I have been amused with the presence of IRRI in the Philippines for quite some time now. IRRI is one of of top clients for laboratory equipment in my previous company. Hive account@wristalkph on the other hand had his degree from UPLB and is quite familiar with IRRI.

We talked about IRRI before and we were wondering how Philippines was chosen to be the location of the doomsday vault. (and how ironically, we are still importing rice..) Not sure if this is true but apparently/allegedly, our country was chosen because we are an English speaking country. 🤔 This is important (allegedly) because when doomsday happens, it should be easy to communicate with us. Is this legit? I haven’t confirmed yet. 😁