SRI-RICE SEMINARS at CORNELL UNIVERSITY
(includes presentations by SRI-Rice in related seminar series at CU)
2019 Seminars
• Saving Water and Increasing Productivity of Rice Farming with SRI: Experiences with Farmer Organizations in Chhatisgarh, India
Speaker: C. M. Wijayaratna
Date: August 21, 2019 (3:00-4:00PM)
Venue: 100 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS
• Oxfam’s Experience with Sustainable Rice Production in Asia and Africa: Supply Chains, Women, and SRI [GLOBAl / USA]
Speaker: Le Nguyet Minh
Date: May 21, 2019 (12:00-1:00PM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, International Programs - CALS and SE Asia Program
2018 Seminars
• Resilient Farm Technologies in Achieving Sustainable Development: Performance and Adoption of SRI in Odisha, India [INDIA/USA]
Speaker: Debdutt Behura
Date: November 13, 2018 (4:30- 5:30PM)
Venue: 100 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, International Programs - CALS and the South Asia Program, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
• Up-Scaling of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Tamil Nadu, India: Results from a World Bank Project [INDIA/USA]
Speaker: Vibhu Nayar, Principal Secretary in the Government of Tamil Nadu state, and Project Director for the World bank-funded Irrigation Agriculture Modernization Project (IAMP)
Date: August 16, 2018 (12:00-1:00PM)
Venue: 100 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, International Programs - CALS
See PowerPoint presentation
• Shaping Sustainable Agriculture: Experiences with the System of Rice Intensification and the Sustainable Sugarcane initiative in India and Africa
Speakers: Biksham Gujja, Founder and Chairperson, AgSri Agricultural Services Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India
Date: May 24, 2018 (10:00-11:00AM)
Venue: 100 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, International Programs - CALS
• The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and Questions of Gender and Labor
Speakers: Regina Hansda, Research Fellow at the Centre for Rural Economy, Newcastle University, UK.
Date: March 22, 2018 (4:00-5:00PM)
Venue: 100 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, International Programs - CALS
• Experience in Kenya with the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Context of Water Scarcity and Climate Stresses
Speakers: Bancy Mati, Director, Water Research and Resource Center (WARREC), Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
Date: February 1, 2018 (12:20- 1:10PM)
Venue: 100 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, International Programs - CALS, and Institute of Agricultural Development (IAD), Cornell University
• What has been Learned of Scientific Value through SRI Research and Experience?
Speaker: Norman Uphoff, Professor Emeritus of Government and International Agriculture, Cornell University
Date: January 31, 2018 (12:20 - 1:10PM)
Venue: 135 Emerson Hall, Cornell University
Sponsors: International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
(This is in conjunction with the International Programs Seminar Series.)
See video and PowerPoint presentation
2017 Seminars
• System of Rice Intensification: The Peace Corps Experience
Speakers: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who promoted SRI during their service
Date: April 28, 2017 (2:30 - 4:00PM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, Peace Corps Cornell, and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
Event info: See the Cornell Calendar event listing or the Facebook event page
2016 Seminars
• New Directions for the System of Rice Intensification in Nepal: Mechanization and Biofertilizers
Speakers: Ram Bahadur Khadka
Date: December 9, 2016 (12:00 - 1:00PM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
See PowerPoint presentation
• Innovations with Mechanized SRI in Pakistan: Converging the System of Rice Intensification with Conservation Agriculture (CA)
Speaker: Asif Sharif
Date: November 30, 2016 (4:00 - 5:00PM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
• Observations on the Introduction and Rapid Growth of the System of Rice Intensificaton (SRI) among Smallholder Farmers in Kenya
Speaker: Jean Njiru
Date: October 7, 2016 (2:30 - 3:30PM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
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• Carbon Offsetting to Sustainably Finance the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Nepal
Speakers: Juna Shrestha, co-founder of ClimateRe, and Benjamin Huber, biogeochemist
Date: October 4, 2016 (12:20 - 1:10PM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
See PowerPoint presentation
• Introducing the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) to Resource-Limited Farmers in Sierra Leone
Speaker: Gerald Aruna
Director of the Italian NGO, ENGIM Internazionale
Date: September 12, 2016 (12:20 - 1:10PM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
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• How Farmers in Uttarakhand Reworked the System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Innovations from Sociotechnical Interactions in the Field
Speaker: Debashish Sen
Director, People's Science Institute
Date: September 6, 2016 (12:20 - 1:10PM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
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• Experiences with the System of Rice Intensification in Iran
Speaker: M. H. Emadi
Former Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Iran
Date: June 15, 2016 (11:30PM -12:30PM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
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•Adaptation and Adoption of Climate Smart Rice Production Methods in Liberia
Speaker: Robert Bimba
Executive Director of the Community of Hope Agriculture Project (CHAP) & SRI National Facilitator, Liberia
Date: June14, 2016 (12:00PM -1:00PM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
See PowerPoint Presentation
• Championing the Champions: Filming SRI in the Global South
Speaker: Sue Price and Declan McCormack, Flooded Cellar Productions
Filmmakers who have produced a number of SRI videos in Africa and Asia, most in conjunction with SRI-Rice and IFAD
Date: May 2, 2016 (11:30PM -12:30PM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
• Documentary Filmmakimg Workshop
Speaker: Sue Price and Declan McCormack
Filmmakers and founders of Flooded Cellar Productions
Date: May 2, 2016 (3:30-5:00PM)
Venue: 401 Warren Hall, Cornell University
Sponsors: the Department of Communications, SRI-Rice, International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
2015 Seminars
•Farmer Participatory Research on the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong Basin Region
Speaker: Abha Mishra
Professor at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, and team leader for the project on “Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin.”
Date: October 12, 2015 (1:30PM -2:30PM)
Venue: 160 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
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•Developing and Scaling up the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in West Africa: A Success Story
Speakers: Gaoussou Traoré, Director of Research and Scientific Coordinator for the National Agriculture Research Institute (IER, Institut d’Economie Rurle) in Bamako, Mali;
and Erika Styger, Assoiciate Director of SRI-Rice, IP/CALS, Cornell University
Date: September 15, 2015 (12:20 - 1:10PM)
Venue:102 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
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•The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and its Adaptation to Sugarcane in Cuba [CUBA / USA]
Speaker: Rene Pérez
Date: September 12, 2015 (4:00 - 5:00PM)
Venue: B75 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
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•System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Experience of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in Jharkhand State, India
Speaker: M. V. Ashok
Chief General Manager heading the Department of Economic Analysis & Research at the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) Head Office, Mumbai
Date: July 30, 2015 (5:00 - 6:00PM)
Venue: 100 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
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•Development of Integrated Azolla-Rice-Duck-Fish Farming Systems with SRI Methods for Rice Production in the Mekong River Region
Speaker: Nguyen Nghia, Cantho University, Vietnam
Date: July 1, 2015 (1:00 - 2:00PM)
Venue: 100 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
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• Finger Millet for Nutrition, Health and Ecological Security: Increasing Productivity through “SFMI”
Speaker: K. N. Bhatt, Associate Professor, G.B. Pant Social Science Institute at University of Allahabad, U.P., India
Date: June 5, 2015 (12:00 - 1:00PM)
Venue: 100 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
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• Growing No-Till Rice with SRT: Increasing Productivity with the Saguna Rice Technique
Speaker: Sekhar Bhadsavle
Date: May 5, 2015 (4:00 - 5:00PM)
Venue: 135 Emerson, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
See presentation (pdf)
• The System of Rice Intensification in Taiwan: Adapting SRI to Existing Farming Systems and Making Links with the Private Sector
Speaker: Chun-E Kan, Professor, Taiwan National University
Date: April 16, 2015 (4:00 - 5:00PM)
Venue: 100 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
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• Arsenic in Rice - From Field to Fork
Speaker: John Duxbury, Professor, Soil and Crop Sciences, SIPS, Cornell University
Date: April 10, 2015 (12:00 - 1:10PM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, International Programs - CALS; Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, and Section of Soil and Crop Sciences, SIPS, Cornell University
See video presentation
2014 Seminars
• The Challenges of Rainfed Agricultural Development in India: Where System of Crop Intensification (SCI) Options Might Fit In
Speaker: Ashwini Chhatre, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
Date: September 18, 2014 (4:00 - 5:00PM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell
• Scaling up the System of Rice Intensification and the System of Wheat Intensification in Bihar, India
Speaker: Anil Kumar Verma, Executive Director, PRAN, Bihar, India
Date: September 15, 2014 (12:20 - 1:00AM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell
See PowerPoint Presentation
See video
• SRI: Experience and Opportunities in Jharkhand State
Speaker: Yezdi Karai, Pro-Chancellor of Usha Martin University in Jharkhand state, board member of the NGO KGVK (Krishi Gram Vikas Kendra) and founder and director of the company KGVK Agro
Date: May 22, 2014 (10:00-11:00AM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell
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• *Agricultural Transformations: Some Insights on Agency and Innovation from SRI in India
Speaker: Shambu Prasad C., Professor of Rural Management and Development at Xavier Institute in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, and Fulbright fellow with SRI-Rice at Cornell
Date: April 23, 2014 (4:30-5:30PM)
Venue: G08 Uris Hall, Cornell University
Sponsors: South Asia Program at Cornell University
• Agricultural Water Savings Possible through SRI for Water Management in Sichuan, China
Speaker: Zheng Jiaguo, National Rice Expert for the Ministry of Agriculture, People’s Republic of China, and Professor in the Tillage and Cultivation Research Center, Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (SAAS), Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R.C
Date: April 15, 2014 (2:30-3:30PM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell
See PowerPoint Presentation
• * Uprooting Rice Science? Scientific Controversies and SRI
Speaker: Shambu Prasad C., Professor of Rural Management and Development at Xavier Institute in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, and Fulbright fellow with SRI-Rice at Cornell
Date: March 3, 2014 (12:15-1:15PM)
Venue: 374 Rockefeller Hall, Cornell University
Sponsors: Department of Science and Technology Studies
• Rice in Water-Constrained Areas: Has the Potential of SRI Been Realized?
Speaker: Adusumilli Ravindra, Director of Watershed Support Services and Activity Network (WASSAN)
Date: February 17, 2014 (12:20-1:10PM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, International Programs/CALS
• Building a Research Network: An Analysis of Journal Articles on SRI in India
Speaker: Shambu Prasad, Professor of Rural Management and Development at Xavier Institute in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, and Fulbright fellow with SRI-Rice at Cornell
Date: January 28, 2014
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, International Programs/CALS
• My Experience with the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Haiti
Speaker: Zhoucen Feng, SRI-Rice intern working in with the iF Foundation in Haiti
Date: January 13, 2014
Venue: 100 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, International Programs/CALS
• SRI Website and Social Media Strategies
Speaker: Jeevan Gyawali, Web Analyst and Cornell student
Date: January 8, 2014
Venue: 100 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, International Programs/CALS
2013 Seminars
• The Convergence of Conservation Agriculture and the System of Rice Intensification: Potential for Expansion in Sustainable Food Production
Speaker: Amir Kassam, Visiting Professor at the University of Reading, UK, and FAO advisor on sustainable production intensification
Date: December 19, 2013
Venue: 135 Emerson Hall, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, International Programs/CALS
• Benefits to Rural Women Farmers Practicing SRI in West Bengal, India
Speaker:
Dolon Ganguly, Executive Director of the Jeevika Development Society
in India
Date: November 25, 2013
Venue: 100 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, International Programs/CALS
See PowerPoint presentation
• Climate Change and Materialities: The Case of Rice in India
Speaker: Barbara Harriss-White, Emeritus Professor of Development Studies at Oxford University, UK
Date: November 18, 2013
Venue: 100 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, International Programs/CALS
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• *The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Systems Perspective: Nested and Convergent Systems
Speaker: Norman Uphoff, SRI-Rice Senior Advisor and Acting Director of the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs
Date: October 25, 2013 (12:00-1:00PM)
Venue: 253 Rhodes Hall, Cornell University
Sponsors: Ezra's Round Table/Systems Seminar at Cornell University
• Can Farmers' Innovations Sustain SRI? Experiences from Andhra Pradesh, India
Speaker: Dr. R. Vasantha, Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, ANGRAU, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, India
Date: May 21, 2013 (2:00-3:00PM)
Venue: 100 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, CIIFAD
• The West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program: Partnerships and Strategies for Disseminating Rice Innovations Across the Region
Speaker: Dr. Gaoussou Traoré, head of the National Center of Specialization (NCOS) on rice in Mali,
Date: March 11, 2013
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, CIIFAD
• "More with Less" - The Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) in India and Beyond: Experience & Future Directions
Speaker: Biksham Gujja, founder and director of AgSri Agricultural Services Pvt. Ltd., Andhra Pradesh, India,
Date: February 8, 2013
Venue: 1105 Bradfield Hall, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, CIIFAD
See PowerPoint presentation
2012 Seminars
• Le SRI au Bénin
Speaker: Pascal Gbenou, Président du Cadre des Riziculteurs de L’Afrique de l’Ouest
Date: October 23, 2012 (4:00- 5:30PM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, CIIFAD
See PowerPoint presentation
• The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and its Adaptation to Sugarcane in Cuba
Speaker: Rena Pérez, Volunteer Coordinator for SICA in Latin America
Date: September 7, 2012 (10:10:- 11:15AM)
Venue: 135 Emerson, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, CIIFAD
See PowerPoint presentation
• Women and SRI in Southern India
Speaker: Joan Mencher, Professor Emeritus of Cultural Anthropology at City University of New York
Date: June 5, 2012
Venue: 100 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, CIIFAD
• PRADAN’s Experiences with the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in India (includes showing of film "Ek Ropa Dhan")
Speaker: Pratyaya Jagannath and Pratyush Singh, MPS-IARD students at Cornell University
Date: February 15, 2012
Venue: 135 Emerson Hall, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, CIIFAD
2011 Seminars
•The Science behind SRI Practices: Quantifying the effects on Morphology, Physiology and Crop Performance
Speaker: Amod Thakur Borlaug Fellow, Cornell University Senior Scientist, Directorate of Water Management, Bhubaneswar, India
Date: December 6, 2011
Venue: 135 Emerson Hall, Cornell University (12:20-1:10PM)
Sponsor: Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, SRI-Rice and International Programs / CALS
See PowerPoint presentation
•Roundtable Presentation: The System of Rice Intensification: The Better U Foundation’s SRI Initiative in Madagascar
Speaker: Winifred Fitzgerald, Better U Foundation advisor to the Antananarivo SRI Secretariat in Madagascar
Date: October 11, 2011
Venue: 100 Mann Library, Cornell University (4:30 6:00PM)
Sponsor: SRI-Rice and CIIFAD
•Mercury Cycling in Rice Paddies: Biogeochemistry and Human Health
Speaker: Sarah Rothenberg, D.Env. Post Doctoral Researcher Chinese Academy of Science, Guiyang, China
Date: April 27, 2011
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University (12:20-1:10PM)
Sponsor: SRI-Rice, CIIFAD, Food, Agriculture and Nutrition Grad Group (FANG-Grads)
•Growing Success: Exporting SRI Organic Rice from Indonesia
Speaker: Emily Sutanto, Founder of BloomAgro
Date: April 12, 2011
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University (12:20-1:10PM)
Sponsor: SRI-Rice and CIIFAD
* Seminar sponsored by group other than SRI-Rice
