SRI International Network and Resources Center

The webinar will examine the capabilities of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), and how it can contribute to achieving climate and development goals within the context of project work. This event is designed to cater to a general audience who are interested in learning about SRI, providing them with an insightful, and accessible introduction.
Date: April 22, 2024, 10:30-11:45 GMT
Presenters: Idrissa Dia, Aisha Abdulkadir, Nizar Zaied, Abdoulaye Sy, James Dahlgreen, Francesco Zampaolo,
Venue: Online
Organizers: Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and SRI-2030
More Information: See Flyer or contact SRI-2030

The two sessions of the first day focus on deepening knowledge about rice and the System of RIce Intensification (SRI) and Climate Resilient Rice Production (CRRP). These sessions allowed participants to have updated knowledge on rice and to share with the trainers the difficulties they encounter in putting these farming techniques into practice, particularly the mechanization issues. The training that brings together more than 40 participants representing 13 countries.
Date: April 1, 2024
Venue: Agricultural Mechanization Training Centre of Grand Lahou, Côte d'Ivoire
Organizers: National Agency for Rural Development Support (ANADER), Côte d'Ivoire and RICOWAS project
More Information: See OSS website notification

Webinar presented as part of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA) Flagship project: Evaluation of Mitigation and Adaptation Co-benefits (MAC-B) of Agricultural GHG Emission Reduction Strategies over Time. SRI is a primary subject of this study carried out in Bangladesh and comes out with high marks.
Date: March 4, 2024 [1:32:16 min. video is here]
Speakers: Roberto Valdivia, Sonali McDermid, Tao Li, and Erik Mencos
Venue: Online
Organizers: GRA Croplands Research Group & AgMIP
More Information: See video of event

This presentation by one of the earliest investigators of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) reviewed the practices, principles and effects of SRI and then some of the initial criticisms and objections. The main focus will be on scientific issues and opportunities that warrant investigation from agricultural science and/or social science perspectives.
Speaker: Norman Uphoff
Date: February 21, 2024, 12:20-1:10 PM [EST] [post-event video available]
Venue: Cornell University, 175 Warren Hall; or, online via zoom
Organizers: Dept. of Global Development, Cornell University.
This presentation is part of the "Perspectives in International Development" seminar series
More Information: See seminar announcement and video of event

Countries' representatives of the Sustainable Rice NDC Alliance will join the workshop, which will be an opportunity to convene prominent stakeholders of the African rice sector and bridge gaps in current climate change mitigation strategies. SRI will be included in disucussions. The Rice Community of Practice of the African Climate Action Partnership (AfCAP) and the Global Research Alliance (GRA)’s Africa Paddy Rice Research Group (APRRG) are planning this event in advance of the CCAC annual meeting and the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi.
Location: Ibis Styles Nairobi Styles Westland, Nairobi, Kenya
Date/Time: February 20, 2024, 8:30-17:00 EAT [video of event now available]
Organizers: African Climate Action Partnership, the Global Research Alliance, the Global Methane Hub, and SRI-2030
More Information: Regarding NDC Alliance's participation in this event, contact SRI-2030. A video is available of the session entitled Fostering Partnerships to Advance Climate Smart Paddy Rice in Africa (1:48:43 min.)

Regularly occurring meeting of the J-SRI Network in Japan, which reviews the work on System of Rice Intensification undertaken by its members.
Date: February 19, 2024 19:000-21:00 [JST]
Venue: University of Tokyo; Online via zoom meeting ID: 972 1279 5759, Passcode: 351328
More Information: See J-SRI website, Note: Joining the J-SRI Network is free!

Meeting of the J-SRI Network in Japan, which occurs regularly.

1. アポフさん関連情報　山路永司（東京大学　名誉教授）　資料
2. その他

Date: December 18, 2023; 19:30-21:00
Venue: University of Tokyo; Online via zoom meeting ID: 972 1279 5759, Passcode: 351328
More Information: See J-SRI website, Note: Joining the J-SRI Network is free!

A RICOWAS Project training of trainers for SRI
Date/Time: December 8, 2023
Venue: Rokupr Agricultural Research Centre (RARC), SIerra Leone
Organizer: Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI)
Sponsors: CORAF, Adaptation Fund, and Sahara and Sahel Observatory
More Information: See event flyer for details

This seminar will cover the System of Rice Intensification in Indonesia, covering topics such as adoption, spread, research, and opportunities for scaling up.
Speaker: Dr. Febri Doni, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences,
   Padjadjaran University
Date/Time: December 5, 2023, 9:00AM (WIB)
Venue: Ruang Teater Perpuspa Kebumen, Kebumen, Central Java, Indonesia
Organizer: Department of Agrotechnology, Universitas Ma’arif Nahdlatul Ulama, Kebumen, Central Java, Indonesia
More Information: See event flyer for details or contact Febri Doni

This conference will include SRI presentations by Francesco Carnevale Zampaolo, Rajendra Uprety, Febri Doni, and several others.
Date: November 25-27, 2023 [abstracts due October 25, 2023]
Venue: TMA Pai International Convention Centre, Mangalore, Karnataka Mangalore, India (online or in person)
More Information: See event website for details or contact cda-2023@krishitantra.com

This conference will include SRI presentations.
Date: November 16-18, 2023 [Extended abstracts due August 31, 2023]
Venue: Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), Gujarat, India
More Information: See event website for details or contact mst2023@irma.ac.in

This event, which is held every four years, will include a number of SRI presentations as well as a booth sponsored by by SRI-Rice and SRI-2030.
Date: October 16-19, 2023 [abstracts due July 15, 2023]
Registration: $810 regular, students $610, register here
Venue: Manila, Philippines
More Information: See event website for details

This course is a deeper dive into sustainable agriculture options for smallholder farmers in the tropics-- a big-picture view to look at agroecosystems as a whole, with emphasis on System of Rice Intensification, Conservation Agriculture, Sloping Agricultural Land Technology, and Agroforestry.
Date: September 11-15, 2023
Registration: Register here before Sept. 1, 2023. Earlybird rate: $695
Venue: ECHO Global Demonstration and Research Farm, Fort Meyers, Florida, USA
More Information: See event contact: Study Coordinator (study@echonet.org) at ECHO (USA) and website

One-day trainings on the System of Rice Intensification
Date: July 14 (planting), and November 1 (harvest), 2023
Sponsored by: ECHO Asia
Venue: ECHO Asia, Chiang Mai, Thailand
More Information: contact ECHO Asia: echoasia@echocommunity.org

Meeting of the J-SRI Network in Japan, which occurs regularly.

Agenda プログラム案

1. マイクロナノバブルの水田土壌中での移動の評価（笹本涼太＠明治大学）
2. その他

Date: June 19, 2023; 19:30-21:00
Venue: University of Tokyo; Online via zoom meeting ID: 972 1279 5759, Passcode: 351328
More Information: See J-SRI website, Note: Joining the J-SRI Network is free!

The event for Kano, Kaduna, and Jigawa states in Nigeria is being organized to showcase SRI's impact. Hear testimonies from farmers and gain a deeper understanding of this innovative methodology.
Date: June 19, 2023, 9AM
Venue: Kuzuntu Community, Kubau LGA, Kaduna, Nigeria
More Information: Contact Abdul-Rahman Danbaba

This is the close-out session for a FCDO-funded LINKS programme implemented by Tetra Tech that been working on SRI, regenerative agriculture, and other economic activities in Jigawa, and Kaduna states in northern Nigeria.
[ See Video on SRI reults.]
Date: May 24, 2023: 9AM- 4PM (West Africa time)
Venue: Wells Carlton Hotel 8, Gado Nasko Close, Off Jose Marti Street, Asokoro, Abuja, Nigeria

Jubilee Justice Specialty Foods and Rice Mill serves a collective of Black farmers from across the South who grow organic rice using the System of Rice Intensification. They are led by the NGO Jubilee Justice.
Date: May 12, 2023: 10AM-12PM EST
Sponsored by: Jubilee Justice
Venue: 7521 Highway 71 South, Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
More Information: See Jubilee Justice website.

Presenters: Stephen Wood, Bas Bouman and Erika Styger
Date: May 3, 2023, 10:00-11:00AM EST
Sponsored by: World Bank Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Thematic Group
Venue: In-Person in Room MC 4-100 or online via Webex
Registration: https://sway.office.com/DfRYYwMHrAFxRABT?ref=email
More Information: see website

Meeting of the J-SRI Network in Japan, which occurs regularly.

Agenda プログラム

1. 水管理とコメ生産：節水型稲作のレビュー（鳥山和伸）
2. エアロビックライスについて（加藤洋一郎）
3. その他

Date: April 24, 2023; 19:30-21:00
Venue: University of Tokyo; Online via zoom meeting ID: 972 1279 5759, Passcode: 351328
More Information: See J-SRI website, Note: Joining the J-SRI Network is free!

The focus of UNEP's Climate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) Agriculture Insight Meeting is on different approaches to reducing methane emissions from the rice sector.
- 1st section: considers the most appropriate interventions to reduce from rice depending on climate and geography.
- 2nd section: representatives from Vietnam and Thailand present their experiences of implementing climate smart rice projects and the regulatory landscape that assists this process.

Date: February 20, 2023, 10:00-11:30 AM CET [4:00AM EST]
Venue: Webinar --Teams meeting
Registration: https://www.ccacoalition.org/en/event/ccac-agriculture-hub-insight-meeting
More Information: contact secretariat@ccacoalition.org

Meeting of the J-SRI Network in Japan, which occurs regularly.

Agenda プログラム

1. 新しい自然農稲作法（逢坂福信）
2. 節水栽培による収量・品質への影響ーミニレビュー（鳥山和伸）
3. コーネル大学からの情報（山路永司）
4. その他

Date: February 20, 2023; 19:30-21:00
Venue: University of Tokyo; Online via zoom meeting ID: 972 1279 5759, Passcode: 351328
More Information: See J-SRI website, Note: Joining the J-SRI Network is free!

Agenda
- Introduction to IndoSRINet, the Indonesian SRI Network
- Get-together with SRI scientists from all over Indonesia
- Discussion on the future plans for the advancement of SRI in Indonesia
- Introduction to the SRI Research Database and Zotero

Date: February 15, 2023, 3PM WIB -West Java (Bangkok) time zone
Venue: Online zoom meeting (from Padjadjaran Unversity ID: 915 61715787, Passcode: 383478
Registration: https://bit.ly/IndoSRInetOpenHouse
More Information: See IndoSRInet website or contact Indosrinetwork@gmail.com

Meeting of the J-SRI Network in Japan, which occurs regularly.

プログラム案

1. 水稲乳苗を湛水及び無湛水栽培した場合の生育収量の比較　（鳥山和伸）
2. その他

Date: December 19, 2022; 19:30-21:00
Venue: University of Tokyo; Online via zoom meeting ID: 972 1279 5759, Passcode: 351328
More Information: See J-SRI website, Note: Joining the J-SRI Network is free!

Globally and nationally-recognized scientists, policy makers and administrators will make presentations on SRI and System of Crop Intensification (SCI) [which includes crops other than rice] that relate to policy, farming systems research, climate change, resource conservation technologies, resource use efficiency, etc. There will also be technical sessions, lightning talks, posters, and spaces for interaction  between farmers and scientists.
Time/Date: Dec. 12-14, 2022 [postponed from the original August dates]
Venue: [hybid] ICAR - Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad, India
Organized by: Society for Advancement of Rice Research (SARR)
Registration/dates: Register here. Extended summaries of contributed papers due September 30, 2022
More information: See website circular; e-mail: icsci82022@gmail.com or secretaryicsci2022@gmail.com

Norman Uphoff is an invited speaker, giving a presentation entitled "Smarter agriculture with better management of plants, soil, water, nutrients, and the soil biota: Worldwide experience with the System of Rice Intensification."
Date: Nov. 8-9, 2022
Venue: Virtual
Organized by: Faculty of Agriculture, Andalas University
Registration/dates: Register here.
More information: See website; e-mail contact: Dr. My Syahrawati asic@agr.unand.ac.id; phone +62-852-6309-9502

This panel discussion on the System of Rice Intensification will be moderated by Kelly Witkowski, Inter-Institute for Cooperation Agriculture (IICA).
Panelists: Erika Styger (Cornell University), Adnan Aminu Adnan (LINKS), Jaqueline McGlade (Downforce Technologies), Unnikrishnan Divarkaran Nair (Commonwealth Secretariat), Shri C.S.R. Murthy (NABARD)
Date/Time: Nov. 8, 2022, 9AM EET
Venue: Sustainable Agriculture of the Americas Pavilion, COP27, Sharm El Sheik, Egypt
Organized by: Inter-Institute for Cooperation Agriculture (IICA) with assistance from SRI-2030
To View Event: Click here to view the event live. The access code is IICA*COP27
More information: SRI-2030 news page [You can get a link for the video here after the event is finished]

In this podcast, Konda Mason, talks about her work with Jubilee Justice, a group in Louisiana that works with Black farmers in the Southern USA though strategies that include developing community land trusts as a way to secure farmland in perpetuity; cooperatives that help protect farmers from market exploitation and discriminatory practices; an open-source-style of climate-friendly agronomy known as the System of Rice Intensification; and the hosting of "transformational learning journeys" to help White and BIPOC Americans heal the wounds of American slavery and racism. southern USA.

Speaker: Konda Mason
Date: September 1, 2022; 43:04 minutes
Venue: David Bollier's Frontiers of Commoning Podcast
More Information: See the website (which contains the recording of the event.)

Meeting of the J-SRI Network in Japan, which occurs regularly.

プログラム案

1. 近年のSRI研究　（山路永司）
2. 湛水と無湛水で栽培したポット乳苗コシヒカリの生育の違い　（鳥山和伸）
3. SRI農法における乳苗優位性と倒伏耐性の検証　（イ　ソウメイ）（案）
4. その他

Date: August 22, 2022; 19:30-21:00
Venue: University of Tokyo; Online via zoom meeting ID: 972 1279 5759, Passcode: 351328
More Information: See J-SRI website, Note: Joining the J-SRI Network is free!

Date: July 22, 2022 08:30 - July 22, 2022 13:30
Venue: ECHO Asia Small Farm Resource Center (ศูนย์ฝึกอบรม และธนาคารเมล็ดพันธ์ุเอคโค่), Chiang Mai, Thailand (ประเทศไทย)
Sponsored by: ECHO Asia
More Information: See website announcement

Meeting of the J-SRI Network in Japan, which occurs regularly.
Date: June 13, 2022; 19:30-21:00
Agenda:

1. コーネルへの協力の方向（山路永司）
2. 現代農業の記事紹介（山路永司）
3. 湛水深が分げつに及ぼす影響（鳥山和伸）
4. その他

Venue: University of Tokyo; Online via zoom meeting ID: 972 1279 5759c - Passcode: 351328
More Information: See J-SRI website, Note: Joining the J-SRI Network is free!

Date: April 21, 2022; 19:30-21:00
Venue: University of Tokyo; Online via zoom meeting ID: 972 1279 5759 - Passcode: 351328
Program Plan: [meeting is in Japanese] What the 15-year-old J-SRI Study Group will (should) work on:
1) Eiji Yamaji (University of Tokyo), 2) Development of duck robot, 3)Tetsuya Nakamura (organic rice design), 4) Effect of water management (flooding vs. intermittent irrigation), 5) Kazunobu Toriyama (former JIRCAS), 6)
More Information: See J-SRI website, Note: Joining the J-SRI Network is free!

CHAP is a one of the beneficiaries of the “Livelihood and Employment Programme” implemented by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry with funding from the UNDP to multiply improved seed on 4 ha in Lofa and Montserrado, using System of Rice Intensification.
Date: February 2, 2022; 9:00AM
Venue: CHAP main office and Field in Zubah Town, Duport Road, Liberia
More Information: See event flyer or contact Robert Bimba

Date: December 23, 2021; 19:30-21:00
Venue: University of Tokyo; Online via zoom meeting ID: 972 1279 5759c - Passcode: 351328
Program Plan: 2021年度宍塚のSRI試験報告　（易ソウメイ＠東大・逢坂福信)
その他
More Information: See J-SRI website, Note: Joining the J-SRI Network is free!

Date: November 15, 2021; 19:30-21:00
Venue: University of Tokyo; Online via zoom meeting ID: 972 1279 5759 - Passcode: 351328
Program Plan: プログラム案 未定 2021年度宍塚のSRI試験報告　（逢坂福信・易ソウメイ＠東大)
その他
More Information: See J-SRI website, Note: Joining the J-SRI Network is free!

This presentation on SRI is part of the International Webinar Series on Agroecology and Community Series
Speaker: Prof. Emeritus Norman Uphoff, Cornell University
Time/Date: June 25, 2021; 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM (Malaysia UTC + 8).
Venue/Registration: Online.
Sponsors: The Malaysian Agroecology Society for Sustainable Resource Intensification (SRI-Mas), the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and the Malaysian Food Security and Sovereignty Forum (FKMM).
More Information: See presentation. For more info e-mail SRI-Mas. NOTE: This webinar is can also be viewed live on the SRI-Mas Facebook or the SRI-Mas Society YouTube channel.

The conference includes a presentation on System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Summary of Progress made in Africa
Speaker: The SRI presentation is by Prof. Bancy M. Mati, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya.
Date: May 18-20, 2021 (SRI presentation is May 20, 14:30-16:00 Stream D - Integrated Rice Sector Development in a Changing Climate)
Venue: online - register here; cost is USD25 for all-access pass
More information: See event website and conference program, and Stream D (which includes SRI presentation)

Date: May 17, 2021; 19:30-21:00
Venue: Online via zoom meeting ID: 972 1279 5759 - Passcode: 351328
Program Plan: 2021 Shishitsuka SRI Examination Report (Fukunobu Osaka, Soumei Yi @ The University of Tokyo); Other
More Information: See J-SRI website, Note: Joining the J-SRI Network is free!

Date: January 13, 2021; 19:30-21:00
Venue: Online via zoom meeting ID: 972 1279 5759 - Passcode: 351328
More Information: See J-SRI website, Note: Joining the J-SRI Network is free!

This Sustainable Rice Production event webinar will have focus on organic rice production and have speakers from India, Iran, Iraq, and Turkey. SRI is one of the featured topics.
Speaker: The SRI presentation is by Khidhir Abbas Hameed, Al-Mishkhab Rice Research Station, Najaf, Iraq.
Time/Date: December 8-9, 2020 (SRI talk is Dec. 9 at 9AM, Baghdad time)
Venue: online - register here
Hosted by: Central & West Asian Rice Center (CWARice)
More information: See presentation and event website

Speakers: The theme is "Keep soil alive; protect biodiversity." There are 4 speakers; Anizan Isahak will speakRice Systems and Soil Healththe SRI talk is by Anizan Isahak.
Time/Date: December 7, 2020; 9:00-12:00PM -Malaysian time (8:00-11:00PM EST)
Venue: online - register here
Hosted by: Malaysian Society of Soil Science (MSSS) in collaboration with FAO, Malaysian Biochar Society, Dept. of Agriculture.
More information: Contact Zamir Rasid

Hablaremos del sistema SICA, una alternativa de interés con múltiples ventajas que trae consigo un menor uso de insumos, ahorro en el uso del agua y aporta mejores rendimientos en la producción del arroz.
Speaker: Ing. Didier Moreira
Time/Date: November 11, 2020, 6:00 EST
Venue: Virtual webinar
Hosted by: Siempre Arroz
More information: See event website

A presentation on SRI in Latin America was made during a webinar that brought together experts, scientists, and researchers from national, regional and international organizations to share experiences with nature-based solutions in countries of the Global South.
Speaker: Kelly Witkowski, Manager, Climate Change and Natural Resources Program of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
Time/Date: September 23, 2020, 8:30 –10:00 am New York Time
Webinar: Fostering South-South cooperation on nature-based solutions for a low-emission and climate-resilient recovery (SRI presentation: SRI in the Americas: S-S Cooperation to Accelerate action).
Organizers: United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC)
More information: See event website and the SRI presentation

6 módulo curso: Fundamentos y principios de la metodología del SRI; establecimiento del cultivo; riego del cultivo; manejo de malezas; control de plagas y enfermedades; nutrición del cultivo bajo la metodología del SRI.
Date: Until November 30, 2020
Venue: Curso virtual, 6 modulo. (Online, 6 modules).
Cost: Acceso gratuito a todo el curso; costo del certificado: 25 USD. 9The six module course is free; certification costs USD25.)
Organizer: Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA).
More information: See website and video about the course.

This event will include interactive demonstration of SRI innovations, discussions on SRI principles including how to increase yields and decrease water usage and Farm Tour. Training will be conducted in Thai & English.
Date: July 31, 2020
Venue: ECHO Asia Impact Center, San Sai, Chiang Mai
Organizers: ECHO Asia Small Farm Resource Center & Seed Bank, Thailand
More information: See website

This course seeks to increase the adoption of SRI across Central West Asia as a means of contributing to food security throughout the region. Primary trainers for the course are from Iraq and Iran.
Date: May or June (3 days), 2020
Venue: To be determined
Organizers: Central and West Asian Rice Center
More information: The application form and description of the course are here

This consultation will bring lessons learnt about the System of Crop Intensification from farmers' fields, the scientific community, systemic changes at several levels of policy implementation and communty based extension/knowledge system in Odisha to the new policy vision and strenghtening up required collaborations.
Date: February 14, 2020, 10:00AM - 5:00PM
Venue: IMAGE, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Organized by: Revitalizing Rainfed Agriclture Netowkr (RRAN, National Consortium on SRI (NCS) and PRAGATI, Koraput.
More Information: PRAGATI

This poster presentation on SRI was made during the International Temperate Rice Conference.
Speaker: Karla Cordero, Head of the National Rice Breeding Program at INIA, Chile
Time/Date: February 9-12, 2020
Conference: International Temperate Rice Conference: Science and Innovation: Feeding a World of 10 Billion People
Venue: Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil
More Information:See Conference website and poster listing

This presentation on SRI was made during the Scientific Symposium on Rice and Wheat as an Essential Axis in Achieving Food Security
Speaker: Khidhir Abbas Hameed, Al-Mishkhab Rice Research Station - Najaf / IRAQ
Time/Date: January 13, 2020
Conference: Scientific Symposium on Rice and Wheat as an Essential Axis in Achieving Food Security
Venue: Faculty of  Agriculture in Muthanna province, Muthanna University, Iraq
More Information: Khidhir Abbas Hameed

Regular meeting of the Japanese SRI Group, J-SRI
Date: December 11, 2019; 18:00-20:00
Venue: Meeting Room (Room 717), 7th floor of Faculty of Agriculture Bldg. 7 A
University of Tokyo (Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo), Japan
More Information: See J-SRI website, Note: Joining the J-SRI Network is free!

This presentation primarily used SRI as an example of agroecological management. (See PowerPoint)
Speaker: Norman Uphoff, Professor (emeritus) of Government and International Agriculture, Cornell University
Time/Date: December 6, 2019
Presented at: The Knowledge Dialogue on the Occasion of World Soil Day
Venue: United Nations, New York
Sponsors: IUCN, WCS and the Government of France

The webinar introduces the principles of SRI, its practices in both Asia and Africa, and appropriate adapted equipment. Gender-responsive equipment designs, how SRI practices can reduce adverse impacts on women, and other issues related to labor-saving, training and opportunities are also presented.
Speaker: Lucy Fisher, SRI-Rice, International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
Time/Date: November 22, 2019, 3:45 PM CET
Venue: Webinar (via FAO, Rome)
Organizers: The FAO Technical Network on Sustainable Crop Production and Agroecology

This presentation is part of the Acre of Knowledge Forum within the Agritechnica 2019, a global trade fair for agricultural technology that is put on every other year.
Speaker: Lucy Fisher, SRI-Rice, International Programs - CALS, Cornell University, and Steve Leinau, Earth Links, Inc.
Date: November 14, 2019, 4:00 CET
Venue: Hall 21, stand C13, Agritechnica, Hanover Fairgrounds, Hanover, Germany
Organizer: DLG e.V. - (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft) and FAO
More information: See presentation list

Presentation on continuing work on scaling-up the agro-ecological methodology the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in West Africa. .
Speaker: Erika Styger, Climate-Resilient Farming Systems Program, Cornell University
Date: October 30, 2019, 12:20-1:10PM
Venue: 135 Emerson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
Organizer: International Programs - College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University
More information: See announcement and video of event.

This is an online course in Spanish on how to use SRI methods. It has six modules and can be accessed anytime in October and November, 2019. The modules cover the following material: Módulo 1. Fundamentos y principios de la metodología del SRI. Módulo 2. Establecimiento del cultivo bajo la metodología del SRI. Módulo 3. Riego del cultivo bajo la metodología del SRI. Módulo 4. Manejo de malezas bajo la metodología del SRI. Módulo 5. Control de plagas y enfermedades bajo la metodología del SRI. Módulo 6. Nutrición del cultivo bajo la metodología del SRI.
Date: Course is available October 1 - November 30, 2019
Venue: Online (via IICA)
Organizer: Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
More information: See the website, or contact IICA

Conference objectives are to mobilize the knowledge needed for food systems transformation under climate change and catalyze the partnerships needed for transformation, bringing together all key stakeholders, from scientists, policy makers, investors and farmers. There will be SRI presentations by Olivia Vent (Lotus Foods) and others at this event! (See O. Vent's presentation on Integrating Climate-Smart Rice Agriculture in Supply Networks - Lotus Foods' Experience
Date: October 8-10, 2019
Venue: Ayana Resort, Bali, Indonesia
Co-hosts/Co-organizers: ACIAR, CGIAR/CCAFS, Ministry of Agriculture - Indonesia, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands
More information: See the conference website or contact the organizers

Each year, the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) brings together its members and dialogue partners to discuss collaborative approaches and innovative solutions to critical sustainability challenges facing the rice sector. There will be SRI participants at this event. There will be SRI content in presentations by Abha Mishra (ACISAI/AIT), Minh Le (Oxfam), and Lucy Fisher (SRI-Rice) at the event! (See Fisher ppt. on Gender-Responsive Smallholder Rice Production Practices and Equipment)
Date: September 30 - October 2, 2019
Venue: United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
Organizers: Sustainable Rice Platform
Co-Conveners: UN Environment (UNEP) and IRRI
More information: See the website or contact the SRP

The regional workshop on the Application of the FAO Global Analytical Framework for the multidimensional assessment of Agroecology is co-organized by RAP, AGA and AGPME in the framework of FAO Strategic Program on Sustainable Agriculture (SP2). There will be SRI posters at the event!
Date: September 24-26, 2019
Venue: FAO, Bangkok, Thailand
Organizers: Co-organized by AO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, AGA and AGPME
More information: See the FAO website; see also agenda

Speaker: C. M. Wijayaratna
Date: August 22, 2019 (3:00-4:00PM)
Venue: B75 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS
More information: contact SRI-Rice or see the event announcement

SRI Presentation at this conference: The Effects of Exposure Intensity on Technology
Speaker: Christopher Barrett (co-authors: Asad Islam, Abdul Malek, Deb Pakrashi, Ummul Ruthbah)
Date: July 21, 2019
Conference: USDA Multi-state Research Project NC-1034 Annual Research Conference, Atlanta, Georgia
More information: See PowerPoint presentation

Interactive demonstration of SRI innovations; discussions on SRI principles including how to increase yields and decrease water usage; Farm Tour. Event conducted in Thai and English.
Date: July 12, 2019, 09.00-17.00
Venue: ECHO Asia Small Farm Resource Center & Seed Bank, San Sai Chiang Mai, 50210 Thailand
Cost: 200 thb and includes coffee break & lunch. 
Organizers: ECHO Asia
More information: See website or contact Boonsong Thansrithong. To register, e-mail echoasia@echonet.org to register!

Residents and students of 8 villages and representatives from provincial, district and commune level in Son La province attended 8 workshops, visiting model fields, observing and sharing about the methods and results of CSR rice cultivation process. For 2019 Spring crop, the project carried out additional trial experiments on SRI and experiments on deeply buried manure.
Date: June 15-18 and 22-24, 2019
Organizers: Centre for Sustainable Rural Development (SRD), the Plantation and Plant Protection Department of Son La province, People's Committee ò Thuan Chau District and People's Committee of Muoi Noi and Bon Phang Communes
More Information: See SRD article

Regular meeting of the Japanese SRI Group, J-SRI. To be discussed: Research Cooperation Program with Uzbekistan (Mizoguchi)) 2019 Shigazuka Paddy Field SRI Situation (Takasaka and Mizoguchi), Other
Date: June 21, 2019; 18:00-20:00
Venue: Meeting Room (Room 717), 7th floor of Faculty of Agriculture Bldg. 7 A
University of Tokyo (Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo), Japan
More Information: See J-SRI website, Note: Joining the J-SRI Network is free!

With domestic resources, Viet Nam's National Determined Contribution will reduce GHG emissions by 8% by 2030 compared to business-as-usual (BAU) scenario. A large part of Viet Nam's mitigation plan involves agriculture, specifically in the rice sector. In this webinar, experts will present a comprehensive, comparative analysis of potentially viable low emissions development practices and supporting interventions in the rice supply chain. If viable interventions are prioritized, what is needed for large-scale adoption? Both a domestic investment plan and an international investment proposal for alternate wetting and drying, a production technique which reduces greenhouse gas emissions and water use while often benefiting farmers, will be presented. Next steps in the development and implementation of Viet Nam's NDC will be summarized.
Time/Date: 9:00-10:00 AM EDT, May 29, 2019
Speakers: Ole Sander, IRRI, Leo Sebastian, CCAFS, Tran Van The, Institute for Agricultural Environment, Government of Vietnam, and Lini Wollenberg (CCAFS)
Venue: Online webinar series
Sponsors: CGIAR and supported by USAID’s Office of Global Climate Change
More information: More information: See the event website

Chile's rice production is the southernmost in the world. SRI, is widely tested in tropical climates, is being adapted for use in Chile. Now, the joint work of IICA and the INIA-Chile Genetic Rice Improvement Program, shows with results that this agroecological and environmentally responsible methodology can also be a valid alternative in temperate countries
Time/Date: May 29, 2019
Speakers: Susana Fevrier y Luis Diego Solórzano
Venue: Online radio show
Sponsors: Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) and Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA) (Chile)
More information: More information: See the event website

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
More information: contact SRI-Rice

Andre Leu, Regeneration International’s international director gave a keynote presentation on the System of Rice Intensification (SRI). [see article and video]
Date: May 13-15, 2019
Location: Otsu, Japan
Organizers: Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 4 per 1000 Initiative, and was supported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO), the World Bank, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Rothamsted Research, and the governments of France and Germany, among others

Presentation about positive impacts of SRI on rice yields, profits, and various household well-being indicators resulting from a large-scale, multi-year experimental evaluation in Bangladesh.
Speakers: Christopher Barrett (Cornell University), Asad Islam (Monash University) Abdul Malek (BRAC) Debayan Pakrashi (IIT, Kanpur) Ummul Ruthbah (Dhaka University)
Time/Date: 1:00-2:30 May 9, 2019
Venue: MC 7-100, World Bank Main Complex, Washington, DC
Sponsor: World Bank / Development Impact Evaluation (DIME)
More information: See the event website or contact Silvia Velez Caroco

Presentation about a training program on the System of Rice Intensification carried out in in Nicaragua in partnership with Three Americas, Earth Links, Inc., IICA and SRI Global.
Time/Date: 5-7PM, April 28, 2019
Venue: Live Oak Community Resource Center, Santa Cruz, California
Sponsor: Three Americas
More information: More information: See the event website

Radiorevista AgroEnlace - Transmisión en vivo (thematic radio show). This radio show is about SRI, which is being promoted as agroecological, climate-smart way to produce rice, especially in the light of current drought conditions facing Venezuela.
Date: April 17, 2019
Venue: Online/radio transmission
Organizer: Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
More information: Contact the organizers

Meeting of the Japanese SRI Group, J-SRI
Date: February 20, 2019; 18:00-20:00
Venue: Meeting Room (Room 717), 7th floor of Faculty of Agriculture Bldg. 7 A
University of Tokyo (Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo), Japan
More Information: See J-SRI website, Note: Joining the J-SRI Network is free!

Webinar about SRI in Venezuela
Date: February 15, 2019 (9:00-10:30AM hora Costa Rica)
Venue: Seminario Web (webinar)
Organized by: Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
More Information: Contact Kelly Witkowski

Date: February 14-15, 2019
Venue: India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi, India
Organizers: National Rainfed Area Authority (RAA), MANAGE and the Revitalising Rainfed Agriculture (RRA) Network
More information: forthcoming

In this two-group presentation, Lotus Foods, a winner of the National Co+op Grocers Climate Collaborative’s 2018 Outstanding Value Chain Engagement Award, will review their work with their More Crop Per Drop program, which is reducing methane emissions in rice production. Lotus will dive into how rice is related to climate emissions and how SRI helps lessen those impacts.
Date: January 25, 2019; 11AM Pacific Standard Time
Venue: Online webinar
Organized/sponsored by: The Climate Collaborative, a project of the Organic Sustainable Community (OCS2) and the Sustainable Food Trade Association
More Information: See registration page

Research meeting of the Japanese SRI Group, J-SRI
Date: December 19, 2018; 18:00-20:00
Venue: Meeting Room (Room 717), 7th floor of Faculty of Agriculture Bldg. 7 A
University of Tokyo (Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo), Japan
More Information: See J-SRI website, Note: Joining the J-SRI Network is free!

This event aims to raise awareness among farming communities in Sarawak, Malaysia, regarding the importance of agroecologically based, regenerative rice farming practices in supporting sustainable rice production and food security. The SRI (System of Rice Intensification) method will be introduced and promoted as an agroecologically based rice farming technique suitable to be practiced by Sarawakians.
Date: December 15, 2018
Venue: Pusat Kegiatan Guru (PKG), Kampung Stunggang Melayu, Lundu, Malaysia
Organizers: JKKK Kampung Sebigo in collaboration with SRI-Mas
More Information: See event description,

There will be three SRI papers presented at the event, which has the theme smart management of land, water and environment
1) Water balance analysis on water management of organic System of Rice Intensification in West Java, Indonesia (Nov. 21, 10:40-11:00AM), C. Arif, et al.
2) The impact of System of Rice Intensification: Evidence from a large scale two-period randomized field experiment (Nov. 21, 10:20-10:40AM), C.B. Barret, et al.
3) Greenhouse gas emission potential of SRI paddy production under various water table applications (Nov. 21, 10:00-10:20AM), N.A.I. Hasanah et al.
Date: November 20-22, 2018
Location: Nara Kasugano International Forum, Nara, Japan
Organized by: The International Society of Paddy and Water Environment Engineering (PAWEES)* and the International Network for Water and Ecosystem in Paddy Fields (INWEPF)**
More Information: See conference website; see also the oral program

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
More information: Contact SRI-Rice; See also event announcement

A poster / discussion on SRI networking in Asia will be presented by Anizan Isahak, Director of SRI-Malaysia Agroecological Society. (The overall aim of the forum is to build a momentum around the different dimensions of Agroecology that should be addressed, and consolidate a Regional Agroecology stakeholders’ coalition.)
Date: November 6-8, 2018
Location: Siem Reap, Cambodia
Organized by: Cirad, the Cambodian General directorate of agriculture (GDA) and GRET, with financial support from AFD, ALiSEA and CANSEA
More Information: See the event website

Sharing the outcomes and lessons learnt from the five years of implementation of the European Union-financed regional project entitled “Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin." (SRI-LMB)
Date: November 1-2, 2018 [Note new date!]
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Organized by: ACISAI Centre, at the Asian Institute of Technology in collaboration with FAO and Oxfam
More Information: Contact SRI-LMB; See also event concept note

The purpose of the workshop is to share experiences and to investigate opportunities to collaborate on scaling-up, multi-country research, value chain improvements, accessing resources, and build capacity of SRI national and regional networks.
Date: October 18-19, 2018
Location: The Leverage Business Hotel, Skudai, Malaysia
Organized by: Malaysian Agroecology Society (SRI-Mas), the Asian Centre of Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (ACISAI) at AIT, and SRI-Rice at Cornell University
More Information: Contact the organizing committee

There will be SRI presentations at this event... including a side event on SRI research organized by SRI-Rice on Oct. 16, as well as an SRI booth...
Date: October 14-17, 2018
Venue: Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
More Information: See the IRC2018 website's contact page. See also the October 15 SRI Research Side Event agenda

Research meeting of the Japanese SRI Group, J-SRI
Date: October 3, 2018; 18:00-20:00
Venue: Meeting Room (Room 717), 7th floor of Faculty of Agriculture Bldg.7 A
University of Tokyo (Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo), Japan
More Information: See J-SRI website

Speaker: Chusnul Arif
Event: Presentation at the NARO-FFTC-MARCO Symposium 2018: Climate Smart Agriculture for the Small-Scale Farmers in the Asian and Pacific Region
Date: September 27, 2018 (4:40-5:00PM)
Venue: Tsukuba international congress center,Tsukuba, Japan
More info: See the conference website

Speaker: Soutrik Basu
Event: Presentation at the Third International Conference on Agriculture and Food in an Urbanizing Society
Date: September 17, 2018 (4:40-5:00PM)
Venue: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Port Alegre, Brazil
More info: See the conference website

Cette formation est utilisée dans la pratique à l’aide d’une démonstration pratique sur les différents principes du SRI. Cette formation de 5 jours sur le SRI est en pratique et sur place au centre de formation. Nous envisageons de former en SRI les paysans / agriculteurs, les facilitateurs, les animateurs. Les objectifs visés par la formation, c’est de diffuser à grande échelle cette technologie afin de réduire le coût de la production tout en augmentant le rendement.
Date: August 27-31, 2018 [A second session will be held September 16-21, 2018]
Cost: 50.000 FCFA, sans hébergement et transport au centre
Venue: CEFE Niono, Niono, Mali
More Information: Contact Agroforma (info@agroforma.org) (See also the website)

Speaker: Kosuke Noborio
Event: Presentation at the 21st World Congress of Soil Science: Beyond food and fuel, August 12-17, 2018
Date: August 17, 2018 (13:40-14:10PM)
Venue: Windsor Convention & Expo Center, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

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
More information: See PowerPoint presentation. Contact SRI-Rice for more info.

Enmarcado bajo la Red de SRI de las Américas, este seminario tiene como objetivo presentar los resultados de validaciones de SRI realizados en Calabozo, Venezuela.  Betsaida Soublette de la INIA Venezuela resumirá la metodología, resultados, impactos y posibilidades y desafíos al futuro. Después, el productor Manuel Aguero, quien dará un testimonio sobre sus experiencias.  
Speaker: Betsaida Soublette, INIA Venezuela, y Manuel Aguero, productor
Date: July 19, 2018 (9:00AM)
Venue: Seminario del web (webinar)
Organizer: Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
More Information: See video and PowerPoint presentation. Contact IICA for more information

This seminar will present the results of SRI efforts conducted in Colombia. Enmarcado bajo la Red de SRI de las Américas, este seminario tiene como objetivo presentar los resultados de validaciones de SRI realizados en Tolima, Colombia. Gabriel Garcés, de FEDEARROZ Colombia, explicará la metodología, resultados, impactos y posibilidades y desafíos al futuro, y su vínculo con el programa AMTEC de FEDEARROZ.
Speaker: Gabriel Garcés, FEDEARROZ Colombia
Date: June 29, 2018 (9:00AM)
Venue: Seminario del web (webinar)
Organizer: Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
More Information: See webinar presentation. Contact IICA for more information

Several presenters will discuss how India will grow sustainable rice and access new market opportunities. Rajendra Uprety, Senior Agriculture Extension Office, Biratnagar, Nepal will speak on SRI as a good solution for sustainable rice systems.
Date: June 26, 2018 (2:30PM in Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi)
Venue: Webinar originating from India
Organizer: Peterson Projects and Solutions (Asia)
More Information: Click here to join the meeting. More info on the event website

This seminar will present the results of SRI efforts conducted in the Dominican Republic under the leadership of IDIAF.
Date: June 21, 2018 (9:00AM)
Venue: Seminario del web (webinar)
Organizer: Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
More Information: See video and PowerPoint by Pedro Antonio Núñez Ramos. Contact IICA for more information

This seminar aims to present the results of SRI validations conducted in Parral, Chile. Karla Cordero, from INIA Chile, will explain the methodology, results, impacts and possibilities and challenges to the future.
Date: June 13, 2018 (9:00AM)
Venue: Seminario del web (webinar)
Organizer: Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
More Information: See video and PowerPoint of the event. Contact IICA for more information

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,
More information: contact SRI-Rice

Proveer una introducción al Sistema Intensivo de Cultivo de Arroz (SRI) a técnicos y productores de Latinoamérica y el Caribe, como una opción para lograr mayor producción, aumentar sustentabildad, hacer un uso más eficiente de los recursos y responder de forma positiva ante el cambio climático. [Six online modules.]
Date: May 22, 2018 [Two week online course]
Venue: Online, originating from IICA, Costa Rica
Sponsors: Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
More information: See the website or contact IICA for more information

SRI farmer experiences will be presented by Zakaria Kamantasha and Magret Darusin. SRI will also be included in other agroecology presentations during the day.
Date: April 24, 2018 (8:30AM - 5:00PM)
Venue: Dewan Persidangan, Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Organizer: SRI-Mas (a Malaysian agroecology and sustainable resource intensification society)
More Information: see the event website

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
More information: contact SRI-Rice

Research meeting of the Japanese SRI Group, J-SRI
Date: March 8, 2018; 18:00-20:00
Venue: Meeting Room (Room 717), 7th floor of Faculty of Agriculture Bldg.7 A
University of Tokyo (Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo), Japan
More Information: See J-SRI website

An oral presentation on SRI was delivered by Mohamad Maulana, ICASEPS, Indonesia, at this conference: title: Comparing Social Costs of Conventional Rice Production System and System of Rice Intensification: A Case Study of Indonesia
Date: March 6-7, 2018
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Centre for Conferences and Exhibitions, Ajman University, UAE
More information: Contact organizers through the conference website

Speaker: Bancy Mati, Director, Water Research and Resource Center (WARREC) at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Date: February 1, 2018 (12:20 - 1:10PM)
Venue: 100 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
More Information: Contact Lucy Fisher

Speaker: Norman Uphoff, SRI-Rice Senior Advisor
Date: January 31, 2018, (12:20 - 1:10PM)
Venue: 135 Emerson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsors: International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
More Information: Contact Lucy Fisher
[See video and PowerPoint presentation]

An oral presentation on SRI was delivered by Sam Vitou, CEDAC, Cambodia, at this conference: title: Benefits Of System Of Rice Intensification (SRI) And Organic Seeds Cultivation For Farmers In Cambodia, in a Global Perspective
Date: January 23, 2018
Venue: Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
More information: Contact organizers through the conference website

This event will bring together the Government, civil society organizations, state agricultural universities, research institutions, students, farmers and manufacturers that have played a key role in upscaling SRI. The event will also showcase some of the major research work done in this field by scientists, experts and academia for greater understanding and dissemination of SRI. Further, it will focus on strategies for strengthening collaborative research between the mainstream research institutions and universities with the Tata Trusts supported SRI programme in India.
Date: January 20-21,, 2018,
Venue: IGKV Campus, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
Organized by: Tata Trusts and IGKV, Raipur in collaboration with Chhattisgarh chapter of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers and Chhattisgarh State Centre- Institute of Engineers (India)
More Information: Ashutosh Pal

Research meeting of the Japanese SRI Group, J-SRI
Date: December 20, 2017; 18:00-20:00
Venue: Meeting Room (Room 717), 7th floor of Faculty of Agriculture Bldg.7 A
University of Tokyo (Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo), Japan
More Information: See J-SRI website

Norman Uphoff, SRI-Rice Senior Advisor, will be presenting on SRI at this PIQA - Ag webinar.
Date: December 19, 2017
Venue: Virtual, originating from CRS headquarters (HQ Situation Room 730) in Baltimore, MD, USA
Connection instructions: Click on Join Skype Meeting (If you have trouble, try Skype Web App; or join by phone: Toll-free: 8663864210, access code: 9986159531
Toll number: 4438636601, access code: 9986159531; or find a local number Conference ID: 9986159531 (same as access code above)
Sponsors: Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
More information: Contact Troy Hoppenjan at CRS; see also announcement

An oral presentation on SRI was delivered by Abha Mishra (co-authored by Norman Thomas Uphoff, Suresh Lokhande, Bishal Bhari) at the conference:
Delivering Food Security Without Increasing Pressure on the Environment: Reports from the Field on Improving Agricultural Productivity & Food Security in the Lower Mekong River Basin in the Context of Climate Change and ASEAN Food Security
Date: December 3-6, 2017
Venue: Cape Town International Convention Centre 2 (CTICC2), Cape Town, South Africa
Organized by: Elsevier in association with the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security and the Universities of Pretoria and the Western Cape
More information: Contact organizers through the conference website

An oral presentation on SRI was delivered by Abha Mishra (co-authored by Johannes Ketelaar and Norman Uphoff), at the conference:
Innovation and learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) for food security and climate-smart agriculture
Date: November 28-30, 2017
Venue: Birchwood Hotel & Conference Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
Organized by: NEPAD Agency
More information: Contact organizers through the conference website

Several talks on SRI were presented at the Congress:
  1) Febri Doni (Malaysia/Indonesia): Concerning microbes in organic agriculture: with reference to the growth of rice plants under SRI agroecosystem
  2) Carmelita Cervantes (Philippines): Validation and documentation of organic production systems for lowland rice in Camarines Sur, Philippines
  3) Ehiabhi Cyril Odion - Organic rice production in irrigated agriculture using the rice intensification system (SRI)
  4) Rapolu Mahender Kumar (India): Influence of Organic in different methods of rice (Oryza sativa. L) cultivation – SRI vs NTP on microbes, soil health and productivity -
Date: November 9-11, 2017
Venue: India Exposition Mart Ltd, Knowledge Park, Greater Noida - 201306 Uttar Pradesh, India
Organized/Sponsored by: IFOAM – Organics International, The Organic Farming Association of India, and others
More information: Contact the conference website

Rena Perez gave a talk on SRI in Cuba at this event. [Programa del curso pre-evento Ecoarroz 2017] Objetivos: Actualizar los conocimientos de los productores y especialistas, que están vinculados al cultivo del arroz y otros granos, sobre buenas prácticas agrícolas encaminadas a la adaptación y mitigación al cambio climático con vistas a que eleven la eficiencia en la producción.
Date: November 8, 2017
Venue: Los Palacios Pinar del Río, municipio Los Palacios, Cuba
More information: Contact Rena Perez

Norman Uphoff, SRI-Rice Senior Advisor, will be presenting on the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and the System of Crop Intensification (SCI). He was joined by colleagues from Oxfam and Catholic Relief Services.
Date: November 6, 2017
Venue: USDA, Washington DC, USA
Sponsors: US Dept. of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service
More information: Contact Craig Zarnosky, USDA/FAS [see also PowerPoint presentation]

Tavseef Mairaj Shah will speak about his current research about the combination of SRI (System of Rice Intensification) with other agricultural strategies (“Reis auf dem Trockenen – Kleinbauern können mehr!”
Event: Hamburg's Long Night of the Sciences
Time and Date: 9PM, November 4, 2017
Venue: Room 0.19 Building A, Hamburg University of Technology Building Q, Am Irrgarten 3-9, 21073 Hamburg
More information: See website description

Objetivos: 1) Presentar los resultados logrados durante las actividades principales de los Proyectos SRI en Colombia, República Dominicana, Panamá, Costa Rica y Nicaragua, 2) Fortalecer la red de técnicos trabajando con el desarrollo de SRI en la región, 3) Identificar oportunidades y definir próximos pasos para seguir con el desarrollo de SRI en América Latina y el Caribe.
Date: October 10-12, 2017
Venue: Ibagué, Colombia
Sponsors: IICA, FONTAGRO, CONIAF, FEDEARROZ, IDIAP, INTA
More information: See the workshop flyer or contact Kelly Witkowski

The Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) is a multi-stakeholder partnership to promote resource efficiency and sustainability both on-farm and throughout the rice value chain. Speakers focusing on SRI are Minh Le (Oxfam), Lucy Fisher (SRI-Rice) and Abha Mishra (ACISAI, Asian Institute of Technology)
Date and Time: October 3-6, 2017
Venue: United Nations Convention Centre (UNCC), Bangkok, Thailand
Sponsored by: The Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP)
More information: register or see the conference website

Research meeting of the Japanese SRI Group, J-SRI
Content: SRI in Vietnam -- Yamashida Tadashi (Tokyo Univ.); "Wet SRI" is the best in West Java! What? Discussion based on the field survey -- Masato Oda, Kazunobu Toriyama, Shigeki Yokoyama (JIRCAS)
Date: August 28, 2017; 18:00-20:00
Venue: Meeting Room (Room 717), 7th floor of Faculty of Agriculture Bldg.7 A
University of Tokyo (Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo), Japan
More Information: See J-SRI website

Meeting of Vietnam's national SRI network, SRI-Viet
Date: August 8, 2017
Sponsored by: Vietnam SRI Network
More information: Dr. Hoang Van Phu

Screening of a 27-minute SRI farmer drama produced by Women’s Media Center of Cambodia (WMC)
Date and Time: 5PM, July 15, 2017
Location: Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Hosted by: Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center
More information: info@bophana.org; the video is also on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI4FjxEsjns

SRI presentation at the 5th Technical Meeting Committee (5th TMC meeting) for Central and West Asia - Rice countries (CWA-Rice)
Date: June 29-31, 2017
Location: Baku, Azerbaijan
Presentation by: Khidhir Abbas Hameed, Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Office, IRAQ
Organizers: Central and West Asia - Rice (CWA-Rice)

Research meeting of the Japanese SRI Group, J-SRI.
Content: SRI Rice Crop Guidelines in the Tropics (revised edition) (Shoichi Sato), Issues in introducing SRI in the Malang area of ​​Indonesia (Zaharatisa / Ekaputri), Did SRI adoption improve farm income? - Results of survey at Madagascar Central Highlands (Masato Kishimoto), and SRI in Shishiduka (Osaka Fukunobu), and SRI monitoring at Shishiduka (Masaru Mizoguchi)
Date: June 29, 2017; 18:00-20:00
Venue: Meeting Room (Room 717), 7th floor of Faculty of Agriculture Bldg.7 A
University of Tokyo (Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo), Japan
More Information: See J-SRI website

Presentations during the 6th seminar of the World Bank's Water in Agriculture Innovation Series
Speakers: Erika Styger, Reiner Wassmann/Bjoern Ole Sander, Abdoulaye Toure and Bayar Tumurdavaa
Date: June 8, 2017; 9:00-11:00AM
Venue: The World Bank, 1818 H Street Northwest, Room MC C1-100 (on level C1), Washington, DC 20433
Host: The World Bank's Water in Agriculture and Climate-Smart Agriculture Global Solutions Group
More Information: See final presentations and event announcement. For visitor passes contact Mik Schulte mschulte@worldbank.org. Or, Join WebEx meeting, with meeting number (access code): 736 593 721, Meeting password: 3BBVDkkM. Join by phone  1-650-479-3207 Call-in toll number (US/Canada). See also global call-in numbers.

Seminar for local farmers on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and Insect Literacy based on Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Date: May 26, 2017
Venue: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, Nangal Road, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
Information: Article in Hindustan Times

Webinar about SRI and climate change. [see PowerPoint presentation by Diddier Moreira]
Time/Date: 9:00AM (Costa Rica time), May 25, 2017
Location: Online, originating from IICA in Costa Rica
To sign up:: Visit the online registration and fill out the formIndiaNatlSymp2007
Organizer: EUROCLIMA-IICA

Farmers, practitioners and NGO workers are invited to this skillshare on SCI/SRI, focusing on Kharif season crops like pigeonpea, millets and paddy. This is an opportunity to learn from expert practitioners, including farmers who have achieved success with SCI / SRI using organic inputs and native seeds.
Date: May 19-20, 2017
Location: Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Organizers: Chetna Organic Farmers Association (COFA) along with Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA), Living Farms, Save our Rice Campaign, PRAN and WASSAN
More Information: ramprasad@chetnaorganic.org.in

Speakers: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers at Cornell 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

Review and planning event for the European Union-financed regional project entitled “Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin." (SRI-LMB)
Date: April 23-25, 2017
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Organized by: Asian Institute of Technology in collaboration with FAO and Oxfam
Hosts: Plant Protection Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam
More Information: Contact SRI-LMB; See also event concept note [Presentations can be found at https://www.slideshare.net/srilmb]

The Natural Agriculture Rice Field School in Tsuchiura, Japan, is looking for participants for their season-long SRI trials with nine varieties. Working days: Thursday, Saturday, Sunday morning, once every two months.
Date: April 22, 2017; 10AM Opening Ceremony & Sowing
Work schedule: May - Rice planting; June - Weeding; July/Aug./Sept. - Rice growth investigation; Oct - Rice harvest; Nov. Rice harvest/threshing; December - Threshing,
Venue: 土浦市宍塚大池, Tsuchiura, Japan
Cost: 2000 yen
More Information: Email: yokappe_tuchuula@vmail.plala.or.jp / Mobile: 080-5414-0769, See Natural Agriculture Paddy School website

Domestic meeting of the Japanese SRI Group, J-SRI.
Date: April 10, 2017; 18:00-20:00
Venue: Meeting Room (Room 717), 7th floor of Faculty of Agriculture Bldg.7 A
University of Tokyo (Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo), Japan
More Information: See J-SRI website

Date: 7:15PM, February 8, 2017
Speaker: Norman Uphoff
Location: Kendal at Ithaca (2230 N. Triphammer Road, Ithaca)
More Information: Contact Norman Uphoff

Results of an SRI study commissioned by IGC Bangladesh
Main Speaker: Asadul Islam
Date: January 15, 2017
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Hosts: IGC Bangladesh, together with the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) of the Ministry of Agriculture
More Information: Contact Asadul Islam, See also IGC article

Domestic meeting of the Japanese SRI Group, J-SRI. Subjects for this meeting include: SRI Cultivation at Shishiduka, Yatsuda (2nd Report), Osaka Fukunobu (Association of Nature and History of Shishuzuka, and SRI near East Java and Malan (master's study), study on SRI rice production guidelines, and a report by Shuichi Sato.
Date: December 7, 2016; 18:00-20:00
Venue: Meeting Room (Room 717), 7th floor of Faculty of Agriculture Bldg.7 A
University of Tokyo (Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo), Japan
More Information: See J-SRI website

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
More Information: Contact Lucy Fisher
See PowerPoint presentation

Speakers: 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
More Information: Contact Lucy Fisher

Speakers: Jean Njiru
Date: October 7, 2016 (2:30 - 3:30PM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
More Information: Contact Lucy Fisher

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, Ithaca, NY
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
More Information: Contact Lucy Fisher

Speakers:
1) Norman Uphoff, SRI-Rice Senior Advisor and Former Director, Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development
2) Amir Kassam, Visiting Professor, Univ. of Reading and Moderator of the Global Conservation Agriculture Community of Practice
Date: September 29, 2016 (11:00AM - 12:30PM)
Venue: Room MC 7-100, The World Bank, Washington DC
Co-hosts: The 1818 Society and Agriculture Global Practice, The World Bank
More Information: Contact Jitendra Srivastava

Objectives:
- Bring together SRI-ers to appreciate 10 years of SRI success in Vietnam and share about stories of SRI
- Discuss perspectives and activities of SRI in Vietnam, as well as link of SRI-Viet network to the world networking.
Date: September 27-28, 2016
Venue: Thai Nguyen, Vietnam
More Information: Contact Dr. Hoang Van Phu

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
More Information: Contact Lucy Fisher; See PowerPoint presentation

An event associated with the SRI-Rice seminar series at International Programs/ CALS, Cornell University
Speaker: Debashish Sen
Date: September 6, 2016 (12:20 - 1:10PM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
More Information: Contact Lucy Fisher; See also PowerPoint presentation

Domestic meeting of the Japanese SRI Group, J-SRI. Anyone interested in SRI can participate in the meeting free of charge.
Date: July 20, 2016; 18:00-20:00
Venue: Meeting Room (Room 717), 7th floor of Faculty of Agriculture Bldg.7 A
University of Tokyo (Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo), Japan
More Information: See J-SRI website

This practice-oriented workshop (for about 20-25 people) will be conducted by by Jacob Nellithanam and will include hands-on transplanting of both rice and millets at Vanvadi, using SRI/SCI methods. A voluntary contribution of Rs 1,500 per participant is requested.
Date: July 9-10, 2016
Venue: Vanvadi, Karjat, Maharashtra, India
organizers: Vanvadi
More Information: For more information, email vanutsav@gmail.com or see event website. See also registration form.

Date: July 2, 2016
Venue: Taiwan (contact the organizers for the location of the meeting)
More Information: See CA/SRI website or contact Yu-Chuan Chang [e06033@gmail.com]

Sharing of key learnings and review of the Farmers Participatory Action Research (FPAR) by farmers and trainers in the SRI-LMB project in order to reach out to more farmers though combining message-based learning approach
Date: June 23-24, 2016
Venue: Suanpa Resort, Surin Province, Thailand
Sponsor: The System of Rice Intensification in the Lower Mekong River Basin (SRI-LMB) Project
More Information: For more information, see the conference concept note page.

#1: June 14, 12:00PM-1:00PM: Adaptation and Adoption of Climate Smart Rice Production Methods in Liberia
Speaker: Robert Bimba (See PowerPoint presentation)
#2: June 15, 11:30AM-12:30PM: Experiences with the System of Rice Intensification in Iran,
Speaker: M. H. Emadi, Former Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Iran (See PowerPoint presentation)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, International Programs / College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (IPCALS), Cornell University
More Information: For more information, see the Bimba (Liberia) and Emadi (Iran) flyers or contact SRI-Rice

ECHO Asia, Fah Mui, and other participants share experiences with the System of Rice Intensification
Date: June 8-9, 2016
Venue: Fa Mui's farm, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand
More Information: For more information, see the conference website page.

Policies and public services on agro-ecological rice production: The case of System of Rice Intensification in Viet Nam was presented by Hoang Van Phu, Le Nguyet Minh, Dao The Anh at this multi-stakeholder workshop
Date: May 5-6, 2016
Venue: Hanoi, Vietnam
More Information: For more information, see the conference website page.

Sue Price and Declan McCormack, founders of Flooded Cellar Productions, will present their experiences telling the stories of SRI farmers in Asia and Africa.
Date: May 2, 2016
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, International Programs / College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (IPCALS), Cornell University
More Information: For more information, see the flyer or contact SRI-Rice
(NOTE: Sue and Declan will also be holding a Documentary Film making Workshop on May 2 in 401 Warren Hall, 3:30-5:00PM)

Domestic meeting of the Japanese SRI Group, J-SRI. Anyone interested in SRI can participate in the meeting free of charge.
Date: April 20, 2016; 18:00-20:00
Venue: Meeting Room (Room 717), 7th floor of Faculty of Agriculture Bldg.7 A
University of Tokyo (Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo), Japan
More Information: See J-SRI website

SRI was one of several "contested" innovations. The conference session (#7) on the System of Rice Intensification was held on February 24. Presenters included Debashish Sen, Shambu Prasad, Dominic Glover and Georges Serpantié (see Sen's PowerPoint)
Date: February 23-25, 2016
Venue: Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
More Information: For more information, contact echoasia@echonet.org . To register for this event, visit ECHOcommunity.org

Panel associated with the Norman E. Borlaug International Symposium / World Food Prize / Borlaug Dialogue
Panelists: Norman Uphoff (Cornell University), Caryl Levine (Lotus Foods Inc.), Vara Prasad (USAID), and Danielle Nierenberg (Food Tank)
Date: October 14, 2015 (7:30PM - 9:00PM)
Venue: Dubuque Room, Downtown Marriott, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Sponsors: Oxfam
More Information: Contact Jim French

Two papers on SRI/SCI and a poster were presented at the 2nd International Conference on Global Food Security
Speakers:
1) Abha Mishra: Managing rainfed production system for contributing towards food security and rural development through sustainable agriculture intensification
2) Norman Uphoff: The System of Tef Intensification: Opportunities for greater food security in Ethiopia and elsewhere through modifications in crop management
Date: October 11-14, 2015
Venue: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Hosts: Cornell University and Columbia University
More Information: Contact Norman Uphoff and Abha Mishra regarding their individual presentations.

An event associated with the SRI-Rice seminar series at International Programs/ CALS, Cornell University
Speaker: Abha Mishra (See PowerPoint presentation)
Date: October 12, 2015 (1:30PM - 2:30PM)
Venue: 160 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs / College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (IPCALS) , Cornell University
More Information: Contact Lucy Fisher

Speakers include Wanpen Channarod and Phicharinee Suksree, who will share about recent innovations SRI. Post-conference tour includes a visit to a Northern Thai farmer’s field in the Chiang Rai area.
Date: October 6-9, 2015
Venue: Holiday Garden Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Organized by: ECHO Asia
More Information: Visit ECHOcommunity.org to register

A presentation at the 17th Australian Agronomy Conference
Speaker: Md. Abu Bakar Siddique Sarker
Date: September 24, 2015 (14:30PM - 14:30PM)
Venue: Wrest Point Convention Centre in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
More Information: See the conference website

Seminar on "greener rice cultivation" (primarily sustainable farming using SRI) in Vietnam and across the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) with participants in Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and China’s Yunnan and Guangxi provinces.
Moderator: Hoang Van Phu (See PowerPoint)
Date: September 21-23, 2015
Venue: Dong A Plaza, 668 Phan Dinh Phung, Thai Nguyen city, Vietnam
More Information: See the article in Vietnam+ or contact Hoang Van Phu

Speakers: Gaoussou Traoré - Regional Coordinator, SRI West Africa Project, Institut d’Économie Rurale, Mali in Bamako, Mali, and Erika Styger, Technical Lead, SRI West Africa Project, SRI-Rice, Cornell University, USA
Date: September 18, 2015 (9:30AM - 11:00AM)
Venue: OXFAM America 1101 17th St NW Suite 1300, Washington DC
More Information: Contact Angela Ng: ang@oxfamamerica.org

Presented at the 1) SRI-Rice seminar series at International Programs/ CALS, Cornell University (see PowerPoint) and 2) the World Bank
Speakers: Gaoussou Traoré - Head of the National Center of Specialization (NCOS) on rice in Mali and Director of Research and Scientific Coordinator for the National Agriculture Research Institute (IER, Institut d’Economie Rurale) in Bamako, Mali, and Erika Styger, Associate Director, SRI-Rice, IP/CALS, Cornell University
Date: September 15, 2015 (12:20 - 1:10PM) at Cornell AND September 17, 2015 at the World Bank
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University AND World Bank, Washington D.C.
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University AND the World Bank
More Information: Contact Devon Jenkins

An event associated with the SRI-Rice seminar series at International Programs/ CALS, Cornell University
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
More Information: Contact Lucy Fisher; See also PowerPoint presentation.

Session led by Roberto Verzola, Coordinator of the SRI-Pilipinas Network. The event is open to the public.
Date: August 29, 2015 (10:00AM- 12:00PM)
Venue: College of Social Sciences Audio Visual Room, Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines
Organized by: ECHO Asia
More Information: Contact Roberto Verzola, SRI-Pilipinas Coordinator. [..More on the event]

Domestic meeting of the Japanese SRI Group, J-SRI. Anyone interested in SRI can participate in the meeting free of charge.
Topics this month: Long-term variation of CO2 flux in tropical and temperate paddy, Komiya ShigeruJiro (Meiji University); Organic farming and SRI, Kazuhiko Kobayashi (University of Tokyo), field level in intermittent irrigation, E. Yamaji (University of Tokyo), Indonesian SRI Study Group and SRI Extension, Center Tetsuya Araki (University of Tokyo)
Date: August 24, 2015; 18:00-20:00
Venue: Meeting Room (Room 717), 7th floor of Faculty of Agriculture Bldg.7 A
University of Tokyo (Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo), Japan
More Information: See J-SRI website

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
See PowerPoint presentation

Speaker: Nguyen Nghia, Cantho University, Vietnam
Date: July 1, 2015 (1:00 - 2:00PM)
Venue: 100 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
More information: See PowerPoint presentation and flyer. Contact Norman Uphoff for more information.

A work to reorganize Nepal SRI Network and exchange experience on SRI in Nepal
Date: June 19, 2015
Venue: Nepal Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) Hall, Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC), Khumaltar, Lalitpur
More Information: See workshop report or contact the convener (Ram B. Khadka)

Date: June 22-24, 2015
Venue: Balla Casa Hotel, Monrovia, Liberia
Organized by: West Africa Agriculture Productivity Programme (WAAPP)
More Information: See SRI WAAPP website

Speaker: Kaustubha Nand Bhatt
Date: June 5, 2015 (12:00 - 1:00PM)
Venue: 100 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
More information: Contact Norman Uphoff (see also flyer)

Date: June 2-3, 2015
Venue: Siem Riep, Cambodia
Organized by: SRI-LMB Project (Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin)
More Information: See SRI-LMB website or workshop concept note

Date: May 25-28, 2015
Venue: TH Hotel, Alor Setar, Malaysia
Organized by: SRI-Mas (Persatuan Agroekologi Malaysia Untuk Intensifikasi Sumber Lestari)
More Information: E-mail seasri2015@uum.edu.my Website: http://www.sri-mas.org/#!sri-3-conference/cxw6
Address: SEA Regional Conference SRI 2015, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010,UUM Sintok, Kedah Darul Aman, MALAYSIA Tel : +604-9286996/7006/7007 Fax : +604- 928 7070

This conference includes SRI among other sustainable food production topics
Date: May 12-14, 2015
Venue: The Aloha House and Natural Farm, Philippines, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan Philippines
Organized by: ECHO Asia and Aloha House
More Information: Rebecca Garafano (rgarafano@echonet.org)

Speaker: Sekhar Bhadsavle
Date: May 5, 2015 (4:00 - 5:00PM)
Venue: 135 Emerson, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
More information: Contact Norman Uphoff (see also flyer)

Speaker: Kan Chun-E, Professor, Taiwan National University
Date: April 16, 2015 (4:00 - 5:00PM)
Venue: 100 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, International Programs - CALS, Cornell University
More information: Contact Lucy Fisher
See PowerPoint presentation

Speaker: John Duxbury, Professor Emeritus, Cornell University
Date: April 10, 2015 (12:20 - 1:10PM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, International Programs - CALS, the Section of Soil and Crop Sciences - SIPS, Cornell University, and The Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future.
More information: Contact Lucy Fisher
See video of presentation

The event will review efforts so far made by all stakeholders to promote SRI, share experiences and learn lessons for the future. Norman Uphoff will give a taped keynote address on April 6.
Date: April 6-7, 2015
Venue: G. B. Pant Social Science Institute, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Organized by: Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute, Uttar Pradesh, India
More Information: See event description or contact K. N. Bhatt at knbhatt1@rediffmail.com

Domestic meeting of the Japanese SRI Group, J-SRI. Anyone interested in SRI can participate in the meeting free of charge.
Topics this month: Long-term variation of CO2 flux in tropical and temperate paddy, Komiya ShigeruJiro (Meiji University); Organic farming and SRI, Kazuhiko Kobayashi (University of Tokyo), field level in intermittent irrigation, E. Yamaji (University of Tokyo), Indonesian SRI Study Group and SRI Extension, Center Tetsuya Araki (University of Tokyo)
Date: March 19, 2015; 18:00-20:00
Venue: Meeting Room (Room 717), 7th floor of Faculty of Agriculture Bldg.7 A
University of Tokyo (Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo), Japan
More Information: See J-SRI website

Workshop for participants from 13 countries involved in the World Bank-sponsored West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program's (WAAPP) Improving and Scaling-up the System of Rice Intensification in West Africa Project
Date: February 16-19, 2015
Venue: Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
More Information: See SRI-WAAPP website

This workshop is for participants from six countries who are participating in the project "Reducing Inorganic Arsenic in Rice by Appropriate Water Management" that is being facilitated by Cornell University
Date: February 13-15, 2015
Venue and Host: Central Bicol State University of Agriculture, Naga, Philippines
More Information: Contact Linda Roberts

Theme: Improving and Scaling-up the System of Rice Intensification in West Africa
Date: February 12-13, 2015
Venue: Corina Hotel, Monrovia, Liberia
Host: The Community of Hope Agriculture Project (CHAP)
More Information: See Liberia MOA article

Date: November 1-3, 2014
Venue: Asian Centre of Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (ACISAI) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand
Organized by: SRI-Rice (Cornell University) and Asian Centre of Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (ACISAI) at the Asian Institute of Technology
More Information: See presentations. Contact Lucy Fisher, SRI-Rice, Cornell University.

Date: October 27-Nov. 1, 2014
Venue: Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC), Bangkok, Thailand.
Organized by: International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Kenes MP Asia Pte. Ltd.
SRI involvement: See SRI booth, SRI oral presentations and SRI posters

Date: October 26-27, 2014
Venue: Maple Hotel, Bangna, Bangkok, Thailand
Organized by: SRI-Rice (Cornell University) and Oxfam
More Information: Contact Erika Styger, SRI-Rice, International Programs, Cornell University

Speaker: Ashwini Chhatre, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
Date: September 18, 2014 (4:00 - 5:00PM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell

Speaker: Anil Kumar Verma, Executive Director, PRAN, Bihar, India
Date: September 15, 2014 (12:20 - 1:00AM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsors: SRI-Rice and International Programs - CALS, Cornell University

This 3-day conference at Harvard included two SRI presentations:
1) Anil Kumar Verma, Executive Director, PRAN, Bihar, India
2) Norman Uphoff, SRI-Rice Senior Advisor, Cornell University
Date: September 10-12, 2014
Venue: Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., USA
Sponsors: Italy's Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea Sustainability Science Program, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard University

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
See PowerPoint Presentation

The seminar considers two bodies of practice which have emerged over the last 10-20 years: the System of rice intensification (SRI) and Conservation Agriculture (CA), which enable producers to raise production with lower cost, less dependence on agro-chemical inputs and lower energy and water requirement.

Speaker: Willem Stoop (SRI) , Wageningen University, and Amir Kassam (CA), FAO and University of Reading
Date: May 12, 2014 (2:00PM - 4:30 PM)
Venue: Hughes College, Pavilion Room, Cambridge University, UK
Sponsors/Organizers: The seminar was led by the TAA, cosponsored by the University Strategic Initiative in Global Food Security, the Humanitarian Centre, and the Cambridge Conservation Forum (CCF).
More Information: contact Keith Virgo

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 PM)
Venue: G08 Uris Hall, Cornell University
Sponsors: South Asia Program at Cornell University
More Information: contact Shambu Prasad

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
More Information: contact Lucy Fisher

Presentation at the Seventh International Biennial Conference, BioVisionAlexandria 2014. The theme of BioVisionAlexandria 2014, will be which will be held April 7-9, 2014, in Alexandria, Egypt, is "New Life Sciences: The Next Decade."
Speaker: Norman Uphoff
Date: April 7, 2014
Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
More Information: contact Biovision Alexandria website

Speaker: Adusumilli Ravindra, Director of WASSAN
Date: February 17, 2014 (12:20-1:10PM)
Venue: 102 Mann Library, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice, International Programs/CALS
More Information: contact SRI-Rice

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
More Information: contact SRI-Rice

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
More Information: contact SRI-Rice

Speaker: Amir Kassam, Visiting Professor, University of Reading, UK
Date: December 19, 2013
Venue: 135 Emerson Hall, Cornell University
Sponsors: SRI-Rice Center and International Programs / CALS, Cornell
More Information: contact Lucy Fisher, See seminar flyer

Three papers on SRI were featured at this workshop on ethnographic studies of contemporary experiments, innovations and initiatives in South Asian agriculture.
Date: December 12-14, 2013
Venue: Karl Jaspers Centre, Room 212, Voßstraße 2, Building 4400, Heidelberg University, Germany
Organizer: Heidelberg University
Speakers on SRI topics: Shambu Prasad (Xavier Institute of Management / Cornell University), Dominic Glover (Wageningen University) and Barbara Harriss-White (Oxford University)
More Information: See conference flyer and program

The workshop is a 2-part seminar designed to share and discuss the preliminary findings of NWO-WOTRO project on 'The System of Rice Intensification as a socio-technical movement in India' (2010-2014).
Date: December 11, 2013; 10:00AM-4:30PM
Venue: Wageningen University, The Netherlands
More Information: contact Dominic Glover

Date: April 4, 2013; 19:30 PM
Venue: C221, Forum (Droevendaalsesteeg 2, Wageningen, Netherlands)
Organizations: OtherWise, ILEIA, Boerengroep, AME Foundation
Speakers: K.S.V. Prasad (Executive director AME Foundation and editor LEISA India magazine), Harro Maat (Researcher Wageningen University) and Steve Sherwood (co-founder Groundswell International)
More Information: See Grassroots Science website

Date: November 15, 2012
Venues (for video-conference):
     Malawi: Lilongwe (WB Office, Lilongwe-2), 2:00pm - 5:00pm
     Kenya: Nairobi (WB Office, Nairobi-1), 3:00pm - 6:00pm
     India: Chennai (IAMWARM), 5:30pm - 8:30pm
     USA: Cornell University and Washington DC (WB HQ MC C2-123), 7:00 am - 10:00 am
Sponsors/Organizers: World Bank • World Bank Institute • Tokyo Development Learning Center
To view the session: http://streaming.jointokyo.org/viewerportal/vmc/home.do
To raise questions to raise: http://worldbankva.adobeconnect.com/csa/
More information: Mei Xie, mxie@worldbank.org; Yu Huan, yhuan@worldbank.org, +1-202-458-8452, World Bank Institute, or see the flyer

This workshop had SRI content. Objectives include exploring means of optimizing the cost of rice production towards sustainable food security and re-emphasizing the critical role of IPM in sustainable rice production.
Date: September 12-13, 2012; 18:00-20:00
Venue: Dewan Tun Abdullah Salleh, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Selangor
Organizers: SRI-Mas (The Malaysian Network on System of Rice Intensification), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Southeast Asian Council for Food Security and Fair Trade (SEACON), Padiberas Nasional Berhad (BERNAS)
More Information: SRI-Mas IPM Workshop Secretariat - +6 03 8921 5391 Fax: +6 03 8921 5490 - Presentations and additional information available on the SRI-Mas website.

The objectives for this workshop are: i) to bring together for the first time important rice program implementers and decision-makers from all ECOWAS countries, ii) to discuss SRI experience and progress in West Africa, and iii) to develop a roadmap for creating a regional SRI network. The goal is to integrate SRI fully within the research and extension programs of all ECOWAS countries by 2015. (see workshop feature)
Date: July 26-27, 2012
Venue: Palm Beach Hotel, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Organizers: NCOS-Rice (WAAPP Mali) supported by the CNOS of Burkina Faso, CORAF/WECARD and SRI-Rice Centre at Cornell University
More Information: Dr. Gaoussou Traoré: Email: gtraore9@yahoo.fr

Sponsors: Ministerio del Agricultura, Programa de Apoyo Local a la Modernización Agropecuaria en Cuba (PALMA), European Union, Fondo para el Logro de los ODM (MDGIF)
Venue: La Habana, Cuba
Date: 12-16 Diciembre 2011

The objectives of the workshop were to:
i) Bring to together for the first time SRI practitioners and researchers from Latin American Countries and the Caribbean,
ii) Assess the achievements and opportunities of the System of Rice Intensification in Latin America and the Caribbean;
iii) Brainstorm potentials and constraints for improving rice production practices in the region; and,
iv) Develop a plan for the next steps in advancing SRI in Latin America. Twenty-seven participants from Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and the USA met to assess achievements of SRI in the region to date.

(see report, presentations and agenda)

Organized by: SRI-Rice (Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development) and EARTH University with funding from Jim Carrey's Better U Foundation
Date: October 30 - November 1, 2011
Venue: EARTH University campus, Costa Rica

The 3rd International Rice Congress is a quadrennial event which coincided with an observance of IRRI’s 50th anniversary. A number of oral presentations and posters about SRI were presented during the Congress, and Norman Uphoff discussed SRI while participating in the opening plenary panel. Oxfam America in Vietnam sponsored a pre-conference SRI Day at the Hanoi Hotel on November 8 as well as field trip on November 13. The SRI-Day presentations are also available on the SRI-Rice website.

Date: November 9-12, 2010 (see presentations and agenda)
Venue: National Convention Center, Hanoi, Vietnam

>>> PRE-CONGRESS ‘SRI DAY’ at the 3rd International Rice Congress

Date: Monday, November 8, 2010 (see presentations and agenda)
Venue: Hanoi Hotel, D8 Giang Vo, Ba Dinh, Ha Noi

Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Sponsored by: Oxfam America, Africare and WWF
Time: Lunch Briefing: 12:00 - 2:00 PM
Venue: Ronald Reagan Building, Rotunda, North Tower; 8th Floor
1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20004

Domestic meeting of the Japanese SRI Group, J-SRI. Anyone interested in SRI can participate in the meeting free of charge.
Date: Feburary 16, 2016, Dec. 15, Aug. 24, March 19, Jan. 9, 2015, (and quarterly since 2012)
Venue: Meeting Room (Room 717), 7th floor of Faculty of Agriculture Bldg.7 A
University of Tokyo (Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo), Japan
More Information: See J-SRI website

The conference was intended to provide a common platform for researchers to deliver and discuss the scope of research on SRI; to identify emerging research demands on techno-social issues to be matched with resources from the SDTT programme; to consolidate findings of adaptive SRI research by various organizations; to discuss constraints to and opportunities for expanding SRI in India; and, to invite proposals on identified research areas under the SDTT-supported SRI programme. The meeting is the identified priority themes on SRI research that could be supported using available resources from the SDTT-SRI programme.
Dates: August 12-13, 2014
Venue: Bhubaneshwar, Odisha
Organizers: Livolink Foundation with support from Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and Allied Trusts, Mumbai (SDTT)
More information: See conference website, 22 PowerPoint presentations, contact info, program.

The workshop addresses current challenges for food security and livelihoods in India by looking at the production of food crops by farmers in interaction with the agricultural innovation system. A key focus is on the System of Rice Intensification (SRI). [32 PowerPoint Presentations are now available.]
Speakers: See program, and presentation abstracts
Dates: June 19-21, 2014
Venue: National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NASC), NASC Complex, DPS Marg, PUSA, New Delhi
Organizers: Wageningen University, National Consortium on SRI, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar
Partners: Aajeevika, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), PRADAN, People's Science Institute (PSI), Revitalising Rainfed Agriculture Network (RRA), WASSAN
More information: See final conference report, conference website or contact Shambu Prasad

Supported by: Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and allied Trusts, Mumbai, under the SDTT-SRI Programme
Date: March 21-22, 2014
Venue: Raipur, Chhattisgarh (Hosted by PRADAN)
Organized by: Livolink Foundation, Bhubaneswar
View presentations at: http://sdtt-sri.org/?page_id=1925

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
More Information: contact Shambu Prasad

Impartado por: Dr. Luis Pocasangre, Universidad EARTH y Dr. Manuel Sanchez, oficina IICA en República Dominicana
Fecha: 24 Febrero, 2014 (9:00 am hora Centroamérica, 10:00 AM Panamá y 11:00md República Dominicana)
Lugar:
Para acceder al evento: Utilizar este enlace: (https://iica.webex.com/iica-sp/j.php?MTID=mad45345eaa2dd151149a9bcc5f0731ad)

The SRI-LMB Project is organizing a National Inception and Planning Workshop to ensure wider national consultation prior to implementation of activities in two selected provinces of Thailand, Uttradit and Surin
Date: January 29-30, 2014
Venue: Asian Center of Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (ACISAI), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand
More Information: contact ACISAI

Fourth farmer workshop on principles, production and promotion of SRI in Kedah. This workshop will also test the new frame seedling rowcaster developed by Anizan Isahak.
Date: December 26-28, 2013
Venue: SRI Lovely, Kg Lintang, Sik, Kedah, Malaysia
Sponsors: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and the SRI-Mas Network
More Information: contact Anizan Isahak. See also agenda

The workshop is intended to implement the regional SRI commissioned project in Liberia for innovative practices. Training materials were provided by SRI-Rice for this event. Participants from Liberia, Mali and Sierra Leone.
Date: December 16-19, 2013
Venue: Kakata, Margibi County, Liberia
Organized by: Community of Hope Agriculture Project (CHAP)
Sponsors: West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAPP) - Liberia, Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and the Japanese Government
Host: Ministry of Agriculture
More Information: contact Robert Bimba, See agenda

SRI-Rice Group Meeting featuring speaker from Jharkhand
Date: Friday, November 25, 2013 at 3:30pm
Venue: Mann 100, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Speaker: Dolon Ganguly, Executive Director of the Jeevika Development Society
More Information: Jeevika Development Society, an organization promoting livelihoods and women’s interests in rural West Bengal, India. The event was sponsored by SRI-Rice and International Programs / CALS.

Date: Friday, November 18, 2013 at 3:30pm
Venue: Mann 102, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Speakers: Barbara Harriss-White, Emeritus Professor of Development Studies at Oxford University in the UK,
More Information: (see presentation and flyer). The event, which included positive SRI evaluations, was sponsored by SRI-Rice and International Programs / CALS.

Ezra's Round Table/Systems Seminar: Norman Uphoff (Cornell)
Date: Friday, October 25, 2013 at 12:00pm
Venue: Frank H. T. Rhodes Hall, 253, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Speakers: Norman Uphoff
More Information: See Cornell University events website

SRI Seminar by Erika Styger, Program Director of SRI-Rice, Cornell University
Organizer: Nanjing Agricultural University
Date: September 23, 2013
Venue: Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
More information: See announcement
Note: She will give a lecture on September 24 at Nanjing University of Finance and Economics for students and faculty.

Organizer: Japanese Engineering Association of Survey Design for Rural Development (SDRED) and National University of Laos (FOA)
Date: September 9, 2013
Venue: Laos-Japan Human Resource Development Center National University of Laos, Dongdok Campus, Vientiane
Sponsors: National University of Laos (FOA), Japanese Association of the System of Rice Intensification (J-SRI) and Department of Irrigation (DOI), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
More information: See flyer

This workshop discusses researchers' findings from a Wageningen University (Netherlands) study SRI as a socio-technical movement in India
Date: August 2, 2013
Venue: Training Hall 2, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Organizers: Wageningen University, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar
More Information: Contact Shambu Prasad

This conference will facilitate sharing of SRI knowledge and experiences, particularly from the SRI researchers and practitioners in Malaysia, and discussion of issues involved in positioning of SRI as an option to enhance rice security and food safety in the country.
Date: June 11-13, 2013
Venue: Orient Star Resort, Lumut, Perak, Malaysia
Primary Organizer: Universiti Putra Jaya (UPM). Co-organizers: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Southeast Asian Council for Food Security and Fair Trade (SEACON), Padiberas Nasional Berhad (BERNAS), FELCRA
More Information: See brochure or contact: 2nd SRI 2013 Secretariat, Jabatan Sains Tanaman, Fakulti Pertanian, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Email: s_ahmad@putra.upm.edu.my

Organized by: National Consortium on SRI (NCS)
Date: January 13, 2012
Venue: Council for Social Development, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India
More Info: See page on the SRI-India site

Organized by: Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Date: January 9-12, 2012
Venue: Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Date: March 2, 2011
Venue: Patna, Bihar
Organized by: Jeevika Project in Patna, Bihar, India
More Information: See Colloquium report.

Date: December 20-21, 2010
Venue: ICRISAT, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India
Objectives: To identify main lessons from the decade of experiences with SRI in India.

The conference, organized for those engaged in agriculture development in Northeast India, focused on sharing among participants, particularly with regard to improvement of hill cultivation, eco-forestry, SRI and preserving the environment. The conference will include plenary sessions on important issues provided by excellent resource persons.

Date: October 6-8, 2010
Hosted by: NEICORD (North East India Committee on Relief and Development) in collaboration with the ECHO Asia Regional Office.
Venue: Barapani, Shillong - Meghalaya
For more information contact: - jtuisum2003@yahoo.com, charity@neicord.org

Date: September 21-23, 2010
Sponsor: ECHO, an international NGO
Venue: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

SRI Presentation: Styger, Erika. 2010. System of Rice Intensification (SRI) - Producing more rice with less inputs - 3 years of experience from Mali. 37 slides.