 blog. March 20.
• Overgangen fra selvberging til kommersielt jordbruk. Norgesvel website. [Norwegian group working in Tanzania on a project that includes SRI] [accessed March 16, 2023]
• 2023? Halima’s Children no-longer going to school hungry. AGWENDA Women Input Loan Initiative (AWILI) website. [One of AWILI's success stories in Malawi that involves SRI.] [accessed March 11, 2023]
• Naik, Netra. 2023. Indonesia’s agriculture sector contributed 2.4% of global agricultural emissions in 2021. Global Scorecard website. March 10. [SRI is mentioned, but the govt. strategy to deal with GHG seems to be missing a few points]
• 2023. The System of Rice Intensification method. BagorTech website, Our Solutions section. [BagorTech, an NGO in the Philippines, focuses on natural growth stimulants and SRI for sustainable rice produtction.] [accessed March 10, 2023]
• Vent, Olivia. 2023. Women’s essential but all too invisible role in rice production. Lotus Foods. March 7.
• 2023. System of Rice Intensification – method of organic rice cultivation. beforest website. March 3. [Experiences of Beforest’s Hyderabad Farming Collective in India]
• 2023. Can organic farming feed the whole world. Kavya Organic Farm. March 4.
• February blog items from SRI-2030: SRI-2030 joins GACSA (February 3), SRI vs AWD (February 24), ICSCI Conference #3 (February  16), SRI and SDGs (February 9), and  Women and SRI (February 2).
• Kemkaran, Linden. 2023. Manure, the ‘paddies paradox’ and the spread of malaria in irrigated rice areas. Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich website, news section. February.
• Meyer, Paul. 2023. Interview: The plant-ness of the plant with Dr. Erika Styger. Eco Farming Daily. February 28. [This is an except of an interview by Paul Meyer published in the February 2023 issue of ACRES USA magazine.]
• 2023. Metode tanam SRI (System of Rice Intensification). Kabupaten Ngawi (Jawa Timur) website. February 21.
• Singh, Kachan. 2023. Modern farming: गोवा की विशाखा ने अपनाई आधुनिक खेती, SRI तकनीक में माहिर. Kisan of India website. February 19.
• Bakpe, Cédric Joawo. 2023. Systeme de Riziculture Intensive : Une pratique agricole mise en vogue dans plusieurs communes du Bénin. Le Rural website. February 14. (There is an English/French option button on the page.) [SRI project in Benin carried out by GIZ-ProCIVA]
• 2023. Chinese rice farming trials cut methane emissions. China Dialogue website. February 7. [Story on methane reduction in China includes SRI, but recommends furrow irrigation method instead in one area.]
  (Here's a Chinese version published 2/13/23 on the Environmental Information Center website: 稻田甲烷減排：中國水稻種植正在發生的變化 and an Indonesian version published the Komparatif website on 2/28/23.)
• 2023? When you see it, you believe it. Growing Hope Globally blog. [Article on SRI project carried out by the Nepal Jahada Program, led by Mennonite Central Committee and Local Partner SAHAS (Group of Helping Hands) in Nepal. Rajendra Uprety is the trainer.] [accessed February 10, 2023]
• 2023. Celebrating Jubilee Justice for Black History Month. Lotus Foods website. February 1.
• Doni, Febri. 2022. Training module: The System of Rice Intensification (SRI). IndoSRInet website. [Practical material for implementing SRI practices authored by the Indonesian SRI network (IndoSRInet) and partners in Indonesia.] [accessed February 5, 2023]
• date? Livelihood and skill development. Rural Educational Activities for Development (READ) website. [Website says there are 400 farmers using SRI and they plant to extend to another 2,000 in this Odisha program within the next five years. Not clear when this was written] [accessed February 4, 2023]
• date? System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Ek Soch Foundation website [SRI project of the Ek Soch Foundation in Uttar Pradesh, India.] [accessed February 4, 2023]
• Styger, Erika. The plant-ness of the plant. ACRES U.S.A. magainzine, February 2023 issue. [Interview with Erika Styger of SRI, with additional insights on the Fibonacci sequence and other useful viewpoints. See full issue of the ACRES U.S.A. Feb. issue here.]
• 2023. Official launch of the RICOWAS project January 18, 2023 in Bamako. Sahara and Sahel Observatory website. January 18. [The RICOWAS project is a five-year SRI-based initiative in 13 West African countries. The project details are here.]
• McCallister, Jen. 2023. Exploring the role of SRI and Nationally Determined Contributions for Climate Action. SRI-2030 blog. January 18.
• SRI-2030 blog. [accessed January 16, 2023]
• SRI-2030. SRI FAQs. SRI-2030 website. [accessed January 16, 2023]
• 2023. Technique de production agroécologique du riz au profit de la coopérative Gouantina de Douna. Plant Village blog. January 12. [PlantVillage project in Burkina Faso tests SRI with women's cooperative in farmer field school.]
• Jha, Raunak. 2022. How have subsidies of electricity skewed income distribution among farmers in Punjab? GRIN website. [Term paper suggesting MSP and electricity benefits wealthier farmers; article not about, SRI, but SRI suggested to help.]

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Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - acquired during 2023

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

• • Maulana, Mohamad. 2016. Externalities inclusion into production cost of System of Rice Intensification. Jurnal Agro Ekonomi 34(1): 17-33. [accessed June 3, 2023]
• Hazra, K.K., D.K. Swain, D.K. and S.S. Singh. 2023. System-based management of phosphorus in a non-flooded rice-lentil system on alkaline soil. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. (online first June 1, 2023) doi:10./s10705-023-10288-8
• Quade, Garrett. 2022. The System of Rice Intensification: A case study from Liberia. MPS capstone project paper. 102 p. Not online (see SRI research database for access) [accessed June 1, 2023]
• Ouma, Matilda, et al. 2023. The influence of multi-stakeholder networks on the uptake of system of rice intensification among smallholder rice farmers in western Kenya. International Journal of Agricultural Extension 11(1) doi:10.33687/011.001.4342 [accessed June 1, 2023]
• Hardy, Harrison, et al. 2023. The influence of manure-based organic fertilisers on the oviposition behaviour of Anopheles arabiensis. Acta Tropica (online first May 25, 2023). doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2023.106954 [accessed May 30, 2023]
• Devi, G. Karthiga, et al. 2023. Intensification save water and increase yield of paddy?: A study of tank irrigated area. Journal of Land and Rural Studies (Online First May 24). doi:10.1177/23210249231164032 [accessed May 29, 2023]
• • Dwipa, Indra, Nalwida Rozen and Musliar Kasim. 2023. Effect of land flooding in controlling weeds to several rice varieties in System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Indra. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1177(1): 012019. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/1177/1/012019 [accessed May 28, 2023]
• • Paul, Subrata, Bidhan Chandra Nath, et al. 2023. Development and fabrication of manually push-pull type conical weeder for Bangladesh condition. Agricultural Sciences, 14(5): 685-709. doi:10.4236/as.2023.145046. [accessed May 25, 2023]
• • Rani, S., and P. Sukumari. 2012. Growth and yield of medicinal rice Njavara as influenced by nutrient sources under different management systems. Madras Agricultural Journal 99(10-12): 786-788. doi:10.29321/MAJ.10.100195 [accessed May 23, 2023]
• • Rozen, Nalwida, Musliar Kasim, and Indra Dwipa. 2023. The effect of different types of organic mulch in system of rice intensification on yield components of Batang Piaman rice. American Institute of Physics Conference Series. 2730(1): 020007-1- 020007-5. [accessed May 22, 2023]
• • Sreeni, K. R. 2022. Sarvathobhadram-Organic Initiative: Cooperative model for resilient agriculture by adopting System of Rice Intensification. Journal of Rice Research 10(12): 1000337. [accessed May 21, 2023]
• • Rozen, N., et al. 2023. The early heading growth stage of rice plants in using the SRI method by giving liquid organic fertilizer of coconut husk and banana stems. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 160(1): 012006. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/1160/1/012006 [accessed May 20, 2023]
• • Naveen Saviour, M. , S. Mohandas, and B.J. Pandian. 2013. Upscaling SRI in Agniyar Sub-basin, Thanjavur District,Tamil Nadu under TN-IAMWARM Project. Madras Agricultural Journal 100(4-6): 421-423. [accessed May 20, 2023]
• • Kavishe, Rosemary, Hans Komake, and Frederick Kahimba. 2022. Integration of the System of Rice Intensification in smallholder farming systems in Tanzania: Are farmers ready? A case of Lekitatu Irrigation Scheme, Northern Tanzania, First Annual Agricultural Conference in Kagera (KAACE 1) Proceedings, pp148-162. [accessed May 20, 2023]
• Majumder, Saddam Hossen, and Biswajit Mondal. 2023. System of Rice Intensification in Tripura: A reflection. Indian Journal of Economics and Development (online first May 16 2023). doi:10.35716/IJED-22412 [accessed May 19, 2023]
• • Waris, Amtul. 2022. Adept to adapt: Closing the gender capacity gaps for aling scaling up System of Crop Intensification. Journal of Rice Research 15(special issue): 231-234. doi:10.58297/MJDW2273 [accessed May 9, 2023]
• • Mallareddy, M., R. Thirumalaikumar, et al. 2023. Maximizing water use efficiency in irce farming: A comprehensive review of innovative irrigation management technologies. Water 15(10): 1802. doi:10.3390/w15101802 [accessed May 9, 2023]
• Nazir, Aijaz M., Anwar Bhat, et al. .2023. Impact of crop establishment techniques and weed management practices on Oryza sativa L. growth and yield. Agronomy Journal (preprint. Online first April 28, 2023). doi:10.1002/agj2.21363 [accessed May 7, 2023]
• • Uphoff, Norman. 2023. SRI 2.0 and beyond: Sequencing the protean evolution of the System of Rice Intensification. Agronomy 13(5): 1253. doi:10.3390/agronomy13051253 [accessed April 30, 2023]
• • Theerthana, T., et al. 2023. Influence of nano nitrogen and nano zinc fertilizers on nutrient uptake and use efficiency in paddy under different systems of establishment. Ecology, Environment & Conservation 29(1): 361-366. doi:10.53550/EEC.2023.v29i01.053 [accessed April 30, 2023]
• • Krishna, Parimi Venkata Sai, Karthika Vishnu Priya Kathula, and Masina Sairam. 2023. "System of Rice Intensification (SRI): An approach towards enhancement of productivity and water use efficiency." In: Advances in Agricultural Technology edited by Sagar Maitra, Dinkar J. Gaikwad and Santosh D.T., Published by Griffon, Canada: 255-266. [accessed April 22, 2023]
• • Mehra, Mamta, Eric Toensmeier, and Chad Frischmann. 2023. Multifunctionality of agricultural solutions address climate change mitigation and adaptation while helping achieve the SDGs. Preprint (not associated with journal yet). doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-2712627/v1
• Pal, Biplab, et al. 2023. Soil fertility and zinc application influences yield and zinc-iron nutrition in rice (Ia) under system of rice intensification and conventional methods. Indian Journal of Agronomy 64(2): 191-199. [accessed April 20, 2023]
• • Mohapatra, Kiran Kumar, et al. 2023. Multi-criteria assessment to screen climate smart rice establishment techniques in coastal rice production system of India. Frontiers in Plant Science 14: 11305doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1130545 [accessed April 19, 2023]
• Bhargavi, G., and A. Sundari. 2023. Effect of nano urea on the growth and yield of rice (Oryza sativa) under SRI in the Cauvery delta zone of Tamil Nadu. Crop Research 58: 12-17. doi:10.31830/2454-1761.2023.CR-885
• • Thakur, Amod, 2023. Do System of Rice Intensification practices produce rice plants phenotypically and physiologically superior to conventional practice? Agronomy 13(4): 1098. doi:10.3390/agronomy13041098. [accessed April 16, 2023]
• • Katti, Gururaj, and Padmavathi Ch. 2022. Impact of rice cultivation methods on insect pest incidence and their management. Journal of Rice Research 15 (special issue): 84-89. doi:10.58297/XHFF3294 [accessed April 15, 2023]
• Abdulkadir, A., et al. 2022. Effects of alternate wetting and drying water levels and planting methods on performance of rice (Oryza Sativa L.) and selected soil properties in a Nigerian Sudan savanna. Journal of Rice Research 15 (Special issue): 77-80. doi:10.58297/YKBR1159 [accessed Apri 14, 2023]
• • Chintalapati, Padmavathi, et al. 2023. Insect pest incidence with the System of Rice Intensification: Results of a multi-location study and a meta-analysis. Agronomy 13(4): 1100 [accessed April 14, 2023]
• Ali, Outani Bibata. 2021. Effet du système de riziculture intensive sur les émissions de gaz à effet de serre, la dynamique des populations des nématodes parasites, et la production du riz (Oryza Sativa L.) sur le périmètre irrigué de Sébéri au Niger. Master's degree. Centre Régional AGRHYMET (Niger) [accessed April 7, 2023]
• • Anam, Syaiful, Uswatun Hasanah, and Iswa Windani. 2019. Analisis komparatif usahatani padi metode System of Rice Intensification (SRI) dan Jajar Legowo 6:1 di Kecamatan Bayan Kabupaten Purworejo. Surya Agritama 8(1): 135-151. [accessed April 1, 2023]
• • Kalita, R., et al. 2023. Production maximization of rainy season rice (Oryza sativa) through effective use of water and solar radiation under modified system of rice intensification in Assam. Indian Journal of Agronomy 68(1): 1-8. [accessed April 3, 2023]
• • Baul, Tushi, Dean Karlan, Kentaro, and Kathryn Vasilaky. 2022. Improving smallholder agriculture via video-based group extension. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.4307353 [accessed April 1, 2023]
• Dey, Shiladitya, Piyush Kumar Singh, et al. 2023. Climate-resilient agricultural ploys can improve livelihood and food security in Eastern India. Environment, Development and Sustainability. doi: 10.1007/s10668-023-03176-2 [accessed March 30, 2023]
• • Phu Hao, Dong, Nguyen Thanh Binh, and Le Hoang Anh. 2023. Current situation and solutions for methane (CH4) emission in paddy rice cultivation in Vietnam. VNU Journal of Science: Earth and Environmental Sciences 39(1): 28-41. doi:10.25073/2588-1094/vnuees.4909 [accessed March 29, 2023]
• • Ly, Proyuth. 2012. Low external input tropical agriculture: livelihoods, greenhouse gasses and sustainability: a study on the role of the system of rice intensification (SRI) in rain-fed lowland rice ecosystem in Cambodia. PhD disseration, University of Copenhagen. 143p. [accessed March 20, 2023]
• • Kimaro, Oforo Didas, et al. 2023. Handheld NDVI sensor-based rice productivity assessment under combinations of fertilizer soil amendment and irrigation water management in lower Moshi irrigation scheme, North Tanzania. Environmental Earth Science 82(3): 78. doi:10.1007/s12665-022-10730-0
• • Panomjan, Nantiya. 2023. Cost reduction of rice production with the System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Songklanakarin Journal of Plant Science 10(1): (Online First, February 2023) [accessed March 16, 2023]
• • Mubangizi, A., J. Wanyama, N. Kiggundu, and P. Nakawuka. 2023. Assessing suitability of irrigation scheduling Decision Support Systems for lowland rice farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa—A review. Agricultural Sciences 14(2): 219-239. doi:10.4236/as.2023.142015. [accessed March 16, 2023]
• • Rai, Khushubu, et al. 2023. Response of different seedling establishment methods on growth and yield of rice in Terai Region of Nepal. Reviews In Food And Agriculture 4(1): 07-12. [accessed March 11, 2023]
• • Abdulkadir, Tukur Daiyabu. 2019. Design and development of a seeding machine for system of rice intensification seedling tray. PdD Disseration. Universiti Putra Malaysia. 151p. [accessed March 11, 2023]
• • Budianto, Muh Bagus. 2023. Analisis pengaruh metode SRI dan konventional terhadap luas layanan irigasi pada Bendungan Meninting. GANEC SWARA 1(17): 100-107. [accessed March 11, 2023]
• • Nath, Dipak, and D.K. Das. 2018. Knowledge on SRI (System of Rice Intensification) of farmers in Tripura, India. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 7(3): 3586-3592. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2018.703.412 [accessed March 11, 2023]
• • Nakano, Yuko. 2023. The case of Tanzania: Effectiveness of management training on rice framing and farmer-to-farmer extension. In: Otsuka, K., Mano, Y., Takahashi, K. (eds) Rice Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa. Natural Resource Management and Policy, vol 56. Springer, Singapore. 10.1007/978-981-19-8046-6_4 [accessed March 1, 2023]
• • Khadka, Ram Bahadur. 2022. Microbial inoculation can enhance SRI performance and reduce biotic and abiotic stresses in rice. Journal of Rice Research 15 (Special issue) 77-80. doi:10.58297/YKBR1159 [accessed March 1, 2023]
• • Thakur, Amod Kumar. 2022. How System of Rice Intensification conserve resources, benefits environment and resilient to climate change. Journal of Rice Research 15 (Special issue) 106-109. doi:10.58297/BSIG2426 [accessed Feburary 28, 2023]
• • Doni, Febri, Anizan Isahak, F. Fathurrahman, and Wan Mohtar Wan Yusoff. 2023. Rice plants’ resistance to sheath blight infection is increased by the synergistic effects of Trichoderma inoculation with SRI management. Agronomy 13(3): 711.10.3390/agronomy13030711 [accessed February 27, 2023]
• • Adounkpe, J., O. Ahoudji, and B. Sinsin. 2021. Assessment of the contribution of flooded rice cultivation systems to methane emissions in the Lower Ouémé Valley in Benin Republic. Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Environment 10: 327-344. doi:10.4236/jacen.2021.103021 [accessed February 27, 2023]
• • Thu, Tran. 2022. A systemic review of System of Rice Intensification journey and System of Crop Intensification development in the rice sector of Viet Nam. Journal of Rice Research 15 (Special Issue) [accessed February 15, 2023]
• • 2023. Keynote and Lead Lectures (from the International Conference on System of Crop Intensification). Journal of Rice Research 15 (Special Edition). [Includes over 50 talks in 7 themes related to SRI and SCI in India and worldwide presented at the International Conference on System of Crop Intensification (ICSCI 2022) for Climate Smart Livelihood and Nutritional Security, 12-14 December 2022, at ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, Telangana, India [accessed February 15, 2023]
• • Sulistyowati, Lies, et al. 2021. Response of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) participants to method of Organic System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Tasikmalaya Regency, Indonesia. International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Management 3:(1): 848-856. [accessed February 15, 2023]
• • Vasilaky, Kathryn, et al. 2015. Learning digitally: Evaluating the impact of farmer training via mediated videos. Research report on Digital Green website. 27p. [accessed February 10, 2023]
• • Patnaik, Girija Prasad. 2023. Selenium application improves drought tolerance during reproductive phase of rice. Sustainability 15(3): 2730 (1-13). doi:10.3390/su15032730 [accessed February 8, 2023]
• • Gurung, Suk B., Ram B. Khadka, and Narayan B. Dhami. 2023. Effects of finger-millet intensification on yield and disease-resistance in the central hills of Nepal. Nepalese Journal of Agricultural Sciences 24: 5-21. [accessed Febraury 7, 2023]
• Gangopahdyay, Sohini, et al. 2023. A new methodological approach to the establishment of sustainable agricultural ecology in drought vulnerable areas of eastern India. Ecological Informatics (pre-proof). doi: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102013 [accessed Febraury 4, 2023]
• • Saxena, Raka, et al. 2023. Does India need a different rice ecosystem to harness the export advantages and manage the virtual water exports? Sustainability mapping for rice cultivation. Unedited version to be published in Current Science 124(04): 407-413 [accessed Febraury 2, 2023]
• • Palanisamy, Jeevanand, et al. 2022. Unravelling the growth potential of rice under modified rice cultivation System in Tamil Nadu, India. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 34(18): 250-258. doi:10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1831077 [accessed February 2, 2023]
• Kamara, Lamin Ibrahim, Baqir Lalani, and Peter Dorward. 2023. Towards Agricultural Innovation Systems: Actors, roles, linkages and constraints in the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Sierra Leone.Scientific African (pre-proof. Jan. 2023) doi:10.1016/j.sciaf.2023.e01576 [accessed February 1, 2023]
• • Siregar, Nadia Itona, Dwi Sadon, and Cahyono Tri Wibowo. 2020. Analisis jaringan komunikasi kelompok tani dalam penerapan budi daya padi metode System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Jurnal Pikom 21(1): 1-14. doi:10.31346/jpikom.v21i1.2216 [accessed January 16, 2023]
• • Adomoku, Richard Oppong. 2020. Investigating profit efficiency of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Northern Ghana. Master's thesis. University of Development Studies (Ghana). 117p. pdf. [accessed January 11, 2023]
• Kirar, Shiv Singh, A.K. Gupta, and Akhilesh Kulhade. 2017. Comparative study of input and output cost of traditional and SRI methods of paddy cultivation. Interaction 35(1): 60-63. [accessed January 11, 2023]
• • Bindu, H.A., and K.B. Umesh. 2022. Comparative economics of climate smart rice cultivation systems in Mandya district of Karnataka. Pharma Innovation 11(12): 5301-5305. [accessed January 10, 2023]
• Srinivas, K.R., van Est, R. 2023. Technology assessment in developing countries: The case of India—Examples of governmental and informal TA. In: Hennen, L., Hahn, J., Ladikas, M., Lindner, R., Peissl, W., van Est, R. (eds) Technology Assessment in a Globalized World. Springer, Cham. 10.1007/978-3-031-10617-0_6
• • Usman, Made, Kadekoh Indrianto, and Mahfudz and Sakka Samudin. 2016. The effect of System of Rice Intensification cultivation (SRI) implementation on growth and yield of wetland rice, and changes in soil nitrogen, phosphor and potassium. Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research 3(5): 234-239. [accessed January 10, 2023]
• • Abubakar, M., Y.S. Demuliyi, and A. Saleh. 2022. Ergonomic assessment of power tiller operators during the testing of System of Rice Intensification practices at Bakolori Irrigation Scheme, Zamfara State, Nigeria. Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management 26(12): 2053-2058 [accessed January 5, 2023]

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New Links to Online Publications (and SRI-Related Social Media sites) 2023
(see also Latest Research directly above and Recent Uploads below for new material on our site).

• 2023. Pilot-testing the framework to identify and quantify health gains from mitigation and adaptation actions. Chapter 5, pp.53-73. In A framework for the quantification and economic valuation of health outcomes originating from health and non-health climate change mitigation and adaptation action. World Health Organization [SRI section is on 54-57] [accessed May 7, 2023]
• 2021. Développement de l’agriculture durable par les agriculteurs de la province de Siem Reap au Cambodge. GRET website. [This French language brief documents activities that include SRI by the French NGO GRET, the Recherche et le Développement (CIRD), and the provincial govt of Siem Riep. The dates are not clear, but the projects probably as much as a decade old.] [accessed March 17, 2023]
• 2023. ClimateRice. A new website by a group at Cornell that is promoting SRI by creating a self-financing model with carbon credits. ClimateRice hopes to have SRI on 55M hectares over the next 10 years. [accessed March 16, 2023.]

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Documents Uploaded on our Website 2023 (Includes new pages added to the SRI-Rice website)

• [SRI-Rice web pages updated during May 2023: 2203 new resources page, May 2023 additions (new page), China, Indonesia, Senegal, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, India videos, events, research network, SWI page, theses, videos]
• Mati, Bancy. 2023. Promoting SRI through digital learning for rice farmers in Kenya.SRI-Rice website. (7p. pdf) [uploaded February 2023]
• Singh, Gurpreet. 2015. Beyond apprehensions: An experience of System of Cumin (Cuminum cyminum) Intensification. SRI-Rice website, Other crops section. [This is an article previously posted on March 27, 2015, http://thealternatevoice.blogspot.in (no longer online).] [uploaded January 15, 2023]
• Fisher, Lucy. 2022. Monthly additions to the SRI-Rice website. [uploaded monthly].

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Videos / Audiofiles - 2023 (either uploaded by SRI-Rice OR linked to from our website)

• 2023 (March). 20 năm SRI -Cuộc cách mạng trong sản xuất lúa ở Việt Nam | VTC16. 24.06 min. VTC16 channel, YouTube. [Vietnamese language video on SRI in several provinces of Vietnam.] [acccessed May 31, 2023]
• 2023 (May). धान की खेती की/SRI technique Paddy/अधिक उत्पादन/खैरा रोग की रोकथाम/system of rice intensification. 8:35 min.Dr.R.S.RAJPUT Agronomist channel, YouTube. [Hindi language overview of SRI]
• 2023 (May). Conservation through Ba’ Kelalan Adan Rice - Heirloom rice of the Lun Bawang people. 5:33 min. WWFMy channel, YouTube. [Reissue of an earlier video on a WWF-Malaysia supported project using SRI to grow Adan heirloom rice in Ba'Kelalan in Sarawak.]
• 2023 (April 13). Improving Rural Livelihoods in Zambia with SRI: The Inspiring Story of Henry Ngimbu. SRI-2030 channel, YouTube. [The story of Henry Ngimbu's SRI journey in Zambia which began in 2003.]
• 2023 (April 7). SRI Method of Rice Intensification. 8:20 min. PAKRUTI channel, YouTube. [Kannada language (India) explanation of SRI]
• 2023 (March 31). System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Producing more with less. 2:58 min. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations channel. [Farmers, extension agents, FAO representatives, and government weigh in on SRI in Tanzania in this short video.]
• 2023 (March 31). Kilimo Shadidi – Zalisha zaidi kwa kutumia kidogo. 2:58 min. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations channel. [Swahili version of FAO's short video on SRI in several sites in Tanzania]
• 2023 (February 26). Petani Desa Ululere: SRI Organik Lebih Menguntungkan. 1:00 min. PT Vale channel, YouTube. [accessed March 18, 2023]
• 2023 (February 26). Initiative of SRI in Iraq. 4:44 min. SRI-Rice channel, YouTube. [A video on implementation of the System of Rice Intensification in Iraq by Khidhir Abbas Hameed and staff of the Al-Mishkhab Rice Research Station in Najaf, Iraq. Farmer testimonies are included.]
• 2023 (January 28). SRI Through SRI - PRAYATN. 10:37 min. NPradeep Khemnani channel, YouTube. [Overview of SRI methods and farmer interviews from a SRI project by Prayatn in Rayagada, Odisha, India. In local language with English text and narration.]
• 2023 (January 18). Lancement officiel du projet RICOWAS, 39:20 min. Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel OSS channel. [Launch of RICOWAS project, a $14 million project in 13 countries in W. Africa that has SRI as a primary focus.]
• 2022 (December 5). SRI video from Projet de Résilience et de Compétitivité Agricole (PReCA). 2:26 min. RTB video clip uploaded on PReCa Facebook page. [The RTB video report (attached) to appreciate this support of the Project in Karfiguéla, in the Cascades region.] [accessed January 15, 2023]
• 2023 (January 11). Save 30 to 40% of the world water consumption: Dry Rice intercropping- iRice. Ralf Otterpohl channel, YouTube. [Lecture about SRI intercropping system from Hamburg University of Technology]
• 2023 (January 1). SRI Method For Rice Cultivation. 6:26 min. Mr Agri channel, YouTube.

Slide Presentations (Primarily PowerPoint) - 2023 (and Dec. 2022) acquisitions

• Khaing, Daw Chaw Su. 2019. Four different kinds of cultivation methods on monsoon rice in Year 2017-2018. 17 slides. Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, Myitkyina Township, Myitkyina District, Kachin State. [accessed March 1, 2023]
• Doni, Febri, and Rizky Riscahya Pratama Syamsuri. System of Rice Intensification: Rsearch, Adoption, and Opportunities. 33 slides. Presentation at the International Conference on System of Crop Intensification for Climate-Smart Livelihood and Nutritional Security, Hyderabad, India, December 12-14, 2022. [uploaded February 15, 2023]
• Mati, Bancy. 2022. The System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Towards Improving Rice Production and Saving Water in Africa. 17 slides. Presentation at the International Conference on System of Crop Intensification for Climate-Smart Livelihood and Nutritional Security, Hyderabad, India, December 12-14, 2022. [uploaded February 15, 2023]
• Fisher, Lucy. 2022. Overview of the System of Rice Intensiciation (SRI) Around the World. Presentation at the International Conference on System of Crop Intensification for Climate-Smart Livelihood and Nutritional Security, Hyderabad, India, December 12-14, 2022. [uploaded December 30, 2022]
• Hameed, Khidhir Abbas. 2022. Estimated Water Savings, Yield, and Income Benefits from Using SRI Methods from Using SRI in Iraq. Presentation at the International Conference on System of Crop Intensification for Climate-Smart Livelihood and Nutritional Security, Hyderabad, India, December 12-14, 2022. [uploaded December 28, 2022]
• Rosenzweig, Cynthia, and Sonali Shukla McDermid. 2022. AgMIP Integrated Assessments in South Asia. 16 slides. Presentation at the ADBI Annual Conference 2022, November 28, 2022. [accessed December 25, 2022]

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