The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and the System of Crop Intensification (SCI), which has developed from SRI experience, should not be understood as technologies like those of the Green Revolution. Thinking of them as methodologies is more appropriate, in part, because they keep evolving rather than being something fixed and given. This paper reviews […]
SRI was developed in Madagascar in the 1980s by Fr. Henri de Laulanié • The method of SRI was introduced to many countries through efforts of Prof. Norman Uphoff • Since Aug 2010: SRI International Network and Resources Center (SRI-Rice) at Cornell University – To support the International Network – Make knowledge about SRI available […]
Native African rice, O. glaberrima (glaberrima), has been prized for centuries thanks to its unique flavors, short cropping cycle, and tolerance to harsh conditions, yet low yields have limited its spread, and most rice cultivated in Africa today is of Asian origin (O. sativa). Tracing its roots back to 1500 BC in present day Mali, glaberrima […]