International Rice Research Institute

international agricultural organization
Also known as: IRRI

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Asian agriculture

  • A map of the continent of Asia, including its countries, boundaries, and capital cities, as well as parts of Europe, Africa, and surrounding oceans.
    In Asia: Agricultural technology

    …international organizations, such as the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines, and national agricultural research stations. Thus, in the case of rice, countries have adapted the IRRI strains to local conditions and have implemented their own seed improvement programs and extension (advisory) services to farmers. Access to a…

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headquarters

  • In Los Baños

    In the 1960s the International Rice Research Institute, headquartered there, developed IR8, a high-yielding strain that significantly increased rice production. Pop. (2000) 82,027; (2010) 101,884.

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