International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Banos, Laguna, south of Manila

Lab researchers sort rice kernels for testing at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Banos, Laguna, south of Manila on May 2, 2008. The IRRI, Asia's largest international agricultural research institute, is host to more than 100,000 rice varieties gathered all over the world. The Philippines on May 2 signed an agreement with IRRI to help one of the world's largest rice importers grow enough rice to feed its own people within three years.