IRRI Annual Report 2014

Climate-smart rice varieties, developed at IRRI and multiplied and distributed under the STRASA project, are now accessible to some 10 million farmers in South Asia and Africa and are already creating a major impact, improving many lives. In addition to the new seeds of climate-smart rice, farmers in a flood-prone village in India are also learning about better seedbed management, proper use of fertilizer, and other technologies through illustrated brochures. The technologies are further improving the productivity of flood-prone and salt-affected rainfed lowland areas in South Asia, making rice production stable, and increasing the income of poor farmers.