1. INTERNATIONAL
RICE RESEARCH
INSTITUTE
(IRRI)

2. IRRI International Research Institute
Helped Filipino farmers increase their
rice production by developing new
technologies
A nonprofit organization that sources
funding from government and the private
sector world wide
ex. ADB, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

3. > IRRI-developed technologies were
initially tested and perfected in the
Philippines before they were
brought to other countries
Contribute to more than 300%
increase in our rice production.
Los Banos, Laguna in 1960

4. People employed:
900 headquarters
1,200 contract farmers
*support local families = contribution
in our economy

6. >provide scholarships
>OJTs
>Riceworld Museum, the
International Rice Genebank,
and the other facilities at IRRI’s
Los Baños headquarters
receive 40-50,000 visitors a
year including around 25,000
students and over 1,000
farmers.

7. >IRRI mobilized its
staff to raise money
and donate goods to
local residents
suffering the worst
form typhoons.
>medical missions,
seminars

9. 1.)UPLB (University of the Philippines Lo
Baños)
-support in the land where IRRI is
located
-IRRI donates equipments to UPLB
-staff mentors UPLB students
(undertaking their doctorate studies)

10. >PhilRice (Philippine Rice Research
Institute)
-IRRI allows PhilRice to access their
laboratories and the International Rice
Genebank

11. >76 varities in the Philippines are attributed
to IRRI
>3 new rice varieties
Flood-tolerant
Drought-tolerant
Salt-tolerant
*Rice growing lands that are less productive will
become more productive w/ the new varieties