# IRRI

Golden Rice — Provitamin A introgression.

Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/companies/irri/
Updated: 2026-06-24

- Country: PH

## Verifiable facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Affiliation | International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) | https://www.irri.org/golden-rice |
| Research focus | development of provitamin A (beta-carotene) biofortified Golden Rice using transgenic methods and marker-assisted backcrossing to address vitamin A deficiency | https://www.goldenrice.org/, https://www.irri.org/golden-rice, https://www.irri.org/news-and-events/news/irri-lead-scientist-golden-rice-recognized-philippine-plant-science-community, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-82001-0 |
| Facility | Analytical Service Laboratory (ASL) at IRRI | https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/580e8f9f-9ec4-404f-aa26-dee3fa6755b1/content/x5814e0a.htm, https://www.fao.org/4/x5801e/x5801e0c.htm, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-82001-0 |
| Grant | Funding provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, US Agency for International Development (USAID), Rockefeller Foundation, European Commission, Swiss Federal Funding, and the Syngenta Foundation | https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/golden-rice, https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2682994/, https://www.goldenrice.org/, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-82001-0 |
| Publications | Scientific publications including Swamy et al. (2019 & 2021), Biswas et al. (2021), and Oliva et al. (2020) regarding regulatory data, food/feed safety, and agronomic performance | https://www.goldenrice.org/ |
| Principal staff | Dr. B.P. Mallikarjuna Swamy (Senior Scientist/Lead Scientist for Golden Rice), Dr. Russell Reinke (Healthier Rice program lead), Jauhar Ali (Principal Scientist), and Inez Slamet-Loedin (Head of Rice Genetic Design and Validation unit) | https://www.irri.org/news-and-events/news/golden-rice-meets-food-safety-standards-three-global-leading-regulatory, https://www.irri.org/news-and-events/news/irri-lead-scientist-golden-rice-recognized-philippine-plant-science-community, https://www.irri.org/who-we-are/our-experts, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-82001-0 |
| Headcount | Approximately 1,200 to 1,831 employees (as of 2026) | https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/236e7768-b895-4355-ad4a-64cd8f521751/content/y5928e0f.htm |

Independent sources: embryo.asu.edu, fao.org, goldenrice.org, nature.com, openknowledge.fao.org, pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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