SRI: Open Source Rice Farming

SRI: Open Source Rice Farming

Earth Links is working towards the release of our “Open Source” database and website for small-holder rice farmers in 2018.  With CAD files, free CAD software and easy to share PDFs of well used and tested equipment designs, we want to help facilitate the...
Informacion de SICA – Seleciones de Documentos en Español Sobre SICA;

Informacion de SICA – Seleciones de Documentos en Español Sobre SICA;

Sistema de Intensificatión del Cultivo del Arroz (SRI). Uphoff, Norman. 2016. ES_SRIFAQcompleto.Uphof.pdf A Spanish translation by the Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) of Uphoff’s book, The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) –...
One Road to SRI Mechanization

One Road to SRI Mechanization

In favor of using the “brush cutter” weeder in its various forms for mechanization is that it is widely available and relatively inexpensive.  It represents a first step towards mechanization for many small-holder farmers.  It is faster than a manual weeder, and...
Six Publications that tell the stories and possibilities of SRI

Six Publications that tell the stories and possibilities of SRI

SRI is a set of sustainable rice farming technologies that can help small farmers to significantly increase their rice yields. It is a low-input technology, which can be flexibly applied based on the local factors and farm conditions. SRI methodology is based on four...
Agritechnica 2017

Agritechnica 2017

We are looking forward to Agritechnica 2017 and appreciate the invitation we received to speak at their Worldwide Forum 2015. We are grateful for all their support and the venue was excellent with great staff, presentation equipment, meeting and poster areas as well...
Small SRI Rice Farmers Can Reap Big Benefits with Affordable Tools

Small SRI Rice Farmers Can Reap Big Benefits with Affordable Tools

500,000,000 Rice farmers worldwide need high-quality, effective tools for transplanting, weeding and harvesting their crops. Earth Links is continuing our collecting and evaluating of well-tested equipment designs that we began in 2014.  We share these tools with NGOs...