The Rockefeller Foundation (RF) will provide funding to the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to shepherd Golden Rice through national, regulatory approval processes in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines. This was announced by Dr. Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, during her keynote address at the World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue in Iowa, USA. The RF president spoke on "Mobilizing the Next Green Revolution: Alleviating Poverty in the Age of Climate Change".


“This continues our historic relationship with IRRI, an institution that has directly benefited billions of the world’s poorest people. It also reflects our enduring commitments to connect families with technologies that can help them lead healthier, better, more productive lives, to see innovation through to action and impact, and to give great ideas, 90 percent down the road, that extra 10 percent they need to reach their destination,” said Dr. Rodin.

See the full transcript of Dr. Rodin's speech at http://www.rockfound.org/about_us/speeches/101708food_prize.shtml.