The Future of Rice Farming & the Importance of Partnerships in Rice Research such as GRiSP

Against the backdrop of the upland station on the Research Farm of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI; http://irri.org ), Robert Zeigler, IRRI director general - http://irri.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=8578:bob-zeigler&lang=en - and Achim Dobermann, IRRI deputy director for research - http://irri.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=8694:achim-dobermann&lang=en - discuss the future of rice farming and how direct dry-seeded rice is beginning to replace traditional transplanting. They also discuss the importance of partnerships in rice research, specifically the Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP; http://www.cgiar.org/our-research/cgiar-research-programs/rice-grisp/ & http://www.grisp.net - beginning at 3:42 into the video.