JIRCAs President, Dr. Masa Iwanaga attended the Coalition for African Rice Development (CARD) General Meeting held at the JICA Headquarters in Tokyo on October 2-4, 2018. JIRCAS is one of the organizations participating in CARD as one of the steering committee members with other organizations such as Africa Rice, IRRI etc.  

CARD was launched by JICA in 2008 in partnership with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) as a comprehensive initiative to support the efforts of African countries aiming at doubling African rice production within ten years. A consultative group of donors, research institutions and other relevant organizations coordinates efforts in research with rice producing African countries.