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Scientific infrastructure vital for helping the poor

The continuing need for such infrastructure was highlighted at the annual meeting of the board of trustees of the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines. IRRI has spent millions of dollars over the past five years upgrading its main laboratories to keep them up to world scientific standards.

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