A Wikiblog E-Book by Norman Uphoff with many others
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
Dinabandhu, West Bengal, 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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