RESOURCES

Campus

Manpower:  

From its beginnings CLRRI has paid attention to strengthening the research capabilities of its staff. Presently the Institute has 325 staffs, of which 26 have PhDs, 52 MScs, 155 BScs, and 126 technicians and ground staff of various kinds.

Infrastructure:

• The home campus is 360 ha, of which 60 ha is used for offices, laboratories and outbuildings; 30 ha of experimental fields; 220 ha for rice seed production and farming system modeling; and 50 ha of fruit tree gardens, storage buildings, canals and fish ponds.

• The Technical School is situated on 16 ha, and comprised of lecture halls, offices, workshops, student dormitories, a stadium and fields. In the near future a College of Agriculture is planned to better link with universities and the Institute.

Laboratories

CLRRI has 7 research laboratories, used for the following fields: (i) plant biotechnologies (ii) plant and soil analysis, (iii) rice germplasm, (iv) plant pathology, (v) entomology and biocontrol, (vi) quality analysis of crop grain, (vii) microbiology.

Net Houses and Weather Station

There are 10 net houses and a glasshouse, with a total area of 5000 square meters. They are used for research in (i) rice germplasm and plant breeding, (ii) plant biotechnologies, (iii) plant pathology, (iv) entomology and biocontrol, and (v) agronomy. The Institute has its own weather stations, linked to research and production activities.

Library

The CLRRI library subscribes to numerous international scientific journals and magazines. Many of the library's books are donated by international agencies, such as the International Rice Research Institute, or purchased by staff attending international fora.

LAN and Internet Connection

In 2005, the Institute's LAN has developed and connected to the Internet through broadband connection.