Influence of Water Management Farming Practices on Soil Organic Carbon and Nutrients: A Case Study of Rice Farming in Kilombero Valley, Tanzania
Water scarcity and nutrient availability for rice farming have become great matters of concern in the contexts of climate change and land use change globally. Both interact and contribute to crop productivity at the expense of nutrients and future water sustainability. The objective of this study was to understand the on-farm potential response of soil […]
SRI 1.0 and Beyond: Understanding the System of Crop Intensification as SRI 3.0
…SRI 2.0 is a set of adaptations of the original practices to be effective under different constraints or opportunities. The principles remain the same – rainfed SRI, direct-seeded SRI, mechanized SRI, etc. SRI 3.0 is the extension and adaptation of SRI ideas and principles to other crops – wheat, millet, sugarcane, mustard, etc. – in […]
ZAMBIA: Improving Rural Livelihoods in Zambia with SRI: The Inspiring Story of Henry Ngimbu
Discover the inspiring story of Zambian entrepreneur Henry Ngimbu and how he’s making a difference in rural communities in his home country through the System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Learn about the four key areas he believes are paramount to growing SRI in Zambia and the potential for SRI adoption in the country.
NIGERIA: LINKS Systems of Rice Intensification Overview
From www.youtube.com – June 13, 6:48 PM The UK LINKS programme (Powering Economic Growth in Northern Nigeria), which began in 2021, is a £12m UK government-funded programme designed to support development of a vibrant, inclusive, and diversified economy in three northern Nigeria States of Kano, Kaduna and Jigawa. The aim was for farmers to increase yields and become […]
SENEGAL: In Senegal, Rice Intensification Helps Farmers Grow More with Less
To fight food insecurity and climate change, Senegal is increasingly employing a relatively new strategy for growing rice, known as the “system of rice intensification” (SRI). Developed in Madagascar in the 1960s, this method of growing rice intentionally stresses the plants, which allows the farmer to use less water, improves soil fertility, decreases methane emissions, […]
Co-Innovando para Una Producción de Arroz Más Sostenible y Sensible al Clima en Chile
Recientemente viajé a Parral y San Carlos en las regiones de Ñuble y Maule de Chile, donde se produce el arroz del país. Tuvimos la oportunidad de visitar varios de los proyectos que el Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) ha estado trabajando con el Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA) para mejorar la […]
TANZANIA: System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Producing More with Less
FAO video from Tanzania: System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a rice farming technique that uses less, water, fewer seeds and produces higher yields. SRI benefits environmental conservation and increases farmers income. [The FAO-assisted activities described in the video are connected to the EU-funded Multilateral Environmental Agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP MEAs […]
2023. Meet the shortlisted candidates of the Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) Challenge. Global Resilience Partnership website. [SRI project by Nile Interconsults Uganda is among the shortlist. (We don’t know much about SRI in Uganda so this is interesting!)
Project: System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Company: Nile Interconsults Uganda Ltd Country: Uganda System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a proven alternative rice growing method that enables rice farmers to cope with the adverse effects of climate change and actively participate in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. SRI relies on intermittent irrigation and draining of water to […]
FAO spearheads adoption of new rice production technology in Tanzania in push to raise yields and boost farmer incomes. Milling Middle East and Africa website. [FAO, with EU funding, is training farmers on SRI to improve yields and incomes in the Morogoro and Mbeya regions.]
TANZANIA – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through funding from the European Union (EU), has embarked on training farmers on the system of rice intensification technology (SRI) in an effort to improve their yields and incomes. IPP Media reports that FAO has earmarked farmers in the Morogoro and Mbeya regions by equipping them […]
Agriculture: des petits producteurs formés au système de riziculture intensive [GIZ-sponsored SRI training in Kinshasa in associated with the centres d’innovations vertes (CIV)]
Small rice producers were trained on Friday in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the intensive rice farming system, an agro-ecological method allowing farmers to produce more rice using less seeds and water, and less purchased inputs. “ We trained rice farmers in the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), an agro-ecological method that allows […]
A UFO? Assessment of System of Rice Intensification from the Agricultural Economics Perspective
There has been a heated debate among researchers over the impact of a set of new rice-growing cultivation methods, known as the system of rice intensification (SRI). Farmers’ field-level observations showed that the yield of SRI was more than that of conventional management practices. However, these observations were criticized because of the lack of scientific […]
Price Announcement – Organic Rice from Sri Lanka
The Standards & Pricing (S&P) Unit of Fairtrade International announces new Fairtrade Minimum Prices and Fairtrade Premiums for organic rice from Sri Lanka. This S&P decision changes the FMP of rice from Sri Lanka to a commercial market price plus 15% Fairtrade Premium as of 1 May 2023. For more information, please refer to the […]