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In the Press

November 2024

• Mahasiswa IPB University Ciptakan Inovasi Penyiang Gulma Presisi Menggunakan Laser Ramah Lingkungan
  July 17, 2024, Kompasiana.com (Bogor, Indonesia) [accessed November 16, 2024]

October 2024

• Shattering the rice ceiling: Lonah Okumu's 41 years in rice farming [SRI helps woman farmer increase yield in Kenya]
  October 15, 2024, Nation (Kenya)
• Samba cultivation hit by water turn system at Kallanai, say Nagapattinam [Farmers turning to DSR in Tamil Nadu, with SRI less than 10%. Reduced water makes herbicide use difficult]
  OCtober 3, 2024, The Indian Express (Tamil Nadu, India)

September 2024

• Farmers empowered through agroecology innovations at practical workshop in Ofinso [SRI included in training by Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana, in collaboration with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Crops Research Institute (CSIR-CRI)]
  September 30, 2024, Daily Agric News (Ghana)
• CHAP launches SRI/CRRP climate resilient rice production training program in six counties
  September 20, 2024, Liberian Investigator (Liberia)
  
• Ricowas and Chap launch farmers' training in Bomi County to boost rice production
  September 3, 2024, Liberian Investigator (Liberia)
• BALCO employees join hands with farmers for ‘ropai’, learning the SRI technique [BALCO CSR project trains nearly 2,300 farmers in SRI methods in Chhatishgarh.]
  September 2, 2024, Vedantsamachar (Chhatishgarh, India)

August 2024

• Neelachal Ispat Nigam organises awareness programme for farmers in Ranagundi in Danagadi [CSR project delivers SRI trainings and tools for 160 farmers]
  August 31, 2024, Biz Industry (Odisha, India)
• CHAP hosts farmers exchange visit in G. Bassa, Rivercess Counties
  August 26, 2024, Liberian Observer (Liberia)
• DA-CAR launches farmers field school [Department of Agriculture-Cordillera (DA-CAR), in partnership with the PhilRice, launched the Farmers Field School (FFS) SRI in Abra Provinnce August 8-9]
  August 20, 2024, Herald Express (Philippines)
• Wholesale food prices record mixed trends in one quarter [SAGCOT promoting SRI to increase rice yields by over 30%]
  August 12, 2024, IPP Media (Tanzania)
• Rice farmers must adapt organic manure for rice cultivation – Noah Nash writes [Related to RICOWAS Project]
  August 6, 2024, StarrFM (Ghana)

July 2024

• Agricultural Extension Agents trained in System of Rice Intensification (SRI) technology
  July 31, 2024, AccesAgric (Ghana)
• Petani binaaan PT Vale di Kolaka berhasil berkah "SRI Organik" [PT Vale's CSR project promotes organic SRI]
  July 29, 2024, AntaraSultra (Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia)
• West Bengal agriculture minister outlines impact on climate change on rice production
  July 26, 2024, The Economic Times (West Bengal, India)
• En quoi consiste le Système de Riziculture Intensive? [150 rice farmers from the Central River and Upper River regions (Gambia) are using SRI]
  July 23, 2024, Agri Digitale (The Gambia)

June 2024

• Vedanta VAB holds rice cultivation workshop for benefit of Navelim farmers [workshop by oil and metals company CSR project includes SRI testimony]
  June 26, 2024, Goemkarponn (Goa India)
• The champions of agriculture growth [Asif Sharif's PQNK system highlighted]
  June 24, 2024, The Express Tribune (Pakistan)
• Empowering smallholder rice farmers in Tanzania
  June 10, 2024, Africa24 (re: Tanzania)
• Subak Getih Desa Sudaji jadi pionir pertanian padi sehat menuju organik
  June 8, 2024, Suara Dewata (Bali, Indonesia)
• Boosting Tanzania’s Rice Production: A Strategic Partnership with SAGCOT [SRI a key initiative of the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT)]
  June 5, 2024, Kilimo Kwanza (Tanzania)
• Jubilee Justice brings rice farming to Bullock County [Jubilee Justice rice efforts expand in Alabama.]
  June 5, 2024, Union Springs Herald, [Alabama, USA ]
• Alimentation : plus de riz, moins de méthane [SRI included in methane discussion]
  January 22, 2024, Les Echos [accessed June 5, 2024]

May 2024

• As rains near, Salcete farmers prepare fields for kharif crop [Govt. promoting SRI in Margau, Goa, but few farmers reportedly are adopting it.]
  May 27, 2024, Times of India (Goa, India)

• Water released from Manimuthar dam for kar paddy cultivation [Farmers to follow SRI during ‘kar’ season.]
  May 9, 2024, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)

April 2024

• In Côte d’Ivoire, des experts ouest-africains tablent sur le riz résilient au climat [National Rural Development Support Agency (ANADER) in Côte d’Ivoire brought together 45 experts for a training of trainers from 13 West African countries of the RICOWAS project.]
  April 8, 2024, APA News (Côte d’Ivoire)

March 2024

• Liberia: CHAP promotes urban, peri-urban agriculture [Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) in collaboration with the Community Hope Agriculture Project (CHAP), launched the rice harvest of the community to ensure the availability of locally produced rice on the market.
  March 25, 2024, Daily Observer (Liberia)
• World Water Day: Need to leverage agricultural technologies to conserve water and secure Kashmir’s future
  March 22, 2024, Kashmir Reader (Kashmir, India)
• Liberia: Chap wants wetlands protection law enforced [Rice production area threatened by urban expansion.]
  March 5, 2024, AllAfrica (Liberia)

February 2024

• Petani didorongi lirik teknologi tanam padi di musim kering [Bali farmers association head urges farmers to use SRI to reduce water use during the dry season.]
  February 17 2024, Bisnis Bali (Bali, Indonesia)
• IGP Morowali tegaskan komitmen dukung keberlanjutan melalui Program PPM [PT Vale's Organic SRI project has 25 organic farmers on 6:8 ha that harvested 17.6 thousand kg rice]
  February 16, 2025, PLUZ.id (South Sulawesi, Indonesia)

January 2024

• Sustainable rice farmer project supported by WWF-Malaysia - CIMB Islamic empowers 88 farmers in Ba'Kelalan [Successful SRI project expands to four villages.]
  January 21, 2024, Dayak Daily (Sarawak, Malaysia)
• Republic Day fete on Marina: Governor unfurls Tricolour; CM presents awards [SRI farmer from Pollampatti village in Salem district received C Narayanasamy Naidu Paddy Productivity Award for the 2022-23]
  January 26, 2024, New Indian Express (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Climate change, global conflict threaten food security [SRI suggested to address some of the problems.]
  January 24, 2024, Bangladesh Post (Bangladesh)
• Growing rice in Louisiana: A path to justice, for Black farmers [Story of Konda Mason and SRI for Black farmers in Louisiana.]
  January 18, 2024, Christian Science Monitor (re: Louisiana, USA)
• Competition des pratiques rizicoles et avantages de la technique du SRI pendant la saison culturale VARY BE
  January 17, 2024, Rapport-Gratuit (Madagascar)
  
• Enhancing food security in developing countries
  January 12, 2024, The Exchange (Tanzania)

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Blog Posts and Website Articles - 2024

• 2024. Brand Architects: Caryl Levine & Ken Lee of Lotus Foods. collab.io mag website. November 13.
• 2024.The System of Rice Intensification: For a food secure future. Climate Change and (in)Security Project website. [This links to SRI-2030 website and brochure.]
• 2024. System of Rice Intensification A way towards reducing GHGs. Directorate of Environment & Climate Change, Government of Manipur website.[accessed November 4, 2024]
• 2024. TARI, NIBIO Joins effort to address soil health issues, TARI website. November 2 [Item notes collaborative project between NARI and NIBIO to promote SRI. TARI website.
• 2024. Promoting sustainable and inclusive rice value chain in Indonesia. Rikolto website. November 1. [Rikolto sustainable rice projects in Boyolali District, Central Java province, include SRI (and have for many years.]
• 2024. Undertaking a study and preparing business cases for sustainable landscape restoration, to upscale socioeconomic status and biodiversity conservation. ReliefWeb.int website. [Employment opporutunity with IUCN in Tanzania that includes SRI.] [posted Oct. 31, and closes Nov. 14, 2014]
• 2024. Islamic Relief Nepal's post. Islamic Relief Nepal page, Facebook. July 29. [Report of positive SRI progress in Bara district of Nepal.]
• 2024. Advancements in SRI rice farming with OARDEP in Oti Region, Ghana. Rockflower website. October 24. [Rockflower in collaboration with One Africa Research Development and Extension Programme (OARDEP) increased the participating farmers to 141 in communities of Bala, Mate, Avegeme, Todome, and Abrani.]

• Foughali, Hamda. 2024. World Food Day - October 16, 2024. The Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) website. October 16. [Notes RICOWAS program as OSS effort to advance the right to food for a better life and future.]
• Pro Media TV Liberia. 2024. CHAP ongoing SRI rice production continues despite challenges. Facebook post. October 12
• Ahmed, Sayed Zahur. 2024. Rice Production - A key staple crop for global food security. AgriBloom website. October 9. [Overview of rice production by Bangladeshi author recommends SRI]
• NEIDA. 2024. NEIDA and Eleutheros Christian Society promote SRI in Nagaland. North East Initiative Development Agency - NEIDA page, Facebook. August 28.[130 households practicing SRI on 8 ha. in Tuensang and Noklak District, Nagaland, India.] [accessed September 26, 2024]
• SINGARA. Researchers, extension officers and Rice farmers trained on SRI Principles.Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) website. September 16.
• Heifer Project International, Nigeria. 2024. of Rice Intensification (SRI) initiative in Kano and Jigawa. HeiferNigeria, Instagram. September 9. [Success of the SRI initiative in Kano and Jigawa. The SRI Green Field Days brought together farmers to learn climate-smart rice farming practices.]
• Lee, Chermaine. 2024. Taiwan adopts Madagascar’s farming wisdom. Fair Planet website. September 6.
• VijayFarm. 2024. Periodic rice health inspection in the high-quality, low-emission rice model in the 1 million hectare rice program in Can Tho. VijayFarm website. [notes the use of SRI in large rice project in southern Vietnam.] [accessed August 23, 2024]
• 2024. Promoting Sustainable Agriculture with SRI in Jharkhand! RAF Global Facebook post. [accessed August 20, 2024]
• 2024. (SRI seminar in Kurdistan). General Directorate of Agriculture in Salymania Facebook post. August 6. [Includes videos and announcement of SRI symposium in Salymania governorate, Kurdistan.]
• Bunkerd, Nantakorn ศาสตราจารย์ (เกียรติคุณ) ดร.นันทกร บุญเกิด. year? เทคนิคการปลูกข้าวต้นเดี่ยวโดยใช้แหนแดงและปุ๋ยอินทรีย์ชีวภาพในการปลูกข้าวต้นเดี่ยวระบบ มทส.(Azolla & BOF-System of Rice Intensification, SRI) [English translation: Techniques for growing single-stemmed rice using Azolla and bio-organic fertilizer in growing single-stemmed rice in the SUT (Azolla & BOF-System of Rice Intensification, SRI) system]. Technology and Innovation Business Promotion Group website. [accessed August 5. 2024]
• 2024. System of Rice Intensificaition - A way towards reducing GHGs. State Climate Change Cell Manipur website. August 1. [SRI benefits described as a method of reducing GHGs in Manipur, India.]
• Ruben, Mike. 2023. System of Rice Intensification for beginners: Instructions On how to implement SRI on your farm in A step-by-step method. June 24. Book (Paperback or Kindle) for sale on Amazon.com. [accessed August 1. 2024]
• Dossavi, Ayi Renaud. 2024. Togo: ECOWAS-backed Rice Project, RICOWAS, Begins. Togo First website. July 25.
• 2024. Harnessing floods for sustainable water management. EcoNarrative website. July 23.(see also French version) [SRI noted as useful for dealing with flood-based irrigation.]
• Nurhikmah, Hj. 2024. Potensi padi apung pada lahan gambut di Barito Kuala (Potential of floating rice on peatlands in Barito Kuala). Pelopor Wiramtama website. Jully 24. [SRI on floating rafts in peatlands in Indonesia]
• 2024. Lotus Foods announces transfromative investment. Supermarketnews website. July 23. [Lotus remains commited to SRI.]
• Carnevale Zampaolo, Francesco. 2024. SRI methods are tested in Angola for the first time. SRI-2030 blog. July 15.
• 2024. The journey of organic brown rice: From farm to table. The Environmental Blog.org website. July 18. [India and Vietnam SRI efforts are examples of brown rice production success.]
• 2024. COINS Annual Meeting - Progress in the sustainable intensification of cultivation methods in West Africa through interdisciplinary project work. Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) website. July 11, 2024. [Project Meeting defines
• Styger, Erika. ClimateRice: a new joint initiative. Climate Resilient Farming Systems (Cornell) website. June. [Carbon credit program by CarbonFarm in collaboration with the CRFS program] [accessed July 3, 2024]
• 2023? Water and Conflict: A Toolkit for Programming. NDC Partnership website [SRI volunteer guidebook is among resources contributed by SRI-2030 in this NDC Partnership site]. [accessed June 28, 2024]
• Sharma, Shikha. 2024. In Narayanpet, rice intensification helps farmers grow more with less. WOTR website. April 4. [WOTR reports SRI/SCI project with Axis Bank Foundation funds. 80% of farmers in 20 villages served in Narayanpet district in Telangana.are continuing with SRI.] [accessed June 27, 2024]
• Morrison, Oliver. 2024. The new projects aimed at transforming rice farming in South Asia. AgTechNavigator website. June 25. [Mitti Labs methane reduction projects make note of SRI]
• Mollel, Elia P. 2024. System of Rice Intensification (SRI): A sustainable approach to rice cultivation. Sokoine Unversity website. June 20.
• 2024. Farmers in Sakhuwanankarkatti, Ward No. 2 of Siraha District are embracing the innovative System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Technology. CARE-Nepal, Instagram. June 13. [Efforts of CARE-Nepal to promote SRI.]
• 2024. Carbon footprint in China. Vaia website. [This article about China notes SRI as a suggestion for reducing carbon footprint] [accessed June 12,2024]
• [accessed June 11, 2024]. Innovations in agriculture. Dreamworks Network website. [SRI is primary example/case study in this article on agricultural innovation.]
• Valrani, Aarov. 2024. Can India curb its agricultural greenhouse gas emissions? Village Square. June 10. [SRI among suggested GHG reduction methods.]
• 2024. Farmer Spotlight Monday. @NASFAM1 channel , X. ["Meet Lameck Chirwa Since joining NASFAM in 2015, he's transformed his rice farming with the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), boosting his harvest from 5 to 28 bags on a 1.75-acre farm. (Malawi).]
• 2023. System of Rice/Wheat Intensification (SRI and SWI). Tree of Life Centre Foundation website. November 16. [accessed June 10]
• Carantino, Vassily, and Erika Styger. 2024. ClimateRice: A new initiative to drive transition to climate-smart rice MorningStar website. June 10. [Climate Resilient Rice program at Cornell teaming with CarbonFarm launch their joint carbon credit initiative for rice known as ClimateRice.]
• 2024. “I Love Liberian Rice” Partnership. Jubilee Justice blog. May. [Black farmers project in USA forms partnership with Liberian NGO promoting SRI.] [accessed June 9, 2024]
• 2024. Grown with care - Lotus Foods makes a big impact with small rice producers. Costco Connection, p.6. June. [Artice about Lotus Foods rice sold at Costco.]
• 2024. 23 new Africa-UniNet projects to start in 2024. June 6. [ One of these was P114_Nigeria_Ethiopia | Promoting climate-smart system of rice intensification (SRI) in Enugu State, Southeast Nigeria | Enugu State University of Science and Technology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Godfrey Okoye University, Bahir Dar University]
• 2024. Phyllochron dynamics in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Krishisewa website. May 31.
• Maguru, Frank. 2024. MALAWI | System of Rice Intensification (SRI) to mitigate climate change effects. FrankMaguru2020 channel, blogspot. May 31. [Info on the NASFAM efforts in Malawi with SRI which began in 2014.]
• 2024. Handing over ceremony of logistics atmerials and equipment to support RICOWAS field implementation in Sierra Leone. RICOWAS Project - SLARI, LinkedIn. May 30.
• 2024. Mga cluster ng magpapalay, hinihikayat ng DA Calabarzon sa pagsasagawa ng SRI. Regional Field Office Calabarzon, Dept. of Agriculture, Philippines. May 28
• 2024. Kambodscha: Samen des Wandels. jesuitenweltweit website. May 27. [Projects of Noel Oliver SJ, Jesuit Service Cambodia (JSC), include SRI]
• Agiamntebom, Jaff Francis. 2024? Promoting organic rice production (SRI). F6S website. [NGO promoting SRI in Cameroon.] [accessed May 2024]
• 2024. Exploring the impact of alternate wetting and drying and the System of Rice Intensification on Greenhouse Gas emissions: A review of rice cultivation practices. Agroecology Hub, FAO website. [Summary of the SRI paper on GHGs by James Dahgreen and Adam Parr.]
• 2024. Reducing emissions from rice cultivation. Food Forward NDCs website. [accessed May 9, 2024]
• Gour, Nitin, et al. 2023. System of rice intensification (SRI) - a review. TIJER 10(6): 635-638. [accessed May 4, 2024]
• 2024? Founder Chairman & CE, Pedaver Pvt. Ltd. Pedaver website. [The story of Asif Sharif whose agricultural system in Pakistan, known as PQNK, began with an investigation into SRI.] [accessed May 4, 2024]
• Opeyemi, Sanusi Afeez. 2024. The booming market of Climate Smart Agriculture. Agritech Media website. April 25 [SRI cited as game changer in India.]
• Lotus Foods. 2024. 2023 annual impact report. Lotus Foods Website. April 22. [Lotus Foods imports rice grown with SRI methods from Cambodia, India and Indonesia (and previously Madagascar.]
• Handyan, Bayu Wira. 2024. Metode SRI, 1,5 hektare padi ditanam di Sudaji. Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) website. April 22. [New organic SRI efforts in northern Bali.]
• 2024. VNV transforms rice cultivation with TraceX sustainability and carbon management solutions. TraceX website. April 17. [TraceX, a enironmental tracking company helps VNV Advisory to track rice data. SRI noted as good strategy.]
• Brad, Sam 2024. Green rice production increased in 2023. Mountain Grove News Journal. April 8. [The agricultural sector witnessed a significant shift towards sustainability, with green rice production marking a notable increase. SRI at the top of the list of mentions.]
• Gilmour, Andrew. Climate change and conflict must be tackled together, argues a foundation head. The Eonomist. April 5.
• อินอิ่ม, อรุณวตรี รัตนธารีภาพ สโรชา. 2024. คุยกับ เครือข่ายแก้ปัญหาเรื่องข้าวและชาวนาด้วยวิธีทำนาแบบเปียกสลับแห้ง หรือแกล้งข้าว เรื่อง. Cloud website. March 25. [Story of Supachai Pitiwut, the founder of the large Holiday Farmer Network in Thailand that has promoted SRI and AWD since 2011.]
• Han, Albert. 2024. Senegal relies on rice imports. Can a farming method change that? Context website. March. [
• Anbarasan. 2024. System Rice Intensification (SRI) changing the lives of India. The Alternative website, March Article leading to video investigating whether SRI in a good fit for Senegal.].
• 2024. Global Methane Tracker 2024. Dristi website. March 23. [SRI noted in the "ways forward" section]
• Martinez, Melinda. 2024. Alexandria's Inglewood Farm transfers 17 acres to non-profit that helps Black farmers. Aol.com, March 18. [Farm transfers 17 acres to Jubilee Justice, which helps Black farmers grow rice with SRI methods.]
• Reagan, Eleanor. 2024. Roots: Regenerative rice farming in Ketucky. Rural Action website. March 19. [Kentucky farmer joins Jubilee Justice in promoting SRI.]
• 2024. Rice production in Africa: Sowing seeds of change and sustainability. Medium (Agriculture News) website. March 11. [Rice production article includes SRI as possible way forward.]
• Meka, Christina. 2024. Tingkatkan indeks pertanaman, langkah optimasi pemanfaatan lahan pertanian. Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) website. [Covers SRI, PTT, and Salibu (ratoon) systems in Bali.]
• Styger, Erika. 2024. Supporting black farmers in organic rice production. New York Ag Connection website. March 7. [Reference to Jubilee Justice's SRI trials in Louisiana]
• Sarbagya. 2024. The rise of sustainable agricultural practices.IndiBlogHub website. March 11. [SRI cited as one of the three case studies in this overview of sustainable ag.]
• 2024. The white egret: An icon of local rice development in the DRC. Rikolto website. March 8. [Rikolto's success with SRI, SRP, etc., in South Kivu and Tanganyika in DRCongo. The project is part of World Bank-funded PICAGL program in South Kivu and Tanganyika in DRCongo effort.]
• 2024. Ahmad Heryawan: Solihin GP layak dapat gelar pahlawan. ARMOL JABAR website. March 5. [Former governor of West Java cites promotion of SRI as one of his accomplishments.]
• 2024. Farming resilience: Building adaptive capacity in agricultural systems. Milewheel blog. February 27. [SRI one of three adaptive capacity suggestions.]
• year?. A greener paddy? NABARD case study. NABARD website. [NABARD-sanctioned project under the Indo-German Watershed Development Programme increased area covered under SRI from 4 acres to 307.5 acres over 4 years in various tribes Karimnagar district, Telangana, India.]
• 2024. Vedanta boosts agri entreprenuer. Tathya website. February 28. [Vedanta Aluminium’s CSR Jeevika Samriddhi Project that includes SRI in 3 villages of Odisha’s Jharsuguda district has benefited 400 farmers. 500 more are being added.]
• Praminik, Priyanka. 2024. Assam- Agriculture equipment distribution and SRI training conducted at Tezpur event. Tractor News website. February 26. [The Sonitpur District Agriculture Department conducted a comprehensive SRI training at the Tezpur Majgaon Training Center in Assam, India.]
• Berthelot, Adele. 2024. Why is rice agriculture the 3rd source of methane emissions worldwide? Medium website. February 23. [SRI is a main source of methane reduction in rice cited in the article.]
• Uphoff, Norman. 2024. Reflections on opportunities with, and resistance to, the System of Rice Intensification. Cornell University website. Announcement of a Feb. 21, 2024 seminar [video of event will be posted online in March.]
• Baul, Tushi, et al. Effective agricultural advice at scale: Evidence from India. VoxDev website. February 21. [Evaluation of Digital Green extension videos/methods using SRI]
• 2024. J.E.D.I Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Lotus Foods blog. February 13. [Lotus Foods is a member of the J.E.D.I. Collaborative that aims to help natural products companies and leaders increase their abilities to actualize Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion efforts. SRI is part of the story.]
• Vargas Bolívar, Luis Carlos. System of Rice Intensification (SRI), Contributing to food security, competitiveness, and resilience by adapting SRI to local contexts. South-South Galaxy website. [accessed February 15, 2024] [SRI efforts by IICA in 6 Latin American countries between 2015 and 2019]
• Uphoff, Norman. 2024. How SRI can be labour-intensive and labour saving simultaneously. SRI-2030 blog. February.
• SINGIRA. 2024. Farmers acceptance of SRI Project. Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) website. January 29. [This 3-year SRI project in Tanzania by TARI / Norwegian Institute of Bio economy research (NIBIO) / Swaminathan Research Institute (MSSRF) has reached 900 farmers in its first year (final target 4,500)]
• Witkowski, Kelly. 2023. Co-Innovating for more sustainable, climate responsive rice production in Chile. IICA blog. May 9. [See also Spanish version] [accessed January 22, 2024]
• 2024. Sri Lanka's organic way. Pressenza website. January 17. [Defense of Sri Lanka's organic shift. Includes SRI reference.]
• Ficou, Moctar. 2024. Riziculture en Afrique de l’Ouest : Le projet RICOWAS officiellement lancé à Diamniadio (Sénégal). VivAfrik website. January 6. [Official launch of RICOWAS Project in Senegal. RICOWAS is a 4-year $14 million project emphasizing SRI that covers 14 countries in West Africa.] [accessed January 26, 2024]
• 2022. Le système SRI en application à travers le monde. June 20. Wikiterre website.
• FAO. 2020. Farmers willing to use climate-smart agriculture techniques including system of rice intensification in wider scale in Labutta. Success stories section, FAO website. [Farmer success story by FAO in Myanmar.] [accessed January 7, 2024]

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Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - acquired during 2024

(listed in order of acquisition. See also complete list of journal articles alphabetized by author)
- Red dot (•) indicates article is freely available; asterisk (*) is SCI (SRI applied to crops other than rice)

• • Singh, R. K., S. Dhar, A. Dass, et al. 2018. Productivity and profitability of soybean (Glycine max) and wheat (Triticum aestivum) genotypes grown in sequence under system of crop intensification. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 88(9): 1407-1412. doi:10.56093/ijas.v88i9.83500
• • Kannan, S. Vallal, A. Veeramani, et al. 2021. Suitability of rice transplanters and weeders in different soil types. Journal of Experimental Agriculture International 43(4):103-13. doi:10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i430676. [accessed November 10, 2024]
• • Syahdira, Amara, et al. 2024. Uji kualitas air (outlet) pada sawah Sri (System of Rice Intensification) di Kecamatan Pagerageung, Kabupaten Tasikmalaya. Prosiding Seminar Nasional Kesehatan Masyarakat Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta: 201-211. [accessed November 8, 2024]
• • Yadav, Shubh Pravat Singh, Netra Prasad Ghimire, et al. 2024. Advancing effective methods for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from rice (Oryza sativa L.) fields. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment 3(4): e70012 ,doi:10.1002/sae2.70012 [accessed November 8, 2024]
• • Kusumah, R., D. S. Susanti, A. Purwanto, et al. Pertumbuhan dan produksi tanaman padi (Oryza sativa L.) menggunakan metode SRI (System of Rice Intensification) dengan pemberian pupuk semi organik. Fruitset Sains: Jurnal Pertanian Agroteknologi 12(4): 242-251. [accessed November 1, 2024]
• • Satar, Mihidjay Abdou, Afraitane Kamaliddine, and Ranorosoa Alice Andrianjaka. 2014. Amendement de la productivité de la riziculture à Mohéli, iles Comores (Rice growing productivity improvement in Moheli, Comoros islands). Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences. 21(3): 3356-3367. [accessed October 29, 2024]
• • Suleiman, Samaila. 2017. Development of a high clearance android-controlled inter-row weeder for rice intensification system. PhD dissertation, Universiti Putra Malaysia. 229p. [accessed October 28, 2024]
• • Suleiman, Samaila. 2016. Performance of mechanical weeding levels on yield and vegetative componentindex of rice under the system of rice intensification (SRI) at Tanjung Karang irrigation scheme, Malaysia. Academic Research International 7(3): 62-72. [accessed October 28, 2024]
• • Kovilpillai, B.. G.J. Jothi, D.L. Antille, et al. 2024. Assessing the impact of climate change on methane emissions from rice production systems in Southern India. Atmosphere 15(11): 1270. doi:10.3390/atmos15111270 [accessed October 28, 2024]
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• • Jena, Pooja, Manoher Saryam, et al. 2022. Assessment of NGOs activities for disseminating SRI technique among paddy growers. International Journal of Agricultural Sciences 18: 31-35. [accessed January 1, 2024]
• Hussain, Ashaq, Aabid Hussain Lone, et al. 2023. Seedling vigour and quality as influenced by soil media in SRI and conventional rice nursery methods. SKUAST Journal of Research 25(4): 578-584. doi:10.5958/2349-297X.2023.00071.5 [accessed January 2, 2024]

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New Links to Online Publications (and SRI-Related Social Media and Websites) 2024
(see also Latest Research directly above and Recent Uploads below for new material on our site).

• CCARDESA and GIZ. 2019. Technical Brief 32: System of Rice Intensification. CCARDESA Secretariat, Gaborone, Botswana. [accessed Ocotber 31, 2024]
• 2024. SRI in Tanzania - Institutional capacity building on climate-smart and resource efficient rice production systems in Tanzania. ResilienceTanzania.org website [A new website dedicated to a 9 million NOK SRI project in Tanzania funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation and coordinated by the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) and Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI)] [accessed August 29, 2024]
• Agricultural Council of Tanzania. 2023. Tanzania: The System of Rice Intensification. p.44-45, in Managing Farmers Knowledge: Good and Promising Practices from the FO4ACP Global Knowledge Management Event (december 2023). Panafrican Farmers Organization (PAFO) website. [accessed May 4, 2024]
• Haougui, Adamou, et al. 2022. Manuel du système de riziculture intensive (SRI) pour le riz irrigué au Niger. Inter-réseaux website. May 9. [French language extension manual from Niger] [accessed January 30, 2024]
• IICA and VCMI. 2023. Opportunités pour le secteur agricole et le carbone bleu en Amerique Latine et dans les Caribes dans les marchés volountaires du carbone (Agricultural and blue carbon market oportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean). IICA repository, September. (1.382MB, 17p.) [See also English version] [Brief mention of SRI potential with respect to policy] [accessed January 31, 2024]
• 2023. Le couplage de l’approche Smart-valleys et SRI mis au service de l’adaptation aux changements climatiques. Inter-réseaux website. September 21. [13p. 81MB pdf] [French language project by the NGO ECLOSIO in Benin and supported by GCCA+ AO. It aims to capitalize on the Smart Valleys practice which was implemented by AfricaRice at various time during the past 20 years in Benin, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo.]

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Documents Uploaded on our Website 2024 (Includes new pages added to the SRI-Rice website)

• Hameed, Khidhir Abbas. 2024. Symposium on the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Salymania governorate at northern Iraq’s of Kurdistan Region. SRI-Rice website, Iraq page. August 11.
• Bimba, Robert. 2024. SRI Impact in the LIFE Project. SRI-Rice website, Liberia page. July 31.

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Videos / Audiofiles - 2024 (either uploaded by SRI-Rice OR linked to from our website)

• Shah, Tavseef Mairaj, and Francesco Carnevale Zampaolo. 2024 (October 24). SRI Global Research Network #2:The Integration of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) with Intercropping. 1:31:20 min. SRI Global Research Network channel, YouTube.
• 2024 (October 29). Reflections from Policy Processes for Upscaling SRI in India by Dr. Debashish Sen. 16:59 min. IFCPAR/ CEFIPRA channel, YouTube. [CEFIPRA-funded joint Indo-French Workshop: Sustainability Transitions in Agri-food Systems: Evidence and Options for Action in India and France,18- 21 March 18-21, 2024]
• 2024 (October 27). Rethinking the Grain: Regenerative Approach to Sustainable Rice with Caryl Levine and Ken Lee. 38:35 min. NextGen Purpose channel, YouTube. [Lotus Foods founders talk about their company that imports SRI-grown rice from several countries.]
• 2024 (October 18). Case Studies in Conservation: Driftwood Farms. 5:39 min. Farm Journal channel, YouTube. [SRI section about a Jubilee Justice farm is at min. 3:59.
• (October 9). Adoption of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in NUMANCIA and DAO (DAWVAMIA). 6:11 min. Ani at Kita Western Visayas channel, YouTube. [Video on Department of Agriculture's promotion of SRI in Capiz and Aklan in the Western Visayas of the Philippines]
• 2024 (September 25). A Game Changer for Indian Agriculture? | Vietnam’s Farming Technique For Indian Farmers. 5:02 min. ffreedom app- Agriculture channel, YouTube. [Rohit Sharma recommends India learn about SRI from Vietnam ?-- Hmmm.]
• 2024 (September 17). Rahasia sukses bertani padi dengan teknik SRI. 7:59 min. Informan 007 channel, YouTube. [Indonesian language detailed description of SRI.]
• 2024 (September 4). Mainstreaming SRI in Southeast Asia: From Trichoderma Innovations to SE Asia Regional Network. 47:06 min. Cornell Global Development channel, YouTube. [Seminar by Febri Doni for the Perspectives in Global Development seminar series at Cornell University.
• 2024 (August 22). SRI Global Research Network Webinar #1 (“Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation with the System of Rice Intensification -SRI). 1:27:13 min. SRI Global Research channel, YouTube. [Chusnul Arif and James Dahlgreen detail their work on GHGs and SRI]
• 2024 (July 20). Panen Padi Maksimal dengan Metode SRI : Rahasia Sukses Petani Modern , Part 2 - Nafarel Farm. 8:37 min. Nafarel channel, YouTube. [Indonesian language video explaining SRI practices in detail.]
• 2024 (July 9). Increase Rice Farming Profits with SRI Method. 7:58. Dr.R.S.RAJPUT AGRONOMIST channel, YouTube. [Hindi language SRI instructional video]
• 2024 (July 16). The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) on Let's Talk Agric Episode two (2). AGRA NAERLS CBA Project channel, YouTube. [Aisha Abdulkadir, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, professor at University in Nigeria, talks about how and why SRI works]
• 2024 (June 21). The Unlikely Success of Farming Rice in Maryland. 6:07 min. Maryland Farm & Harvest channel, YouTube. [Nazirahk Amen of Purple Mountain Grown in Maryland talks about his SRI inspired rice production.]
• 2024. (June 15). Nava Kekulama and SRI (DPSL - Helvetas/SDC). 30:50 min. Christoph Oertle channel, YouTube. [Detailed organic SRI methods described in Sri Lanka rice production program]
• 2024 (June 9). Cool Agriculture Ep 2: Rice｜A Sticky Climate Challenge. 30:44 min. Sustainable Asia channel, YouTube. [Video on Chinese/USA collaboration on rice that focuses on GHGs and the impact that SRI, AWD, hybrid rice, perennial rice, might have on reducing methane and nitrous oxide.]
• 2024 (June 3). Drawdown - Book Summary. 30:34 min. 20 Minute Books channel, YouTube. [SRI shout-out at minute 27]
• 2024 (May). Agricultural Methane - CCAC M-RAP NDC Enhancement Opportunities and Examples Workshop. Climate and Clean Air Coalition channel, YouTube. [The Vietnam discussion at minutes 40:00-52:00 details how SRI fits into the NDCs]
• 2024. Paddy Sowing Method. channel, YouTube. [Ingeneous farmer-made seeder made of drink bottles!]
• 2023 (September 21). Les semoirs, une alternative au repiquage du riz dans le système SRI, Mali. 3:55 min. Green Innovations Centres, YouTube. [2- and 4-row seeders as an alternative to transplanting in SRI in Mali] [accessed April 26, 2024]
• 2024 (April 6). (SRI video from Malaysia). 1:53 min. malaysia_kini channel, Tiktok. [Short video about SRI at Sri Lovely Farm in Malaysia.]
• 2023 (October). Reportage Rizière en SRI, Esperanza Joie des Enfants à Imady. 2:26 min. Esperanza Joie des channel, YouTube. [Madagascar]
• 2024 (April 5). SRI video about SRI Lovely farm in Malaysia. Climate Tracker Asia post, Instagram.
• 2024 (March 28). National Seed Secretariat (NSS) Empowering Farmers to Produce Quality and Higher Yield Rice. 5:25 min. SahelFilms channel. [Layen Mbye Head of Foundation Seed Unit Sapu in the Gambia talks about how to increase yield while reducing the cost of production by a system called System of Rice Intensification (SRI).]
• 2024 (March 28). The Senegalese strategy to bring rice production home. 9:55 min. Context channel, YouTube. [Overview of rice production in Senegal, with a large section on SRI.]
• 2024. (March 26). The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) | Transforming tradition. 5:13 min. Ellen MacArthur Foundation channel, YouTube. [This SRI overview by Ken Lee (Lotus Foods) and Tappan Ray (Pratithi Organics) discusses the benefits of SRI for farmers and the environment.]
• 2024 (February 19). Reflections on Opportunities and Resistance inhe System of Rice Intensification with Norman Uphoff. 54.16 min. Cornell Global Development channel, YouTube. [SRI presentation by Norman Uphoff at the Cornell's Dept. of Global Development's Perspectives in Global Development Seminar Series, on February 21, 2024,]
• 2024 (February 17). SRI পদ্ধতিতে ধান চাষ। ধান চাষের আধুনিক পদ্ধতি। কৃষি শিক্ষা। Learning Agriculture -কৃষিবিদ আবু তৌহিদ. Learning Agriculture channel, YouTube. [Tamil language SRI tutorial] [accessed March 15, 2024]
• 2024 (March 6). Co benefits and tradeoffs of agricultural mitigation and adaptation in rice based cropping systems. 1:32:16 min. Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases channel, YouTube. [GRA Croplands Research Group & AgMIP. Webinar presented as part of the GRA Flagship project: “Evaluation of Mitigation and Adaptation Co-benefits (MAC-B) of Agricultural GHG Emission Reduction Strategies Over Time.”]
• 2024 (February 29). Fostering Partnerships to Advance Climate Smart Paddy Rice in Africa. 1:48:43 min. African Climate Action Partnership channel, YouTube. [This African Climate Action Partnership webinar features three groups (including SRI-2030) exploring opportunities to collectively advance pathways for low emission and climate-smart rice production.]
• 2024 (February 28). Paddy - SRI Nursery Bed. 3:56 min. digitalgreen channel, YouTube. [Good, short explanation in Hindi(?) of how to make a SRI nursery.
• 2024.ஒரு நெல் நடவு தொழில்நுட்பம் ற்றிய தகவல்கள் | System of Rice Intensification | 17:48 min. Makkal TV channel. [Tamil language TV video clip explaining SRI]
• 2024 (February 2, 2024). PReCA _ Le Systeme de Riziculture Intensive . 12:56 min. PReCA channel, YouTube. [French language SRI video from Projet de Résilience et de Compétitivité Agricole (PRéCA) in Burkina Faso.]
• 2020. SRI The System of Rice Intensification. 2:25 min. ADRA Bangladesh, Facebook. [Video about the SRI work by ADRA Bangladesh. [accessed February 10, 2024]
• Review Power Weeder Daun Mas @binaunggulsejahtera9820 berbagai type dilahan dalam. 6:20 min. Bina Unggul Sejahtera channel, YouTube.
• 2016. ANCAR : introduction du système de riziculture intensive SRI dans le Bassin Arachidier Sud Sénégal. 16:52 min. ANCAR channel, YouTube. [French language ANCAR video on SRI in Bassin Arachidier Sud Senegal] [accessed February 4, 2024]
• 2022 (June 17). 2022有機稲作栽培研修会+水田除草機実演会 in 佐渡. 5:41 min.（2022.6.17). JA佐渡広報 channel, YouTube. [Several interesting Japanese weeder designs shown at a field day.] [accessed February 3, 2024]
• 2024 (January). ஒரு நெல் நடவு தொழில்நுட்பம் பற்றிய தகவல்கள் | System of Rice Intensification. Makkal TV channel, YouTube. [Tamil language description of SRI]
• 2024. SRI Kheti -Dugna Munafa | Double production - Double benefit. 3:32 min. Baar Vlogs channel, YouTube. [Video on pulling and transplanting seedlings, and weeding.]
• 2024 (January 30). Episode 1108. 26:46min. [SRI discussion starts at min.10:13 and ends at 16:27 min.] Maryland Farm and Harvest series. Maryland Public Television. [One of the speakers is a Maryland rice farmer from Purple Mountain Organics who adapted SRI to produce dryland rice.]
• (Audio) 2021. Nazirahk Amen of Purple Mountain Organics. The No-Till Growers Podcast Network. [Jesse interviews Nazirahk Amen, a Maryland farmer who grows dryland SRI rice.] [accessed January 2, 2024]
• 2024. (January). System of Rice Intensification - Key Points. short. Agriquize.2k18 channel, YouTube. [accessed January 16, 2024]
• 2024 (January 10). Asia Initiatives - SRI project for empowerment of women in Sindhudurg district. 4:36 min. Dilasa Janvikas Pratishthan channel, YouTube. [SRI project by Asia Initiatives for 1100 women in 25 villages in Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.]
• 2023 (October). Precision weeder & aerator - Revolutionizing Rice Production: Innovations in Crop Cultivation. 5:31 min. Asif Sharif channel, YouTube. [Motorized weeder/aerator invented in 2008 from Pedaver in Pakistan.] [accessed January 10, 2024]
• 2023 (July 22). Interesting Facts of SRI (System of Rice Intensification). 3:51 min. Agri-Tutorial channel, YouTube. [Hindi explanation of SRI practices.] accessed January 10, 2024]

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Slide Presentations (Primarily PowerPoint) - 2024 acquisitions

• Doni, Febri. 2024. Mainstreaming SRI in Southeast Asia: From Trichoderma to th SE Asia Regional Network. 2024. Presentation at the Harry ’51 and Joshua ’49 Tsujimoto Perspectives in Global Development Seminar Series, Cornell University, September 4.
• Carnevale Zampoalo, Francesco. 2024. Compatibility between Conservation (CA) and the System of Rice Intensification (SRI). 17 slides. Presentation at the 9th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture, Cape Town, South Africa, July 24. [accessed August 15, 2024]
• Livolink SRI Secretariat. 2009. Drought Study Findings. 17 slides. Slideshare website. [accessed August 4, 2024]
• Garbarino, Sabine. 2024. On the road to System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Preliminary findings of the Gender Deep Dive of the pilot clusters in Jigawa. 8 slides PropCom+ presentation. [accessed August 2, 2024]
• 2024. PPT budidaya pasi dengan menggunakan metode sri. 15 slides. slideshare website, March 20. [Student presentation by students of Kampus Merdeka in Indonesian.]

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* indicates SCI, which is adaptation of SRI principles to other crops