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<\/strong><\/p>\n The Latin American Fund for Irrigated Rice, FLAR<\/strong>, is a public-private alliance with 30 years of experience that generates and disseminates knowledge, technologies and innovations, through alliances that contribute to the competitiveness and sustainability of rice.<\/span><\/p>\n FLAR<\/strong> brings together various organizations<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span> linked to rice in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela, in addition to the Alliance Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)<\/a><\/span><\/span>, as a strategic partner.<\/span><\/p>\n The work of FLAR<\/strong> is developed in three main areas: Optimized and integrated genetic improvement, Agronomy of processes for the sustainable production of rice with high productivity and profitability, and Institutional strengthening of 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