Yvonne Pinto
Director General of the International Rice Research Institute and rice scientist focused on breeding resilient varieties and sustainable agronomy.
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Jan 16, 2025 • 30min
Should we eat less rice?
Jacob Klein, anthropologist at SOAS who studies food policy and cultural diets; Jean-Philippe Laborde, managing director at Tilda running sustainability field trials; Yvonne Pinto, head of IRRI breeding resilient rice. They discuss rice’s climate vulnerabilities and methane problem. They cover breeding resilient varieties, alternate wetting and drying trials, and attempts to shift diets toward potatoes in China and Bangladesh.
