TARF Holds its 13th Open House on June 24, 2018

The JIRCAS Tropical Agriculture Research Front (TARF) will hold the 13th Open House on June 24 (Sun), 2018, to introduce TARF facilities and research activities to the public. This year, we have created a new exhibit to introduce our research, and we are preparing contents that will be enjoyed by children and adults alike. We hope that this will be an opportunity to further deepen the relationship between the TARF and the public, and that the research outputs and other information provided by the TARF will be useful to the public.

13th TARF Open House
　　Date & Time：　June 24, 2018 (Sun)　 10:00～15:30　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　Venue：　Tropical Agriculture Research Front (TARF)　1091-1 Maezato-Kawarabaru, Ishigaki

JIRCAS・Tropical Agriculture Research Front (TARF)
1091-1 Maezato-Kawarabaru, Ishigaki, Okinawa 907-002
　　Public Relations Officer:　　ISHIKI Koshun
　　　　　　Email: pro-nekken@ml.affrc.go.jp

The JIRCAS Tropical Agriculture Research Front (TARF) conducts research that contributes to the sustainability of agriculture and the stable production of agricultural products in tropical and subtropical developing regions of the world. For Japan, which depends on foreign countries for most of its food, the development of agricultural technology for sustainable agricultural production in developing regions is extremely important. Solutions to the world's agricultural problems are only obtained through cooperation among countries.

TARF has been conducting many research activities overseas in collaboration with research institutes in the Pacific island region and Southeast Asia. Therefore, at the Open House, we will introduce the research activities of TARF conducted overseas and in Japan, including information on the target crops and local conditions.

The 13th TARF Open House will feature a variety of events to demonstrate some of our research activities under our new logo and new catchphrase, "For the Future of the Earth and Food”. In particular, for this year's event to introduce our research, we have created new exhibits and prepared contents that can be enjoyed by both children and adults. In addition, we have increased the number of events that allow visitors to learn through hands-on experience, so that both children and adults can enjoy the whole experience of seeing, touching, and experiencing.

We hope that your participation will be an opportunity to deepen the relationship between the TARF and the public, and that the research and other information provided by TARF will be useful to the public, as well as a chance to come into contact with and understand agriculture.

Events and activities

• Shaved ice / Ice zenzai
• Pineapple / Brown sugar tasting
• Stamp quiz rally
• Let's try on ethnic costumes from around the world
• Photo exhibit: The World as Seen by JIRCAS Staff
• Exhibition of agricultural machinery
• Display of varieties bred by TARF
• Introduction of tropical fruit tree research
• Display panels introducing JIRCAS research
• Tour of sloping field and water purification channel
• Exhibition of sugarcane varieties and various sugars
• Secret of bountiful rice harvest
• Display of sugarcane varieties and items produced from sugarcane
• Mini-lectures : (1) New rice cultivar, (2) The relationship between low sugar content and weather in sugarcane