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Pick Up1324.Southeast Asia Liaison Office News: Thailand National Science and Technology Fair 2025
The Thailand National Science and Technology Fair 2025 is Thailand's largest annual science and technology exhibition. This year, it was held at the Queen Sirikit International Convention Center in Bangkok from August 9th to 17th. JIRCAS exhibited the results of its international collaborative research on Khanom Jeen, a traditional Thai fermented rice noodle, and Khon Kaen 4, a recommended Thai sugarcane variety.
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Pick Up1323. TICAD9 Panel Exhibition
TICAD9 has begun in Yokohama. During the event, the TICAD9 panel exhibition booth will also be introducing the following JIRCAS activities. Please stop by if you are in Yokohama. -
Pick Up1322. Special Seminar with Ms. Alice Ruhweza, AGRA President
The seminar, titled " Building Climate Resilient Agrifood Systems in Africa – the Role of Science and Public-Private Partnership," will take place on Friday, August 22, 2025, from 12:15 to 13:45 (JST) at TKP Garden City PREMIUM Minatomirai. -
Pick Up1321. TICAD9 Thematic Event (MAFF) – Fostering the Future Through International Collaborative Research: Young Researchers Engaging with Africa
The Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), with the support of the Japan Intellectual Support Network in Agricultural Sciences (JISNAS), will host a thematic seminar entitled “Fostering the Future Through International Collaborative Research – Young Researchers Engaging with Africa” as an official side event of the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9). The event will take place on Thursday, August 21, 2025, from 18:30 to 19:30 (JST) at Pacifico Yokohama, Exhibition Hall D, and will be held in a hybrid format. -
Pick Up1320. Demographics: Key to the Development of Africa's Food Systems
The 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) will be held in Yokohama this week, from August 20th to 22nd, 2025. A report by AGRA identifies Africa's high population growth rate as one of the key megatrends for the development of Africa's food systems. -
Pick Up1319. Regional Differences in Progress in Achieving SDG2
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI 2025), released in Addis Ababa at the end of July, noted that while food insecurity has improved in Asia and Latin America, the proportion of hungry people in Africa exceeds 20%, and the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity is expected to rise from 57.5% in 2023 to 58.9% in 2024. The report emphasized the urgency of policy development to ensure that no one is left behind. -
Pick Up1318. Extreme Heat Affects Millions
Extreme heatwaves, with dangerously high daytime and nighttime temperatures, are affecting millions worldwide, highlighting the importance of early warnings and heatstroke prevention action plans. According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), from late July to early August, temperatures exceeded 42°C in Western Asia, southern Central Asia, much of North Africa, southern Pakistan, and parts of the southwestern United States. Japan also recorded a national high of 41.8°C on August 5th. -
Pick Up1317. World Food Price Trends, July 2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) released its Food Price Index report on August 8. The average for July 2025 was 130.1 points, up 1.6% from June. While price indices for cereals, dairy products, and sugar declined, increases in the price indices for meat and vegetable oils outweighed the decline. Overall, the price index rose 7.6% from July of the previous year, but remained 18.8% lower than the peak recorded in March 2022. -
Pick Up1316. JIRCAS Events at TICAD9
The 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) is scheduled to be held in Yokohama from August 20 to 22, 2025. JIRCAS, together with its partners, will hold three events - 'TICAD9 Thematic Event (MAFF) "Fostering the Future Through International Collaborative Research: Young Researchers Engaging with Africa"', 'Transforming African Food Systems Through Regenerative Agriculture— Strategies, Policies, and Alliances
to Empower Youth and Farmers —' , and 'Special Seminar with Ms. Alice Ruhweza, AGRA President: Building Climate Resilient Agrifood Systems in Africa – the Role of Science and Public-Private Partnership'. -
Pick Up1315. Copernicus: Third-Warmest July, Respite from Record Global Temperatures
In July 2025, Japan's monthly average temperature was the highest of any July since statistics began in 1898. In turn, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) declared July 2025 to be the third-warmest on record, describing it as a respite from a continuous streak of record-breaking temperatures. -
Pick Up1314. African Food Security
The 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) is scheduled to be held in Yokohama from August 20 to 22, 2025. This article, published on the African Union website, discusses the challenges and opportunities facing African food security. -
Pick Up1313. Planetary Boundaries and Planetary Health
Earth system scientists have developed the planetary boundaries framework to measure and track the stability and resilience of the Earth system, quantifying safe zones for nine processes increasingly affected by human activities. In parallel, health scientists are concerned that Earth system change threatens the conditions underlying human health and well-being. An editorial published in The Lancet made the following four proposals for closer integration of planetary boundaries and planetary health research. -
Pick Up1312. About Heat Waves
Currently, an extraordinary heat wave is sweeping across Japan, and abnormal weather is being observed all over the world. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report and Working Group I Report (The Physical Science Basis) released on August 9, the frequency of extreme events such as heat waves, heavy rains, droughts, and floods is expected to increase due to accelerated climate change. Let's take a look back at the heat wave article that was featured in Pick Up last year. -
Pick Up1311. Gaining Momentum for Food Systems Transformation
In her closing remarks at the UN Food Systems Summit +4 (UNFSS+4) held in Addis Ababa on July 29, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed lauded the growing momentum for food systems transformation and emphasized that food systems must be the solution for people, planet, peace, and prosperity. -
Pick Up1310. Global Forest Carbon Sink Shrinks to 20-Year Low
Forests have quietly cooled the planet for decades, but their role is increasingly under threat. According to new analysis by the World Resources Institute's (WRI) Global Forest Watch (GFW) and others, wildfires in 2023 and 2024 have caused the global forest carbon sink to shrink to its lowest level in at least 20 years due to fires and ongoing deforestation. -
Pick Up1309. Relationship Between Economic Development Level and Energy Consumption/Obesity
Economic development worldwide is associated with the prevalence of obesity and related health problems. A study published in the journal PNAS looked at energy consumption and obesity in 4,213 adults across six continents, representing a variety of lifestyles and economies, and found that dietary intake plays a much larger role in obesity associated with economic development than does a decline in energy consumption. -
Pick Up1308. Report on UNFSS+4 Side Event
On July 27, JIRCAS held a UNFSS+4 side event with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF), the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), the Vietnam Gardening Association (VGA), the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) of Uganda, FAO Forestry Division, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., and Greein Inc.
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Pick Up1307. The Opening and Plenary Sessions of UNFSS+4
On 28 July, the United Nations Food Systems Summit +4 (UNFSS+4) plenary sessions kicked off in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with a number of special sessions including by renowned experts in the field of food systems research. -
Pick Up1306. JIRCAS and Partners Held UNFSS+4 Side Event
On July 27, JIRCAS held a side event with partners from Japan, Ethiopia, Vietnam, and Uganda. -
Pick Up1305. Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals
The Secretary-General's Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals Report provides a global overview of progress made in the decade since the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted in 2015 and identifies areas where decisive action is needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Since 2015, progress has been made on SDG2, with reductions in child stunting and wasting and modest improvements in dietary diversity for young children, but hunger and food insecurity are worsening and small-scale producers continue to earn significantly less than their larger counterparts. The report highlights the importance of food systems transformation, among others, in achieving the 2030 Agenda.