Foreword

• Towards Building Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems in Africa p.3

Special Feature
International Joint Research Projects in Africa under the Food Program

• Development of Sustainable Rice Cultivation and Food Production Systems in Africa  p.4 
• Improvement of Crop Farming Systems in the Savanna Region of Africa  p.5 
• Toward “Local Production for Local Consumption”: Aiming at Production and Distribution of Fertilizers Manufactured from African Indigenous Phosphate Rock  p.6 
• Efforts to Improve the Efficiency of Use of Limited Agricultural Water Resources in Africa  p.7 
• Measuring Household Water Use in Rural Ghana  p.8 
• A New Breeze for Traditional Cropping in West Africa Using Unutilized Genetic Resources  p.9 
• Africa and Nutrition  p.10 
• Towards Improved Farm Management of Smallholder Farmers in Africa  Asia  Monsoon  Region  p.11 

JIRCAS TODAY

• 【Research Highlights】
  • Development of Cellulose Saccharification Technology Using Microorganism Culture Only ―Microbial saccharification method reduces the cost of saccharification enzymes to zero―  p.12
  • Year-round Intermittent Irrigation Improves Farmers’ Profits and Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions ―LCA evaluation of the benefits of alternate wetting and drying technology in the Mekong Delta―  p.12