June 2020 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website
(Links to online material)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS for June 2020:
SRI-Rice website: 2,059 users (2,220 last month) from 74 countries (83 last month) logged 2,791 sessions (2,820 last month) in which 4,747 pages (5,017 last month) were viewed. [Top ten countries in order of number of new users: India, USA, Nepal, Tanzania, Philippines, Malaysia, Australia, Japan, Indonesia, UK]
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: 2,574 likes and 2,642 followers. 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 327 members, 3) SRI West Africa: 2,036 members, 4) SICA America Latina: 1,146 likes; 1,166 follows.
SRI-Rice Newsletter: 142 views (187 last month).
YouTube (primary): 6,571 (5,770 last month) new views this month for our 90 uploads. 170 views (207 last month) for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 1,274 subscribers (35 new). 216,521 all time views of our videos. 91,853 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: 1,856 followers (5 new)
Slideshare: 10,916 (5,694 last month) views new this month; 532 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 249 followers
Research Databases: There are 1,760 items (1,270 journal articles), in our Zotero research database (7 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 June 2020: Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Tanzania, Vietnam, journal articles, India research, India news, India videos, index, events, videos, 2020 new additions, May 2020 additions (new page)
News from past months
In the Press - June 2020
- PPAAO-Togo: Des resultats salutaires (DOSSIER) [Extension of WAAPP program through 2019 continues with SRI promotion.]
June 27, 2020, Savoir News (Togo) - SRI Paddy Cultivation: इस खास तकनीक से कम बीज और खाद में करें धान की बुवाई, ये है खेती का तरीका
June 27, 2020, Krishijagran, (India) - Hà Nội in the front line on curtailing the use of pesticide [According to the article, total area under SRI in Hà Nội is about 60%.]
June 19, 2020, Vietnam News (Vietnam) - #Monsoon2020: Two new technologies to boost rice production and conserve natural resources [Author suggests DSR and SRI for upcoming monsoon season.]
June 9, 2020, Krishi Jagran (India) - Royalty, MSP hike evoke mixed response [G.S. Unnikrishnan Nair, a retired Additional Director of Agriculture, says Increasing MSP and royalties for rice land is good, but SRI should be promoted to increase productivity]
June 2, 2020, The Hindu (Kerala, India) - الزراعة : نستهدف التوسع فى الأرز الموفر للمياه عبر الحقول الإرشادية (Agriculture: We aim to expand water-saving rice through extension fields) [SRI and new varieties to be used together to reduce water usage in rice.]
June 2, 2020, Al-Mal News (Egypt) - Togo: Apprendre les meilleures pratiques agricoles grâce à l’application « SimulAgri »
May 30, 2020 (accessed June 7, 2020), La Voix de la Nation (Togo)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during June 2020
- 2020. Morogoro’s Best Farmer | FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Indifact website. June 22. [Story of Godfrey Joseph Pascal, one of 150 youths trained in SRI by FAO and the Tanzanian Government ]
- 2020. Siswazah tidak punya kerja tetap disaran usahakan tanaman padi organik. Bernama website. June 23. [Article from Malaysia about SRI Lovely, which promotes SRI.]
- 2020. Panen lebih banyak! Ini dia cara budidaya padi organik terbaru. Greenstoreon blog. June 22. [Indonesian language description of SRI practices.]
- 2020. SRI : Système de Riziculture Intensive. Tinga-Neere website. [Accessed June 6, 2020] [Article by the Tinga-Neere organization about SRI, primarily in Burkina Faso.]
- 2020. CSR: Vedanta’s Hindustan Zinc becomes water-positive on World Environment Day 2020. The CSR Journal. June 5. [On World Environment Day 2020, Hindustan Zinc, part of Vedanta, became a water-positive company. Livelihood programs undertaken by Vedanta...have motivated several farmers to adopt modern farming techniques SRI which has doubled yields and enhanced incomes.]
- 2020. Manfaat System of Rice Intensification terhadap varietas padi di Indonesia. Agroklimat UGM website. [Universitas Gadja Mada's Agroclimate program discusses WUE with red and black varieties as well as Ciherang, dan IR64. Red had best water-use efficiency and black rice was lowest.] [accessed June 3, 2020]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during June 2020
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- • Prusty, Ajay Kumar, et al. 2020. Socio-economic attributes of farmers adopting System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method - An overview. Mukt Shabd Journal 9(6): 2477-2486. [accessed June 27, 2020]
- • Cacacho, Eleanor L., et al. 2020. Assessment of the organic-based system of rice intensification (SRI) under coastal rice field ecosystem. Indian Journal of Science and Technology 13(18): 1867-1872 doi:10.17485/IJST/v13i18. [accessed June 21, 2020]
- Deb, Debal. 2020. Is the system of rice intensification (SRI) consonant with agroecology? Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (online first June 15, 2020) doi: 10.1080/21683565.2020.1779165 [accessed June 19, 2020]
- • Singh, Lal, et al. 2020. Chemical weed management in SRI and transplanted rice under temperate condition. Journal of AgriSearch 7(2): 63-69. doi:10.21921/jas.v6i02.18099 [accessed June 17, 2020]
- • Whitman, K.L., J.H. Ratsimbazafy, and N.J. Stevens. 2020. The use of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) near Maromizaha Protected Area, Madagascar. Madagascar Conservation & Development 15(10): 1-7. doi: 10.4314/mcd.v15i1.1 [accessed June 10, 2020]
- • Isnawan, B. H., et al. 2020. Growth and yield of various local rice varieties with system of rice intensification irrigation system. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Sciences 458: 012021. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/458/1/012021 [accessed June 4, 2020]
New Links to Publications (pdfs, books, etc.) and New Websites - June 2020
- FAO-Myanmar. 2020. Farmers willing to use climate-smart agriculture techniques including system of rice intensification in wider scale in Labutta. FAO Myanmar website. June. [accessed June 19, 2020]
Documents Uploaded and New Pages Created/Updated on our Website - June 2020
- [Web pages updated during June 2020: Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Tanzania, Vietnam, journal articles, India research, India news, India videos, index, events, videos, 2020 new additions, May 2020 additions (new page)]
- Fisher, Lucy. 2020. May 2020 monthly news additions to the SRI-Rice website.
Videos/Audio - June 2020
- 2020 (June 30). Organic SRI Rice Nursery ll Basmati ll Chhattisgarh. 3:55 min. KHARSIA channel, YouTube. [Interesting ideas on organic nursery management (Chhattisgarh India).]
- 2020 (June 29). A Two-Row Motorized SRI Weeder Use in Malaysia. 3:47 min. Febri Doni channel, YouTube.
- 2020. (June 28). Mengenal Lebih Dekat 6 Prinsip System of Rice Intensification (SRI). 7:47 min. Agus Setyaningsih channel, YouTube. [Student project from Universitas Islam Riau on agricultural extension for SRI. (In Indonesian)]
- 2020 (June 25). SRI method paddy cultivation .श्री विधि से धान की खेती. 7:01 min. Naveen Jakhar channel, YouTube. [Hindi language video to help students in India prepare for comprehensive exams.]
- 2020 (June 16). ปลูกข้าวต้นเดียว 1ไร่ ใช้เมล็ดพันธุ์ 1กำมือ. สาวแบงค์ วันธรรมดา ชาวนาวันหยุด channel, YouTube. [A short introductory video on SRI in Thai language.]
- 2020 (June 15). सघन धान खेती प्रविधि || System of Rice Intensification (SRI) 3:57 min. Agro Tips channel, YouTube. [Nepali language video on how and why to implement SRI.]
- 2020 (June 14). Cara milih benih padi buat tanam padi organik dengan pola SRI organik. 10:16 min. Akang Gembol Thea 115 channel, YouTube. [Explanation on how to select good seedlings prior to SRI planting and how to properly handle the seedlings while planting. Indonesian language]
- 2020 (June 5). SRI System of rice intensification || सघन धान खेती प्रबिधि || Rice cultivation technique ||. 4:37 min. A for Agriculture channel, YouTube. [Nepali language video on how and why to implement SRI.]
- 2020 (June 3). ทำนาครั้งแรก กับการปลูกข้าวต้นเดียว แบบปราณีต. 5:03 min. สาวแบงค์ วันธรรมดา ชาวนาวันหยุด channel, YouTube. [Thai language video on SRI farming.]
- 2020 (May 26). SRI method of paddy cultivation in Hindi || धान की बंपर खेती का राज ||. 5:31 min. Kishan online channel, YouTube [Hindi language explanation of SRI.]
Presentations - June 2020
- none this month
* = System of Crop Intensification (SCI)
