Selected speeches of the IRRI Director General (2004-06)

FAO Rice Conference, Rome, 13 February 2004:
New Challenges and Technological Opportunities for Rice-Based Production Systems for Food Security and Poverty Alleviation in Asia and the Pacific
- Powerpoint Slide Show (8,765 KB)--will take a few minutes to download
- Script (Word file)
- Paper (Pdf file)

Symposium on Intellectual Property Rights for the Public Good: Obligations of U.S. Universities to Developing Countries, University of Minnesota, 29 April 2004:
Perspectives on the IPR Needs of Developing Countries
- Powerpoint Slide Show (6,129 KB)--will take a few minutes to download
- Paper (Pdf file)
- Video of speech (scroll down to the 2:15 pm presentation)

World Food Prize Symposium, Des Moines, Iowa, 14-15 October 2004:
The Doubly Green Revolution in Rice
- Powerpoint in Pdf format (4,389 KB)--will take a few minutes to download
- Paper (Pdf file)

World Rice Research Conference, Tsukuba, Japan, 4-7 November 2004:
The Research Strategy for Rice in the 21st Century
- Powerpoint in Pdf format (5,134 KB)--will take a few minutes to download
- Paper (Pdf file)
2nd International Rice Congress, New Delhi, India, 9-13 October 2006:
A New Vision for International Rice Research That Attacks
the Roots of Poverty
- Powerpoint in Pdf format (2,137 KB)--may take a few minutes to download

Paper (Pdf file)

Annual General Meeting of the CGIAR, Washington, D.C.,
4-8 December 2006:
Climate Change and Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics: Preparing for the Worst with a Winning Approach

Powerpoint in Pdf format (2,327 KB)--may take a few minutes to download

NIAES International Symposium 2006, Tsukuba, Japan,
12-14 December 2006:
Rice research for poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability in Asia

Powerpoint in Pdf format (2,174 KB)--may take a few minutes to download

Paper (Pdf file)

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