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The International Rice Commission (IRC) is an intergovernmental organisation of states that produce rice. It is a subsidiary organisation of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The IRC promotes international co-operation in the production, conservation, distribution, and consumption of rice.
The establishment of the IRC was proposed in May 1948 by the delegates of a FAO meeting on rice in the Philippines. In April 1948, the FAO Council followed up on this recommendation by producing a multilateral treaty known as the Constitution of the International Rice Commission. The Constitution entered into force on 4 January 1949 and the first session of the IRC was held in Bangkok later that year. The 12 founding members were Burma, Ecuador, Egypt, France, India, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The IRC meets in regular session at least once every four years.
The IRC is open to all members and associate members of the FAO. As of 2013, the IRC has 62 member states representing over 98 per cent of global rice production:
Bangladesh
Benin
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Cameroon
Chad
China
Colombia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
France
Gambia
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Guyana
Haiti
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Korea, South
Laos
Liberia
Madagascar
Malaysia
Mali
Mauritania
Mexico
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nepal
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Portugal
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Sri Lanka
Suriname
Thailand
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
