By 2035, the world will require more than 100 million tons of additional rice when the population surpasses 8.5 billion. To meet this global demand, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), through the International C4 Rice Consortium and as part of the Global Futures and Strategic Foresight program, is developing C4 rice, a new kind of rice equipped with a more powerful “engine” for transforming carbon dioxide (CO2) and solar energy into food. C4 plants such as maize and sorghum have more efficient photosynthesis than C3 plants.
Read more here: Rice Today Article
For more information, please contact Samarendu Mohanty (IRRI).
