November 2016 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website
(Links to online material)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS FOR November 2016:
SRI-Rice website: 3,659 unique visitors (3,351 last month) from 91 countries (90 last month) logged 4,752 sessions (4,603 last month) in which 8,832 pages (8,512 last month) were viewed. [Top ten user countries in order of sessions: India, USA, Philippines, Malaysia, Germany, Indonesia, Nigeria, Canada, Tanzania and Russia]
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: All-time likes 2,186 (50 new this month). 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 305 members 3) SRI West Africa: 2,186 members (23 new)
YouTube (primary): 2,533 new views this month for our 67 uploads. 192 views for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 307 subscribers (2 new). [NOTE!: The 8 India playlists from the SRI India video channel are now accessible on the main SRI-Rice video channel].
Twitter: 1,534 followers (14 new this month)
Slideshare: 9,589 (9701 last month) views new this month; 459 slideshows/posters total uploaded (1 new), 203 followers
Research Databases: There are 1,036 items in our new Zotero research database (8 new). (700+ of these appear in the Mendeley SRI Research database). Note: we are no longer adding to RefWorks as it was retired in Dec. 2015. Please use Zotero.)
• For additional global news see: our News page, Latest Additions, SRI Newsletter, LinkedIn, YouTube (India), and Picasa photo gallery, or, see news by country
• See: SRI-Rice Center news for updates on our program's staff, students and activities
• SRI-Rice web pages updated during November 2016: 2016, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, India news, indoenisa, Kenya, Philippines, Tanzania, contact us, about us, research, theses, China research, journal articles, seminars, SWI page, other SCI page, videos, HP, donate page
News from past months
In the Press - November 2016
- Beras organik Tasikmalaya tembus pasar Amerika dan Eropa [SRI rice from Tasik Malaya is exported to USA and Europe]
November 28, 2016, fokusjabar (Jawa Barat, Indonesia) - Is the rice industry finally on the rise? [Jesse Las Maria says with systems like SRI costs of rice production can be brought down to P4 to P6 per kilo, which are already competitive with Philippines neighbors.]
November 22, 2016, Business Mirror (Philippines) - FAO, Dar link up to double rice production [The Partnership for Sustainable Rice Systems Development in Africa project will be implemented in five targeted irrigation schemes in Morogoro region in Tanzania. It will (Among other activities) establish junior farmer field schools to upscale the adoption of system of rice intensification, purchase of processing machine to add value and equip warehouses for storage of produce to reduce postharvest losses.]
November 15, 2016, News Africa now (Tanzania) - Suivi des activités agricoles 2016-2017 au Nord: La campagne de récolte du riz pluvial lancée à Namassa
November 8, 2016 Le faso.net (Burkina Faso) - Panen Padi Tahap III di Pulagan makin meningkat [The third havest of a project in Pulagan, Gianyar, raised yields to 10.1 tons/ha. The project is a cooperative effort of the Gianyar Ag. Dept., Bank Indonesia, and the military.]
November 2, 2016, Beritadewata.com (Bali, Indonesia) - Walikota Madiun lakukan panen raya bersama Gapoktan [Mayor of Madium, East Java, at harvest festival for SRI fields with Mardi Bob farmer group.]
November 2, 2016, beritaLima (Jawa Timur, Indonesia) - Sektor pertanian perlu menjadi perhatian pertumbuhan ekonomi Bali [SRI/Jajar Legowo adaptation part of Bank Indonesia's successful CSR projects in Bali.]
November 1, 2016, Bali Bisnis.com (Bali, Indonesia) - *For a bountiful harvest [Due to the lack of rains, Karnataka farmer changed from paddy to finger millet,using the ‘guli ragi’ method, which uses SRI principles.
November 1, 2016, Deccan Herald (Karnatatka, India)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during November 2016
- Traoré, Sayouba 2016. Le système de riziculture intensive, ou SRI, à Bama au Burkina Faso. Le Coq chante, RFI website. [Entry page for a French radio show about SRI in Burkina Faso.]
- 2016. Seeds of success. Oxfam America website. November 14. [Oxfam's Chris Hufstader talks about a farmer's success in Cambodia].
- Krishi Vigyan Kendra Ri-Bhoi. 2016. Field day on SRI Paddy (var. Rcm-10). ICAR website. November 7. [Demonstrate the performance of var. RCM-10 under SRI in Meghalaya, India.]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during November 2016
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- • Thatchinamoorthy, C. 2016. System of Rice Intensification in empowering self help group people. Innovare Journal of Agricultural Sciences 4(4): 5-7. [accessed November 24, 2016]
- • Bezabih, Mintewab, Remidius Ruhinduka and Mare Sarr. 2016. Climate change perception and system of rice intensification (SRI) impact on dispersion and downside risk: A moment approximation approach. Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy Working Paper No. 288, and, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Working Paper No. 256. Grantham Institute website. November. 23p. [accessed November 20, 2016]
- • Razie, Fakhrur, Iswandi Anas, et al. 2013. Efisiensi serapan hara dan hasil padi pada budidaya SRI di persawahan pasang surut dengan menggunakan kompos diperkaya. Jurnal Agronomi Indonesia 41(2): 89-97. [accessed November 5, 2016]
- Thakur, Amod K., Amir Kassam, Willem A. Stoop and Norman Upoff. 2016. Modifying rice crop management to ease water constraints with increased productivity, environmental benefits, and climate-resilience. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 235: (November 2016) 101–104. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2016.10.011 [accessed November 5, 2016]
New Links to Publications and Uploads on our Website- November 2016
- 2016. Inside View: Profile feature (on Norman Uphoff). Nature, November 10 issue. [Interview with Norman Uphoff on why SRI is a game-changer and how and why SRI-Rice won the first Olam Prize during 2015.]
- PRADAN. 2016. Cultivating Rapeseed/Mustard with SRI Principles: A Training Manual (Punjabi version). System of Rice Intensification website. (9p., 816KB pdf) This manual is based on experiences by PRADAN and ATMA that began with farmers in Gaya district, Bihar. [See also the longer 2012 English version] [uploaded November 2016]
Videos/Audio - November 2016
- Video: 2016 (November 30). 2016. Smart Farm: Rice Intensification. 3:41 min. KenyaCitizen TV channel, YouTube. [Kenyan TV show on "smart farms," Which about SRI this week.]
- Audio: 2016. (November 27). Le système de riziculture intensive, ou SRI, à Bama au Burkina Faso. 26:30 min. Le coq chante Podcast by Sayouba Traoré on RFI.
- Video: 2016 (November 25). 2016. 3S Award Application Video, November 2016. 3:09 min. LotusFoodsInc channel, YouTube. [Lotus Foods application for the 3S Award in which they talk about their commitment to working with SRI farmers.]
- Video: 2016 (November 17). Jeevan Jeevika Andolan: SRI Farming Technique. 6:43 min. KamYog fo 21st Century channel. YouTube. [NGO field partners of Tata Trusts are empowered by useing tablets to connect to experts.]
- Video: 2016 (November 12). American Airlines Talk Business 360 Interview with Ken and Caryl. 2:14 min. LotusFoodsInc channel, YouTube.
- Video: 2016 (November 12). Sunria Organic Rice Farmer - Story of Usin. 4:46 min. Sunria Organic channel. [Farmer testimonial about how adopting SRI has changed the life of a West Java farmer in Indonesia.]
- Video: 2016 (November 10). How rice farmers can double their yields. Oxfam America channel, YouTube. [Chris Hufstader's experiences talking to SRI farmers in Haiti, Cambodia, Vietnam and Burkina Faso about their experiences with SRI. Chris works with Oxfam.]
- Video: 2016 (November 9).श्री विधि से गेहूं की बुवाई, SRI Vidhi Se Gehu Ki Buvai, Sowing of Wheat With SRI Method. 6:59 min. Digital kheti channel. YouTube. (Hindi).
- Video: 2016 (November 3). Film SRI DéDESC ONG – Bénin . 6:45 min. SRI-Rice channel, YouTube. (French) [Benin.]
- Video: 2016 (November 3). SRI au Bénin – Agriculture Formation Systeme Riziculture Intensive (Parakou). 2:25 min. SRI-Rice channel, YouTube. (French) [Benin.]
- Video: 2016 (November 3). SRI au Bénin – Visite d'Echange d'Experiences (Tchaourou, Bembereke). 2:07 min. SRI-Rice channel, YouTube. [Benin.]
Presentations - PowerPoint - November 2016
- Gautam, Som Krishan, and Ashish Gupta. 2016. Experiments on System of Rice Intensification with Organic Farming Methods in the Pangna Valley. 15 slides. (in Hindi) Presentation for farmers in mountain villages, extended to present at the Organic World Conference, India. SRI-Rice channel, Slideshare.net. [November 2016]
