From lab to field: Indonesian scientists develop new crops for farmers by using nuclear science

Over the last few years, farmers in Indonesia have grown enough rice for more than 20 million people using plants developed through the country's plant mutation breeding programme. The programme first took root through collaboration with the IAEA and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 1997 and has since grown into a comprehensive partnership network that brings the results of scientific research using nuclear techniques to farmers' fields.