Sri Lanka, IRRI set priority areas to restore rice self-sufficiency
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Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 June 2018— The Sri Lankan Ministry of Agriculture and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) signed an agreement today to begin restoring the country’s rice self-sufficiency.
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