IRRI Annual Report 2013

IRRI and its partners released 44 new and improved rice varieties for Asia and Africa. Varieties suitable for areas prone to flooding and soil salinity were deployed in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Vietnam. In collaboration with the Africa Rice Center, IRRI also released new rice varieties for Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Tanzania. These were developed to thrive under drought conditions and in soils with high levels of iron. The 2013 batch brings the total number of IRRI-developed rice varieties to just under a thousand