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In the Press
December 2010
- Less water, but more
rice
December 29, 2010, IPS News -
Paddy sapling planting equipment introduced
December 8, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) -
Are GM Crops Africa's Path to Food Security? [SRI section is paragragh
25-28]
December 7, 2010, VOA news (Washington D.C., USA) - Cultivable area
of paddy is all set to expand in Madurai district
December 5, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - She
has become villagers' envy
December 3, 2010, Deccan Herald (Andhra Pradesh, India) -
Krishi Utsav Rath flagged off
December 2, 2010, Times of India (Bihar, India) - reference to SWI - Thanks giving the
icing on SRI success
December 1, 2010, E-PAO (Manipur, India) [source: Sangai Express]
November 2010
-
Field day on SRI conducted in Mokokchung
November 29, 2010, Nagaland Post (Nagaland, India) - Bakoly: Hens laid a trophy
November 27, 2010, The Times of Madagascar - Course
on leadership to be included in UG curriculum
November 24, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Science
support for Nagaon farmers - Colour leaf chart, mechanised cultivation, training
sessions for better returns
November 24, 2010, The Telegraph (Kolkata, India) - Farmers'
training
November 23, 2010, KanglaOnline (Manipur, India) - NABARD promoting intensified rice production
November 16, 2010, Central Chronicle (Madhya Pradesh,India) -
A simple way to grow more food in a changing climate
November 3, 2010, Treehugger (New York, USA)
October 2010
- A
bountiful harvest for Sukku
October 25, 2010, UK in India (Madhya Pradesh, India) -
Minister urges farmers to increase yield
October 26, 2010, IBNLive (Tamil Nadu, India) -
Growing more rice with less water, fewer chemicals
October 25, 2010, VOANews.com (USA) - 62,500 hectares to be brought under samba
October 22, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - New method
yields more rice with less water: Oxfam
October 20, 2010, Reuters (USA) -
A bad climate for food
October 19, 2010, Huffington Post (USA) - Rally
highlights rice cultivation
October 13, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Working on
Work
October 11, 2010, The Hindu (Jharkhand, India)
(reference to SRI in 3rd paragraph) - Chief
Minister inspects samba cultivation in Tiruvarur
October 11, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - An organic approach to increase rice yield in Bhutan
October 6, 2010, Bhutan Observer (Bhutan) - SRI
method renamed as "Rajarajan 1000"
October 6, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
September 2010
-
Cultivating a better universe
September 22, 2010, Huffington Post (USA) - Training in
template technology
September 22, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Rs.
13.17-crore assistance distributed
September 17, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - National
Conference on Rabi Campaign 2010 begins tomorrow Best Performing States to
Receive Trophies
September 16, 2010, Press Information Bureau (India) - 460
weeders to be distributed free of cost in Tirupur
September 15, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Local
officials urged to act vs climate change
September 15, 2010, Philippine Information Agency - Collector's plea
to farmers
Sept. 10, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Woman
farmer lauded for high paddy yield
September 9, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Parched
farmers pray for rain - Continuing dry spell affects alternative crop
farming
September 7, 2010, The Telegraph (Jharkhand, India) - Samba
cultivation begins in Erode
September 3, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) -
Heavy rains in Andhra Pradesh boost rice crop prospects
September 1, 2010, Sulekha.com (Andhra Pradesh, India)
August 2010
- Promote
SRI paddy: Collector
August 28, 2010, The Hindu (Andhra Pradesh, India) -
To rice and shine, Assam draws 8-point strategy
August 27, 2010, Indian Express (Assam, India) - Farmer
develops improvised drum seeder
August 26, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Nabard
scheme balm on dry spell
August 23, The Telegraph (Bihar, India) - Agriculture Dept
sets a target of 5000 to distribute weeders
August 19, 2010, E-PAO [source: Sangai Express] (Manipur, India) - University
conducting research into rice yield
August 16-22, 2010, MyanmarTimes (Myanmar) - Systeme de
Riziculture Intensif: Des experts sur le terrain
August 18, 2010, L'Essor (Mali) -
SRI technology launced in Tuensang
August 18, 2010, Nagaland Post (Nagaland, India) - TN must subsidise farm diesel: M.S.Swaminathan
August 17, 2010, Deccan Chronicle (Tamil Nadu, India) - SRI (System of Rice
Intensification): Hero of Bastar Sevak Mandal In Kharif -2010
August 16, 2010, Bastar Sevak Mandal (Chhattisgarh, India) - Create
confidence among farmers
August 12, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Less
rainfall may hit rice production
August 12, 2010, The Assam Tribune (Assam, India) - SRI picks
up steam in Perambalur, Ariyalur
Aug. 9, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - RGMVP’s efforts for sustainable agriculture
August 4, 2010, Albertam (India) - Significant
achievements under NFSM
August 3, 2010, Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India - Stress on
SRI to meet demand for foodgrains
Aug. 2, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
July 2010
- Grain
output up in Tamil Nadu, despite less rain
July 30, 2010, Business Standard (Tamil Nadu, India) - Gnord-ou
grows main rice crop on 2,400 ha
July 29, 2010, Lao Voices [source: KPL Lao News Agency] (Laos) - UPA trying to corporatise agriculture: Manik Sarkar
July 27, 2010, Sindh Today News (Tripura, India) -
From seed to sale
July 21, 2010, PhnomPenh Post (Cambodia) - NEPAL: Training
farmers to adapt to unpredictable weather
July 19, 2010, IRIN (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) - Precision farming
in Krishnagiri
July 15, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) -
SRI demonstrated to farmers at Pongitong -
July 14, 2010, Nagaland Post (Nagaland, India) - New SRI publication by Africare, Oxfam, and WWF: More Rice for People - More Water for the Planet
- NABARD to promote SRI cultivation
July 13, Business Standard (Andhra Pradesh, India) - NABARD to promote rice system among AP farmers
July 12, 2010, Yahoo News India (Andhra Pradesh, India) - Plan
to bring 13,800 hectares under SRI mode
July 9, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Farmers' patronage
for SRI method on the rise
July 7, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) -
New tech to help Bengal cut water consumption
July 3, 2010, Financial Express (Kolkata, India) - SRI
method of paddy cultivation turns fruitful
July 2, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Agricultural
programme conducted at Saikul
July 1, 2010, North East India News [source: Hueiyen News Service] (Manipur, India)
June 2010
- Agriculture
Department to introduce bio-fertilizer on large scale
June 29, 2010, E-PAO [source: the Sangai Express] (Manipur, India) - Sensitising
farmers to developing techniques, methods under changing climatic
conditions
June 29, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Rice
project helps farmers boost yields
June 28, 2010, Lao Voices (Laos) - Ceremonial harvesting
of Rice cultivated by SRI at Nagaon
June 27, 2010, Assam times (Assam, India) - Kenyan
team studies SRI project
June 26, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) -
A Philanthropy Advisor in Indonesia, Part 4: Rice Innovation in a Small
Village
June 24, 2010, Asian Philanthropy Forum (Indonesia) - Plan
to adopt SRI method on 36, 800 hectares
June 24, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Nan focuses
on RIS rice farming
June 23, 2010, Lao Voices (Laos) -
Orissa sets kharif target at 74.64 lakh tonne
June 23, 2010, Business Standard (Orissa, India) - Nabard
aid for paddy
June 22, 2010, The Telegraph (Jharkhand, India) -
Training prog on SRI in Tsg
June 22, 2010, Nagaland Post (Nagaland, India) -
High risk of viral diseases once again affecting rice crops
June 19, 2010, Viet Nam News (Hanoi, Vietnam) - SRI
seed farmers left in the lurch
June 19, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) -
Rice cultivation: Farmers encouraged to use SRI technique
June 18, 2010, Times of India (Uttar Pradesh,India) - Minister urges
farmers to utilise technologies extensively
June 10, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) -
RIS rice plantation experiment in Pek is successful
June 9, 2010, Lao voices (Laos) - CAU to provide free
paddy seedlings
June 5, 2010, E-PAO [source: The Sanagai Express] (Manipur, India) -
Attapeu: dry season rice plantation practiced on over 1,000 ha
June 2, 2010, Lao voices (Laos)
May 2010
- Kuruvai to be
raised on 34,000 hectares: DC
May 29, 2010 NewKerala.com (Tamil Nadu, India) - Field Day
on SRI Method of Rice Cultivation at Nagaon
May 27, 2010, Assam Times (Assam, India) - Increase
agriculutral growth
May 26, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Plan
to increase rice, pulses production
May 22, 2010, The Hindu, (Puducherry, India) - Preparations
underway for kuruvai season
May 19, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) -
Workshop cum field practical on SRI held
May 17, 2010, Contify.com [source: Sikkim Express] (Sikkim, India) - Technology,
a key nutrient for farm sector
May 13, 2010, Business Line (Tamil Nadu, India) - Weeder for use in SRI developed at TNAU
May 9, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) -
New rice farming system takes root in Mwea scheme
May 5, 2010, Daily Nation (Kenya) - Young
girls face trafficking as lack of rain drives worsening rural poverty
May 5, 2010, ReliefNet (Assam, India)
April 2010
- Agricultural
training programme held in Ukhrul
April 30, 2010, E-PAO [source: The Sangai Express] (Manipur, India) - Dharmasthala:
SKDRDP to start Systematic Rice Intensification campaign
April 29, 2010, Mangalorean (Karnatatka, India) - Bright
prospects for SRI in State
April 29, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - World Bank team studies success story of farm project
April 24, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Farmers told to take up paddy cultivation under SRI methoda
- April 23, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
- SRI
technique gaining popularity in Thanjavur
April 19, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - NABARD
encourages best use of natural resources
April 17, 2010, The Hindu (Karnataka, India) - Sustainable
Sugarcane Initiative launched for increased productivity
April 17, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) -
Mokokchung farmers’ feted for implenting SRI
April 16, 2010, Nagaland Post (Nagaland, India) -
Sam Rainsy calls on Cambodian farmers to switch rice planting technique
April 14, 2010, KI Media (Cambodia) - Orissa State to
Adopt innovative SSI method of sugarcane cultivation
April 14, 2010, Business Wire (Oirssa, India) - SRI method proves beneficial
April 13, 2010, The Hindu (Orissa, India) - PM's speech - First Core
Group of Central Ministers and State Chief Ministers on prices of Essential
Commodities
Prime Minister of India's website - April 8, 2010 (New Delh, India) [SRI reference is in middle of 5th paragraph] - Crop insurance for farmers who were draught victims to be distributed
April 5, 2010, KanglaOnline [source: The Imphal Free Press] (Manipur, India) - New strategies to
tackle drought
April 1, 2010, the Morung Express (Nagaland, India)
March 2010
- New
farming method boosts food output for India's rural poor
March 30, 2010, Reuters AlertNet (Bihar, India) -
A ‘young star' who works for farmers
March 29, 2010, The Hindu (Bihar, India) - Strategy for increasing rice production
March 25, 2010 Corporate Press Releases, (India) - Congrès sur le riz : La Recette du SRI - March 25, 2010, L'Essor (Mali)
- System of Rice
Intensification
March 23, 2010, GS Current Affairs (Karnataka, India)
[also see March 17 India Infoline News Service article] - SRI paddy cuts costs, boosts output
March 23, 2010, Express Buzz (Orissa, India) - State
promoting SRI cultivation, says Rout
March 21, 2010, The Hindu (Orissa, India) - Agriculture Department
conducts trial run of power weeder
March 20, 2010, E-PAO [source: Sangai Express] (Manipur, India) - Highest yield
under SRI in Musiri block
March 18, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - A new farming
practice to promote resource conservation in cultivation of rice crops
March 16, 2010, Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India - Water
management lessons
March 16, 2010, Deccan Herald (India) -
Rice farmers look to reap rewards of new technique
March 5, 2010, in Somakomlao blog reposted from Vientiane Times - Assam
farmers felicitated by GOI
March 1, 2010, Assam Times (India)
February, 2010
- Samba
harvest completed
Feb. 27, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - SRI to be
adopted in 70 acres
Feb. 24, 2010, E-PAO [source: Sangai Express] (Manipur, India) - Samba
harvest across district in full swing
Feb. 19, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Norway
pledges Rs 7 crore for ClimaRice project
Feb. 17, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) -
Tamil Nadu farmers to benefit from Norway project
Feb. 16, 2010, The Times of India (Tamil Nadu, India) -
Grow rice with half the water
Feb. 15, 2010, India Today (New Delhi, India) - Paddy
transplanter introduced
Feb. 10, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) -
Lasiyo Syaifudin: Farming the smart way
Feb. 9, 2010, the Jakarta Post (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) -
Two Japanese researchers on comparative study in Sukabumi
Feb. 8, 2010, Antara News (Indonesia) - 35 kgs of paddy
seeds distributed to farmers
Feb. 7, 2010, E-PAO [source: Hueiyen News Service](Manipur, India) - 19,000
ha covered under paddy in Tuticorin
Feb. 5, 2010, The Hindu ( Tamil Nadu, India) - SRI method: Farmers reap dividends
Feb. 3, 2010, Express Buzz (Orissa, India)
January 2010
- Paddy seeds
distributed
Jan. 30, 2010, E-PAO (Manipur, India) [source: Sangai Express] - Farmers, experts brainstorm on intensive rice farming
Jan. 22, 2010, Dz Times (Vietnam) - Farmers' awareness
on SRI held
Jan. 20, 2010, E-PAO (Manipur, India) - System of
Rice Intensification: TN, Orissa lead in methodology
Jan. 20, 2010 The Tribune (Uttarakhand, India) - 'SRI will help in
enhancing rice production in state'
Jan. 15, 2010, E-PAO (Manipur, India) - MANIDCO chairman on rabi tour
Jan. 5, 2010, The Imphal Free Press (Manipur, India) - Farmer uses organic manure, reaps good yield
Jan. 9, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) -
Lebak kembangkan budidaya SRI
Jan. 9, 2010, Media Indonesia (Banten, Indonesia) - Subsidy for buying
paddy transplanter
Jan. 5, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) - Untapped
potential in several crops
Jan.4, 2010, Business Line (Assam, India) - SRI method to be spread in more acres
Jan.3, 2010, The Statesman (Orissa, India) -
Ryots near Chennai expect to reap rich
Jan. 3, 2010, Express Buzz (Tamil Nadu, India)
Blog Posts and Website Articles(2010)
- SRI
in Northeast India
December 31, 2010, Waiting on the Rainy Season (An ECHO Asia blog) -
Padi SRI : Melandak dan Mengaerasi Tanah - Pengalaman Di Kelantan
December 29, 2010, Weblog Padi Selangor (Malaysia)
[see also posts from Dec. 23, Dec. 14, Dec. 9, Dec. 6, and Dec. 4 - Rainfed areas
and rice farming - crucial agricultural water issues
December 25, 2010, India Water Portal (India) -
Columbio farmers visited SRI farmers of Palimbang
November 29, 2010, Bluemarty blog (Sultan Kudarat, Philippines) - Having a
Rice Day
November 18, 2010, Nancy and Barb's Adventures blog. -
UGM sosialisasikan tehnik bertani tanpa boros air.
October 28, 2010, Okezone.com Kampus website (Indonesia) - Using less water to grow
more rice
October 27, 2010, Water Rhapsody (South Africa) -
Growing more rice with less water, fewer chemicals
October 25, 2010, The Jolly Good News blog -
Interview: Malian rice farmer uses SRI to get more from less
October, 22, 2010, One blog (USA) -
Groundbreaking method enables small farmers to grow more food with less
water
October 20, 2010, Oxfam America (USA) - Rice is
life
October 20, 2010, Oxfam America blog (USA) - Blog action
day 2010: Water
October 15, 2010, Oxfam Australia website -
System of Rice Intensification: A viable solution to produce more rice, using
less water
October 13, 2010, Nourishing the Planet, WorldWatch Inst. blog (USA) - How to
boost rice yields
October 10, 2010, Softpedia.com (Madagascar article) - Enough food
to protect lemurs
October 8, 2010, WWF for a Living Planet (Madagascar article) -
Clinton Global Initiative: Markets as problem-solvers.. with the chance of total
failure
September 22, 2010, Earth and Industry (USA) - SRI Rice
(System of Rice Intensification)
September 22, 2010, Aceh Livelihoods Network website - Pasali speaks
with Department of Agriculture
September 9, 2010, A Single Grain of Rice blog (Philippines) - The
efficient mechanized weeder
September 9, 2010, BlueMarty blog (Philippines) -
Reflections on growing rice–and the departed–in Vietnam
September 3, 2010, Oxfam America blog (USA/Vietnam) -
Grains of Wisdom: Sustainable SRI, Wild About Rice Cooking Class Oct. 7
September 2010, Adventures in Food and Culture (Georgia, USA) -
Increasing temperatures will take a toll on rice production in Asia: Rogue
“Peer Review” Study
August 13, 2010, Rajan's Take: Climate Change (India) -
SRI harvest paddy preparation
July 28, 2010, MicroAid Projects blog (Aceh, Indonesia) - CRS and three of its partner organizations visited Pasali for SRI
training and exposure
July 17, 2010, bluemarty blog (Philippines) -
The Future of Agriculture: Feeding Nine Billion
July 7, 2010, The New Evolution blog (USA) - SRI Campaign in
Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia
July 3, 2010, Yim Sok Sophors blog (Cambodia) -
IFWP-MP Organizes Thematic Workshop on System of Rice
Intensification (SRI)
May 23, 2010, Yim Sok Sophors blog (Cambodia) -
A Conversation with Norman Uphoff, Advisor to Nourishing the Planet
May 14, 2010, Nourishing the Planet (a Worldwatch Institute blog) -
Agriculture and the of challenge of climate change
May 14, 2010, Suman Sahai Blog (India) -
Achieving More with Less: A new way of rice cultivation
May 2010, The Green Changemakers blog - Innovative Farmer Receives Best
Farmer's Award at the State Symposium
April 2010, World Vision India - Yem Neang
spreads the word on a new way to grow rice
April 27, 2010, Oxfam America. - Sustainable
farmers lead farmers training
April 19, 2010, Social Education and Development Society (Andhra Pradesh, India) - Latest News: 17th April,
2010
April 17, 2010, Vanashree (Bangalore, India) - Orissa NGO NIRMAN
releases training Manual on Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI)
April 14, 2010, OrissaDiary.com (Orissa, India) -
Sam Rainsy calls on Cambodian farmers to switch rice planting technique
April 14, 2010, Khmer News Today (Cambodia) - Pakistani farmers learn the System of Rice Intensification
April 9, 2010, press release on PANAP site (Pakistan) - Recent SRI
videos
March 31, 2010, SRI Global News and Views (USA) - 3 Days Training Programme on Advanced Technologies for Temperate Rice
Production
March 20, 2010, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) website (Kashmir, India) - The
SRI Newsletter (vol. II, no. 1)
Jan.- March 2010 edition, available on the SRI-India website -
SRI Case Studies
2010. SRI case studies section of the Pragati, Koraput website (Orissa, India) - Rice farming using
SRI method
March 10, 2010, Adam Agrofarm (blog), Malaysia -
Rice farmers look to reap rewards of new technique
March 5, 2010, in Somakomlao blog reposted from Vientiane Times - Scope fo Rice Genome Project
March 5, 2010, Freestonesoft.com (blog) - 2010. CEDAC exports organic rice
retrieved Feb. 26, 2010, The DED in Cambodia section of the Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst website. - More rice
with less water
Feb. 24, 2010, Dr. Greene (blog) -
Farmers learn with open eyes and open minds, they will change
Feb. 23, 2010, SRI in Vietnam website -
Jakarta Globe: An organic revolution blooms
Feb. 16, 2010, Green Samplings blog [repost of Aug. 9 article in Jakarta Globe] -
Tamil Nadu farmers to benefit from Norway project
Feb. 16, 2010 [posted in Cauvery River by myviews4life - original in The Times of India] -
Adopting modern technologies for efficient management of water resources - Sanjay
Kumar
February 13, 2010, India Current Affairs (India) [SRI note in 7th paragraph]
(also published in Northern Voices Online) -
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
February 13, 2010, Ramblings of a flustered Development banker (Maharashtra, India) -
Sima Products & Digital Green Partner to Teach Sustainable Farming Techniques
in India
February 3, 2010, Sima Blog (USA) - SRI
method: Farmers reap dividends
Feb. 3, 2010, Kalahandia (Orissa, India) [from Expressbuzz] -
New SRI Items from Around the World
Jan. 21, 2010, Global News and Views - System of Rice Intensification - Check for regularly-added content in the dedicated SRI blogs:
- SRI Global News and Views blog
- Groupement SRI blog (Madagascar)
- SRI-PADI blog (Malaysia)
- SRI Timbuktu blog (Mali)
- SRI in Vietnam (website
and blog)
Dedicated SRI Websites (2010)
Check the following sites directly for their additions- System of Rice Intensification (SRI-India)
- SRI - An Alternative in Paddy Cultivation (India)
- System of Rice Intensification (World Bank Institute)
- Systeme de Riziculture Intensive (Madagascar)
- The System of Rice Intensification in Cambodia
- SRI in Vietnam (website and blog)
- see also the various SRI blogs listed in the section above
Latest Research / Journal Articles (2010)
- Krupnik, Timothy J., Carol Shennan, William H. Settle, Alassane Bouna Ndiaye, Makhfousse Sarr, Matty Demont and Jonne Rodenburg. 2010. Adaptive On-farm Evaluation of Resource Conserving Rice Cultivation Practices in the Middle Senegal River Valley. Paper presented at the Tropentag conference, World Food System – A Contribution from Europe, September 14 - 16, 2010 in Zurich, Switzerland.
- Thakur, A. K. , S. Rath, S. Roychowdhury, N. Uphoff. 2010. Comparative Performance of Rice with System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and Conventional Management using Different Plant Spacings. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. 196(2):146-159. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.2009.00406.x
- Thakur, A.K., N. Uphoff and E. Antony. 2010. An assessment of physiological effects of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) practices compared with recommended rice cultivation practices in India. Experimental Agriculture 46:77-98. DOI: 10.1017/S0014479709990548
- Thakur, Amod K. 2010. Critiquing SRI criticism: beyond scepticism with empiricism. Current Science, 98(10):1294-1299.
- Mishra, A. and V. M. Salokhe. 2010 .The Effects of Planting Pattern and Water Regime on Root Morphology, Physiology and Grain Yield of Rice. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. Published online (early view -Feb. 28, 2010) by Wiley Interscience. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.2010.00421.x
- Zhao, Limei, L. Wu, Y. Li, S. Animesh, D. Zhu and N. Uphoff. 2010. Comparisons of yield, water use
efficiency, and soil microbial biomass as affected by the System of Rice
Intensification. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis,
41(1):1-12. DOI: 10.1080/00103620903360247
New Links to Online Publications (2010)
- 2010 (Dec. 31). 1) Saving rice and 2) Rice intensification for increasing productivity. Down to Earth (India)
- Roseboro, Ken. 2010. Non-GMO rice growing method takes root worldwide. The Organic and Non-GMO Report (USA). July/August issue.
- Africare, Oxfam, and World Wildlife Fund. 2010 (July). More Rice for People - More Water for the Planet
- Hoering, Uwe. 2010 (March). Reisanbau in China: Uphoffs Hoffnung. Globespotting blog posting (retrieved March 31, 2010).
- Seang, Soleak. 2010 (April 27). Yem Neang spreads the word on a new way to grow rice . Oxfam America website. (retrieved May 4, 2010)
- 2010. CEDAC exports organic rice. The DED in Cambodia section of the Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst website (retrieved Feb. 26, 2010).
- 2010 (April). Innovative Farmer Receives Best Farmer's Award at the State Symposium, World Vision India website [retrieved May 1, 2010]
- Soetiarso, Lilik. 2010 (March 17). Dynamic Model of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) for Strengthening Food Security in Indonesia. Lilik Soetiarso home page. Dept. of Agricultural Engineering. Universitas Gadja Mada (retrieved March 18, 2010).
- PANAP. 2010 (April 9). Pakistani Farmers Learn the System of Rice
Intensification Training in Pakistan. Press release on the Pesticide Action
Network (PANAP) website. (accessed 4/15/10)
Recent Documents Uploaded on our Websites (2010)
- Uphoff, Norman T. 2010. Report on workshop on the System of Rice Intensification, Exchanging Experience in China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Internationally - Hangzhou, China, February 28-March 2, 2010. Trip report for the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development. 25 p. 358 KB (pdf)
- Hameed, Khidir A. and Flayeh A. Jaber. 2010. Implementation of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) at Najaf and Diwaniya Provinces of Iraq – Season 2009. Al-Mishkhab Rice Research Station, Najaf, Iraq. 12 p. (544 KB pdf)
- Hameed, Khidhir and Flayeh A. Jaber. 2010. SRI at Agriculture Fair at Najaf Province, Iraq". Al-Mishkhab Rice Research Station. Najaf, Iraq. 2 p. (251 KB pdf)
- Kabir, Humayun. 2010. Adaptation of SRI in the Ayeyarwaddy Delta of Myanmar by the Metta Foundation. Metta Development Foundation. Yangon, Myanmar. 2 p. (12 KB)
- Ram Bahadur Khadka. 2010. First time SRI demonstration
plot is established in Kailali district in Nepal. Report for the EU food
facility project , and FAYA-Nepal, Dhangadhi, Kailali, Nepal. 1 p. (117KB
pdf)
Videos / Audiofiles (2010)
CAMBODIA
- 2010 (January 9). SRI
Farming in Cambodia. Published on the permascience channel on YouTube.
10:00 min. Khmer language with English subtitles. [This is a shortened version of
the video originally created by Mind's Eye Productions for CEDAC (The Cambodian
Center for Study and Development in Agriculture). See also the longer version of
SRI Farming in Cambodia (on YouTube since Dec. 12, 2009) available in 5
parts:
[Part 1: 5:47 min.] [Part 2: 6:54 min.] [Part 3: 8:48 min.] [Part 4: 6:32 min.] [Part 5: 8:07 min.]
INDIA
- 2010 (Dec. 10). Maax Paddy Weeder. 4:59 min. maaxproducts channel, YouTube. [Motorized paddy weeder manufactured by Maax company in India]
- 2010 (October 24). Principles of System of Rice Intensification.
Produced by Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Allied Trusts and directed by Robina
M. Gupta. Verdurez channel,
YouTube. (Hindi and English) [An overview on System of Rice Intensification in
India accompanied by instructions on paddy cultivation using SRI methods]
Part I: Hindi version - 8:18 min. / English subtitles/voiceover - 8:07 min.
Part II: Hindi version - 4:04 min. / English subtitles/voiceover - 5:57 min - 2010 (October 24). One Seed Revolution. Produced by Sir Dorabji Tata
Trust and the Allied Trusts and directed by Robina M. Gupta. Verdurez channel, YouTube. (Local
language with Hindi subtitles) [A docudrama about about real people bringing in
change in their lives by adopting System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in an
effort to find cost effective agricultural practices to attain food security at
their household level. At the grass root level, the film follows the lives of
Dashrathi Senapathi and Savitri Sahu as they take up the challenge to practice
SRI and in turn influence many others to take a step towards food security. The
team at Sir Dorabji Tata Trust are also shown promoting SRI to farmers across
India. For SDTT, SRI is a new window of opportunity to keep away hunger and ring
positive development among poor farmers in the face of increased food grain
prices and input driven agricultural practices.]
[Part 1: 7:27 min.] [Part 2: 6:45 min.] [Part 3: 6:10 min.] [Part 4: 7:16 min.] - 2010 (June 22). Power Weeder. 3:09 min. premierbaas channel, YouTube. [Demonstration of the Garuda Power Paddy Weeder designed by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University]
- 2010 (March 31). Comparison of Traditional Paddy Cultivation and System of Rice Instenfication (SRI). Video by Digital Green and PRADAN on YouTube on the digitalgreenorg channel. 12:07 min. In Mundari with English subtitles, a tribal language spoken by the Munda community in Jharkhand, India (see also 16:55 min. original 2009 Mundari version without subtitles).[The video features testimonials of farmers from the Khunti, Jharkhand area of India discussing the difference in the production of paddy between the traditional method of paddy cultivation with the SRI.]
- 2010 (February 19). 2010. Green Leaf Manuring with
Glycidia Before SRI Paddy Demonstration in Bhanavasi, Karnataka. Video
by Digital Green on Youtube on the digitalgreenorg channel. 5:18
min.
INDONESIA
- 2010 (July) [republished on YouTube from 2007 videos] . Decentralized Irrigation System Improvement Project in Eastern Region of Indonesia (DISIMP). Produced by the Ministry of Public Works and Victor Lee; directed by Victor Lee with substantial input from Shuichi Sato (DISIMP/Nippon Koei team leader). victorgarlandlee channel on YouTube.
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- English language videos
- System of Rice Intensification - Step by Step Implementation Manual (Introduction to SRI)
[part I includes Organic SRI Harvest Ceremony on July 30, 2007 featuring the president of Indonesia]
Part I: 9:59 min; Part II: 10:00 min; Part III: 9:00min.
-Organic SRI: Technical Guidelines (SRI step-by-step implementation manual)
Part I: 10:00 min; Part II: 9:14 min; Part III: 9:03min. - Bahasa Indonesia videos
- SRI - Panduan Budidaya Padi Hemat Air (Introduction to SRI and implementation steps)
Part I: 9:57 min; Part II: 9:15 min; Part III: 9:35min.
- SRI Organik: Panduan Teknis
Part I: 9:58 min; Part II: 9:50 min; Part III: 9:59min.
- English language videos
IRAQ
- Hameed, Khidir A. and Flaih A. Jaber. 2010 (March 22). The System of Rice
Intensification (SRI) in Iraq. Arabic language video published on the
SRI-Cornell channel on
YouTube (in three parts).
Part 1: 8:56 min. Part 2 9:44 min. Part 3 2:57 min.
Also available a single video, SRI in Iraq, from Farmer-Centered Research and Development Program at Cornell University [Video about SRI in the Iraqi context by researchers at the Al-Mishkab Rice Research Station in Najaf, Iraq. Most Iraqi footage is from Al-Muthanna Province.] - Jaber, Flaih A. and Khidir A. Hameed. 2010. Paddy Mechanization. A video on
YouTube from Al-Mishkab Rice Research Station (MRRS), Najaf, Iraq. 3:09 Min.
(Describes land preparation, seed selection, nursery development and planting
with the use of a mechanized transplanter at MRRS in Najaf, Iraq).
MALI
- Hauser, Kelly. 2010 (October 22).
Mali Rice Farmer Moussa Ag Demba's Speech on SRI.TheOneCampaign channel,
YouTube. 3:00 min. [ONE allies Africare, Oxfam, and World Wildlife Foundation
brought three farmers from Mali, Vietnam and India to Washington, DC to speak at
the House of Representatives and at the International Trade Center about a style
of rice farming that is little-known but rapidly spreading.]
PHILIPPINES
- 2010 (September 8). Pasali SRI motorized weeder 2010. jeromelosanes channel, YouTube. 1:17 min. [This video, taken at Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao, shows a weeder tested by the NGO PASALI's Technical Center technicians. It takes 10 hours to manage one hectare compared to 28 days for manual weeder.]
- 2010 (May 10). PASALI SRI 12V battery drive Motorized weeder. MrJayson1910
channel, YouTube. 1:40 min. [Prototype of a PASALI single row DC battery drive
motorized weeder.design and fabricated by PASALI technical Center and machine
shop, Brgy. kanipaan, Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines. It was designed for
battery drive and a solar charging station as renewable energy source to
combat/fight global warming or climate change.]
USA
- Audio file: Baragona, Steve. 2010. October 25). Growing More Rice with Less Water, Fewer Chemicals. VOANews.com. 4:35 min. (see also text)
- Lee, Ken. 2010 (September 23). Plenary Session: Strengthening Market-Based Solutions (Except of Ken Lee). Presentations at the 2010 annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, September 21-23. [Video of entire plenary session - Ken Lee discussing Lotus Foods' commitment to SRI can be found at minute 14:55-10.20]
- 2010 (September 23). Special Session: Building Partnerships to Empower the World’s Smallholder Farmers. Presentations at the 2010 annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, September 21-23. [Video of Jim Carrey discussing Better U Foundation's SRI activities can be found at minutes 9:40-17.30 and 45:07-47:47]
- Lee, Ken. 2010 (July 13). Ken
Lee of Lotus Foods on Rice Sustainability. 4:14 Min. Food CEO website.
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