On November 14, 2011, the Awarding Ceremony of the 2011 Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers was held at Tsukuba International Congress Center Epochal, Tsukuba City, Japan. The ceremony was well attended by many participants, including members of the Selection Committee and diplomats from the country embassies of the Awardees. This is the fifth time that the Award was presented by the President of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council to young foreign researchers with outstanding achievements to promote research and development of agricultural, forestry, fishery and other related industries in developing regions. This year’s recipients of the award and their research achievements are as follows:
Awardees
Dr. Roel Rodriguez SURALTA
Nationality: Republic of the Philippines
Institute: Philippine Rice Research Institute
Research Achievement: Significance of root plasticity in maintaining dry matter production in rice under fluctuating soil moisture stresses
Dr. Md. Abdul ALIM
Nationality: Peoples Republic of Bangladesh
Institute: Bangladesh Agricultural University
Research Achievement: Study on tick molecular biology with a view to development of novel control strategies for ticks and tick borne diseases
Dr. Jonne RODENBURG
Nationality: Kingdom of Netherlands
Institute: Africa Rice Center
Research Achievement: Developing socially acceptable weed management strategies for resource-poor rice farmers
