HD version: Historical markers unveiled at IRRI's Philippine headquarters
Channel: International Rice Research Institute
Date: 2010-04-14

Two historical markers (one in English and one in Tagalog) were unveiled at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI; http://irri.org ) on 14 April 2010. They designate that IRRI is National Historic Site in the Philippines as recognized by the National Historical Institute (NHI; http://www.nhi.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=40 ).

Mr. Ludovico Badoy, NHI executive director, reads the text on the English plaque: "International Rice Research Institute: Established through the cooperation of the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations and the Philippine Government to launch intensive research and development for new methods of rice production in 1960. Dr. Robert F. Chandler, first director general, 1960-1971, played a major role in initiating the Green Revolution in Asia, successfully bred a new type of rice, IR8 or miracle rice, that improved the production of rice in the Philippines, 29 November 1966. It is a major world center of scientific research on rice."