International Rice Research Institute

IRRI

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image by Zoltan Horvath, 23 November 2015

• Overview
• The Flag

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• International Organizations
• International Union for Conservation of Nature

Overview

On November 14 I saw the flag of IRRI (International Rice Research Institute), which "is an international research and training organization established in 1960 by the Ford and Rockefeller foundations with support from the Philippine government. It aims to reduce poverty and hunger, improve the health of rice farmers and consumers, and ensure environmental sustainability of rice farming. Its headquarters are in Los Baños, Laguna, in the Philippines. IRRI is known for its work in developing rice varieties that contributed to the Green Revolution in the 1960s which preempted the famine in Asia. It has offices in 17 rice-growing countries worldwide".
Sources: http://irri.org/about-us/our-organization
http://irri.org/about-us/our-history  and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Rice_Research_Institute 
For additional information go to: IRRI (official website)
Esteban Rivera, 23 November 2015

The Flag

It is a horizontal green flag featuring the initials of the organization in white capital letters as seen here (desktop flag on the right).
Sources: http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2015/06/25/planting-seeds-democracy-myanmar
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IRRI_Thein_Sein_IMG_9715-3_(11228959823).jpg 
Esteban Rivera, 23 November 2015