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List Of Chapters

Preface: A CONTEMPORARY QUEST

 

Chapter 1:      WHAT MAKES THIS STORY IMPORTANT

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Chapter 2:      HOW THIS STORY WILL BE TOLD

 

Chapter 3:      INTRODUCING THE SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATON

 

 

PART I:  HOW AN UNDERSTANDING OF SRI WAS DEVELOPED AND DIVERSIFIED

 

Chapter 4:      THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ROOT SYSTEMS TO SRI SUCCESS

 

Chapter 5:      CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE LIFE IN THE SOIL

 

Chapter 6:      NUTRIENT UPTAKE AND PATTERNS OF GROWTH

 

Chapter 7:      EVALUATIONS OF SRI STARTING WITH FACTORIAL TRIALS

 

Chapter 8:      BUILDING UP SRI KNOWLEDGE THROUGH INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL COLLABORATION

 

Chapter 9:      CONTRIBUTIONS FROM RESEARCHERS AROUND THE WORLD

 

Chapter 10:    CONTROVERSY OVER ‘SUPER-YIELDS’

 

Chapter 11:    DEMONSTRABLE DIFFERENCES IN SRI PHENOTYPES

 

Chapter 12:    INCREASING CROP RESISTANCE TO CLIMATE AND OTHER STRESSES WHILE ABATING CLIMATE CHANGE

 

Chapter 13:    ADAPTING SRI IDEAS AND METHODS TO GROWING RAINFED RICE

 

Chapter 14:    IMPROVING THE PRODUCTION OF OTHER CROPS BY EXTRAPOLATING SRI IDEAS AND METHODS

 

Chapter 15:    SRI BENEFITS FOR WOMEN FARMERS AND FROM THEM

 

Chapter 16:    APPLICATIONS OF SRI IDEAS AND METHODS IN AREAS OF DISRUPTED AGRICULTURE

 

Chapter 17:    LINKING SRI FARMERS TO MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

 

Chapter 18:    CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY

 

Chapter 19:    MAKING SRI MORE ATTRACTIVE AND LESS LABORIOUS THROUGH MECHANIZATION

 

Chapter 20:    INTENSIFYING FARMING SYSTEMS AND CAPITALIZING ON AGROECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS

 

Annex:           SYNTHESES FOR UNDERSTANDING SRI

 

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PART II: HOW SRI GAINED ACCEPTANCE

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Chapter 21:    EARLY APPROVAL FROM LEADING RICE SCIENTISTS

 

Chapter 22:    RESPONSES FROM THE INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEM

 

Chapter 23:    INITIATIVE AND AMBIVALENCE FROM UNIVERSITIES

 

Chapter 24:    CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS

 

Chapter 25:    CIVIL SOCIETY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS

 

Chapter 26:    CIVIL SOCIETY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM FARMERS

 

Chapter 27:    LEADERSHIP FROM NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

 

Chapter 28:    ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS

 

Chapter 29:    ATTENTION FROM THE MEDIA

 

Chapter 30:    ENGAGEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

 

Chapter 31:    SUPPORT FROM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND POLITICAL LEADERS

 

Chapter 32:    ASSISTANCE FROM BILATERAL DONORS

 

Chapter 33:    IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL PRIZES

 

Chapter 34:    BACKING FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR

 

Chapter 35:    SUPPORT FROM FOUNDATIONS

 

Chapter 36:    CATALYTIC ROLES OF CORNELL THROUGHOUT

                        

 

PART III: HOW SRI KNOWLEDGE AND OPPORTUNITIES SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD [to be drafted]

 

Chapter 37:    CHINA

 

Chapter 38:    THE REST OF EAST ASIA

 

Chapter 39:    INDONESIA AND PHILIPPINES

 

Chapter 40:    THE REST OF SOUTHEAST ASIA

 

Chapter 41:    INDIA

 

Chapter 42:    THE REST OF SOUTH ASIA

 

Chapter 43:    THE MIDDLE EAST

 

Chapter 44:    WEST AFRICA

 

Chapter 45:    THE REST OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

 

Chapter 46:    THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN REGION

 

Chapter 47:    EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA

 

 

PART IV: REFLECTIONS ON THE THREE PROCESSES [to be drafted]

 

Chapter 48:    UNDERSTANDING INNOVATION

 

Chapter 49:    GAINING ACCEPTANCE OF INNOVATION

 

Chapter 50:    DISSEMINATING INNOVATION

 

Chapter 51:    ACHIEVING A SUSTAINABLE AND MORE EQUITABLE WORLD

 

ANNEX: MINI-MEMOIRES HELPING TO TELL THE SRI STORY

Sebastien Rafaralahy and Justin Rabenandrasana, Madagascar

T.M. Thiyagarajan, India

Willem Stoop, Netherlands

Amir Kassam, UK

Dinabandhu, West Bengal, India

Abha Mishra, India

Anil Verma, Bihar, India

Asif Sharif, Punjab, Pakistan

Effendi Pasandaran, Indonesia

Roland Bunch, USA

V. Balasubramaniam, IRRI, Madagascar, India

Ben Ful Chia, Cameroon

Gamini Batuwitage, Sri Lanka

Michel Grolleaud, France, Madagascar

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ANNEX ON PRESENTATIONS

Preface
Part I
PART II
PART III
PART IV
ANNEX
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