New Delhi, Oct. 29 -- The two-day Bharat International Rice Conference (BIRC) 2025, starting Thursday at Bharat Mandapam here in the national capital, is set to highlight India's growing leadership in the global rice sector in what the organisers assert a live launch of the country's first Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based rice sorting system.

The two-day conference, organised with the institutional support of the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, will bring together delegates from over 80 nations, including top global rice importers, exporters, scientists, and policymakers, the organiser, Indian Rice Exporters' Federation (IREF), said in a statement on Wednesday.

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