November 2019 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website
(Links to online material)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS for November 2019:
SRI-Rice website: 2,440 users (2,275 last month) from 75 countries (76 last month) logged 2,985 sessions (2,387 last month) in which 4,929 pages (5,666 last month) were viewed. [Top ten countries in order of number of users: India (818), USA (319), Philippines (161), Malaysia (102), Tanzania (100), Nepal (60), UK (46), Indonesia (44), Japan (44), Nigeria (44)
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: All-time likes 2,547; 2,609 follows. 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 327 members, SRI West Africa: 2,070 members, SICA America Latina: 1,151 Total likes; 1,169 follows. Newsletter: 21 views.
YouTube (primary): 2,747 (2,503 last month) new views this month for our 90 uploads. 122 views (236 last month) for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 1,089 subscribers (23 new). 190,460 all time views of our videos. 90,792 lifetime views of our playlists (2013-2019) [NOTE!: The 8 India playlists from the SRI India video channel are now accessible on the main SRI-Rice video channel].
Twitter: 1,826 followers
Slideshare: 7,572 (6,422 last month) views new this month; 529 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 241 followers
Research Databases: There are 1,655 items (1,234 journal articles), in our Zotero research database (6 new) (700+ of these appear in the Mendeley SRI Research database, but we are not adding to this anymore).
• For additional global news see: our News page, Latest Additions, SRI Newsletter, LinkedIn, YouTube (India), and 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 2019: 2019, Egypt, Indonesia, Myanmar, Tanzania, journal articles, India research, India news, India videos, index, events, research network page, October additions, latest additions, videos.
News from past months
In the Press - November 2019
- ရေစကြိုမြို့နယ်တွင် ပြောင်းလဲလာသည့် ရာသီဥတုနှင့် လိုက်လျောညီထွေရှိသည့် SRI စပါးအစွမ်းဖွင့် စိုက်ပျိုးနည်း စနစ်ကို စိုက်ပျိုးသူများလာ [Growers in Sejo Township grow new rice varieties with SRI]
November 26, 2019, Myanmar Digital News (Myanmar) - Adoption of rice intensification tech boost production in western [Adoption of SRI has transformed farmers' livelihoods in Rukwa and Katavi regions by doubling rice prduction per acre, thanks to the second phase of Tanzanai Agricultural Partnership (TAP II) initiative.]
November 14, 2019. IPP Media (Tanzania) - SRI trial a success in Mandalay Region
[Paddy is being grown on 60 acres of farms using the SRI method in 12 townships of Mandalay region.].
November 8, 2019, The Global New Light of Myanmar (Myanmar)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during November 2019
- date? System of Rice Intensification. India Filings website. [Short, good description of SRI principles and benefits.] [accessed November 30, 2019]
- World Bank. 2019. Egypt: Water Knowledge Note - Pioneering Participatory Integrated Water Resources Management in the Nile Delta. Reliefweb website. November 29. [In this GEF project that finished in 2016, due to the reduction of water used by applying SRI, water savings reached 8,500 cubic meters/feddan/year (a feddan is defined as an Egyptian unit of area equivalent to 1.038 acres or 0.42 ha).
- Dutta, Devopriya. 2019. The green journey of Tarumitra with the youth. ecojesuit website. November 26. [Tarumitra (friends of trees in Hindi and Sanskrit) is a student movement with a focus on promotion of ecological sensitivity that is headquartered in Patna, Bihar, and includes SRI in it's training]
- Perween, Shrimati Kahkasahn. 2019. Effect of climate change on paddy cultivation. India Environment Portal website. (Answered on) November 25. [India's Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change was asked about climate change and paddy. He replied to part a and b of the the Rajya Sabha starred question no. 88. He said agronomic practices and varieties can increase yields, though ICAR simulation studies show rice yields declining in 2020 and will continue to do so in 2050 and 2080 scenarios by varying amounts. SRI was one of the suggestions for water-saving.]
- Riyo, Riyo. 2019. System of Rice Intensification (SRI). 1001 Artficial Plants. November 24.
- BPP Kecamatan Cikembar. 2019. Back to nature through organic agriculture method System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Cyber Extension (CYBEXT) website, Materi Lokalita. November 25. [Indonesian language extension info from Cikembar, West Java.]
- Muhajir, Anton. 2019. Perubahan Iklim ternyata berdampak pada kedaulatan pangan. Mongabay website. November 12. [An interview with Rikolto's Nana Suhartana about SRI and climate change.]
- 2019. Should we go vegan in 2019? Science Focus Magazine. November.
- 2019. Reaping benefits: Rupturing myths. HCCB blog. November 11. [CSR project by HCCB works with around 200 SRI farmers in and around Goblej village near Ahmedabad.]
- 2019. Farmer Field Day (FFD), demplot adaptasi teknologi spesifik lokalita. Dinas Pertanian Kabupaten Buleleng website. November 8. [Field day for SRI in Buleleng, Bali, Indonesia]
- 2019. System of Rice Intensification Initiative. Tata Trusts website. November. [Tata Trust's SRI programme has covered over 170,000 farmers in 3,500 villages, spread across 104 districts in Odisha, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Manipur, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. They are also promoting SCI with millets and pulses.]
- Meyer, Christine. 2019. Replicating successful business models - Moving from lighthouses to a network of street lamps. Inclusive Business Action Network. November 5. [Lotus Foods' Supply chain for SRI noted under section on "Multiple Pathways towards Replication."]
- 2019. UPL Khedut Pragati – UPL Enables Learning for Farmers @ UPL Centre for Agriculture Excellence, Vapi. UPL Pragatiblog. November 5. [..10 training sessions were conducted and around 277 farmers and 120 students from Navsari Agriculture University visited UPL Centre for Agriculture Excellence in India. Trainings include SRI, water management and other topics.]
- Date? Expanding Rice Production Project (ERPP). Global Agriculture & Food Security Program (GAFSP) website. [accessed November 1, 2019] [Gov.t of Andhra Pradesh, India, recommending SRI and other water saving practices to reduce water consumption.]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during November 2019
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- Gabhane, Meenakshi, et al. 2015. Utilization of information sources by SRI growers. Indian Journal of Extension Education 51(3&4): 86-89. [accessed November 25, 2019]
- • Puristiawan, F. F., et al. 2019. Response of different local rice varieties to shallow water depth irrigation in Indonesia. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 355: 01200. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/355/1/0120071 [Paper at the The 3rd International Symposium on Agricultural and Biosystem Engineering] [accessed November 25, 2019]
- • Suriani, Ni Luh, et al. 2019. Antagonism Trichoderma SP for pressing blast disease on red Bali rice plants (Oryza sativa). Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamic and Control Systems 11(10): 70-76.
- • Kusomo, B. B., et al. 2019. Study of intermittent-irrigation technique to cropping patterns and water availability at Pemali Kanan Irrigation Area in Brebes Regency. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 328: 012011 doi:10.1088/1755-1315/328/1/012011
- • Balamurugan, V. and R. Rajasekaran. 2019. A study on constraints experienced by the farmers in adoption of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) technologies. Plant Archives 19(1): 1902-1904. [November 3, 2019]
New Links to Publications (pdfs, books, etc.) and New Websites - November 2019
- 2019. Egypt: Water Knowledge Note - Pioneering Participatory Integrated Water Resources Management in the Nile Delta. Water Knowledge Note, World Bank website. 4p. November 29.
Documents Uploaded and New Pages Created/Updated on our Website - November 2019
- [Web pages updated during November 2019: 2019, Egypt, Indonesia, Myanmar, Tanzania, journal articles, India research, India news, India videos, index, events, research network page, October additions, latest additions, videos.]
- Fisher, Lucy. 2019. October 2019 additions to the SRI-Rice website. SRI-Rice website.
Videos/Audio - November 2019
- Video: 2019 (November 19). இயற்கை விவசாயத்தில் திருந்திய நெல் சாகுபடி சாத்தியமா?? | System of Rice Intensification!! 10:10 min. SIFI Organic Village Food channel, YouTube. [Interview with Alagu Servai, an organic SRI farmer in India].
- Video: 2019 (November 6). Natural Farming | Paddy Cultivation using SRI Method. 7:06 min. Mysore Organics channel, YouTube. [Vinay from Malavalli taluk, Mandya District, Mysore, India, grows paddy using SRI method in Natural Farming.]
Presentations - November 2019
- Fisher, Lucy. 2019. The System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Adapting small-scale equipment and production practices. 47 slides. Webinar for The FAO Technical Network on Sustainable Crop Production and Agroecology, FAO, Rome, November 22. (video of presentation)
* = System of Crop Intensification (SCI)
