(Photo: Sheehy archives) Before C4 rice even made it to the drawing board, John Sheehy was already quite famous among his peers for his insight, boldness, and “that perverse paper.” Nevertheless, the time has come for C4 rice, and John’s name is now irreversibly entwined with it. Improved rice...
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Randy Barker, IRRI agricultural economist and head, Economics Department, 1966-78; acting head, Social Sciences Division, 2007-08 When I first came to IRRI in 1966 just before IR8, people at that time looked at IRRI and said, “that’s a nice set of buildings,” but they didn’t think the Institute would ever produce anything. There was a real skepticism about whether...
