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	17 May 2010 – Nutritious Rice for the World project update
		Project updates from the World Community Grid forums
	Tags: Project Update

	13 Apr 2010 – End of Nutritious Rice for the World project
		World Community Grid is pleased to announce, that as a result of the generous contribution of computing power from our members, the Nutritious Rice for the World project finished on April 6, 2010.
	Tags: Event or Milestone , Project Update

	19 Jan 2010 – Nutritious Rice for the World project update
		Project updates from the World Community Grid forums
	Tags: Project Update

	30 Nov 2009 – IBM wins CSR award for rice IT project
		Information technology giant IBM was awarded the Asian CSR Award for poverty alleviation for its program, “World Community Grid: Nutritious Rice for the World” during the 8th Asian Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) awards.
	Tags: Award , Event or Milestone , Media

	15 May 2008 – World Community Grid "Supercomputer" to Tackle Rice Crisis
		Researchers at the University of Washington launch a new program to develop stronger strains of rice that could produce crops with larger and more nutritious yields.
	Tags: Media , Video

	12 May 2008 – Launch of the Nutritious Rice for the World Project
		World Community Grid is pleased to announce the launch of the Nutritious Rice for the World project. The mission of this project is to predict the structure of proteins of major strains of rice. The intent is to help farmers develop better rice strains with higher crop yields, promote greater disease and pest resistance, and utilize a full range of bioavailable nutrients that can benefit those people in regions where hunger is a critical concern.
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