2023 NEWS AND LATEST RESOURCES
- Latest Research
- New Publication Links
- New Uploads (Our site)
News from other years:
[Also see WHAT'S NEW THIS MONTH!]
In the Press - 2023 (and Dec. 2022)
January 2023
- Chusnul Arif: Metode SRI,budidaya padi hemat air dan mengurangi emisi
January 27, 2023, Wanaloka
(Indonesia) - TN honours its best on R-day [At the Republic Day celebrations in Chennai, Farmer G Vasantha of Aalavayal in Pudukottai, won the C Narayanasamy Naidu Award for the highest rice production. The award, which carries `5 lakh, a medal and a citation. She been growing rice SRI methods for the past 20 years,]
January 27, 2023, New Indian Express (Tamil Nadu, India) - Kementan sosialisasikan budidaya padi organik mudah dan murah
[Ministry of Agriculture is promoting the Pro-Organic Farmer Movement (Organic Genta). SRI cited as example.]
January 9, 2023, Indopos.co.id (IndoneS Alumni IPB gelar HA IPB Awards 2022 [Alumni Awards at Insitut Pertanian Bogor include Ida Bagus Gede Arsana, farmer and director of Bali SRI organik enterprise, for his work on organic SRI in Bali.]
December 27, 2022, Media Indonesia (Bogor, Indonesia)
- PT Vale Alokasikan CSR Rp451 Miliar [There are 53 ha. of SRI in 4 districts of Luwu Timur, South Sulawesi.]
December 26, 2022, Metro Sulawesi (Central Sulawesi, Indonesia) - PT. Vale edukasi petani Puuroda dan Puubangga kembangkan padi organik [Update of PT Vale's CSR efforts with organic SRI in South Sulawesi, Indonesia]
December 20, 2022, Kendari Pos South Sulawesi, Indonesia) - Madagascar: Périmètres agricoles - 100 000 ha de terrain réhabilités [SRI implemented on 101,600 ha for three years, enabled Madagascar to improve its productivity to 5 tons per ha in 2 regions.]
December 23, 2022, AllAfrica.com (Madagascar) - Di NTT, dosen IPB kenalkan budidaya SRI yang hemat air [Profs from two univerisities in Java are studying SRI in Sumba Timur, NTT, in order to save water]
December 7, 2022, Kompas (Re: Sumba Timur, Indonesia) - Plans underway to benefit from lucrative regional rice market
December 5, 2022, Daily News (Tanzania)
Blog Posts and Website Articles - 2023 (and Dec. 2022)
- 2023. Official launch of the RICOWAS project January 18, 2023 in Bamako
- McCallister, Jen. 2023. Exploring the role of SRI and Nationally Determined Contributions for Climate Action. SRI-2030 blog. January 18.
- SRI-2030 blog. [accessed January 16, 2023]
- SRI-2030. SRI FAQs. SRI-2030 website. [accessed January 16, 2023]
- 2023. Technique de production agroécologique du riz au profit de la coopérative Gouantina de Douna. Plant Village blog. January 12. [PlantVillage project in Burkina Faso tests SRI with women's cooperative in farmer field school.]
- Jha, Raunak. 2022. How have subsidies of electricity skewed income distribution among farmers in Punjab? GRIN website. [Term paper suggesting MSP and electricity benefits wealthier farmers; article not about, SRI, but SRI suggested to help.]
- FAR. 2022. Mali / Formation des producteurs et productrices de riz en Système de Riziculture Intensive (SRI). Le Réseau International Formation Agricole et Rurale (FAR) website. October 4. [accessed December 31, 2022] [5 local Irrigation Training Centers, including CFASPAM, have started training more than 100 intermediary actors and 7,800 producers on the practice of SRI and pest management. The objective is to strengthen the skills of rice producers in the rice-growing basins, in particular the Central Niger Delta and specifically in the Mopti region.]
- 2022. Why India refused to sign the ‘Methane Pledge’ : Daily Current Affairs. Dhyeya IAS website. December 27. [An interesting set of reasons not to sign the Methane Pledge. However, SRI is promoted as what India can do to reduce methane emissions.]
- Panda, Luna, and Sagarika Mishra. 2022. Good practices 55 - From farm to market – Pragati’s journey with finger millet farmers. Agriculture in South Asia website. December 22. [SFMI in Odisha]
- 2022. Transition from subsistence farming to commercial farming. NorgesVel website. [Norwegian NGO experience with SRI in Tanzania] [accessed December 23, 2022]
- Yenkasa. 2022. Social Capital proves critical to success of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) farming in Tanzania. Yenkasa Africa. December 16.
- Paliath, Shreehari. 2022. 'India must develop an ecosystem-centric approach for agriculture'. IndiaSpend website. December 16. [Not much about SRI, but the context in which it exists]
- Gulden, Kathrine Torday. 2022. NIBIO and TARI to collaborate on climate-smart rice production system in Tanzania. NIBIO website. December 2. [Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) and Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) will collaborate on project involving 4000 rice farmers in the five districts in Tanzania.
- 2022. Blog 188- Behaviour change communications for improving soil health and building climate resilience. Agriculture Extension in South Asia website. ~December 1.
Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - acquired during 2023 (and Dec. 2022)
(listed in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles)
- Red dot ( •) indicates article is freely available; asterisk (*) is SCI (SRI applied to crops other than rice)
- • Siregar, Nadia Itona, Dwi Sadon, and Cahyono Tri Wibowo. 2020. Analisis jaringan komunikasi kelompok tani dalam penerapan budi daya padi metode System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Jurnal Pikom 21(1): 1-14. doi:10.31346/jpikom.v21i1.2216 [accessed January 16, 2023]
- • Adomoku, Richard Oppong. 2020. Investigating profit efficiency of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Northern Ghana. Master's thesis. University of Development Studies (Ghana). 117p. pdf. [accessed January 11, 2023]
- Kirar, Shiv Singh, A.K. Gupta, and Akhilesh Kulhade. 2017. Comparative study of input and output cost of traditional and SRI methods of paddy cultivation. Interaction 35(1): 60-63. [accessed January 11, 2023]
- • Bindu, H.A., and K.B. Umesh. 2022. Comparative economics of climate smart rice cultivation systems in Mandya district of Karnataka. Pharma Innovation 11(12): 5301-5305. [accessed January 10, 2023]
- Srinivas, K.R., van Est, R. 2023. Technology assessment in developing countries: The case of India—Examples of governmental and informal TA. In: Hennen, L., Hahn, J., Ladikas, M., Lindner, R., Peissl, W., van Est, R. (eds) Technology Assessment in a Globalized World. Springer, Cham. 10.1007/978-3-031-10617-0_6
- • Usman, Made, Kadekoh Indrianto, and Mahfudz and Sakka Samudin. 2016. The effect of System of Rice Intensification cultivation (SRI) implementation on growth and yield of wetland rice, and changes in soil nitrogen, phosphor and potassium. Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research 3(5): 234-239. [accessed January 10, 2023]
- • Abubakar, M., Y.S. Demuliyi, and A. Saleh. 2022. Ergonomic assessment of power tiller operators during the testing of System of Rice Intensification practices at Bakolori Irrigation Scheme, Zamfara State, Nigeria. Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management 26(12): 2053-2058 [accessed January 5, 2023]
- • Sreeni, K.R. 2022. Sarvathobhadram-Organic Initiative: Cooperative model for resilient agriculture by adopting System of Rice Intensification. Journal of Rice Research 10: 337 [accessed December 29, 2022]
- • Sutowo, Irpan Ripa'i, and Zayyin Abdul Quddus. 2022. Farmers perception about organic rice agriculture System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method for sustainability farming business and environmental, In Proceedings of International Conference on Communication Science (ICCS) 2(1): 17-21. [accessed December 26, 2022]
- • Kesh, Hari, Khushi Ram Battan, Deepesh Kumar, and Prashant Kaushik. 2022. Genotype and environment interaction analysis for quality traits in Basmati rice. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge 21(4): 905-911. doi:10.56042/ijtk.v21i4.31416 [accessed December 24, 2022]
- • Kerketta, A., S. K. Patra, P. Ray, and R. K. Raj. 2022. Knowledge gap causing discontinuance of SRI: A study in tribal region of Odisha. Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology 40(11): 478-483. doi:10.9734/ajaees/2022/. [accessed December 24, 2022]
- Midde, Sai Kumar, Perumal, M. S., G, Murugan, and R. Sudhagar. 2022. Performance of different sources of nitrogen under different establishment methods of rice (Oryza sativa). Crop Research 57(5&6): 292-296. doi:10.31830/2454-1761.2022.CR-873 [accessed December 23, 2022]
- • Nguyen, Hang Thi Thuy, and Pham Xuan Hung. 2022. Determinants of System of Rice Intensification adoption and its impacts on rice yield in the upland region of Central Vietnam. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development 12(4): 306-315. doi:10.55493/5005.v12i4.4677 [accessed December 23, 2022]
- • Hardy, Harrison, Richard Hopkins, Ladslaus Mnyone, and Frances M. Hawkes. 2022. Manure and mosquitoes: life history traits of two malaria vector species enhanced by larval exposure to cow dung, whilst chicken dung has a strong negative effect. Parasites & Vectors 15(1): 472. doi:10.1186/s13071-022-05601-3 [accessed December 19, 2022]
- • Takahashi, Kazushi. 2022. A UFO? Assessment of System of Rice Intensification from the agricultural economics perspective. pp 87–97 (Chapter 7) in J. P. Estudillo et al. (eds.), Agricultural Development in Asia and Africa, Emerging-Economy State and International Policy Studies [December 4, 2022]
New Links to Online Publications (and SRI-Related Social Media sites) 2023 (and Dec. 2022)
(see also Latest Research directly above and Recent Uploads below for new material on our site).
- Rajoelisolo, Kotondrajaona. 2022. Système de Riziculture Intensive. SIA OmniScriptum Publishing. €39,90 [accessed December 27, 2022]
- Trang, Vu H., et al. 2022. Rice cultivation ambition in the new and updated Nationally Determined Contributions: 2020-2022. InfoNote: Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Research Program. CGIAR website. Updated October 2022. [accessed December 7, 2022]
Documents Uploaded on our Website 2023 (and Dec. 2022) (Includes new pages added to the SRI-Rice website)
- [SRI-Rice web pages updated during January 2023: December 2022 additions (new page), Burkina Faso, Ghana, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, India videos, events, other crops, research network, theses, videos]
- Singh, Gurpreet. 2015. Beyond apprehensions: An experience of System of Cumin (Cuminum cyminum) Intensification. SRI-Rice website, Other crops section. [This is an article previously posted on March 27, 2015, http://thealternatevoice.blogspot.in (no longer online).] [uploaded January 15, 2023]
- Fisher, Lucy. 2022. Monthly additions to the SRI-Rice website. [uploaded monthly].
Videos / Audiofiles - 2023 (and Dec. 2022) (either uploaded by SRI-Rice OR linked to from our website)
- 2023 (January 18). Lancement officiel du projet RICOWAS, 39:20 min. Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel OSS channel. [Launch of RICOWAS project, a $14 million project in 13 countries in W. Africa that has SRI as a primary focus.]
- 2022 (December 5). SRI video from Projet de Résilience et de Compétitivité Agricole (PReCA). 2:26 min. RTB video clip uploaded on PReCa Facebook page. [The RTB video report (attached) to appreciate this support of the Project in Karfiguéla, in the Cascades region.]
- 2023 (January 11). Save 30 to 40% of the world water consumption: Dry Rice intercropping- iRice. Ralf Otterpohl channel, YouTube. [Lecture about SRI intercropping system from Hamburg University of Technology]
- 2023 (January 1). SRI Method For Rice Cultivation. 6:26 min. Mr Agri channel, YouTube.
- 2022 (December 31). SRI rice intensifications in traditional way to improve yield. 4:11 min. Khan Baba channel, YouTube. [Features drum seeder and furrow-maker for direct-seeding. Not sure where this is from.]
- 2022 (December 27). System of Rice Intensification - SRI (Rearranged) - Complete Guide with Visuals of Every Step. 57:52 min. Rupesh Jain channel, YouTube. [
- 2022 (December 27). Journey of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) with Motivation Song Ashayein (Movie - Iqbal). 4:19 min. Rupesh Jain channel, YouTube. [Indian video showing SRI progress to music.]
- 2022 (December). SRI Cultivation in East Jorhat Block, Assam I SeSTA I Rice Cultivation I Women Farmers. 2:08 min. Seven Sisters Development Assistance (SeSTA) channel, YouTube.
Slide Presentations (Primarily PowerPoint) - 2023 (and Dec. 2022) acquisitions
- Fisher, Lucy. 2022. Overview of the System of Rice Intensiciation (SRI) Around the World. Presentation at the International Conference on System of Crop Intensification for Climate-Smart Livelihood and Nutritional Security, Hyderabad, India, December 12-14, 2022. [uploaded December 30, 2022]
- Hameed, Khidhir Abbas. 2022. Estimated Water Savings, Yield, and Income Benefits from Using SRI Methods from Using SRI in Iraq. Presentation at the International Conference on System of Crop Intensification for Climate-Smart Livelihood and Nutritional Security, Hyderabad, India, December 12-14, 2022. [uploaded December 28, 2022]
- Rosenzweig, Cynthia, and Sonali Shukla McDermid. 2022. AgMIP Integrated Assessments in South Asia. 16 slides. Presentation at the ADBI Annual Conference 2022, November 28, 2022. [accessed December 25, 2022]
* indicates SCI, which is adaptation of SRI principles to other crops.
