Erika Styger
In the News....
Southern Black Farmers Sow Rice and Reconciliation
12/17/2024
Civil Eats
by Nicole J. Caruth
En Côte d’Ivoire, des experts ouest-africains tablent sur le riz résilient au climat
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4/08/2024
by AP/APA
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The Black Farmers Growing Rice
3/29/2024
Ambrook Research
by Liz Susman Karp
Growing rice in Louisiana: A path to justice, for Black farmers
1/18/2024
The Christian Science Monitor
by Diane Winston
Five Acres and a Mill
7/2023
64 Parishes
by Frances Madeson
As the US invests more in climate-smart ag, these Louisiana farmers could serve as a model
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6/07/2023
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The Ancient Superfood That Can Help Ease Hunger in a Parched World
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11/3/2022
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Watch the Video at Bloomberg Green at COP27 This Drought-Resistant Grain Could Feed a Warmer World
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Meet the African Farmer Growing Rice in New York’s Hudson Valley
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11/18/2021
CivilEats
by Nancy Matsumoto
African farmer grows rice paddies in N.Y.'s Hudson Valley
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10/23/2021 -
National Public Radio
by Karen Michel
How One Organization is Restoring a Community of Black Farmers
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10/21/2021
Civil Eats
by Emily Baron Cadloff
What You Need to Know About Environmental Impacts of Rice
Production
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10/01/2021 -
FoodPrint
by Lisa Elaine Held
Rice paddies in New York? African farmer adds crucial wetlands and crop
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05/05/2021
Times Union
by Lindsey Danis
From West Africa, here comes the next miracle grain: fonio
1/7/2021 -
Landscape News, Global Landscape Forum
by Augusta Dwyer
Growing rice, healing the soil: Project tests new methods in southern USA
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09/30/2020
Alexandria Town Talk
by Melinda Martinez
African rice farmers test traditions
10/09/2019 -
Cornell Cast and Cornell Chronicle,
by John Munson
African rice farmers test traditions against NY climate
10/09/2019 -
Cornell Chronicle
by Krishna Ramanujan
Growing a green, healthy rice bowl
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7/18/2019 -
Landscape News, Global Landscape Forum,
by Augusta Dwyer
The miracle method for sustainable rice – and bigger harvests
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01/30/2019 - The Guardian, by John Vidal
Farmers talk about SRI in Timbuktu, Mali
Blog post by Erika Styger
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05/22/2018 - CORAF Blog Elements
How do you feed a world dealing with climate change? | The question
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12/12/2018 - CBC NEWS: the National, TV Clip
To feed the world amid climate change, we need a better way to grow rice
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12/14/2018 - WHAT ON EARTH? CBC News
The Controversy around Rice
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12/12/2018 - CBC, the National Today, Newsletter
(scroll down to second story)
IICA promotes Rice Intensification Systems
for Indigenous Communities in Suriname
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8/28/2018 - Caribbean News Service
Impressive Yield and Income Increases from SRI Project in West Africa
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7-13-2018 - Biosafety Information Centre
Chicago Council on Global Affairs - Global Food for Thought Weekly News Brief
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5/25-31/2018 - highlights Food Tank Article under the headline: Big Ideas and Emerging Innovations
Report Reveals Groundbreaking Results for Rice Farming
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5-30-2018 - Food Tank Article by Miranda Carver Martin
Le SRI, une garantie pour l’autosuffisance en riz
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5-28-2018 - SciDevNet - Rapprocher la Science et le Développement
Curso en linea: Producir mas con menos mediante el Sistema Intensivo del Cultivo de Arroz (SRI)
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5-16-2018 - Register and take the online SRI course by clicking the announcement below
Introducción a SRI, sus principios y beneficios
Importancia de recolectar buenos datos
Potencial y próximos pasos con SRI en LAC
Videos included in the course; with Erika Styger, taken in Colombia in October 2017
Climate-smart production boosts West African rice self-sufficiency
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5-01-2018 - Cornell CALS Article by Samantha Hautea, also published in Cornell Chronicle
How Can West Africa Achieve Rice Self-Sufficiency? New Publication Offers Insights
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4-18-2018 - CORAF/WECARD Article
Comment l'Afrique de l'Ouest peut-elle atteindre l'autosuffisance en riz? Une nouvelle publication
révèle le potentiel énorme du Système de
Riziculture Intensive (SRI) pour y parvenir
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4-18-2018 - Programme de Productivité Agricole en
Afrique de l'Ouest (PPAAO)- Article
