JIRCAS Report
SATREPS Project Representatives from Bolivia Visit JIRCAS to Strengthen Cooperation
The representatives of SATREPS Bolivia Project on the Bolivian side including Dr. Giovanna Almanza, Professor, Institute of Chemistry, University of San Andrés, Dr. Yonny Rene Flores Segura, Senior Researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of San Andrés, Dr. Wilfredo Rojas, Representative of the Andean Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (PROINPA) and others visited JIRCAS on January 30, 2023 to strengthen cooperation.
JIRCAS Exhibit at SAT Technology Showcase 2023
As part of JIRCAS outreach activities, young researchers presented their research activities at the "SAT Technology Showcase 2023" organized by Science Academy of Tsukuba and held on Thursday, January 26, 2023.
2023 (The 17th) Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers (Japan Award)
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and JIRCAS will begin accepting applications for the 17th Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers (Japan Award) on January 23, 2023.
Messages from JIRCAS Staff: Promoting Gender Equality
Messages from female and male researchers, as well as from administrative and support staff, have been posted to give students and young researchers who are seeking jobs an idea of what it is like to work at JIRCAS.
TARF Holds On-site Review Meeting of the Project Under the Research Program on Development of Innovative Technology
An on-site review meeting to discuss the project on sustainable sugarcane production under the Research program on development of innovative technology was held at the JIRCAS Tropical Agriculture Research Front (TARF) on January 12, 2023.
Kagawa Prefectural Takamatsu-Kita High School Students Visit JIRCAS
A group of 15 second-year students and two teachers from Kagawa Prefectural Takamatsu-Kita High School visited JIRCAS on December 19, 2022.
Ceremony Celebrates Senior Researcher MAENO Kotaro’s 2020 Chinguitt Prize for Science and Technology
A ceremony was held at the Mauritanian National Desert Locust Center (Centre National de Lutte Antiacridienne; CNLA) in Mauritania to celebrate the awarding of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania's Chinguitt Prize for Science and Technology 2020 to Senior Researcher MAENO Kotaro.
Kumamoto Prefectural Uto Junior and Senior High School Students Visit JIRCAS
A group of 22 first-year high school students and 2 teachers from Kumamoto Prefectural Uto Junior and Senior High School visited JIRCAS on December 8, 2022 as part of the Super Science High School (SSH) Future Experience Learning Program.
Newly Hired Staff of Ibaraki Prefecture's Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Visit JIRCAS
A group of 23 newly hired staff members of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the Ibaraki Prefectural Government visited JIRCAS on December 5, 2022.
Senior Researcher MAENO Kotaro Wins the 19th JSPS Prize
Dr. MAENO Kotaro, Senior Researcher in the Crop, Livestock and Environment and Division, has been selected as one of the recipients of the 19th (FY2022) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Prize.