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Keywords: international agricultural research, IRRI, CIMMYT, Rockefeller Foundation, research inputs and investments, South and Southeast Asia, International Agricultural Research Centers, plant breeding, breeding improved crop varieties, National Agricultural Research Systems NARS, use of IRRI materials, IRRI materials as parents, types of IRRI materials in use, IRRI as a source of traits, adoption and use of improved varieties, diffusion of improved varieties, area planted by variety, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Philippines, impact on production,