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JIRCAS and IRRI Sign Research Collaboration Agreement for Sustainable Rice Farming
On October 13, 2026, the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) held a signing ceremony in Tokyo, Japan, for a research collaboration agreement aimed at advancing sustainable and climate-resilient rice production. During the ceremony, Dr. Yvonne Pinto, Director General of IRRI, and Dr. HASEGAWA Toshihiro, President of JIRCAS, signed the agreement.
The 57th Tropical Agriculture Research Front (TARF) Public Lecture Held on October 1
On Thursday, October 1, 2026, the Tropical Agriculture Research Front (TARF) of the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) held the 57th TARF Public Lecture, titled
“Developing Sugarcane Production Resilient to Water Shortages: Future Agriculture Supported by Subsurface Irrigation.”
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- Optimization of fertilizer effect in rice cultivation(Tropical agriculture research series : proceedings of a symposium on tropical agriculture researches )
- Nutritional Disorders and their Countermeasures in Ceylon(Tropical agriculture research series : proceedings of a symposium on tropical agriculture researches )
- Present Situation of Fertilizer Use on Rice in the Philippines(Tropical agriculture research series : proceedings of a symposium on tropical agriculture researches )
- The Responses of New Less Photo-Sensitive Rice Varieties to Different Levels of Nitrogen Fertilizer Application During the Dry and Wet Seasons.(Tropical agriculture research series : proceedings of a symposium on tropical agriculture researches )
- Nitrogen Responses to the Rice Plant at Different Stages of Growth(Tropical agriculture research series : proceedings of a symposium on tropical agriculture researches )
- Response of Rice Varieties to Time of Nitrogen Application in the Tropics(Tropical agriculture research series : proceedings of a symposium on tropical agriculture researches )
- The Roles of Root Systems of Rice Plants in Relation to the Functions of Aerial Parts(Tropical agriculture research series : proceedings of a symposium on tropical agriculture researches )
- Maize production in Southeast Asia(Tropical agriculture research series : proceedings of a symposium on tropical agriculture researches )
- Various Problems in the Breeding of Maize in the Philippines(Tropical agriculture research series : proceedings of a symposium on tropical agriculture researches )
- Classification of Local Strains of Maize in Japan and Selection of Breeding Materials by Application of Principal Component Analysis(Tropical agriculture research series : proceedings of a symposium on tropical agriculture researches )