Konda Mason is co-founder and president of Jubilee Justice, a non-profit dedicated to regenerative agriculture, racial justice, cooperative practices, and healing the wounds of Black American land loss and racism. They are in the fourth year of a rice-growing program, the system of rice intensification (SRI), a dry-land technique for growing rice that’s healthy for land and consumers and efficient and productive for farmers.
(This podcast is a collaboration between Quivira Coalition and Mary-Charlotte Domandi of Radio Cafe.)
The authors analyze the role of agroecological-based climate-smart rice farming systems with focus on system of rice intensification (SRI) in climate adaptation and mitigation. Modern agriculture contributes significantly to climate change through methane production, with paddy rice production being a major source. However, there is the potential to reduce the negative impact through SRI. At the same time, the SRI intervention can increase yield by encouraging aerobic soil conditions, improving soil health and stimulating root systems. The chapter provides a conceptual framework for optimizing the management of ecosystem goods and services reflected in the biodiversity contained in healthy rice paddy fields.
Like many nations, Vietnam’s growth prospects are challenged by conflicting objectives. The ruling Communist Party aims to reach high-income status by 2045, which would improve wellbeing indicators. But the Party has also committed to various environmental targets... Farmers in the Mekong Delta have sought to increase rice production with high-yielding seeds and chemical fertilisers. This intensive cultivation has degraded soil quality, which is feared to reduce overall soil fertility and crop yields over time. To prevent unsustainable internal developments from stifling future growth, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has supported System of Rice Intensification methods aimed at increasing rice yields while reducing costs and water usage. Recent studies indicate that greater coordination between farmers and the government — as well as increased training — is required for its implementation.
This paper considers the phenotypical changes and physiological improvements in SRI-grown rice plants could account for the reported enhancement in yield. The published literature provides abundant evidence that the earlier evaluations of SRI were either not well-informed or not objective, and possibly, that they discouraged others from embarking on systematic evaluations of their own.
This article examines the results of 78 studies in the published literature where SRI results were explicitly compared with Recommended Practices (RPs) , including BMPs, or Farmer Practices (FPs). The results from 27 countries, plus several large-scale evaluations, show that in 80% of the evaluations, grain yield was higher under SRI than with RPs or FPs. SRI on average gave 24% higher grain yield than RPs and 56% more than FPs, while reducing seed, water, and fertilizer inputs.
In Saint Louis, northern Senegal, farmers have had to buy extra rice to feed their families for as long as anyone can remember. “Normally, people can only live off the rice they grow for a few months,” according to Abdoulaye Sy, director at the government’s National Agricultural and Rural Advisory Agency (ANCAR). The rest of the time, people buy rice from wholesalers, hoisting 20-kilogram (44-pound) burlap sacks onto communal minibuses or horse-drawn carts for the long ride home.
But since officials at ANCAR introduced a new method for growing rice, called the “system of rice intensification” (SRI), yields have more than doubled. For the first time, according to ANCAR, families can live off their own crop and make money from the surplus.to
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 sostenibilidad de la producción de arroz desde 2017.
Más de 200 agricultores, técnicos, investigadores y otras partes interesadas de la cadena de valor del arroz participaron en las jornadas de campo celebradas. Los socios han estado trabajando para validar y adaptar el Sistema de Intensificación del Arroz, o SRI (por sus siglas en inglés), durante siete temporadas de cultivo.
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Most of Chile’s rice is produced in Parral and San Carlos in the Ñuble and Maule regions where Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has been working with the Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA) on rice production since 2017. …Over 200 farmers, technicians, researchers and other stakeholders attended the field days. The farmers face water shortages, tight margins, limited market options, high input costs, and heavy weed pressure. Project partners have been adapted the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) over seven growing seasons, achieving good yields using half the seed, less herbicides, and half the water at lower costs. Drip irrigation with SRI is being tried to further reduce water use.
🖐 Have you ever heard of Adan rice? It is the heirloom rice of the Lun Bawang people in Sarawak, Malaysia, and holds great value possibly as Sarawak’s best-kept culinary secret. Local farmers in Ba’ Kelalan are adopting a chemical-free farming method called System of Rice Intensification (SRI). This SRI farming project started with 12 participating farmers in 2017, and the number has grown to 53 farmers in 2022.
SRI provides a win-win situation for farmers and ecosystems. 👉 It increases paddy yield which brings income to the farmers. 👉 It reduces the need to open up more forests for rice cultivation. 👉 It reduces negative agricultural impacts on the environment by eliminating pesticide and chemical fertiliser uses.
International Women's Day March 8, 2023 - Women’s Essential but All Too Invisible Role in the “Spirit of Rice” by Olivia Vent. Women provide 50-90% of labor in growing the world's rice crop.
....[In addition to other ways to support women] a modest investment would be to train more farmers on the principles and practices of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI). With SRI methods, farmers can improve their yields by 50-100% and even more with less or no agrochemicals , and with less work and fewer health hazards for women. Rice fields are no longer kept continuously flooded, so women do not have to work in standing water. They have 80-90 percent fewer seedlings to sow in nurseries, uproot, transport, and transplant. And seedlings are not only fewer, but much younger and lighter to carry. SRI enables women to weed fields faster and in an upright posture not bent over for hours.
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For more info on gender issues and SRI, see article by Amtul Waris: "Adept to Adapt: Closing the Gender Capacity Gaps for Scaling Up System of Crop Intensification" published in the Journal of Rice Research 15(special issue): 231-234. doi:10.58297/MJDW2273
The capability of endophytic Trichoderma spp. to reduce sheath blight disease in rice caused by Rhizoctonia solani was assessed under the growth conditions established by practices of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), compared to those of standard irrigated rice cultivation. Rice seeds inoculated with a local isolate of the fungus Trichoderma asperellum SL2 were grown under respective SRI and conventional conditions with the inoculated or uninoculated plants and then infected with the pathogen R. solani. It was seen that inoculation with this strain of Trichoderma protected rice plants against R. solani infection while enhancing plant growth, photosynthetic rate, and stomatal conductance. The biocontrol effectiveness of inoculation with a particular strain of Trichoderma was significantly greater under SRI management compared to conventional cultivation. This is the first report on how a crop management system, in this case, SRI, can influence the biocontrol effectiveness of Trichoderma spp.
This article by Jen McCallum is published on the SRI-2030 blog. The year 2015 was a big one for the world. Global negotiations delivered both the Paris Agreement and the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda in the same year. The recognition of climate change and its linkages to sustainable development were enshrined in official documentation providing the international community with a sustainable manifesto for transformation. Yet, despite almost eight years passing since then (it is now 2023), targets remain unmet and the prospects of reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SGD) by 2030 are rapidly dwindling. In this article, we bring to light the multiple synergistic benefits the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) brings to sustainable development.
The Plant-ness of the Plantis an interview with Erika Styger that appears in the February 2023 issue of ACRES USA magazine. It can also be accessed here: https://tinyurl.com/prebh7xw on Dr. Styger's Climate Resilient Farming Systems website.
The System of Rice/Crop Intensification utilizes simple principles to provide plants an ideal growing environment. The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is an agronomic approach that was serendipitously discovered in Madagascar by a French priest and popularized by a university in New York, utilizing a discovery — made by Japanese scientists in the 1930s but, probably due to WWII, never translated into English — that follows the pattern in nature we now call the Fibonacci sequence. This is the unlikely and fascinating story of SRI — a set of principles that has enable increased profitability and improved yields for growers of rice and other crops across the world since the 1980s. It is only now beginning to be picked up among growers in industrialized nations like the United States.... https://tinyurl.com/prebh7xw
[Video] The global food system is responsible for between 20-30% of greenhouse gas emissions, most of which are generated at the production stage. Conventional rice production generates emissions equivalent to the entire global aviation industry. So how can we produce rice in a way that uses fewer resources and regenerates nature? A growing number of farmers around the world are changing the way they produce rice, by adopting an agroecological approach called the System of Rice Intensification (SRI).
The official launch of the RICOWAS project « Scaling up climate-resilient rice production in West Africa », took place on January 18, 2023 in Bamako, Mali. The project is financed by the Adaptation Fund (AF) and implemented by the Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) with the collaboration of the Regional Center of Specialization on Rice, hosted by the Institute of Rural Economy of Mali (CRS-Riz/IER), the West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (WECARD) and the Cornell University, for a 14M USD budget over a 4-year period. The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a major component of the project.
This study undertook to identify a ‘best-bet’ version of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) for conditions in northwestern Nigeria, considering what is feasible for farmer use. Two years of experimental data from 260 farmer-managed rice plots evaluating four of the SRI practices in Zamfara State were analyzed. The variables evaluated were seedling age at transplanting, plant density, irrigation schedule, and fertilizer application. Farm budget analysis showed that the best-bet SRI practices most productive given the natural environment and farming system were transplanting 11-day-old seedlings at 25 cm × 25 cm spacing, with alternate wetting-and-drying of fields, as well as providing full compost plus some inorganic fertilization.
Net economic returns were found to be highest with best-bet SRI practices and ranged from USD 1450–2120 ha−1. While rice production was profitable under both SRI and more conventional management, the return on investment was at least 40% higher with SRI practices than with the other practices evaluated. Based on our data and analysis, we recommend that the Nigerian government and its development partners prioritize and expand the testing and promotion of SRI in the northwest and other regions of the country. This initiative can significantly enhance farmers’ incomes and, ultimately, bolster food security.
Seorang pria di Kota Banjar, Jawa Barat hampir separuh hidupnya fokus wujudkan gagasan selamatkan bumi dengan pertanian organik. Dalam perjalanan hidupnya, ia mengembangkan System of Rice Intensification atau SRI di bidang pertanian. Alik Sutaryat, warga Lingkungan Sukarame, Kelurahan Mekarsari, Kecamatan Banjar yang kini berusia 63 tahun itu sejak tahun 1991 berjuang menyelamatkan bumi dan masa depan.
Aliksa Organik SRI Consultant yang ia dirikan, hingga saat ini sudah sekitar 47000 orang yang belajar langsung melalui berbagai pelatihan. Bukan hanya dari wilayah Kecamatan Lakbok, Kabupaten Ciamis yang menjadi awal mula ia berjuang, namun di berbagai daerah di Jawa Barat. Bahkan, Alik menyebut yang belajar sistem pertanian organik tersebut dari berbagai provinsi yang ada di Indonesia, seperti Aceh, Sulawesi, Kalimantan dan provinsi lainnya. Dari puluhan ribu petani yang belajar itu, ia pun mengklaim lahan yang dikelola secara organik seluas 10.320 hektar. Alik menilai, saat ini di Indonesia terjadi kerapuhan alam pertanian dan kerapuhan pangan.
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Alik Sutaryat, of Mekarsari Village in Banjar District of West Java has focused almost half of his 63 years on realizing the idea of saving the earth with organic farming. For the last several decades, he promoted the System of Rice Intensification or SRI. Through his organization, Aliksa Organik SRI Consultant, around 47,000 people have participated directly in his trainings-- not only in West Java, where his began is work, but in Aceh, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, and other Indonesian provinces. From the tens of thousands of farmers trained, he has had an influence on 10,320 hectares of organically managed land.
Burmese language video on transplanting and Inter-cultivation with SRI: 'စပါးအစွမ်းဖွင့်စိုက်ပျိုးရေး' အပိုင်း (၂) ကောက်စိုက်ခြင်း၊ ပေါင်းထိုးတမန်းနှိုးခြင်း. This is part of a series of 3 SRI videos on the C4RD channel (YouTube), which features Thein Su, Myanmar's most active SRI trainer.
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 3)].
Rice is a staple food for over half of the world’s population. There are many varieties of rice cultivated around the globe, and this ubiquitous crop plays a vital role in providing nourishment and income for millions.
Both a victim and contributor to global warming, conventional rice farming methods have significant environmental consequences. The good news is that there is a solution: sustainable rice cultivation. By adopting innovative practices like the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), we can make a positive impact on the world, the climate, and the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.
This study evaluated what intervals of irrigation in conjunction with the use of SRI methods could achieve the greatest economic, as well as agronomic returns when growing irrigated rice under the water-deficit conditions of southern Iraq. A field study at the Al-Mishkhab Rice Research Station in southern Iraq recorded input and output data for three different irrigation regimes: continuous submergence of the rice crop; irrigation at 3-day intervals; and irrigation at 7-day intervals. Benefit–cost analysis showed 3-day intervals with SRI methods, giving the highest net returns and highest internal rate of return, indicating that the continuous irrigation of rice fields is a waste of water, with neither agronomic nor economic benefit. In Iraq, there are large opportunity costs for any unnecessary use of irrigation water. The highest water productivity was achieved with 7-day intervals of irrigation together with SRI methods, but this entails some sacrifice of the yield ha−1, as 13% less grain is produced than with continuous submergence of the crop. With 7-day intervals compared to 3-day intervals, water-saving was 44%, but compared to continuous submergence of the crop, the water-saving was 72%. This large amount of water could, if redeployed, enable many more farmers to cultivate larger areas of the land, increasing total rice production for Iraq.
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 more resilient in the face of climate change while reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in the country. As a result of the work with the System of Rice Intensification, 45,000 farmers were trained over four seasons, and over 26,000 farmers in Kano, Kaduna, and Jigawa are now actively using SRI. On average yields were doubled, costs were lowered, farmer income were six times highter, and GHG emissions were reduced by 40%.
The opening of the Jubilee Justice Specialty Foods and Rice Mill is the culmination of a successful rice experiment benefitting a collective of Black farmers from across the South. The project involves growing rice organically using the System of Rice Intensification (SRI).
Farming is hard and Black farmers have had a foot on their neck for a long time, said Konda Mason, founder and president of Jubilee Justice at a grand opening of the mill held Friday. The non-profit's mission is to help Black farmers become more self-sufficient through cooperative economics. [Read more about the Jubliee Justice's SRI work here: https://www.jubileejustice.org/sri-rice ]
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. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HENRY"S JOURNEY, READ HERE: www.sri-2030.org/blog-post/henry-ngimbu-zambia-sri-story
...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 other words, the System of Crop Intensification. SRI 4.0 is the integration of SRI ideas into farming systems, going beyond monocropping. SRI 5.0 is the use of SRI beyond agricultural production like reducing GHG emissions, climate-proofing crops, improving women’s working conditions, increasing the nutritional quality, and other ‘externalities’. SRI 6.0 is the research to advance scientific understanding of how and why SRI works. (These versions are not sequential).
SRI has shown the prime importance of two factors: plant roots and the life in the soil. SRI seeks to elicit the genetic potentials to evoke better, more robust phenotypes from a given variety (genotype). In a changing climate, it will become important to grow crops with bigger root systems in soils that have greater abundance of beneficial soil organisms.
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This paper accompanied Norman Uphoff's keynote address at the International Conference on the System of Crop Intensification for Climate-Smart Livelihoods and Nutritional Security (ICSCI22) that took place December 12-14, 2022, at ICAR, Hyderabad, India. [This paper, along with other lead speakers' presentations, is included in a special edition (vol. 15) of SARR's Journal of Rice Research:https://sarr.co.in/2023/02/05/volume-15-special-issue/]
... Since the end of 2022 a total of eleven countries have chosen to include the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) as a mitigation or adaptation action in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
SRI is a practical and attractive option for rice producing countries to reduce the GHG emissions associated with rice cultivation and adapt to climate impacts. Rice cultivation is a significant source of methane emissions and is responsible for around 12% of global anthropogenic methane emissions - and around 1.5% of total greenhouse gas emissions. To put this in perspective, this puts rice cultivation not far behind the global aviation industry which accounts for around 2.1% of all anthropogenic GHG emissions. By reducing flooded fields and chemical inputs, SRI can reduce net GHG emissions by 50% or more per kg rice produced and methane emissions by up to 70%. On top of that, SRI improves a farmer’s climate resilience against droughts, storms and extreme weather all while helping to produce more rice from less.
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This article appears on the blog of SRI-2030, which has now expanded its social media platforms substantially. Here's a link to all the ways you can access their information: https://linktr.ee/sri_2030. SRI-2030. SRI-2030 is an NGO dedicated to tackling emissions by upscaling SRI to 59M by 2030.
This is a presentation made by Febri Doni at the International Conference on System of Crop Intensification (SCI) in Hyderabad, India, December 12-14, 2023. The Indonesian SRI Network (IndoSRInet) has a newly revised website: https://indosrinet.org/. Check out what's going on with SRI in one of the largest countries (by population) in the world!
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On Feb. 15, 2023, IndoSRInet (Indonesia's national SRI network), held an "open house" to welcome new members, plan upcoming activities, and review research findings. All SRI stakeholders are welcome. Contact the network https://indosrinet.org/ for more information. (Interesting to note that research on SRI has been published by over 50+ universities and several government agencies in Indonesia!)
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