JIRCAS Report
Gakuennomori Compulsory Education School 8th-Grade Students Visit JIRCAS for 'Workplace Experience Learning'
As part of the ‘Workplace Experience Learning’ program, four 8th-grade students (2nd-year junior high) from Tsukuba Gakuennomori Compulsory Education School visited JIRCAS on July 24 and 25.
“Discovering the Wonders of Superfood Quinoa” at Children's Tour Day on August 2-3
An event entitled “Discovering the Wonders of Superfood Quinoa” will be held at the Tsukuba Business-Academia Cooperation Support Center exhibition corner on August 2 (Wednesday) and August 3 (Thursday), 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This event is part of the “Children's Tour Day”, and will introduce the superfood quinoa and the research being conducted in Bolivia, South America, for elementary school students and older.
The 50th TARF Public Lecture Held on June 30
The 50th TARF Public Lecture entitled “Agricultural Research that Balances Productivity Improvement and Environmental Protection: How Research Contributes to the Sustainable Development of Agriculture on Ishigaki Island” was held on June 30, 2023 from 7:00 to 8:30 PM at the Ishigaki City Health and Welfare Center.
Senior Researcher Kashiwa Receives “Young Scientist Award" at World Soybean Research Conference
Dr. KASHIWA Takeshi, Senior Researcher, Biological Resources and Post-harvest Division, received the "Young Scientist Award" at the World Soybean Research Conference 11 (WSRC11) held in Vienna, Austria onJune 18-23, 2023, for his presentation on "Genome analysis of the pathogen causing Cercospora leaf blight and purple seed stain of soybean”.
Agricultural Extension Officers from Asia and Africa Visit JIRCAS as Part of JICA Training Program
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has been conducting training on Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment and Promotion (SHEP) for extension workers in Asia and Africa based on Japan's technical cooperation program. As a part of this training program, 12 extension officers and 2 advisors from JICA Tsukuba visited JIRCAS on June 28, 2023.
Dissemination of JIRCAS Research Results at the UNFCCC Bonn Climate Change Conference
The Bonn Climate Change Conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held in Bonn, Germany on June 5-15, 2023. Dr. NOGUCHI Shouji (Director, Forestry Division) and Dr. YOSHIHASHI Tadashi (Project Leader, Biological Resources and Post-harvest Division) presented their research at the 15th Research Dialogue held on June 8th.
Joint Regional Meeting with the Mekong River Commission on Intermittent Irrigation
JIRCAS, in collaboration with the Mekong River Commission (MRC), organized a regional meeting on intermittent irrigation in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, on May 30, 2023.
SATREPS Burkina Faso Releases Four Technical Manuals as Research Output
Four technical manuals summarizing the results of joint research in Burkina Faso have been published, and a ceremony was held to hand them over to the relevant local institutions. The technical manuals consist of English and French versions, respectively.
Project Leader Tsujimoto Talks About Madagascar Research on Lucky FM Ibaraki's "Weekly Newspo!”
Project Leader Tsujimoto made a studio appearance on Lucky FM Ibaraki's radio program "Weekly Newspo" on May 27, 2023, to communicate the importance of rice research in Madagascar and the results of the phosphorus-dipping treatment technology (P-dipping) developed by JIRCAS.
JIRCAS Project on Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Through Paddy Water Management in Cambodia Provisionally Selected for SATREPS Program
The JIRCAS research proposal has been provisionally* selected as a new research project in the field of environment and energy for the FY2023 Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) program, which is jointly implemented by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).