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In the Press - 2017

August 2017

• Caring for rivers to preserve Sarawak’s highlands [In Ba’kelalan, Sarawak, CIMB Islamic Bank / WWF-Malaysia project will promote sustainable rice farming (via SRI) to minimise forest conversion to agriculture.]
  August 15, 2017, Star2.com (Sarawak, Malaysia)
• Dealing with adversities Goa’s farmers face
  August 14, 2017, Navhind Times (Goa, India)
• Tăng 150% sản lượng nhờ hệ thống thâm canh lúa cải tiến
  August 8, 2017, BOMOI.com (Vietnam)
• MoAD to support drought-hit farmers [Ministry of Ag Development to introduce SRI into Terai districts as part of drought resistance program]
• August 6, 2017, The Himalayan Times (Nepal)
• SRI dikearap ulih nambah asil padi orang bumai di Long Semadoh
  August 2, 2017, Utusan Borneo (Sarawak, Malaysia)

July 2017

• Can Thailand’s latest ‘superfood’ fortify its struggling farmers? [Includes story of Fa Mui, who grows and sells SRI rice in Chiang Rai.]
  July 29, 2017, Chiangrai Times (Chiang Rai, Thailand)
• Agung Hendriadi "Kita manfaatkan babinsa untuk membantu pertanian" [Dept. Ag to continue working with armed services, includes SRI]
  July 24, 2017, tirto.id (Indonesia)
• Agri officers focus on SRI technique [Malkangiri administration to grow 56,000 ha of SRI (of a total of 73,125 ha)]
  July 23, 2017, The New Indian Express (Odisha, India)
• 4 Korba villagers receive ‘Sri Method’ farming training [78 farmers study SRI in 'Projct Jalgram’ being implemented jointly by Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO) and NABARD]
  July 21, 2017, The Pioneer (Chhattisgarh, India)
• Paddy, papaya, vegetables and ornamental plants... A victorious award heaping farmer!
  July 21, 2017, Vikatan (Telengana, India)
  
• Budidaya padi organik dengan metode SRI, panen lebih banyak melimpah [Tips for planting with SRI methods]
  July 2017, Tribun Barat (Indonesia)
• SRI farm method introduced in Long Semadoh
  July 21, 2017, Borneo Post (Sarawak, Malaysia)
• Nouvelle technique de vulgarisation du riz chez FIDA
  July 20, 2017, Ikiriho, (Burundi)
• Anies Baswedan Hadiri panen padi binaan Muhammadiyah DIY
  July 19, 2017, Republika (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) [Similar article in Tempo]
• Tamil Nadu's granary losing substantial ground: delta region shrinks by 20%
  July 15, 2017, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Rice self-sufficiency
  July 14-20, 2017, Nepali Times (Nepal)
• Use local rice for school feeding programme – Group [Ghana urged to use local rice for govt programs; SRI could increase quality.]
  July 12, 2017, Citifmonline (Ghana)
• Organic rice transplantation festival celebrated in Patna
  July 11, 2017, Matters India (Bihar, India)
• Cấy thưa - phương pháp đã chứng minh hiệu quả tại nhiều nước (history of SRI)
  July 11, 2017, Khoa Học Phát Triển (Vietnam)
• Flood destroys one-third of crops, kills over 3000 livestock [To counter the flood losses the administration will be taking up corrective measures like August transplantation, short duration paddy varieties and SRI.]
  July 6, 2017, E-PAO (Manipur, India)
• Gains for grains [ClimaAdapt project in India successfully incorporates SRI into interventions]
  July 4, 2017, BusinessLine (Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India)
• Enfants victimes des migrations [Through the work of the Swiss NGO Terre des Hommes, 1340 families improved their food production and income-generating capacity from SRI and crop diversification]
  July 3, 2017, Le Courrier (Switzerland, article re: India)

June 2017

• Gambia: WAAPP 3rd Technical Regional Steering Committee Meeting wraps up in Banjul [WAAPP meeting report says SRI research infrastructure and human capacity have been augmented and strengthened]
  June 27, 2017, AllAfrica (The Gambia)
• Rice and food security: Serious constraints [SRI noted for environmentally increasing rice production in this article written for Nepal's 14th National Rice Day.]
  June 26, 2017, The Himalayan Times (Nepal)
• Shwebo Pawsan to be cultivated with SRI in mid July [ 20 acres of paddy fields in Shwebo Township, 10 acres in Tabayin Township, 10 acres in Ye-U Township and 10 acres in Wetlet Township to be planted with SRI by United Nilar Agribusiness Co. Ltd. and the Sagaing Region Agricultural Department.]
  June 22, 2017, Global New Light of Myanmar (Myanmar)
  
• Experts encourage paddy farmers to take up SRI cultivation in district
  June 18, 2017, The Times of India (Andhra Pradesh, India)
• Nurturing farmers in Phek district [CWWS team conducted on-field training on SRI in Enhulumi and Lasumi villages on June 16]
  June 17, 2017, The Morung Express (Nagaland, India)
• ¿Qué es el SRI?
  June 16, 2017. El Telégrafo (Ecuador)
  

May 2017

• System of Rice Intensification (SRI) findings shared at Hanoi workshop [SRI-LMB workshop April 23-25, 2017 in Hanoi]
  May 19, 2017, Newswit.com (Thailand: re Vietnam workshop) (Article also on ThaiPR.net)
• Despite food insecurity, Kisumu farmers lack ready market for rice [SRI increases production in Ahero, though distribution systems are lacking]
  May 8, 2017, Business Daily (Kenya)
• Petani Blang Nisam kembangkan SRI organik [P.T. Medco's CSR project in East Aceh Regency has success]
  May 7, 2017, Serambi Indonesia (Aceh, Indonesia)
• Petani Blang Nisam minta Medco lanjutkan pembinaan pengembangan padi SRI organik [P.T. Medco's CSR project in East Aceh Regency has success]
  May 6, 2017, Serambi Indonesia (Aceh, Indonesia)
• Just one rice seedling per hill will yield high
  May 6, 2017, Manila Bulletin (Isabella, Philippines)
• CHAP discloses progress of Japanese Rice Grant Project [Project is making progress in Lofa, Bassa, Bomi, Cape Mount and Montserrado counties. Six rice processing facilities upgraded to process two to three metric tons of rice daily.]
  May 4, 2017, Daily Observer (Liberia)
• Batan kembangkan padi ‘nuklir’ di Purbalingga [New variety developed with radiation grown with organic SRI]
  May 3, 2017, Gatra News (Jawa Tengah, Indonesia)

April 2017

• Art of giving [Adani Foundation introduces SRI on 4,000 acres in 42 villages empowering 2,050 farmers in Tiroda region of Maharashtra]
  April 29, 2017, AhmendabadMirror (Gujarat, India)
• From 50 cavans to 200 cavans per hectare
  April 27, 2017, Manila Bulletin (Isabella, Philippines)
• The unending plight of farmers [SRI noted as one of the solutions...]
  April 26, 2017, Free Press (India)
• Akhir tahun, luas lahan organik Banyuwangi mencapai 100 hektar [7 districts in Banyuwangi have 100 ha. of organic SRI; 42 are certified organic]
  April 26, 2017, beritajatim.com (Jawa Timur, Indonesia)
• Boedi Krisnawan Suhargo, setia menjaga lingkungan dan menyejahterakan petani [SRI will help protect the environment and raise yields]
  April 22, 2017, IndoChinatown.com (Jakarta, Indonesia)
• CHAP trains Bomi farmers in SRI technology
  April 17, 2017, Daily Observer (Liberia)
• Why farmers are looking at drought-resistant crops
  April 11, 201, Rediff Business (Punjab, India)
• Petani wlahar wetan kembangkan beras organik [Farmers from Wlahar Wetan, Kalibagor, Central Java, got t/ha with organic SRI using local varieties.]
  April 4, 2017, SuaraMerdeka (Central Java, Indonesia)

March 2017

• 1,800 smallholder farmers targeted for System of Rice Intensification [1,800 smallholder farmers from Cape Mount, Montserrado, Grand Bassa, Bomi and Lofa counties are receiving training in SRI]
  March 24, 2017, Daily Observer (Liberia)
• Bản in: Tra Vinh province’s rice output hits all-time high [Some 57 training courses in Vietnam on various ag techniques, including SRI, to produce VietGap standard rice were organized, benefiting around 1,700 local farmers.]
  March 23, 2017, Talk Vietnam (Vietnam)
• The ignored side of the Cauvery debate [SRI is part of the solution to the water crisis]
  March 21, 2017, Your Story (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Liberia: Chap strengthens technicians' skills [J-Rice Project 3-day training in Foya Lofa County and at CHAP Office Zubah, Liberia]
  March 9, 2017, AllAfrica (Liberia)
• Nhandan Newspaper – Vietnam’s agriculture contributes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions: minister [Minister Phat's COP21 speech said that in regards to rice production, the country has encouraged farmers to apply advanced techniques through System of Rice Intensification (SRI)]
  March 5, 2017, Talk Vietnam (Vietnam)

February 2017

• Pour l’atteinte de l’objectif de l’autosuffisance en riz en 2017 : La campagne de contre saison démarre plus tôt que prévu à Matam [Article from the Matam region of Senegal. President of one of the producers' unions in Kanel department pledges to get 12 tons/ha with SRI.]
• February 20, 2017, business221 (Senegal)
• Office Riz Mopti: Des resultats encourageants [Agriculture Minister suggests use of SRI and other practices at regional agriculture conference in Mali.]
  February 8, 2017, aBamak.com (Mali)
• Youths trained on sustainable farm practices at OUAT [Ag. Dept. in South Tapanuli trying Jajar legowo, SRI and hazton methods to raise yields.]
  February 1, 2017, The Pioneer (Odisha, India)

January 2017

• 2016, Tapanuli Selatan surplus beras 84 ton lebih [Ag. Dept. in South Tapanuli trying Jajar legowo, SRI and hazton methods to raise yields.]
  January 28, 2017, AntaraNews (South Tapanuli, Indonesia)
• Tirunelveli rice farmer bags award for record yield [Tirunelveli rice farmer gets award for record SRI yield
  January 28, 2017, The Times of India (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Padi Bondowoso cocok dengan pola tanam Hazton dan SRI [Hazton and SRI methods both tried in Bondowoso]
  January 26, 2017, Times Indonesia (East Java, Indonesia)
• Award winner wants more youth to take up farming [Tamil Nadu SRI award winner urges youth to take up farming.]
  January 26, 2017, New Indian Express (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Seedlings sowed at Singur site
  January 26, 2017, The Times of India (West Bengal, India) [5 months after the Supreme Court ordered the Singur land returned to its owners, Boro seedlings, were planted with SRI on 200 acres Gopalnagar.]
• Lotus Foods' Ken Lee receives Leadership Award for Citizenship [Ken Lee wins Specialty Foods Association Leadership Award for Citizenship.]
  January 20, 2017, Yahoo! Finance (USA)
• MOO-sic for chilled out milk! Meet the scientists and inventors coming up with wacky solutions to improve our lives [SRI is one of the wacky solutions!]
  January 19, 2017, MailOnline (USA?)
• Accelerate policy and community-resilient measures [SRI noted as one of Odisha's adaptation and coping mechanisms natural disasters.]
  January 16, 2017, The Pioneer (Odisha, India)
• Ekonomi hijau untuk Indonesia
  January 3, 2017, Koran Sindo (Indonesia)

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Blog Posts and Website Articles - 2017

• 2017. How rice intensification technology has doubled production in Kilosa. IPP media website. [Tanzania] [accessed August 15, 2017]
• Bhagwat, Shreeya. 2017. Enterprising woman farmer charts a path to prosperity. Village Square website. Augsut 11. [Maharashtra woman promotes SRI and other methods after joining BAIF project.]
• Sarian, Zac B. 2017. DENNIS MIGUEL: Money is not everything. zac b. sarian blog. [Dennis Miguel's reaction to getting the front cover in the Philippines' Agriculture magazine regarding his efforts to break the world SRI record with SRI methods.]
• IICA. 2017. System of Rice Intensification (SRI) project seeks to overcome high costs of labor. IICA website. July 2017. [Weeders and transplanters make SRI easier in Colombia with equipment imported from South Korea by IICA.]
• Delonge, Marcia. 2017. Agroecology to the rescue: 7 ways ecologists are working toward healthier food systems. Union of Concerned Scientists blog. August 2. [Number 5 (Getting more from farming, with less) highlights SRI]
• Tarumitra. 2017. Joining hands for a healthier planet. Tarumitra website. July 12. [250 students from over 10 schools participate in organic rice transplanting (using SRI) at Tarumita Farm, Bihar, India.]
• Parashar, Akshay. 2017. Pak Anggir - The Balinese farmer idol. Tri Hita Karan - Bali website. July 26.
• Parashar, Akshay. 2017. System of Rice Intensification - A triple-win situation. Tri Hita Karan - Bali website. July 22.
• Gray, Denis D. 2017. Can Thailand’s latest ‘superfood’ fortify its struggling farmers? NIKKEI Asian Review. July 29.
• 2017. Enhancing women’s empowerment and livelihood opportunities through collective effort in Khiwli Kala village - Allahabad – A case study of UPSRLM. murad4ali blog. July 20. [Khiwli Kala Village, Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh, India: About 65 women engaged from 15 SHGs and more than 2.5 hectare land used in SRI intervention.]
• 2017. Organic rice plantation festival. Patna Jesuit Society website. [Student organic (SRI) festival July 11 in Bihar] [accessed July 20, 2017]
• 2017. How rice is made in Madagascar. Chic African Culture website. July 20.
• Rudiana, Pito Agustin. 2017. Di acara panen padi, Anies Baswedan potong bulir masih hijau, Tempo, National section. July 19. [Similar Tempo article]
• Teverow, Phil. 2017. Radical potential. Yolélé website. [A company plans to use SRI methods to grow the fonio grainin West Africa for export to the USA.]
• Candelario, Elizabeth. 2017. After Paris: Why the natural food industry should double down on regenerative organic agriculture. New Hope Network website. July 13. [Lotus Foods, along with others, reduces GHGs by promoting SRI.]
• ACISAI. 2017. Developing sustainable practices among rice farmers, using the System of Rice Intensification principles. International Cooperation and Development (EU) website. July 13. [Story about the SRI-LBM regional SRI project in the Lower Mekong Basin.]
• 2017. Budidaya padi organik dengan metode SRI, panen lebih banyak! alamtani website. July 5. [Indonesian description of organic SRI methods.]
• 2017. Female-led Enterprise & Agribusiness Development. SNV website. July. [.. Climate Smart practices in Vietnam also can include soil conservation efforts like SRI (System of Rice Intensification) that SNV and their EOWE programme advocate for and apply in Vietnam, which in many circumstances may greatly decrease women’s time spent on weeding and other (rice) farming tasks..]
• 2017. Sustainable agriculture and rural livelihoods. World Neighbors website. [Description of World Neighbors' programs that cites SRI project in Nepal as an example of their work.] [accessed July 2, 2017]
• Togola, Mamadou. 2017. Agriculture: l’OPIB s’inquiète de la présence de la cécidomyie du riz. Journal Scientifique et Technique du Mali (JSTM) website. June 26. [French article on controling the African rice gall midge that is affecting rice in Mali. SRI is one of the suggested measures.]
• Damassa, Thomas. 2017. 4 reasons why tackling super pollutants now can bolster the fight against Trump’s anti-climate agenda. The Politics of Poverty blog. June 26. [Reasons to reduce short-term climate pollutants (STCPs), which includes methae.]
• Schiffman, Richard. 2017. Running dry: Seeking solutions to South Asia’s looming water crisis. YaleEnvironment360 website. June 29. [Interview with climatologist Sonali McDermid about water issues in South Asia - She will be studying SRI in Tamil Nadu.]
• 2017? Kingabwa Rice Intensification Project phase II (PIRK II) - 2015-2018. EUCORD website. [Description of a four year project contered on SRI in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [Thus far, this USAID-funded EUCORD project has levelled 72 ha of land, installed a water pump for controlled irrigation and trained over 1,200 farmers in SRI and other practices and provided them with technology packets.]
• 2017. SRI: Système de Riziculture Intensive. Tinga Neere website. [Website of the NGO Tinga Neere, which recount four years of work on SRI in Burkina Faso.] [accessed June 29, 2017]
• 2017. Sunria verkiest mensenhanden boven machines. BioJournaal website. June 9. [Emily Sutanto talks about her SRI brand. Sunria, in the Netherlands.]
• 2017. Kendala atau masalah SRI (System of Rice Intensification) bagi petani. SampulPertanian website. June 9, 2017. [Indonesian langauge description of problems associated with SRI cultivation.]
• Sahu, Krushna Ch. 2017. Better yield with customised rice cultivation. India Water Portal. June 8. [Modified SRI in Kendrapara, Odisha, India]
• Meniano, Sarwell Q. 2017. Samar town to showcase rice planting technologies. metrocebu website. June 8. [Participating firms of Samar rice derby (Samar, Philippines) are SL Agritech, Bayer Crop Science, Syngenta Philippines, Longping Tropical Rice Development, PhilsCAT, DuPont Pioneer Hi-Bred and, SeedWorks, PhilRice and, the System of Rice Intensification technology led by DA regional office.]
• Brick, Tricia. 2017. Improving crop resilience and income for rice farmers in Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam. Buddhist Global Relief website. June 8. [Together with ICC at (ICC) of Thai Nguyen University, BGR funds supported 200 farmers in 9 villages to attend SRI Farmer Field Schools, trainings and conferences in Northern Vietnam].
• Plummer, Lucy. 2017. A pioneer in climate change action, Odisha will now help others prepare for natural disasters! The Better India website. June 8. [Odisha was one of the first states to begin work on a Climate Change Action Plan in 2009 and in 2010 it officially became the pioneering state. Under the first phase of the plan, several initiatives centred around preparing for a disaster were set in action, including promotion of SRI, livelihood diversification.....]
• Diluxi, Arya. 2017. Research fellow position in DST-SERB project on modelling of greenhouse gas emissions from paddy fields @ University of Burdwan. Bioteknika website. May 29. [Recruitment of one Junior Research Fellow (JRF) under DST-SERB Project entitled “Modelling of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Paddy Fields through Conventional, System of Rice Intensification and Zero-tillage Practices in Burdwan District, West Bengal, India” in the Department of Environmental Science, The University of Burdwan.]
• Greenaway, Twilight. 2017. Carbon farming and cutting food waste: Climate solutions that don’t require Trump’s buy-in. Cvil Eats website. June 5. [SRI noted as sustainable food production technique in Project Drawdown book review.]
• Bhole, Akshay. 2017. A list of 11 large agriculture CSR projects in India. CSRBox website. May 25. [Adani Foundation helped 1,050 farmers from 35 villages of Tiroda region, to implement SRI, reducing their cultivation costs by 33% and increasing their crop productivities by 51%.]
• 2016. SRI 4 Women (System of Rice Intensification) project. Engim Internazionale website. December 16. [One-Word SILC group in Foredugu, a group comprising only of women, are engaged in SRI and are transplanting (NERICA L19) in their demonstration plot at Foredugu town in Buya Romende Chiefdom pf Sierra Leone.]
• 2017. L’approche agro-écologique SRI fait ses preuves pour la production de riz en Afrique de l’Ouest. CommodAfrica website. May 22.
• Dung, Ngo Tien, and Hoang Van Phu. 2017. The 10 year journey of SRI in Vietnam. SRI in Vietnam blog. [The report was presented at the event "The 10 years Journey of SRI in Vietnam", Thai Nguyen City, September 27 and 28, 2016] [accessed May 19, 2017] [The Vietnamese version of this report was online in 2016.]
• Chu, Will. 2017. Food production can weather the storm, say sustainability project leaders . Food Navigator.com. May 17. [ClimAdapt Project in India
• Gulden, Katherine Torday. 2017. Climate-smart agriculture to ensure a food secure future. Norsk Institutt for Bioøkonomi (NIBIO) website. May 16.
• 2017. Intensive rice culture primer. Worldagriculturesolutions website. [Overview and basic instruction on SRI]
• Apriando, Tommy. 2017. Asa Desa Wlahar Wetan berdaulat pangan organik. Mongabay Indonesia. May 10. [Village in Central Java prospers with organic SRI.]
• Uphoff, Norman. 2017. The System of Rice Intensification’s role in hunger, climate change, and communities. Food Tank. May 9. [Article also in Rice News Today]
• 2017. Precious soils and seeds - Industrial agriculture and climate smart farming. Heinrich Böll Foundation website. May 5. [SRI noted as agroecological approach.]
• Fell, Andy. 2017. Costs and benefits of improving rice yields for farmers in Haiti. Egghead about Research at UC Davis blog. May 3.
• Lomborg, Bjorn. 2017. How agricultural priorities could help Haiti. Huffpost. April 24. (also on Haitian-Truth.org website) [Research by Lybbert and Turiansky show mixed results for SRI in Haiti's Artibonite Valley farmers.]
• 2017. DAI Global's facebook page (April 4, 2107) relates the story of Nerie Princivil (right), an early adopter of SRI, which was introduced to her by the Feed the Future USAID Haiti's (AVANSE) project.
• 2017. AIR spotlight summary on “First International Agro biodiversity Congress”. InsightsIAS website. March 15. [SRI noted in the discussion on the significance of the conference.]
• 2017. More with less: Boosting yields with the System of Rice Intensification. Global Agriculture website. [accessed April 7, 2017]
• Kanitkar, Ajit. 2017. Community resource persons are torchbearers of a resurgent countryside. VillageSquare website. April 5.
• Pulla, Priyanka. 2017. Study shows eating red meat, small dietary changes can help India’s water crisis. Factor Daily website. April 5. ["For example, the campaign to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables in the UK even after a decade. A better option, say water researchers, would be to push for better farming practices such as drip irrigation or SRI, which cut water usage."]
• Rosenzweig, Nancy, and Michael Whelchel. 2017. Lotus Foods: Changing the world one grain of rice at a time. Triple Pundit website. April 4. [An interview with Caryl Levine about corporate responsibility and Lotus Foods' commitment to SRI.]
• Solomon, Philippa. 2017. How farmers can help reduce famine. Capital Press. March 23. ["In the long term we also need to support the spread of improved cultivation techniques such as the system of rice intensification (SRI) and to reduce and manage the risks from warming of the global climate."]
• 2017. Efficient rice farming to curb emissions. CUBIRD.com website. March 18. [To achieve 15-20%r eduction in GHGs by 2020, Director or MARD's Institute for Agricultural Environment plans to use SRI.]
• 2017. Replacing chemicals with agroecology increases Cambodian farmers’ income by four-folds. PAN Asia Pacific blog. March 18.
• Sarian, Zac B. 2017. Dennis Miguel: Set to establish record yield in rice. zac b. sarian blog. March 8.
• 2017. Women in agricultural development: the challenging task of coordinating multilateral didn’t really change food habit collaboration. IICA website. March 8. [Includes a section on Kelly Witkowski, an agriculture and climate change specialist with IICA, who coordinates an Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) project focusing on validating SRI in Colombia and the Dominican Republic.]
• SNV. 2017. Let’s get to work - Building a food secure future. SNV website. March. [Between 2016 and 2020 SNV, a Dutch NGO, is upscaling the uptake of SRI in Vietnam under the ‘Enhancing Opportunities for Women’s Enterprises’ programme. this was highlighted at an Regional Food Security Conference put on by the Govt.s of the Netherlands and Vietnam on March 22-23, in Hanoi, Vietnam]
• 2017. Natural Agriculture Rice Paddy School is looking for participants 自然農田んぼ塾参加者募集 . allevents.in website. [The Natural Agriculture Rice Field School in Tsuchiura, Japan, is looking for participants for their season-long SRI trials with nine varieties. Opening session is April 22, 2017 [accessed March 1, 2017]
• Hufstader, Chris. 2017. Sparking a rice revolution. Oxfam America website. March 7. [Story of a Vietnamese SRI farmer.]
• 2017. Harvest time For SRI project. Kiulu Farmstay website. February 7. [An ecotour farm in Sabah, Malaysia, shares its SRI project.] (accessed March 7, 2017]
• Tyagi, Abhishek. 2017. High yielding variety to boost agriculture production. Uttaranchal (P.G.) College of Bio-Medical Sciences website. March 6. [HYV's good, but also SRI methods!]
• 2017. Orasi Ilmiah Gubes ITB Irda Fidrianny & Mubiar Purwasasmita – Terobosan SDA Indonesia, Apa Kabar? Destinasianews.com website. February 25. [ITB professors talk about paying more attention to natural resources and note SRI as a positive step.]
• 2017? Getting more from less: System of Rice Intensification. Source Trace website. [accessed February 22, 2017]
• Leinau, Steve. 2017. Six Publications that tell the stories and possibilities of SRI. Earth Links website. February 22.
• Dial, Saër 2017. Autosuffisance en riz en 2017: La campagne de contre saison démarre plus tôt que prévu à Matam pour atteindre l’objectif fixé. Lactuacho.com website. February 20. [Article from the Matam region of Senegal. President of one of the producers' unions in Kanel department pledges to get 12 tons/ha with SRI.]
• 2017? Pertanian padi. Everyone is Number One website. [Rice planting article that recommends SRI. In Indonesian.]
• 2017. "We Do Things Differently" – the outsiders rebooting our world. EcoHustler website. February 8. [Announcing Mark Stevenson's new book We Do Things Differently, which a has section on SRI.]
• 2017? Capacity building and technology intervention - Chhattisgarh Agricon Samiti. Chhattisgarh Agricon Samiti website. [accessed February 3, 2-17] [Description of a 3-year SRI project in Durg, Chhattisgarh, in which farmers made 40%-200% yield increase with the highest yield of 87.5 q/ha.]
• Essar Foundation. 2017. A panorama of possibilities. Essar website. January 25. [Introduction SRI and SWI are planned by Essar Foundation for Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh.]
• Otarra, Cheenee. 2017. Agrea: The next sexy thing. Taste blog. January 18. [Article on Cherrie Atilano from the NGO AGREA PH in Marinduque, Philippines. AGREA uses SRI in their programs.]
• Lotus Foods. 2017. Lotus Foods specialty rice to promote climate- and women-smart rice production. PR Newswire website. January 19.
• 2017. धान उत्पादन की ‘एस आर आई (SRI) पद्धति’ (SRI paddy production method). IFCCO website. January 27. [Hindi article by the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative (IFFCO) on the benefits of SRI]
• Adellia, Dhea. 2017. Budidaya padi organik dengan metode SRI. Pengetahuan_BLOG. January 17. [Simple SRI instructions in Indonesian.]
• 2016. Organic-Based System of Rice Intensification (SRI) - Philippines. WOCAT website. March 17. [Description of an organic SRI project the incorporates ducks for weed control. The project is part of Caritas' Sustainable Learning Agricultural Farm in Marabut, Samar, Philippines.] [accessed January 16, 2017]
• 2017. Social network, referrals and technology adoption: Randomized field experiments using System of Rice Intensification (SRI). International Growth Centre (IGC) website. January. [IGC Bangladesh will have a meeting Jan. 15 to disseminate study findings.]
• Piro, Patrick. 2017. En Indonésie, une riziculture écologique et deux fois plus productive pour les paysans. CCFD-Terre Solidaire website.[In Sadono, Yogyakarta region, Indonesia, rice fields converted five years ago to SRI, produce 8-12 tons/ha compared to 4 to 5 t/ha before.] [Accessed Jan. 31, 2017]
• 2017. Managing drought: Prof M S Swaminathan. M S Swaminathan Research Foundation website. [SRI included in MSSRF water security system for Tamil Nadu, India.]

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Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - acquired during 2017
(listed in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
- Red dot (•) indicates article is freely available

• • Sumant, Tiryak Kumar. 2017. Promotion of System of Rice Intensificaiton (SRI) method in mid-central table land zone of Odisha. International Journal of Science, Environment and Technology 6(4): 2276–2282. [accessed August 8, 2017]
• Das, Anup, Jayanta Layek, et al. 2017. Modified system of rice intensification for higher crop and water productivity in Meghalaya, India: opportunities for improving livelihoods for resource-poor farmers. Paddy and Water Environment (online first, Aug, 7, 2017) doi:10.1007/s10333-017-0609-8 [accessed August 8, 2017]
• Chapagain, Tejendra. 2017. The System of Rice Intensification and Conventional Rice Farming: Responding to Crop Growth, Yield and Water Productivity. Nova Science Publishers (online). (US$73.80)
• Uphoff, Norman. 2017. SRI: An agroecological strategy to meet multiple objectives with reduced reliance on inputs. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 41(7): 825-854. doi: 10.1080/21683565.2017.1334738
• Truong, Tuyet Thi Anh Truong, John Fry, Phu Van Hoang, and Hoang Huy Ha. 2017. Comparative energy and economic analyses of conventional and System of Rice Intensification (SRI) methods of rice production in Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam. Paddy and Water Environment (online first July 17, 2017) pp. 1-11. doil: 10.1007/s10333-017-0603-1 [accessed July 17, 2017]
• • Adrianto, Joko, Harianto Harianto, Manuntun Parulian Hutagaol. 2016. Peningkatan produksi padi melalui penerapan SRI (System of Rice Intensification) di Kabupaten Solok Selatan. Agribusiness Indonesia 4(2):107-122. [accessed July 17, 2017]
• • Vebrina, Dea Astylia. 2017. Respon padi sawah varietas unggul lokal IF8 dan Lentera terhadap aplikasi kompos dan pupuk hayati pada Inceptisol Situgede, Bogor. Undergraduate thesis, Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) (Bogor, Indonesia) (33p). [accessed July 14, 2017]
• • Salma, Siti Suraiya Rukha. 2016. Analisis pendapatan usahatani padi System of Rice Intensification (SRI) dan padi konvensional di Kecamatan Nagrak Kabupaten Sukabumi. Undergraduate thesis, Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) (Bogor, Indonesia) (59p). [accessed July 14, 2017]
• • 林羿汝(Yi-Ju Lin), 邱儀婷(Yi-Tin Chiou), 邱儀婷(Yi-Tin Chiou), 陳清田(Ching-Tien Chen), 陳清田(Ching-Tien Chen), 李振誥(Cheng-Haw Lee), and 李振誥(Cheng-Haw Lee). 2017. 灌溉管理操作對水稻生長期距及灌溉用水效能影響之研究 The effects of Irrigation management practice on growth period and irrigation water use efficiency in paddy rice. Journal of Taiwan Agricultural Engineering 63(2): 1-14. [accessed July 14, 2017]
• Zaman, Nur Badriyah Kamarul, Jamal Ali, and Zakirah Othman. 2017. Sustainable paddy cultivation management: System of Rice Intensification (Sri) for higher production. International Journal of Supply Chain Management 6(2): 235-242. [accessed July 14, 2017]
• • Cariem, Chau Abdoul. 2016. Emisi gas N2O dari lahan padi sawah pada berbagai kondisi lingkungan mikro (N2O emissions from paddy fields at various micro-climate conditions). Undergraduate thesis, Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) (Bogor, Indonesia) (33p). [accessed July 14, 2017]
• Kakde, A. M., K. G. Patel, and B. B. Bhosle. 2017. Larval parasitism of rice yellow stem borer by braconid, Apanteles sp. in relation to conventionaland sri methods of planting. BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences 14(2): 186-187. [accessed July 14, 2017]
• Varma, Poornima. 2017. Adoption of System of Rice Intensification under information constraints: An analysis for India. The Journal of Development Studies (online first, June 15, 2017) pp. doi: 10.1080/00220388.2017.1336541 [accessed June 30, 2017]
• Doni, Febri, C. R. C. M. Zain, et al. 2017. A simple, efficient, and farmer-friendly Trichoderma-based biofertilizer evaluated with the SRI Rice Management System. Organic Agriculture (online first June 2017) pp: 1-19. doi: 10.1007/s13165-017-0185-7 [accessed June 30, 2017]
• • Susila, Eka, Nelson Elita, and Yefriwati. 2016. Examination of FMA indigenous isolates on the growth and infection of rice roots in SRI method. Prosiding Seminar Nasional Masyarakat Biodiversitas Indonesia, 2(1): 71-75 (August 2016). doi: 10.13057/psnmbi/m020114 [accessed June 30, 2017]
• • Ali, Rubea Mohamed. 2015. Evaluation of the performance of system of rice intensification (SRI) in Bumbwisudi rice irrigation scheme, Zanzibar. MSc. thesis. Sokoine University of Agriculture (Morogoro, Tanzania). (1.89 MB, 115p. pdf) [accessed June 30, 2017]
• Permata, Nike Dyah. 2014. Dinamika penerapan metode System of Rice Intensification (SRI) pada usahatani padi di Desa Jatikerto, Kecamatan Kromengan, Kabupaten Malang. MS thesis, Universitas Brawijaya (Indonesia) [abstract only] [accessed July 2, 2017]
• • Hasanah, N. A. I., B. I. Setiawan,C. Arif, and S. Widodo. 2017. SRI paddy growth simple prediction model. International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology 8(6): 423-429. [accessed June 30, 2017]
• • Saritha, R., and M. Srinivas. 2017. On-farm evaluation of low input rice production system under tank-fed system. International Journal of Farm Sciences 7(2): 94-96 [accessed June 2, 2017]
• • Mondol, Amit Partha. 2012. Assessment of SRI with conventional method of rice cultivation in Boro season. Master's thesis, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka (Bangladesh) [accessed May 11, 2017]
• • Setiawan, Budi Indra, Chusnul Arif, Rudiyanto, and Muhamad Askari. 2015. Optimizing irrigation drainage rates in SRI paddy fields. Jurnal Teknologi 76(15): 139-145. [accessed May 11, 2017]
• • Patil, Anagha. 2017. Impact of group counseling intervention programme on farmers. International Journal of Indian Psychology 4(3): 144-149. [accessed May 11, 2017]
• • Merina Prem Kumari, S., and B. J. Prabina. 2017. Impact of the mixed consortium of indigenous Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) on the growth and yield of rice (Oryza Sativa L.) under the system of Rice Intensification (SRI). International Journal of Environment, Agriculture and Biotechnology 2(20): 881-885. doi:10.22161/ijeab/2.2.41 [accessed May 10, 2017]
• • Sharma, Arpita, D. Kachroo, et al. 2017. Impact of different transplanting dates and nutrient sources on soil microbial population and grain yield of Basmati rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown under SRI. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 6(3): 778-782. [accessed May 7, 2017]
• Kumar, Suresh, S. K. Tiwari, et al. 2016. Effect of nutrient management on soil fertility and productivity under SRI method of cultivation. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science 64(2): 157-162. doi:10.5958/0974-0228.2016.00020.7 [accessed May 7, 2017]
• • Nath, Dipak, and Dilip K. Das. 2017. Constraints encountered by rice farmers of Tripura in adoption of system of rice intensification (SRI) technology. International Journal of Farm Sciences 7(1): 110-115. [accessed May 7, 2017]
• • Thakur, Amod K., and Norman T. Uphoff. 2017. How the System of Rice Intensification can contribute to Climate-Smart Agriculture. Agronomy Journal 109(4): 1-20. doi:10.2134/agronj2016.03.0162 [accessed May 7, 2017]
• • Sutarto, Widiyastuti Emi Widiyanti. 2016. Persepsi petani terhadap pengembangan System of Rice Intensification (SRI) di kecamatan Moga kapbuten Pemalang. AGRISTA 4(3): 476-485. [accessed May 7, 2017]
• Tumusiime, Emmanuel. 2017. Suitable for whom? The case of system of rice intensification in Tanzania. The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension 1-16. doi:10.1080/1389224X.2017.1310660.[accessed May 7, 2017]
• • Hembram, S. K., Satyajit Sarkar, and Rambilash Mallick. 2016. Effective weed management practices in system of rice infestation. Environment and Ecology. 34(3C): 1490-1494.[accessed May 7, 2017]
• Devi, D.A. Rajini, R. Vijaya Kumari et al. 2017. Study of economics of paddy cultivation under transplantation, system of rice intensification (SRI) and direct seeding in Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh. Indian Journal of Economics and Development 13(2a): 262- 264. doi:10.5958/2322-0430.2017.00077.4 [accessed May 7, 2017]
• • Waris, Amtul. 2017. Gender dimensions and training needs of farm women in system of rice intensification in selected districts of Bihar state. Agriculture Update 12(1): 109-112. doi: 10.15740/HAS/AU/12.1/109-112 [accessed May 5, 2017]
• Kumar, R. Mahender, T. Vidhan Singh et al. 2016. Mechanized weed management to enhance productivity in System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Indian Journal of Weed Science 3(48): 259-261. doi: 10.5958/0974-8164.2016.00063.0 [accessed May 4, 2017]
• Uphoff, Norman. 2017. "Developments in the system of rice intensification (SRI)." In Achieving sustainable cultivation of rice Volume 2: Cultivation, pest and disease management. ed. Takuji Sasaki. Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science. [Costs US$190] [accessed May 4, 2017]
• Raj, Rishi, Amil Kumar, I. S. Solanki et al. 2017. Influence of crop establishment methods on yield, economics and water productivity of rice cultivars under upland and lowland production ecologies of Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains. Paddy and Water Environment (Online first May 2, 2017). pp. 1-17. doi:10.1007/s10333-017-0598-7 [accessed May 4, 2017]
• • Rajput, A., S. S. Rajput, and G. Jha. 2017. Physiological parameters leaf area index, crop growth rate, relative growth rate and net assimilation rate of different varieties of rice grown under different planting geometries and depths in SRI. International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience 5(1): 362-367. doi:10.18782/2320-7051.2472 [accessed April 30, 2017]
• • Wang, Sonam Wangyel, Woo-Kyun Lee, and Yowhan Son. 2017. Low Carbon Development Pathways in Indian Agriculture. Change and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems 3(1): doi:18-26.10.1515/cass-2017-0002. [accessed April 30, 2017]
• • Ndiiri, Jackline Alinda, Norman Uphoff, Bancy Mbura Mati, Patrick Gathogo Home, and Benson Odongo. 2017. Comparison of yields of paddy rice under System of Rice Intensification in Mwea, Kenya. American Journal of Plant Biology 2(2): 49-60. doi:10.11648/j.ajpb.20170202.12 [accessed April 14, 2017]
• • Chebrolu, Shambu Prasad, and Debashish Sen. 2017. “Exploring diversity, networks and knowledge regimes: Transitions and system building in SRI in India”. pp. 116-131. In AgroEcological Transitions: Changes and breakthroughs in the making: Wageningen University and Research. doi:10.18174/407609 [accessed April 12, 2017]
• • Meshram, Minakshi. 2016. A study on impact of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method of paddy cultivation on production level in Balaghat Block of District Balaghat (M.P.). Master's thesis, College of Agriculture, Indore (M.P.) (India) (79 p., 1.34MB pdf) [accessed April 10, 2017]
• Ram, Hardev, J. P. Singh, et al. 2014. Effect of seedlings age and plant spacing on growth, yield, nutrient uptake and economics of rice (Oryza sativa) genotypes under system of rice intensification. Indian Journal of Agronomy 59(2): 256-260 [accessed April 7, 2017]
• Turiansky, Abbie Annis. 2016. Agricultural technology adoption and the provision of public goods: An impact evaluation from rural Haiti. Ph.D. dissertation. University of California, Davis. (138p. pdf) [accessed April 7, 2017]
• Balamatti, Arun, and Norman Uphoff. 2017. Experience with the System of Rice Intensification for sustainable rainfed paddy farming systems in India. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (online first March 20, 2017) doi:10.1080/21683565.2017.1308898
• Dass, Anchal, Subhash Chandra, Norman Uphoff, et al. 2017. Agronomic fortification of rice grains with secondary and micronutrients under differing crop management and soil moisture regimes in the north Indian plains. Paddy and Water Environment (First Online, March 11, 2017) pp 1-16. doi:10.1007/s10333-017-0588-9.
• • Paramasivan, M., and A. Selvarani. 2017. Productivity, water use efficiency and economics of system of rice intensification (SRI) in Nichabanadhi sub basin of southern Tamil Nadu. Journal of Applied and Natural Science 9 (1): 286- 290. [accessed March 16, 2017]
• Varma, Poornima. 2017. Adoption of Natural Resource Management Technologies under Information Constraints: The Case of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in India. Indian Institute of Management Working Paper. March 3.
• Vishwakarma, Akhilesh, J.K. Singh, Rajesh Singh, and A.J. Lat. 2016. Productivity and profitability of rice (Oryza sativa) hybrids as influenced by date of transplanting and age of seedling under system of rice intensification. Indian Journal of Agronomy 61(3): 315-320 [accessed March 6, 2017]
• • Nugroho, Virgus Amin, Cahyo Prayogo. 2016. Dapatkah status unsur hara dan produktivitas tanaman padi metode SRI (System of Rice Intensification) ditingkatkan? Jurnal Tanah dan Sumber Daya Lahan 3(2): 365-374. [accessed February 28, 2017]
• • Manivannan, V., Jahanmohan, K.R., Pandian, B.J. and Harisudhan, C. (2016). Study on the impact of the system of rice intensification in less water endowed areas of Tamil Nadu, India. International Journal of Agricultural Sciences 12(2): 234-237. doi:10.15740/HAS/IJAS/12.2/234-237. [accessed February 22, 2017]
• • Samaila, Suleiman, Wan Ishak Bin Wan Ismail, and Muhamad Saufi Mohd Kassim. The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) practices and mechanization needs. Asian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 8(3): 1017. doi:10.19026/ajas.8.2988 [accessed February 18, 2017]
• • Mishra, Abha. 2017. Dealing with uncertainty with certain principles, and mobilizing farmers’ creativity for sustainable agriculture intensification that contributes to food security. Agricultural Research and Technology 4(1): 1-3. doi: 10.19080/ARTOAJ.2017.04.555629.
• • Rewari, Gulshan. 2017. Reduction of greenhouse gases emission from paddy fields. RiceOutlook website. February. 16. [accessed February 18, 2017]
• Nhamo, Nhamo, Jonne Rodenburg, et al. 2014. Narrowing the rice yield gap in East and Southern Africa: Using and adapting existing technologies. Agricultural Systems 131: 45–55 doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2014.08.003 [Review article, accessed February 9, 2017]
• • Manivannan, V., K. R. Jahanmohan, B. J. Pandian, B. J., and C. Harisudhan. 2016. Study on the impact of the system of rice intensification in less water endowed areas of Tamil Nadu. International Journal of Agricultural Sciences 12:(2): 234-237. doi:10.15740/HAS/IJAS/12.2/234-237 [accessed February 6, 2017]
• • Shewale, S. S. 2016. Economical study of summer gujari rice to various establishment techniques and weed control methods. International Journal of Agricultural Sciences 12(2): 379-381 doi:10.15740/HAS/IJAS/12.2/379-381 [accessed February 6, 2017]
• Singh, N., Anando Pramanik, et al. 2016. Response of hybrid rice to transplanting date and nitrogen fertilization under System of Rice Intensification in rainfed lowland ecosystem. International Journal of Bio-Resource & Stress Management. 7(4): 855-861. [accessed February 6, 2017]
• Gicheru, Mercy Njeri. 2016. Barriers and enablers to the uptake and implementation of System of Rice Intensification; A case study of Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kenya. Master's thesis. University of Capetown, South Africa. (79p. pdf) [accessed February 5, 2017]
• • Mariogani, Alvin. 2017. Research on the factors of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) dissemination in Indonesia - Case Study in Banyumas Regency, Central Java. University of Tokyo Repository. [accessed February 3, 2017]
• • Mevada, K. D., M. V. Patel and ,N. P. Chauhan. 2016. Performance of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) technique in rice (Oryza Sativa L.) on farmer's field. Gujarat Journal of Extension Education 27(1): 27-29
• Hassouni, Laith Naeem. 2016. Effects of irrigation scheduling and the application of organic matter on rice yield under the System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Master's thesis, Baghdad University (Iraq). (153 p., 4.86MB pdf) [accessed January 23, 2017]
• • Fuadi, Najla Anwar, Muhammad Yanuar J. Purwanto, and Suria Darma Tarigan. 2016. Kajian kebutuhan air dan produktivitas air padi sawah dengan sistem pemberian air secara SRI dan konvensional menggunakan irigasi pipa. Jurnal Irigasi 11:(1): 23-32. [accessed January 23, 2017]
• • Sharp, Gawain. 2016. Sustainable development: A model Indonesian SRI co-operative. Master's thesis. Massey University (New Zealand). (63p., 1.89MB pdf) [accessed January 23, 2017]
• • Pisante, Michele, and Amir Kassam. 2017. Sustainable crop production intensification. AIMS Agriculture and Food 2(1): 40-42. doi: 10.3934/agrfood.2017.1.40 (Editorial for special edition on sustainable crop intensification.
• • Biswas, Pijush Kanti, Rajib Das, and Samuel Sangtam. 2016. Farmers perception on SRI Technology: A study of Mokokchung district of Nagaland. International Journal of Scientific Research 5(11): 760-761. [accessed January 17, 2017]
• • Priyanka, G., K. V. R. Murthy, and A. V. Ramana. 2016. Weed dynamics and yield of rice under mechanized system of rice intensification. Journal of Crop and Weed 12(2): 141-144. [accessed January 12, 2017]
• • Wani, Javaid Ahmad, and Amit Sharma. 2016. Response of jhelum rice variety to different crop management practices towards morphological and yield parameters in temperate Kashmir Valley. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 2(6): 1-7.
• • Wijebandara, D. I . Iranie. 2007. Studies on distribution and transformation of soil zinc and response of rice to nutrients in traditional and system of rice intensification (Sri) methods of cultivation. PhD thesis, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (India). (235p pdf) [accessed January 12, 2017]
• • Yasodha, P., and P. Senthil. 2016. Impact of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in increasing agricultural yield in India an analytical study. International Journal of Scientific Research 5(9): 595-596. [accessed January 12, 2017]
• Rakotovao, Narindra H., Tantely M. Razafimbelo, et al. Carbon footprint of smallholder farms in Central Madagascar: The integration of agroecological practices. Journal of Cleaner Production 140(3): 1165–1175. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.10.045
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• • Pascual, Victoriano Joesph, and Yu-Min Wang. 2017. Impact of water management on rice varieties, yield, and water productivity under the System of Rice Intensification in southern Taiwan. Water 9(1): 3. doi:10.3390/w9010003 [accessed January 3, 2017]
• • Darmawan, M. 2016. Analysis of Legowo row planting system and System of Rice Intensification (SRI) of paddy field (Oryza Sativa L.) toward growth and production. Agrotech Journal 1(1): 14-18. [accessed January 3, 2017]
• Ganai, Manzoor A., M. Anwar Bhat, et al. 2016. Effect of water regimes and weed management practices on nutrient uptake by rice and weeds under the system of rice intensification. Applied Biological Research 18(3): 277-283. doi:10.5958/0974-4517.2016.00043.4

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New Links from our Website to Online Publications (and SRI-Related Social Media) (2017)
(see also Latest Research directly above and Recent Uploads below for new material on our site).

• Chapagain, Tejendra. 2017. The System of Rice Intensification and Conventional Rice Farming: Responding to Crop Growth, Yield and Water Productivity. Nova Science Publishers (online). (US$73.80)
• AIT. 2016. Farmer's Congress and National Review and Planning Workshop Suanpa Resort, Surin Province, Thailand, June 23-24, 2016. SRI-LMB website. (26 p. pdf) [Report on a workshop associated with the Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin (SRI- LMB) project.]
• Tu Anh, Tran. 2017. Women's economic empowerment in Quy Hau Agriculture Cooperative. SNV website. [Factsheet about Women's economic opportunities, including SRI, in Quang Binh Province for the Enhancing Opportunities for Women's Enterprises (FLO/EOWE) Project.]
• SRI-LMB. 2017. SRI-LMB Newsletter 5(1): 1-6. [Biannual newsletter published by the SRI-LMB Project, Asian Center of Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (ACISAI), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). National and Regional workshops are highlighted in this edition.]
• Ravandale, Seema, Vinod Niranjan, and Debashish Sen. 2017. Building climate resilience. LEISA INDIA 19(2): 5-9. June. [Issue on climate change and ecological approaches. Article is on SRI and SCI in the Bundelkhand region of Madyha Pradesh, India.]
• Mysore, Ashwin. 2017. Workshop Report: Second Regional Review and Planning Workshop, 23-25 April 2017, Hanoi, Vietnam. SRI-LMB website. June. (72p. pdf) [Workshop report about the project on Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin.]
• Othman, Zakirah, and Quamrul Hasan. 2016. "Sustainable Agriculture through Organic Farming: A Case in Paddy Farming in Peninsular Malaysia," pp 38-50, In Focus on Environment. AIMST University, Malaysia. [accessed May 2017]
• 2017. Food: System of Rice Intensification. Project Drawdown website. [This from the book Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming, edited by Paul Hawken and published in April. It is the culmination of a multi-year effort of scientists and experts from around the world to identify, research and model the 100 most important solutions to reverse global warming by 2050.] [accessed May 10, though it went into the April newsletter.]
• Uphoff, Norman, Zhang Yu Quan, and Shan Lu Yong Si. 2017. 稻作革命SRI (System of Rice Intensification). [Chinese language version of Norman Uphoff's 2016 book "The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) - Responses to Frequently Asked Questions"] [Check various sites for varying prices.] [accessed February 16, 2017]
• 2016. System of Rice Intensification. Sekolah Pertani website. [Indonesian language online farmer education course.] [accessed February 28, 2017]
• MAZAO. 2017. MAZAO Newsletter, January 2017. MAZAO website. [accessed January 26, 2017] [SRI progress in Mazao's DR Congo site.]
• 2016. SRI-LMB Newsletter 4(1): 1-8. (December 2016) [accessed January 19, 2017]
• Hufstader, Chris. 2017. Sparking a rice revolution. Oxfam Impact, Winter 2017 edition, Oxfam website. [Fundraising piece about farmers in Vietnam training their neighbors in SRI methods.]
• Radha, T. M. 2016. One man mission – A farmer educator spreads agroecology. LEISA India 18(4): 22-24. December issue [Story of Pradeep Kumar, a middle school headmaster and farmer who has been spreading SRI and other agroecology techniques in Odisha since 2000.]

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Recent Documents Uploaded on our Website (2017) (Includes new pages added to the SRI-Rice website)

• SRI-Rice web pages updated during August: 2017 news, events, home page, Burundi, Cameroon, Colombia, Myanmar,
• Uphoff, Norman. 2017. Publications on the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) by Norman Uphoff. SRI-Rice website. June 4. (8p, 226KB pdf)
• Uphoff, Norman. 2017. Review of presentations by Norman Uphoff on SRI, 1997-present. SRI-Rice website. May 24.
• Julius, Fieshi. 2016. SRI COOPBOD / Barudev Initatitive in Rural Development: Introducing a Learning-by-Practicing Method (LbPM) on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) [Training by SRI COOPBOD (Ndop) Conducted at Mbueni-Njinikom Sub Division, Boyo Division, North West Region, Cameroon, Nov. 29 – Dec. 2, 2016] [uploaded May 2017]
• Styger, Erika. 2017. Improving and Scaling Up the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in West Africa Key results of SRI-WAAPP Project’s 1st phase (2014-2016). SRI-Rice website. (2p., 586 KB pdf) [uploaded April 14, 2017]
• Kabir, Humayun. 2014. A successful case of enhancing agriculture productivity through IPM/FFS. SRI-Rice website. (1p., 121KB pdf) [Case study of FAO IPM Farmer Field School (FFS) in Khasapaz village of Dehdadi district in Balk Province that is carrying out SWI]. [Uploaded April 5, 2017]
• Kabir, Humayun. 2014. A new hope to revolutionize wheat cultivation in Afghanistan. SRI-Rice website. (1p., 518KB pdf) [Case study of FAO IPM Farmer Field School (FFS) in Teemtak village of Kalafgan district in Takhar Province that is carrying out SWI]. [Uploaded April 5, 2017]
• Hameed, Khidhir Abbas. 2017. 2016 thesis on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is awarded master’s degree for the first time in Iraq. SRI-Rice website. [Summary of a thesis by Laith Hassouni from Baghdad University.] [uploaded January 26, 2017]
• Hassouni, Laith Naeem. 2016. Effects of irrigation scheduling and the application of organic matter on rice yield under the System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Master's thesis, Baghdad University (Iraq). (153 p., 4.86MB pdf) [accessed January 23, 2017]
• Bimba, Robert. 2017. The Japanese Rice Grant Project: Economic recovery of Liberian rice farmers in Ebola-affected counties --Status report November 2016 – January 15, 2017. SRI-Rice website. (report of a rice project financed by the Japanese Govt. to extend rice production in five countries in [uploaded January 18, 2017]
• Oxfam. 2016. Learning from System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Haiti. SRI-Rice website. December 8. (2p., 337KB pdf) [Document prepared for Oxfam SRI Conference in Haiti, Dec. 2016.] [uploaded January 15, 2017]
• Oxfam. 2016. Apprendre du Système de Riziculture Intensive (SRI) en Haïti. SRI-Rice website. December 8. (2p., 345KB pdf) [French language document prepared for Oxfam SRI Conference in Haiti, Dec. 2016.] [uploaded January 15, 2017]
• Fulford, Mark. 2014. Another SCI: A System of Carrot Intensification. SRI-Rice website. November. [uploaded January 15, 2017]
• Fisher, Lucy. 2017. Monthly additions to the SRI-Rice website. (January 2017, December 2016) New pages on the SRI-Rice website. [uploaded monthly]

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Videos / Audiofiles (2017) (either uploaded by SRI-Rice OR linked to from our website)

• Video: 2017 (August 1). 10 Water Management and Weeding in SRI Rice 3. 9:51 min. digitalgreen channel, YouTube. [Indian language]
• Video: 2017 (June 8). AWD/SRI for Sustainable Irrigated Rice Production. 1:2-:43 min. Produced by the Water in Agriculture Global Solutions Group, World Bank. [Video of the Water in Agriculture Innovation Series webinar on Alternative Wetting and Drying (AWD) and the Systemof Rice Intensification (SRI) Techniques for Sustainable Irrigated Rice Production.] [accessed July 2017]
• Video: 2017 (July 20). FIDA: Le projet PNSADR-IM avec le Système de Riziculture Intensive SRI. 5:59 min. Ikiriho News channel, YouTube. [Newscast about an IFAD-sponsored program with SRI in Burundi]
• Video: 2017 (July 25). Water Management of Crops SRI and its Components by Prof Aftab Zaman. 14:25 min. CUTM Odisha channel, YouTube. [Lecture at Centurion University, Odisha, India]
• Video: 2013 (June 9). SRI Pilipinas, isinusulong ang organic rice farming sa bansa. 0.41 min. PTV channel, YouTube. [Tagalog TV clip about SRI in the Philippines.] [acccessed July10, 2017]
• Video: 2017 (July 5). Marking of Seedling Distances using marker for SRI method. 1:54. Green Foundation channel, YouTube.
• Video: 2017 (June 15). Intensive Rice System - Systeme Rizicole Intensif. 4:07 (SRI section begins at minute 1:47). africanews channel, YouTube. [Business Africa TV program talks about SRI in Burundi] [A French translation is available on the French Africa News website.]
• Video: 2017 (May 30). System of Rice Intensification SRI in Himachal Transplantation. 1:47 min. ashokknandania channel, YouTube.
(Transplanting demo in Himachal, India)
• Video: 2016 (September 10). SRI in Rice Sarbjit Singh. 4:25 min. Punjab Staae Seeds Corporation LTD channel, YouTube. [accessed July 2, 2017]
• Video: 2014. (July 28). ស្រែម៉ាប់ និងស្វិត Mab & Svet Peddy Fields. 27 min. មណ្ឌលព័ត៌មាន ស្ត្រីកម្ពុជា (Women's Media Centre of Cambodia) channel, YouTube. [Drama by Cambodian farmers about SRI produced by the Women's Media Centre in conjuntion with Oxfam and other partners.] [accessed July 2, 2017]
• Video: 2017 (June 4). SRI, অধিক ধান উৎপাদন করতে কিভাবে বীজ তলা করতে হয়, কিভাবে চারা রোপন করতে হয়, কখন কি সার দিতে হয়? 6:08 min. Md. Bayezid Moral channel, YouTube. [Bangali language instructional discussion from Bangladesh].
• Videos: 2017 (May 30). Five short SRI instructional videos from India on the ashokknandania channel (YouTube)
  1) System of Rice Intensification SRI in Punjab Conoweeder application. 0.21 min.
  2) System of Rice Intensification in Punjab Uprooting Nursery for Transplantation. 0.25 min.
  3) System of Rice Intensification SRI in Punjab Transplantation 3. 0.23 min.
  4) System of Rice Intensification SRI in Himachal Transplantation 2. 1:07 min.
  5) System of Rice Intensification SRI in Punjab -2 Nursery Sowing. 1:11 min.
• Video: 2017 (May 9, 2017). SRI (Systemic Rice Intensification in Paddy) Bed Preparation_DoAg&DigitalGreen_April-2016. 9:15 min.digitalgrenorg channel, YouTube.
• Video: 2017 (May 5). Témoignage sur l'utilisation du SRI à Madagascar _avril2017. 5:15 min. [French language video on the SRI work of the NGO Codegaz and their partner GCD in Madagascar]
• Video: Système de Riziculture Intensive : Le programme de Codegaz à Madagascar. 4:38 min. CODEGAZ communauté channel, YouTube. [French language video on the SRI work of the NGO Codegaz and their partner GCD in Madagascar]
• Video: 2017 (May 4). UC Davis Professor Travis Lybbert speaks on improving rice yields in Haiti. 5:32 min. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Assets and Market Assets, YouTube. [Results of a study in an Oxfam project in the Artibonite Valley in Haiti.]
• Video: 2017 (May 4). S. S. I. cultivation cultivation in sugar cane. 17:14 min. pasumai vivashayam channel, YouTube. [Tamil language video on the Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative, based on SRI principles.]
• Video: 2017 (May 3). Lung Sai doubled his harvest. 1:10 min. Partners Relief & Development channel, YouTube. [Results of a 2014 Partners in Relief & Development project to train farmers in Shan state in Myanmar in SRI.]
• Video: 2017 (May 3). S R I method of rice cultivation (In TAMIL) . 11:38 min. pasumai vivashayam channel, YouTube. [Tamil language video on SRI methods.]
• Video: 2017 (May 3). SRI LMB developing a more intelligent pathway for sustainable rice intensification. 7:59 min. SRI LMB channel, YouTube. [The AIT is implementing an EU-financed project entitled: “Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin”. The objective is to enhance resilience of rainfed small-scale farmers of Lower Mekong region confronting climate change.]
• Video: 2016 (April 22). Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI). 19:06 min. Produced by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. raja mani channel, YouTube. [accessed April 30, 2017]
• Video: 2017 (April 27). How Lotus Foods achieves more crop per drop. 3:11 min. New Hope Network website. [Interview with Lotus Foods' Ken Lee about SRI at the Expo West 2017]
• Video: 2017 (March 22). FAO, Tanzania Govt train 150 youth farmers in rice farming, life skills. 2:22 min. Emmanuel Kihaule channel, YouTube. [Swahili language ITV program explains that 150 youth have been trained in SRI and the Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS) approach under the Partnership for Sustainable Rice System Development in Africa project, financed by the Government of Venezuela through FAO under South South Cooperation and is implemented by the Government of United Republic of Tanzania through Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries.]
• Video: 2017, (March 2). Natural rice farming methods brings more profit. 1:10 min. News7 Tamil channel, YouTube. [Tamil language TV show.]
• Video: 2017 (March 8). Climate Smart Rice Production. 2:39 min. LotusFoodsInc channel, YouTube. [Lotus Foods is supporting the first-ever Climate Day, Wednesday, March 8, at Natural Products Expo West, the largest natural foods trade show in the U.S.]
• Video: 2017 (February 17). NHK World Japan. 28:09 min. Khmer Farmer channel, YouTube.[Video about Yang Saing Koma, CEDAC, and SRI in Cambodia.] [accessed March 7, 2017]
• Video: 2017 (March 5). Adoption of SRI and Bio-Pesticides in Rice. 1:40 min. MyAgriGuru channel, YouTube. [AgriAwards 2013 winner in India.]
• Video: 2016 (November 16). Project Compassion 2017 - Dinia from the Philippines. 5:23 min. caritasaustralia channel, YouTube. [Story about a woman from Daet, Camarines Norte, Philippines, who is part of a Caritas Australia, project that includes SRI.] [accessed March 6, 2017]
• Video: 2017 (March 1). Semoir Phillipin. 3:12 min. Khadidia Ba channel. YouTube. [WAAPP/CNRA video on the production/use of the drum seeder video in Mali. French.]
• Video: 2017 (March 1). Riziculture Intensive. 3:04 min. Khadidia Ba channel. YouTube. [WAAPP/CNRA SRI video from Mali. French.]
• Video: 2017 (February 7). Animasi 2D Metode Tanam Padi SRI (System of Rice Intensification). 5:34 min. Bakti Raharjo channel, YouTube. [Animation of SRI methods in Bahasa Indonesia.]
• Video: 2017 (January 5). ASEAN's Next Generation Leaders (ANGeLs) - EP2: Cherri Atilano. 23:53 min. Channel NewsAsia, Toggle website. [Video about Cherri Atilano, founder of AGREA an NGO on the island of Marinduque.] [accessed February 16, 2017]
• Video: 2017 (February 14). Liberia Boosts Its Rice Production. 4:47 min. CNN channel. YouTube. [A CNN production about those who are promoting local rice production and sales, including the CHAP, an NGO promoting SRI.]
• Video: 2017 (February 6).উন্নত পদ্ধতিতে ধান চাষাবাদ, অধিক ধান উৎপাদনে SRI, Improved methods of rice cultivation. Part 1, 6:19 min., Part 2, 4:13 min.; Part 3, 9:51 min. AT channel, YouTube. [Bengali language SRI information, Bangladesh]
• Video: 2017 (February 5). Système Riziculture Intensif - SRI. 7:37 min. Filmotion Haiti channel, YouTube. [Creole language video produced by Oxfam and UC Davis about a workshop to deliver the results of a UCD research project on SRI.]
• Video: 2017 (January 23). Pelatihan Menanam Padi Metode S.R.I | Inilah Cara Menanam Padi SRI | System Of Rice Intensification. 13:39 min. Johan Agro channel, YouTube. [Demonstration in Imogiri Bantul in the Yogyakarta Special Region in Indonesia.].
• Video: 2017 (January 10). Lotus Foods Sustainability Award. 2:56 min. Lotus Foods channel, YouTube. [Lotus Foods talks about their commitment to SRI methods in sourcing rice.]
• Video: 2017 (January 10). System of Rice Intensification (SRI). 13.04 min. GWPSoutheastAsia channel, YouTube. [Indonesian video focused on GHGs, SRI and climate change. Bahasa Indonesia video with English subtitles.]

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Slide Presentations (Primarily PowerPoint) - 2017 acquisitions

• Witkowski, Kelly. 2017. CSA through SRI: Too Good to be True? 21 slides. Presentation at the 53rd Annual Conference of the Association for International Agriculture & Rural Development (AIARD), Washington, DC in early June 4-6, 2017. [Accessed August 3, 2017]
• Toure, Abdoulaye, and Gaoussou Traore. 2017. Mainstreaming of SRI/AWD in WAAPP. 30 slides. Presentation at the Water in Agriculture Innovation Series, World Bank, Washington DC, June 8, 2017. [See ALL presentations in this event] [accessed July 2017]
• 2017. System of Rice Intensification (SRI) - A Way to Improve Agriculture and Water Productivity. 14 slides. Presentation at the Water in Agriculture Innovation Series, World Bank, Washington DC, June 8, 2017. [See ALL presentations in this event] [accessed July 2017]
• SRI-LMB. 2017. System of Rice Intensification: Path to Sustainable Rice Production. SRI-LMB website. June. [Poster for World Environment Day developed by the Asian Institute of Technology's SRI-LMB (Lower Mekong Basin) Project.] [accessed June 15, 2017]
• Styger, Erika. 2017. Alternate Wetting and Drying and the System of Rice Intensification for Sustainable Irrigated Rice Production. 19 slides. Presentation at the Water in Agriculture Innovation Series, World Bank, Washington DC, June 8, 2017.
• Quintero, Jose Alberto Yau. 2017. 5 slides. Reto para la seguridad alimentaria en ALC - Validacion de practicas agricolas arroceras para mejorar el uso eficiente del agua. Presented at the XII Taller de Seguimiento Technico de Proyectos FONTAGRO, La Ceiba, Honduras, June 20-23, 2017.
• Witkowski, Kelly. 2017. 6 slides. Cultivar mas con menos - Adaptacion, validacion y promocion del Sistema Intensivo del Cultivo Arrocero (SRI) en las Americas como una respuesta al cambio climatico. Presented at the XII Taller de Seguimiento Technico de Proyectos FONTAGRO, La Ceiba, Honduras, June 20-23, 2017.
• Moreira, Díddier. 2017. El Sistema Intensivo del Cultivo Arrocero (SRI) en las Américas como una respuesta al cambio climático. 26 slides. Presented at the Foro virtual sobre Sistema Intensivo del Cultivo Arrocero (SRI) en las Américas como una respuesta al cambio climático. IICA, Costa Rica, May 25, 2017.
• 2017. Presentations at the Regional Review and Planning Workshop 2017 of the Project on Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin (SRI-LMB), held April 23-25, 2017, in Hanoi Vietnam.
  1) Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL): Regional Trend. 37 slides.
  2) Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) in Cambodia. 39 slides.
  3) Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) in Vietnam. 31 slides.
  4) Key FPAR Learning and Draft Work Plans, Thailand. 24 slides.
  5) Key FPAR Learning from Uttaradit Province, Thailand. 16 slides.
  6) Key FPAR Learning from Thailand. 33 slides.
  7) Key FPAR Learning and Draft Work Plans, Vietnam. 25 slides.
  8) Key FPAR Learning and Draft Work Plans, Lao PDR, 21 slides.
  9) Key FPAR Learning and Draft Work Plans, Cambodia. 54 slides.
  10) Economic Outputs and Key Learning from Projects. 17 slides.
• Norman Uphoff. 2014. Agroecological Strategies for Raising Crop Productivity with Reduced Inputs, with Less Water Requirement, and with Buffering of Climate-Change Stresses. 72 slides. Presentation at the Agricultural Research Center, Sakha, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt, April 10, 2014. [uploaded May 18, 2017]
• Fisher, Lucy. 2017. Global, National, and Regional SRI Networks. 21 slides. Presentation at the Regional Review and Planning Workshop on Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum from Innovation and around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong Rive Basic (SRI-LMB), Hanoi, Vietnam, April 23-25, 2017
• Gayakwad, Jagdish. 2017. Agronomy: Precision water management in different rice ecosystems. 61 slides. Presentation from Dept. of Agronomy UAS, Raichur, Karnataka, India. [SRI discussion begins at slided 48]
• Fisher, Lucy. 2017. The system of Rice intensification (SRI): An Eco-Digital Commons for Knowledge Sharing. Poster presented at the 2nd Agricultural and Climate Change conference, Sitges, Spain, March 26-28, 2017.
• Rasquinha, Vijay. 2017. Saving 200 billion litres of water by 2020. 11 slides. Presentation at the Geospatial World Forum, Hyderabad, India, February 23-25. [Project intended to help 6300 canal-irrigated paddy farmers in 180 villages in of Raichur and Koppal districts to shift from a water-intensive flood irrigation regime to a rationale use of canal water through ICM Integrated crop management, comprising both NPM (Non-Pesticidal Management) and SRI. This should save 200 billion litres of canal water by 2020.]
• Mara, Hillary. 2017. Rice Production in Guinea and SRI; Peace Corps Guinea Agroforestry PST. 54 slides. Presented at SRI Peace Corps Guinea Agroforestry PST, Dubreka, Guinea, January 9, 2017. SRI-Rice channel, Slideshare.net. [uploaded January 26, 2017]

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