Till mid-sixties, India was importing food grains to meet its internal demands. In fact, during 1961-65, the country imported 25.4 million tons of food grains through a PL-480 plan. During this deficit period, for quick dissemination of research information’s amongst the rice scientists of the country and abroad, to help increase rice production, the Association of Rice Research Workers (ARRW) was founded in 1961, under the Presidentship of Dr. R.H. Richharia, the then Director, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
The Association of Rice Research Workers (ARRW) is a nonprofit, non-political organization that promotes innovative agricultural research and capacity building for sustainable development of rice science across the globe. It strives to empower the scientists to help overcome hunger, poverty and a degraded environment through better agriculture.
The journal of the Association, called “ORYZA-An International Journal on Rice”, devoted exclusively to information related to rice, is published quarterly. The journal has wide circulation amongst rice scientists and has gained international reputation with experienced scientists, including international scientist, in its Editorial Board. In addition to the scientific journal the Association also published Technical Bulletins on rice Production Technology for different states. It also publishes the proceedings of the various symposia, organized by the Association.
The Association which started with a few founder members, has grown in size during the last 63 years. Currently, it has 10 PATRONS, 845 LIFE MEMBERS and 5 institutional members from India and abroad.
