The IRRI Pioneer Interviews
Conducted by Gene Hettel

Rice Today is publishing edited excerpts in the magazine from selected interviews with the pioneers of rice research. As one of the activities to commemorate IRRI’s 50th, we have already logged around 100 hours in conversation with nearly 50 pioneers (with more planned), ranging from those who first roamed the rice plots with IRRI’s first director general Robert F. Chandler, Jr., to others recently retired.

Through 2010, Rice Today is featuring, along with the interview excerpts in the magazine, full transcripts (see Peter Jennings, Carolyn Moomaw, and Nyle Brady examples below) and occasional full video productions (as with the Jennings interview) here on the Rice Today Web site. Transcript of the Kwanchai Gomez interview coming soon.

Luck is the residue of design                     The problem solver
Peter Jennings                                              Nyle C. Brady