insight in cultivating man's leading cereal crop, the International Rice Research Institute, with its creation of "miracle rice", inaugurated a "green revolution", promising nearly one-half of humanity the prospect of suffficiency in its staple food. Additionally, IRRI received the 2010 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the category of Development Cooperation. This was awarded for the organization's contribution to "reducing poverty and hunger in the world by means of rice research and farmer training", and "for the quality of its research work, which has led to the development of new rice varieties adapted to different cropping areas in Asia and providing improved yield and sustainability across multiple climate regimes". IRRI was nominated for the award by Japan's National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies. The award jury also pointed to: IRRI's success in transferring the results of its research, by working with local teams and organizations in Asian and sub-Saharan countries and making its varieties freely available to farmers. By this means, the IRRI has secured the effective dissemination of its innovations with the resultant increase in production of this basic crop. Facilities IRRI's headquarters in the Philippines is located on a experimental farm with modern laboratories and glasshouses, and a training center. The land is owned by the University of the Philippines Los Baños and is leased to the institute. It also houses the International Rice Genebank and Riceworld Museum. The holds more than 127,000 accessions of rice and wild relatives and is the biggest collection of rice genetic diversity in the world. The (INGER) was created by IRRI in 1975 as the International Rice Testing Program IRTP. INGER accepts accessions and then holds, multiplies, and distributes them to researchers without restriction, including restriction on commercial use. Countries with offices IRRI has offices in the following rice growing countries in Asia and Africa: Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia China India Indonesia Japan Laos Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Philippines Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Thailand Vietnam See also Banaue Rice Terraces Irrigated Rice Research Consortium Rice paddy References External links Global Rice Science Partnership Annual Reports Downloadable (free) books published by the International Rice Research Institute Important Dates in IRRI History, 1960-2011 Rice Today magazine International research institutes Research institutes in the Philippines Organizations based in Laguna (province) Rockefeller Foundation UNESCO Science Prize laureates Rice organizations Ramon Magsaysay Award winners Los Baños, Laguna Rice research institutes Agricultural organizations based in the Philippines Recipients