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From the 2009 Online Press (and related news sources)

• Wageningen University: Exploratory Study Spread of the System of Rice Intensification
  Nov. 3, 2009, AlphaGalileo
• SRI demonstration plots on 125 hectares in two districts
  Oct. 31, 2009, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• NREGA can pave the way for second Green Revolution
  Oct. 30, 2009, Thaindian News (New Delhi, India) [also reposted in newKerala.com, DailyIndia.com, india4u.com, World News, and numerous blogs]
• Rice intensification (SRI) technique benefits farmers in Tripura
  Oct. 29. 2009, newKerala.com (Tripura, India)
• Farmers intensify paddy cultivation under SRI
  Oct. 28, 2009, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Farmers taught on SRI
  Oct. 27, 2009, The Morung Express (Nagaland, India)
• 19,558 hectare under SRI method in Nagapattinam
  Oct. 26, 2009, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Adopt SRI method
  Oct. 24, 2009, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• PBIT steps to attract investment, promote trade
  Oct. 21, 2009, Pakistan Observer (Lahore, Pakistan)
• System to enhance rice output developed
  Oct. 21, 2009, The International News (Lahore, Pakistan)
• Bhutan agriculture scientists learn paddy cultivation technique
  Oct. 13, 2009, VideosFromIndia (Tripura, India)
• World Bank experts study new paddy cultivation system
  Oct. 5, 2009, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• CM launches phase II of Jeevika
  Oct. 3, 2009, The Times of India (Patna, India)
• Farmers urged to adopt SRI for better yield
  Sept. 25, 2009, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• RP can be sufficient in rice within one year
  Sept. 24, 2009, BusinessMirror (Philippines)
• Lanka to introduce new rice technique to cut water use
  Sept. 10, 2009, hindustantimes (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
• SRI method doubling rice output
  Sept. 8, 2009, Assam Tribune (Assam, India)
• NFSM bogged down in Nagapattinam
  Sept. 7, 2009, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• IOB to coordinate with farmers in enhancing rice output
  Sept. 7, 2009, Business Standard (Pudicherry, India)
• SRI paddy crops infuse hope and cheer to Andhra Pradesh farmers
  Sept. 3, 2009, The Hindu (Andhra Pradesh, India)
• Villupuram farmers reap the benefits of SRI system
  Sept. 1, 2009, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• A global rice revolution
  Aug. 28, 2009, Asia Sentinel (Hong Kong)
• Cultivating paddy - the SRI way
  Aug. 25, 2009, The Daily News, (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
• India aims for more crop, income per drop of water
  Aug. 17, 2009, Commodity Online (Kerala, India)
• Article sur le groupement SRI Madagascar paru dans le journal "LA VERITE" le Jeudi 06 Août 2009
  Aug. 17 (La Verite aricle -reposted in Groupement SRI Blog)
• Farmers get high yields under SRI
  August 12, 2009, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• HYV IR 64 seeds distributed
  Aug. 11, 2009, E-PAO (Manipur, India)
• Mentan: Stok beras nasional surplus 2,9 juta ton
  Aug. 9, 2009, Liputan6.com (Jombang, Indonesia)
• AAU’s new rice growing technique conserves water
  Aug. 4, 2009, expressindia (Gujarat, India)
• System of Rice Intensification conference
  Aug. 3, 2009, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution (Panama)
• 18,000 hectares to be covered
  Aug. 3, 2009, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• An organic revolution blooms
  Aug. 2, 2009, Jakarta Globe (Jakarta, Indonesia)
• NFS popularity increases amongst cultivators
  July 30, 2009, The Statesman (West Bengal, India)
• Field gadget gift for farmers
  July 25, 2009 The Telegraph (Jharkhand, India)
• ATMA Mon goes on ‘learning & exposure’ trip
  July 23, 2009, Morung Express (Assam, India)
• Farm tips to beat rain deficit
  July 21, 2009, The Telegraph (Jharkhand, India)
• UP study shows benefits of organic rice production
  July 13, 2009, Businesss Mirror (Philippines)
• SRI to increase cultivation of rice
  July 9, 2009, The Times of India (Allahabad, India)
• SRI cultivation introduced to beat dry spell
  July 6, 2009, E-PAO (Manipur, India)
• Hirakud water depleting, farmers left high and dry
  June 29, 2009, express buzz (Sambalpur India)
• Transport minister gets carried away by SRI
  June 29, 2009, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• TN govt to spend Rs 520 cr on Agri Deptt
  June 29, 2009, Business Standard (Chennai, India)
• TN govt prepares roadmap to enhance agricultural output
  June 22, 2009, FnBnews.com (Mumbai, India)
• TN chalks out initiatives to enhance agricultural output
  June 18, 2009, The Hindu (Chennai, India)
• Minister declares open agri clinics at Anbil, Valanadu
  June 13, 2009, The Hindi (Tiruchi, India)
• New farming technique yields more paddy
  June 10, 2009, The Times of India (Chennai, India)
• Farmers get tips on Rice Farming
  June 10, 2009, The Times of India (Chennai, India)
• SRI technology introduced in Kohima
  June 8, 2009, The Morung Express (Nagaland, India)
• Normal coverage for kuruvai paddy crop
  June 6, 2009, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• SRI cultivation a boon for farmers
  June 2, 2009, express buzz (Orissa, India)
• Lok Sanjh Foundation Conducted a System of Rice Intensification Training in Pakistan
  May 2009, PANAP
• 10,000 hectares to be brought under SRI programme
  May 30, 2009, The Hindu (Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India)
• SRI to usher in Green Revolution in Mon
  May 20, 2009, The Morung Express (Nagaland, India)
• A magic hand for hungry stomachs
  May 1, 2009, Tehelka (India)
• Orissa's foodgrains output likely to touch 10 million tonnes
  April 28, 2009, Orissadiary.com (Orissa, India)
• New farming methods for Ladakh, Kashmir
  April 15, 2009, Tribune News Service (Srinagar, India)
• International Conference on Promising Practices for the Development of Sustainable Paddy Fields (PAWEES 2009) will be held Oct. 7-9, 2009 [see also brochure] (Indonesia)
• 508 farmers trained, 718 more benefit from techno-demo farms under organic agriculture program — DA
  April 10, 2009, balita-dot-ph (Philippines)
• Integrated farming emerges a viable option for Kerala
  S April 9, 2009, iStockAnalyst (India) [see 5th paragraph for SRI ref.]
• Growing rice debt free
  April 3, 2009. Living on Earth (USA radio program distributed by Public Radio International)
• More paddy will be produced
  March 26, 2009, The Statesman (West Bengal, India)
• System of Rice Intensification Can Improve Livelihood Profile of Small Farmers
  March 23, 2009, The Central Chronicle (Madhya Pradesh, India)
• 2 tahun diperkenalkan, SRI menarik 50 persen warga Gunting
  March 18, 2009, suarasurabaya.net (Surabaya, Indonesia)
• Governor optimistic on financial front
  March 18, 2009, E-PAO (Manipur, India) (SRI ref in 3rd paragraph from bottom)
• SRI method: Thanjavur stands first in State
  March 15, 2009, The Hindu, (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Upcountry insight: Rice farmers target increased production by 2009 (reference to SRI is in 12th sentence)
  March 12, 2009, The New Times (Rwanda)
• SRI method: T.N. steals a march over Andhra Pradesh
  March 11, 2009, The Hindu (India)
• State level symposium on SRI (3rd article from top)
  Feb. 21, 2009, The Sentinel (Assam, India)
• SITMO introduces System of Rice Intensification to Ifugao farmers
  Feb. 21, 2009, PIA Daily News Reader (Philippines)
• Introduction of the System of Rice Intensification
  Feb. 20, 2009, Press Information Bureau (Govt. of India)
• Tirumanur farmer records highest yield
  Feb. 13, 2009, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• 18 Assam farmers in Tripura for SRI training
  Feb. 9, 2009, Chennaivision (Chennai, India)
• Training to farmers in SRI
  Feb. 9, The Hindu (Tripura, India)
• System of Rice Intensification a boon to farmers
  Feb.1, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu)
• Loren press release
  Jan. 25, Senate of the Philippines, 14th Congress (Philippines)
• (related article)
  Civil society groups demand PGMA and DBM to release approved funds for health, environment, agriculture
  Jan. 23, Pinoy Press (Philippines)
• (related article)
  Groups demand release of P570-million budget for health, environment, agriculture
  Jan 22, PhilStar.com (Philippines)
• Cambodia Seeks Overseas Buyers for Bumper Rice Crop
  Jan. 18, 2009, Asia Calling (Indonesia)
• SRI raises productivity in Tiruchi
  Jan. 17, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• Rice intensification technology makes paddy farmers smile in Sankagiri
  Jan. 16, 2009, The Hindu (Tamil Nadu, India)
• NALCO asked to promote SRI
  Jan. 1, 2009, Tathya, (Orissa, India)

From the Blogosphere and the SRI Websites ...

• Rice intensification (SRI) technique benefits farmers in Tripura
  Oct. 30, 2009, Yuvablog (India)
• Survey Says: Sharing Innovations for Sustainable Ways to Alleviate Hunger
  Sept. 24, 2009, Nourishing the Planet (Worldwatch Institute Blog)
• September/August 2009 posts from Groupement SRI Blog (Madagascar)
  Restitution participation groupement au fiermada et organisation essai guanomad
  Sept. 14, 2009
  Participation du groupement SRI au fiermada du 05 au 09 Août 2009 au CC ESCA Antanimena,
  Aug. 26, 2009
  Article sur le groupement SRI Madagascar paru dans le journal "LA VERITE" le Jeudi 06 Août 2009
  Aug. 17, 2009
  
• Farmer’s Notebook: Crops under ‘System of Rice Intensification’ withstand drought conditions
  Sept. 3, 2009, Businessline Blog (Andhra Pradesh, India) [Audio file]
• A global rice revolution
  Aug. 28, 2009, KI-Media (Cambodia)
• Cambodian officials urge rice intensificaiton
  Aug. 23, 2009, Let's Go Media (Cambodia)
• SRI (System of Rice Intensification) development in Asia
  Aug. 6, 2009, LEISA's Farm (Netherlands)
• Opening of FIER Mada
  Aug. 6, 2009, Groupement SRI (Madagascar)
• July 2009 posts from the Groupement SRI Blog:
  - Summary of the 6th meeting of the SRI Group, July 30
  - Trip report of field mission to Boeny Region, July 30
  - Réunion de travail avec FOFIFA, Chef du Volet Recherche Variétale, July 9
  
• Water, Climate Change & India's NAPCC
  July 29, 2009, Green News, Views and Cues (India)
• SRI paddy organic agriculture in the concept of integrated agricultural systems
  July 27, 2009, Agriculture (blog) (Indonesia)
• Réunion de travail avec FOFIFA, Chef du Volet Recherche Variétale
  July 9, 2009, Groupement SRI (Madagascar)
• Food for the future: Organic farming takes root in post-Bali
  July 4, 2009, Subak.org (Bali, Indonesia)
• Kelantan Very Own SRI-Organic Paddy Field
  June 26, 2009, Pertanian (Kelantan, Malaysia)
• SRI cultivation a boon for farmers
  June 2, 2009 Kalahandia (Orissa, India)
• Visite du Secrétariat auprès des partenaires SRI dans la Région de Vakinakaratra du 08 au 10 avril 09
  May19, 2009, Groupement SRI Madagascar (Madagascar)
• Partage sur le riz rose par Mr Jules Randrianarivelo, Président de la Confédération Nationale Koloharena
  April 29, 2009, Groupement SRI Madagascar (Madagascar)
• Social economy and the System of Rice Intensification in the Philippines
  March 21, 2009, Social Economy Student Network Ontario (Canada)
• Setting up a better system of communication for SRI
  March 5, Groupement SRI Madagascar
• India’s National Action Plan on climate change: There is little hope here (see 5th paragraph)
  March 2, 2009, What's with the Climate?
• System of Rice Intensification video
  Feb. 21, 2009, Rural Development Advocates Blog (Philippines)
• System of Rice Intensification
  Feb. 15., Rural Development Advocates Blog
• SRI-Orissa, a discussion list (Google Group) of the SRI-Orissa Learning Alliance opened on February 7, 2009.[see also SRI Learning Alliance Workshop blog] (Orissa, India)
• Portraits of Sustainable Agriculture Projects and Initiatives in Africa (SRI is no. 11), - Feb.5, 2009, Africa Project 2020
• SICA America Latina, a Spanish language SRI Google Group opened for discussions on February 3, 2009.
• SRI and knowledge-sharing
  Jan. 26, 2009, Full Circle Associates
• Groupement SRI, a blog by the Secretariat of the SRI Platform, in Madagascar opened January 23, 2009
• Oxfam Quebec (System of Rice Intensification – Advancing small rice farmers in Vietnam)
  Jan. 21, 2009, Education for Sustainable Development in Vietnam
• SRI in the News
  Jan. 6, 2009, SRI in Vietnam website

SRI Updates / Newsletters

• SRI Update #20 (February 17, 2009)
• SRI Update Archives, 2005-2008
  

SRI Newsletter (India) - supported by the WWF-ICRISAT Project

• SRI Newsletter No.6 (April-May, 2009)
• SRI Newsletter No.5 (February-March, 2009)
• SRI Newsletter No.4 (January, 2009)
• See the SRI India website for 2008 editions

2009 Videos / Radio Broadcasts

GLOBAL

The World Bank Institute's SRI videos have been reissued on a new SRI Toolkit website
Overview of SRI - SRI principles, key elements, benefits, and constraints. (12 minutes)
Applying SRI - An application of SRI in the Philippines (known locally as Sustainable System of Irrigated Agriculture –SSIA) (15 minutes)
Viewpoints - Interviews with farmers and practitioners, researchers and scientists, as well as managers and financiers, on SRI and its challenges.

INDIA

2009 (October 7). SRI in TN-IAMWARM Project. Published by mdputn on YouTube. 10:56 min. Tamil language with English subtitles (Video about SRI experience of the Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation and Water Bodies Restoration and management (TN-IAMWARM) project in Tamil Nadu India).

2009 (October 13). Bhutan agriculture scientists learn paddy cultivation technique. VideosFromIndia. Tripura, India. 2:05 min. (A seven-member team of agriculture scientists from Bhutan took first hand experience of System of Rice Intensification (SRI),a paddy cultivation technique from farmers and scientists in Tripura.)

2009 (August 19). S.R.I. - Challenging Traditions, Transforming Lives. Published on gautamchintamani's channel on YouTube. 9:57 min. (Video about SRI in Uttarakhand created by the People's Science Institute, Dehradun, India).

Prabu, M.J. 2009 (Sept. 3). Farmer’s Notebook: Crops under ‘System of Rice Intensification’ withstand drought conditions. Audio podcast by Mohan Padmanabhan on Businessline Blog. Andhra Pradesh, India. 4:52 min.

2009 (April 26). SRI and SVA. System of Rice Intensification (SRI) images with English text about SRI practices promoted by the Sahabhagi Vikash Abhiyan (SVA) in western Orissa. Published on the subhashreepradhan channel on YouTube. 1:04 min.

Hoffman, Beth. 2009 (April 3). Growing Rice Debt Free (see script of video).	Real Player MP3
Some farmer advocates in India are trying to find low-cost and low-tech solutions to India's tired soil - solutions (including SRI) that can increase fertility and yield without more trips to the moneylender. (7:30) (see also part II on Green Revolution)

2009. Four new videos on mechanized weeders in India have been added to Sukshethram's channel on YouTube during January 2009. (There are now a total of 20 videoclips about SRI in India, including land preparation, transplanting, motorized and non-motorized weeders, etc.)
--MOV00065 (small mechanized weeder) (3:10 min.)
--SRI Mechanised Weeder in Action (0.23) min.)
--Mechanized Weeder Front View (0:28 min.)
--Mechanized Weeder Turning (1:43 min.)

2009 (January 29). Rice Intensification. System of Rice Intensification (SRI) comparison with conventional paddy in Maraladoddi, Karnataka. Video on MediaMelon site. Published by Digital Green. 10:16 min. (46.5 MB)

INDONESIA

2009 (January 10). Rice Cultivation in Bali & The System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Video on YouTube. Paradigm Shift Project, Toronto, Canada. 9:50 min.

PAKISTAN

2009 (September 11). Three videos on the SRI Cornell YouTube channel provided by Asif Sharif CEO of FarmAll Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Videos show Sharif's Mechanized SRI (MSRI) project in the Punjab.
1) System of Rice Intensification -Mechanized Tranplanting in Pakistan. 1:01 Min.
2) System of Rice Intensification - Mechanized Weeder in Pakistan. 1:00 Min.
3) Counting Tillers - Mechanized SRI Project in Pakistan. 2:33 Min.

USA
2009 (October 12). Increasing rice yields and profits in the developing world. Audio file from Chicago Public Radio's Worldview program . Jerome McDonald interviews Olivia Vent on the value of SRI globally. WBEZ radio station, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

2009 (July 17). Positive Spin #128. Segment on SRI benefits and Lotus Foods marketing initiative. (There are three news segments in this video; the SRI segment is the middle one [-17:45 to -7:54. Entire video is 28:27 minutes)

2009 (April 3). Hoffman, Beth. Growing Rice Debt Free. Living on Earth (radio program distributed by Public Radio International). 7:30. min.