JIRCAS Report 2023
Researcher Muraoka and Colleagues Win Best Paper Award at the 11th ASAE International Conference
Dr. MURAOKA Rie (Researcher, Social Sciences Division) and her colleagues won the Best Paper Award (3rd prize) for their research entitled "Sustainable Intensification of Maize Farming in Kenya: Evidence from a Longitudinal Smallholder Survey” presented at the t the 11th International Conference of the Asian Society of Agricultural Economics (ASAE) held at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo on March 18-20, 2023.
Project Leader Tsujimoto et al. Win Japanese Society of Crop Science Best Paper Award
Dr. TSUJIMOTO Yasuhiro, Project Leader of the “Africa rice farming system” project, and colleagues from the Crop, Livestock and Environment Division received the 20th Japanese Society of Crop Science Best Paper Award for the paper titled "AZ-97 (Oryza sativa ssp. Indica) exhibits superior biomass production by maintaining the tiller numbers, leaf width, and leaf elongation rate under phosphorus deficiency".