Bangkok--5 Nov--BRIA
BRIA Regional Secretariat recently staged an exhibition booth at the 4th International Rice Congress (IRC2014), held at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC), in Bangkok, Thailand. Welcoming visitors were Mr. Dominik Fortenbacher, GFP Coordinator, and Mr. Suriyan Vichitlekarn, BRIA Regional Director. Organized under the patronage of the Royal Government of Thailand, specifically the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, IRC2014 is touted as ‘the Olympics of Rice Science,’ the largest gathering of rice science and industry, held every four years. This year, attendees came from 69 countries.