The Latin American Fund for Irrigated Rice, FLAR was established on the 16th of January 1995, thanks to the concerted efforts of various rice producers’ associations from Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture, CIAT.

FLAR comprises a heterogeneous group of associations from both the private and public sectors, from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Venezuela, and CIAT. In this way rice producers’ associations, milling and seed companies and national public research programs, all come together in FLAR with the objective of providing innovative and technological solutions to the needs of farmers and the rice industry, and to improve the production of irrigated rice in Latin America.