IRRI to Celebrate 50th Year in 2010
March 20, 2009| |
Fifty years of rice research by 2010. The International Rice Research Institute celebrates its golden anniversary as Asia's largest and oldest international agricultural research organization. IRRI Director General Robert Zeigler said IRRI's celebrations will focus on the "enormous challenges faced by poor rice farmers and consumers."
Among the scheduled events include the launch of IRRI's 50th anniversary by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand on November 17, 2009 at IRRI in Los Baños, Philippines. She will also open the 6th International Rice Genetics Symposium in Manila that same month. The 3rd International Rice Congress is set to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam In November 2010 with the theme Rice for Future Generations. The congress will include the 28th International Rice Research Conference, 3rd World Rice Commerce Conference, and 3rd International Rice Technology and Cultural Expo.
Email Sophie Clayton for details of the anniversary activities at s.clayton@cgiar.org.
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