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Awarding Ceremony, 2025 (19th) Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers (Japan Award)

The Japan Award, organized by the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council (AFFRC), MAFF, Japan since 2007, aims to motivate young researchers who engage in research and development in agriculture, forestry, fisheries and related industries in developing regions. Up to three young researchers are recognized each year for their outstanding performance and research achievements.

The chairman of the AFFRC bestows testimonials to the winners. The winners also receive the “MOTAI-JIRCAS Award*” of USD 5,000 each.

＊ Mr. Shigeru MOTAI, former Chairman of the AFFRC, is the donor of this award, which is also supported by the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS).

Date

Monday, October 27th, 2025

Registration opens               9:30

Awarding ceremony            10:00 - 10:55

Lectures by the awardees   11:10 - 11:55

Poster

Poster (English)2.82 MB
Date
2025-10-27(Mon) 10:00～11:55 (JST)
Place
"Hitotsubashi Hall" and On-line (National Center of Sciences Building 2F, 2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8439)
Registration period
- (JST)
Registration
Information and Public Relations Office, JIRCAS
Address
 1-1 Ohwashi, Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8686 Japan
Telephone
029-838-6708
URL
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/form/event/2025/e20251027_japanaward
Registration deadline:
(JST)
Email
koho-jircas@ml.affrc.go.jp
2025 (The 19th) Awardees
Name
(Age＊1, Gender, Nationality)
Institute＊2
Research Achievement
Dr. Vignesh MUTHUSAMY
(38, Male, Indian)
Indian Agricultural Research Institute
Genetic biofortification and dissemination of Indian maize hybrids for enhanced nutritional security
Dr. Ivan Eduardo RAMIREZ MORALES
(39, Male, Ecuadorian)
Universidad Técnica de Machala
Research on Artificial Intelligence in agriculture, aquaculture and livestock production and its international application and deployment
Dr. Addisu Fekadu ANDETA
(38,Male, Ethiopian)
Arba Minch University 
Research on Innovative Enset＊3 Processing and Fermentation Technologies and its Deployment in Five Regions of Ethiopia

＊1 Age is as of January 1, 2025
＊2 Affiliation is as of the time of application.
＊3 Enset：In certain regions of Ethiopia, enset is used as a staple food. Starch is extracted from the plant's pseudostem and corm, then fermented and processed into a bread-like food kocho.

Poster
Contact

Information and Public Relations Office, JIRCAS

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