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In the Press – (Feb2023)  

• SRI COOPBOD / BARUDEV INITIATIVE IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT – SRI COOPBOD / BARUDEV INITIATIVE IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT
  on SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION (SRI)- https://sri-africa.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Cameroon-BOYO-TRIP-REPORT-12-16.pdf
• Bancy Mati, 2022. System of Rice Intensification: Impacts on Crop Productivity and Saving Water in Africa. Journal of Rice Research 2022, Special Issue pp 203-208. https://doi.org/10.58297/GWET8377
• SRI in Africa, progress made_Keynote_paper for SCI Conference 2022_Bancy
• Presentation on SRI in Africa-SCI conference, India, Dec 2022_Bancy
•  Promoting SRI through Digital Learning for Rice Farmers in Kenya –https://sri-africa.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Article_SRI-Digital-Learning-for-Kenyan-Rice-Farmers_Bancy.pdf
• SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION: CLIMATE SMART RICE CULTIVATION SYSTEM FOR ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS-
  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360684634_SYSTEM_OF_RICE_INTENSIFICATION_CLIMATE_SMART_RICE_CULTIVATION_SYSTEM_FOR_ADAPTATION_AND_MITIGATION_OF_CLIMATE_CHANGE_IMPACTS
• Labour, Class and Technological Change: The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in West Africa- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338295332_Labour_Class_and_Technological_Change_The_System_of_Rice_Intensification_SRI_in_West_Africa?_sg=Kn8sKJHmRt0He0MU48xAuLLkIGzDsXlyua3MRkArYKv7Ardr3r7TMwWt38QJBaBF5OYxib2eWc8Ub8E
• An opportunity for increasing factor productivity for rice cultivation in The Gambia through SRI- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225591453_An_opportunity_for_increasing_factor_productivity_for_rice_cultivation_in_The_Gambia_through_SRI?_sg=1tHOtNKrhXpdwTDQjPQY8QTYKHwx3yfGRQ0xQ1I9xYGTUxe6bajw2Cv5gJtMwYGJE_zM2r9hCXJuVBo
• Enhancing Production through System of Rice Intensification_SRI in Kenya’s Irrigation Schemes- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353220691_Enhancing_Production_through_System_of_Rice_Intensification_SRI_in_Kenya%27s_Irrigation_Schemes?_sg=qduQEfjWfawFFkkJdfiEYWqsDeFfAPnZRlFbtcg1vZ8i4r6q83fFHTrr43jNcsAJXk7g4gSpvRU32M0
• Water Use and Rice Productivity for Irrigation Management Alternatives in Tanzania- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326874708_Water_Use_and_Rice_Productivity_for_Irrigation_Management_Alternatives_in_Tanzania?_sg=J4jqUBFm8k3PT4g3kxkjXQy1HDZtYnWi-1zdrszKtuyjtyuR5AbPXuAkdhGLW91h8W5TcDk74-wJIjE
• Design and Evaluation of Soil pH IoT Sensor Attribute for Rice Agriculture in Central Africa- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327319967_Design_and_Evaluation_of_Soil_pH_IoT_Sensor_Attribute_for_Rice_Agriculture_in_Central_Africa?_sg=8QteMhQJtxFJ_i8DiobQsxj3WENJLLLcgfRVSWCtAf54T-fH7YEIPV7rx0NsEOIgX-CXB4D8xHpka2M
• Who benefits from climate-friendly agriculture? The marginal returns to a rainfed system of rice intensification in Tanzania- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347879128_Who_benefits_from_climate-friendly_agriculture_The_marginal_returns_to_a_rainfed_system_of_rice_intensification_in_Tanzania?_sg=lQtJSFCiqSguoYWUtCb5WWKT-2XgOAFjvw_M0soF__dKyNVNraicQQmpXJESzslVa3yI4pkZhpvs9a8
• Challenges and Coping Strategies in the Uptake of the System of Rice Intensification Practices in Oluch Irrigation Scheme, Homa-Bay County, Kenya- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349632919_Challenges_and_Coping_Strategies_in_the_Uptake_of_the_System_of_Rice_Intensification_Practices_in_Oluch_Irrigation_Scheme_Homa-Bay_County_Kenya?_sg=dcNdB-8xdXEPBkxWR3U1Z48hIYZKqqBQA_4gIw8ebFA0O0NGv1WckH3KlNH0Eiwab1CxC3SpnlXRK5c
• Comparative Study of Population Dynamics and Breeding Patterns of Mastomys natalensis in System Rice Intensification (SRI) and Conventional Rice Production in Irrigated Rice Ecosystems in Tanzania- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/297727966_Comparative_Study_of_Population_Dynamics_and_Breeding_Patterns_of_Mastomys_natalensis_in_System_Rice_Intensification_SRI_and_Conventional_Rice_Production_in_Irrigated_Rice_Ecosystems_in_Tanzania?_sg=xHmTrOkT4JeaOfn8MlIbqrnIvP7FW4elV_t4A9ML3wSt_SiERIn31SxbdVAcPzNQyuhzWMbpcn52W3c
• Determinants And Effect of Adoption of the System of Rice Intensification and Improved Rice Seeds Technologies in Tanzania: A Case of Nyamwilolelwa Ward in Geita District, Tanzania Researcher: Hamenya KASASE Master of Official Statistics Eastern Africa Statistical Training Centre -TANZANIA- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361795381_Determinants_And_Effect_of_Adoption_of_the_System_of_Rice_Intensification_and_Improved_Rice_Seeds_Technologies_in_Tanzania_A_Case_of_Nyamwilolelwa_Ward_in_Geita_District_Tanzania_Researcher_Hamenya_KA?_sg=RVIoR9XrqOoTfRBbZD74jjSPty4JAApQtNlc89DfTuro9DfOJQfY4_5Jjm4h53qg6Q9L8QWdbYMsITQ
• Assessment of Variation in Marginal Productivity Value of Water in Paddy Farming Systems in Times of Water Stress- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364976712_Assessment_of_Variation_in_Marginal_Productivity_Value_of_Water_in_Paddy_Farming_Systems_in_Times_of_Water_Stress?_sg=r8A63FUClIc8mze_oQ2sJe6v6isYSlQBeSUJk3mda_sgISREVQV3rf1LUfXY4fSaCsDM0ykiTq38w4g
• The Magical Low Glycaemic Index Rice Staple Truly for Diabetic People- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352280275_The_Magical_Low_Glycaemic_Index_Rice_Staple_Truly_for_Diabetic_People?_sg=gvpdYbNbvUMnsnA2pxSGQQQRmzC_cxF1iu9hzxf3nY6Wa9lFx_aYpw6UVFNnOBB5Q4FAKZhqix-kczw
• REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN ORGANISATION NON GOUVERNEMENTALE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE,
  ECONOMIQUE ET SOCIO-CUTUREL (DéDESC-ONG) –https://sriwestafrica.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/rapport-final-dactivitecc81_sri_decc81decc81desc-ong.pdf
• Farmer Evaluations Of The System Of Rice Intensification (SRI) Compared With Conventional Rice Production In Benin-
  https://www.eujournal.org/index.php/esj/article/view/8244
• Ensuring food security by enhancing rice value-chain Benin (PARCR)-
  https://knowledge4food.net/research-project/arf2-rice-value-chain-benin/
• Improving and Scaling up the System of Rice Intensification
  in West Africa –https://sriwestafrica.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/benin-sri-rice-trip-report-mar-20141.pdf
• caling-up climate-resilient rice production in West Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia (Republic of the), Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo)
  –https://www.adaptation-fund.org/project/scaling-up-climate-resilient-rice-production-in-west-africa-benin-burkina-faso-co%CC%82te-divoire-the-gambia-ghana-guinea-liberia-mali-niger-nigeria-senegal-sierra-leone-and-togo/
• Determinants of diffusion and adoption of improved technology for rice parboiling in Benin
  –https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Determinants-of-diffusion-and-adoption-of-improved-Dandedjrohoun-Diagne/b9dc86bf880fe115548c9ed25356e8c39f602626
• Assessment of the Contribution of Flooded Rice Cultivation Systems to Methane Emissions in the Lower Ouémé Valley, in Benin Republic
  –https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=110895
• Promoting the future of Benin’s rice- https://www.rikolto.org/en/project/promoting-future-benins-rice
• Unleashing the climate-smart potential of Africa’s forgotten rice
  by sririce –https://www.climatecolab.org/contests/2016/adaptation/c/proposal/1331504
• System of Rice Intensification (SRI) – Producing more rice with less inputs – 3 years of experience from Mali
  https://assets.echocommunity.org/presentations/90f196c6-4364-4317-81ae-023a97d27295/system-of-rice-intensification-sri-producing-more-rice-with-less-inputs-3-years-of-experience-from-mali.pdf

 

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In the Press – (Jan 2023)  

USING AGRO-ECOLOGICALTECHNIQUES TO ENHANCE RICE CULTIVATION – https://yenkasa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ACT_Tanzania_SRI.pdf

How Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Rice Can be Minimised through Regenerative Production- https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/videos/how-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-rice-can-be-minimised-through-regenerative

Tanzania: Social Capital proves critical to success of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) farming in Tanzania- https://yenkasa.org/social-capital-proves-critical-to-success-of-system-of-rice-intensification-sri-farming-in-tanzania/

Official launch of the ricowas project. january 18, 2023 in bamako- http://www.oss-online.org/en/RICOWAS_OSS

[Youtube video] . SRI Method For Rice Cultivation  –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFYd6hNQzBU

[Youtube video] -Save 30 to 40% of the world water consumption: Dry Rice intercropping- iRice –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d4kP0V3RQ8

Overview of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Around the World- https://www.slideshare.net/SRI.CORNELL/2203-overview-of-system-of-rice-intensification-sri-around-the-worldpptx

Rice sustainable farming and SRI (System of Rice Intensification) method- https://wikifarmer.com/rice-sustainable-farming-and-sri-system-of-rice-intensification-method/

Tackling food security with climate-smart rice- https://apolitical.co/solution-articles/en/tackling-food-security-with-climate-smart-rice

Technique de production agroécologique du riz au profit de la coopérative Gouantina de Douna- https://plantvillage.psu.edu/blogposts/230-technique-de-production-agroecologique-du-riz-au-profit-de-la-cooperative-gouantina-de-douna

KENYA: SRI-Digital App to Revolutionize Rice Farming in Mwea- https://www.jkuat.ac.ke/sri-digital-app-to-revolutionize-rice-farming-in-mwea/

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December 2022

• Madagascar: Périmètres agricoles – 100 000 ha de terrain réhabilités [SRI implemented on 101,600 ha for three years, enabled Madagascar to improve its productivity to 5 tons per ha in 2 regions.]
  December 23, 2022, AllAfrica.com (Madagascar)
• Plans underway to benefit from lucrative regional rice market
  December 5, 2022, Daily News (Tanzania)

November 2022

• Agriculture : Des nouveaux mécanismes d’accompagnement agricole pour pérenniser la production vivrière. [SRI included in govenment entrepreneurial framework system called Champs Écoles Agriculteurs (CEA) in Togo
  October 17, 2022, Matin Libre (Togo) [accessed November 7, 2022]

July 2022

• Silvex trains rural women on climate smart rice parboiling and drying [Project uses SRI and partners with FCDO LINKS project and others]
  July 2022, Stallion Times (Nigeria)

June 2022

• Des producteurs du riz et du soja de l’Ogou et de l’Amou en formation à Gleï [Rice producers from the Ogou and Amou prefectures in Togo are taking part in a training workshop featuring SRI and other land management issues.]
  June 9, 2022, Atop (Togo)

February 2022

• Liberia: Ten years on, CHAP eyes integrated rice fish farming technology
  February 25, 2022, Front Page Africa (Liberia)
• UNDP grant recipient launches climate smart seed rice for Liberia
  February 3, 2022, Africa-Press.net (Liberia) [Also available in Frontpage Africa]

January 2022

• How we recorded bumper rice harvest despite poor rainfall in Kogi – Farmers [342 rice farmers from 27 Commodity Interest Groups, CIGS, in Kogi State, record bumper rice harvest despite poor rainfall due to KOGI APPEALS program, which includes SRI]
  January 2, 2022, Vanguard (Kogi, Nigeria)
• Prospering together with rice [National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi (Nasfam) promoted SRI under a climate-smart agriculture project with support from Irish Aid.]
  January 18, 2022, The Nation (Malawi)

Blog Posts and Website Articles – 2022

• FAR. 2022. Mali / Formation des producteurs et productrices de riz en Système de Riziculture Intensive (SRI). Le Réseau International Formation Agricole et Rurale (FAR) website. October 4. [accessed December 31, 2022] [5 local Irrigation Training Centers, including CFASPAM, have started training more than 100 intermediary actors and 7,800 producers on the practice of SRI and pest management. The objective is to strengthen the skills of rice producers in the rice-growing basins, in particular the Central Niger Delta and specifically in the Mopti region.]
• 2022. Transition from subsistence farming to commercial farming. NorgesVel website. [Norwegian NGO experience with SRI in Tanzania] [accessed December 23, 2022]
• Yenkasa. 2022. Social Capital proves critical to success of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) farming in Tanzania. Yenkasa Africa. December 16.
• Gulden, Kathrine Torday. 2022. NIBIO and TARI to collaborate on climate-smart rice production system in Tanzania. NIBIO website. December 2. [Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) and Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) will collaborate on project involving 4000 rice farmers in the five districts in Tanzania.
• 2022. SRI-Digital app to revolutionize rice farming in Mwea. Jomo Kenyata University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) website. November 24. [Bancy Mati target new app for SRI in Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kenya.]
• NASFAM. 2022. MALAWI | System of Rice Intensification (SRI) to mitigate climate change effects by National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (NASFAM). Climakers website. [accessed November 9, 2022]
• 2022. Visite de travail du Président de la République S.E.M Mohamed Bazoum dans la région de Dosso du 10 au 12 Octobre 2022. Présidence de la République du Niger website. October 10. [accessed November 7, 2022]
• 2022. WFP Guinea-Bissau Country Brief, July and August 2022. reliefweb website. September 30. [Between July and August, WFP and FAO Identified and trained 150 farmers in 15 villages in Gabú, Bafatá and Quinara regions] [accessed October 1, 2022]
• 2022. Rochefort-en-Terre. L’association locale Ingalañ lance une collecte de fonds pour le Burkina Faso. Ouest-France website. August 11. [French NGO has promoted SRI in Burkina Faso since 2012.]
• 2022? Our programs. SDC-Spanish Development Commission for African Region (SDC-FAR) website. [The agriculture program listed here says “Since January 2009, SDC-FAR has proven time and time again that SRI works. For over 10 years, it has been working to build the capacity and knowledge of rural farmers in ecologically-sound agriculture. It has increased yields and improved soil fertility, with a minimal use of chemicals.” (Not clear which country in Africa though.) SDC-FAR is an African-American led non-profit international development organizations to support Central African Regional development/rehabilitation in the under developed, disaster torn and impoverished Central African Region nations.] [accessed July 1, 2022]
• Mati, Bancy. 2022. Delivering digital training on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Kenya. SRI-Africa website. May 5.
• TUO Foungnigué DAGNOGO. 2020. Burundi- Le Système de Riziculture Intensif (SRI): une aubaine pour les riziculteurs. Inades-Formation website. July 29. [English version: System of Rice Intensification (SRI): a godsend for farmers.] [SRI adopters have increased from 165 to 587 in 3 communes in West and South Burundi, Yields up from 4 to 6.5 tons/ha] [accessed April 29 2022]
• Gauvin, David. 2022. Henri de Laulanié, le curé inventeur de la riziculture intensive samedi.Témoignages website. April 9. [A short piece on SRI’s originator from Réunion.]
• UNDP Liberia. UNDP grant recipient launches climate-smart commercial lowland seed rice. UNDP Liberia website. February 2.

Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses – acquired during 2022

(listed in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles)
– Red dot ( •) indicates article is freely available; asterisk (*) is SCI (SRI applied to crops other than rice)

• Hardy, Harrison, Richard Hopkins, Ladslaus Mnyone, and Frances M. Hawkes. 2022. Manure and mosquitoes: life history traits of two malaria vector species enhanced by larval exposure to cow dung, whilst chicken dung has a strong negative effect. Parasites & Vectors 15(1): 472. doi:10.1186/s13071-022-05601-3 [accessed December 19, 2022]
• Oladejo, Ajibola Mujidah. 2022. Economic implications of environmentally smart System of Rice Intensification in Nigeria. Journal of Sustainable Development 15(6): doi:10.5539/jsd.v15n6p1 [accessed November 24, 2022]
• Mwidege, Asheri. 2022. Adoption dynamics of the System of Rice Intensification by smallholder farmers in Tanzania: A case of Mkindo Irrigation Scheme. International Journal of Adaptive and Innovative Systems 3(3): (online first). doi: 10.1504/IJAIS.2022.10050551 [accessed November 6, 2022]
• Mboyerwa, P.A., K. Kibret, P. Mtakwa, and A. Aschalew. 2022. Greenhouse gas emissions in irrigated paddy rice as influenced by crop management practices and nitrogen fertilization rates in eastern Tanzania. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 6: 868479. doi:10.3389/fsufs.2022.868479 [accessed November 5, 2022]
• Sigalla, O.Z., R.M.J. Kadigi, and J.R. Selemani, 2022. Assessment of variation in marginal productivity value of water in paddy farming systems in times of water stress. Water 14: 3459. doi:10.3390/w14213459 [accessed October 28, 2022]
• Mosha, D.B. and G. Boniface. 2022. The impact of rice commercialisation on livelihoods in Kilombero Valley, Tanzania: anybody left behind? Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Sciences 21(1): 252-262 [accessed October 25, 2022]
• Kasase, Hamenya, et al. 2022. Measuring the intensity of adoption of the system of rice intensification and improved rice seeds technologies in Geita district, Tanzania: An application of the adoption quotient and the double hurdle model approaches. International Journal of Statistics and Applied Mathematics 7(5): 83-93. doi: 10.22271/maths.2022.v7.i5b.884 [accessed October 20, 2022]
• Segnon, Alcade C., et al. 2022. Climate change adaptation options to inform planning of agriculture and food systems in The Gambia: A systematic approach for stocktaking. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 6: 6:834867. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2022.834867 [accessed October 13, 2022]
• Aseru, Gloria. 2021. Effects of integrating deficit irrigation and carbonate foliar fertilizer application into the system of rice intensification. Master’s thesis, Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania). (100p. pdf) [accessed October 3, 2022]
• Mboyerwa, Primitiva Andrea. 2018. System of Rice Intensification: Climate smart rice cultivation system for adaptation and mitigation of climate change impacts. Poster delivered at the Science Forum, Cape Town, South Africa. [accessed July 1, 2022]
• Aseru, Gloria, et al. 2022. Effects of integrating deficit irrigation and carbonate foliar fertilizers into the System of Rice Intensification on growth and yield: A case study of Mkindo Irrigation Scheme, Tanzania. International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences 11(2): 26-36 [accessed June 28, 2022]
• Shukuru, N.B. and T.S. Archana. 2021. Effectiveness of transplant date and sowing density related to tillering capacity of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Journal of Global Agriculture and Ecology 12(4): 31-42. [research in DR Congo] [accessed June 13, 2022]
• •Alavaisha, E., et al. 2022. Influence of water management farming practices on soil organic carbon and nutrients: A case study of rice farming in Kilombero Valley, Tanzania. Agronomy 12:1148. doi:10.3390/agronomy12051148 [accessed May 10, 2022]
• Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald, et al. 2022. Thirty years of water management research for rice in sub-Saharan Africa: Achievement and perspectives. Field Crops Research 283: 108548.
• •Mboyerwa, Primitiva Andrea, et al. 2022. Lowering nitrogen rates under the system of rice intensification enhanced rice productivity and nitrogen use efficiency in irrigated lowland rice. Heliyon 8(4): e09140 [accessed March 30, 2022]
• Ingabire, Chantal, et al. 2013. Rice Intensification System (SRI): Awareness and adoption in the Eastern Province of Rwanda. Conference on confronting challenges of food insecurity and poverty in the era of climate change and variability. Rwanda, August 2013. [accessed March 19, 2022]
• Brown, Laura Michelle. 1998. Swidden agriculture and an intensified rice cultivation program at Ranomafana National Park Madagascar. MS thesis, University of Montana. 78p. [accessed February 13, 2022]
•  Diédhiou, Pierre Claver César. 2019. Etude comparative des rendements et de la rentabilité du Système de Riziculture Intensif (SRI) et du Système Traditionnel dans le département de Ziguinchor. Université Assane Seck de Ziguinchor (UASZ) (Senegal). [accessed January 23, 2022]
• Dione, Moudo. 2019. L’impact du système de riziculture intensive (SRI) sur le rendement des riziculteurs de Matam. Université Assane Seck de Ziguinchor (UASZ) (Senegal). [accessed January 23, 2022]
• Mwidege, Asheri, and Zacharia Katambara. 2021. Does the system of rice intensification a panacea to smallholder farmers? A case of Mkindo village irrigation scheme in Tanzania. International Journal of Agriculture Innovation, Technology and Globalisation 2(2): 138-156. doi:10.1504/IJAITG.2021.119707 [accessed January 7, 2022]

 

New Links from our Website to Online Publications (and SRI-Related Social Media sites) 2022

 

• 2022. Système de Riziculture Intensive. SIA OmniScriptum Publishing. €39,90 [accessed December 27, 2022]
• SRI-2030. The System of Rice Intensification (SRI): A strategic opportunity for tackling the growing pressure on Egypt’s water resources while sustainably intensifying national rice production. SRI-2030 [2p pdf prepared for the COP27.] [accessed November 5, 2022]
• 2022? Dossier thématique avenir: Résilience face au changement climatique. CGIAR (Bioversity/CIAT Alliance) 4p. [Le projet d’Adaptation et de Valorisation Entrepreneuriales en Irrigation Rurale et agricole (AVENIR) in Senegal. A box on SRI is included. AVENIR’s SRI work is located in the Tambacounda and Sédhiou regions of Senegal.][accessed June 30, 2022]
• Rapport Annuel d’activités: Année 2019. TRIAS website. [See p.19 for information on Trias’ SRI project in Guinea.]
• Naidoo, Indran A., Kouessi Maximin Kodjo, and Deirdre Mc Grenra. 2022. République du Burundi: Évaluation de la stratégie et du programme de pays. IFAD. March 22, 2022. 161p. [acessed May 7, 2022]
• Segnon, A.C.,R. B. Zougmoré, and P. Houessionon. 2021. Technologies and practices for agriculture and food system adaptation to climate change in The Gambia. CCAFS Working Paper no. 344. Wageningen, the Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). [accessed March 20, 2022]
• 2022. Curriculum d’apprentissage en production et post-production du riz : Module 15 Système de Riziculture Intensive (SRI). PASSIP website. [French language module on SRI methods by the Programme d’Appui au Sous-secteur de l’Irrigation de Proximité (PASSIP) in Mali] [accessed January 2022]
• Haougui, Adamou, et al. 2019. Mise à l’échelle de Système de Riziculture Intensive (SRI) hors aménagement. DUDDAL [accessed January 2022]

Documents Uploaded on our Website 2022 (Includes new pages added to the SRI-Rice website)

• Bimba, Robert S.M. 2022. CHAP embarks on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) program in Guinea. SRI-Rice website, Guinea page. July 27. (2p pdf) [Description of the Liberia-based NGO CHAP’s new SRI collaboration in Guinea.] [uploaded August 3, 2022]
• SfD. 2022. 7 years after we started the programme, what has happened to the rice farmers in Ndop, Cameroon? SRI-Rice website. [uploaded March 2022] [Report on Skills for Development’s (SfD) SRI work with the Cameroonian NGO Barudev]

Videos / Audiofiles – 2022 (either uploaded by SRI-Rice OR linked to from our website)

• 2021 (November 30). Bien préparer ses plants de riz | Système de Riziculture Intensive – Elevage+ (SRI-E+). 10:47 min. Elevages sans frontières channel. [French language video of a project in Togo by the French NGO Elevages Sans Frontières.] [accessed July 30, 2022]
• 2022. The Intensive Rice System (SRI), less expensive and more profitable. 4:55 min. Agribusiness TV channel, YouTube. [French with English subtitles. SRI in Côte d’Ivoire, with focus on Marcel Yao Kouakou, a model SRI farmer. French subtitles are here: Le Système Riziculture Intensive (SRI), moins coûteux et plus rentable]
• 2022 (June 4). Le Système de Riziculture Intensive à la rizière Sainte-Anne, Imady. Esperanza Joie des enfants channel, YouTube. [Interview with rice farmer about SRI in Saint-Marie, Imady, Madagascar (in French).]
• 2022 (March 30). Atelier de formation sur les pratiques BPA – SRI ( CCR- B). 6:22 min. Darich@Media channel. YouTube. [SRI training workshop in Benin held May 25-25, 2021.] [accessed April 13, 2022]
• 2022 (February 2). Community of Hope Agriculture (CHAP) Presents “Liberian Seed Rice and Business Harvest” Official Ceremony. 1:48:20 min. Video of event held Feb. 2, 2022, at Duport Road Zubah town. Dixon TV Facebook page.

Slide Presentations (Primarily PowerPoint) – 2022

• Fisher, Lucy. 2022. Overview of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Around the World. Presentation at the International Conference on System of Crop Intensification for Climate-Smart Livelihood and Nutritional Security, Hyderabad, India, December 12-14, 2022. [uploaded December 30, 2022]

 

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In the Press – (2021/Jan 2022)  

December 2021

• Man/Riziculture : 12 ‘‘champions’’ nationaux du projet Sri de la Cnra distingués [12 SRI champions cited at national Nov. workshop on SRI project that showed yield gains of 11 to 78]
  December 3, 2021, Fratmat.info (Côte d’Ivoire)

November 2021

• Mali: les populations bénéficiaires du projet (PNIP ) sont estimées à 9.156 personnes dont 4.852 femmes
  November 28, 2021, Croissance Afriques (Mali)
• La Côte d’Ivoire réduira ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre de 30,41% [Côte d’Ivoire is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 30.41% by 2030, according to its Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Jean-Luc Assi.]
  November 10, 2021. @BIDJ@n.net (Côte d’Ivoire)

September 2021

• Groupe Filatex – Dons d’intrants agricoles pour la Commune d’Ambohijanaka
  September 26, 2021, La Vérité (Madagascar)

June 2021

• UK-Aid, Silvex International train famers on climate-smart agriculture in Jigawa [A training initiated an SRI project anchored by the FCDO LINKS project in Kano and Jigawa States, Nigeria; Silvex International Limited is a major implementing partner.]
  June 19, 2021, Solace Base (Nigeria)

May 2021

• Rice paddies in New York? African farmer adds crucial wetlands and crop. [Gambian farmer in Ulster Count, New York, are adapting some SRI methods on their farm].
  May 5, 2021, Time Union (New York, USA)
• Kogi APPEALS demonstrates improved technologies for rice farmers [6 year project highlights SRI]
  May 4, 2021, Nigerian Tribune (Nigeria)

April 2021

• 13,620 farmers to benefit from climate-resilient rice production project
  April 12,2021, Liberian Observer (Liberia)

March 2021

• Japanese supported fisheries, rice project yields fruitful results [Includes results of CHAP-managed SRI work]
  March 16, 2021, Daily Observer (Liberia)
• Can a hungry Mali turn rice technology into ‘white gold’? [Updated version of a 2018 article by Reuters.]
  March 14, 2021, Arab News (Re: Mali)

February 2021

• Autonomie alimentaire : Changer la base de régime alimentaire, mais pourquoi bon sang? [Author thinks SRI could help La Réunion become sef-sufficient in rice.]
  February 23, 2021, Témoignages (La Réunion)
• Il était une fois le père Laulanié, il était une fois le SRI
  February 3, 2021, Témoignages (La Réunion)

Blog Posts and Website Articles – (2021/Jan 2022)  

• Salvi, Irene (editing/translation). 2021. Farmer field schools at the service of sustainable rice. Rikolto website. December 8. [Rikolto’s SRI work in the DR Congo]
• Ramanujan, Krishna. 2021. $14M grant to adapt West African rice production to climate. Cornell Chronicle. December 7. [News about 13-country RICOWAS project that promotes SRI in West Africa]
• Matsumoto, Nancy. 2021. Meet the African farmer growing rice in New York’s Hudson Valley. Civil Eats, November 18. [Story of Gambian rice farmers in NY, who are workiing with SRI methods.]
• Gnoumou, Daouda. 2021. La Zone ANADER de Katiola s’inscrit dans la dynamique nationale d’auto suffisance en riz. Agence Nationale d’Appui au Développement Rural (ANADER) website. [The yields obtained in 2020 and 2021 in Katiola, Cote d’Ivoire are ~6 to 8 t/ha. ANADER supervisory agents provide advisory support.] [accessed November 6, 2021]
• 2021? Rizipisciculture, la technique qui booste la production du riz a Oume. Agence Nationale d’Appui au Développement Rural (ANADER) website. October 21? [SRI/fish project makes progress in Cote d’Ivoire.] [accessed November 6]
• 2021. Improving food security in West Africa through resilient rice cultivation. Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel website. October 28. [The Adaptation Fund (AF) has just approved the “Scaling up Climate Resilient Rice Production in West Africa” (RICOWAS) project, a 4-year 14 million dollar project to promote SRI and other rice resilient measures in 13 West African countries.]
• LINKS. 2021. Climate-Smart Agriculture. LINKS website. [The program Catalysing Economic Growth for Northern Nigeria (LINKS), funded by UKAID, works in the northern Nigerian states of Kano, Kaduna and Jigawa. SRI is an important part of their CSA programming.]
• Mosha, Devotha, et al. 2021. Holistic adoption of System of Rice Intensification can increase yields: A case of Mngeta, Kilombero District, Tanzania. Future Agricultures blog. September 28. [Summary of ARPA paper that discusses SRI adoption by farmers who are not following usual SRI practices.] [accessed October 20, 2012]
• Deltour, G. 2021. Du Riz pour le Makay: Étude de faisabilité d’un Système de Riziculture Intensive (SRI). Naturevolution website. October 3.
• Kabemba, Éric Dieudonné. 2021. Professionnalisation de la riziculture au Tanganyika: le chemin parcouru à Kamangu. Rikolto Congo website. September 10. [Rikolto agronomist in Tanganyika documents SRI progress adoption by 409 FFS rice-adopters, which includes 98 learned from other rice farmers. Good adopters reached 5-6 tons/ha.]
• 2021. De bons résultats du système de riziculture intensive au nord de la Côte d’Ivoire. COMMODAFRICA website. September 10. [The National Center for Agronomic Research (CNRA) reports SRI use in Gbon, Savanes district in northern Côte d’Ivoire, resulted in a 25% increase in production.]
• Nepveu, Audrey. 2020. What we can do to support farmers on the front lines of climate change. IFAD Blog. March. [The IFAD blog entry notes SRI in the mitigation strategies.] [accessed September 23, 2021]
• 2021. Professionnalisation de la riziculture au Tanganyika : le chemin parcouru à Kamangu. Ricolto Congo website. September 10.
• Nyangezi, Arsène. 2021. SRI: développer la riziculture durable au Sud-Kivu. Rikolto website. Sept. 1. [Article about the NGO Rikolto’s SRI work in South Kivu and Tanganyika provinces in the DRC.]
• 2021. Farmer-to-Farmer training improves rice production in Madagascar using environmentally sustainable approaches. CNFA (Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture) website. August 26. [CNFA volunteers supported by USAID promote SRI and other sustainable approaches in Vatovavy Fitovinany, Madagascar.]
• Curchoe, Carol. 2021. Modern-day agricultural heroes: Celebrating pioneers. AgDaily. July 14, 2021. [Henri de Laulanie, who first described SRI, is among the world’s most notably pioneers]
• 2021. About Mtenda Kyela Rice Supply Co. LTD. SAGCOT Catalytic Trust Fund website. [The Mtenda Kyela Rice Supply Co. that purchases paddy in Southern Highland of Tanzania has a project with SAGCOT that works [accessed May 31, 2021]
• 2021. Kilimo Shadidi Cha Mpunga Kuongeza Tija Kwa Wakulima. Cute766 website. April 29. [(in Swahili) Sokoine University researcher presents SRI study results in seminar in Tanzania.]
• Jkubania. 2021. Celebrating sustainable agriculture on International Day of Forests. African Wildlife Foundation website. March 20. [Includes story of SRI farmer in Tanzania.]
• 2021. Can Africa overcome its own water problems? Farmers Review Africa. February 16.
• Idrissa, Silue. 2021. Securite alimentaire: Une nouvelle approche rizicole utilisee par les techniciens de l’ANADER. National Rural Development Support Agency (ANADER) website. February 1. [SRI farmers/ANADER staff in Daloa, Cote d’Ivoire, have sharing event in 7 villages.]
• 2021. Reduced carbon footprint and increased economic results: when science proves the positive impact of agroecology! Agrisud International website. January 13. [See also French version] [Summary of a research paper that shows SRI can play a part in reducing carbon footprint in Madagascar.]
• *Dwyer, Augusta. 2021. From West Africa, here comes the next miracle grain: fonio. Global Landscape Forum website. January 7.

Latest Research / Journal Articles / Theses – acquired during 2021

(listed in order of acquisition. See also complete alphabetized list of journal articles)
– Red dot ( •) indicates article is freely available; * asterisk is SCI (SRI applied to crops other than rice)

• • Diédhiou, Pierre Claver César. 2019. Etude comparative des rendements et de la rentabilité du Système de Riziculture Intensif (SRI) et du Système Traditionnel dans le département de Ziguinchor. Université Assane Seck de Ziguinchor (UASZ)(Senegal). [accessed January 23, 2022]
• • Dione, Moudo. 2019. L’impact du système de riziculture intensive (SRI) sur le rendement des riziculteurs de Matam. [accessed January 23, 2022]
• dot Mwidege, Asheri, and Zacharia Katambara. 2021. Does the system of rice intensification a panacea to smallholder farmers? A case of Mkindo village irrigation scheme in Tanzania. International Journal of Agriculture Innovation, Technology and Globalisation 2(2): 138-156. doi:10.1504/IJAITG.2021.119707 [accessed January 7, 2022]
• • Nasamu, Michael A., and Ali Garba. 2020. Productivity of irrigated and rainfed rice (Oryza sativa L.) as influenced by seedling age and row spacing in Kuru Plateau State, Nigeria. International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Bioresearch 5(1): 71-84. doi: 10.35410/IJAEB.2020.5461 [accessed December 17, 2021]
• • Korotoumou, Mariko, et al. Stochastic Meta Frontier analysis of smallholder rice farmers’ technical efficiency. Journal of Agricultural Science 11(8): 31-44. doi:10.5539/jas.v11n8p31 [accessed December 12, 2021]
• • Ires, Idil. 2021. Intensive agriculture as climate change adaptation? Economic and environmental tradeoffs in securing rural livelihoods in Tanzanian river basins. Frontiers in Environmental Science 9: 531. [accessed November 26, 2021]
• • Massawe, Ikunda H., Filbert B. Rwehumbiza and Balthazar M. Msanya. 2017. Effect of water management systems with different nutrient combinations on performance of rice on soils of Mvumi, Kilosa district, Tanzania. International Journal of Current Research in Biosciences and Plant Biology 4(2): 34-44. doi:10.20546/ijcrbp.2017.402.005 [accessed November 26, 2021]
• • Massawe, Ikunda H. 2016. Effect of water management systems with different nutrient combinations on performance of rice on soils of Mvumi, Kilosa district, Tanzania. M.Sc thesis, Sokoine University (Tanzania). 82p. [accessed November 26, 2021]
• Nyamai, Matolo. 2017. A comparative assessment of SRI and conventional rice production in Mwea Irrigation Scheme, Kenya. MSc thesis. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technoogy (Kenya) [accessed September 25, 2021]
• • Mosha, Devotha B., et al. 2021. Yield and commercialisation effects of SRI interventions in Mngeta, Kilombero District, Tanzania. APRA Working Paper 66, Brighton: Future Agricultures Consortium. Sept. 21. [There is: a significant association between SRI training and adoption of SRI; significant spillover; need for farmers to adopt more than one of the practices; better strategy for understanding principles.] [accessed September 25, 2021]
• • Kavishe, Rosemary. 2021. Assessing adoption and water productivity of the system of rice-intensification under farmer-led irrigation system in northern Tanzania. MSc Thesis. The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST)(Tanzania). 60 p. [accessed September 25, 2021]
• Donzia, S.K.Y., H. Yeo, and H.K. Kim. 2019. Design and evaluation of soil pH IoT sensor attribute for rice agriculture in Central Africa.. In: Lee R. (eds) Applied Computing and Information Technology. ACIT 2018. Studies in Computational Intelligence, 788: 37-47. Springer, Cham. 10.1007/978-3-319-98370-7_4 [accessed September 19, 2021]
• • Fayama, Tionyélé. 2021. Determinants l’adoption ou non du Systeme de Riziculture Intensive (SRI) dan la Vallee de Karfiguela a Banfora – Burkina Faso. Revue des Etudes Multidisciplinaires en Sciences Economiques et Sociales 6(2): 44-65. doi: 10.48375/IMIST.PRSM/REMSES-V6I2.24655 [accessed September 19, 2021]
• • Ouma, Marilda Auma. 2021. Assessing the uptake of System of Rice Intensification practices. PhD disseration, Egerton University (Kenya). 187 p. [accessed August 31, 2021]
• Graf, Sarah Lena, and Carlos Oya. 2021. Is the system of rice intensification (SRI) pro poor? Labour, class and technological change in West Africa. Agricultural Systems 193: 103229. doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103229 [accessed July 31, 2021]
• • Mati, B. M., W. W. Nyangau, J .A. Ndiiri, and R. Wanjogu. 2021. Enhancing production while saving water through the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Kenya’s irrigation schemes. Journal of Agriculture, Science and Technology 20(1): 24-40 [accessed July 12, 2021]
• Fadairo, Olushola Samuel, and Moussa Sanguiana Keita. 2021. The West Africa Agricultural Productivity Programme (WAAPP): Smallholder paddy productivity and market linkages in Kindia Prefecture, Guinea. Afrika Focus 34(1): 127-154. doi:10.1163/2031356X-34010003 [accessed June 20, 2021]
• • Gowele, H.F., F.C. Mahoo, and F.C. Kahimba. 2020. Comparison of silicon status in rice grown under the System of Rice Intensification and flooding regime in Mkindo Irrigation Scheme, Morogoro, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Sciences 19(2): 216-226
• • Er, Ah Choy, Habibah Ahmad, and Azima Abdul Manaf. 2021. Comparative cost benefit analysis of conventional farming and agroecological farming for paddy cultivation in Bachok, Kelantan. International Journal of Environmental Science and Development 12(6): 181-187. [accessed May 3, 2021]
• • Mhango, Solomon Simon. 2020. Implications of socio-economic factors on adoption of paddy production innovations in Mvomero district, Tanzania. PhD dissertation. Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania). 156 p. [accessed April 20, 2021]
• • Abankwah, Vincent, and Lucy A. Tutu. 2021. Rice production under the System of Rice Intensification and conventional methods: Which is more profitable in Ghana? Journal of Experimental Agriculture International 43(1): 75-83. doi:10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i130633 [accessed March 24, 2021]
• • Kaloi, Francis Kadipo, et al. 2021. Determinants influencing the adoption of rice intensification system among smallholders in Mwea Irrigation Scheme, Kenya. Advances in Agriculture (online first Feb. 24 2021). doi: 10.1155/2021/1624334 [accessed March 18, 2021]
• Eliyah, J. 2016. Effects of flooding and system of rice intensification on nitrogen use efficiency in rice production at Mkindo, Morogoro, Tanzania. Master’s thesis. Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania). [accessed March 7, 2021]
• Denkyirah, E. K. 2015. Profitability of Rice Production: A Comparative analysis of System of Rice Intensification and conventional method in the Kassena-Nankana East District of Ghana. Master’s thesis, University of Ghana. [accessed March 7, 2021]
• Salifu, Y. I. 2015. Evaluation of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) for enhanced rice (Oryza sativa L) production in the Guinea Savannah Zone of Ghana. Master’s thesis, University of Development Studies (Ghana). [accessed March 7, 2021]
• • Ouma, Matilda A., Justus M. Ombati and Christopher A. Onyango. 2020. Challenges and coping strategies in the uptake of the System of Rice Intensification practices in Oluch Irrigation Scheme, Homa-Bay County, Kenya. Journal of Experimental Agriculture International 42(12): 13-25. doi:10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i1230624 [accessed February 27, 2021]
• Kavishe, R.E., F.C. Kahimba, and H.C. Komakech. 2021. Farmer’s appropriation of system of rice intensification practices in water-scarce irrigation schemes in Northern Tanzania. Paddy and Water Environment. 10.1007/s10333-020-00836-1 [accessed February 10, 2021]
• • Nwahia, Ogechi Cordelia. 2021. Analysis of cost and returns in rice production by USAID-MARKETS II Project participants and non-participants in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Agricultural Socio-Economics Journal 121(1): 1-6. doi:10.21776/ub.agrise.2021.021.1.12 [accessed February 8, 2021]
• • Garbaa, A., and R. Kumeri. 2016. Transplanting rice (Oryza sativa L) using different seedling rates under rainfed condition in Bauchi, Nigeria. International Journal of Engineering & Scientific Research 4(3) [accessed February 1, 2021]
• • Diedhiou, Pierre C.C. 2021. Intensification (SRI) and traditional practices (TP) in Ziguinchor District, Senegal. Forestry & Agriculture Review 2(1): 22-36. doi:10.47285/far.v2i1.64 [accessed January 31, 2021]
• Akpoti, Komlavi. 2021. The potential for expansion of irrigated rice under alternate wetting and drying in Burkina Faso. Agricultural Water Management 247: 106758. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2021.106758

New Links from our Website to Online Publications (and SRI-Related Social Media sites) (2021/Jan 2022) (see also Latest Research directly above)

• PASSIP. 2015. Curriculum d’apprentissage en production et post-production du riz : Module 15 Système de Riziculture Intensive (SRI). PASSIP website. [French language module on SRI methods by the Programme d’Appui au Sous-secteur de l’Irrigation de Proximité (PASSIP) in Mali]
•  Haougui, Adamou, et al. 2019. Mise à l’échelle de Système de Riziculture Intensive (SRI) hors aménagement. DUDDAL website. [Report from Niger.]
• Hong, TV, et al. 2021. Rice cultivation ambition in the new and updated Nationally Determined Contributions: 2020-2021: Analysis of agricultural sub-sectors in countries’ climate change strategies. CCAFS Info Note. Wageningen, The Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). [Shows the number of countries including SRI [includes African countries, though is not complete] and other rice production strategies in their NDCs. For exact countries, see the separate Excel sheet by S. Rose et al.]
• Mosha, Devotha B., et al. 2021. Yield and commercialisation effects of SRI interventions in Mngeta, Kilombero District, Tanzania. APRA Working Paper 66, Brighton: Future Agricultures Consortium. Sept. 21. [There is: a significant association between SRI training and adoption of SRI; significant spillover; need for farmers to adopt more than one of the practices; better strategy for understanding principles.]
• Isinika, Aida, et al. 2021. Rice commercialisation effects in Mngeta, Kilombero District, Tanzania: Identifying the underlying factors. APRA Working Paper 63, Brighton: Future Agricultures Consortium. Sept. 7. [SRI is included in this study, though it is an adapted SRI that requires mulitple inputs.]
• 2020. APRA Tanzania influencing activities media workshop report on agricultural commercialisation in Tanzania. Future Agricultures website [Agricultural Policy Research for Africa (APRA) and Sokoine University have a workshop for journalists on 10/20/20. Page 4 includes information on “yield and commercialisation effects of SRI interventions in Mngeta, Kilombero District.”] [accessed February 28, 2021]

Videos – 2021 (either uploaded by SRI-Rice OR linked to from our website)

• 2021 (October 1). Creating generational wealth through rice farming. 12:34 min. Utmost Precision channel, YouTube. [One of Kenya’s first SRI farmers, Mathew Kamanu, who grows rice in Mwea, tells his story.]
• 2020 (August 27). Sustainable Rice Intensification in Baguineda, Mali. 9:33 min. Green Innovation Centres channel, YouTube. [accessed May 2021]
• 2021 (January 26). SRI: The Zamfara Rice Farming Experience. 13:40 min. NIFAAS Nigeria channel, YouTube. [One of a series SRI videos from Zamfara State, Nigeria, produced by the NAERLS, Zaria.]

Slide Presentations (Primarily PowerPoint) – 2021 acquisitions

• Tetra Tech. 2021. 2103 – Reduced Methane Emissions Rice Production Project in Northernof Nigerian with System of Rice Intensification (SRI). 11 slides. SRI-Rice channel, Slideshare. [This is a presentation on progress of SRI activities in the LINKS program, Catalysing Economic Growth for Northern Nigeria, which is implemented by Tetra Tech International Development] [Uploaded October 2021]

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SCI RESOURCES AND ARTICLES:

• Krujia, Hannah. 2019. A review: System of crop intensification on field crops. Perspective section, Morung Express. October 31.
• SRI-Rice. 2016. SCI – The System of Crop Intensification: Agroecological innovations for improving agricultural production, food security, and resilience to climate change. SRI International Network and Resources Center (SRI-Rice), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, and NABARD, Mumbai,India. (72p., 7.29MB pdf)
• Adhikari, Prabhakar, et al. 2017. System of crop intensification for more productive, resource-conserving, climate-resilient, and sustainable agriculture: experience with diverse crops in varying agroecologies. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability (Online first Nov. 20, 2017) 1-28.
• Divya, V. et al. 2015. Growth, yield attributes, yield and economics of sesame (Sesmum indicum L.) as influenced by System of Crop Intensification (SCI) practices. Andhra Pradesh Journal of Agricultural Sciences 1(2): 62-66.
• SRI-Rice. 2014. SCI – The System of Crop Intensification: Agroecological innovations for improving agricultural production, food security, and resilience to climate change. SRI International Network and Resources Center (SRI-Rice), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), Wageningen, Netherlands. (72p., 5.45MB pdf)
• SCI VIDEOS: Over 30 videos on the System of Crop Intensification are available on the SRICornell channel on YouTube. (SRI principles adapted to wheat, sugarcane, finger millet and other crops)
• Daisy, M., N. Thavaprakaash, K. Velayudham, and V. Divya. 2013. Effect of System of Crop Intensification (SCI) practices on growth, yield attributes and yield of castor hybrid YRCH. International Journal of Advanced Life Sciences 6(4): 366-374.
• Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR). 2013. A step towards climate resilient agriculture. Watershed Organisation Trust website.
• Van Vark, Caspar. 2013. Do crop intensification techniques hold the key to food security? The Guardian Global Development Professionals Network blog. [Indian farmers have seen increased yields in rice and wheat cultivation. Could SCI curb hunger in low-resource communities?]
• McDonald, K. 2013. An Interview with Cornell’s Dr. Erika Styger about the System of Crop Intensification (SRI-Rice). Big Picture Agriculture website. July 22.
• Loganandhan, N., B. Gujja, V. V. Goud, and U. S. Natarajan. 2012. Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI): a methodology of “more with less.” Sugar Tech (pp.1-5, early print). doi:10.1007/s12355-012-0180-y
• Uphoff, Norman. 2012. Raising smallholder food crop yields with climate-smart agroecological practices. System of Rice Intensification website. (24p., 2.28MB pdf) [Booklet supplementing presentation by Norman Uphoff on “The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and Beyond: Coping with Climate Change,” World Bank, October 10, 2012]
• PRADAN. 2012. Cultivating rapeseed/mustard with SRI principles: A manual. System of Rice Intensification website. (24p., 696KB pdf) [This manual is based on experiences by PRADAN and Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) that began with farmers in Gaya district, Bihar.]
• PRADAN. 2012. Cultivating wheat with SRI principles: A manual. System of Rice Intensification website. (20p., 4.76MB pdf) [This manual resulted from the Bihar Rural Livelihood Promotion Society (BRLPS), the Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), and the NGO PRADAN, Nalanda branch who worked together on SWI in the Gaya and Nelanda districts of Bihar.] A 2011 Hindi version is also available as a PowerPoint.
• PRADAN. 2012. Cultivating finger millet with SRI principles: A training manual. System of Rice Intensification website. (20p., 2.16MB pdf) [Based on the experiences of farmers affiliated with the PRADAN rural development program in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand States and with the SRI Consortium, Chhattisgarh, India. Print copies produced by Sir Dorbji Tata Trust and PRADAN]
• Khadka, Ram Bahadur, and Prashanta Raut. 2011. System of Wheat Intensification (SWI): A new concept on low input technology for increasing wheat yield in marginal land. System of Rice Intensification website. (11p., 246KB pdf) [Report on a SWI project in Far Western Nepal by European Union Food Facility Project, Forum for Awareness and Youth Activity Nepal and Safety Nets Supporting Agricultural Productivity (SNAP) Mercy Corps Nepal]
• Baskaran, P. 2012. STI — Sustainable Turmeric Initiative: An Innovative Method for Cultivation of Turmeric (Curcuma longa). System of Rice Intensification website. (8p., 321 KB pdf) [General information and instruction for STI, an adaptation of SRI methods for turmeric developed in Thumbal, Tamil Nadu.]
• Dash, Tushar Kanta and Ashutosh Pal. 2011. Growing Crops with SRI Principles. SDTT-SRI website (42p., 26MB pdf) [The booklet, published by the Livolink Foundation’s SRI Secretariat in Bubaneshwar, Orissa, contains information on applying SRI principles to wheat, finger millet, mustard and several vegetables.]
• Erulan, Sathiyavani, Velayudham Kumaran and Thavaprakaash Nallasamy. 2012. System of Crop Intensification in Greengram: An Innovative Approach. [SRI practices are being extrapolated to greengram, called System of Crop Intensification (SCI), a term used when applied to other other crops than rice. Available from More Books Publishing (92p., 49€)].
• Gujja, Biksham et al. 2012. Farmers from the field – SSI – More with less. AgSRI website. March. (60p., pdf) [Published AgSRI with assistance from NRMC (NABARD), this Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative publication was compiled with inputs/experiences of thousands of SSI farmers from different states of India]
• Gujja, Biksham, Vinod Goud, U.S. Natarajan, T.V.V.V. Rao, Suhasini Ramayanam and Sraban Dalai. 2012. Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative. AgSRI website.(7p., pdf) [Manual for Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) methods compiled by the AgSRI Group. For the complete 48 p. manual contact AgSRI]
  • JKUAT. 2022. SRI-Digital app to revolutionize rice farming in Mwea. Jomo Kenyata University of Agriculture and Technology website. November 24. [Bancy Mati target new app for SRI in Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kenya.]
  • Mati, Bancy. 2022. Delivering digital training on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Kenya. SRI-Africa website. May.
  • Mantava, John. 2020. FarmBiz TV: Irrigation Board launches rice scheme to double yields. FarmBiz Africa website. April 11. [The National Irrigation Board in Kenya has launched a new rice production system (SRI) to improve food security. The programme combines using certified seeds and intensive water management with high levels of farmer sensitization.]
  • Mati, Bancy. 2020. Local manufacture of rotary weeders is linked to adoption of SRI in Kenya. SRI-Rice website. March 30. [6p pdf]
  • Mati, Bancy. 2019. SRI presented at the International Rice Congress in Changsha, China. SRI-Africa.net. June 28. [Prof. Bancy Mati presents at China-Africa rice congress in Changsa, China.]
  • 2019. Rice farmers reap from new technology: The Standard. Kenyan Digest, February 4. [Farmers in Nyando, Kisumu County, increase yields with SRI, but have trouble with markets.]
  • Despite food insecurity, Kisumu farmers lack ready market for rice. Business Daily, May 8. [SRI increases production in Ahero, though distribution systems are lacking]
  • Mati, Bancy, and Kennedy Ouma 2016. Mrs. Lonah Akumu: One Woman’s story of resilience championing SRI in western Kenya. SRI4Women blog. October 11.
  • 2016. Rice farmers reap big with water-saving technology. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology website. May 19. [Farmer stories from Kenya’s West Kano Irrigation Scheme, Block C, share their SRI stories.]
  • Ondongo, Dannish. 2016. Kisumu County banks on rice irrigation to solve food insecurity. CapitalFM, Business&Tech section. March 18. [Feature on irrigation schemes in Kisumu Country, Kenya; SRI is noted in the Mwea irrigation scheme.]
  • Mati, Bancy. 2016. Report of participation in the COP21 Climate Change Conference in Paris, France. SRI-Rice website. (3p., 109KB pdf) [Report by Bancy Mati, Professor at JKUAT, and SRI project Coordinator, Kenya, of her participation in COP21, Nov. 30 – Dec. 12, 2015] [uploaded February 7, 2016]
  • Chepkoech, Anita. 2016. Out goes paddy rice farming, in comes a new efficient method, Daily Nation, Business Section (Seeds of Gold), February 5. [Story of SRI in Ahero and West Kano irrigation schemes,based on an interview with Bancy Mati]
    February 5, 2016, Daily Nation (Kenya)
  • Besliu, Raluca. 2015. Famine from droughts? Never again, says Calvince Okello. Digital Journal. February 12. [Kenyan social entrepreneur creates M-shamba, a platform using mobile phones, which has reached 6,000 rice farmers to help them adopt SRI.]
  • Ochienno, Judith Taaka. 2014. Influence of communication on adoption of agricultural innovation: A case of the System of Rice Intensification in Mwea irrigation scheme. MA Thesis, University of Nairobi.(67p.pdf)
  • Wycliffe, Nyang’au. 2014. System of Rice Intensification (SRI) twin projects launched. Water Research and Resource Center website. December 10.
  • Mwangi, Boniface. 2013. Rice farmers embrace wet planting technique. Business Daily, August 8.
  • Cherono, Stella, and Angela Oketch. 2012. New rice technology boosts yields, quality. Business Daily, December 6.
  • 2012. KENYA: SRI adoption and yields on the rise. Global SRI News and Views blog. February 20.
  • 2012. Featured Item: Kenya: SRI Farmers now turned into trainers in Kenya! System of Rice Intensification website. February 20.
  • Mati, Bancy, 2012. SRI farmers now turned into trainers in Kenya! System of Rice Intensification website. February 17. (4p. 91KB pdf) [Report detailing the spread of SRI in Kenya]
  • Mati, Bancy. 2011. Up-scaling the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Ahero, West Kano, Bunyala and Mwea Irrigation Schemes. System of Rice Intensification website. (5p. 43KB pdf)
  • 2011. From problem to solution: Making agriculture climate-smart. World Bank Institute website, World Bank In Action section. April 13. [no longer online].
  • Mati, B. M., R. Wanjogu, B. Odongo and P. G. Home. 2011. Introduction of the System of Rice Intensification in Kenya: Experiences from Mwea Irrigation Scheme. Paddy and Water Environment 9:145-154. DOI: 10.1007/s10333-010-0241-3
  • Mburu, Ngondi. 2011. Kenya: New rice planting system saves water, seeds. African Farming website. September 26.
  • A.V. Ragunathan. 2010. Kenyan team studies SRI project. The Hindu, June 26, Tamil Nadu section.
  • 2010. New rice farming system takes root in Mwea scheme. Daily Nation (Kenya), May 5, Business News section, Online edition.
  • Mati, Bancy M. 2009. System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Growing more rice with less water. Brief notes on promoting the adoption of SRI in Kenya. Improved Management of Agricultural Water in Eastern & Southern Africa, Kenya. System of Rice Intensification website. (6p. pdf)

• Research and Scholarly Papers (in chronological order of receipt)

  • Pili, Njira Njira. 2016. Possibilities of endophytic fungi from Kenya for growth promotion of rice (Oryza sativa L.) and defense against nematodes. PhD dissertation. Ghent University (Belgium). 172 p. [Notes effects of SRI on nematode species.]
  • Ouma, Matilda Auma. 2021. Assessing the uptake of System of Rice Intensification practices. PhD dissertation, Egerton University (Kenya). 187 p. [accessed August 31, 2021]
  • Mati, B. M., et al. 2021. production while saving water through the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Kenya’s irrigation schemes. Journal of Agriculture, Science and Technology 20(1): 24-40
  • Kaloi, Francis Kadipo, et al. 2021. Determinants influencing the adoption of rice intensification system among smallholders in Mwea Irrigation Scheme, Kenya. Advances in Agriculture (online first Feb. 24 2021). doi: 10.1155/2021/1624334
  • Ouma, Matilda A., Justus M. Ombati and Christopher A. Onyango. 2020. Challenges and Coping Strategies in the Uptake of the System of Rice Intensification Practices in Oluch Irrigation Scheme, Homa-Bay County, Kenya. Journal of Experimental Agriculture International 42(12): 13-25. doi:10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i1230624
  • Kaloi, Francis Kadipo, et al. 2020. Comparing productivity of rice under system of rice intensification and conventional flooding: A switching regression approach. African Journal of Agricultural Research 16(10): 1355-1363. [accessed September 20, 2020]
  • Ouma-Onyango, Amos. 2014. Promotion of rice production: A likely Step to making Kenya food secure. An assessment of current production and potential. Developing Country Studies 4: 26-31. [accessed August 8, 2020]
  • Too, Gideon, et al. 2020. Comparative study of rice yield production for conventional paddy rice and Systems of Rice Intensification. American Journal of Water Science and Engineering. 6(2): 70-75. doi: 10.11648/j.ajwse.20200602.13
  • Too, G., et al. 2020. Analysis of water use in rice production under paddy system and SRI in Ahero Irrigation Scheme, Kenya. African Environmental Review 3(2): 190-198.
  • Kathia, Mercy Kangai, et al. 2019. Integrating mechanical weeding and planting for reduced labour input in paddy rice under System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Agricultural Sciences 10: 121-130 doi:10.4236/as.2019.102010
  • 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.
  • Nyamai, Matolo. 2017. A comparative assessment of SRI and conventional rice production in Mwea Irrigation Scheme, Kenya. MSc thesis. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technoogy (Kenya) [accessed September 25, 2021]
  • Ndiiri, Jackline Alinda, Norman Uphoff, Bancy Mbura Mati, Patrick Gathogo Home, and Benson Odongo. 2017. Comparison of yields of paddy rice under System of Rice Intensification in Mwea, Kenya. American Journal of Plant Biology 2(2): 49-60. doi:10.11648/j.ajpb.20170202.12
  • Gicheru, Mercy Njeri. 2016. Barriers and enablers to the uptake and implementation of System of Rice Intensification; A case study of Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kenya. Master’s thesis. University of Capetown, South Africa. (79p. pdf)
  • Mwatete, Gibson Kalume Kitsao. Technical efficiency differentials between conventional and System of Rice Intensification methods of rice production in West Kano Irrigation Scheme, Kenya. PhD dissertation, University of Eldoret (Kenya).
  • Ndirangu, Bancy Wambui. 2015. Influence of rice intensification system on rice production among small scale farmers. Case of Tebere in Mwea, Kirinyaga county in Kenya. Master’s thesis, University of Nairobi (Kenya).
  • Ochienno, Judith Taaka. 2014. Influence of communication on adoption of agricultural innovation: A case of the System of Rice Intensification in Mwea irrigation scheme. Master’s Thesis, University of Nairobi, Kenya. (67p. 394 KB pdf)
  • Nyang’au, W. O., B. M. Mati, K. Kalamwa, R. K. Wanjogu, and L. K. Kiplagat. 2014. Estimating rice yield under changing weather conditions in Kenya using CERES rice model. International Journal of Agronomy 2014 (ID849496): 12 p. doi: 10.1155/2014/849496
  • Ndiiri, J. A., B. M. Mati, P. G. Home, B. Odongo. 2013. Water productivity under the System of Rice Intensification from experimental plots and farmer surveys in Mwea, Kenya. Taiwan Water Conservancy Journal 61(4): 63-75.
  • Ndiiri, J. A., B. M. Mati, P. G. Home, B. Odongo, and N. Uphoff, N. 2013. Adoption, constraints and economic returns of paddy rice under the system of rice intensification in Mwea, Kenya. Agricultural Water Management. 129: 44-55. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2013.07.006
  • Kipkorir, E.C., E.M. Mugalavai, C.K. Songok, P.O.W. Webi, K. K.G. Kiptoo, and F. Daudi. 2012. Adapting System of Rice Intensification in Western Kenya irrigation schemes. In Proceedings of The International Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, and Conflict Resolution for Sustainable Development, July 18-20, Mmust, Kakamega, Kenya.
  • Ndiiri, J. A., B. M. Mati, P. G. Home, B. Odongo and N. Uphoff. 2012. Benefit-cost analysis of paddy rice under the System of Rice Intensification in Mwea, Kenya. Paper presented at the 2012 JKUAT Scientific, Technological and Industrialization Conference – Science, November 15-16, in Nairobi, Kenya. [no longer online].
  • Nyamai, M., B. M. Mati, P. G. Home, B. Odongo, R. Wanjogu, and E. G. Thuranira. 2012. Improving land and water productivity in basin rice cultivation in Kenya through System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal 14(2):1-9.
  • Ndiiri, J.A., B.M. Mati, P.G. Home, B. Odongo, and N. Uphoff. 2012. Comparison of water savings of paddy rice under System of Rice Intensification (Sri) growing rice in Mwea, Kenya. International Journal of Current Research and Review 4(6):63-73 [Note: The cited link downloads the entire issue; click here to see only the 456KB Ndiiri article]
  • Mati, B. M., R. Wanjogu, B. Odongo and P. G. Home. 2011. Introduction of the System of Rice Intensification in Kenya: Experiences from Mwea Irrigation Scheme. Paddy and Water Environment 9:145-154. doi:10.1007/s10333-010-0241-3

  • Conferences and Meetings (incomplete after 2010)

    • The First National Workshop on SRI in Kenya
      Date: May 7, 2010 at the
      Venue: African Institute for Capacity and Development (AICAD) campus in Juja, near Nairobi.
      Cosponsors: The workshop was planned and implemented as a collaborative, cost-shared activity by the partners, notably JKUAT, IMAWESA, NIB and AICAD.
    • Field days & SRI trainings:
      – Mwea – August 5, 2010, December 7, 2010, July 21, 2011and November 18, 2011
      – SRI Open Day – November 4, 2010
    • Stakeholders’ Meeting of the System for Rice Intensification (SRI)
      Date: January 27, 2010
      Venue: World Agroforestry Centre complex at Girgiri, Nairobi
      Organizing Partners: Improved Management for Agricultural Water in Eastern and Southern Africa (IMAWESA)/IFAD, Mwea Irrigation Agricultural Development (AICAD), World Bank (WB), World Bank Institute (WBI) and AICAD
    • Video conference: Producing More with Less Water and Farm Inputs for Climate Adaptation: Knowledge Sharing on System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
      Date: Friday, September 11, 2009
      Sites: Nairobi, Kenya; Antananarivo, Madagascar; Kigali, Rwanda; Chennai, India; Washington, DC, USA
      Organizing Partners:
      World Bank Institute (WBI), The World Bank, Improved Management for Agricultural Water in Eastern and Southern Africa (IMAWESA) , Africa Institute for Capacity Development (AICAD), Global Development Learning Network (GDLN)

    Practical Information

    • Mati, Bancy. 2012. System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Growing more rice while saving on water. System of Rice Intensification website. (12p, 638KB pdf). [Updated version of the original 2009 SRI training manual for farmers in Mwea, Kenya. Hard copy published in cooperation with Jomo Kenyatta University and the National Irrigation Board.]
    • Nyamai, Matolo, Bancy Mati and Andrew Gidamis. 2010. Mfumo wa kilimo shadidi cha mpunga (MKiShaMpunga). System of Rice Intensification website. (16p. 6.82MB pdf) [Kiswahili language SRI manual developed for Kenyan farmers in conjunction with Jomo Kenyatta University, AICAD, IMAWESA and WBI and translation assistance from Sokoine University of Tanzania]
    • Mati, Bancy M. and Matolo Nyamai. 2009. System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Growing More Rice While Saving on Water. Improved Management of Agricultural Water in Eastern & Southern Africa, Kenya website. (6p. pdf). [An information brochure used for SRI training on SRI in Mwea, Kenya.]

    PowerPoint Presentations

    • Mati, Bancy. 2019. Improving Productivity of Rice under Water Scarcity in Africa: The Case for the System of Rice Intensification. 52 slides. Presentation at the International Rice Development Conference and Seminar on China-Africa Development. Changsha, China, June 26-29.
    • Mati, Bancy. 2018. SRI in Kenya and towards SRI-Africa learning network. Presentation at the SRI-LMB Regional Workshop for the Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin (SRI – LMB), Bangkok, Thailand, November 1-2, 2018
    • Mati, Bancy. 2018. System of Rice Intensification in Kenya: Lessons Learnt for Upscaling SRI in Africa. 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. 33 slides.
    • 2012. Promoting the Adoption of SRI through Participatory Research and Outreach in Kenya: SRI – Growing More Rice with Less Water. PowerPoint presentation by Bancy M. Mati (SRI Projects Coordinator at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology, Nairobi), April 18, 2012, at a workshop on the Rice-EA project, Nairobi, Kenya. 35 slides.
    • Mati, Bancy. 2011. Introducing Kenyan Participation: Producing More with Less Input through SRI – the System of Rice Intensification. PowerPoint presented by the Kenya SRI Projects Coordinator at the videoconference on South-South Knowledge Sharing on Climate-Smart Agriculture Practices, KDLC, Nairobi, 24th August 24. 16 slides.
    • Ravichandran, V. K., and Mei Xie. 2010. Knowledge Travels – From India to Kenya, South-South Knowledge Sharing on SRI PowerPoint presented at the videoconference Global Learning Development Network (GDLN) session linking Mali, Madagascar and India, Feb. 9. 18 slides. [see also French version] [no longer on the World Bank website].

    Videos

    • 2021 (October 1). Creating generational wealth through rice farming. 12:34 min. Utmost Precision channel, YouTube. [One of Kenya’s first SRI farmers, Mathew Kamanu, who grows rice in Mwea, tells his story.]
    • 2020 (April 7). Rice farmers yield expected to double up with the new System of Rice Intensification technology. 3:11 min. FarmBiz Africa channel, Youtube. [The National Irrigation Board in Kenya has launched a new rice production system (SRI) to improve food security. The programme combines using certified seeds and intensive water management with high levels of farmer sensitization.]
    • 2018 (December 17). Next frontier: Modern rice farming. 9:21 min. KTN News Kenya channel, YouTube. [KTN News channel from Kenya talking about SRI and its place in Kenyan agriculture.]
    • 2016 (November 30). Smart Farm: Rice Intensification. 3:41 min. KenyaCitizen TV channel, YouTube. [Kenyan TV show on “smart farms,” Which about SRI this week.]
    • 2014 (January 7). Rising Rice Farming in Mwea. 10.:05 min. MIADCENTRE MWEA channel, YouTube.
    • 2013. System of Rice Intensification (SRI) – Documentary. 22 min. Produced and directed by Bancy Mati, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, and the National Irrigation Board, Kenya. Documentary Addict website.
    • 2013. (October 1) Recap: Bees, Chickens, Rice, Antibiotics. 24:27 min. Shamba Shape-Up S3E13/Series 3, Episode 13. Produced by MEDIAE.org. [This video, which is an episode of the Kenyan TV show Shamba Shape-Up, is available in English and Swahili. The section on SRI is the first 7:20 minutes of the episode.]
    • 2013 (July 13). System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Growing more rice with less... 9:41 min. Produced by Bancy Mati. Bancy Mati channel, YouTube. [A film about SRI in Kenya has won first prize at the 2nd African Agricultural Film Festival in Accra, Ghana]

    Photo Collection

    • SRI-Rice Kenya Photo Collection is provided by Bancy Mati. The photos are running as a slideshow in the summary section at the top of the page. Click on the photo showing to enlarge it or to show captions. (See also photos from ALL countries).
      • Gulden, Kathrine Torday. 2022. NIBIO and TARI to collaborate on climate-smart rice production system in Tanzania. NIBIO website. December 2. [Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) and Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) will collaborate on project involving 4000 rice farmers in the five districts in Tanzania.
      • 2021. Kilimo Shadidi Cha Mpunga Kuongeza Tija Kwa Wakulima. Cute766 website. April 29. [(in Swahili) Sokoine University researcher presents SRI study results in seminar in Tanzania.]
      • Jkubania. 2021. Celebrating sustainable agriculture on International Day of Forests. African Wildlife Foundation website. March 20.
      • Sarr, et al. 2020. Rice farmers can get better yields and more resilience to climate change. Environment for Development (EfD) website. December 15. [Findings of a SRI research article about Tanzania.]
      • 2020. System of Rice Intensification (SRI) recommended to increase productivity. Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) website. October 26. [Researchers at the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in Tanzania recommend nationwide training on SRI.]
      • Local government urge to work with development partners [Agriculture Policy Research in Africa (APRA) Country Representative says SRI will benefit farmers, including women. Suggests Local Govt. Authorities work with partners to support SRI.]
        October 22, 2020, Daily News (Tanzania)
      • 2020. Irrigation plots increase by 233,715 hectares in five years. Daily New, August 4. [article also carried in AllAfrica]
      • 2020. Rice strategic partnership. SAGCOT website. August 2020. [Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) brochure that highlights progress with SRI in Kilombero and Mbeya.]
      • Adél, Alexis. 2020. Tanzania: African Development Bank project tripled incomes of rural producers and traders. AfDB group website. July 7.
      • 2020. Kilimo shadidi ‘System of rice intensification (SRI)’ ni mbinu ya kisasa ya inayosaidia wakulima kupata mavuno mengi. April 4. Mtanzania. [Swahili article about SRI in Tanzania]
      • 2020. Improved irrigation infrastructure boosts crops’ production in Mbeya. IPPMedia. March 19.
      • Mwajombe, Kizito K. 2020. Njage Farmers preparing to take rice commercialisation to the next level. Futures Agricultures blog. March 30. [Many rice farmers in Njage village under CWAUNJA, an irrigation scheme farmer association, have been using SRI since 2009 when it was introduced by collective efforts of the district extension services, Kilombero Plantation Limited (KPL), USAID, and others.. Tanzania]
      • Smethers, Destinee. 2019. Focused on growth: Rice production in Tanzania. Borgen Magazine, World News section, October 24. [Tanzania’s Expanding Rice Production Project, which promotes SRI, primarily in Morogoro and Zanzibar, is expected to help 165,345 people by the end of the program in late April 2020.]
      • 2019. Students become the teachers. FAO website. September 8? [Success in SRI by the Tupendane Youth Group had been introduced to the Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS) in Morogoro, Tanzania.] This is an FAO project sponsored by Venezuela!]
      • Makoye, Kizito. 2019. Reducing water raises rice yields in Tanzania. Climate Smart Solutions section, SPORE Newsletter, CTA website. July 9. [5-year project in Tanzania’s Morogoro region, which is run by Sokoine University of Agriculture with support from FAO, has had good success promoting SRI. 3,000+ farmers in Kidugalo village, eastern Morogoro, have adopted SRI.]
      • Makoye, Kizito. 2019. Tanzania: Ny kompetanse løfter unge bønder ut av fattigdom. Bistandsaktuelt website. March 27. (in Norwegian). [Story of young farmers in Koraka village, Morogoro Region, who were trained in SRI methods in FAO program.]
      • Price, Samuel. 2019. ‘SRI’ in Kilombero Valley: Potential, misconception and reality. Future Agricultures blog. January 25. [Article about SRI in Tanzania’s Kilombero district and some of the issue with Kilombero Plantation Limited (KPL), which has trained over 8,000 smallholder farmers in 10 villages over the past few years.]
      • 2018. Morogoro’s best farmer. FAO website. September. [See also French version: Le meilleur agriculteur de Morogoro] [Story of a model SRI farmers in Tanzania.]
      • Matthew, Moses. 2018. Tanzania: New technology brings fortune Kilosa rice farmers. AllAfrica.com, March 5. [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.]
      • Nkonu, Michael. 2017. SUSTAIN’s interest-driven partnerships: a win-win for river flow and farmers’ field. IUCN Water Knowledge Platform. [In order to further improve water use efficiency, SUSTAIN-Africa has introduced SRI to smallholder rice producers in Lake Rukwa Water Basin (LRWB) in Southwestern Tanzania.]
      • 2017. TBL, SAGCOT leader advocate efficient water use by manufacturers, IPPmedia, November 9. [SAGCOT chief says SRI has high yields with less water; notes Kilombero Valley success.]
      • 2017. Zanzibar Ministry of Agriculture to reduce rice importation. Coastweek, October 14. [SRI noted the secret behind increased rice production in the archipelago made up of Unguja and Pemba islands with 1.4 million people]
      • 2017. Tanzania goes for Climate Smart Agriculture. AllAfrica, September 6. [similar article in East African Business News] Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Development said that urgent action was needed to build resilience to climate impacts.. need to make farmers aware of the need to adopt water harvesting means, water storage investments and adoption of SRI by smallholder farmers .]
      • Wambu, Onyekachi. 2016. African Economic Conference closes with call for agriculture to be at the centre of Africa’s development. NewAfrican. December 7. (Article also on the ADB website). [Paper on SRI in Tanzania wins top paper at conference.]
      • 2016. FAO, Dar link up to double rice production. Daily News, November 15. [The Partnership for Sustainable Rice Systems Development in Africa project will be implemented in five targeted irrigation schemes in Morogoro region namely Mvumi, Msolwa Ujamaa, Ilonga, Njage and Kigugu/ Mbogo-Komtonga located in Kilosa, Mvomero and Kilombero districts (Morogoro Region). Among other activities, It will establish junior farmer field schools to upscale the adoption of the System of Rice Intensification.]
      • Marwa, Bill. 2016. A system of rice intensification has changed my life. Oxfam blog, East Africa section. July 29. [About a project in Pili involving Oxfam that includes SRI. The larger project is funded by the Scottish government is implemented in 3 regions of Shinyanga, Geita and Simiyu in Northern Tanzania.]
      • CCDO. 2016. Success stories from the funded project of supporting community based adaptation initiatives to cope with the adverse effect of climate change in three divisions of Pawaga, Kalenga and Isimani in Iringa Rural District of Iringa Region of Tanzania / East Africa. Children Care Development Organization. Envaya.org website. May 9. [UNDP-funded project with large SRI component carried out by the Children Care Development Organization in the Iringa region of Tanzania.]
      • Lasway, Octavian J. 2016. System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Green Agriculture Skills website. April 14. [Series from Tanzania about how to use SRI methods. This is the first entry. The second is on seedbed preparation (April 19).
      • Razack Lokina. 2016. The impact of the System of Rice Intensification on small-holder farmers’ welfare: Does partial adoption matter? Environment for Development (EfD) Initiative website. February 19. [Description of an EfD study will assess the determinants of partial adoption dynamics and its impact implications on yield and farm profit among rice farmers in Morogoro region of Tanzania.]
      • Van Herzeele, Elisa. 2015. Experiments with System of Rice Intensification – Lower-Moshi, Tanzania. VECO East Africa website. November 13.
      • 2015. System of Rice Intensification training manual for extension workers and farmers. Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Cooperatives, Tanzania. SRI West Africa website. June 2015. (38p. pdf) [accessed December 9, 2015]
      • 2015. Rice intensification helps Ilolo Mpya residents out. IPP Media. April 28.
      • Mbiro, Michael. Tanzania: System of Rice Intensification – Another milestone in rice production. AllAfrica, April 17.
      • Makene, Prosper. 2015. 30 private actors set to invest in SAGCOT to boost agriculture. IPP Media, May 26.
      • Rodenburg, Jonne. 2014. Creating awareness in Tanzania on labour-saving technologies for weed control in rice. Africa Rising website. Posted December 10. [This article is also carried in Rice Today, vol. 14 no.1]
      • 2014. Tanzanian farmers learn modern management techniques to avoid water conflicts. AquaNOW.info (Ooska News website). November 12.
      • FAO. 2014. Adapting to climate change through land and water management in Eastern Africa: Results of pilot projects in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome. [Results and lessons learned from the FAO-Sida supported pilot project “Strengthening capacity for climate change adaptation in land and water management” in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. The Tanzania section has significant discussion of SRI.]
      • Kitabu, Gerald. 2014. Rice intensification uplifts Mvomero rice farmers. IPP Media website. June 1. [Source: Guardian on Sunday]
      • Aune, Jens B., Nagothu Udaya Sekhar, Kjell Esser and Mehreteab Tesfai. 2014. Noragric Report No. 71 Opportunities for Support to System of Rice Intensification in Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi. Norwegian University of Life Sciences website. April. (37p. pdf) [Report commissioned by NORAD under the NMBU – Norad Frame Agreement]
      • 2014. 18 hunger-stricken districts get over 6,000 tonnes of relief food. IPP Media website. February 26. [Minister of Ag Food Security Chiza says reports from Kilombero, Mkindo and Kiroka showed increase of over 7 ton/ha rice with SRI]
      • Keyworth, Marie. 2013. The challenges of boosting Tanzania’s rice production. BBC, Business News, December 23.
      • Makoye, Kizito. 2013. Tanzania embraces new system of growing rice, Deutsche Welle, Africa section, December 19.
      • 2013. Govt pledges to continue supporting RUDABA, Daily News, December 3. [no longer online].
      • Makoye, Kizito. 2013. Protecting Tanzania’s farmers from weather extremes. Inter Press Service, November 14.
      • Wa Simbeye, Finnigan. 2013. Tanzania: Rice growers in Kilombero smile all the way to the bank. Tanzania Daily News, October 13.
      • Styger, Erika. 2012. Tanzania NAFAKA Project – Summary trip report (May 8 – May 20, 2012): Evaluation of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Program. System of Rice Intensification website. (11p.,301KB pdf)
      • 2012?. Agrica. Nor fund website. [Article about Norwegian investment in SRI in Kilombero Valley in Tanzania.]
      • Kajiru, Geoffrey, et al. 2012. Adopting improved rice production practices introduced by EAAPP changes farmers’ lives: The case of Nyatwali Rice Irrigation Scheme, Bunda District, Mara Region. EAAPP-RRCoE Success Story Series 1(1):1-4. [The Igembensabo Irrigation Farmer Group (60 women, 49 men) of Nyatwali Village, Bunda District, Mara Region, Tanzania, adopted improved rice production practices introduced by the Eastern Africa Agricultural Productivity Program (EAAPP), enabling them to harvest from 9-25 bags per acre (0.8-2.3 t/ha) in 2010 to 30-45 bags per acre (2.7- 4.1 t/ha) in 2012.]

    • Research and Journal Articles

      (In order of acquisition)

      • Sigalla, O.Z., R.M.J. Kadigi, and J.R. Selemani, 2022. Assessment of variation in marginal productivity value of water in paddy farming systems in times of water stress. Water 14: 3459. doi:10.3390/w14213459
      • Mosha, D.B, and G. Boniface. 2022. The impact of rice commercialisation on livelihoods in Kilombero Valley, Tanzania: anybody left behind? Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Sciences 21(1): 252-262
      • Alavaisha, E., et al. 2022. Influence of water management farming practices on soil organic carbon and nutrients: A case study of rice farming in Kilombero Valley, Tanzania. Agronomy 12:1148. doi:10.3390/agronomy12051148
      • Mwidege, Asheri, and Zacharia Katambara. 2021. Does the system of rice intensification a panacea to smallholder farmers? A case of Mkindo village irrigation scheme in Tanzania. International Journal of Agriculture Innovation, Technology and Globalisation 2(2): 138-156. doi:10.1504/IJAITG.2021.119707
      • Ires, Idil. 2021. Intensive agriculture as climate change adaptation? Economic and environmental tradeoffs in securing rural livelihoods in Tanzanian river basins. Frontiers in Environmental Science 9: 531.
      • Kavishe, Rosemary. 2021. Assessing adoption and water productivity of the system of rice-intensification under farmer-led irrigation system in northern Tanzania. MSc Thesis. The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST)(Tanzania). 60 p.
      • Kavishe, R.E., F.C. Kahimba, and H.C. Komakech. 2021. Farmer’s appropriation of system of rice intensification practices in water-scarce irrigation schemes in Northern Tanzania. Paddy and Water Environment. 10.1007/s10333-020-00836-1
      • Mosha, Devotha B., et al. 2021. Yield and commercialisation effects of SRI interventions in Mngeta, Kilombero District, Tanzania. APRA Working Paper 66, Brighton: Future Agricultures Consortium. Sept. 21. [There is: a significant association between SRI training and adoption of SRI; significant spillover; need for farmers to adopt more than one of the practices; better strategy for understanding principles.]
      • Isinika, Aida, et al. 2021. Rice commercialisation effects in Mngeta, Kilombero District, Tanzania: Identifying the underlying factors. APRA Working Paper 63, Brighton: Future Agricultures Consortium. Sept. 7. [SRI is incldued in this study, though it is an adapted SRI that requires mulitple inputs.]
      • Isinika, Aida, et al. 2021. APRA Working Paper 63: Rice commercialisation effects in Mngeta, Kilombero District, Tanzania: Identifying the underlying factors. Future Agricultures website. Sept. 7. [SRI is incldued in this study, though it is an adapted SRI that requires mulitple inputs.]
      • Gowele, H.F., F.C. Mahoo, and F.C. Kahimba. 2020. Comparison of silicon status in rice grown under the System of Rice Intensification and flooding regime in Mkindo Irrigation Scheme, Morogoro, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Sciences 19(2): 216-226
      • Mhango, Solomon Simon. 2020. Implications of socio-economic factors on adoption of paddy production innovations in Mvomero district, Tanzania. PhD dissertation. Sokoine University of Agriculture. 156 p. [accessed April 20, 2021]
      • Sarr, Mare, et al. 2021. Who benefits from climate-friendly agriculture? The marginal returns to a rainfed system of rice intensification in Tanzania. World Development 138: 1050160 (in press). doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105160
      • Ndabila, Amos. 2018. Adoption of system of rice intensification and impact on yield in Mbarali District In Mbeya, Tanzania. MSc thesis. Sokoine University, Tanzania. 81p.
      • Mwalilino, J.K., et al. 2020. Health risks assessment for paddy rice farmers during rice crop production in Eastern Tanzania. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 8(3): 1608-1615.
      • Kadigi, Ibrahim L., et al. 2020. An economic comparison between alternative rice farming systems in Tanzania using a Monte Carlo Simulation approach. Sustainability 12(16): 1-22. doi:10.3390/su12166528
      • Jeckoniah, J., D.B. Mosha, and G. Boniface. 2020. Does rice commercialisation empower women? Experience from Mngeta Division in Kilombero District, Tanzania, Working Paper 34, Brighton: Future Agricultures Consortium
      • Mwidege, Asheri, and Zacharia Katmbara. 2020. Smallholder farmers’ adoption drivers for the system of rice intensification practice: The case of case of Mkindo Irrigation Scheme, Tanzania. MUST Journal of Research and Development 1(2): 145-159
      • Ruhinduka, Remidius Denis, et al. 2020. Smallholder rice farmers’ post-harvest decisions: preferences and structural factors. European Review of Agricultural Economics 47(4): 1587-1620. doi:10.1093/erae/jbz052
      • Toungos, Mohammed Dahiru. 2018. System of Rice Intensification: A Review. International Journal of Innovative Agriculture & Biology Research 6(2): 27-38.
      • 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
      • 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
      • Kangile, R. J., H. S. Ng’elenge, and I. M. 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
      • Nakano, Y., Y. Tanaka, and K. Otsuka. 2017. Impact of training on the intensification of rice farming: evidence from rainfed areas in Tanzania. Agricultural Economics Accepted Author Manuscript. December 18, 2017.
      • Massawe, Ikunda H., Filbert B. Rwehumbiza, and Balthazar M. Msanya. 2017. Effect of water management systems with different nutrient combinations on performance of rice on soils of Mvumi, Kilosa district, Tanzania. International Journal of Current Research in Biosciences and Plant Biology 4(2): 34-44. doi:10.20546/ijcrbp.2017.402.005
      • Massawe, Ikunda H. 2016. Effect of water management systems with different nutrient combinations on performance of rice on soils of Mvumi, Kilosa district, Tanzania. M.Sc thesis, Sokoine University (Tanzania). 82p.
      • 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.
      • Tumusiime, Emmanuel. 2017. Suitable for whom? The case of system of rice intensification in Tanzania. The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension 1-16. doi:10.1080/1389224X.2017.1310660.
      • Bezabih, Mintewab, Remidius Ruhinduka and Mare Sarr. 2016. Climate change perception and system of rice intensification (SRI) impact on dispersion and downside risk: A moment approximation approach. Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy Working Paper No. 288, and, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Working Paper No. 256. Grantham Institute website. November. 23p.
      • Eliyah, J. 2016. Effects of flooding and system of rice intensification on nitrogen use efficiency in rice production at Mkindo, Morogoro, Tanzania. Master’s thesis. Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania).
      • Bell, Patrick Ryan. 2016. Sustainable Intensification for food security and climate change adaptation in Tanzania. PhD dissertation, The Ohio State University. (222p., 3.3MB pdf)
      • Reuben, P., Z. Katambara, et al. 2016. Influence of transplanting age on paddy yield under the System of Rice Intensification. Agricultural Sciences 7(3): 154-163. doi: 10.4236/as.2016.73015.
      • Katambara, Zacharia Saimon, Marco Mng’ong’o, Consolatha Chambi, el al. 2016. Characteristics of rice produced under direct and indirect SRI practices in Chimala Area in Mbarali district Tanzania. Journal of Agriculture and Sustainability 9(1): 15–30. [accessed March 2016]
      • Razack Lokina. 2016. The impact of the System of Rice Intensification on small-holder farmers’ welfare: Does partial adoption matter? Environment for Development (EfD) Initiative website. February 19. [Description of an EfD study will assess the determinants of partial adoption dynamics and its impact implications on yield and farm profit among rice farmers in Morogoro region of Tanzania.]
      • Rodenburg, Jonne, Kazuki Saito, et al. 2015. Labor-saving weed technologies for lowland rice farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Weed Technology 29(4): 751-757. doi:10.1614/WT-D-15-00016.1
      • Ali, Rubea Mohamed. 2015. Evaluation of the performance of system of rice intensification (SRI) in Bumbwisudi rice irrigation scheme, Zanzibar. MSc. thesis. Sokoine University of Agriculture (Morogoro, Tanzania). (1.89 MB, 115p. pdf)
      • Sutton, Claire. 2015. Impact of management on soil fertility and rice yields in smallholder farms in Tanzania. Master’s thesis, The Ohio State University. (107 p. pdf) [Considers both SRI and Conservation Agriculture in the context of sustainable land management in Tanzania.]
      • Alem, Yonas, Håkan Eggert, and Remidius Ruhinduka. 2015. Improving welfare through climate-friendly agriculture: The case of the System of Rice Intensification. Environmental Resource Economics 62: 243-263. doi: 10.1007/s10640-015-9962-5
      • Alem, Yonas, Håkan Eggert, and Remidius Ruhinduka. 2015. Improving yield through climate-friendly agriculture: The case of the System of Rice Intensification. Paper presented at the 13th International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy, Addis Ababa, July 23 – 25.
      • Kahimba, F. C., E. E. Kombe, and H. F. Mahoo. 2014. The potential of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) to increase rice water productivity: a case of Mkindo irrigation scheme in Morogoro region, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Sciences 12(2): 10-19.
      • Tusekelege, H. K., R. J. Kangile, H. S. Ng’ elenge, et al. 2014. Option for increasing rice yields, profitability, and water saving: a comparative analysis of System of Rice Intensification in Morogoro, Tanzania. International Journal of Recent Biotechnology 2(1): 4-10.
      • Katambara, Zacharia, Frederick C. Kahimba, Winfred B. Mbungu, Paul Reuben, Muyenjwa Maugo, Fikiri D. Mhenga, and Henry F. Mahoo. 2013. Optimizing System of Rice Intensification parameters using Aquacrop model for increasing water productivity and water use efficiency on rice production in Tanzania. Journal of Agriculture and Sustainability 4(2): 235-244.
      • Katambara, Zacharia, F. C. Kahimba, et al. 2013. Adopting the system of rice intensification (SRI) in Tanzania: A review. Agricultural Sciences 4(8): 369-375. doi:10.4236/as.2013.48053
      • Kombe, E. 2012. The system of rice intensification (SRI) as a strategy for adapting to the effects of climate change and variability: A case study of Mkindo Irrigation Scheme in Morogoro, Tanzania, MSc. thesis, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro. (not online)

      Practical Information

      • Lasway, Octavian J. 2016. System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Green Agriculture Skills website. April 14. [Series from Tanzania about how to use SRI methods. This is the first entry. The second is on seedbed preparation (April 19).
      • 2015. System of Rice Intensification training manual for extension workers and farmers. Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Cooperatives, Tanzania. SRI West Africa website. June 2015. (38p. pdf) [accessed December 9, 2015]

      Videos

      • 2018 (December 7). System of Rice Intensification transforming lives in Tanzania. 11:42 min. Kilimo Biashara channel, YouTube. [Story about an FAO project promoting SRI in several districts of the Morogoro in Tanzania. This is a longer version of the January 2018 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.]
      • 2017 (March 22). FAO, Tanzania Govt train 150 youth farmers in rice farming, life skills. 2:22 min. Emmanuel Kihaule channel, YouTube. [Swahili language ITV program explains that 150 youth have been trained in SRI and the Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS) approach under the Partnership for Sustainable Rice System Development in Africa project, financed by the Government of Venezuela through FAO under South South Cooperation and is implemented by the Government of United Republic of Tanzania through Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries.]
      • 2014 (November 3). Rice Weeding in Tanzania: Innovations From the Field. 3:26 min. Produced by Feed the Future program, Feed the Future website. [Low-cost, hand-held rice weeders in the Morogoro region of Tanzania] [Also available on youtube here.]
      • 2013 (November 26). Using the Rotary Weeder in Lowland Rice. 17.48 min. africaricecenter channel, YouTube. [acquired February 2, 2015]

      Photo Gallery

      • The SRI Tanzania Photo Collection is shown above in the summary section at the top of the page as an embedded slide show.