Recent SRI Press Articles and Blog Posts (May-June 2011)

Laos
• Luang Prabang farmers lead way in rice intensification
  May 24, 2011, Vientiane Times (Laos) [Reposted in Lao Voices] 
• Sayaboury: dry season rice production increased
  May 12, 2011, Lao Voices (Laos) 

Global/Regional
• Jim Carrey Spearheading Pioneering Rice Growing
  June 7, 2011, ContactMusic.com (USA)
• Towards the eradication of global hunger and undernutrition: Enhancing local understanding with the power of world class knowledge
  June 3, 2011, Maxim News Network (United Nations)
• Scientists wrong to criticize alternative rice growing method
  May 27, 2011, Resource (Netherlands)
• Innovation of the Week: Researchers Find Farmers Applying Rice Innovations to Their Wheat Crops
  May 19, 2011, Nourishing the Planet (USA)

Madagascar
• Filière riz: Bientôt la mise à jour de la stratégie nationale
  May 30, 2011, La Gazette (Madagascar)
• Filière riz: Un livret SRI pour les paysans des pays AC
  May 26, 2011, La Gazette (Madagascar)

Malaysia
• Padi SRI Selangor : Menjawab Soalan Mengenai SRI
  May 27, 2011, Weblog Pad Selangor (Malaysia) [see also weekly posts during 2011] 
• SRI tingkat hasil pertani
  May 26, 2011, Sinar (edisi Selangor) (Selangor, Malaysia)

Philippines
• Modern rice farm system pushed
  May 1, 2011. PhilStar.com (Manila, Philippines) [source: The Philippine Star].

India (Andrha Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Tripura)
• Bumper paddy production in Kokila village
  May 4, 2011, The Assam Tribune (Assam, India) 
• Grant for SRI Promotion
  May 20, 2011, The Hindu (Andhra Pradesh, India) [see related Sify.com article] 
• Scientific push to Nitish’s agro dream - Farmers to yield more with new method of rice cultivation
  May 23, The Telegraph (Bihar, India)
• Awards haul for reel duo
  May 20, 2011, The Telegraph (Jharkhand, India)
• Winning docus adopt rural social causes
  May 20, 2011, Times of India (Jharkhand, India) 
• A rich harvest for Nallur's farmers
  May 3, 2011, Deccan Herald (Karnataka, India)
• SRI method
  May 14, 2011, E-PAO [source: Sangai Express] (Manipur, India)
• Biswanath Sinha nominated to planning commission’s working group
  June 6, 2011, Tripura Today (Tripura, India)
• Plan to bring 80% of kuruvai area under SRI
  June 6, 2010, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Plan to bring additional 1,000 hectares under kuruvai
  May 24, 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)

Paddy and Water Environment Journal Publishes Special Edition on SRI

The journal Paddy and Water Environment has devoted its March 2011 issue (Volume 9, Number 1) to the System of Rice Intensification. For those who are interested in learning more about the science behind SRI as well as how SRI is progressing in various areas of Asia, Africa and Latin America, the March issue of the journal is online through SpringerLink. Included are six articles and nine technical reports from Afghanistan, China, the Gambia, Kenya, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Mali,  Pakistan, Panama, and Thailand as well as several review articles.

To see journal articles from other sources published during 2011, visit the journal articles page on our SRI-Rice website.

New SRI Items for January 2011

Afghanistan
Ali Mohammad Ramzi's excellent  seasonal report for 2010  for Aga Khan Foundation's Participatory Management of Irrigation Systems Project (PMISP) reviews progress in introducing SRI methods in northeastern Afghanistan.

Pakistan
Asif Sharif has recently uploaded a short video on YouTube called FarmAll Organic Rice Production using SRI Technology.  It details FarmAll's experiences in mechanizing the System of Rice Intensification in Pakistan. FarmAll Technology developed a system to produce organic rice using 70% less inputs including water while increasing yield from 40 to 400% (depending upon which reference is used for comparison).

 Timor Leste
Martin, Noltz,  Stefan Schwarze and Matin Qaim have recently published an article in the Pacific News (35:4-9) entitled  Knowledge-Based Agricultural Innovations in Asia: The System of Rice Intensification(SRI) in Timor Leste.

Indonesia
 The January edition of Time Out Jakarta, a magaine in Indonesia, includes an article about Emily Sutanto, an organic SRI exporter (see Inside Indo's organic rice.)

Malaysia 
A new Malay language SRI blog is now recording the efforts of several SRI projects in Malaysia: See Weblog Padi Selangor.
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Articles from the from the Indian Press (January)

• Dalit MLA is Bihar CM's 'rice' choice
  Jan. 31, 2011, India Today (Bihar, India)
• ‘Rajarajan 1000' well suited for late samba crops
  Jan. 20, 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India) [SRI is called 'Rajarajaran 1000' in Tamil Nadu]
• WB-funded irrigation project emphasises on effective use of water for farming
  Jan. 13, 2011, The Times of India (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Rs. 1,731.53 crore PLC planned for Thanjavur
  Jan. 5, 2011, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)