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POTENTIAL IMPACT by 2035

• Keep rice affordable: reduce expenditure on rice by those under the $1.25 poverty line by $11 billion annually.• Slash poverty: lift 150 million people above the $1.25 poverty line, because they will be spending less on rice, reducing the global number of poor by 11%.
• Reduce malnutrition: as a result of increased availability and affordable rice prices, alleviate malnourishment for at least 70 million people.
• Cut climate change impacts: avert nearly 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions and help rice farmers adapt to climate change.
• ‘Greener' rice: reduce the water and environmental footprint of rice production.

WHY FOCUS ON RICE?

• Rice is the staple food for more than 3 billion people worldwide, including nearly 600 million living in extreme poverty.
• Rice is increasingly important in Latin America and Africa.
• Demand for rice will outstrip supply.
• Rice price increases wreak havoc on the poor.
• Rice research delivers the biggest benefits to the developing world of all international agricultural research.