Monday, 31 December 2018

IRRI's South Asia Regional Centre

IRRI's South Asia Regional Centre

the International Rice Research Institute's South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC) campus was inaugrated in Varanasi.

The centre will serve as a hub for rice research and training in South Asia.

  the institute will help farmers of the region to develop varieties of paddy which grow in minimum water and have low sugar content and high nutritional value.

The centre is expected to play a major role in harnessing and sustaining rice production in the region

The International Rice Research Institute is an international agricultural research and training organization with headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna in the Philippines and offices in seventeen countries with  

Headquarters: Los Baños, Philippines

Founded: 1960
 
Motto: "Rice Science For A Better World"

Founders: The Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation