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“Rice, Oryza sativa, is the staple food for half the human population,
and growing it is the single most important economic activity
in the world.”
Washington Post / The New York TimesAugust 4, 2000
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The International Rice Research Institute
Reduce poverty and hunger, improve health,
ensure environmental sustainability
through rice science.
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• 1960; Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, and the Philippine Gov’t
• Today, 1,350 staff from over 34 countries• HQ in Philippines; 16 country offices• Funded by governments, philanthropies
The International Rice Research Institute
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Rice: The global staple
• oldest food
crop
• staple for billions (~ 50% of world;
>70% of poor)
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The green revolution
1960s-70s • yields ~1.5
tons per ha.
Today• yields ~4 tons
per ha.
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Most hungry people in Asia
Source: FAO
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Population by 2040?
10b
7.5b
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196019621964196619681970197219741976197819801982198419861988199019921994199619982000200220042006200820102012
45
50
55
60
65
70Consumption per capita in kg/person
Philippines = 120 kg
Data Source: USDA, 2013
People like rice!
Global, per person
= 65 kg
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Additional global rice needs: 8 - 10 MMT/ year
300
350
400
450
500
550
600
Asia Africa Americas Rest of World
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Growth in rice yield has slowed
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
1970-1990 1990-2011
%/yr
Source of raw data: FAO, 2013
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Worsening resource scarcity
Land
Labor
Water
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Climate change WILL reduce rice productivity
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Rice ready for climate change
drought
submergence
salinity
heat
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Rice genetic diversity
120,000+ varieties of rice conserved in IRRI’s International Rice Genebank
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Conserving traditional / heirloom rices
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Climate Smart Flood-tolerant rice
India
Oct. 31
Now used by 5m++ farmers
Jul 31
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Climate smart 17 days after flooding
Samba-Sub1
Samba
Samba-Sub1
IR64-Sub1
IR49830 (Sub1)
IR64
IR42
IR64
IR64-Sub1
Samba-Sub1
IR49830 (Sub1)
Samba
IR64
IR64-Sub1IR49830 (Sub1)
IR42
IR64-Sub1
IR64
IR49830 (Sub1)
IR49830 (Sub1)
IR42
Samba
IR42
Samba
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Restoring ecosystem resilience to control against insect pests
Mekong delta, Vietnam
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More nutritious!
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Global micronutrient deficiency zinc, iron and vitamin A
Affects over 2 billion, globally
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Healthier ricepro-vitamin A; iron; zinc
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Climate Smart Technologies
Alternate wetting and drying reduces water use by 30% without yield loss.
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Particular attention to women stakeholders
“In my family… we were eating only once a day… Now we eat twice a day”
Burundi: ex-combatant women trained in novel rice farming technologies
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Nutrient management products
Web GSM mobile phone
Smartphone
Local Language real time interaction
Indonesia, Philippines:
farmers increase returns 100$ per
ha
Web and smart phone output
SMS output
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IRRI organized 1st Int’l Rice Research Conference (IRRC)
in 1962
Past Int’l Rice Congresses (IRC)
Hanoi - 2010
New Delhi - 2006
Beijing - 2002
IRC2014October 27-31 2014 Bangkok, Thailand
A brief history of the International Rice Congress
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Rice researchers and
scientists
Traders, millers, manufacturers,
transporters
Gov’t officials and donors
Around 2,000 attendees expected at IRC2014
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29th Int’l Rice Research
Conference
Forum on funding agricultural
research
Council for Partnership on Rice
Research in Asia (Ministerial
Meeting)
International Rice Industry Exhibition
IRRI Global Rice Market and Trade
Outlook Conference
IRC2014: 5 principal events
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"Precious things are not pearls and jade but the five grains, of which rice is the finest”
- Ancient Chinese saying
www.ricecongress.com