Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, inaugurated the Resilient Rice Field Laboratory at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Philippines. Modi visited the International Rice Research Institute and spent time discussing agriculture innovations and research advances for the rice sector, while in the Philippines for the ASEAN Summit meetings. He met with several prominent agriculture scientists and discussed issues of climate change, the need for more farmer education and the growing role of women farmers in the rice sector. The Resilient Rice Field Laboratory forms part of a three-prong approach to developing new, high-yielding, stress-tolerant rice varieties that are well-suited and well-adopted by farmers across the region. Primary scientific research conducted in the Field Laboratory to develop stress-tolerant rice varieties is then transferred to IRRI’s Centre of Excellence at the IRRI South Asia Regional Centre in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh for further localised testing.