JIRCAS Report
JIRCAS-NARO International Symposium on "Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Mitigation" (abstracts and slides uploaded)
Uploaded abstracts and slides of JIRCAS-NARO international symposium on “Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Mitigation”.
JIRCAS President Masa Iwanaga takes over as new chair of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA)
On August 29-30, 2017, the 7th GRA Council Meeting was held at Tsukuba International Congress Center (Epochal Tsukuba), Tsukuba City, Ibaraki, Japan. Dr. Masa Iwanaga, president of JIRCAS took over as new chair of GRA and led the two-day council meeting.
President of the Republic of Guinea visits JIRCAS
H.E. Professor Alpha Condé, president of the Republic of Guinea, visited JIRCAS on June 19, 2017 during his official trip to Japan.
JIRCAS International Symposium 2016 "Legumes improve our livelihood!" (Preliminary report)
On the auspicious occasion for the celebration of the International Year of Pulses 2016, JIRCAS held an International Symposium entitled “Legumes improve our livelihood? -beyond the IYP2016,” at the U Thant International Conference Hall, United Nations University (Tokyo, Japan) on 2 December, 2016.
2017 Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers
On November 2, 2017, the commendation ceremony of the 2017 Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers was held at the U Thant International Conference Hall, United Nations University (UNU), Tokyo, Japan.
2016 Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers
JIRCAS, in cooperation with the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council (AFFRC) Secretariat, presented the Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers for the tenth consecutive year. The award recognizes and honors young foreign researchers (under 40 years of age) who are highly recommended by their institutes, and whose outstanding achievements promote research and development of agricultural, forestry, fishery and other related industries in developing regions. The 2016 commendation ceremony was held last December 1 at the U Thant International Conference Hall, United Nations University (UNU) in Tokyo.
President Iwanaga attends 2nd CGIAR System Council Meeting
On 25-26 September 2016, the 2nd CGIAR* System Council Meeting was held in Mexico City, with JIRCAS President Dr. Masa Iwanaga attending as a representative of the Japanese government, together with officers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry of Japan.
IRRI-JIRCAS-NARO Joint Symposium "Towards Achieving Sustainable Rice Production in Asia"
IRRI-JIRCAS-NARO Joint Symposium "Towards Achieving Sustainable Rice Production in Asia"
2015 Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers
JIRCAS, in cooperation with the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council (AFFRC) Secretariat, presented the Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers for the ninth consecutive year. The award recognizes and honors young foreign researchers (under 40 years of age) who are highly recommended by their institutes, and whose outstanding achievements promote research and development of agricultural, forestry, fishery and other related industries in developing regions.
JIRCAS International Symposium 2015 Why 'Quality' Matters in International Agriculture Research?
Dr. Masa Iwanaga, President of JIRCAS, opened the symposium. He mentioned several new keywords in international development such as ‘nutrition security,’ ‘establishment of food value chains,’ ‘resilience,’ and ‘inclusive development,’ all of which focus on qualitative development rather than quantitative expansion of the economy as represented by GDP growth rates. He also spoke of the major objectives of the symposium, zeroing in on ‘quality,’ a common aspect of these emerging keywords.