Research
IRRI's current scope of research covers:
- Conserving, understanding, sharing, and using rice genetic diversity
- Breeding and delivering new varieties of rice
- Developing and sharing improved crop and environment management practices
- Adding value to the economic and nutritional value of rice
- Broadening our impact by supporting strategic policy and market development
- Facilitating large-scale adoption of rice technologies
In 2010, the Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP) was launched, which IRRI leads in Asia, the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) leads in Africa, and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) leads in Latin America. It aims to "dramatically improve the ability of rice farmers to feed growing populations in some of the world’s poorest nations".
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