ในโอกาสวาระฉลองสิริราชสมบัติครบ ๕๐ ปี Dr. George Rothschild จํานวยการสถาบันวิจัยข้าวระหว่างประเทศ ได้กล่าวคําสดุดีเนื่องในโอกาส ทูลเกล้าฯ ถวายเหรียญ แด่พระบาทสมเด็จพระเจ้าอยู่หัวรัชกาลที่ ๙ ดังนี้
For Your Majesty's long and outstanding devotion to the betterment of the lives of rice farmers and Consumers in Thailand and elsewhere, and Your Contributions to the improvement of rice production;
For Your Majesty's example of leadership through Your personal research at the Royal Palace and through Your encouragement of rice research throughout the Kingdom;
For Your Majesty's production of foundation seed at the palace for multiplication and distribution to farmers at the annual Ploughing Ceremony at Sanam Luang, and for setting up a Rice Bank to provide stores of rice from which farmers can borrow for family Consumption or planting and then return after havest;
For Your Majesty setting up of a Cattle Bank to provide the means by which poor farmers can prepare their rice fields;
For Your Majesty's promotion of the theory of sustainable production for small farms by using 30 percent of the land for ponds, 30 percent for rice, 30 percent for mixed crops (fruit trees and vegetables), and 10 percent for house and animals;
For Your Majesty's interests for over 30 years in the engineering aspects of rice production, which are reflected in the rapid mechanisation of rice production in Thailand;
For Your Majesty's promotion of the utilisation of rice hulls as a clean fuel;
For Your Majesty's efforts in encouraging the Work of government officials through development centers in all five parts of the Country for rehabilitaion and conservation of the environment:
For Your Majesty's tireless efforts in putting the interests of your people foremost in the 50 years of Your reign in the Royal Kingdom of Thailand;
The International Rice Research Institute in honoured to present to Your Majesty the International Rice Award Medal, on this 5th Day of June 1996.