Towards agricultural innovation systems: Actors, roles, linkages and constraints in the system of rice intensification (SRI) in Sierra Leone

SRI AFRICA March 8, 2023 0 Comments

Abstract Despite success in parts of Southern Africa and Asia, the use of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) has remained low in many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Alongside this, an Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) framework has been touted as a method to support innovation processes and enable a variety of agricultural innovations to […]

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SRI 1.0 and Beyond: Understanding the System of Crop Intensification as SRI 3.0

SRI AFRICA February 22, 2023 0 Comments

The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and the System of Crop Intensification (SCI), which has developed from SRI experience, should not be understood as technologies like those of the Green Revolution. Thinking of them as methodologies is more appropriate, in part, because they keep evolving rather than being something fixed and given. This paper reviews […]

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System of Rice Intensification (SRI) – Producing more rice with less inputs – 3 years of experience from Mali

SRI AFRICA February 22, 2023 0 Comments

SRI was developed in Madagascar in the 1980s by Fr. Henri de Laulanié • The method of SRI was introduced to many countries through efforts of Prof. Norman Uphoff • Since Aug 2010: SRI International Network and Resources Center (SRI-Rice) at Cornell University – To support the International Network – Make knowledge about SRI available […]

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