International Rice Research and Development

The 50th anniversary of IRRI, the first international agricultural research institute, calls for a book to contextualize changing international rice research and global development politics at the academic level. This book describes the evolution of rice research and development policies from a historical perspective, covering national changes, long-term changes and international cooperation. The book also discusses how IRRI can be positioned in current debates of food security, global stability, agricultural and rural development and human and social concerns.