JIRCAS Report
JIRCAS at the Global Festa Japan 2018
JIRCAS participated in the Global Festa Japan 2018 which was held at the Odaiba Center Promenade on September 29, 2018 with the theme of “Action for all ~ Changing tomorrow from small things~”.
JIRCAS Student Trainee Receives ‘Certificate of Achievement’ from the University of Tsukuba
Mr. Dequan Liu, a graduate student under the JIRCAS Educational Research Training Program, received a ‘Certificate of Achievement’ from the Dean of the Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, for demonstrating excellence in studies through and research.
The 45th TARF Public Lecture on Cultivation of New Passion Fruit Cultivar “Sunny Shine”
The 46th TARF Public Lecture on cultivation of new passion fruit cultivar “Sunny Shine” was held on September 14, 2018 at Ishigaki City, Okinawa Pref.
Courtesy Visit of President Iwanaga to the Agriculture Minister of Mauritania
JIRCAS President, Dr. Masa Iwanaga paid a courtesy visit to Minister Lemine Mint El Ghotob Ould Moma of the Ministry of Agriculture of Mauritania on September 18, 2018 in conjunction with the joint collaboration of JIRCAS and the National Anti-Locust Centre (CNLA) under the Ministry of Agriculture of Mauritania.
Pres. Iwanaga at the 8th annual GRA Council Meeting
JIRCAS President Dr. Masa Iwanaga attended the 8th annual Council Meeting of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA) held in Berlin, Germany on September 10-11, 2018.
Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (JSSSPN) Journal Award
Dr. Naruo Matsumoto, a senior researcher in the Research Strategy Office and JIRCAS’s regional representative for Southeast Asia, accepted the 2018 Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (JSSSPN) Journal Award.
Dr. Yukio Okuda receives the JSIRDE Best Paper Award 2018
The paper of Dr. Yukio Okuda entitled “Problems and Measures for the Adoption of Cut-drain and Its Applicability to Soil Conditions in Uzbekistan” published in the Journal of the Japanese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering was awarded as 2018 JSIDRE Best Paper.
Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China visits JIRCAS
The Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Mr. Qu Dongyu, visited JIRCAS on August 29, 2018 in conjunction with his participation to the regular Japan-China dialogue between the ministers in-charge of agriculture.
JIRCAS implements open data access on the official website
The JIRCAS has started to implement the open data access policy which makes information on the official website available for download in CSV and JSON-LD format.
Visit of Gunma Prefectural Maebashi Girls’ Senior High School
A delegation from Gunma Prefectural Maebashi Girls’ Senior High School including 38 students and teachers visited JIRCAS on August 10, 2018 and participated in the “Tsukuba Science Tour” biology course.