IRRI Pioneer Interviews-Challenges for IRRI Nyle Brady

Description: diseases, thereby reducing the need for pesticides. To do this, IRRI must have linkages with scientists in both the developing and the more developed countries. This is advice the whole CGIAR [Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research] system could accept. I recognize the political reasons why this is difficult because some countries dont want biotechnology to be used for this purpose. But the developing countries need the improved crops much more than we do in the US So, ...