International Rice Research Institute

…international organizations, such as the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines, and national agricultural research stations. Thus, in the case of rice, countries have adapted the IRRI strains to local conditions and have implemented their own seed improvement programs and extension (advisory) services to farmers. Access to a…

In the 1960s the International Rice Research Institute, headquartered there, developed IR8, a high-yielding strain that significantly increased rice production. Pop. (2000) 82,027; (2010) 101,884.