XIII International Rice Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean

The  Latin  American  Fund  for  Irrigated  Rice  (FLAR),  Hacienda  El  Potrero  (FLAR  member  in  Peru),  the  International  Center  for  Tropical  Agriculture  (CIAT)  and  the  Rice  Research Program  (Rice Research  Program  by  CGIAR),  are  organizing  the  13  th  meeting  aimed  at  students,  producers,  farmers  and  advisors,  agronomists,  seed  and  plant  breeders, industrialists and researchers interested in understanding the major developments of the rice sector in the region.

Under  the  motto  “Alliances for rice production sustainability” we  wish  to  draw  attention  to  key  issues  of  our  endeavor  conducted  by  a  group  of  experts  who  will  discuss  five  main topics:

We  hope  you  can  join  us  in  this  meeting  which  will  include  three  days  conferences,  panels,  posters’  presentations,  technical  and  commercial  exhibition,  as  well  as  a  great  field  trip day across the rice valley in Piura and adyacent areas. 460  participants  from  30  countries  attended  the  past  Conference  in  Porto  Alegre  in  Brazil  in  2015  and  we  expect  to  outnumber  the  attendees  in  this  next  meeting  and  having fruitful discussions regarding rice sustainability.