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Business Trip to Madagascar (May): Yasuhiro Tsujimoto, Project Leader, JIRCAS
Dr. Yasuhiro Tsujimoto, Project Leader of JIRCAS and the SATREPS VaryAla project, traveled to Madagascar to manage project activities and carry out yield surveys for large-scale coordinated field trials.
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Courtesy Visit to the Vice Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty of Madagascar
Project Leader Tsujimoto paid a courtesy visit to the Vice Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty of Madagascar.
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Courtesy Visit to Ambassador Toshima of the Embassy of Japan in Madagascar
Project Leader Tsujimoto paid a courtesy visit to Ambassador Toshima of the Embassy of Japan in Madagascar.
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Business Trip to Madagascar (April): Nakagawa Andressa, Researcher, JIRCAS
Dr. Nakagawa Andressa, a Researcher at JIRCAS and a member of SATREPS VaryAla Project (Output 1), traveled to Madagascar for a preliminary survey.
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Business Trip to Madagascar (February): Tetsuro Kikuchi, Senior Researcher, JIRCAS
Dr. Tetsuro Kikuchi, Senior Researcher at JIRCAS and a member of SATREPS VaryAla Project (Output 4), traveled to Madagascar for field surveys and discussions with collaborating research institutions
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Business Trip to Madagascar (January–February 2026): Yutaro Fujimoto, Researcher, FFPRI
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Business Trip to Madagascar (February ): Tomoki Oda, Senior Researcher, FFPRI
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Dr. Tomoki Oda, Senior Researcher at the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI) and a member of the SATREPS VaryAla Project (Output 4), traveled to Madagascar to conduct field surveys and fold meetings with collaborating research institutions.
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Business Trip to Madagascar (December): Miwa Arai, Senior Researcher, JIRCAS
Dr. Miwa Arai, a senior researcher at JIRCAS and a member of the SATREPS VaryAla Project (Output 2), traveled to Madagascar for field surveys and meetings with local counterparts.
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Business Trip to Madagascar (December): , Papa Saliou Sarr Senior Researcher, JIRCAS
Papa Saliou Sarr, a senior researcher at JIRCAS and a member of the SATREPS VaryAla Project (Output 2), traveled to Madagascar to establish experimental field sites.
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Business Trip to Madagascar (November–December): Aung Zaw Oo, Senior Researcher, JIRCAS
Dr. Aung Zaw Oo, a senior researcher at JIRCAS and a member of the SATREPS VaryAla Project (Output 1), traveled to Madagascar to establish experimental field sites.
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Business Trip to Madagascar (November–December 2025): Takanori Okamoto, Researcher, JIRCAS
Dr. Takanori Okamoto, a researcher at JIRCAS and a member of the SATREPS VaryAla Project (Output 3), traveled to Madagascar to begin field environmental analyses related to paddy rice productivity and greenhouse gas emissions.
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Business Trip to Madagascar (November–December 2025): Yasuhiro Tsujimoto, Project Leader, JIRCAS
Dr. Yasuhiro Tsujimoto, Project Leader of JIRCAS and SATREPS VaryAla, traveled to Madagascar to attend the First Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) Meeting.