May 2021 - Additions to the SRI-Rice Website (Links to online material)
(See previous months acquisitions - 2013-2021)
• SRI-RICE STATISTICS for May 2021:
SRI-Rice website: 2,316 users (2,962 users last month) from 79 countries (118 last month) logged 3,074 sessions (3,905 last month) in which 5,048 pages (6,593 last month) were viewed. [Top ten countries in order of number of new users: India (649), USA (387), Philippines (149), Tanzania (122), China (93), Malaysia (70), Nepal (67), Japan (63), Pakistan (42), Indonesia (40), Other interesting place:s #11 is Nigeria (38), #14 is Kenya (31), #22 is Costa Rica (18), Colombia (15)
Facebook pages: 1) SRI-Rice: 2,561 likes and 2,672 followers. 2) SRI Equipment Innovators Exchange: 345 members (3 new) 3) SRI West Africa: 1,974 members, 4) SICA America Latina: 1,136 likes; 1,166 follows
SRI-Rice Newsletter: 186 views (60 last month)
YouTube (primary): 3,387 (1,700 last month) new views this month for our 90 uploads. 80 views (42 last month) for our 41 playlists (not including our India YouTube channel). 1,520 subscribers (25 new). 258,946 all time views of our videos (2009-2021). 93,203 lifetime views of our playlists (2013-2021) [NOTE!: The 8 India playlists from the SRI India video channel are now accessible on the main SRI-Rice video channel].
Twitter: 1,910 followers (6 lost)
Slideshare: [stats not available this month]; 534 slideshows/posters total uploaded, 254 followers
Research Databases: There are 1,931 items (1,368 journal articles), in our Zotero research database (16 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, or see news by country
• SRI-Rice web pages updated during May 2021: 2021 additions, April 2021 additions (new page), Indonesia, Iran, Liberia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Tanzania, Vietnam, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, research network, SFMI (millet) page, videos]
In the Press - May 2021
- Raih emas di ajang internasional IPITEx 2021 Thailand, Unsoed Purwokerto terus ukir prestasi [The Jenderal Soedirman University (Unsoed) delegation from Indonesia won a gold medal in the Bangkok International Intellectual Property, Invention, Innovation and Technology Exposition (IPITEx 2021) for Microcontroller-based Automatic Irrigation Gate Design for Rice Farming Using the System Rice Intensification (SRI) Method".]
May 18, 2021, Tribun Jateng (Central Java, Indonesia & Thailand)
- Rice paddies in New York? African farmer adds crucial wetlands and crop. [Gambian farmer in Ulster Count, New York, are adapting some SRI methods on their farm].
May 5, 2021, Time Union (New York, USA) - Kogi APPEALS demonstrates improved technologies for rice farmers [6 year project highlights SRI]
May 4, 2021, Nigerian Tribune (Nigeria)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - accessed during May 2021
- 2021. About Mtenda Kyela Rice Supply Co. LTD. SAGCOT Catalytic Trust Fund website. [The Mtenda Kyela Rice Supply Co. that purchases paddy in Southern Highland of Tanzaniahas a project with SAGCOT that works [accessed May 31, 2021]
- Torgalkar, Varsha. 2021. New varieties of rice help farmers in flood-prone Assam. The Third Pole website. May 31. [New varieties together with SRI increase yields in Majuli district, Assam, India.]
- 2021. Best method: SMI in finger millet enhances productivity. Millet Advisor website. [Recommendations based on experiences in Odisha, India, by the SMI Odisha Millet Mission. [accessed May 24, 2021]
- Stern, Laurie. 2021. How conservation saved a cotton farmer. Field Work website. May 19. [US farmers make note of SRI.]
- Kashyaap, Sindhu. 2021. [Startup Bharat] How this 23-yr-old came upon the idea for an agritech startup to make farming more machine driven. Your Story website. May 18, 2021. [Story of an Indian man who invented a SRI-compatible transplanter. See also their Pitchbook profile]
- Ebrahim, Zofeen. 2021. As Pakistan bans water-guzzling rice, one farmer has an alternative. The Third Pole website. May 5. [Asif Sharif suggests reducing water for rice through "paradoxical agriculture", or paedar qudrati nizam kashtkari (PQNK), which combines SRI with conservation agriculture.]
- Singh, Shipra. 2021.What is Madagascar method for rice cultivation? Krishi Jagran website, Agripedia section. May 5.
- 2021. Caryl and Olivia – Healthier rice and lives. UncoverSpecial website. April 30. [Article tell of meeting Caryl and Olivia and learning about SRI and Lotus Foods.] [accessed May 5, 2021]
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - links acquired during May 2021
(in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
[Note: • Red dot indicates the publication is freely available.]
- • Liu, Li-Wei, et al. 2021. Internet of things based smart irrigation control system for paddy field. AGRIVITA Journal of Agricultural Science 43(2): 378–389. doi:10.17503/agrivita.v43i2.2936 [accessed May 31, 2021]
- • Phụ, Hoàng Văn, et al. 2021. The advantages of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in environmental protection and climate change mitigation in rice production - A review. TNU Journal of Science and Technology 226(9): 11-21. doi:10.34238/tnu-jst.4343. [accessed May 30, 2021]
- • Sunadi, et al. 2021. The productivity of paddy rice with the method of five seedlings clump-1 STSS used PHP mulch and furrow irrigation compared with several cultivation technology packages. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 757(1): 012014 [accessed May 26, 2021]
- • Nihayah, B. et al. 2021. Methane (CH4) emission flux estimation in SRI (System of Rice Intensification) method rice cultivation using different varieties and fertilization. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 757(1): 012001 [accessed May 26, 2021]
- Surendran, U., et al. 2021. Use of efficient water saving techniques for production of rice in India under climate change scenario: A critical review. Journal of Cleaner Production (preproof) 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127272 [accessed May 17, 2021]
- • Shah, T.M., et al. 2021. Intercropping in rice farming under the System of Rice Intensification— An agroecological strategy for weed control, better yield, increased returns, and social–ecological sustainability. Agronomy 11: 1010. (online first May 20, 2021) doi:10.3390/agronomy11051010 [accessed May 20, 2021]
- Surendran, U., P. Raja et al. 2021. Use of efficient water saving techniques for production of rice in India under climate change scenario: A critical review. Journal of Cleaner Production (preprint) doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127272
- • Gowele, H.F., F.C. Mahoo, and F.C. Kahimba. 2020. Comparison of silicon status in rice grown under the System of Rice Intensification and flooding regime in Mkindo Irrigation Scheme, Morogoro, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Sciences 19(2): 216-226
- Saravanakumar, S., and S. Panneerselvam. 2021. Influence of nitrogen management on growth and yield of rice under SRI technique. International Journal of Farm Sciences 11(1&2): 13-15. doi: 10.5958/2250-0499.2021.00003.3[accessed May11, 2021]
- • Thakur, Amod K., et al. 2021. How agroecological rice intensification can assist in reaching the Sustainable Development Goals. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability (online first May 9, 2021) doi:10.1080/14735903.2021.1925462 [accessed May 9, 2021]
- • *Mishra, J. S., et al. 2021. An impact of agronomic practices of sustainable rice-wheat crop intensification on food security, economic adaptability, and environmental mitigation across eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains. Field Crops Research 267: 108164 (online first May 6, 2021). doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2021.108164 [accessed May 6, 2021]
- • Gopalakrishnan, S., R. Mahender Kumar, P. Humayun, et al. 2014. Assessment of different methods of rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation affecting growth parameters, soil chemical, biological, and microbiological properties, water saving, and grain yield in rice–rice system. Paddy and Water Environment 12: 9–87. doi:10.1007/s10333-013-0362-6[accessed May 6, 2021]
- • Singh, B., et al. 2021. Growing rice with less water: Improving productivity by decreasing water demand. In: Ali J., Wani S.H. (eds) Rice Improvement. Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-66530-2_5 [accessed May 6, 2021]
- • Er, Ah Choy, Habibah Ahmad, and Azima Abdul Manaf. 2021. Comparative cost benefit analysis of conventional farming and agroecological farming for paddy cultivation in Bachok, Kelantan. International Journal of Environmental Science and Development 12(6): 181-187. [accessed May 3, 2021]
New Links from our Website to Online Publications (and SRI-Related Social Media sites) - May 2021)
- (see Latest Research section for pdf links to online research publications).
Documents Uploaded and New Pages Created/Updated on our Website - May 2021
- [Web pages updated during May: 2021 additions, April 2021 additions (new page), Indonesia, Iran, Liberia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Tanzania, Vietnam, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, research network, SFMI (millet) page, videos]
- Baniqued, Adelberto. 2021. A brief activity report on the USAID/Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP) sponsored season-long (October 2020 to March 2021) Organic System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Lower Tiparak, Tambulig and Switch, Ramon Magsaysay, Province of Zamboanga de Sur, Mindanao, The Philippines. SRI-Rice website. (8p. pdf) [uploaded May 13, 2021]
- [English translation was uploaded] Ghanaei-Pashaki, K. Mansour. 2020. Effect of rice-duck co-cultivation on rice yield, water productivity and weed control in different cultivation systems. Iranian Journal of Field Crops Research 18(3): 341-355. doi: 10.22067/gsc.v18i3.86497 [see English translation] [uploaded May 7, 2021]
- Fisher, Lucy. 2020. April 2021 news additions to the SRI-Rice website.
Videos/Audio - May 2021
- 2020 (August 27). Sustainable Rice Intensification in Baguineda, Mali. 9:33 min. Green Innovation Centres channel, YouTube. [accessed May 15, 2021]
- 2021(May 15). System of Rice Intensification. 8:31 min. কৃষি টিউব channel, YouTube. [Hindi language explanation of SRI.]
- 2021 (May 12). SRI method of rice cultivation | SRI method of paddy cultivation In Hindi | श्री विधि से धान की खेती. 8:22 min. Mix Farming channel, YouTube. [Hindi language video with SRI instructions. Uses agrochemicals.]
Presentations - May 2021
- None this month
