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In the Press - 2018

November 2018

• Mali: Gao: Journée porte ouverte sur le SRI à Forgho
  November 12, 2018, Maliactu.net (Mali)
• National Rice Festival celebrated in Accra [The President of the Ghana Rice Inter-professional Body (GRIB), Nana Agyei Ayeh II, at the fifth Ghana National Rice Festival held in Accra said the incentives (credit access and mechanization) would motivate the farmers to intensify production by adopting tried-and-tested technology of systems of rice intensification (SRI) to increase yield and boost production by at least 50 per cent.]
  November 10, 2018, Graphic Online (Ghana)
• Kunjungi Sleman, petani tembakau Blitar belajar bertani organik Ala Joglo Tani
  November 8, 2018, JATIM Times (East Java, Indonesia)
• Rice market to witness enhanced demand on account of technological advancement in the agriculture sector til 2022 | Million Insights [Notes that recent technological advancement in the agriculture sector in Asia coupled with development of modern rice production techniques such as SRI, laser land leveling, DSR, and precision farming are expected to drive market growth over the next seven years.
  November 1, 2018, Central Texas News Now (Texas, USA)
• Efforts on to promote SRI in paddy cultivation
  October 31, 2018, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)

October 2018

• Nearly, 84 villages adopt SRI cultivation method in Tiruchy
  October 31, 2018, DT Next (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Samba paddy cultivation picks up [41,760 ha of SRI sown in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, for samba season.]
  October 26, 2018, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Thai among UN farming award winners [North Korean among winners of the Model Farmer Awards from the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for work on SRI. Kim Ri Hwa won for new methods at Maejon Cooperative Farm, including SRI.]
  October 20, 2018, Bangkok Post (Thailand)
  
• Système de riziculture intensive au Mali peut-il être transformé en «or blanc»? [English version of the article below]
  October 19, 2018, BAMADA.net (Mali)
  
• FEATURE - Can a hungry Mali turn rice technology into "white gold"?
  October 9, 2018, Reuters (re: Mali)
• 'Sudah ada tanda-tanda hujan di beberapa daerah' (Long dry season might not reduce yields; SRI recommended to reduce water use.]
  October 16, 2018, Republika Online (Indonesia)
• Japanese Gov’t Rice Grant makes impact in Liberia -Through CHAP [The Japanese Rice Grant was funded by the Japanese Government through IFAD and was carried out in collaboration with Liberia's Ministry of Agriculture. Over 5000 direct beneficiaries, with over 60% female were trained in SRI.]
  October 11, 2018, GNN Liberia (Liberia)
• With the onset of monsoon, samba cultivation picks up in Tiruchi district [The Agriculture department is hoping to promote SRI in at least 75% of the cultivated areas in the district this year. ]
  September 23, 2018, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) [Story of Sabarmatee, and SRI icon, as part of a series on Most PowerFul Women - 2018]

September 2018

• Diversified farming [Story of Sabarmatee, and SRI icon, as part of a series on Most Powerful Women - 2018]
  September 23, 2018, Business Today (Odisha / New Delhi, India) [Story of Sabarmatee, and SRI icon, as part of a series on Most PowerFul Women - 2018]
• Pemprov Kalsel catat Rekor Muri lagi
  September 23, 2018, Kabar Kalimantan, (South Kalimantan, Indoneisa)
• 5.000 Siswa Kalsel pecahkan rekor muri menanam padi terbanyak di Indonesia [5,000 students in South Kalimantan province will attempt to set a world record by simultaneously planting rice.. and it will SRI!]
  September 22, 2018, Tribun Batola (Kalimantan, Selatan, Indonesia)
• INIA reorienta el cultivo de arroz en Chile hacia la sustentabilidad [Article about Chilean Govt. program INIA's trials with SRI to address water use, climate change and environmental protection]
  September 20, 2018, El Heraldo (Chile)
• Dry spell likely to hit paddy yield by 25% [Dry spell affecting paddy; bulk of paddy in the state is grown by traditional methods despite efforts by the government to popularise the SRI]
  September 19, 2018, Navhind Times (Goa, India)
• Cerita foto: Padi SRI Organik, hentikan kutukan gagal panen
  September 13, 2018 SindoNews.com (Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia)
• ‘They will change if they see the change’
  September 6, 2018, Frontier Myanmar (Myanmar)

August 2018

• UGM kerja sama Pemprov NTT kembangkan budidaya padi dengan metode SRI [Information on the Climate Change Trust Fund (ICCTF) SRI efforts with Gadja Mada University and the government of Nusa Tenggara Timur province to promote SRI in Sumba Timur Regency.]
  August 30, 2018, Pos-Kupang (NTT, Indonesia)
• Delta farmers dance to ‘samba’ beat [Ag. Dept. wants to expand SRI in Cauvery delta, which is already at 65% to 70 % of paddy area in the district]
  August 29, 2018, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• IICA promotes Rice Intensification Systems for indigenous communities in Suriname [IICA / CU project looks at rice varieties and the potential for SRI in Maroon communities in Suriname.]
  August 28, 2018, Caribbean News Service (Suriname)
• Farmers told to make good use of bountiful rains [Despite good rains, farmers advised to adopt SRI to save money, time in transplanting, minimized fertilizer and improve yields.]
  August 25, 2018, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Kaédi: Formation des paysans en entrepreneuriat agricole. [Aug 10-11 Mauritania workshop hosted by Kaédi and organized by the NGO Sana For Development with funds from US Embassy in Mauritania included session on SRI]
  August 18, 2018, C.R.I.DE.M (Mauritania)
• Riziculture: sensibilisation sur le SRI a Marovoay
  August 16, 2018, MADANews (Madagascar)
• Agriculture biologique : Jusqu’à 14t de riz à l’hectare dans la Commune Antambolo
  August 13, 2018, MidiMadagascar (Madagascar)
• Dari hulu hingga hilir PT Vale Setia dampingi SRI Organik [CSR project of the PT Vale Indonesia in Malili, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia, continues to make progress]
  August 6, 2018, SindoNews.com (Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia)
• PT Vale sebarkan semerbak wangi SRI Organik pikat petani [CSR project of the PT Vale Indonesia is in 7 districs in Luwu Timur, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia.]
  August 5, 2018, SindoNews.com (Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia)
• A brand icon for organic farming
  August 2, 2018, The Times of India (Tamil Nadu, India)

July 2018

• Tata Steel at Sukinda creating sustainable livelihood opportunities for farmers [Tata Steel Rural Development Society (TSRDS), the CSR wing of Tata Steel at Sukinda, has promoted SRI for 5 years. In 2018, 10 training sessions were held and 213 farmers have adopted.]
  July 30, 2018, OrissaDiary.com (Odisha, India)
• President Joko Widodo unveils Tanju Dam to support West Nusa Tenggara as the national food granary [Rice production in NTB is now 3-4 tons/ha and local government want to get 5-6 tons/ha for conventional and 8-10 tons/ ha through SRI]
  July 2018, Market Insider (NTB, Indonesia)
• Rice can now be grown in drought, high temperatures, thanks to this new technique [Article on two ways to reduce water use: breeding for fewer stomata OR SRI.]
  July 27, 2018, India Today (India)
• Union Minister Dr. Aung Thu inspects usage of combined harvester and thresher [Minister of Agriculture visits SRI fields to see rice harvesting equipment]
  July 21, 2018, Global New Light of Myanmar (Myanmar)
• Make use of copious water in dams: Theni Collector [Appeals for use of SRI technique to reap higher yield]
  July 20, 2018, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
  
• Brighter hope for the Cordillera watersheds [SRI included in Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera (CDPC)'s program to help indigenous population in the Cordilleras]
  July 18, 2018, Herald Express (Luzon, Philippines)
  
• What is SRI Rice? [Students at Don Bosco College of Agriculture share SRI experience plus Trichoderma and Beauvaria bassiana in seedbed for disease and insect control.]
  July 17, 2018, Navhind Times (Goa, India)
• Minister: Revive Sabah Padi Board? [Sabah Padi Board may be revived and will look into SRI.]
  July 15, 2018, Borneo Post Online (Sabah, Malaysia) [See also local language version article in New Sabah Times]
• Drought fear looms large in state [SRI suggested if monsoon rains fail to come on time]
  July 15, 2018, The Pioneer (Jharkhand, India)
• Program sosial BSI terus meningkat di tahun keenam operasional [PT Bumi Suksesindo includes SRI in CSR efforts in Banyuwangi]
  July 14, 2018, Surya.co.id (East Java, Indonesia)
• Natural farming the better way
  July 14, 2018, Star Online (Kedah, Malaysia)
• *SSI brings hope to distressed sugarcane farmers [812 farmers increased yield by 10 tons/ha in NIRMAN/Tata Trust SSI project in Bhapur block]
  July 13, 2018, EodishaSAMANCHAR (Odisha, India)
• Taking to the field [The Agri Sprouts Group of DBCA-Sulcorna take part in SRI demo in Malcornem village, Goa]
  July 13, 2018, Herald (Goa, India)
• Jagjivan Ram Innovative Awards reach the state for the first time [T.V. Rajanarayanan, SRI farmer (among other things) from Tiruvilwamala, Kerala, wins Zone XI Jagjivan Ram Innovative Farmer Award of ₹50,000, an equal amount of travel grant and a citation.]
  July 10, 2018, The Hindu (Kerala, India)
  
• Pertamina EP Asset 4 Cepu Field berikan pelatihan program pertanian sehat ramah lingkungan berkelanjutan [Pertamina CSR project that includes SRI in Blora Regency.]
  July 6, 2018, beritajatim.com (Central Java, Indonesia)
• JNAU inks pact with MPWFDC for Tejasvini programme [SRI-based vegetable production included rural women empowerment program of Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University (JNAU)]
  July 6, 2018, The Hitavada (Madhya Pradesh, India)
• Zanzibar targets higher rice self-sufficiency by 2020
  July 5, 2018, IPPmedia (Zanzibar, Tanzania)
• This farmer lures birds to manage pests [SRI farmer plants fruit trees to lure birds to eat pests]
  July 5, 2018, The Times of India (Tamil Nadu, India)

June 2018

• ATMA activities reports from across Nagaland [A press release from ATMA Ahthibung block said Lireni trained farmers on the importance of SRI for sustainable livelihood]
  June 29, 2018, NagalandPost (Nagaland, India)
• Paddy to be cultivated on 10,000 ha [Of the 10,000 hectares, they have been advised to follow SRI on at least 7,500 ha]
  June 29, 2018, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Making e-flows central to water conflicts [SRI can increase yields while cutting water use; soil management leads to yield enhancement]
  June 27, 2018, Business Line (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Farmers advised to adopt SRI for better yield during crisis [Scientists at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) organize one-day training on SRI]
  June 20, 2018, The Times of India (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Aerobic rice tech [Letter from Karnataka about plans to promote aerobic rice technology in 5 states reminds readers that this is not new since SRI is already well known there.]
  June 19, 2018, BusinessLine (India)
• Increasing yield: Less water, more rice
  June 16, 2018, Standard Digital (Kenya)
• Tamil Nadu foodgrain production to stagnate at 11- lakh tonnes [SRI to be promoted on 10 lakh acres to reduce water use.]
  June 13, 2018, The Times of India (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Crop diversification a must for water safety [Researchers at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University also working on SRI, which increases yields 10=30% in boro season.]
  June 5, 2018, Daily Observer (Bangladesh)
• Hiệu quả từ mô hình thâm canh lúa cải tiến (Efficiency from improved rice intensification model)
  June 4, 2018, Quảng Trị (Vietnam)

May 2018

• To paraquat or not to paraquat [Request by author to bring SRI to Guyana]
  May 28, 2018, Guyana Times (Guyana)
• Harish Kumar strikes gold by adopting integrated farming method
  May 30, 2018, The Hitavada (Chhattisgarh, India)
• Farmers trained on System of Rice Intensification management [SRI training at Ahthibung block under Atma Peren]
  May 29, 2018, Morung Express (Nagaland, India)
• Weekend, Bupati Luwu Timur sambangi petani di Angkona [Bupati of Luwu Timur, South Sulawesi, monitored SRI progress in Village Manggala, District Mangkutana.]
  May 7, 2018, TribunLutim (South Sulawesi, Indonesia)
• When Bhivpuri took a u-turn [Rural Communes NGO promotes SRI/SCI to improve yields. Better ventilation by spacing rows ensures improved growth, and shorter periods for crops to attain maturity.]
  May 4, 2018, Hindu Business Line (Maharashtra, India)
• *Government project to boost cane production [TN Ag. Dept. promoting SSI to deal with changing climate conditions and to raise yields.]
  May 4, 2018, New Indian Express (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Farmers urged to be proactive [Chet Bahadur was awarded as the best progressive farmer (Organic Farming) shared his SRI success story in May 2 Farmer Welfare Workshop in Singrijan village]
  May 3, 2018, Morung Express (Nagaland, India)
• Bumper vegetable, wheat yields push back farm distress in UP [At a time when farmers across the country are feeling marginalized, many unable to meet the rising costs of seeds, fertilisers, weighed down by loans, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF)SRI and SWI yields of both crops have increased 50 to 100 per cent and additional income has come from high value vegetable cultivation.]
  May 2, 2018, The Asia Age (Uttar Pradesh, India)
• Farmers’ welfare meet aims at doubling farmers’ income by 2022 [At farmers' welfare workshop, Neiliehunuo Solo shared her success story on how SRI helped her to decrease the labour and increase the yield and motivated her to till her paddy field after a gap of six years.]
  May 2, 2018, Eastern Mirror (Nagaland, India)
• Climate-smart production boosts West African rice self-sufficiency [New book recounts SRI experience SRI-WAAPP program, which involved 50,000 farmers in 13 West African countries.]
  May 1, 2018, Cornell Chronicle (New York: Re: West Africa)

April 2018

• How to make food and agriculture sustainable [Sustainable technologies like SRI suggested]
  April 30, 2018, Financial Express (India)
• Adopting new approaches to farming underscored [ICAR Interface Meeting stresses SRI and HYVs for rice production increase.]
  April 30, 2018, The Sangai Express (Manipur, India)
• Agriculture Dept ensures sustainability of production and income for farmers [SRI adopted to increase production of rice at low cost in West Bengal.]
  April 25, 2018, United News of India (West Bengal, India)
• Mali : Le Mali face au défi du développement agricole: L’incontournable promotion de l’agro-industrie Le rôle stratégique du Siagri [President gave a speech at the beginning of the agricultural season. Article mentions SRI as one of the new approaches introduced since 2013.]
  April 21, 2018, Maliactu.net (Mali)
• Filière rizicole -Sept tonnes à l'hectare atteint [Description of a mechanical transplanter that is giving 7 ton/ hectare yields. It lists a comparison of costs: Conventional 457 ariary kilo/hectare; SRA 357 ariary kilo/hectare; SRI 228 ariary kilo/hectare; mechanical transplanter 223 ariary kilo/hectare]
  April 201, 2018, L'Express de Madagascar (Madagascar)
• Panen padi teknologi System of Rice Intensification (SRI) di Kabupaten Dairi [Dairi District Government, Sumatera Utara, seeks to realize increased rice production with SRI.]
  April 19, 2018, IRLISID (Sumatera Utara, Indonesia)
• KVKs conduct trainings on crop productions in Kohima, Wokha [April 6 training at Nerhe Pezha covers SRI]
  April 18, 2018, Nagaland Post (Nagaland, India)
• Nilai Saham Golden Share Banyuwangi di Pertambangan Rp 580 M
  April 12, 2018, detiknews (East Java, Indonesia) [Banuwangi CSR project by the PT Bumi Suksesindo gold mine includes SRI.]
• Technology for society [SRI advocate Obet Verzola sends daily lessons to farmers via Short Message Service (SMS) messages]
  April 10, 2018, Panay News (Panay, Philippines)
• Summer paddy (SRI) demonstration providing fertilizer to farmers [Farmers in Pakokku included in SRI demonstration for summer paddy on 5 acres; fertilizer supplied]
  April 6, 2018, Myawady (Myanmar)
• ‘Rice intensification system’ can save farmers of parched Kashmir? [Amidst the worst concerns of the farmers in Kashmir in view of prolonged dry spell, SKUAST-K recommends SRI.]
  April 3, 2018, Greater Kashmir (Kashmir, India)
• Rice in water scarcity? Yes, why not [SRI has been described as one of the strategies that could contribute towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)]
  April 2, 2018, Greater Kashmir (Kashmir, India)

March 2018

• INIA presentó en Parral nuevo sistema de producción de arroz para enfrentar el cambio climático [Chile: INIA has trails on adapted SRI in Maule regions and northern part of Ñuble, and SRI field day with 130 farmers near Parral.]
  March 28, 2018, Mundo Agropecuario (Chile) [Story also covered in El Heraldo]
• Farming in Tamil Nadu ready for a turnaround
  March 25, 2018, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• En 2050, 5 milliards de personnes pourraient faire face à des pénuries d'eau
  March 22, 2018, L'info durable (France)
• Desa Ranggagata jadi lokasi percontohan
  March 22, 2018, Radar Mandalika (Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia) [similar article in kicknews.today]
• Mendulang rupiah melalui tanam padi 'Nyeleneh' ala SRI organik [Insights on organic SRI, increased tillering and yield, and how/why to do it]
  March 21, 2018, Liputan6 (Jawa Tengah, Indonesia)
• TN to introduce contract farming law soon [TN state budget: SRI will be promoted on 10 lakh hectares during 2018-2019.]
  March 15, 2018, The Hindu Business Line (Tamil Nadu, India)
• ECOWAS, CORAF collaborate to improve rice production
  March 14, 2018, Leadership (Nigeria)
• Farmers’ income doubled in six years [State Ag. Minister says SRI has been adopted to increase the production of rice at low cost]
  March 10, 2018, United News of India (Kolkata, India)
• Woman conservationist from Odisha receives ‘Nari Shakti Award’
  March 9, 2018, Odisha Sun Times (Odisha, India)
• Tra Vinh: AMD project helps farmers adapt to climate change [Priority for $1.54 million “Adaptation in the Mekong Delta” (AMD) project is for clean and water-saving vegetable cultivation, rice under SRI, and aquaculture.]
  March 7, 2018, Vietnam+ (Vietnam)
• Agri budget presented in Assembly [(SRI) has been adopted to increase the production of rice at low cost.]
  March 5, 2018, Millennium Post (West Bengal(?), India)
• Tanzania: New technology brings fortune Kilosa rice farmers [SRI allows paddy farmers to yield 350,000 kg per quarter acre as opposed to the traditional farming method that produces between 150,000 kg and 190,000 kg per quarter acre. It is implemented in Kilosa and Mvomero district centres.]
  March 5, 2018, AllAfrica.com (Tanzania)

February 2018

• Highlands to expand summer paddy cultivation with water supply improvements (in Burmese) [Includes 89 hectares of summer SRI rice]
  February 24, 2018, Myawadi (Myanmar)
• Timba ilmu bertani di Kebun-Kebun Bangsar [Bangsar Gardens using SRI in urban garden... along with many other crops]
  February 18, 2018, Kosmo Online (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
• Being different made all the difference [Story of a woman farmers who previously won an award for her work with SRI]
  February 15, 2018, Times of India (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Here’s how a Hyderabad farm has been experimenting with rice [Organic Telangana farm uses SRI for heirloom rice]
  February 14, 2018, The Hindu (Telangana, India)
• Japanese company to collaborate with regional distributor in rice production [Mechanized organic SRI production to be tested in collaboration with Japanese company]
  February 13, 2018, Myanmar Times (Myanmar)
• Tech push to boost crop yield
  February 8, 2018, The Telegraph (Jharkhand, India)
• CHAP develops roadmap for non-stop rice supply
  February 6, 2018, Daily Observer (Liberia)
• [Food security: Trying new rice cultivation method
  November 15, 2017 The Financial Express. Accessed Feb, 7, 2018]
• Professor explains implication of rice cultivation techniques for developing countries
  February 1, 2018, The Cornell Daily Sun (New York, USA)
  

January 2018

• New initiative pushes up rice output in Machinga
  January 30, 2018, The Nation (Malawi)
• SRI boosting rice production in Machinga [African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (AICC) says the SRI (SRI) among farmers in Machinga has helped to increase production
  January 29, 2018, MANA Online (Malawi)
• As the republic chugged into 69th year... [Notes that special award for achieving the highest yield of paddy in the state was given to farmer R Munusamy from Kullanur village who used SRI]
  January 27, 2018, The Times of India (Tamil Nadu, India)
• DOST exec hails organic farmers, assures technical support [ZIDOFA Farmers Group gets accolades for SRI work]
  January 26, 2018, The Daily Guardian (Panay, Philippines)
• Ketahanan pangan dan potensi pertanian (2-Habis) [Trisakti University prof notes SRI among food security measures.]
  January 25, 2018, ProKaltim (Kalimantan, Indonesia)
• ABU trains Bakolori farmers on new rice farming techniques [The Institute for Agricultural Research of the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria is training 1000 Bakolori farmers in SRI methods.]
  January 18, 2018, Daily Trust (Nigeria)
• Promoting sustainable agriculture [Biksham Gujja promotes SRI/SSI for TEC India agenda of the 2017-18 Union Budget]
  January 24, 2018, milleniumpost (India)
• Organic, regenerative agriculture thru SRI cultivation [Story of Zarraga Integrated Diversified Organic Farmers Association (ZIDOFA), who have used organic SRI since 2015]
  January 15, 2018, The Daily Guardian (Iloilo, Philippines)
• 青農的美好年代 屏科大「農藝復興」傳奇 [National Pingtung University in Taiwan values values and mixes smart technologies with traditional methods - cites SRI as example]
  January 12, 2018, Business Weekly (Taiwan)
• A river runs through it [The Cauvery water sharing dispute... SRI/SSI could reduce water need]
  January 11, 2018, Deccan Chronicle (Karnataka, India)
• Nkwanta rice farmers undergo climate-smart agric training [Rice Farmer Group training by Adidome Farm Institute incorporates SRI methods]
  January 10, 2018, citifmonline (Ghana)
• Seed chronicles [SRI used by Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems for producing indigenous seeds because it requires fewer seeds.]
  January 9, 2018, The Hindu (India)
• Petani Lebak mulai panen [SRI now common throughout Lebak Regency, and has raised yields from 5.6 tons/ha to 8.2-9.0 tons/ha]
  January 7, 2018, AntaraBanten (Banten, Indonesia)
• Genjot produksi padi lewat SRI [West Sumatera Govt. to promote SRI in several locations in order to increase rice production in 2018]
  January 6, 2018, AntataJambi (Jambi, Indonesia)
• K Nadha Nugraha kembali digelar [One of the awardees of the K. Nadha Nugraha Award was Subak Mambal, an irrigation association in Abiansemal for its work with organic rice production using SRI.]
  January 5, 2018, Bali Post (Bali, Indonesia)
• Amoron'i mania: Miarinavaratra inaugure la PNEFP [200 women trained in SRI in Miarinavaratra in Madagascar's Fandriana district]
  January 4, 2018, News Mada (Madagascar)
• Rétrospective 2017 - Riziculture : Des pas géants [ANCAR and SAED helped improve rice production through promotion of SRI]
  January 3, 2018, le soleil (Senegal)

Blog Posts and Website Articles - 2018

• Shatil, Tanvir. 2018. An engine of our growth. BRAC blog. November 14. [A study on how agriculture can reduce povert-related suffering in Bangladesh highlights SRI as one of BRAC's programs that are integrating green technologies.]
• AIT. 2018. Boosting yields, raising incomes, and offering climate-smart solutions: System of Rice Intensification paves the way for farmers to emerge as more successful “agripreneurs”. Asian Institute of Technology website. November 5.
• Rodríguez, Lucía . 2018. LCN Member of the Month: Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Lemur Conservation Network blog. November 5, 2018. [Interview with World Conservation Society in which they report that several hundreds of households have benefited from improved production techniques, including improved irrigated rice intensification techniques (SRI-SRA) to improve rice productivity (with 4.7 T/ha in average instead of national average of 2.5T/ha).]
• 2018. Prof. Mati participates in IRC conference in Singapore and the Asia SRI Network meeting in Malaysia. JKUAT website. November 2. [Bancy Mati, JKUAT professor in Kenya attended SRI events in Singapore and Malaysia.]
• 2018. FAO Model Farmers Awards. FAO Asia Pacific website. [See the link for Kim Ri Hwa to see her activities with SRI in North Korea that lead to her winning this award.)
• (Compiled from KCNA). 2018. Premier looks round farms and projects in Pyongyang. Juche 107: 2. June 9. [Premier Pak Pong Ju, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea and vice-chairman of the DPRK State Affairs Commission, inspected the Namsa Cooperative Farm ..and stressed the need to widely introduce the system of rice intensification (SRI) and other high-yield farming methods in the agricultural sector, and improve the quality of buildings and increase the construction speed on the principle of taking responsibility for the safety of the project and guarantee its absolute quality for all eternity.] [accessed October 27, 2018]
• Kedia, Shruti. 2018. In Central India, tribals are tapping technology and innovating to become lakhpati farmers. YourStory website. October 24. [Story about Jharkhand families involved in the Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives' (CInI) Mission 2020 – Lakhpati Kisan: Smart Villages programme. SRI was one of the main items in their sustainability approach.]
• 2018. Climate leaders: An interview with the co-CEOs of Lotus Foods. New Hope website. October 24. [The first article in a series of profiles focusing on luminaries within the climate action sphere. This is about Lotus Foods, which imports SRI rice.]
• 2018. Just how ''green" can a hotel be? Hotel News Resource website. October 23. [Interview with hotel owner Anthony Wong, who uses SRI as part of his green strategy.]
• 2018. Metode tanam padi System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Kabupaten Buleleng website. October 19. [SRI instructions aby Agriculture Dept. on the Buleleng Rengency website in Bali, Indonesia.]
• Perroni, Eva. 2018. Abby Maxman believes hunger’s roots lie in inequality and injustice. Food Tank, October. [Interview with Oxfam's new leader includes SRI mention.]
• Schulte, RPO. 2018. WRU helps design uniquely productive complex rice system in Indonesia. Wageningen University and Research website. October 4. [SRI methods mixed with duck, fish and azolla provides higher yield and more stable.]
• 2018. Phân bón cho lúa theo phương pháp canh tác lúa cải tiến (Fertilizer for rice under the method of improved rice cultivation). AgriVietnam.com. October.
• FAO. 2018. An agro-ecological approach to rice leads to new success. Agreenium website. October 2.
• Fxb India Suraksha. 2018. ‘System of Rice Intensification’ (SRI). fxbindiasuraksha blog. September 14. [The NGO Fxb India Suraksha, with support from HDFC Parivartan (CSR wing), had begun SRI promotion in 3 villages of Kamrup, Assam, with 65 farmers on 31.5 acres. The first yield was 30% over the usual productivity.]
• Diario El Centro. 2018. Iniciativa busca el cultivo de arroz “sustentable”. El Centro website. September 17. [INIA's Karla Cordero talk about trials with SRI to reduce chemicals and water use in Chile.]
• FAO. 2018. Morogoro's best farmer. FAO website. September. [Story of a model SRI farmers in Tanzania.] [See also French version: Le meilleur agriculteur de Morogoro]
• 2018. We're following our winners and encouraging their success. Here are some updates from our 2018 winners. Keeling Curve Prize website. September 10. [Included in the winner updates is what SRI-Rice is doing with the prize money.]
• 2018. Reducing food insecurity in Haiti: Oxfam Livelihoods. The Borgen Project. September 6. [Oxfam evaluation shows insights for SRI extension in Artibonite Valley, Haiti.]
• 2018. Système de Riziculture Intensive (SRI) - septembre 16 - septembre 21 . Agroforma website. September 4. [Announcement of a five-day workshop in Niono, Mali.]
• Maftukhah, Rizki. 2018. Kuliah tamu dosen Teknik Pertanian dan Biosistem di Universitas Kristen Artha Wacana Kupang. Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department, Universitas Gadjah Mada website. September.
• 2018. IICA promotes Rice Intensification Systems for Indigenous Communities in Suriname. IICA website. August. [The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in Suriname and Cornell University are working together to conduct of field on SRI for upland rice production in Maroon communities located along the upper Suriname River.]
• date? Agronomy Research Section / Research Activities. Department of Agricultural Research, Myanmar website. [SRI and MSRI noted among government research activities] [accessed August 31, 2018]
• 2018? Anil Verma: Strengthening grassroots for self-sustenance. socialworkindia.in website. [Profile of Anil Verma, who established the NGO PRAN (Preservation and Proliferation of Rural Resources and Nature) in Gaya, Bihar.] [accessed August 31, 2018]
• 2018. System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Direct Admissions Online website. [Case study of Perdoor, Udupi District, that includes constraints to rice production and what SRI has to offer.] [accessed August 26, 2018]
• 2018. IFOAM International Federation of Organic Agriculture : Share and discover innovative solutions on PANORAMA! MarketScreener website. August 22. [IFOAM's Panorama interactive platform notes SRI as prime example of what's in their solution database.]
• 2018. DRAE BOENY: Sensibilisation sur la pratique du SRI dans le District de Marovoay. Ministre de de l’Agriculture et de l’Elevage (DRAE) website. August 8. [Director General of Minister of Ag. says 30% of farmers (in Alaotra Mangog Region) have change their practice by undertaking SRI adapted to the regional and climate]
• Imran Khan, Mohd. 2018. Rice bankers of Muzaffarpur hold out hope for women’s empowerment. YourStory website. August 14. (article also in the quint) [Story of women who have a paddy sapling bank to sell SRI seedlings.]
• 2018. Système de Riziculture Intensive (SRI) - août 27 - août 31. Agroforma website. August 14. [Announcement of a five-day workshop in Niono, Mali.]
• Basia, Mathet, and Lydia Boclig. 2018. Towards rice sufficiency, System of Rice Intensification (SRI) trial farm in Lamag. Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera (CDPC) website. August 3. [Women members of the Lamag Farmers’ Association (LFA) in barangay Lamag of Quirino Ilocos Sur, Philippines, have begun testing SRI.]
• Holland, Peter. 2018. Unexpected research outcomes. BBC.com website. [Together with NGOs in Bangladesh, BRAC, Cornell University, the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, and Monash Business School, Dr. Asadul Islam at Monash University has proven that SRI methods improve rice yields by more than 50 per cent for Bangladesh farmers, without requiring additional investment such as seed, chemical fertiliser or increased irrigation] [accessed Aug. 6, 2018]
• Chan, Zora. 2018. Sustainable rice farming in the highlands. WWF Malaysia website. July 25 [WWF SRI training in Sarawak, Malaysia]
• 2018. SRI News bibit padi unggulan hasilkan 10 ton per hektar. Mn.co.id website. July 25. ['SRI News' systems expands SRI principles to incorporate additional methods in Indramayu, Indonesia.]
• Richard and Andrea. 2018. News reports from The Organic & Non-GMO Report. Harmony Valley Farm website. [Covers Lotus Foods promotion of SRI]
• 2018. Low cost high yield rice. FXB India Suraksha Facebook post. July 24.
• Suhardi, Dani, and Lailatul Istikhomah. 2018. Farmer School in Mekarmanik, Rumah Zakat's Built Village. Rumah Zakat website. July 23. [Farmer Field School near Bandung uses SRI fields in learning about pest management.]
• 2018. Jarak tanam padi SRI-Legowo. CybExt website, Dept of Ag. Extension and Human Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Indonesia [Indonesian language extension material on combining SRI with Jajar Legowo system.]
• 2018. Impressive yield and income increases from SRI project in West Africa. Biosafety Information Centre/Third World Network website. July 18. [highlights recent W. Africa SRI success]
• 2018 (updated). System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Wikipedia entry in German.
• Tining. 2018. (Indonesia) Antisipasi dampak perubahan iklim dengan penerapan budidaya SRI di Sumba Timur. Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada website. [Governor of Nusa Tenggara Timur province says SRI should be used throughout the province due to climate change trials in Tarsa]
• 2018. India Umsning. Food Resources Bank website. [Fund-raising for an Indian SRI/SALT project] [accessed July 10, 2018]
• 2018. New tech for an ancient food. Cornell Engineering page, Cornell University website. [3D printing project for SRI tools at Cornell University]
• Arianne Pfoutz. 2018. SRI and Lotus Foods—transforming how rice is grown. The Organic & Non-GMO Report website. July 7.
• Mondal, Debopriya. 2018. Today's seed, tomorrow's supply. WWF India website. [Story of Srikanto Das, a traditional agriculturist who works on salt tolerant paddy cultivation, Sir and establishing a seed bank to conserve the germplasm of these many varieties.]
• 2018. Growing safe, affordable organic rice in the Philippines! Organic Without Boundaries website. July 3.
• 2018. System of Rice Intensification (SRI). June 23. Suvarna Konkan website. [Hindi language article on SRI instructions.]
• Michail, Niamh. 2018. 'Sustainable pioneers' Lotus Foods innovates with heirloom coloured rice. June 14. [Article about Lotus Foods that includes sourcing from SRI farmers and the benefits of using SRI.]
• 2018. Seminario Web “Avances con el Sistema Intensivo de Cultivo de Arroz (SRI) en las Américas: Pruebas en Chile”. SICA facebook. June 8. [Invitation to a webinar on SRI progress in Chile]
• 2018. Winners of the 2018 Sustainable Food Awards. World Press Online website. June 11. [Lotus Foods (USA) is the runner-up for promoting System of Rice Intensification (SRI). The company is encouraging biodiversity by getting growers in developing countries to produce organic and wild varieties of rice.]
• 2018? Fakultas Pertanian UPB mengembangkan demplot budidaya padi organik melalui kegiatan PPM IbM. Universitas Panca Bhakti website. February 18. [Panca Bhakti University implements SRI demplot in Kabupaten Kubu Raya] [accessed June 11, 2018]
• Tan, Yvette. 2018. Iloilo Association helps rice farmers transition to organic farming. Agriculture Monthly. June 4. [Article of Joby Arandella and the ZIDOFA farmers' SRI activities in Iloilo, Philippines.]
• 2018. Guide pratique pour le système de Riziculture Intensif (SRI). AgroForma website. May 16. [Description of a French language extension guide by Agroforma.org, a Malian agro-food industry training platform.] [accessed June 5, 2018]
• 2018. Who should feed the world: real people or faceless multinationals? The Guardian. June 5. [SRI mentioned in this corporate merger article...]
• 2018. Agriculture State Schemes in Koraput District, Odisha, India. Koraput Govt. website. June 2018. [SRI and SSI are subcomponents described in Koraput, Odisha, India , state ag. schemes]
• Rajaraman, Indira. 2018. The agricultural core of the macroeconomic problem today. Livemint website. June 1. [Good last paragraph on SRI's place in India's agriculture.]
• A., Marc. 2018. Mercuriale: Le riz Makalioka 1.800 Ar. chez les détaillant. MA-TV website. May 31. [French article from Madagascar about SRI]
• 2018. Le SRI, garantie de l’autosuffisance en riz. SciDev.net. May 29. [Review of the book about the SRI-WAAP program in West Africa.]
• 2018. Terraced rice fields in Northern Vietnam. Paradise Travel website. May 25. [Tourist info that includes SRI!]
• 2018. Enhanced photosynthesis (technology factsheet). Geoengineering Monitor. May 24. [SRI noted in discussion of yield ceilings. The article is about C3 to C4 technology]
• Martin, Miranda Carver. 2018. Report reveals groundbreaking results for rice farming. Food Tank website. May 30. [Review of the book about the SRI-WAAP program in West Africa.]
• Damassa, Thomas. 2018. A development model for the 21st century: Addressing poverty by tackling climate change. The Politics of Poverty blog. May 15. [Oxfam policy analysis that includes discussion of SRI.]
• 2017. What is the environmental impact of sushi? World Wildlife Magazine. Winter 2017.
• 2018. System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Plant Genomics blog. May 26. [Basic description of SRI]
• 2018. Climate change affects farmers in northeast. Reliefweb website. May 22 (Vietnam)
• Vidal, John. 2018. A new farming technique using drastically less water is catching on. Huffington Post. May 15.
• Murrel, Ebony. 2018. Managing crops for climate change can also manage pests. Science Trends website. May 16. [SRI, a planting strategy for rice fields that spaces plants more widely and reduces the number of times the field is flooded, not only reduces methane emissions from the fields but also reduces infestation by multiple insect pest species.]
• 2018. Off-Season rice fends off Malian farmers from climate stress. CORAF website. May 11. [Also advertised by Food Tank]
• 2018. Grant program for scholars in low emissions development expands; 2018 recipients announced. CCAFS website. May 7. [Abubakar Halilu Girei, a student at Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, will do his short-term research at CIAT, focusing on soil quality and greenhouse gas emissions under SRI practices in Kadawa, Sudan savanna agroecological zone of Nigeria.
• 2018. Le riz de contre-saison épargne les agriculteurs maliens du stress des variations climatiques. CORAF website. May 11. [French article about SRI in Mali.]
• Jin-gook, Kim. 2018. 미NGO, 신규 농업기술 지원 위해 방북 (US NGO to visit North Korea to support new agricultural technology). Radio Free Asia website. May 9. (in Korean language). This article is about a visit to North Korea by a American Friend Service to follow up on ag technologies, including SRI with individual seedlings grown in trays. See also Korean radio broadcast )
• Laats, Henkjan. 2018. Een agroecologische evolutie is beter voor Afrika dan een ecomodernistische revolutie. de Volkskrant website. May 5. [Dutch article about SRI and agroecology in Senegal.]
• 2018. Seeds of change. Jesuit Mission website. May? [Current appeal letter highlights SRI in Cambodia]
• Chavan, Sandeep and Bikalp Chamola. 2018. Kamrup women lead artisan skills revival for improved livelihoods. The Wire website. April 28. [The NGO Grameen Sahara in Assam]
• Nathan, Dev, et al. 2018. Energy use and women’s work in agriculture. Economic & Political Weekly 53(17). 28 April.
• Muhajir, Anton. 2018. Saatnya makan ubi untuk menggantikan nasi. Mongabay website. April 21. [SRI hadn't proved as successful as hoped due to several factors.]
• Phansalkar, Sanjiv. 2018. Strengthening grassroots in Gaya for self-sustenance. VillageSquare website, April 20. [By popularizing the system of root intensification and introducing sustainable agricultural practices, Anil Verma has brought a positive change in the lives of marginalized farmers in Gaya]
• 2018. Panen padi teknologi System of Rice Intensification (SRI) di Kabupaten Dairi. BPTP website. April 18. [Govt. of Dairi Regency in North Sumatera, Indonesia, which is promoting SRI, recorded 5-6 tons/ha at harvest festival.]
• 2018. FAO, Tanzania Government train youth to increase rice production. FAO website (Africa section). [Sustainable Rice System Development project in Tanzania finds success with SRI.]
• 2018. Vietnam’s rice caught between two models of development. Gro Intelligence website. April 11.
• 2018. SRI-Methode: Indischer Bauer knackt mit pestizidfreier Anbaumethode Ernte-Weltrekord. Permakultur Lebensraum website. April 11. [General description of SRI]
• 2018. Nature-based solutions the key to water management. Outdoor Design Source website. April 5.
• Paddock, Catherine. 2018. Nature-based solutions needed for better management of water, says UN report. Market Business News, March 26.
• 2018. Going beyond pieties on world water day. The Economic Times blog. March 21. [Editorial about The UN World Water Development Report 2018 which stresses nature-based solutions (NBS); cites SRI is useful to reduce water use.]
• 2018. World Water Development Report 2018: Nature-based Solutions for Water. UN Water website. March 19. [Similar to above article}
• UNESCO. 2018. Access to safe water: Is the Green Revolution around the corner? Inter Press Service News Agency website. March 19. [UNESCO article cites SRI as example of green architecture.]
• Hill, Joe, Mukund Kujur, Nishant and Madhaw. 2018. Empowering Jharkhand’s female farmers. SPWD (Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development) blogs. March 8. [In an article about the Mahila Kisan Shashaktikaran Pariyojna (MKSP) in Jharkhand, SRI (known as "sribidi") began in 2014, a year the rains failed. The SRI fields produced good quality rice while the others were a loss.]
• 2018. PRAN: Infusing new life into agriculture in Bharat PRAN. Dilip's Desk blog. March 15. [Story about the Indian NGO PRAN, which uses promotes SRI.
• 2017. SRI probiotics friendly-farming method allows soil to breathe: Waiting for rich harvest. National Pingtung University of Science and Technology website. December 1. [Director of the NPUST Department of Civil Engineering, Professor Yu-Min Wang, oversees the Water Conservation Lab responsible,a 10 year research initiative on improved crop cultivation methods. The SRI Probiotics Project has received funding from the Council of Agriculture, the Pingtung Irrigation Association and the SRI Society of Conservation Agriculture (CA-SRI)]
• 2018. Trinamool Congress has doubled farmers’ income in six years. All India Trinamool Congress website. March 10. [State Ag. Minister says SRI has been adopted to increase the production of rice at low cost]
• Tecsom, Rhod. 2018. System of Rice Intensification: The ZIDOFA approach. IMT News (Panay, Philippines) [Article about Zarraga Integrated Diversified Organic Farmers Association and their closed loop organic value chain in the Philippines.] [accessed February 22, 2018]
• 2018. SRI methodologies. Agriculture Information Bank. February 17. [A recreation of the SRI-Rice home page and methods page!]
• 2018. Upaya ICCTF menanam padi di tanah Nusa Tenggara Timur. Dewi Magazine, February 2018 edition (?) [Gajah Mada University has SRI project in NTT to help combat climate change.] [accessed February 18, 2018]
• 2018. SNV CEO Meike van Ginneken makes first country visit to Vietnam. SNV website. February 14. [New SNV CEO visits women's enterprise project using SRI in Quang Binh province and other projects in Vietnam.]
• 2018. SRI is Increasing Farmer’s Incomes in Mali. West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program website. February 14. [Based on of an article first published in FoodTank.
• Brown, Annie. 2018. Climate change and pollution threaten Cambodia's poorest villages - but Scots are helping to make a difference. Daily Record, February 10. [Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) is promoting SRI in Cambodia.]
• Henríquez, Priscila. 2018. Celebrating the creative genius of women agriculture scientists. Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) website. February. [This article discusses Kelly Witkowski's leadership with SRI in Latin America, particularly in Colombia and the DR.]
• Fredrick, Brian. 2018. How to meet rice demand more adequately, equitably, and sustainably. Crops and Commodities section, Food Tank. February 8.
• Zbinden, Raphaël. 2018 Agriculture bio: plaidoyer pour les "crapauds fous." cath.ch website. January 25.
• Gujja, Biksham. 2018. Budget 2018: Time for promoting sustainable agriculture with focus on improving productivity of major crops. January 23. [Author suggests SRI, SCI, SSI, relevant for the 2017-18 Union Budget in India]
• *Panda, Luna, and Muralidhar Adhikari. 2017. Intensification of finger millet production – An agroecological innovation. LEISA India 19(4) 10-13. [An article on SFMI in this issue on millet farming systems] [accessed January 21, 2018]
• *Kumbhar, Nitin, Ananda Wani, Sameer Raskar and Prithviraj Gaikwad. 2017. System of Crop Intensification – Promoting a profitable crop sequence of finger millet and chickpea. LEISA India 19(4) 14-17. [An article in this issue on millet farming systems] [accessed January 21, 2018]
• 2018. Phumani. sri4women.org. January 10. [The story of a rice farmer in Odisha, India, and how transplanting and other rice field activities has crippled her and others.. SRI reduces the strain.] [accessed January 20, 2018]
• Kaplan, Liz. 2018. Lotus Foods Urges Consumers to “Do The Rice Thing™”. Specialty Food Association website. January 16. [Lotus Foods sources SRI rice from Africa and Asia.]
• Agudelo, Pilar. 2016. Validación del sistema intensivo de cultivo de arroz – SICA en Saldaña. Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) website. September 6. [accessed Jan. 11, 2018]
• Hansen-Kuhn, Karen. 2018. A journey toward gender equity in agroecology. Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) website. January 9. [Group in Mexico cites women's collective experience in Tamil Nadu experience in using SRI to advance agroecology] [accessed Jan.11, 2018]
• Witkowski, Kelly. 2017. System of Rice Intensification in the Americas: Progress report. Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) website. December 2017. [accessed January 11, 2018]

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Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses - acquired during 2018
(listed in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles.)
- Red dot (•) indicates article is freely available

• • Tiwari, B. K., et al. 2017. Assessment of planting geometry in rice under system of rice intensification (SRI). Plant Archives 17(2): 1693-1696. [accessed November 18, 2018]
• • Bashar, Z. U., et al. 2019. SRI single seedling transplanting implement: an innovative technique to challenges on SRI planting and spacing techniques. Food Research 3(2): 16-173. [accessed Nove,ber 18, 2018]
• Choudhary, Anil K., and Vinod K. Suri. 2018. System of rice intensification in short duration rice hybrids under varying bio-physical regimes: New opportunities to enhance rice productivity and rural livelihoods in North-Western Himalayas under a participatory-mode technology transfer program. Journal of Plant Nutrition (online first November 11, 2018) doi:10.1080/01904167.2018.1510515 [accessed November 15, 2018]
• Arif, Chusnul. 2010. Optimizing water management in System of Rice Intnesification paddy fields by field montitoring technology. PhD dissertation, Univeristy of Tokyo. [accessed November 15, 2018]
• Fathurrahman, Akmal. 2018. Motivasi petani muda dalam penerapan teknik budidaya padi sawah secara organik dengan metode System of Rice Intensification (Studi kasus di Kelompok Tani Mekar Sari IV, Desa Ciapus, Kecamatan Banjaran, Kabupaten Bandung, Jawa Barat). Agricore 3:1 [accessed November 10, 2018]
• Shiguango, Martín Fabricio Grefa. 2014. Comparación agronómico de ocho cultivares de arroz en dos tipos de suelo bajo el mètode SRI. Thesis, Universidad de Guayaquil, Ecuador.
• Khumairoh, Uma, et al. 2018. Complex rice systems to improve rice yield and yield stability in the face of variable weather conditions. Nature (Scientific Reports) 8: 14746
• • Mittal, Shreyansh, et al. 2018. Soil physico-chemical properties under target yield approach based fertilizer recommendations in system of rice intensification (SRI). International Journal of Chemistry Studies 2(2): 1-4.
• • Verma, Divyansh, and Thomas Abraham. 2018. Evaluation of system of planting with different foliar application of liquid organic formulation under organic rice [Oryza sativa (L.)] production. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 7(8): 3278-3283. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2018.708.349 [accessed October 3, 2018]
• • Mboyerwa, Primitiva Andrea. 2018. Potentials of system of rice intensification (SRI) in climate change adaptation and mitigation. A review. International Journal of Agricultural Policy and Research 6(9): 160-168. doi:10.15739/IJAPR.18.018 [accessed September 20, 2018]
• • Babu, Suresh Chandra, and C. Jayachandran. 2017. Role of knowledge inequality and social entrepreneurship in agricultural transformation: Case of rural South India. International Journal of Business & Applied Sciences 6:(1): 15 [accessed September 20, 2018]
• • Suprianto, Suprianto et al. 2018. Penerapan teknologi budidaya padi sawah metode System Of Rice Intensification (SRI) hubunganya dengan produktifitas di Desa Maluka Baulin Kecamatan Kurau Kabupaten Tanah Laut (The technology application on rice cultivation with System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method and its relation to rice productivity in Maluka Baulin Village Kurau Sub-District Tanah Laut Regency]. Frontier Agribisnis 2(1): 54-59. [accessed September 20, 2018]
• • López, Cristian Valdivieso, and Vera Montenegro. 2018. Tiempo do trasplante en la productividad del cultivo de arroz, Oryza sativa INIAP-11. Revista ESPAMCIENCIA 9(1): 7-12. [accessed September 15, 2018]
• • Rozen, Nalwida. 2018. Response of two rice varieties grown using SRI method in two different locations. JERAMI Indonesian Journal of Crop Sciences 1(1), 39-45. [accessed September 4, 2018]
• • Mamondo, Marianne Reynelda, and Delcen Sopani. 2017. Analisis risiko usahatani padi sawah metode System of Rice Intensification (SRI) dan tanam benih langsung (Tabela) di Desa Tonusu Kecamatan Pamona Puselemba (Risk analysis of rice field farming between methods of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and direct seed planting (Tabela) at Tonusu Village Pamona Puselemba District). Jurnal ENVIRA 2(1): 28-24. doi: 10.31227/osf.io/dkg6b [accessed September 4, 2018]
• • Effendi, Arman, Aswaldi Anwar, and Reni Mayern. 2018. The effects of planting range and weed management on growth and yield of rice (Oryza sativa L.) using modified SRI (The System of Rice Intensification). International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology 8(1): 272-279. doi:10.18517/ijaseit.8.1.2159 [accessed September 4, 2018]
• • Abate, Gashaw Tadesse, et al. 2018. The impact of the use of new technologies on farmers’ wheat yield in Ethiopia: evidence from a randomized control trial. Agricultural Economics 49: 409–421. doi:10.1111/agec.12425 [accessed August 23, 2018]
• • Kenya, Nyamonge. 2016. The role of Farmer Field Schools in adoption and adaptation of recommended rice production practices in Mvomero District in Tanzania. MSc thesis, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bunda College, Malawi. [accessed August 23, 2018]
• Kumar, Santosh, et al. 2018. Productivity and profitability of rice (Oryza sativa) genotypes as influenced by crop management practices under middle Indo-Gangetic Plains Indian Journal of Agronomy 63(1): 45-49. [accessed August 23, 2018]
• • Precharattana, Monamorn, and Tanaporn Kajonphol. 2018. A stochastic cellular automata model for rice tillering in the system of rice intensification. Journal of Physics: Conf. Series 1053: 1-10. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1053/1/012104 [accessed August 13, 2018]
• • Fakhrur, Razie. 2012. Efisiensi pemupukan dengan penambahan kompos jerami pada budidaya padi System of Rice Intensification (SRI) di daerah Pasang Surut Kalimantan Selatan. (Efficiency of fertilizer with enriched straw compost under system of rice intensification (SRI) rice cultivation in tidal areas of South Kalimantan). Thesis, Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB), Indonesia. (121. p.) [accessed August 11, 2018]
• • Aasif, M., et al. 2018. Influence of integrated nutrient management practices on yield and nutrient uptake of rice under System of Rice Intensification. International Journal of Advances in Agricultural Science and Technology 5(7): 10-16. [accessed August 11, 2018]
• • Kangile, R. J., H. S. Ng’elenge, and I. Ml Busindeli. 2018. Socio-economic and field performance evaluation of different rice varieties under System of Rice Intensification in Morogoro, Tanzania. Agricultural Research & Technology: Open Access Journal 17(2): 556021. doi:10.19080/ARTOAJ.2018.17.556021 [accessed August 11, 2018]
• Mondal, Dibyendu, et al. 2018. Influence of herbicide mixture on composite weed flora and yield of transplanted rice under system of rice intensification. Journal of Hill Agriculture 9(1): 49-54. doi:10.5958/2230-7338.2018.00009.5 [accessed August 9, 2018]
• Sen, Dhiman, et al. 2018. Studies on nutrient uptake of crop and residual soil fertility affected by planting time, organic sources of nutrient and LCC based N application under SRI. Research on Crops 19(2): 163-168. doi:10.5958/2348-7542.2018.00025.6 [accessed August 9, 2018]
• • Materu, Stanslaus Terengia, et al. 2018. Water use and rice productivity for irrigation management alternatives in Tanzania. Water 10(8): 1-15. 10.3390/w10081018 [accessed August 1, 2018]
• Oda, Masato, et al. 2018. High-yield SRI in West Java by decomposing straw in waterlogged paddy field. Paddy and Water Environment (online first July 30, 2018) 1-5 (short communication). doi: 10.1007/s10333-018-0668-5 [accessed July 24, 2018]
• • Effendi, Arman, Aswaldi Anwar, and Reni Mayerni. 2018. The effects of planting range and weed management on growth and yield of rice (Oryza sativa L.) using modified SRI (The System of Rice Intensification). International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology 8(1): 272-279. doi:10.18517/ijaseit.8.1.2159 [accessed July 24, 2018]
• • Toungos, Mohammed Dahiru. 2018. System of Rice Intensification: A Review. International Journal of Innovative Agriculture & Biology Research 6(2): 27-38. [accessed July 24, 2018]
• • Dhakal, Bishal, et al. 2017. Assessment of yield and yield attributing characters of drought tolerant rice cultivars under different crop management practices in Central Terai of Nepal. International Journal of Science and Research 6(10): 1646-1649 [accessed July 24, 2018]
• Pasaribu, Pinta Omas, Triadiati, and Iswandi Anas. 2018. Rice ratooning using the Salibu System and the System of Rice Intensification method influenced by physiological traits. Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science 41(2): 637-654. [accessed July 24, 2018]
• • Istiqomah, Nurul, et al. 2018. Ketersediaan nitrogen dan populasi bakteri tanah dalam SRI (System of Rice Intensification). Buana Sains 18(1): 35-36. [accessed July 7, 2018]
• Singh, A.K., and Mandira Chakraborti. 2018. The effects of crop establishment method, soil–water regime and integrated nutrient management practices on sustainability of rice yield in North-Eastern India. Agricultural Research (online first July 4, 2018) 1-7. 10.1007/s40003-018-0336-4
• • Sen, Debashish, et al. 2017. The Introduction of SRI in Uttarakhand. Anthropologie & développement 46-47: 100-126. doi:10.4000/anthropodev.595 [accessed July 1, 2018]
• Serpantié, Georges. 2017. Le système de riziculture intensive ou « SRI » à Madagascar. Entre légende urbaine et innovation rurale. Anthropologie & développement 46-47: 67-99. doi: 10.4000/anthropodev.588 [accessed July 1, 2018]
• • Fagodiya, Ram Kishor. 2018. Methane production, emission and mitigation from rice fields. Biotech Articles (review article). June 26. [accessed July 1, 2018]
• • Toungos, Mohammed Dahiru. 2018. Comparative analysis on the cropping System of Rice Intensification and traditional method of rice production in Mubi North, Adamawa State, Nigeria. International Journal of Innovative Agriculture & Biology Research 6(2): 7-26. [accessed July 1, 2018]
• • Mondal, A. P., et al. 2017. Performance of System of Rice Intensification with conventional method of rice cultivation. Bangladesh Agronomy Journal 20(2): 75-80.
• Sundharavadivu, S. 2017. A study on SRI Technology in Cauvery Delta Region on Tamil Nadu [accessed June 23, 2018]
• Adusumilli, R. and A. Chaudhary A. 2018. Can Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) ensure inclusive and resilient growth in rainfed areas: Convergence lessons learned and way forward. In: Bhattarai M., Viswanathan P., Mishra R., Bantilan C. (eds) Employment Guarantee Programme and Dynamics of Rural Transformation in India. India Studies in Business and Economics. Springer, Singapore. [accessed June 23, 2018]
• Nugroho, Bayu Dwi Apri, et al. 2018. Effect of intermittent irrigation following the system of rice intensification (SRI) on rice yield in a farmer’s paddy fields in Indonesia. Paddy and Water Environment (online first June 13, 2018) doi: 10.1007/s10333-018-0663-x [accessed June 13, 2018]
• • Tomar, Rajnesh, et al. 2018. Effect of planting methods and integrated nutrient management on growth parameters, yield and economics of rice. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 7(20: 520-527. [accessed June 13, 2018]
• • Rao, S. Govinda, R. Saritha, and C. Nageswara Rao. 2017. Evaluation of water saving System of Rice Intensification under tankfed system. International Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Research 3(3): 3016-3020. [accessed June 13, 2018]
• • Nasution, Auzar Syarif, et al. 2017. Pengaruh beberapa jenis bahan organik terhadap hasil tanaman padi (Oryza sativa L) metode SRI (the System of Rice Intensification). Agrohita 1(2): 28-37. [accessed June 13, 2018]
• • Sanou, G., D. Dakouo, and I. Ouedraogo. 2017. Influence du systeme de riziculture intensif (SRI) sur les attaques des principaux insectes depredateurs dans les perimetres rizicoles irrigues de Karfiguela et de la vallee du Kou au Burkina Faso. Agronomie Africaine 29(2): 125-136. [accessed June 3, 2018]
• Wang, Lixian,王立先. 2018. The techniques of rice intensification method and integrated pest control management-优质水稻栽培技术及病虫害综合防治, 12(5): 11. [accessed June 3, 2018]
• • Amraeni, Amraeni. Perilaku pansca penerapan metode System Rice Intensification (SRI) pada petani padi sawah skala kecil di Kabupaten Maros. Jurnal Ilmiah Pena: Sains dan Ilmu Pendidikan, 1(1): 57 - 63. [accessed June 1, 2018]
• • Arif, Chusnul, et al. 2018. Developing automatic water table control system for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from paddy fields. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 147(1): 012040. doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/147/1/012040 [accessed May 14, 2018]
• • Ardiansyah, et al. 2018. Biomass development in SRI field under unmaintained alternate wetting-drying irrigation. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 147(1): 012041. doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/147/1/012041 [accessed May 14, 2018]
• • Jat, A. L., et al. 2018. Biological potential and economic feasibility of rice (Oryza sativa L.): Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Cropping system under northern Gangetic alluvial plains. International Journal of Chemical Studies 6(2): 2184-2187. [accessed May 14, 2018]
• Lee, Yun Ho, and Kazuhiki Kobayashi. 2018. Assessing the acceptance of the system of rice intensification among farmers in rainfed lowland rice region of Cambodia. Paddy and Water Environment (online first) 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s10333-018-0646-y [accessed May 14, 2018]
• • Hossain, M. et al. 2017. Growth and yield performance of BRRI Dhan29 to manures and fertilizers under both conventional and SRI system. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 19(2): 1-5. [accessed May 14, 2018]
• Seo, Jiyeon, et al. 2017. SRI 물 관리 방법에 따른 하천수질 개선효과 분석 Analysis of river water quality improvement effect by SRI water management method. Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers 61. [accessed May 14, 2018]
• • Hottle, Ryan, and Thomas Damassa. 2018. Mitigating poverty and climate change: How reducing short-lived climate pollutants can support pro-poor, sustainable development. Oxfam Research Bachgrounder series. 57 p. [accessed May 14, 2018]
• Ansari, Hanafi, et al. 2014. Pengaruh dosis pupuk dan jerami padi terhadap kandungan unsur hara tanah serta produksi pad sawah pada sistem padi SRI (System of Rice Intensification). Agrotekoteknologi 2(3): 1048-1055. [accessed May 14, 2018]
• Pinazo Caldas, M. V. 2017. Comparación de tres sistemas de transplante manual en arroz (Oryza sativa L.) en el valle Jequetepequ. Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina Lima Peru Facultad De Agronomia repository. 88p pdf. [accessed May 14, 2018]
• Pono, Maat, et al. 2016. Explaining determinant of post adoption behaviour of small scale farmers: Evident of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) practices in Indonesia. 34(5): 637-634. doi: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2016.34.5.15641 [accessed May 14, 2018]
• Thakur, Amod K. 2018. Rice root growth, photosynthesis, yield and water productivity improvements through modifying cultivation practices and water management. Agricultural Water Management 206: 67-77. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2018.04.027 [accessed May 13, 2018]
• Kim, Gun-Yeob, et al. 2012. Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases by water management of SRI (System of Rice Intensification) in rice paddy fields. Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer 45(6): 1173-1178. 10.7745/KJSSF.2012.45.6.1173 [accessed May 8, 2018]
• • Mittal, Shreyansh, and Sanjay K. Sharma. 2018. Effect of different approaches of fertilizer recommendations on yield, nutrient uptake and economics of rice under SRI. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 7(2): 761-765. [accessed May 3, 2018]
• • Pogula, Sowmya, and K. K. Rout, 2018. Effect of different manurial practices on soil microbial activity under SRI method of rice planting. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 7(4): 3221-3227. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2018.704.365 [accessed May 3, 2018]
• • Debberma, B., D. Ram, M.K. Singh and M. Deepa Devi. 2018. Extent of adoption of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) technology by the farmers of Tripura. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 7(4): 1853-1861. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2018.704.211 [accessed May 3, 2018]
• Jiyeon, 서지연, Seo, et al. 2018. Effect of SRI water management on the reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions and irrigation water supply in paddy. Journal of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers 60(1): 79-87. doi:10.5389.KSAE2018.60.1.079 [accessed April 2018]
• Pun, Ishwar, and Eiji Yamaji. 2017. Comparative study of methane emission and structural development of rice plants from SRI and non-SRI methods in a lysimeter experiment. International Journal of Environmental and Rural Development 8(1): 20-26. [accessed April 2018]
• • Jain, Bharat Taindu, A. K. Sarial, and Hari Kesh. 2018. Comparison of yield potential of basmati rice (Oryza sativa) through direct seeded rice, SRI and conventional technology. Research Journal of Agricultural Sciences 9(2): 300-306. [accessed April 2018]
• • Sulandjari, and M. B. Yunindanova. 2018. Application of azolla and intermittent irrigation to improve the productivity and nutrient contents of local black rice variety. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 142(1): 1-6. [accessed April 2018]
• Nathan, Dev, et al. 2018. Energy use and women’s work in agriculture. Economic & Political Weekly 53(17). 28 April. [accessed April 2019]
• • Taylor, Marcus, and Suhas Basme. 2018. The political ecology of rice intensification in South India: Putting SRI in its places. Journal of Agrarian Change (online first) 1-18. [accessed April 2018]
• • Soentoro, Edy Anto, et al. 2018. Optimization of irrigation water use to increase the benefit of agricultural products. MATEC Web of Conferences 159. doi:10.1051/matecconf/201815901026. [Presented at the 2nd International Joint Conference on Advanced Engineering and Technology (IJCAET 2017) and International Symposium on Advanced Mechanical and Power Engineering (ISAMPE 2017)] [accessed April 2018]
• • Mwatete, Gibson, et al. 2017. Comparing the economic performance of two rice technologies in West Kano Irrigation Scheme, Kenya. Africa Environmental Review Journal 2(2): 93-106. [accessed March 25, 2018]
• • Sudhakara, T.M., et al. 2017. Productivity of rice as influenced by irrigation regimes and nitrogen management practices under SRI. Annals of Plant and Soil Research 19(3): 253-259 [accessed March 21, 2018]
• • Nayak, Amruta, and Sabyaschi Biswal. 2018. Performance of rice in modified conventional System over of Rice Intensification (SRI). International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 6: 2163-2168 [accessed March 21, 2018]
• • Dhaliwal, L. K., et al. 2018. Effect of meteorological parameters on incidence of brown leaf spot in rice crop under different planting methods. Journal of agrometeorology 20(1):53-56 [accessed March 21, 2018]
• • Paramasivan, M. 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 21, 2018]
• • Vijayakumar, M., et al. 2017. Refinement of fertilizer recommendation based on Soil Test Crop Response technology for rice under System of Rice Intensification. Journal of Applied and Natural Science 9(2): 855-859 [accessed March 21, 2018]
• *• Rana, Lalita, et al. 2017. System of wheat intensification (SWI) – A new approach for increasing wheat yield in small holder farming system. Journal of Applied and Natural Science 9(3): 1453-1464 [accessed March 21, 2018]
• • Kumar, R. Mahender, et al. 2017. Influence of different methods of rice (Oryza sativa l.) cultivation on microbes, soil health, water productivity and grain yield. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry SP1: 394-399
• • Ochoa, Esteban, et al. 2017. Comparación de un sistema de intensificación del cultivo de arroz (SICA) con sistemas tradicionales de siembra en la zona de Churute, Ecuador (Comparing a system of rice intensification (SRI) with traditional cropping systems in Churute, Ecuador). Ciencia y Tecnología (Cienc Tecn UTEQ) 10(1): 1-6.
• Singh, Ram, and S. M. Feroze. 2016. Impact of SRI method on livelihood and food security of rice grower in Tripura: An empirical analysis. Agricultural Economics Research Review 29(conf): 225. [accessed March 10, 2018]
• • Hosain, T., et al. 2018. Response of physiological characteristics and productivity of hybrid rice varieties under System of Rice Intensification (SRI) over the traditional cultivation. International Journal of Plant Biology & Research 6(2): 1085. [accessed March 10, 2018]
• Choudhary, Anil K., and Vinod K. Suri. 2018. System of rice intensification in promising rice hybrids in north-western Himalayas: crop and water productivity, quality, and economic profitability. Journal of Plant Nutrition 41(8): 1020-1034, doi:10.1080/01904167.2018.1431675 [accessed March 9, 2018]
• • Thirupathi, I. et al. 2018. Assessment of energetics of rice with irrigation and nitrogen management practices under different establishment methods. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 7(1): 2313-2319. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2018.701.279 [accessed February 19, 2018]
• Hansda, Regina. 2018. Small-scale farming and gender-friendly agricultural technologies: the interplay between gender, labour, caste, policy and practice. Gender, Technology and Development 21(3): 189-205. doi: 10.1080/09718524.2018.1434990 [accessed February 16, 2018]
• • * Berhe, T., Z. Gebretsadik, and N. Uphoff, N. 2017. Intensification and semi-intensification of tef production in Ethiopia: applications of the System of Crop Intensification. CAB Reviews 12(054): 1-12. [accessed February 16, 2018]
• • Sylla, M., et al. 2017. Evaluation des pratiques de gestion des adventices en riziculture irriguee dans la localite de Daloa, centre-ouest de la Cote d’Ivoire. Agronomie Africaine 29(1); 49-64. [accessed February 16, 2018]
• • Oo, Aung Zaw, et al. Sustainable farming under climate change: SRI - Both economical and environment friendly. Farmers' Forum, Dec. 2017-Jan.2018 edition: 13-18. [Research in Tamil Nadu finds GHG reduction with SRI and MSRI.] [accessed February 16, 2018]
• • Bagayoko, M., G. Traore, and O. Samake. 2017. Variabilite spatiale des rendements du riz en systeme de riziculture intensive (SRI) en zone office du Niger au Mali. Agronomie Africaine 29(2): 137-147. [accessed February 13, 2018]
• • Singh, Chandan, et al. 2018. Effect of INM modules and different cultural practices on properties of silty clay loam. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 7(1): 653-658. doi: 10.20546/ijcmas.2018.701.079 [accessed February 10, 2018]
• • Kirar, Shiv Singh, Ram Pratap Bain, and Jeetendra Kumar Soni. 2018. A comparative study on production realized in traditional and SRI methods of paddy cultivation in District Katni (M.P.). International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 7(01): 1936-1939. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2018.701.23 [accessed February 10, 2018]
• • Shamshiri, Redmond Ramin, et al. 2018. An overview of the System of Rice Intensification for paddy fields of Malaysia. Journal of Agricultural Studies 6(1):133-156. doi: 10.5296/jas.v6i1.12534 [accessed February 10, 2018]
• • Kumar, G., L. V. Subba Rao, R.M. Kumar, and K. Keshavulu. 2017. Influence of SRI (System of Rice Intensification) method of cultivation on seed quality parameters of rice (Oryza sativa L.). International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience 5(6): 784-788. doi:10.18782/2320-7051.5187 [accessed February 7, 2018]
• • Kesh, Hari, Khushi Ram, and Kuldeep Jangid. 2017. System of Rice Intensification: A review on resource conserving method of rice crop establishment. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 6(11): 2315-2328. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2017.611.275 [accessed February 7, 2018]
• • Stoop, W. A., et al. 2017. Opportunities for ecological intensification: lessons and insights from the System of Rice/crop Intensification - their implications for agricultural research and development approaches. CAB Reviews 12(036): 1-19. [accessed January 30, 2018]
• • Attia, A. M. E., et al. 2017. Improvement System of Rice Intensification (Sri) for some rice genotypes. Journal of Plant Production, Mansoura Univ. 8(11): 1147-1151.
• • Katambara, Zacharia, et al. 2013. Adopting the system of rice intensification (SRI) in Tanzania: A review. Agricultural Sciences 4(8): 1-7. doi:10.4236/as.2013.48053 [accessed January 17, 2018]
• • Johnson, J., et al. 2018. Farmers' perceptions on mechanical weeders for rice production in Sub-Saharan Africa. Experimental Agriculture, 1-15. doi:10.1017/S001447971700059X [accessed January 17, 2018]
• • Scheidel, A., B. Lim., K. Sok., and P. Duk. 2017. Leapfrogging agricultural development: Cooperative initiatives among Cambodian small farmers to handle sustainability constraints. In: Fraňková E., Haas W., Singh S. (eds) Socio-Metabolic Perspectives on the Sustainability of Local Food Systems. Human-Environment Interactions, vol 7. Springer, Cham. 10.1007/978-3-319-69236-4_8 [accessed January 15, 2018]
• • Mallikarjun, Channa, and Syed Sadaqath. 2017. Constraints and suggestions of SRI method of paddy growers in Dharwad district, Karnataka, India. Agriculture Update 12(3): 361-364 ref.14. doi: 10.15740/has/au/12.3/361-364 [accessed January 15, 2018]
• Arman, Effendi Ar. 2017. Perbaikan teknologi budidaya padi (Oryza sativa L.) metode SRI (the System of Rice Intensification) melalui optimasi lahan serta pengelolaan popluasi dan gulma. PhD dissertation, Universitas Andalas (Indonesia). 10.25077/06301015 [accessed January 9, 2018]
• Bourjac, Mathilde, et al. 2017. Sustainable intensification of rainfed lowland rice systems: A case study in Xieng Khouang Province in Lao PDR. ECHO Development Notes 34: 37-39. [Presentation at 6th Biennial ECHO Asia Agriculture and Community Development Conference, Thailand, Oct. 3-16, 2017] [accessed January 8, 2018]
• • Aziez, A.F., E. Hanudin, and S. Harieni. 2018. Impact of water management on root morphology, growth and yield component varieties of lowland rice under the organic system of rice intensification. Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management 5(2): 1035-1045. doi:10.15243/jdmlm.2018.052.1035 [accessed January 8, 2018]
• Islam, Mokidul. 2014. Productivity and socio-economic impact of system of rice intensification and integrated crop management over conventional methods of rice establishment in eastern Himalayas, India. Paddy and Water Environment 12(1): 193–202. [accessed January 4, 2018]
• • Reddy, P. Maheswara, et al. 2017. Response of machine transplanted rice (Oryza sativa L.) to different nitrogen and phosphorus levels during Rabi. 6(12): 2683-2688. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2017.612.310 [accessed January 3, 2018]
• Oo, Aung Zaw, et al. 2018. Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from conventional and modified rice cultivation systems in South India. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 252: 148-158 (Online 15 January 2018). doi:10.1016/j.agee.2017.10.014 [SRI conditions in this article are called "YW-AWD"] [accessed January 3, 2018]
• • Hasanah, Nur Aini Iswati, Budi Indra Setiawan, Chusnul Arif, and Slamet Widodo. 2017. Muka air optimum pada System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Jurnal Irigasi 12(1): 55-64. [accessed January 3, 2018]
• Ghoshal, Riya, Anindita Saha, and Debabrata Basu. 2017. Social impact of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Journal of Interacademicia 21(3): 282-286 ref.8. [accessed January 3, 2017]

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New Links from our Website to Online Publications (and SRI-Related Social Media) (2018)
(see also Latest Research directly above and Recent Uploads below for new material on our site).

• Dema, Karma, Ngawang Chojey, and Pema Chophel. 2018. System of Rice Intensification for Organic Rice Production- An experience of Samdrup JongkharInitiative. Samdrup Jongkhar Initiative website. October.
• SRI-LMB. 2018. Sustaining and enhancing the momentum for innovation and learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin (SRI-LMB). SRI-LMB website. (30p, pdf). [Report of a national workshop and farmers congress, Thailand, March 29-20, 2018.] [accessed August 15, 2018]
• 2016. A portfolio review of World Bank rice projects: Fiscal years 1884-2011. Agriculture Global Discussion Paper 11. World Bank website. (46p pdf) [accessed June 8, 2018]
• 2018. Guide pratique pour le système de Riziculture Intensif (SRI). AgroForma website. [French language extension guide by Agroforma.org, a Malian agro-food industry training platform.] [accessed June 5, 2018]
• 2018. Producir más con menos mediante el Sistema Intensivo del Cultivo de Arroz (SRI). IICA website. [Entry page to a six module two week SRI course in Spanish by the Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura.] (accessed May 2018)
• 2018. Note sur le système de rizipermaculture ZANATANY. Journal de L'Agro-Ecologie 4:20 (January-March) [accessed May 31, 2018]
• Styger, Erika and Gaoussou Traoré. 2018. 50,000 farmers in 13 countries: Results from scaling up the System of Rice Intensification in West Africa; Achievements and regional perspectives for SRI; SRI-WAAPP Project Summary Report, 2014-2016; West Africa Agriculture Productivity Program (WAAPP). The West and Central Africa Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF/WECARD), Dakar, Senegal. 120p.
• Sinha, Biswanath, Tushar Dash, and Ashotosh Pal. 2018. Scaling up the System of Rice Intensification in India. In Agroecology: A path towards the sustainable development goals. Farming Matters, May 3. Ileia website.
• INTA. 2018. Sistema Intensivo del Cultivo de Arroz (SRI). Brochure de INTA - Instituto Nicaragüense de Tecnología Agropecuaria (Instructional/promotional brochure by the Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA).)
• Krishi Bhavan. 2017. A farmer friendly handbook for Government of India (Central) & Government of Goa (State): Schemes and Programmes in 2017-2018. Govt. of Goa Agriculture website. (24p. pdf) [Lists promotion of SRI (Incentive@Rs. 10000/-per ha. to improve rice productivity) and promotion of modified Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) (50% assistance limited to Rs. 10000/- per ha. toward land preparation and planting of new crop)] [accessed March 17, 2018]
• Shiney, Varghese. 2011. Women at the center of climate-friendly approaches to agriculture. Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy website. [This 20-page publication discusses SRI on page 15-16 (water conservation section) and also includes a section on SRI as Annex 2.] [accessed January 10, 2017]
• Zotoglo, Kokou, and Djiguiba Kouyaté. 2011. Manuel de formation Système de Riziculture Intensive (SRI). USAID website. (14p. pdf) [French language SRI manual by USAID/Afrique de l’Ouest and USAID/Mali [accessed January 4, 2018]
• Mendoza, Díddier A. Moreira. 2017. Sistema Intensivo del Cultivo del Arroz (SRI) Produciendo más con menos en un clima cambiante. FONTAGRO website. (44p, 9.6MB pdf) [Guía para el establecimiento y monitoreo del cultivo de arroz bajo la metodología del SRI. Con la revisión y contextualización de Pedro A. Núñez Ramos (IDIAF) y de Kelly Witkowski (IICA).] [accessed January 2, 2018]

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Recent Documents Uploaded on our Website (2018) (Includes new pages added to the SRI-Rice website)

• [Web pages updated during November: events, resource updates, seminars, Bangladesh, DPR Korea, Mali, Thailand]
• 2018. Flyer for Debdutt Dehura seminar on November 13, 2018. SRI-Rice website. [posted November8, 2018]
• Fisher, Lucy. 2018. SRI Research Network page. (A new page on the SRI-Rice website)
• Mara, Hillary, Nina Lin, and Sean Finnerty. 2018. Instructions for using the SRI Research Network library on Zotero. SRI-Rice website. October 6.
• Ali, Bibata, and Haoungui Adamou. 2018. Rapport de formation des producteurs de riz en hors amenagement sur le Systeme de Riziculture Intensive (SRI). August 14. [Area-wide SRI training workshop sponsored by WAAPP and INRAN]
• Fisher, Lucy. 2018. Monthly additions to the SRI-Rice website. (Jan 2018, Feb 2018, March 2018, April 2018, May 2018, June 2018) New pages on the SRI-Rice website. [uploaded monthly]
• 2018. Flyer for Vibhu Nayar seminar on August 16, 2018. SRI-Rice website. [posted August 8, 2018]
• Uphoff, Norman, T. 2002. Trip report on SRI visit to Myanmar -- June 2002. System of Rice Intensification website. [uploaded June 21, 2018]
• Uphoff, Norman T. 2002. Trip report from SRI visit to Sri Lanka - June 2002. System of Rice Intensification website. [Report on June 2003 trip prepared for the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development] [uploaded June 21, 2018]
• 2018. Flyer for Biksham Gujja seminar on May 24, 2018. SRI-Rice website. [posted May 19, 2018]
• Singh, V.P., Uday Shankar, and Pradip Bora. 2007. Feasibility study to support System of Rice Intensification (SRI). SRI-Rice website. [Posted on May 3, 2018]
• 2018. Flyer for Regina Hansda seminar on March 22, 2018. SRI-Rice website. [posted March 14, 2018]
• *ICAR-KVK Bidar/UAS Raichur. 2015. Redgram transplanting technology. SRI-Rice website. 20p, (1.11MB pdf) [An extension piece on using SRI methods for growing redgram (pigeon pea) authored by ICAR-KVK Bidar and University of Agricultural Sciences Raichur] [uploaded February 28, 2018]
• World Neighbors. 2017. World Neighbors experience with SRI in Kavre, Nepal. SRI-Rice website (9p., 971KB pdf)
• Tech, Chey. 2006. Ecological System of Rice Intensification (SR) impact assessment in 2001-2005. SRI-Rice website (21p.,367KB pdf) [Assessment for the NGO CEDAC in Cambodia].
• Fisher, Lucy. 2017. Monthly additions to the SRI-Rice website. New pages on the SRI-Rice website. [uploaded monthly]

Videos / Audiofiles - 2018 acquisitions (either uploaded by SRI-Rice OR linked to from our website)

• Video: 2018 (November 14). This is SRI (System of Rice Intensification). 3:07 min. Reynaldi Hendriartha channel, YouTube. [Student production about SRI from Brawijaya University.]
  Related: Also, see TPT 2018 Kelas U1 - Agroekoteknologi, another student production looking at the differences between paddy production systems.
• Video: 2018 (November 1). Pon Vilaiyum Bhoomi ( 01/11/2018) மாத்தியோசிச்சேங்க (SRI (System of Rice Intensification) Cultivation). 4:24 min. dd agriculture channel. (Tamil language video explaining SRI by K.G. Mohana Krishnan, Agriculturalist, Perambakkam Village, Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, India.]
• Video: 2018 (October 29). Successful Farmers in Aceh Jaya. 27:20 min. IDEP Foundation channel, YouTube. [This film is about how NGO CCR works with communities in Aceh Jaya Regency, Aceh Province. It highlights the extension of SRI in which farmers can continue to save on cost, increase revenue as well as play an active role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions caused by burning straw and using pesticides. Also, communities will better understand disaster risk reduction and be more resilient in protecting themselves after the trainings received from Caritas Czech Republic.]
• Video: 2018 (October 25). Agricultural Technology: Water Management in SRI Method of Rice Cultivation. 6:36 min. dd agriculture channel, YouTube. [Tamil language video by Dr. R. Jegathambal, Professor, Seed Science & Technology Rice Research Station, Tirur, Thiruvallur District, India.]
• Video: 2018 (September 26). KADIS Pertanian Pimpin Panen Padi Kelompok Tani Hidayah. 2:10 min. JambiTV channel, YouTube. [Indonesian language; TV clip about harvest of pricing of organic SRI in Jambi, Indonesia]
• Video: 2018 (September 18). SRI Padi. 1:15 min. Rupasi Purulia channel, YouTube. [SRI video from West Bengal]
• Video: 2018 (September 15). Sri vidhi se dhan 2018ka video madhepura ka. 4:29 min. Harishankar kumar channel, YouTube. [Home video of SRI, Indian langauge]
• Video: 2018 (August 27). System of Rice Intensification SRI PADDY ||ಶ್ರೀ ಪದ್ಧತಿಯಲಿ ಭತ್ತದ ಬೇಸಾಯ. 3:20 min. KRUSHI BHARATHA Online channel, YouTube. [Indian language]
• Video: 2018 (August 7). Animasi 2D Metode Tanam Padi SRI System of Rice Intensification. 5:34 min. Distan jabar channel, YouTube.
• Video: 2018 (August 4) ZBNF LESSONS II SRI method II More Rice from less Water. 16:06 min. Natures Voice channel, YouTube. [Indian language]
• Video: 2018 (July 18). SRI paddy cultivation. SRI bidhi mey dhan ka kheti, Kisan Bhandu channel, YouTube.
• Video: 2018 (July 2). เสวนาประชาคมเกษตรกรไทย สัมมนาเชิงปฏิบัติการระดับประเทศ. สถาบัน กศน. ภาคเหนือ channel, YouTube. [Video of the SRI-LMB National Workshop & Farmers Congress, held May 29-20, 2018, in Uttaradit province, Thailand.]
• Video: 2018 (July 2). Seminario Web “Avances con el Sistema Intensivo de Cultivo de Arroz (SRI) en las Américas: Progresos en Colombia. 1:19:13 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Video of a Spanish language June 29 webinar by Gabriel Garcés of FEDEARROZ.]
• Video: 2018 (June 21). Seminario Web “Avances con el SRI en las Américas - Experiencias en la República Dominicana”. 1:04:50 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Video of a Spanish language webinar by Pedro Antonio Núñez Ramos about SRI in Dominican Republic.]
• Video: 2018 (June 18). ICID Webinar on Using SRI to Increase Water Productivity in Nile Delta, Egypt. 59:26 min. ICID CIID channel, YouTube. [Video on SRI by Egypt's Ministry of Water Resource and Irrigation]
• Video: 2018 (June 13). Avances con el Sistema Intensivo de Cultivo de Arroz (SRI) en las Américas: Pruebas en Chile. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Video of a Spanish language webinar by Karla Cordero L. about SRI in Chile.]
• Video: 2018 (June 9). Green Living the organic SRI rice farming way. 1:41 min. SRI-Mas Society channel YouTube. (SRI-Mas Society fundraising video for SRI equipment for Tambatuon, Sabah.)
• Video: 2018 (June 10). Let's Increase the Rice Production with SRI (System of Rice Intensification). 7:46 min. Adi bowo channel, YouTube. [Students in English class video at Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta describing SRI.]
• Video: 2018 (May 15). Norman Uphoff - The System of Rice Intensification. IICA channel, Vimeo. [An Interview with Norman Uphoff for IICA's May 22 online SRI course. In English with Spanish subtitles] [accessed June 15, 2018]
• *Video: 2018 (May 26). Interview with Prem Singh regarding system of wheat intensification. Arun Jaral channel, YouTube. (Story BY ATMA of a Nadia district SRI farmer in West Bengal.)
• Video: 2018 (May 27). Success Story of Sri Bipul Mondal for SRI (System of Rice Intensification) Paddy Cultivation. Kanchan Das channel, YouTube. (Story BY ATMA of a Nadia district SRI farmer in West Bengal.)
• Video: 2018 (May 9). Interview with Thein Su about the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Myanmar. SRI-Rice channel, YouTube.
• Video: 2018 (January 18). Producción de Semmilleros en Bandejas para Transplante en el Cultivo del Arroz. 1:38 min. Oscar Montero channel, Youtube. [Spanish language video about Oscar Montero's SRI production in Costa Rica.] [accessed April 15, 2018]
• Videos: 2018 (March 26). SRI Paddy (Hindi) Part 2: 5:18 min., Part 3: 10:13 min., Part 4: 6:30 min., Part 5: 8:58 min., Part 6: 12:53 min., Part 7: 8:36 min. Manage channel, YouTube. [Series of six Hind language videos on SRI produced by the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Govt. of India, Hyderabad] [accessed April 15, 2018]
• Video: 2018 (April 6). Community Development Agriculture Karuna Battambang Organization. 11:58 min. Produced by Karuna Battambang Organization. Karuna Battambang channel, YouTube. [Community Development-Agriculture program: The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) currently spread to 28 farmers, youth and women by Croap, in KeoMony Village, Pursat, Cambodia.]
• Video: 2017 (December 21). Le Système de Riziculture Intensive (SRI 01 - FR). 14:25 min. Stéphane Corduant channel, YouTube. [French language video for FAO made by Tsimba Randriamiarintsoa with support from Nicolas Duriez.]
• Video: 2018 (March 27). System of Rice Intensification (SRI). 12:43 min. sigit nur setiawan channel, YouTube. [In Bahasa Indonesia. This video was produced by Sketsa Multimedia to accompany a book launch by the Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) in Indonesia.]
• Video: 2018 (January 16). 01 SRI - Trinidad & Tobago nuevo. 2:23 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Interview with Kurt Klinge about SRI potential in Trinidad & Tobago.] [accessed February 21, 2018]
• Video: 2018 (January 16). 02 SRI - Panama nuevo. 4:39 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Jose Alberto Yau Quinero from IDIAP talks about Panama SRI trials.][accessed February 21, 2018]
• Video: 2018 (January 16). 05 SRI - Fedearroz1 nuevo. 3:05 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Interview with Educardo Arevalo from Fedearroz Colombia about past and upcoming SRI trials, plus mention of an upcoming workshop.] [accessed February 21, 2018]
• Video: 2018 (January 16). 06 SRI - Costa Rica nuevo. 2:42 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Interview with Luis Carrera Hidalgo and Johnny Aguilar Rodriguez (INTA) about SRI in Costa Rica and the workshop they are attending.] [accessed February 21, 2018]
• Video: 2018 (December 13). 08 Metodo SRI. 9:57 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Interview (at a SRI workshop in Colombia) with Erika Styger about the SRI methodology.] [accessed February 21, 2018]
• Video: 2018 (December 13). 09 SRI - Kelly Witkowski. 8:11 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Interview with Kelly Witkowski, IICA Climate Change Specialist, talks about an upcoming SRI workshop.] [accessed February 21, 2018]
• Video: 2018 (February 6). The new method of rice cultivation - SRI, ধান ক্ষেতে কি পোকার আক্রমন হলে কি ওষুধ দিতে হয়. 3:50 min. Green Bangla AT Entertainment channel, YouTube.
• Video: 2018 (February 5). Norman Uphoff on the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) - What has been Learned? 55:10 min. The Science Media Production Center at Cornell channel, YouTube. [Seminar at Cornell University]
• Video: 2018 (January 16). 04 SRI - Colombia nuevo. 1:19 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Interview with Raul Guzman Montcaleano about SRI advantages and trials.]
• Video: 2018 (January 16). 03 SRI - Nicaragua nuevo. 3:32 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Video about Nicaraguan SRI trials.]
• Video: 2018 (January 16. 07 SRI - Fedearroz nuevo. 3:42 min. IICA channel, Vimeo. [Interview with Patricia Guzman, Subgerente Tecnica, Fedearroz, Colombia,about past and upcoming SRI trials, plus mention of an upcoming workshop.]
• Video: 2018 (January 10). SRI4Women - Phumani. 8:52 min. SRI4women channel, Vimeo. [Story of how rice production work affects women. (SRI reduces the workload)]
• Video: 2018 (January 13). System of Rice Intensification Transforming Lives in Tanzania. 3:45 min. Kilimo Biashara channel, Youtube. [Video about a young SRI farmer in Ilonga Village, near Kilosa, Tanzania; the project is implemented with technical support from FAO in collaboration with the Government of Tanzania and funded by the Government of Venezuela through the South South Cooperation.]
• Video: 2018 (January 7). How to produce Paddy under System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Method; Part 01 (About the System) 2:55 min.; Part 2 (Transplanting) 6:18 min. and Part 3 (Management) 3:17 .min. Innertia channel, YouTube. [This is a three-part instructional ppt presentation from India prepared as three separate videos.]
• Audio: 2017 (December 29). 북에 신농법 전수 미 NGO, 여행금지 후 첫 방북 (NGOs to transfer new farming methods to North Korea). 2:09 minutes. Radio Free Asia website. [Korean article and audio clip by Radio Free Asia on the NGO AFSC's continuing efforts to promote SRI in the DPRK.]

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Slide Presentations (Primarily PowerPoint) - 2018 acquisitions

• Arif, Chusnul. 2010. Optimizing water management in System of Rice Intnesification paddy fields by field montitoring technology. PhD dissertation, Univeristy of Tokyo. [accessed November 15, 2018]
• Husain, A.M. Muazzam. 2018. 1805 Experience with SRI in Bangladesh through Promotion and Networking. 17 slides. Presentation at the Final Workshop: Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin (SRI-LMB), November 2.
• Moreira, Diddier, et al. 2018. 1815 - Validating and Contextualizing SRI in Latin America and the Caribbean. Presentation at the 5th International Rice Congress, Sands Expo Convention Centre, Singapore. October 15, 2018.
• Fisher, Lucy. 2018. 1806 - 1806 - System of Rice Intensification Research: What's New and What's On the Horizon? Presentation at the SRI Research Side event at the 5th International Rice Congress, Sands Expo Convention Centre, Singapore. October 16, 2018.
• Doni, Febri. 2018. Physiological Effects and Transcriptomic Profiling of Rice Plant - Microbe Interatctions in System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Management. Presentation at the SRI Research Side event at the 5th International Rice Congress, Sands Expo Convention Centre, Singapore. October 16, 2018.
• Thakur, Amod. 2018. Phenotypic Changes for Improving Crop Physiology under SRI. Presentation at the SRI Research Side event at the 5th International Rice Congress, Sands Expo Convention Centre, Singapore. October 16, 2018.
• Phu, Hoang Van. Effects of SRI in Limiting Negative Impacts of Adverse Weather Conditions. Presentation at the SRI Research Side event at the 5th International Rice Congress, Sands Expo Convention Centre, Singapore. October 16, 2018.
• Mati, Bancy. 2018. System of Rice Intensification in Kenya: Lessons Learnt for Upscaling SRI in Africa. 33 slides. Presentation at the Workshop to Enhance Cooperation and Sharing among SRI National Networks in Asia. The Leverage Business Hotel, Skudai, Malaysia. October 18-19. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology (JKUAT) website. [uploaded October 31, 2018]
• Nayar, Vibhu, and V.K. Ravichandran. 2018. 1803 - Up-scaling of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Tamilnadu, India: Results from a World Bank Project. 24 slides. Presentation at Cornell University, August 16, 2018. Slidehare.net. (SRI-Rice channel).
• Garcés, Gabriel. 2018. Ensayos SRI - Colombia - 2016-2017. 14 slides. Infoagro.net website. [PowerPoint of a Spanish language IICA-sponsored June 29 webinar about SRI in Colombia.]
• Núñez Ramos, Pedro Antonio. 2018 (June 13). Resultados del proyecto SRI en la República Dominicana en fincas de productores. 44 slides. Infoagro.net website. [PowerPoint of a Spanish language IICA-sponsored June 13 webinar about SRI in the Dominican Republic.]
• Cordera, Karla L. 2018 (June 13). Avances con el Sistema Intensivo de Cultivo de Arroz (SRI) en las Américas: Pruebas en Chile. 50 slides. Infoagro.net website. [PowerPoint of a Spanish language IICA-sponsored June 13 webinar about SRI in Chile.]
• Sudhakar, T. Ratna, and P. Narsimha Reddy. Date? Influence of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) on the Incidence of Insect Pests. 21 slides. Presentation by Rice Section, Agricultural Research Institute Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030. Andhra Pradesh. Slideplayer.com. [accessed June 13, 2018]
• Setiawan W., Rio, Oki Selfiana Marsono, and Siti Umairoh N. H 2018. Kelompok A7 - Effiensi Produksi Lahan Pertanian dengan Sistem Crop-Livestock Production System sebagai Upaya Optimalisasi Lahan Pertanian Di Kec. Karangploso, Desa Kepuharjo. 15 slides. [Indonesian language slideshow about integrating livestock with SRI in Kec. Karangploso, Desa Kepuharjo, Jawa Timur, Indonesia]
• Su, Thein. 2018. System of Rice Intensification-SRI Experiences in Myanmar. 32 slides. SRI-Rice Slideshare website. Presentation at the Department of Agricultural Research, Department of Agriculture Research, Naypyidaw, Myanmar, April 25, 2018.
• Uphoff, Norman. 2018. What Has Been Learned of Scientific Value from SRI Research and Experience? 58 slides. Presentation at the International Programs/CALS Seminar Series, Cornell University, on January 31, 2018. [uploaded February 9, 2018]
• Gayakwad, Jagdish. 2017. Rice culture and greenhouse gas emission. 71 slides. Presentation from Dept. of Agronomy UAS, Raichur, Karnataka, India. [SRI discussion begins at slide 12 and occasionally thereafter] [uploaded by author May 8, 2017; accessed by SRI-Rice January 7, 2018]
• Shah, Tavseef Mairaj. 2017. System of Rice Intensification (SRI) with Intercropping. 18 slides. November. CCAFS/CGIAR channel, Slideshare website. [Presentation for the Climate Food and Farming (CLIFF) Network] [accessed December 21, 2017]

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