JIRCAS Mail Magazine (English) (14)

JIRCAS Mail Magazine

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【JIRCAS Mail Magazine No.14 (July 2019)】
Published by Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en
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Dear subscribers,

Japan's rainy season has ended, marking the transition to the summer season.
Summer in Japan is very hot and humid, and we expect a typical summer next year when the Summer Olympics return to Tokyo.

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■Latest topics
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●JIRCAS Participation in the 8th G20 Meeting of Agricultural Chief Scientists (G20 MACS)

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20190426

●JIRCAS President at the G20 Niigata Agriculture Ministers' Meeting

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20190514

●Visit of the Kingdom of Morocco Ambassador to JIRCAS

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20190514_0

●Inauguration of the research facilities developed by the SATREPS Madagascar Project

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20190520

●An Indian webnews mentioned the "Cut Soiler" introduced by JIRCAS for salinity reclamation

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20190707

●JIRCAS signs Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20190725

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■Events, seminars, workshops, and other information
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●JIRCAS International Symposium 2019 “International research collaboration to tackle transboundary plant pests: Contributions to Sustainable Development Goals”

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/symposium/2019/e20191126

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■Introduction of new technologies and research highlights
【Research Highlights (International agriculture, forestry and fisheries research information) Fiscal year 2018】
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●Prediction of enteric methane emission from beef cattle in Southeast Asia
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2018_a01

●Cassava pulp is suitable as beef cattle feed and shows less variation in chemical contents among seasons and factories
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2018_a02

●Non-destructive shoot biomass evaluation for field-grown staking yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir)
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2018_b01

●A farm management model for assisting smallholder farmers in Africa
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2018_b02

●Estimation of rice grain yield by canopy hyperspectral sensing of paddy fields at the booting stage
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2018_c01

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■Guidance publications
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●JARQ (Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly) Vol.53 No.3 July. 2019

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/jarq/53/3

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Date of issued
Creator Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
Publisher Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
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NII resource type vocabulary Article
Issue 14
Language eng

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