Indian rice varieties released in countries around the world

In India, rice is grown under diverse ecosystems as rainfed uplands, rainfed shallow, semideep and deepwater lowlands, irrigated lands and hills. These are the major rice ecosystems found the world over. The model cooperative all-India coordinated rice-testing programme evolved at Hyderabad during 1965 helped the country to reach and sustain self-sufficiency in rice from 1977. The International Rice Research Institute at the Philippines built a global rice-testing programme in 1975 based on the successful AICRIP model. Other countries have also benefited through release and commercial exploitation of India-bred rice varieties.