RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE NAMES NEW HEAD
The Manila-based International Rice
Research Institute (IRRI) said West German agricultural
scientist Klaus Lampe will take over as its director-general in
early 1988, succeeding M.S. Swaminathan.
    An IRRI statement said Lampe, 56, is currently senior
adviser to the German Agency for Technical Cooperation at
Eschborn and was a former head of the agriculture section of
the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation.
    It said Swaminathan, who has headed IRRI since 1982, will
concentrate on environmental and agricultural issues.
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