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  1. The System of Crop Intensification

    2013-07-20 The System of Rice Intensification (SRI; see EDN 70, and http://sri.ciifad.cornell.edu/) has changed the way millions of farmers plant rice. The management practices used with SRI have also now been tried with many other crops. Here we present an update about crops that have demonstrated...
    SRI Rice SCI Intensification Crop Intensification System of Crop Int...

  2. SRI, the System of Rice Intensification: Less Can Be More

    2001-01-20 SRI involves the use of certain management practices which together provide better growing conditions for rice plants, particularly in the root zone, than those for plants grown under traditional practices. We recently learned about a method of raising rice that produces substantially higher...
    Rural Development SRI Rice Farming Systems

  3. Sesbania rostrata: A Green Manure Production System for Rice

    2002-04-20 A researcher in the Sri Lankan national agricultural research system began screening a number of green manure crops for biomass production and N-content. Sesbania rostrata stood out among the species that were screened (others included S. sesban, S. aculeata, Crotalaria juncea and C. caricia).
    Intercropping Sesbania Rice Farming Systems

  4. Enthusiasm for SRI (System of Rice Intensification)

    2001-04-20 Some feedback from an article about the System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
    Crop Pests SRI Rice

  5. SRI update

    2002-10-01 The July/September 2001 issue of Appropriate Technology (Volume 28, No. 3) included several articles about SRI (System of Rice Intensification; see EDN 70).
    SRI Rice Farming Systems

  6. Rice Genome Mapped

    2001-10-20 In late January of this year [2001], two private companies announced that they have mapped the entire genome (i.e. all of the genes) of the rice variety ‘NIPPON barre.’
    Plant Breeding Plant Genetics Rice

  7. Increased Yields, Less Disease

    2004-01-20 An international team of scientists working with thousands of small farmers in China demonstrated a simple method to increase the yield of two varieties of rice (Oryza sativa) and to reduce incidence of a disease called rice blast.
    Intercropping Plant Disease Rice

  8. A Non-chemical Method of Rat Control for Rice Fields

    2006-10-20 A publication from ACIAR described a method of controlling rodents in lowland irrigated rice crops without the use of chemicals. The publication is a Research Note describing Community Trap Barrier Systems (CTBS).
    Crop Pests Rodents Rats Rice Mice

  9. Working Together with Farmers to Understand and Build a More Sustainable Sloping Land Corn and Rice Farming System

    2017-10-03 In this workshop, I will describe and diagram the common sloping land corn and rice farming system. I will then identify leverage points within the system and how development workers can work with farmers to make these systems more sustainable.
    SALT Maize Rice corn Asia

  10. Comparative Study of Integrated Pest Management and Farmers Practices on Sustainable Environment in the Rice Ecosystem

    Abstract - International Journal of Zoology, 2016 Integrated pest management (IPM) is an environmentally friendly technology. IPM is a multifaceted approach to pest management that seeks to minimize negative impacts on the environment. This technique is an important step towards providing...
    Integrated Pest Ma... Rice