VaryAla Project

A collaborative researcher from the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar, visited Japan for a short-term training program.

Dr. RANDRIAMBANONA Herizo Andrianantoandro, Output 2 Leader of the SATREPS VaryAla Project at the National Center for Environmental Research (CNRE), Madagascar, visited Japan under the Research Manager Invitation Program.

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.

 

Prof. Yuko Nakano of the University of Tsukuba, a member of Output 3, traveled to Madagascar to conduct interview surveys.

A collaborative researcher from the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar, visited Japan for a short-term training program.

Dr. Yuniar Devi Utami, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of Tokyo and a member of SATREPS ValyAla Project Output 2, traveled to Madagascar to conduct fungal culture, inoculation, and seed sowing activities using selected fungal isolates.

Dr. Ryosuke Ozaki, Researcher at JIRCAS and a member of SATREPS VaryAla Project (Output 3), traveled to Madagascar to gather information for an intervention experimment.

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.

 

 

A message to current students from Project Leader Tsujimoto, recorded in conjunction with the Kyoto University Entrance Ceremony (AY2026), is now available.

Dr. Tomohiro Nishigaki , Senior Researcher at JIRCAS and a member of the SATREPS VaryAla project, traveled to Madagascar in May to conduct field surveys and hold meetings with partner research institutions.

Dr. Yasuhiro Tsujimoto, Project Leader at JIRCAS and a member of the SATREPS VaryAla project, traveled to Madagascar to manage project activities and carry out yield surveys for large-scale coordinated field trials.

Project Leader Tsujimoto paid a courtesy visit to Ambassador Toshima of the Embassy of Japan in Madagascar.