Information
Strengthening function as an international hub for providing strategic information on agriculture, forestry and fisheries, and mobilizing new research partnerships
- “Information hub”
Strategic information hub for international agricultural research - “Research applications/ventures”
Practical application of global research results and establishment of a model platform for promoting private-sector research collaboration and creating new business ventures - “Digital agriculture”
Towards the development of digital agriculture technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa - "Tropical crop genetic resources"
Advancement of tropical crop genetic resources utilization through the development of database, technologies and research networking - "Green Asia"
Accelerating application of agricultural technologies which enhance production potentials and ensure sustainable food systems in the Asia-Monsoon region
Research Highlights
Related JIRCAS Report
Exhibit at Thailand Science and Technology Expo 2024 – JIRCAS Receives Recognition for Its Contributions
The Thailand Science and Technology Expo is the country’s largest annual science and technology exhibition. This year, it was held for ten days from August 16 to 25 at the IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Center in Nonthaburi Province. Around 200,000 visitors—mainly local elementary, junior high, and high school students—attended the event.
JIRCAS participated in various events at COP30 (held in Belém, Brazil)
From November 13 to 15, 2025, JIRCAS participated in various events at COP30 (held in Belém, Brazil) and introduced its research and collaborative activities.
Press Release
Events
JIRCAS International Symposium 2025
"Accelerating Application of Agricultural Technologies in the Asia-Monsoon Region: Taking Stock and the Way Forward for Enhancing Production Potentials and Sustainable Food Systems"
"Accelerating Application of Agricultural Technologies in the Asia-Monsoon Region: Taking Stock and the Way Forward for Enhancing Production Potentials and Sustainable Food Systems"
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"Hitotsubashi Hall" and On-line(National Center of Sciences Building 2F, 2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8439)
Special Seminar with Ms Alice Ruhweza, AGRA President: Building Climate Resilient Agrifood Systems in Africa – the Role of Science and Public-Private Partnership
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Hall D. TKP Garden City PREMIUM Minatomirai(3-6-3 Minatomirai , Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 220-0012)
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Pick Up1418. 2025 Was the Third Warmest Year on Record
Data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) indicates that 2025 was the third warmest year on record, slightly (0.01°C) cooler than 2023 and 0.13°C cooler than 2024, the warmest year on record. The past 11 years have been the warmest on record, and for the first time, the global average temperature for the past three years (2023-2025) has exceeded the 1.5°C upper limit above pre-industrial levels (1850-1900). -
Pick Up1417. Ocean Heat Content Sets Record in 2025
A paper published in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences reported that in 2025, the heat accumulated in the world's oceans reached its highest level since modern record-keeping began in the early 1950s. -
Pick Up1416. World Economic Outlook 2026
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs' World Economic Outlook 2026 report emphasizes that global cooperation and decisive collective action are essential to navigate an era of trade restructuring, persistent price pressures, and climate-related shocks amid rising geopolitical tensions, more inward-looking policies, and weakening momentum toward multilateral solutions. -
Pick Up1415. World Food Price Trends, December 2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) released its World Food Price Trends report on January 9, showing that the average for December 2025 was 124.3 points, down 0.6% from November, due to declines in the price indexes for dairy products, meat, and vegetable oils outweighing increases in the cereal and sugar price indexes. This index is down 2.3% from its level one year ago and 22.4% from its peak in March 2022. For the full year of 2025, the average index was 127.2 points, up 5.2 points (4.3%) from the 2024 average. -
Pick Up1414. Small-scale Logging in Moist Forests Causes Biomass Loss in Tropical Forests
Tropical forests are essential to the global carbon (C) cycle, yet 46% of tropical moist and dry forests have experienced at least one disturbance, such as deforestation due to land expansion or degradation due to fire. A paper published in Nature quantified aboveground carbon dynamics in disturbed tropical forests and highlighted the disproportionate impact of small-scale logging on carbon loss in the tropics.
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2026
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Sobari, Enceng , Wicaksana, Noladhi , Suwali, Nursuhud , Hindersah, Reginawanti , Nakayama, Masakazu , Endo, Kenji , Matsumoto, Yukinori , Iwasaki, Yasunaga , Mubarok, Syariful (2026) Effect of Day Length on Growth, Flowering, and Yield of Three Strawberry Varieties in a Tropical Climate. International journal of horticultural science and technology, 13 :575-592. https://doi.org/10.22059/ijhst.2025.390923.1033
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藤田, 慎一 , 中山, 正和 (2025) 亜熱帯地域のイチゴ栽培における葉面積推定モデルの作成とその評価. 熱帯農業研究, 18 :25-30. https://doi.org/10.11248/nettai.18.25
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Takaragawa, Hiroo , Terajima, Yoshifumi , Okamoto, Ken (2025) Improvement in the intrinsic water use efficiency of sugarcane by intergeneric hybridization with Erianthus arundinaceus. Frontiers in Plant Science, 16 :1649112-. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2025.1649112
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Takaragawa, Hiroo , Asahi, Tomoki , Mitsuoka, Muneshi , Taira, Eizo , Kawamitsu, Yoshinobu (2025) Establishment of a low-cost photosynthesis measurement system based on a single-board microcomputer and CO₂ sensors. Photosynthesis research, 163 :52-. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-025-01170-5
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Dechassa, Nigussie , Kubota, Osamu , Hughes, Jacqueline , Funaki, Yasuro , Stopponi, Gaia , Fortuna, Serena , Kazungu, Bob , Ono, Kaori , Mamo, Tadele , Hanai, Junichi , Nguyen Thi, Thanh Thuy , Iiyama, Miyuki (2025) Tailoring Science, Technology, and Innovation to Local Contexts while Advancing Global Agendas : Lessons from Multi-Country, Cross-Sectoral Approaches to Agri-Food Systems Transformation. Tailoring Science, Technology, and Innovation to Local Contexts while Advancing Global Agendas: Lessons from Multi-Country, Cross-Sectoral Approaches to Agri-Food Systems Transformation : UN Food Systems Summit +4 Stocktake (UNFSS+4) Side Event, https://doi.org/10.34556/0002000893
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Shiratori, Sakiko , Abeysekara, MG Dilini (2025) Relevance of Mathematical Optimization as a Tool for Diet Modeling in the Development of Food-Based Dietary Recommendations in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Scoping Review. Advances in Nutrition, 16 :100480-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advnut.2025.100480
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Kuniyoshi, Daichi , Kishima, Yuji (2025) Fertile interspecific diploid hybrids between the Asian and African rice species facilitated by tetraploidization and its reduction. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 138 :161-. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-025-04901-3
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NAKAYAMA, Masakazu (2025) Manual for managing tomato cultivation in Asia Monsoon Plant Factory system (AMPF). , 0 https://doi.org/10.34556/0002000730
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2022
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国際農林水産業研究センター熱帯・島嶼研究拠点 (2022) パッションフルーツ簡易茎頂接ぎ木実施マニュアル＆ウイルス病感染防止対策例. , https://doi.org/10.34556/0002000729