Technology Catalog Contributing to Production Potential and Sustainability in the Asia-Monsoon Region
Current version 2023.09.29
Among the technologies developed to transform the food systems in Japan, there are technologies applicable to the Asia-Monsoon region, where we share similar features such as high temperature and humidity, paddy-rice based agriculture, and a high proportion of small and medium-sized farmers.
As part of the activities of Green Asia and in cooperation with other research institutes concerned, we have developed the “Technology Catalog Contributing to Production Potential and Sustainability in the Asia-Monsoon Region”, a compilation of applicable technologies which were developed in Japan or through international collaboration over the past 10 years and are expected to contribute to the establishment of sustainable food systems in the region.
We hope that this catalog will serve as a reference to various stakeholders in the Asia-Monsoon region, including government officials, researchers, extension officers, producers, and the private sectors. We also hope that the technologies in this catalog will be demonstrated and implemented on the ground through optimization and coordination in various regions, thereby helping in transformation of the food systems among countries in the Asia-Monsoon region.
| Industry | Commodity | Status | Technologies | Contribution areas | Institution | Collaborating Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | Paddy rice | Implementation | “Prolonged midseason drainage” in paddy fields for maintaining agricultural production and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions | GHG emission reduction | NARO | Local public research organization (Yamagata, Fukushima, Niigata, Aichi, Gifu, Tokushima, Kumamoto, Kagoshima) |
| Agriculture | Paddy rice | Implementation | "Paddy Field Dam" that reduces flood damage downstream while maintaining agricultural production | Climate disaster mitigation | NARO | Toyo industry Co., Ltd. |
| Agriculture | Paddy rice | Demonstration | Monitoring saline intrusion in rivers near paddy fields using satellite data | Climate disaster mitigation | JIRCAS | |
| Agriculture | Disaster prevention | Implementation | “Disaster prevention support system for irrigation pond” to predict flood risk and share disaster information | Climate disaster mitigation | NARO | CORE CORPORATION, Industrial Technology Solution company, OSASI Technos, Inc., Nita Consultant Co., Ltd., Integrated Geotechnology Institute Limited |
| Agriculture | Field crop | Implementation | Underdrain-drilling machine “Cut Drain”: Easy construction of subsurface drainage without additional materials | Climate disaster mitigation | NARO | HOKKAI KOKI Co., Ltd. |
| Agriculture | Paddy rice, Upland rice | Demonstration | International differential system to protect the rice production against rice blast diseases | Chemical pesticide reduction | JIRCAS | International Rice Research Institute(IRRI)(Philippines), Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Reasearch Organization (NIAS) |
| Agriculture | Sugarcane | Implementation | Propagation and distribution system of healthy seedcane as control measures against sugarcane white leaf disease | Chemical pesticide reduction | JIRCAS | Khon Kaen University, Department of Agricultural(DOA), Thailand, Department of Agricultural Extension (DOAE), Thailand, Office of Cane and Sugar Board of Thailand (OCSB)(Thailand) |
| Agriculture | Paddy rice | Demonstration, Implementation | Smart production systems contributing to productivity improvement in paddy rice cultivation | Labor productivity enhancement | NARO | |
| Agriculture | Agricultural machinery | Demonstration, Implementation | Smart agricultural machinery in compliance with the Common Communications Standard (ISOBUS) | Labor productivity enhancement | NARO | |
| Agriculture | Passion fruit | Implementation | A simple shoot-tip grafting practical method for virus-free passion fruit propagation at the farm level | Labor productivity enhancement | JIRCAS | |
| Agriculture | Paddy rice | Implementation | Information and communication technology-based water management system for reducing agricultural water usage, agricultural labor, and electricity | Resource management, Labor productivity enhancement | NARO | National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), KUBOTA Corporation, SOFTECH Co., Ltd., Toyogawa Sougou Yousui Tochi Kairyouku |
| Agriculture | Paddy rice | Demonstration | Greenhouse gas emission reduction technology with the combination of biogas effluent application and multiple drainage in a rice paddy | GHG emission reduction | JIRCAS | Can Tho University (Vietnam) |
| Forestry | Timber | Demonstration, Implementation | Identification of wood species and provenance of timber to promote trade of legal timber | Resource management | FFPRI | Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Forest Research Centre Sabah, Malaysia (Malaysia), Gadjah Mada University (Indonesia), Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) |
| Fisheries | Blood cockles | Demonstration | A simple calculation method of biological indices for blood cockle resource management through aquaculture fishing ground selection and harvest time determination | Resource management | JIRCAS | |
| Fisheries | Tropical sea cucumber | Demonstration | Utilizing coconut fiber for the recovery of tropical sea cucumber resources | Resource management | FRA, OFCF Japan | |
| Fisheries | Fisheries | Demonstration | Smartphone application to collect coastal fisheries and environmental information for adaptation to changes in the marine environment (FishGIS) | Resource management | FRA, PICES | |
| Forestry | Dipterocarp timber | Demonstration | An improvement method of selective logging criteria for dipterocarp timber species to maintain healthy tropical rainforests | Resource management, Forest conservation | JIRCAS | |
| Forestry | Forest | Implementation | Easy-to-do monitoring method for soil erosion risk to maintain high productivity and water and soil conservation functions of forests | Forest conservation | FFPRI | |
| Agriculture | Sugarcane | Implementation | TPJ04-768: A new sugarcane cultivar with high fiber (bagasse) productivity | Biomass utilization | JIRCAS | Department of Agricultural (DOA), Thailand |
| Agriculture | Erianthus | Implementation | JES1: A new Erianthus cultivar for biomass production | Biomass utilization | JIRCAS, NARO | |
| Fisheries | Freshwater aquaculture fish | Demonstration | Aquaculture feed with the black soldier fly larvae easily grown from fruit residues as a protein source | Biomass utilization | JIRCAS | Living Aquatic Resources Research Center (LARReC)(Laos), Worldfish Cambodia (Cambodia), Ubon Ratchathani University (Thailand), University of Human Environments |
| Fisheries | Penaeidae | Demonstration | A new aquaculture method of giant tiger prawn to improve profitability by utilizing unused biological resources as supplementary live feeds | Biomass utilization | JIRCAS | |
| Agriculture | Paddy rice | Demonstration | A method to estimate the reduction in life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from rice cultivation caused by the use of alternate wetting and drying | GHG emission reduction | JIRCAS | |
| Livestock | Livestock | Implementation | Simple and highly sensitive detection kits for foot-and-mouth disease virus that can be used in the Asia-Monsoon region | Transboundary disease prevention | NARO | |
| Food processing | Fermented rice noodles | Implementation | Maintaining an acidic condition can prevent liquefaction of fermented rice noodles | Food loss reduction | JIRCAS | Institute of Food Research and Product Development, Kasetsart University (Thailand) |
| Agriculture | Greenhouse horticulture | Demonstration | Energy-saving low-carbon technology in greenhouse horticulture utilizing thermal energy in irrigation canals | GHG emission reduction | NARO | Geo-system Co.,Ltd., Komatsu University, Kanazawa Univerisity |
| Livestock | Livestock | Demonstration, Implementation | Technologies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from livestock waste | GHG emission reduction | NARO | Niigata University, Institute of Animal Production Okayama Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
| Livestock | Livestock | Demonstration | Mitigation of methane emissions from local cattle using cashew nut shell liquid feeding | GHG emission reduction | JIRCAS | Can Tho University (Vietnam), SDS Biotech (Previous company name: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Agriculture | Agricultural residues | Demonstration | Low-cost, high-efficiency production of CH4 and H2 from agricultural residues through microbial saccharification and bio-methanation | GHG emission reduction, Biomass utilization | JIRCAS | IHI Corporation |
| Agriculture | Oil Palm | Demonstration | Utilization by “Multi-Biomass Treatment Process” of unused biomass discharged from the palm oil industry | GHG emission reduction, Biomass utilization | JIRCAS | IHI Corporation, NISSIN SHOJI Co., Ltd., Panasonic Housing Solutions Co., Ltd. |
| Agriculture | Wheat | Demonstration | Biological nitrification inhibition maintains wheat yield with reduced nitrogen fertilizer application | GHG emission reduction, Chemical fertilizer reduction | JIRCAS | University of the Basque Country (Spain), International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)(Mexico), Nihon University |