WHAT: A NATIONAL CONFERENCE-WORKSHOP ON THE SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION (SRI). This initiative will include a technical/scientific discussion on SRI practices and results in the Philippines and is intended to further advance the advocacy of sustainable rice production systems.

WHEN: October 28-30, 2004

WHERE: University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB)-
College of Agriculture
Los Baños, Laguna

WHO: UPLB-College of Agriculture, NASSA National Sustainable Agriculture Network, SRI-Pilipinas, and Philippine Greens as Co-coordinators/Initiators and open to other interested groups or individuals.

Groups/individuals interested to join are advised to first express their interest. Those who want to present a paper may submit the abstracts of their work related to SRI not later than 15 September 2004. Papers will be pre-assessed for presentation to the conference-workshop and inclusion to the SRI Sourcebook that will eventually be produced. Further inquiries can be directed to the following:

Roberto Verzola (rverzola@gn.apc.org) of Philippine Greens and SRI-Pilipinas, 0919-608-7073;

Yuri Munsayac (yuri_ph@yahoo.com) of NASSA, 5274146; and

Dr. Oscar B. Zamora (obz@mozcom.com) of UPLB-CA, (049) 5362466.