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JIRCAS Mail Magazine No. 81　(Sep 2026)
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●Japan–IRRI Strategic Forum and Technical Workshop on Heat-Resilient Rice Systems
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/event/2026/e20261013
 
Registration：https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/7AtYMtpPL5
Registration deadline： 2026-10-7(Wed) 17:00 (JST)
 
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■ Press Release
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●Poverty Risks Facing Smallholder Farmers in Madagascar Amid Surging Fertilizer Prices
－Quantifying Farm Size Reduction and Household Austerity Through a Panel Survey of 550 Rice-Farming Households Before and After the Global Fertilizer Price Spike－
 https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/release/2026/press202610

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■ Latest Topics
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●Release Ceremony Held in Madagascar for the New Rice Variety “Besalohy”
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2026/r20260910

●JIRCAS President Hasegawa Delivers Keynote Address on Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change at the 32nd International Horticultural Congress
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2026/r20260907_0
 
●Exhibit at MAHA 2026 Highlights Progress Toward Social Implementation of Next-Generation Biomass Technologies
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2026/r20260903
 
●Report on the “Tsukuba Chibikko Hakase (Little Scientists) 2026 Open House”
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2026/r20260831

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■ From JIRCAS Southeast Asia Liaison Office
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●Thailand’s Unusual Black Egg, the “Chaiya Salted Duck Egg”
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/program/proc/blog/20260911

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■Visits to JIRCAS
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●Future Science Talent Academy – 35th Session: Second-Year Students from Sapporo Asahigaoka Senior High School Learn about International Agricultural Research and “Environmentally and Human-Friendly Agriculture” Using BNI
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2026/r20260901
 
●Future Science Talent Academy – 34th Session: Second-Year Students from Fukuoka Prefectural Yahata High School Learn About International Agricultural Research, High-Yield Rice Development, and Rice Paddy Fisheries
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2026/r20260828
 
●Future Science Talent Academy – 32nd and 33rd Sessions: First-Year Science Students from Salesian International School Setagaya Junior & Senior High School experience the potential of the superfood "quinoa."
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2026/r20260827
 
●Future Science Talent Academy – 31st Session: Second-Year Students from Shizuoka City High School Learn about Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries Research in Developing Countries Addressing Environmental and Food Issues
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2026/r20260826
 
●Future Science Talent Academy – 30th Session: Second-Year Students from Mie Prefectural Matsusaka High School Learn about International Agricultural Research and Rice Breeding
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2026/r20260825

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