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India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, recently inaugurated the Resilient Rice Field Laboratory at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Philippines.
PM spent time at the International Rice Research Institute discussing agriculture innovations and research advances for the rice sector. He met with several prominent agriculture scientists and discussed issues of climate change, the need for more farmer education and the growing role of women farmers in the rice sector.
The Resilient Rice Field Laboratory forms part of a three-prong approach to developing new, high-yielding, stress-tolerant rice varieties that are well-suited and well-adopted by farmers across the region.
Primary scientific research conducted in the Field Laboratory to develop stress-tolerant rice varieties is then transferred to IRRI’s Center of Excellence at the IRRI South Asia Regional Center in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh for further localized testing.
The research planned for the new laboratory will concentrate on developing rice varieties that can be successfully grown in flood and salinity prone areas, decreasing risks for farmers involved in rice production in some of the poorest regions of India and Asia.