Origins of the International Rice Research Institute Part 1

Description: traveled widely throughout Asia, amassing samples of rice and collecting information on its production. They describe how they began selecting rice varieties, and how they bred more and more productive strains. The Institute eventually revolutionized rice production by distributing these super-varieties to other nations. Chandler and Borlaug describe in detail how this was accomplished, and explain how 700 million people are fed today who would starve without the rice varieties developed by ...