2010 IRRI update: Convenient convergences & an inconvenient divergence
Channel: International Rice Research Institute
Date: 2011-08-04

See IRRI's complete 2010 Annual Report online at: http://irri.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&layout=category&task=category&id=789&Itemid=100371&lang=en

While touring the greenhouse facility of the C4 rice project, Robert Zeigler (IRRI director general; http://irri.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=8578:bob-zeigler&lang=en ) and Achim Dobermann (IRRI deputy director general for research; http://irri.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=8694:achim-dobermann&lang=en ) discuss some important achievements and developments during 2010 at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI; http://irri.org ). 

They cover abiotic stress tolerances in rice, including for flooding and salt; the C4 project; creating new roles for ex-combatant women in Burundi, Africa; and the creation of the Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP; http://irri.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=9477&Itemid=100380&lang=en ).