Researchers Rally for Rice Science at IRC2014
October 29, 2014| |
Around 1,500 individuals from 69 countries are gathered for the 4th International Rice Congress (IRC2014) at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC) in Thailand from October 27 to November 1, 2014. IRC is known as the "Olympics of rice science" because it is the largest gathering of individuals involved in rice science held every four years. This year's theme is "Rice for the World", focuses on the latest advances in rice research and technologies around the globe.
Robert Zeigler, Director General of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), delivered the keynote message during the opening ceremony of the Congress. "There is already profound impact for several million farmers worldwide who have adopted one of the first technologies of the second Green Revolution—flood-tolerant rice...Many of these farmers belong to the poorest of the poor who, for various reasons, did not benefit fully from the first Green Revolution in rice," he said. He added that the third Green Revolution of rice will be sometime around 2030, when farmers will be planting more robust C4 and nitrogen-fixing rice varieties, and more nutritious rice are available in the market for consumption. He stressed that these would not be possible without the help of young rice scientists in the fields and laboratories.
Read more at http://irri.org/news/media-releases/second-green-revolution-seeks-to-leave-no-farmer-behind.
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