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Business Trip to Madagascar( February 2026): Takanori Okamoto, Researcher, JIRCAS
Dr. Takanori Okamoto, a researcher at JIRCAS and a member of the SATREPS VaryAla Project (Output 2), traveled to Madagascar to to collect samples for evaluating greenhouse gas emissions from paddy fields.
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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
Dr. Yutaro Fujimoto of the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), a member of the SATREPS VaryAla Project (Output 4), traveled to Madagascar to conduct field research.
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Business Trip to Madagascar (January- February2026): Tomohiro Nishigaki,Senior Researcher, JIRCAS
Dr. Tomohiro Nishigaki , Senior Researcher at JIRCAS and a member of the SATREPS VaryAla project, traveled to Madagascar to conduct field surveys, and hold meetings with partner research institutions.
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Business Trip to Madagascar (February ): Yu Tsunetaka, Researcher, FFPRI
Dr. Yu Tsunetaka of the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), a member of the SATREPS VaryAla Project (Output 4), traveled to Madagascar to conduct field surveys and hold meetings with partner research institutions.
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Business Trip to Madagascar (February ): Tomoki Oda, Senior Researcher, FFPRI
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 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): 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): 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.
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Business Trip to Madagascar (Sep.): Ryosuke Ozaki, Researcher, JIRCAS
Dr. Ryosuke Ozaki, a Researcher at JIRCAS and a member of SATREPS VaryAla Project (Output 3), traveled to Madagascar to observe the intervention experiment and prepare for the household survey.