On November 28, 2012, the Awarding Ceremony of the 2012 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.
This is the sixth 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. Sudisha Jogaiah
Nationality: Republic of India
Institute: University of Mysore
Research Achievement:
Antimildew compounds from wood rot fungi and sequence characterized amplified region markers associated with downy mildew disease resistance in pearl millet
Ms. Kanokwan Srirattana
Nationality: Kingdom of Thailand
Institute: Suranaree University of Technology
Research Achievement:
Improvement of reproductive biotechnology techniques for livestock and endangered species
Dr. Lijun Yin
Nationality: People's Republic of China
Institute: China Agricultural University
Research Achievement:
Development of technology for quality and functionality improvement of traditional foods, and application of novel emulsifying technology for new processing system
