Strengthening function as an international hub for providing strategic information on agriculture, forestry and fisheries, and mobilizing new research partnerships
On December 20, 2024 (Friday), six students from the Department of International Agricultural Development at Tokyo University of Agriculture visited JIRCAS as part of their seminar activities with the Rural Development Cooperation Research Laboratory. The visit began with an introduction to the research activities of JIRCAS, followed by lectures from several researchers and a tour of the facilities.
Archived videos of the JIRCAS International Symposium 2024 and Japan Award 2024 are available on the JIRCAS YouTube channel. If you missed it, please take a look.
The 2025 World Food Prize will be awarded to Dr. Mariangela Hungria for her outstanding scientific advances in biological nitrogen fixation, which have contributed greatly to transforming soil health and crop nutrition sustainability in tropical agriculture.
The latest report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), State of the Climate in Africa 2024, notes that extreme weather and climate change are exacerbating hunger, insecurity, and displacement across Africa, affecting all aspects of socio-economic development.
According to a new report released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), human development progress is experiencing an unprecedented slowdown. The report also discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) could revitalize development.
On June 6th, at a webinar hosted by FFPRI, four experts involved in the preparation of two IPBES assessment reports will introduce the latest research related to the reports and discuss how to implement the reports' proposed solutions in society.
As climate change progresses, the number of extreme weather events experienced by people in their lifetimes may far exceed what they would have experienced under pre-industrial climate conditions. A paper published in Nature predicted that the higher the temperature rise, the greater the proportion of birth cohorts that will experience extreme events such as heat waves, crop failures, river floods, droughts, wildfires, and tropical cyclones in their lifetimes.