What irri (http://irri.org) is trying to do, is to help rice to make this evolutionary jump. OK, technology is needed, but the result will be something that could easily have happened anyway, perhaps only after some millions of years. ###>What irri (http://irri.org) is trying to do, is to help rice to make this evolutionary jump. OK, technology is needed, but the result will be something that could easily have happened anyway, perhaps only after some millions of years.