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Four people standing chest-deep in a field of rice plants
Farmers in a field in Vietnam

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System of Rice Intensification recognized for climate policy impact

by : Lucy Fisher , Cornell Chronicle

The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) has been named as a 2020 climate policy "breakthrough" for government initiatives in Vietnam to increase agricultural production there while reducing methane emissions from rice paddies. According to Norman Uphoff, professor emeritus of government, "SRI is one of many forms of agroecological practice."