Generally speaking, architects are reporting less construction in 2009, due in part to veterinarians» cautious
nature in a poor economy and also to banks» lending atrophy.
I confess that I have become somewhat blasé about the range of exciting — I think revolutionary is probably more accurate — technologies that we are rolling out today: our work
in genomics and its translation into varieties that are reaching
poor farmers today; our innovative integration of long — term and multilocation trials with crop models and modern IT and communications technology to reach farmers
in ways we never even imagined five years ago; our vision to create a C4 rice and see to it that Golden Rice reaches
poor and hungry children; maintaining productivity gains
in the face of dynamic pests and pathogens; understanding the
nature of the rice grain and what makes for good quality; our many efforts to change the way rice is grown to meet the challenges of changing rural
economies, changing societies, and a changing climate; and, our extraordinary array of partnerships that has placed us at the forefront of the CGIAR change process through the Global Rice Science Partnership.