Sustainable Rice Farming: Unlocking Nigeria’s Potential with System of Rice Intensification (SRI)

SRI AFRICA December 13, 2024 0 Comments

Rice cultivation is essential to Nigeria’s agricultural sector. Yet conventional flooded farming methods pose sustainability problems, exacerbating water scarcity and methane emissions. With increasing pressure on water resources due to population growth and climate change, it is imperative to find innovative solutions. This research investigates the transition from conventional practices to the System of Rice […]

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System of Rice Intensification (SRI): A Sustainable Approach to Rice Cultivation

SRI AFRICA December 11, 2024 0 Comments

System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is an innovative farming methodology that aims to enhance rice yield while minimizing resource usage and environmental impact. Developed by French Jesuit Father Henri de Laulanié in Madagascar, SRI builds upon decades of agricultural experimentation. Key Features of SRI: Plant Management: SRI focuses on individual transplanting of very young rice seedlings […]

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Introduction to Special Issue on “The System of Rice Intensification (SRI)—Contributions to Agricultural Sustainability”

SRI AFRICA December 10, 2024 0 Comments

The ideas and methods that constitute the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) were first synthesized in Madagascar by Henri de Laulanié in the early 1980s [1]. Within two decades, in 2002, researchers and practitioners from 15 countries could report on SRI’s effectiveness at an international conference in China, hosted by the now-departed Prof. Yuan Long-ping, […]

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