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In the Press - 2019

December 2019

• Japan, through FAO, enhances smallholder farmers’ productivity [Under the initiative “Integrated Sustainable Rice System Development in Liberia”, the Government of Japan provided US$500,000 to FAO to support Liberia’s efforts to help smallholder rice production with technology and training, including SRI.]
  December 31, 2019, Daily Observer (Liberia)
• Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Medco E&P: Mulai dari pakan ternak hingga listrik masuk desa [One of Medco E&P's CSR projects includes organic SRI project in West Java that began in 2016. SRI yields reportedly increased yields from 2-3 to 6-7 tons/ha.]
  December 23, 2019, Silampari Online (West Java, Indonesia)
• Ciptakan inovasi pertanian, walikota Padangsidimpuan apresiasi rumah pintar acibu [Govt. and academics work together on rice system that includes SRI.]
  December 28, 2019, Realitas Online (North Sumatra, Indonesia)
• Water for a sustainable future [4th Karachi International Water Conference in Pakistan includes mention of Climate Smart Agriculture roll-out by the FAO and the Govt. of Pakistan that includes successfully introducing SRI along with flood/drought tolerant rice, DSR, line sowing and raised bed for rice.]
  December 28, 2019, Daily Times (Pakistan)
• Paddy cultivation in full swing [1,500 hectares are targeted for SRI cultivation in Athoor block. So farm, 800 have been completed. Under the SRI programme of the National Agriculture Development Programme, demos have been conducted on 45 acres there.]
  December 14, 2019, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Hiệu quả từ SRI [Story of SRI in northern Thailand.]
  December 14, 2019, Saigon Online (Vietnam)
• Thai rice farmers shun ‘big agribusiness’, fight climate change [French company's Pur Projet helps farmers in northern Thailand to adopt SRI]
  December 12, 2019, The Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia/Thailand)
• Joint African project, a game-changer for young rice producers in Moro [Young farmers are benefiting from SRI in the Kilosa District. This is one of the10 countries where FAO is implementing the activities of the Partnership for Sustainable Rice Systems Development in Sub-Saharan Africa.]
  December 4, 2019, IPPMedia (Tanzania)
• Casting away coal addiction for survival [SRI among proposed responses to climate change in the Philippines.]
  December 3, 2019, Philstar Global (Philippines)

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 Tanzania 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)

October 2019

• *A review: Sys Hiệu quả từ SRI Sys of crop intensification on field crops
  October 31, 2019, Morung Express (Nagaland, India)
• Keren, Ada alat pengontrol air irigasi ciptaan mahasiswa UGM [Universitas Gadja Mada students win 2nd place in Agricultural Engineering for Sustainable Agriculture Production (AESAP) Student Design Competition 2019 for a design of an automatic irrigation system for SRI method.]
  October 28, 2019, Jogjapolitan (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
• Workers in demand at farm lands [Over 80 per cent of farmers in the delta (Tiruchy) have adopted the SRI. Workers scarce, using more machines.]
  October 21, 2019, The New Indian Express (Tamil Nadu, India)
• 40 Persen sungai di Bali tak teraliri air, penggunaan air terbesar untuk irigasi [Water shortages in Bali.. SRI could be part of the answer!]
  October 19, 2019, Tribun-Bali (Bali, Indonesia)
• 13,000 hectares under organic farming in Nagaland [SRI encouraged at World Food Day 2019 celebration in Nagaland.]
  October 17, 2019, Morung Express (Nagaland, India)
• New rice planting technique can save use of seeds and water [Professor recommends SRI for Punjab...]
  October 15, 2019, Times of India (Punjab, India)
• Farmers receive rice intensification training
  October 15, 2019 The Arunachal Times (Arunachal, India)
  
• Gloom amid plenty: The story of disillusioned Ahero farmers [Problems faced by rice farmers, including SRI farmers, in Kenya's Ahero irrigation scheme.]
  October 12, 2019, Standard Digital (Kenya)
• African rice farmers test traditions against NY climate [Immigrants from The Gambia take up rice farming with SRI in New York State.]
  October 9, 2019, Cornell Chronicle (New York, USA)
• Campagne agricole 2019-2020 à Ziguinchor : Le niveau de développement des cultures jugé satisfaisant
  October 8, 2019, Le Quotidien (Senegal)
• Desa Binaan Medco E&P raih penghargaan Proklim Kementerian LHK 2019 [Sukamakmur Village, Musi Rawas Regency, South Sumatra, which is involved with PT Medco E&P Indonesia's community development program (CSR), was awarded the Main Village Climate Program (Proklim) Award from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) 2019.]
  October 3, 2019, AntaraSumsel (South Sumatera, Indonesia)
• Scientists inspect rice cultivation in Bokaro [National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, and others visit SRI fields and find success.]
  October 2, 2019, The Pioneer (Jharkhand, India)

September 2019

• MAEP: Création de huit Zones d’Emergence Agricole [Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (MAEP) creates agricultural aggregation to connect processing companies with producer cooperatives. In the agricultural sector, "a new area of ​​100,000 ha will be developed while strengthening the adoption of the SRI production technique, and by extending the areas of intensive rainfed rice."]
  September 27, 2019, Midi-Madagaskara (Madagascar)
• Agriculture 4.0: Here are 10 elements of strategy that the sector needs [SRI noted in list of 10 recommended elements for "Agriculture" 4.0 strategy.]
  September 19, 2019, Financial Express (India)
• What will we eat? Climate-resilient farming best hope to solve the food security question [SRI one of methods cited to increase crop resilience]
  September 18, 2019, News18 (India)
• Agriculture Department eyes bumper harvest [Director of Ag. urged the officials to ensure that the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) techniques was adopted in at least 80 % of area cultivated.]
  September 6, 2019, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Trg on rice intensification imparted [SRI training for 40 farmers from Longking district]
  September 4, 2019, Arunachal times (Arunachal, India)
• CHAP Lauds IPF for US$2,500 agriculture grant [Indigenous People Foundation (IPF) give grant for equipment to used by CHAP with SRI and other programs.]
  September 2, 2019, Liberian Observer (Liberia)

August 2019

• Nuevo esquema de cultivo arrocero reduce en 30% uso del agua [Water use reduced with SRI in Costa Rica.]
  August 29, 2019, La Nación (Costa Rica)
• BBWS Pemali Juana galakkan metode SRI ke Petani [Pemali Juana River Basin Center (BBWS) promotes SRI as per Dept. of Public Works request to improve irrigation water efficiency. harvest festival included lots of govt. officials.]
  August 28, 2019, Suara Merdeka (Jawa Tengah, Indonesia)
• Tanuri senang meski kemarau metode SRI berhasil tingkatkan hasil panennya mencapai 9 ton
  August 27, 2019, Tribun Jateng (Jawa Tengah, Indonesia)
• Gunakan metode SRI, hasil panen ini melebihi cara konvesional [SRI harvest in Wonoyoso Village in Central Java increases fro 6.9 to 9 ton/ha and price increases from 35,880,000 Rp/ha to 46,000,000 Rp/ha]
  August 27, 2019 SindoNews (Central Java, Indonesia) [See similar article in Tribun Jateng]
• Samba cultivation set to expand in Karur [Samba paddy to be grown on about 33,250 acres in Karur district; almost all fields in the areas would be brought under SRI.]
  August 27, 2019, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Kolaborasi untuk hadang kemarau panjang [ SRI one of the recommendations by Ag. Dept. for addressing long dry season in Kediri Regency.]
  August 25, 2019, Radar Kediri (East Java, Indonesia)
• Use certified quality seeds for good yield, farmers told [SRI suggested to for higher yield and water management.]
  August 16, 2019, Times of India (India)
• Gambian farmers schooled on SRI techniques [Gambia Commercial Agriculture and Value Chain Management Project (GCAV), in partnership with Department of Agriculture (DoA), conducted SRI training with 60 farmers in Central River Region (CRR) from July 20-23, 2019.]
  July 26, 2019, Mansa Banko Online (The Gambia) [accessed August 15, 2019]
• নের অধিক ফলন পেতে ব্যবহার করুন এসআরআই পদ্ধতি [Use SRI method to get higher rice yields]
  August 5, 2019, Adhunik Krishi Khamar (Bangladesh)
• Bomi, Cape Mount farmers adopt SRI
  August 5, 2019, Daily Observer (Liberia)

July 2019

• Côte d’Ivoire/ Un projet de riziculture intensive lancé à Man
  July 26, 2019, Agence Ivoirienne de Presse (Côte d’Ivoire)
• Farmers urged to go for alternative crops [SRI/SSI recommended to bring down water usage.]
  July 16, 2019, The Hindu (Andhra Pradesh, India)
• Pertamina dorong petani budidayakan padi SRI organik [Pertamina CSR project trains 546 farmer from 7 villages in Blora Regency, Central Java)
  July 13, 2019, SindoNews (Central Java, Indonesia)
• Coimbatore agri trade fair to focus on taking technology to micro and small farmers [SRI/SSI could be helped by access to tech at agri trade fair]
  July 9, 2019, Times of India (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Bagaimana rentetan penelitian menggoyang bangunan sosial mapan [Farmers' group uses PAR and Farmer Field School with SRI... among other things.]
  July 8, 23-19, GeoTimes (Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia)
• PNSADR-IM : Des coopératives pour l’amélioration des conditions de vie des ménages
  July 5, 2019, BurundiEco (Burundi)
• Groupe de la BAD : Le Président Akinwumi ADESINA est dans nos murs [Strengthening the dissemination and adoption of SRI through training and investment will increase productivity and help fight climate change: ADB president]
  July 1, 2019, La Gazette (Madagascar)

June 2019

• Northern provinces urged to bring pesticide use under control [5,000 training courses on SRI and IPM were offered to 120,000+ farmers with the expectation of bringing agrochemical use under control.]
  June 29, 2019, VietNam News (Vietnam)
• Drought teaches people the value of water [SRI more popular as people realize water shortages.]
  June 28, 2019, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Agriculture: Le projet farm offredes guides de bonnes pratiques agricoles [At the Canadian-Malian FARM project ceremony hosted by the Ministry of Ag.,"best practices guides" were distributed on various techniques including SRI.]
  June 26, 2019, BAMADA.net (Mali)
• Université de Ségou: Atelier d'information sur les innovations dans les CVA et CIV [Segou University hosted a workshop on "Green Innovation Centers of Segou that included SRI. Participants undertook a stakeholder mapping exercise to reinforce links between the university and extension services that serve farmers.]
  June 20, 2019, BAMADA.net (Mali)
  
• Margao: As monsoon delays, farmers worry for paddy crops [Late monsoon causes concern; SRI still not widely practiced.]
  June 9, 2019, The Times of India (Goa, India)
• Office du périmètre irrigué de Baguinéda: Le riz de contre-saison pour entamer sereinement la campagne
  May 31, 2019, BAMADA.net (Mali) [accessed June 4, 2019]

May 2019

• Arid Karnataka can’t just ‘bank’ on its rivers [SRI and SSI need to be increased as part of river-related water problems.]
  May 31, 2019, The Asian Age (Karnataka, India)
• Ghana to be self-sufficient in rice production by 2022 – Minister [United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has encouraged the country to adopt the System of Rice Intensification technology.].
  May 30, 2019, Ghana News (Ghana)
• Capacity building prog held at Kigwema [Kohima District training on SRI and other topics)
  May 27, 2019, Morung Express (Nagaland, India)
• Pertamina EP panen padi SRI di Ciranggon [Harvest festival for SRI project in Cireggon, Karawang, takes place; it is part of a Pertamina CSR project.]
  May 3, 2019, PeKa News (West Java, Indonesia) [Similar article in Rakyat Merdeka website]
• Ini Dia UMKM yang berhasil Sabet YDBA Award [Rusli, an organic SRI farmer/trainer in Bontang, East Kalimantan, wins Yayasan Dharma Bhakti Astra (YDBA) national award for his work with SRI.]
  May 3, 2019, Warta Ekonomi (Jakarta, Indonesia)

April 2019

• “Love Liberian Rice” campaign launched
  April 29, 2019, Liberian Observer (Liberia) [Also available on AllAfrica site]
• UGM dan Pemda NTT terapkan metode SRI tingkatkan produktivitas dan pertanian ramah lingkungan [Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund (ICCTF) and Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) working in Sumba Timur achieved 12 tons/ha on 28 ha area.]
  April 23, 2019, Pos Kupang (NTT, Indonesia)
• Not all superheros wear capes! [Jyoti’ won as the JD(U) candidate from the reserved seat (Scheduled Caste) of Barachatti in Gaya district, Bihar. Besides motivating them to stand up against violence,she trained women in SRI methods. It was Jyoti’s success in turning vast barren lands into green belts with the SRI technique and other indigenous methods that caught the attention of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar...]
  April 15, 2019, Opinion Express Group (Bihar, India)
• ‘Poultry growth may flatten without GM corn’ an interview with team from CropLife Pakistan Association [Brief mention of SRI as potential GM alternative?]
  April 15, 2019, Business Recorder (Pakistan)
• Earth Day 2019 – Growing rice with far less water and chemicals. [Story about SRI and World Neighbors' SRI success there.]
  April 13, 2019, Review Nepal (Nepal)
• SKK Migas budidaya padi SRI [PT SKK Migas's 16 ha. CSR project on SRI in Sulawesi Tengah]
  April 12, 2019, Kailipost.com (Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia)
• Farmers to adopt new rice planting technology - Minister
  April 11, 2019, PeaceFM (Ghana)
• Kota Belud to spearhead organic rice [SRI program in Kg Tambatuon supported by SRI-Mas, UNDP, UNESCO, Integrated Agricultural Development Area (IADA) Kota Belud and PACOS]
  April 11, 2019, Daily Express (Sabah, Malaysia)
  
• Ibn Chambas promotes rice production technology [Article on the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel, Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, is championing campaign on a new technology, SRI, aimed at improving rice production in the country and the Africa continent.]
  April 12, 2019, Ghanaweb (Ghana)
• Friday@Noon on Agriculture in Africa – 2018 [West Africa section cites SRI advances]
  April 10, 2019, Africa Business (Africa)
• Ibn Chambas urges Ghana to end rice imports [The special representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel has urged Ghana to double up its efforts in becoming self-sufficient in rice production. He highlighted the use of SRI in the news article.] [Article above on Ghanaweb has more SRI emphasis.}
  April 10, 2019, Daily Guide Network (Ghana) [Also covered by Modern Ghana.]
• Liberia: 5,000 Farmers to benefit seed rice under the Chap Program [CHAP plans to deliver improved seed rice to 5,000 farmers (mainly women) in Bong, Bomi, Lofa, Nimba, Grand Cape Mount, Grand Gedeh, and Montserrado counties in conjunction with the Rice Investment Scheme for Empowerment (RISE), which also promotes SRI]
  April 8, 2019, AllAfrica (Liberia) [From Liberian Daily Observer article]
• Rice: time to adopt SRI [Article suggests SRI could be beneficial to Pakistan, also reduce virtual water export]
  April 4, 2019, Business Recorder (Pakistan)
• Major highlights of Janasena election Manifesto [SRI #8 of 28 of Pawan Kalyan's Jana Sena Party's elections manifesto]
  April 3, 2019, Xappie (India)

March 2019

• Petani organik panen raya [Medco CSR project in South Sumatera has harvest festival. Red, white and black rice yields have increased from 3-4 to 7-8 tons/ha]
  March 22, 2019, Nusantara Sumsel (Sumatera Selatan, Indonesia)
• Earn while You Learn programme Inaugurated in TNAU [Tamil Nadu Ag. Univ. students get their own SRI plots and sell the rice]
  March 15, 2019, The Covai Post (Tamil Nadu, India)
• 'Seed Mother' who never went to school has lessons for scientists [SRI farmer success story]
  March 4, 2019, Hindu BusinessLine (Maharashtra, India)
• Tripura govt initiates steps to double farmers income: Jishnu Debbarma [Tripura Govt. making efforts to increase rice production through SRI and hybrids]
  March 1, 2019, United News of India (Tripura, India)

February 2019

• On farm trial on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) under Wokha, District [SRI instructions by Senior Scientist & Head (i/c) KVK (ICAR), Kiphire, Nagaland]
  February 28, 2019, The Morung Express (Nagaland, India)
• Minoru-Keiwa Myanmar donate rice transplanting, seed cleaning machines to DAR [Minister of Ag present at trial of new transplanting machine with SRI methods.]
  February 17, 2019, The Global New Light of Myanmar (Myanmar)
• Cheaper technology for paddy cultivation [Startup India Punjab Yatra winners include Dhaiya Agricultural Tools entry with plan to produce SRI transplanter]
  February 9, 2019, The Tribune India (Punjab, India)
  
• Bumper harvest at last for rice outgrowers
  February 6, 2019, Standard Digital (Kenya) [Similar article below]
• Kenya's Kano rice farmers reap from new technology [Farmers in Nyando, Kisumu County, increase yields with SRI, but have trouble with markets.]
  February 4, 2019, Standard Digital (Kenya)
• For Climate-Smart Agriculture to succeed, need to take into account social dynamics [A study in Telangana found that unequal ownership of land and the social position of farmers strongly regulated their ability to sustain the use SRI.]
  Feburary 1, 2019, The Wire (Telangana, India)

January 2019

• The miracle method for sustainable rice – and bigger harvests [Article by John Vidal]
  January 30, 2019, The Guardian
• Tiga cara hasilkan 10 ton beras di lahan 1 hektar
  January 24, 2019, KBK (Indonesia)
• Green touch to rice production [Farmers in WWF pilot project in Long Langai village, Ba’Kelalan highlands of Sarawak, harvest local organic SRI rice (Adan variety)]
  January 22, 2019, The Star Online (Sarawak, Malaysia)
  (Similar article Jan. 19 in The Star Online: Making rice production more environment-friendly
• Cambodia prepared for EU rice tariffs: Ministry [Brief mention of SRI by vice president of Amru Rice Cambodia, who notes SRI as one of the things that might boost competitiveness of rice exports.]
  January 21, 2019, Khmer Times (Cambodia)
  
• Ditjen PSP Kementan sebut petani mulai cerdas dan hemat kelola air [The Directorate General of Agricultural Infrastructure and Facilities (PSP) of the Ministry of Agriculture, highlights SRI with Jajar Legowo as an example of innovations they are recommending to optimize agricultural water use.]
  January 17, 2019, BreakingNews (Indonesia)
• Liberian rice company closing gap on imported rice [CHAP promotes rice self-sufficency and SRI for Liberia]
  January 15, 2019, Front Page Africa (Liberia)
• Gaston Dossouhoui à propos des perspectives de l’économie béninoise:Le Bénin, une puissance agricole à l’horizon 2021 [12 ha will be planted to SRI in GIZ-financed Prosol project.]
  December 20, 2018, Le Matinal (Benin) (accessed January 13, 2019)
• Organic farming brings huge returns [Harvest of organic SRI in Ba Kelalan is part of pilot project by WWF-Malaysia through a RM1.5-million funding by CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad in a three-year partnership, beginning in 2017.]
  January 9, 2019, Borneo Post (Sarawak, Malaysia) [Similar article in Dayak Daily]
• Scientific farming to be promoted to increase output [Cooperative farms will be encouraged to introduce advanced farming methods, including the system of rice intensification, [..and other activities]
  January 6, 2019, KCNA Watch (Source: Pyongyang Times) (North Korea)
• WWF Malaysia bersama media lawat Ba' Kelalan, Cabaran Eko HBH 7-12 Jan [Media event for SRI in WWF project in Sarawak, January 7-12, 2019]
  January 6, 2019, Utusan Borneo (Sarawak, Malaysia)
• Reducing carbon emission by altering the method of farming [Info from the Minister of State for Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare lists SRI as number 1 of 8 suggested soil, water and crop management practices that reduce carbon emission.]
  January 2, 2019, The Open View (India)
• Binh Thuân développe des modèles d’agriculture intelligente face au climat [Update on the NGO SNV's SRI projects related to women and climate change in Vietnam.]
  December 28, 2018, Le Courrier du Vietnam (Vietnam) [accessed January 4, 2019]

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Blog Posts and Website Articles - 2019

• 2019. Yadadri Farmer Producer Company in Turkapally starts a single-window unit to support farmers. act!onaid website. December 27. [ActionAid Association’s Andhra Pradesh & Telangana Regional Office, together with Pilupu, has been supporting farmers in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district of Telangana, India, with producer company formation and SRI support.]
• Ratolojanahary, Marius. 2019. Sierra Leone: Boosting rice production is feasible. Shining Global Institute blog. December 22. [Author recommends SRI and incentives to boost rice production.]
• 2019. System of Rice Intensification. PlantVillage website. December. [Good description of organic SRI methods.]
• Soublette, Betsaida. 2019. Investigación en Venezuela: Como cosechar mas arroz con menos recursos. Vision Agropecuaria website. December 16.
• Sariyatun, SP. 2019. Metode Budidaya Padi Sistem Intensifikasi Padi (system Of Rice Intensification - Sri). Cyber Extension (CYBEXT) website, Materi Lokalita. December 4. [Indonesian language SRI instruction from Pringapus, Kabupaten Semarang, Central Java.]
• Zevnik, Neil. 2019. How Lotus Foods reduces impact of rice growing on the environment. Better Nutrition Magazine, Healthy Eating Section. December 1. [How Lotus Foods is changing the way this global staple is produced and reducing its impact on the environment, particularly with SRI.]
• 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]
• *Krujia, Hannah. 2019. A review: System of crop intensification on field crops. Perspective section, Morung Express. October 31.
• Al-Alou, Ibrahim. 2019. Sustainable rice production. The Levant website. October 31. [An article about Father Laulanié's development of SRI. This article appears to be written in Syria.]
• Marwati. 2019. UGM students win ASEAN Agricultural Engineering for Sustainable Agriculture Production Student Design. Universitas Gadjah Mada website. October 28. [UGM students win 2nd place in Agricultural Engineering for Sustainable Agriculture Production (AESAP) Student Design Competition 2019 for a design of an automatic irrigation system for SRI method.]
• Ratcliff, Anna. 2019. Green Climate Fund short-changed by rich polluting countries . Oxfam website. October 24. [SRI given as an example of Oxfam's efforts to combat climate change.] [See also French version: Le Fonds vert pour le climat, lésé par les pays riches et pollueurs.]
• Priyono, Wahid. 2019. Cara menanam padi dengan System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Tips Petani blog. October 20. [Indonesian language extension material on SRI]
• 2019? The power of a grain of rice. Tearfund website. [Story of an Indian farmer from the Saura ethnic community in India who had success with SRI in project funded by Canada's Tearfund charity.]
• 2019. FAO partnerships working for the Sustainable Development Goals. FAO website. [In collaboration with Rabobank Foundation, FAO ran successfully a smallholder project (2014-2017) in Tanzania "Thanks to SRI training, productivity levels have risen from an initial 0.5 tonnes of paddy per acre to between 4 and 5 tonnes per acre".] [accessed October 17, 2019]
• Verma, Jyoti. 2019. Farmers turn saviours of traditional rice varieties. Govt. of India Dept. of Science & Technology website. [accessed October 17, 2019] MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), project in Wayanad, Kerala, promotes is conserving traditional varieties and experimenting with SRI.]
• 2019. Spotlight on Lotus Foods. Middlebury Natural Foods Coop website. October 10. [Article about Lotus Foods, including their commitment to SRI methods.]
• 2019. Rice intensification would save 3.13 gigatons of carbon by 2050. The Energy Mix website. October 3. [Recounting of the Drawdown's estimates which rank SRI as #53.]
• Shah, Tavseef Mairaj. 2019. System of Rice Intensification quiz. [A quiz on three attached modules on SRI for Tavseef's class.]
• Ramanujan, Krishna. 2019. African rice farmers test traditions against NY climate. Cornell CALS website. October 9. [Gambian farmers move to Hudson Valley, NY, and try their hand at rice farming.] (also in Cornell Chronicle)
• 2019. How agriculture changes the climate. weconnex website. September 12. [Article on climate change notes Helvetas work within the WAPRO project that includes promotion of SRI to reduce water use in rice.]
• 2019. Padi organik dengan metode SRI. CYBEXT website. September 8. [Indonesia's cyber-extension site gives provides guidelines for organic SRI methods.]
• 2019. Students become the teachers. FAO website. September 8? [SRI in Morogoro, Tanzania, promoted by Tupendane Youth Group who learned it from the Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS) . This is an FAO project sponsored by Venezuela!]
• Indrawan, Rio. 2019. Rajut kemandirian ekonomi masyarakat dengan SRI Organik Ala Medco E&P. Dunia-Energi website. September 6. [Story about Medco's (oil company) 10 year CSR project with Aliksa consultant to undertake organic SRI.]
•  Rukmini, Maria E.V. 2019. Sosialisasi tanam padi pola SRI di Balai Penyuluhan Pertanian Perikanan dan Kehutanan (BP3K) Lambanapu Kecamatan Kambera Kabupaten Suma Timor Provinsi NTT. CYBEXT website. September 5. [UGM, ICCTF and Universitas Kristen Artha Wacana Kupang have SRI training for climate change in Wuku Kalara, Sumba Timur, Indonesia.]
• Jal Shatkti. 2019. Mulching, SRI cultivation, micro irrigation seen in W. Godavari. Jal Shakti website. September 5. [Jal Shakti promotes SRI, among other innovations, to reduce water use in West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh.]
• Witkowski, Kelly. 2019. System promoted by IICA improves the productivity and adaptation of rice to climate change. Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) website. [Costa Rica farmers finds success with SRI.] [accessed August 20, 2019]
• 2019. بازدید میدانی سایت الگویی کشت برنج به روش در روستای وازیک محمودآباد با حضور کارشناسان مرکز هراز انجام شد. SRI rice field site visit Vazik village of Mahmoudabad was attended by experts of Haraz Center. Ministry of Agriculture - Jahad - AREEO website (Iran).
• 2019. #WhySRI - Dr Ravi Chopra tells us his story. INSPIRE blog. May 16. [accessed August 25, 2019]
• 2019. #WhySRI - The village. of Gacherigaon. INSPIRE blog. August 20. [Village in Odisha forest dweller village adopts SRI.]
• Dey, Partha. 2019. Conservation of water through sustainable practices: You can try. Association for India's Development website. August. [Some suggestions from West Bengal state for sustainability and water conservation; SRI is the first suggestion.]
• 2019?. Innovative enterprise: ‘Greening’ agriculture and boosting farmers’ livelihoods. Bioneers website. [Panel at the Bioneers Conference in 2018. Ken Lee makes the case for SRI.] [accessed August 22, 2019]
• Hufstader, Chris. 2019. Clean water for farmer families. Oxfam website. August 20. [Story of how farmers in Pursat province improved their lives with SRI and water purification in a program by Oxfam and partner Srer Khmer.]
• 2019. Rice planting 2019. BlinkNow website. July 21. [Twenty students planted 22 organic rice paddies with SRI methods in Kopila, Nepal, spanning 1700 square meters. In those paddies, we planted 5 varieties of rice, 4 localized and 1 hybrid.]
• Oxfam.  IPCC Report on Land and Climate. Oxfam website. August 8. [More than 1.5 million smallholder farmers in groups supported by Oxfam’s partners in Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam have benefited from SRI.]
• Eleogo, R.R. 2019. Ceremonial Planting on System of Rice Intensification. Ronda Balita online News. August 2. [Governor Daniel R. Fernando led the government officials and Bulacan farmers in a ceremonial planting on System of Rice Intensification in Brgy. Mataas na Parang, San Ildefonso, Bulacan, on July 29, 2019.]
• Gardiner, Oliver. 2019. Japan’s Ministry of Ag acknowledges role of regenerative farming in climate solution. Regenerative International website. July 29. [RI’s international director Andre Leu gave a keynote presentation on SRI at Agriculture Is the Solution to Climate Change” conference in Otsu, Japan, May 13-15, 2019.]
• NABARD. 2019. A one-stop solution for Indian farmers. Outlook India website. [National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) CSR project introduces SRI in remote Tuensang, Nagaland.]
• 2019. Help us at an Organic rice farm in Kedah, Malaysia. Workaway.info website. [Opportunity to volunteer at an organic SRI farm in Malaysia.]
• Apedoh, Jean. 2019. Le système de riziculture intensive (SRI). ECHO Notes de l'Afrique de l'Ouest Numéro 3. July 22. [Overview of SRI in Togo by long-time SRI promoter, Jean Apedoh]
• SRI4Women. 2019. Heritage and diversity hold many answers for climate change resilience. SRI4women blog. July 22. [Sabarmatee conserving traditional biodiversity in Odisha, India, with world’s biggest collection of indigenous seed varieties, which are grown with SRI methods]
• Dwyer, Augusta. 2019. Growing a green, healthy rice bowl. Landscape News, Global Landscapes Forum website. July 19. [Article about SRI, SRP, and the Sustainable Rice Landscapes Consortium (SRLI) - several paths to encouraging more sustainable rice production.]
• 2019. A Maryland grain grower takes regenerative agriculture to the next step. Civil Eats. July 10. [Story of USA farmer who grows SRI rice]
• Makoye, Kizito. 2019. Reducing water raises rice yields in Tanzania. Climate Smart Solutions section, SPORE Newsletter, CTA website. July 9. [5-year project in Tanzania's Morogoro region, which is run by Sokoine University of Agriculture with support from FAO, has had good success promoting SRI. 3,000+ farmers in Kidugalo village, eastern Morogoro, have adopted SRI.]
• Hufstader, Chris. 2019. Chickens and smart farming bring more money to family in Cambodia. OXFAM website, stories section. July 8. [With SRI, Saren went from 2.7 tons/ha to 3.5 tons and went from being a subsistence rice farmer to someone with a surplus, making money selling 50 percent of her production.]
• 2019. Teknologi budidaya padi dan perubahan iklim. ICCTF website. June 28. [Article about the Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund project on SRI in Sumba Timur, Indonesia]
• Thansrithong, Boonsong. 2019. Training in SRI (System of Rice Intensification) ขอเชิญเข้าร่วมอบรม “การปลูกข้าวต้นเดียว”. ECHO Community website. July 1. [Announcement for an all-day SRI training on July 12, 2019, at the ECHO Asia Small Farm Resource Center & Seed Bank, Chiang Mai, Thailand]
• Ranjeevkr. 2019. चावल गहनता प्रणाली (System of Rice Intensification SRI). Krisiweb website. June 30. [Excellent Hindi language overview of SRI and its benefits]
• Leinau, Stephen. 2019. Our recent SRI training for smallholder rice farmers in Nicaragua. Earth Links website. June 28. [Nicaragua SRI training partners included Earth Links, ADDAC, IICA, Three Americas and SRI-Global.]
• Mati, Bancy. 2019. SRI presented at the International Rice Congress in Changsha, China. SRI-Africa.net. June 28. [Prof. Bancy Mati presents at China-Africa rice congress in Changsha, China.]
• Islam, Asad, et al. 2019. How information matters for adopting a new technology in Bangladesh. VOX CEPR Policy Portal. June 6. [Article by Monash University researchers using SRI to study adoption.]
• Beege, Bastian (contact), 2019. Green Innovation Centres for the Agriculture and Food Sector (GIC). GIZ website. [GIC project, a German govt. project in many countries, reports to have trained 7,500 farmers in Mali in SRI in conjunction with an irrigation initiative.]
• 2019. Meningkatkan kualitas dan produksi padi dengan System of Rice Intensification. Adisucipto webiste. June 19. [Overview of SRI in Indonesian language.]
• Poudel, Suraj. 2019. System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Scholar Space website. June 9. [Overview of SRI principles, practices and benefits.]
• 2019. Nilima. sri4women website. [Story of the president of the Ath-Kosia Tribal People's Organisation in Orissa, who promotes SRI to reduce women's drudgery in rice production.] [accessed June 5, 2019]
• Sinha, Rajesh. 2019. Rice market overview, cost structure analysis and forecast to 2022. weSRCH website. May 28. [Recent technological advancement in the agriculture sector coupled with development of modern rice production techniques such as rice intensification (SRI), laser land leveling, direct seeded rice (DSR), and precision farming are expected to drive market growth over the next seven years.]
• 2019. #WhySRI - Dr Ravi Chopra tells us his story. INSPIRE blog. May 16. [How People's Science Institute scientist Dr. Ravi Chopra first found and worked on SRI.]
• Chambers, Robert. 2019. Personal reflections on the Green Revolutions narrative and myths. Institute of Development Studies website. May 24. [The Green Revolution... how does SRI fit in?]
• Bennet, Chris. 2019. Conservation Agriculture: Savings, soil and realities of farming. Greenbook website. May 29. [Mention of possibility of using SRI in Mississippi!]
• 2019. System of Rice Intensification. Agriculture Department, Uttar Pradesh website. [Instructional material on SRI.]
• Nierenberg, Dani. 2019 (May). SRI: More Crop Per Drop, better lives for farmers with Lotus Foods. (article and 40:06 min podcast.) Food Talk with Dan Nierenberg series on the Food Tank website. [Dani Nierenberg interviews Lotus Foods co-founders and co-CEOs Caryl Levine and Ken Lee talk about supporting rice farmers including the development of SRI supply chains around the world.]
• 2019. Being the change for bringing change - Sir Ratan Tata Trust & Allied Trusts annual report 2017-2018. Tatatrusts website. [page 82-83 document progress on SRI and SCI efforts by Tata Trusts during 2017 and 2018 as well as future plans.]
• 2019. IOCL CSR intervention in water saving technologies in paddy crop proved successful for Tamil Nadu farmers. PSU Connect website. [Indian Oil Corporation Limited CSR project with TNAU in Tamil Nadu points to good results with SRI and AWD.]
• Hayak, Seyed Faiz, et al. 2019. System for Rice Intensification: Enhancing food security and increasing income for smallholder farmers in Tajikistan. Oxfam Digital Repository. (3p., 4.437Mb pdf) [Case study on SRI and SCI in Tajikistan. Rice productivity of up to 60% using standard SRI methodology. Oxfam and its partners plan to conduct further field demonstrations and research on SCI across Tajikistan to further test the result and develop a standard package of practice.] [accessed May 22, 2019]
• Carlile, Clare. 2019. Rice. Ethical Consumer website. [The Rice investigation lists several reasons to buy rice grown with SRI methods.]
• Jaurigue, Maridelle G. 2019. AEWs capacitated on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and extension delivery modalities. ATI in CaLaBaRzon website. May 14. [Twenty-nine Rice Agricultural Extension Workers (AEWs) of Cavite, Batangas, Rizal and Laguna participated in the “Capability Enhancement Course for Rice AEWs Batch 1” to acquire skills to apply SRI successfully and gain updates on rice technology and extension delivery modalities.]
• Oon, Samanta. 2019. Rice in Asia / How it's grown. Food Unfolded website. May 13. [SRI notable in the section on the future of rice.]
• 2019. Benih bermutu sebagai komponen ttama pada "Teknologi Budidaya Sri" (System Of Rice Intensification). BPTP Sumbar website. [Agricultural Technology unit in West Sumatera, Indonesia, provides training on selection and use of seed as a component of SRI.]
• Kocik, Carrie. 2019. Lotus Foods wins both Gold and Silver in Pasta, Rice, Grain Category of sofi™ Awards. Specialty Food Association website.
• Macario, Noemi Beth G., 2019. Pool of SRI trainers and practitioners in Northern Mindanao beefed up. ATI in Northern Mindanao website. May 1. [28 Agricultural Extension workers and 2 farmers trained on SRI by in Bukidnon, northern Mindanao by the govt.'s Agricultural Technology Institute.]
• Sucahyo, Nurhadi. April 30, 2019. Budidaya padi di Sumba, teknologi dan perubahan iklim. VOA Indonesia. April 30. [Indonesian language article about an SRI program on climate change in Sumba Timur, NTT, Indonesia]
• 2019. The success of implementing a sustainable rice systems development in Tanzania. YenKasa Africa website. April 28. [FAO in partnership with Ministry of Agriculture of Tanzania trained 150 youths on the SRI and life skills in 2017 in Tanzania to tackle the challenges. This FAO project is also being carried out in Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea Conakry, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal and Uganda]
• 2019. SRI Global and Malaysia visits the Philippines. NICE Sustainable Agriculture Network website. [Visitors from SRI-Rice and SRI-Mas visit the Philippines to check on SRI progress there.]
• Levine, Caryl. 2019. Changing how rice is grown. Fair World Project website. April 22. [from: pp16-17 in For a Better World, Issue 18, Spring/Summer edition]. [Article about Lotus Foods, a rice importer that supports SRI as a women-, water- and climate-smart method]
• Isahak, Anizan. 2019. Upscaling agrobiodiversity-based rice farming systems through the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Malaysia. SRI-Mas website, Farming the Future section. April.
• 2019. [Review Buku] Bertani dengan Akal dan Nurani. Artikel Pak Tani website. April 17. [ Book review of Utju Suiatna's Indonesian language book entitled Bertani dengan Akal dan Nurani (Farming with Intellect and Conscience). It has lots of insights from the SRI farmers in Cianjur.]
• 2019. Agroinfobank's SRI section. Agroinfobank website. April 14. [This is a new section on SRI resources on Pakistan's Agroinfobank that reprints numerous SRI articles.]
• Chaudhary, Rajinder. 2019. Power subsidy for farm sector. Economic and Political Weekly 54(12): 7-8. [accessed April 14, 2019]
• Amladi, Divya. 2019. Achieving a just world without poverty. Oxfam website, stories section. April 11. [Oxfam work with Vietnamese govt. on SRI highlighted.]
• Hằng, Kiều. 2019. Thâm canh lúa tiết kiệm nước (Water-saving rice cultivation). Bình Thuận website. April 11. [SRI trials focusing on seed reduction and AWD have shown reduced cost and improved prodcutivity in Bình Thuận province in Vietnam. Provincial Agricultural Extension Center: The Provincial Agricultural Extension Center requests the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to consider and plan to integrate SRI solutions into programs and projects to expand the scale and focus on sustainable agricultural production. The NGO SNV continues to implement the project, aiming at bringing SRI to a large scale.]
• Nightingale, Darrin. 2019. Project Drawdown: The System of Rice Intensification (SRI), developed on Madagascar in the 1980s, is a holistic approach for sustainable rice cultivation. Darrin Nightingale blog. April 5. [Refers back to the Project Drawdown projections for SRI climate mitigation figures.]
• Leidia, Mary Grace P. 2019. ATI capacitated LFTs on product stewardship and System of Rice Intensification. Agriculture Training Institute (ATI) website. [26 Rice Local Farmer Technicians (LFTs) of Calabarzon (Region IV-A) participated in the “Training Course on SRI and Product Stewardship for LFTs Batch 1” held at City of Springs, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines, April 1 to 5, 2019.]
• Natalie. 2019. Earth Day every day: Grains of wisdom: Sustainable rice cultivation. Chinese Southern Bell blog. April 1.
• Burger, Johan. 2019. Looking back: Unpacking the trends that shaped Africa’s business environment (Part 2). How We Made It in Africa website. March 29. [Trend #7 (agriculture) notes that SRI in W. Africa increased farmers’ yields increased overall by 56% for irrigated rice and 86% for lowland rain-fed rice.]
• 2019. After defaulting on loans, Kilombero Plantation Ltd (KPL) goes up for sale. Oakland Institute website. March 28. [Too bad that KPL forced SRI farmers to buy and use chemicals- since SRI is about how chemicals can be reduced or eliminated!]
• Makoye, Kizito. 2019. Tanzania: Ny kompetanse løfter unge bønder ut av fattigdom. Bistandsaktuelt website. March 27. (in Norwegian). [Story of young farmers in Koraka village, Morogoro Region, who were trained in SRI methods in FAO program.]
• 2019. CraAFT dialogue session on rice harvest. Universiti Teknologi Brunei website. March 27. [Dialogue session entitled “The Global Development: A New Farming Method for Bigger Rice Harvests” was presented by Professor Dr. Beston F. Nore at UTB; it focused on the use of System of Rice Intensification (SRI)]
• 2019. World Water Day 2019: Positive water actions by farmers, governments. SANDRP website. March 22. [SRI and SWI both featured in this article by South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People Network.]
• Hisnum, Bambang. 2019. Budidaya padi organik menggunakan metode SRI. mesinpertanian.id website. March 18. [Instructional material for SRI in Indonesian language.]
• Menon, Emily R. 2019. Filling India's rice bowls. Thrive blog. [Ambuja Cement Foundation's SRI initiative has increased outreach from 174 farmers in 2009 to over 10,000 farmers in 2019. And farmer profits have increased 30%. ]
• IWMI. 2019. International Women's Day. IWMI website. March 8. [International Water Management Institute's piece for International Women's Day showcases the IWMI Rep fro India, who references success of a women-managed water user association in Purulia, West Bengal, that also adopted SRI. Their success as irrigators and producers enabled them to close illicit alcohol shops to reduce out-migration of local youth.]
• COMACO. 2019. Photos that tell our stories: Latest from the field. COMACO Newsletter. March. [COMACO has promoted SRI has to over 35,000 rice farmers and plans to help export rice in the near future]
• 2019. ‘Rice intensification system’ can save farmers. agroinfobank.pk website. March 7. [SK University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) promote SRI for Kashmir.]
• Bollier, David. 2019. Multilateralism and the Commons. Resilience website. February 27. [David Bollier's speech (and video) that included mention of the SRI community functioning as an online commons were presented at the UN panel entitled The Multilateral System in the Public Eye: The Impact of Mass Communications.] See also original post on Davide Bollier's blog on Feb. 26]
• McIntyre, Spencer. 2019. Local Farmers, Local Food: A Gathering of Passionate Natural Farming Advocates in Malaysia. Slow Food website. February 21, 2019. [First Local Farmers, Local Food (LFLF) meeting in Malaysia held at Sri Lovely, an organic SRI farm in Kedah, Malaysia.]
• 2019. New rice farming method adapts to water scarcity. Storm Water Solutions website. February 21. [Synopsis of the recent NPR radio clip on SRI in Nepal.]
• Pant, Laxmi. How to fight climate change in agriculture while protecting jobs. The Conversation website. February 14. [Article cites SRI as example of overlap of sustainable agriculture and agroecology]
• Agrimag. 2019. A miracle method to produce sustainable rice and bigger harvest. Agrimag. (Philippines agriculture monthly magazine entry based on recent Guardian article by John Vidal.) [accessed February 11, 2019]
• 2019. SRI, SCI, System of rice/crop intensification, anyone using it? Permies.com website (market garden forum). February 1. [Permaculture discussion forum wonders about the merits of SRI/SCI after NPR broadcast.]
• CWARice. 2019. Short training course on System of Rice Intensification (SRI). CWARice website. [Announcement for a 3-day training in May or June for Central and West Asia sponsored by the CWARice Center.] [New Rice Farming Method Adapts to Water Scarcity] [accessed February 1, 2019]
• Preiss, Danielle. 2019. Nepalese rice farmers boost yields by sowing fewer plants and cutting water. National Public Radio, The Salt section. January 30. [Nepali SRI story that also has an 3;50 min audio component on the page.]
• Price, Samuel. 2019. ‘SRI’ in Kilombero Valley: Potential, misconception and reality. Future Agricultures blog. January 25. [Article about SRI in Tanzania's Kilombero district and some of the issue with Kilombero Plantation Limited (KPL), which has trained over 8,000 smallholder farmers in 10 villages over the past few years.]
• Prudhviraj, CA Bhanu. 2019. Whether loan waiver to farmers is one stop solution for eliminating agrarian distress in India? Taxguru website. January 18. [Loan waivers should be a last resort. SRI among the items cited a needs of the hour that related to long term solutions rather than short term benefits.]
• Green, Duncan. 2019. Book review: Can we know better? by Robert Chambers. Oxfam blogs. January 11. [Review says...the aid community ..." rejects heresies for far too long, until the evidence becomes overwhelming (e.g. System of Rice Intensification").
• 2019. Making rice production more environment-friendly. WWF Malaysia website. January 8.
• 2019. Vale Indonesia tetap survive kelola tambang selama 5 dekade. CNBC Indonesia website. January 11. [Article about PT Vale Indonesia, which notes their CSR work promoting organic SRI in Indonesia, including national organic certification for their rice.]
• 2019. Lotus Foods urges consumers to “Do The Rice Thing™”. Specialty Food Association website. January 8.
• Ghosh, Sahana. 2019. Eyes in the sky: Space technology aiding Meghalaya to expand boro rice cultivation. Mongabay website. January 7. [Meghalaya state in India wants to increase boro rice, which is, according to the article, is well-suited for SRI.]
• 201?. The Farmers’ Clubs Programme. Humana People to People (Laos) website. [94 farmers got seeds and learned to grow SRI rice and they planted 94 Rai (15.66 Ha). [Ban Phamueng and Ban Phadai, Bolikhan District, and has enrolled 1,000 participating farmers for 2 years. (note: not sure which years)]
• Ariyani, Desi. 2019. Penerapan Sistem tanam SRI (System of Rice Intensification) Organik pada padi organik. Cybex website. January 6. [Cyberextension instructional material in Indonesian.]
• Basia, Mathet, and Lydia Boclig. 2019. Towards rice sufficiency, System of Rice Intensification (SRI) trial farm in Lamag. Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera website. January 5. [Lamag Farmers’ Association (LFA) in barangay Lamag of Quirino, Ilocos Sur, Philippines are experimenting with SRI with help from Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera (CDPC).]
• 2018. Initiatives to reduce carbon emissions from farming. GKToday, Current Affairs website. January 3. [Info from the Minister of State for Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare lists SRI as one of suggested soil, water and crop management practices that reduce carbon emission.]
• Priya, Annu. 2019. By altering the method of farming, reducing carbon emission. Latest Indian Story blog. January 2. [Info from the Minister of State for Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare lists SRI as one of suggested soil, water and crop management practices that reduce carbon emission.]

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Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - acquired during 2019
(listed in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
- Red dot (•) indicates article is freely available; * asterisk is SCI (other than rice)

• • Arif, Chusnul, et al. 2019. Water balance analysis on water management of organic System of Rice Intensification (Organic-SRI) in West Java, Indonesia. Jurnal Irigasi 14(1): 17-24. doi: 10.31028/ji.v14.i1.17-24 [accessed January 3, 2020]
• • Faisal, F., et al. 2019. A review of technology innovation in increasing rice production. Agrotech Journal 4(2): 75-82. doi: 10.31327/atj.v4i2.1095 [accessed January 3, 2020]
• • Singh, R., and S. M. Feroze. 2019. Evolution of system of rice intensification (SRI) and economic security in Tripura state of North East hill region of India. e-planet 17(2): 89-97. [accessed January 1, 2020]
• Andi, Febriansyah. 2019. Pengaruh tinggi genangan air terhadap pertumbuhan vegetatif padi Ciherang metode SRI Jajar Legowo 2:1. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Muhammadiyah Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia. [accessed January 1, 2020]
• • Jafar, R., and S. Alimin. 2019. Peran penyuluh pertanian dalam penerapan budidaya padi organik dengan metode SRI (System of Rice Intensification) di Kota Tarakan. J-Pen Borneo: Jurnal Ilmu Pertanian 2(2): 1-8. [accessed January 1, 2020]
• • Ramesh, P., D. Vengatesan, and S. Natrajan. 2019. SRI - A system of cultivation for increasing the knowledge level of the paddy farmers. Plant Archives 19(2): 2247-2250. [accessed January 1, 2020]
• • Maravi, P., S. M. Kurmvanshi and K. Namdeo. 2019. Performance of rice (Oryza sativa) varieties under different sowing methods in Kymore plateau. Annals of Plant and Soil Research 21(3): 293-295. [accessed January 1, 2020]
• • Singh, A., and M. Chakraborti. 2019. Water and nitrogen use efficiency in SRI through AWD and LCC. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 89(12): 2059-63. [accessed January 1, 2020]
• • Pal, Payel. 2019. Impact of controlled release urea on carbon fractions under different established methods of rice cultivation. M.Sc. thesis, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal, India. [accessed January 1, 2020]
• • Haque, Chowdhury Monirul. 2017. Comparative assessment of nitrogen use efficiency in SRI over direct seeded and transplanted rice. M.Sc. thesis, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal, India. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.35674.08643 [accessed December 31, 2019]
• • Senthilvalavan, P., and M. Ravichandran. 2019. Growth and physiological characters of rice (Oryza sativa) as influenced by integrated nutrient management under SRI in Cauvery Deltaic Zone of Tamil Nadu. Annals of Plant and Soil Research 21(3): 210-216 [accessed December 15, 2019]
• • Lee, Y.H., et al. 2018. On-farm study of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) of rainfed lowland in Southern Cambodia. Journal of the Korean Society of International Agriculture 30(4): 285-291. doi: 10.12719/KSIA.2018.30.4.285 [accessed December 15, 2019]
• • Didal, Vijay Kumar, et al. 2019. Performance of different nitrogen management practices on nitrogen uptake of rice under different establishment methods. International Journal of Chemical Studies 7(3): 307-311 [accessed December 9, 2019]
• • Sahu, Ravi Ranjan. 2019. The study on rice genotypes suitable under SRI and traditional methods of cultivation. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 8(1): 1194-1195. [accessed December 5, 2019]
• Siregar, Nadia Itona. 2018. Dinamika kelompok dan jaringan komunikasi dalam penerapan budi daya padi metode System of Rice Intensification di Kabupaten Banyuwangi. Masters thesis. Institut Pertanian Bogor (Indonesia) [accessed December 4, 2019]
• Maulana, M., and H. Tarigan. 2019. Farmers' response to economic benefits of integrated farming. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 372(conf 1): 012002 [accessed December 3, 2019]
• • Herliana, Okti, et al. 2019. Penerapan budidaya padi dengan metode SRI (Sistem of Rice Intensification) di Desa Patemon Kecamatan Bojongsari Kabupaten Purbalingga. Dinamika Journal 1(3): 40-51. [accessed December 3, 2019]
• 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]
• • Arif, C., et al. 2019. Genetic algorithms optimization for water management in irrigated paddy fields. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 335 012002. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1360/1/012008 [accessed October 28, 2019]
• Hidayat, Y.R., and T. Suciaty. 2019. The comparison analysis of farming income between System of Rice Intensification (SRI) technology innovation and conventional agriculture system in rice production center in West Java. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1360: 012008 [accessed October 22, 2019]
• • Destrianah, Destrianah, et al. 2019. Preferensi petani terhadap budidaya padi System of Rice Intensification (SRI) di kelurahan dusun besar kecamatan Singaran Pati kota Bengkulu. Naturalis 8(2): 1-9. [accessed October 22, 2019]
• • Baltazar, Sofia, et al. 2019. Questioning seeding rates and its influence on phenotypic expression of wheat populations for participatory plant breeding—First findings from field research across organic farms in Belgium and the Netherlands. Organic Farming 5(1): 37–51. doi:10.12924/of2019.05010037 [accessed October 18, 2019]
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• Setiawan, B.I., and E. Yamaji. 2019. ‘Successful Adaptation Measures for Inland and Coastal Food Security’, in Anbumozhi, V., M. Breiling, and V. Reddy(eds.), Towards a Resilient ASEAN Volume 1: Disasters, Climate Change, and Food Security: Supporting ASEAN Resilience. Jakarta, Indonesia: Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, pp. 109-136.
• Raman, A. 2020. Ecological thinking and agricultural sustainability. In: Venkatramanan V., Shah S., Prasad R. (eds) Global Climate Change and Environmental Policy. Springer, Singapore. [Chapter cites SRI as one of several examples of ecological thinking.] [accessed December 3, 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.
• Bhatt, R., R. Kaur R., and A. Ghosh. 2019. Strategies to practice Climate-Smart Agriculture to improve the livelihoods under the Rice-Wheat Cropping System in South Asia. In: Meena R., Kumar S., Bohra J., Jat M. (eds) Sustainable Management of Soil and Environment. Springer, Singapore. [accessed October 18, 2019]
• SRI4Women has an Instagram site, a twitter, a Vimeo site, a facebook page, and main website!
• Uphoff, Norman. 2019. Realising the System of Rice Intensification’s potential. SPORE magazine, opinion section. May 31. [accessed June 2, 2019]
  [French: Uphoff, Norman. 2019. Développer le potentiel du système de riziculture intensive. SPORE magazine, opinion section. May 31.] [June 2, 2019]
• Sekhar, C., and I. Muthuvel. 2018. "Economics Precision Agriculture The Case of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) - Chapter VI". pp. 140-160 In C. Sekhar and A. Vidhyavathi, eds., Economic of Precision Farming. MJP Publishers. [accessed May 23, 2019]
• Network of SRI Friends (in Myanmar). New facebook group in Burmese with 315 members. Public group (need to join to post). [accessed May 23, 2019]
• SRI-Africa.net. A new regional SRI website for Africa.
• Segal, Ruth, and Le Nguyet Minh. 2019. Unfair harvest: The state of rice in Asia. Oxfam Briefing Paper. Oxfam policy-practice website. March 20. 32 p. [Box 2 on page 16 has information on SRI] [Here is the link to the entry page.]
• 2019. Manipur agriculture - Maxim: Maximum. Tata Trusts Horizon Magazine March: 32-34. ["Farmers in Imphal West district are swearing by the revolutionary ‘system of rice intensification’ to provide for food security and more]
• Ali, Muhammad Aslam, et al. 2019. "Management of paddy soil towards low Greenhouse Gas emissions and sustainable rice production in the changing climatic conditions," chapter 6, In Soil Contamination and Alternatives for Sustainable Development. (Open access peer-reviewed chapter - Online First)
• Uphoff, N., and A. K. Thakur. 2019. An agroecological strategy for adapting to climate change: The System of Rice Intensification (SRI). In: Sarkar A., Sensarma S., vanLoon G. (eds) Sustainable Solutions for Food Security. Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-77878-5_12 [accessed January 19, 2019]
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• Tannirkulam, Ajay, Suraj R. Nair, and Divya Mary. 2017. Doubling farmers' incomes: Strategies and recommendations for Tamil Nadu. NABARD website. [This study about Tamil Nadu, India, was commissioned by NABARD and carried out by IFMR LEAD.

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Recent Documents Uploaded on our Website (2019) (Includes new pages added to the SRI-Rice website)

• [Web pages updated during Dec: 2019, Egypt, Indonesia, Liberia, Panama (+sp), Sierra Leone, South Korea, Tanzania, journal articles, India research, India news, India videos, index, events, research network page, videos]
• Hameed, Khidhir Abbas. 2010. SRI ﻧﻈﺎم اﻟﺘﻜﺜﯿﻒ ﻟﻤﺤﺼﻮل اﻟﺮز SRI field manual for Iraq (Arabic language). SRI-Rice website. [uploaded June 17, 2019]
• 2019. Oxfam’s Experience with Sustainable Rice Production in Asia and Africa: Supply Chains, Women, and SRI. Announcement for seminar at Cornell University.
• PAFO/DAFO Luangprabang and Pro-net21. Guideline on Luangprabang SRI. ProNet21. SRI-Rice website. (29p., 3.11MB pdf) [Results of a ProNet21/Govt.project for SRI farmers in Luangprabang, Laos, as part of a diversified farming promotion project] [uploaded March 13, 2019]
• PAFO/DAFO Luangprabang and Pro-net21. Technical Guideline on Luangprabang SRI. ProNet21. SRI-Rice website. (13p., 1.86MB pdf) [SRI technical manual used in ProNet21 SRI project in Luangprabang, Laos]
• Bimba, Robert. 2018. CHAP Newsletter on 7th CARD GM and CARD High-Level Meeting held in Tokyo, Japan, October 2-5, 2018. October 8. (4p pdf) [abstract uploaded January 5, 2019]
• Bimba, Robert. 2018. Japanese Government Rice Grant impact in Liberia continues on after the close of the project implemented by CHAP. October 8. (3p. pdf)
• [abstract uploaded January 5, 2019] Dastan, Salman. 2012. Evaluation on agronomic and eco-physiological indices of lowland rice genotypes under modified agronomical systems. PhD dissertation, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. [abstract uploaded January 5, 2019]
• Fisher, Lucy. 2018. Monthly additions to the SRI-Rice website. New pages on the SRI-Rice website. [uploaded monthly]

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Videos / Audiofiles - 2019 acquisitions (either uploaded by SRI-Rice OR linked to from our website)

• Video: 2019 (January 27). SRI GPM model in Tan Duc. 6:24 min. ALiSEA Mekong channel, YouTube. [SRI project in Vietnam uses Farmer Field School with funds from ALiSEA’s Small Grant Program, 2017-2018]
• Video: 2019 (December 2). குறைந்த செலவில் அதிக மகசூல் தரும் "ஒற்றை நாற்று நடவு " | Good yield through SRI. 10:13 min. SIFI Organic Village Food 7 channel, YouTube. [Vinay from Malavalli taluk, Mandya District grows paddy using SRI in Natural farming method.]
• 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.]
• Video: 2019 (October 31). Making research and extension work for rice farmers in West Africa. 57:54 min. The Science Media Production Center at Cornell channel, YouTube. [Seminar at Cornell by Erika Styger.]
• Video: 2019 (October 28). Velaan Neram (28/1-/2019) 57:59 min. dd Agriculture channel, YouTube. [Tamil language TV interview with Dr. C. Muralidaran about SRI.]
• Video: 2019 (October 22). SIUTI 1. Fakhrur Razie channel, YouTube. [Demo of a govt-sponsored environmental SRI-based organic rice production model in a village in South Kalimantan, Indonesia.]
• *Video: 2019 (October 22). Farmers experience from field | System of Millet Intensification – Ragi | Odisha Millets Mission. 3:34 min. Odisha Millets Mission channel. [Indian language with English subtitles. Experience of farmers from different operational districts of Odisha Millets Mission, who adopted SMI (System of Millet Intensification) for better yield in ragi.]
• Video: 2019 (October 19). ปลูกข้าวปักดำต้นเดียว (SRI : System of Rice Intensification). 5:52 min. Kamon Prommak channel, YouTubve. [Thai language field video about SRI.]
• Video: 2019 (October 15). System of Rice Intensification (SRI). 4:31 min. Rural and Tribal India channel [English subtitled film on SRI methods in Maharashtra, India]
• Video: 2019 (October 9). 1 SRI Paddy. 8:41 min. TNAU TV channel [Telugu language TV clip on SRI methods produced by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in India]
• Video: 2019 (October 9). African rice farmers test traditions against NY climate. 2:38 min. CornellCast. [Gambia native Nfamara Badjie grows rice with SRI methods in the Hudson Valley using centuries-old, West African techniques of the Jola people. Cornell rice expert Erika Styger is working with Badjie to study which Jola rice techniques work best in the Northeast.]
• Video: 2019 (July 4). ATMA, Kangpokpi 011: Farm School on SRI Method. 3:18 min. ATMA, Kangpokpi Khangminnasi-Yengminnasi, YouTube. [SRI nursery, marking and planting arm school SRI project in Manipur. Local language] [accessed September 11, 2019]
• Video: 2018 (December 18, 2018). Systemic Rice Intensification (SRI). 0:51 min. Agriquize.2k18 IG channel, YouTube. [One minute description of SRI] [accessed September 13, 2019]
• Video: 2019 (September 11). Success story of SRI (system of rice intensification) in Gemawang, Wonogiri. Agro Klimat channel, YouTube. [Indonesian language video about a project to measure long-term climate change information in SRI fields in Central Java. Collaboration between Universitas Gadja Mada (UGM), Institute Pertanian Bogor (IPB), JIRCAS, University of Tokyo.]
• Video: 2019 (July 20). అధిక దిగుబడిస్తున్న శ్రీ వరి సాగు విధానం,Success Story Of Sri Paddy Cultivation | Matti Manishi 10TV. 7:10 min. 10TV News Telugu, YouTube. [Tamil language TV Clip -SRI success story] [accessed September 3, 2019]
• Video: 2019 (August 27). Pemprov Jateng Panen Padi Hasil terapkan metode SRI di Pekalongan Barat. 2:06 min. Tribun Jateng TV. YouTube. [Pemprov Jateng terapkan metode System of Rice Intensification (SRI) di tiga titik sawah percontohan Pantura Barat.]
• Audio: 2019 (August 29). Nuevo esquema de cultivo arrocero reduce en 30% uso del agua. 4:11 min. La Nación. [Water use reduced with SRI in Costa Rica.]
• Video: 2019 (August 26). Caso de éxito de SRI en Costa Rica. 4:16 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Experience of a Costa Rican farmer who took the IICA online course on SRI and tried out the methods.]
• Video: 2019 (August 24). Mechanized System of Rice Intensification Weeder in Sawah Sempadan Malaysia. 1:57 min. Febri Doni channel, YouTube [Motorized weeder developed in Malaysia]
• Video: 2019 (August 20). Gacherigaon. 3:56 min. SRI4Women channel, Vimeo. [Video on SRI adoption in the tribal area of Odisha, India.]
• Poscast: 2019 (August 19). Business – Feat. Lotus Foods Co-Founders, Carol Levine and Ken Lee. 47:14 min. delighted by website [Interview with Lotus Foods founders that includes SRI supply chains.]
• Video: 2019 (August 19). శ్రీవరి సాగు చేసే పధ్దతి | Sri Vari Sagu Cultivation Tips By Nagaratnam Naidu | hmtv Agri. 10:06 min. hmtv Agri channel, YouTube. [Telugu language tv clip on how to plant rice with SRI methods.]
• Video: 2019 (August 11). Serumpun Padi Sejuta Harapan - SRI Organik | SDP PT Vale Indonesia Tbk. 7:28 min. PT Vale Indonesia Tbk channel, YouTube. [This SRI Organic project, which is a CSR project of PT Vale, has been active in Luwu Timur, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia, since 2015, now has 196 farmers 83,9 hektar di 9 kecamatan se-Luwu Timur. This is a rerelease of a 2016 video.]
• Video: 2019 (August 10). Système de Riziculture Intensive - Elevage+ (SRI-E+) « Bien aménager sa parcelle rizicole. 9:56 min. RASCA Prod. channel, YouTube. [(in French) Zio Prefecture, Southern Togo: Agro-pastoralists of UCA-ZIO, ESF, GRAPHE and ESFT improve the management of their rice production with SRI.]
• Video: 2019 (August 10). Système de Riziculture Intensive - Elevage+ (SRI-E+) « Bien élever ses animaux et produire du comp... 11:17 min. RASCA Prod. channel, YouTube. [ [(in French) Zio Prefecture, Southern Togo: Agro-pastoralists of UCA-ZIO, ESF, GRAPHE and ESFT describe their composting methods to reduce chemical use and other management strategies for rice production with SRI.]
• Video: 2019 (August 10). Système de Riziculture Intensive - Elevage+ (SRI-E+) « Bien préparer ses plants de riz ». 10:47 min. RASCA Prod. channel, YouTube. [(in French) Zio Prefecture, Southern Togo: Agro-pastoralists of UCA-ZIO, ESF, GRAPHE and ESFT project use better seed, plant nurseries and transplant rice seedlings. The success of these three activities depends on the quality/quantity of rice for consumption and the quantity of straw produced that can be used for animal feed or compost for rice production.]
• Video: 2019 (May 23). Agriculture is the Solution to Climate Change: We Must Invest in Soil Health. 3:30 min. Regeneration International channel, YouTube [accessed August 2, 2019]
• Video: 2019 (July 29). Opiniónes de productores sobre SRI. 2:05 min. IICAnoticias channel, YouTube. [Farmer experiences with IICA-sponsored SRI efforts in Panama, Costa Rica and elsewhere in Latin America.]
• Video: 2019 (July 29). 1) ¿Qué es SRI?. 2:00 min. SRI 2do Segmento. 6:10 min. SRI 3er Segmento 5:46 min. IICAnoticias channel, YouTube. [Agroconecxion show on Agrotendencia TV in Costa Rica (in three parts) on IICA's SRI program.]
• Video: 2019 (August 2). Grain Gains. 5:05 min. NABARD Online channel, YouTube. [How farmers were convinced to adopt SRI in NABARD-sanctioned project by the Mineral Foundation of Goa that began in 2012. At project end 547 farmers were involved covering 562 ha in 46 hamlets with higher production and high returns.]
• Video: 2019 (May 23). Agriculture is the Solution to Climate Change: We Must Invest in Soil Health. 3:30 min. Regeneration International channel, YouTube [accessed August 2, 2019]
• Video: 2019 (July 27). இந்த முறையில் கரும்பு நடவு செய்தால் அதிக லாபம் SSI System. Ulavan Tech Channel, YouTube. 7:09 min. [English/Tamil Nadu, India; Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative instructional video with input from GIZ, TNAU, KVK Santhiur, and students - AC & RI, VVNR]
• Video: 2019 (July 19). అధిక దిగుబడిస్తున్న శ్రీ వరి సాగు విధానం,Success Stroy Of Sri Paddy Cultivation | Matti Manishi 10TV. 7:10 min. 10TV News Telugu channel, YouTube. [Telugu language (India) newscast on SRI]
• Video: 2019 (July 14). System of Rice Intensification. Part I, (12:06 min); Part II (land preparation) (9:18 min); Part III, 7:02 min. AP ZBNF channel, Youtube. [Indian language SRI instructional/informational series from East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India. Originally published by Digital Green.]
• Audio: 2019 (April 30). Budidaya Padi di Sumba, Teknologi dan Perubahan Iklim. 2:50. VOA Indonesia. (Indonesian language broadcast about an SRI climate change program in Sumba Timur.) [accessed June 30, 2019]
• Video: 2019 (June 21). Rice Farming - by SRI technique. 27:42 min. Bhimashankar channel, Youtube. [Indian language video on organic SRI.]
• Video: 2019 (June 19). Smart agriculture: SPRI. 9:06 min. 國立屏東科技大學土木工程系 NPUST Department of Civil Engineering channel, Youtube. [Chinese, with English subtitles. NPUST work adapting SRI in Taiwan with additions for probiotics and precision ag technology]
• Video: 2019 (June 15). Six key elements: System of Rice Intensification (SRI). 0:48 min. Krishi GYAN channel, Youtube.
• Video: 2019. SRI4Women Story - Nilima. 8:05 min. sri4women channel, Vimeo. [Story of the president of the Ath-Kosia Tribal People's Organisation in Orissa, who promotes SRI to reduce women's drudgery in rice production.] [accessed June 5, 2019]
• Video: 2019 (January 28). Gerakan tanam padi organik pemerintah Kab Morowali bersama staf ahli Kementrian Pertanian. 4:55 min. Diskominfo Morowali channel, Youtube. [-in Indonesian language. Large organic SRI project in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.]
• Radio show: 2019 (May 29). Cuando el SRI se juntó con el arroz más austral del mundo. 15 min. AgroEnlace - Transmisión en vivo. IICA website. [Spanish language radio show about SRI in Chile.]
• Video: 2019 (April 17). ZIDOFA’s organic SRI rice operation in Panay Philippines. SRI Rice channel, YouTube. [Joby Arandela describes the organic rice processing procedure used by the ZIDOFA group in Panay, Philippines. The rice is grown using System of Rice Intensification (SRI) methods.]
• Video: 2019 (April 2). RBL CSR - System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Project Video. 4:08 min. Dilasa Janvikas Pratishthan channel, YouTube. [Video on CSR project on SRI funded by RBL Bank and implemented by Dilasa Janvikas Pratishthanin in Sindudurg district in Maharashtra, India. 23,000 farmers have been reached with the SRI project.]
• Video: 2019 (March 14). Systematic Rice Intensification Process and Impact ACF. 3:10 min. Prateek Nag channel, YouTube. (Indian language) [SRI Process and Impact by Ambuja Cement Foundation Chhattisgarh, India.]
• Video: 2019 (February 22). (4th meeting) 2019 IPU Parliamentary Hearing. [SRI section between 11:50 through 16:40]. UN Web TV website. [David Bollier's speech that included mention of the SRI community functioning as an online commons were presented at the UN panel entitled The Multilateral System in the Public Eye: The Impact of Mass Communications.] See also post on Davide Bollier's blog on Feb. 26]
• Video: 2019 (February 20). Thirsty Rice. 8:11 min. Chan S. Nara channel, YouTube. [Farmers in Traing district, Takeo province, Cambodia talking about drought and also there SRI experiences.]
• Video: 2019 (January). This Sustainable way of growing rice produces bumper harvests. 1:26 min. World Economic Forum, LinkedIn. [Short video shown at the World Economic Forum 2019 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held Jan 22-25, 2019, in Davos, Switzerland
• Video: 2018 (November 19). SRI LMB Project Closer (Longer Version). 11:09 min. SRI LMB channel, YouTube. [Video for the final workshop of the AIT-led project entitled Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin.]
• Video: 2019 (January 30). Bupati bersama Pertamina lakukan panen padi perdana SRI Organik. 4:45 min. Humas Protokol Setda Blora channel, YouTube. [in Indonesian; Blora Regency Head and other govt. officials attend harvest of Organic SRI in Bajo Village (Central Java)]
• Audio: 2019 (January 29). Drier Conditions Force Researchers To Find New Rice Farming Method. 3:49 min. National Public Radio, Inc. website. [Danielle Preiss reports on SRI in Nepal highlighted in this NPR radio clip].
• Video: 2017. Lotus Foods. 3:21 min. Climate Collaborative channel, Vimeo. [Video about Lotus Foods' commitment to importing SRI-grown rice.] [accessed January 28, 2019]
• Video: 2019 (January 23). புதிய முறையில் நெல்நாற்று உற்பத்தி System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Cultivation. 2:59 min. Aalaya channel, YouTube. [Explanation of SRI from India. Local language]

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Slide Presentations (Primarily PowerPoint) - 2019 acquisitions

• 2019. Proyecto IICA - MIDA/ Sistema Intensivo de Arroz (SRI) Evaluación del primer ensayo de validación realizado en coclé para enfrentar al Cambio Climático (alternativa) Localizada en el Sistema de Riego El Caño. DICIEMBRE /2018 - ABRIL/ 2019 - OCTUBRE/ 2019. 44 slide. Presentation on the IICA/MIDA SRI Project in Panama that began in December 2018. [uploaded December 14, 2019]
• Uphoff, Norman. 2019. Agroecological Management of Soil Systems for Food, Water, Climate Resilience, and Biodiversity. 27 slides. Presentation at the Knowledge Dialogue on the Occasion of World Soil Day, United Nations, NY, December 6.
  
• 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)
• Fisher, Lucy. 2019. 1911 - Gender Responsive Smallholder Rice Production Practices and Equipment. 42 slides. Presentation at the 2nd Global Sustainable Rice Conference and Exhibition, United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok Thailand, October 2.
• Vent, Olivia. 2019. 1910 - Integrating Climate-Smart Rice Agriculture in Supply Networks - Lotus Foods' Experience. 10 slides. Presentation at the 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture 2019, Jimbaran, Bali, Indonesia, October 8.
• Varma, Poornima. 2019. Understanding the adoption of multiple packages of system of rice intensification and its gender implications. 18 slides. Presented at the Annual Scientific Conference hosted by the University of Canberra and co-sponsored by ACIAR and CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research, April 2-4, 2019, Canberra, Australia. [accessed September 16, 2019]
• Gbenou, Pascal. 2019. Rice cultivation in Africa: How traditional practices relate to modern opportunities. 15 slides. Presentation at the International Rice Development Conference and Seminar on China-Africa Development. Changsha, China, June 26-29. [uploaded August 27, 2019]
• Verma, Ajay. 2014. Development & evaluation of gender friendly rotary paddy weeder. 48 slides. AshutoshPal channel, Slideshare. [accessed August 2, 2019]
• Barrett, Christopher, et al. 2019. The Effects of Exposure Intensity on Technology Adoption and Gains: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh on the System of Rice Intensification. 30 slides. Presentation at the USDA Multi-state Research Project NC-1034 annual research conference on The Economics of Agricultural Technology & Innovation. Atlanta, Georgia, July 21, 2019.
• Mati, Bancy. 2019. Improving Productivity of Rice under Water Scarcity in Africa: The Case for the System of Rice Intensification. Presentation at the International Rice Development Conference and Seminar on China-Africa Development. Changsha, China, June 26-29.
• Aguero, Miguel. 2019. 1905 - SRI en Venezuela - Resena Historica de la Parcela 234. 24 slides. Presentation at the webinar Sistema Intensivo de Cultivo de Arroz (SRI) - Experiencia Venezuela, February 15. SRI-Rice slideshare channel. [Webinar organized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)] [accessed March 12, 2019]
• Nestlé. 2019. 1904 - SRI en Venezuela - Informe Resultados SICA Parcela 75 Norte Verano Calabozo 2018. 10 slides. Presentation on Nestlé SRI results at the webinar Sistema Intensivo de Cultivo de Arroz (SRI) - Experiencia Venezuela, February 15. SRI-Rice slideshare channel. [Webinar organized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)] accessed March 12, 2019]
• Soublette, Betsaida. 2019. 1903 - Sistema Intensivo de Cultivo de Arroz (SRI) - Experiencia Venezuela. 25 slides. Presentation at the webinar Sistema Intensivo de Cultivo de Arroz (SRI) - Experiencia Venezuela, February 15. SRI-Rice slideshare channel. [organized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)] accessed March 12, 2019]
• ProNet 21. 2019. Photos of SRI Activity in Laos. 15 slides. SRI-Rice slideshare channel. [SRI Promotion Project with JICA assistance that ran from 2006 to 2018] [accessed February, 2019]
• Isahak, Anizan. 2018. SRI Network in Malaysia: The SRI-Mas experience. Presentation at the The Workshop to Enhance Cooperation and Sharing among SRI National Networks in Asia, held October 18-19, 2018, at the Leverage Business Hotel-Skudai, Malaysia [uploaded January 9, 2019]
• Bimba, Robert. 2019. 1901 - Community of Hope Agriculture Project Update to Liberia MOA 2019. 19 slides. Presentation at the Ministry of Agriculture, Liberia, January 11. [uploaded January 17, 2019]
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* indicates SCI, which is adaptation of SRI principles to other crops.