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In the Press - 2023

March 2023

• Climate-smart agriculture innovations give Assam farmers hope and income
  March 25, 2023, Northeast News Now (Assam, India)
• Bupati Limi menghadiri panen perdana padi organik di Kelurahan Imandi [Govt. officials attend harvest festival for organic SRI rice project in North Sulawesi, Indonesa]
  March 18, 2023, Redaksi Sulut (Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia)
• PSRLB berdayakan warga Bajo dan sekitarnya (Pertiamina CSR project promotes organic inputs with SRI in Kedungtuban, Blora, Cental Java)
  March 17, 2023, Radar Bononegoro (Jawa Tengah, Indonesia)
• Mise en oeuvre du programme national Systeme Riziculture Intensif (PR-SRI) : Le Ministère du Développement Rural et les PTF en conclave pour assurer l'opérationnalisation du programme (Implementation of the National System of Rice Intensification Program (PR-SRI): The Ministry of Rural Development and the TFPs in conclave to ensure the operationalization of the program)
  February 21, 2023, MaliActu.net (Mali) [accessed March 17, 2023]
• *Discussion about System of Wheat Intensification
  March 11, 2023, News Corporation (India)
• Jubilee Justice opens pop-up farmers market's in Alexandria [Interview with Jublilee Justice, which grows SRI rice in Louisiana, on their farmers market stand]
  March 10, 2023, CenLANow, (Louisiana, USA)
• Rektor Dwijendra mengangkat filosofi Tri Hita Karana di Yamagata University, Jepang [Rector of Balinese University presents on Hindu philosophy and SRI at organic agricutlure event in Japan]
  March 2, 2023, SunarPos (Bali, Indonesia)
• Le système de riziculture intensive : Une technique difficilement acceptée
  February 27, 2023, La Gazette (Madagascar) [accessed March 17, 2023]
  

February 2023

• Shortcomings in procurement hit farmers in Odisha [During kharif season, SRI yield per acre went up to 26 to 29 quintal per acre.]
  February 23, 2023, New Indian Express (Odisha, India)
• Inadvertida técnica arrocera en Ecuador [Opinion piece by Alfredo Saltos Guale]
  February 19, 2023, El Universo (Ecuador)
  
• Promoting Agriculture in different districts of Odisha : Mr. Muralidhar Adhikari, CEO, Jaivik SRI Farmers Producer Company Ltd.
  February 15, 2023, Interview Times (Odisha, India)
• Resah dengan kualitas tanah, 50 petani Tulungagung ikuti pelatihan padi organik
  February 5, 2023, ZNews (Jawa Timur, Indonesia)

January 2023

• Alasan budidaya padi dengan metode SRI perlu dilakukan [IPB professor cites SRI's importance for Indonesia)
  January 27, 2023, Trubus (Indonesia)
• Chusnul Arif: Metode SRI,budidaya padi hemat air dan mengurangi emisi (similar to item above)
  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 (Indonesia)
• 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) [accessed January 1, 2023]

Blog Posts and Website Articles - 2023

• McCallum, Jen.2023. Three ways the System of Rice Intensification supports biodiversity! SRI-2030 blog. March 20.
• Overgangen fra selvberging til kommersielt jordbruk. Norgesvel website. [Norwegian group working in Tanzania on a project that includes SRI] [accessed March 16, 2023]
• 2023? Halima’s Children no-longer going to school hungry. AGWENDA Women Input Loan Initiative (AWILI) website. [One of AWILI's success stories in Malawi that involves SRI.] [accessed March 11, 2023]
• Naik, Netra. 2023. Indonesia’s agriculture sector contributed 2.4% of global agricultural emissions in 2021. Global Scorecard website. March 10. [SRI is mentioned, but the govt. strategy to deal with GHG seems to be missing a few points]
• 2023. The System of Rice Intensification method. BagorTech website, Our Solutions section. [BagorTech, an NGO in the Philippines, focuses on natural growth stimulants and SRI for sustainable rice produtction.] [accessed March 10, 2023]
• Vent, Olivia. 2023. Women’s essential but all too invisible role in rice production. Lotus Foods. March 7.
• 2023. System of Rice Intensification – method of organic rice cultivation. beforest website. March 3. [Experiences of Beforest’s Hyderabad Farming Collective in India]
• 2023. Can organic farming feed the whole world. Kavya Organic Farm. March 4. [
• February blog items from SRI-2030: SRI-2030 joins GACSA (February 3), SRI vs AWD (February 24), ICSCI Conference #3 (February  16), SRI and SDGs (February 9), and  Women and SRI (February 2).
• Kemkaran, Linden. 2023. Manure, the ‘paddies paradox’ and the spread of malaria in irrigated rice areas. Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich website, news section. February.
• Meyer, Paul. 2023. Interview: The plant-ness of the plant with Dr. Erika Styger. Eco Farming Daily. February 28. [This is an except of an interview by Paul Meyer published in the February 2023 issue of ACRES USA magazine.]
• 2023. Metode tanam SRI (System of Rice Intensification). Kabupaten Ngawi (Jawa Timur) website. February 21.
• Singh, Kachan. 2023. Modern farming: गोवा की विशाखा ने अपनाई आधुनिक खेती, SRI तकनीक में माहिर. Kisan of India website. February 19.
• Bakpe, Cédric Joawo. 2023. Systeme de Riziculture Intensive : Une pratique agricole mise en vogue dans plusieurs communes du Bénin. Le Rural website. February 14. (There is an English/French option button on the page.) [SRI project in Benin carried out by GIZ-ProCIVA]
• 2023. Chinese rice farming trials cut methane emissions. China Dialogue website. February 7. [Story on methane reduction in China includes SRI, but recommends furrow irrigation method instead in one area.]
  (Here's a Chinese version published 2/13/23 on the Environmental Information Center website: 稻田甲烷減排：中國水稻種植正在發生的變化 and an Indonesian version published the Komparatif website on 2/28/23.)
• 2023? When you see it, you believe it. Growing Hope Globally blog. [Article on SRI project carried out by the Nepal Jahada Program, led by Mennonite Central Committee and Local Partner SAHAS (Group of Helping Hands) in Nepal. Rajendra Uprety is the trainer.] [accessed February 10, 2023]
• 2023. Celebrating Jubilee Justice for Black History Month. Lotus Foods website. February 1.
• Doni, Febri. 2022. Training module: The System of Rice Intensification (SRI). IndoSRInet website. [Practical material for implementing SRI practices authored by the Indonesian SRI network (IndoSRInet) and partners in Indonesia.] [accessed February 5, 2023]
• date? Livelihood and skill development. Rural Educational Activities for Development (READ) website. [Website says there are 400 farmers using SRI and they plant to extend to another 2,000 in this Odisha program within the next five years. Not clear when this was written] [accessed February 4, 2023]
• date? System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Ek Soch Foundation website [SRI project of the Ek Soch Foundation in Uttar Pradesh, India.] [accessed February 4, 2023]
• Styger, Erika. The plant-ness of the plant. ACRES U.S.A. magainzine, February 2023 issue. [Interview with Erika Styger of SRI, with additional insights on the Fibonacci sequence and other useful viewpoints. See full issue of the ACRES U.S.A. Feb. issue here.]
• 2023. Official launch of the RICOWAS project January 18, 2023 in Bamako. Sahara and Sahel Observatory website. January 18. [The RICOWAS project is a five-year SRI-based initiative in 13 West African countries. The project details are here.]
• 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.]

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Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - acquired during 2023

(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)

• • Ly, Proyuth. 2012. Low external input tropical agriculture: livelihoods, greenhouse gasses and sustainability: a study on the role of the system of rice intensification (SRI) in rain-fed lowland rice ecosystem in Cambodia. PhD disseration, University of Copenhagen. 143p. [accessed March 20, 2023]
• • Kimaro, Oforo Didas, et al. 2023. Handheld NDVI sensor-based rice productivity assessment under combinations of fertilizer soil amendment and irrigation water management in lower Moshi irrigation scheme, North Tanzania. Environmental Earth Science 82(3): 78. doi:10.1007/s12665-022-10730-0
• • Panomjan, Nantiya. 2023. Cost reduction of rice production with the System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Songklanakarin Journal of Plant Science 10(1): (Online First, February 2023) [accessed March 16, 2023]
• • Mubangizi, A., J. Wanyama, N. Kiggundu, and P. Nakawuka. 2023. Assessing suitability of irrigation scheduling Decision Support Systems for lowland rice farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa—A review. Agricultural Sciences 14(2): 219-239. doi:10.4236/as.2023.142015. [accessed March 16, 2023]
• • Rai, Khushubu, et al. 2023. Response of different seedling establishment methods on growth and yield of rice in Terai Region of Nepal. Reviews In Food And Agriculture 4(1): 07-12. [accessed March 11, 2023]
• • Abdulkadir, Tukur Daiyabu. 2019. Design and development of a seeding machine for system of rice intensification seedling tray. PdD Disseration. Universiti Putra Malaysia. 151p. [accessed March 11, 2023]
• • Budianto, Muh Bagus. 2023. Analisis pengaruh metode SRI dan konventional terhadap luas layanan irigasi pada Bendungan Meninting. GANEC SWARA 1(17): 100-107. [accessed March 11, 2023]
• • Nath, Dipak, and D.K. Das. 2018. Knowledge on SRI (System of Rice Intensification) of farmers in Tripura, India. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 7(3): 3586-3592. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2018.703.412 [accessed March 11, 2023]
• • Nakano, Yuko. 2023. The case of Tanzania: Effectiveness of management training on rice framing and farmer-to-farmer extension. In: Otsuka, K., Mano, Y., Takahashi, K. (eds) Rice Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa. Natural Resource Management and Policy, vol 56. Springer, Singapore. 10.1007/978-981-19-8046-6_4 [accessed March 1, 2023]
• • Khadka, Ram Bahadur. 2022. Microbial inoculation can enhance SRI performance and reduce biotic and abiotic stresses in rice. Journal of Rice Research 15 (Special issue) 77-80. doi:10.58297/YKBR1159 [accessed March 1, 2023]
• • Thakur, Amod Kumar. 2022. How System of Rice Intensification conserve resources, benefits environment and resilient to climate change. Journal of Rice Research 15 (Special issue) 106-109. doi:10.58297/BSIG2426 [accessed Feburary 28, 2023]
• • Doni, Febri, Anizan Isahak, F. Fathurrahman, and Wan Mohtar Wan Yusoff. 2023. Rice plants’ resistance to sheath blight infection is increased by the synergistic effects of Trichoderma inoculation with SRI management. Agronomy 13(3): 711.10.3390/agronomy13030711 [accessed February 27, 2023]
• • Adounkpe, J., O. Ahoudji, and B. Sinsin. 2021. Assessment of the contribution of flooded rice cultivation systems to methane emissions in the Lower Ouémé Valley in Benin Republic. Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Environment 10: 327-344. doi:10.4236/jacen.2021.103021 [accessed February 27, 2023]
• • Thu, Tran. 2022. A systemic review of System of Rice Intensification journey and System of Crop Intensification development in the rice sector of Viet Nam. Journal of Rice Research 15 (Special Issue) [accessed February 15, 2023]
• • 2023. Keynote and Lead Lectures (from the International Conference on System of Crop Intensification). Journal of Rice Research 15 (Special Edition). [Includes over 50 talks in 7 themes related to SRI and SCI in India and worldwide presented at the International Conference on System of Crop Intensification (ICSCI 2022) for Climate Smart Livelihood and Nutritional Security, 12-14 December 2022, at ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, Telangana, India [accessed February 15, 2023]
• • Sulistyowati, Lies, et al. 2021. Response of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) participants to method of Organic System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Tasikmalaya Regency, Indonesia. International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Management 3:(1): 848-856. [accessed February 15, 2023]
• • Vasilaky, Kathryn, et al. 2015. Learning digitally: Evaluating the impact of farmer training via mediated videos. Research report on Digital Green website. 27p. [accessed February 10, 2023]
• • Patnaik, Girija Prasad. 2023. Selenium application improves drought tolerance during reproductive phase of rice. Sustainability 15(3): 2730 (1-13). doi:10.3390/su15032730 [accessed February 8, 2023]
• • Gurung, Suk B., Ram B. Khadka, and Narayan B. Dhami. 2023. Effects of finger-millet intensification on yield and disease-resistance in the central hills of Nepal. Nepalese Journal of Agricultural Sciences 24: 5-21. [accessed Febraury 7, 2023]
• Gangopahdyay, Sohini, et al. 2023. A new methodological approach to the establishment of sustainable agricultural ecology in drought vulnerable areas of eastern India. Ecological Informatics (pre-proof). doi: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102013 [accessed Febraury 4, 2023]
• • Saxena, Raka, et al. 2023. Does India need a different rice ecosystem to harness the export advantages and manage the virtual water exports? Sustainability mapping for rice cultivation. Unedited version to be published in Current Science 124(04): 407-413 [accessed Febraury 2, 2023]
• • Palanisamy, Jeevanand, et al. 2022. Unravelling the growth potential of rice under modified rice cultivation System in Tamil Nadu, India. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 34(18): 250-258. doi:10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1831077 [accessed February 2, 2023]
• Kamara, Lamin Ibrahim, Baqir Lalani, and Peter Dorward. 2023. Towards Agricultural Innovation Systems: Actors, roles, linkages and constraints in the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Sierra Leone.Scientific African (pre-proof. Jan. 2023) doi:10.1016/j.sciaf.2023.e01576 [accessed February 1, 2023]
• • 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]

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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).

• 2021. Développement de l’agriculture durable par les agriculteurs de la province de Siem Reap au Cambodge. GRET website. [This French language brief documents activities that include SRI by the French NGO GRET, the Recherche et le Développement (CIRD), and the provincial govt of Siem Riep. The dates are not clear, but the projects probably as much as a decade old.] [accessed March 17, 2023]
• 2023. ClimateRice. A new website by a group at Cornell that is promoting SRI by creating a self-financing model with carbon credits. ClimateRice hopes to have SRI on 55M hectares over the next 10 years. [accessed March 16, 2023.]

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Documents Uploaded on our Website 2023 (Includes new pages added to the SRI-Rice website)

• [SRI-Rice web pages updated during March 2023: 2203 new resources page, February 2023 additions (new page), Indonesia, Madagascar, Thailand, journal articles, India journal articles, India news, India videos, events, research network, SWI page, theses, videos]
• Mati, Bancy. 2023. Promoting SRI through digital learning for rice farmers in Kenya.SRI-Rice website. (7p. pdf) [uploaded February 2023]
• 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].

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Videos / Audiofiles - 2023 (either uploaded by SRI-Rice OR linked to from our website)

• 2023 (March 4). Conservation through Ba’ Kelalan Adan Rice - Heirloom rice of the Lun Bawang people. 5:33 min. WWFMy channel, YouTube. [WWF-Malaysia supported project using SRI to grow Adan heirloom rice in Ba'Kelalan in Sarawak.]
• 2023 (February 26). Petani Desa Ululere: SRI Organik Lebih Menguntungkan. 1:00 min. PT Vale channel, YouTube. [accessed March 18, 2023]
• 2023 (February 26). Initiative of SRI in Iraq. 4:44 min. SRI-Rice channel, YouTube. [A video on implementation of the System of Rice Intensification in Iraq by Khidhir Abbas Hameed and staff of the Al-Mishkhab Rice Research Station in Najaf, Iraq. Farmer testimonies are included.]
• 2023 (January 28). SRI Through SRI - PRAYATN. 10:37 min. NPradeep Khemnani channel, YouTube. [Overview of SRI methods and farmer interviews from a SRI project by Prayatn in Rayagada, Odisha, India. In local language with English text and narration.]
• 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.] [accessed January 15, 2023]
• 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.

Slide Presentations (Primarily PowerPoint) - 2023 (and Dec. 2022) acquisitions

• Khaing, Daw Chaw Su. 2019. Four different kinds of cultivation methods on monsoon rice in Year 2017-2018. 17 slides. Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, Myitkyina Township, Myitkyina District, Kachin State. [accessed March 1, 2023]
• Doni, Febri, and Rizky Riscahya Pratama Syamsuri. System of Rice Intensification: Rsearch, Adoption, and Opportunities. 33 slides. Presentation at the International Conference on System of Crop Intensification for Climate-Smart Livelihood and Nutritional Security, Hyderabad, India, December 12-14, 2022. [uploaded February 15, 2023]
• Mati, Bancy. 2022. The System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Towards Improving Rice Production and Saving Water in Africa. 17 slides. Presentation at the International Conference on System of Crop Intensification for Climate-Smart Livelihood and Nutritional Security, Hyderabad, India, December 12-14, 2022. [uploaded February 15, 2023]
• 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]

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