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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.Activity
Business Trip to Madagascar (April): Nakagawa Andressa, Researcher, JIRCAS
Dr. Nakagawa Andressa, a Researcher at JIRCAS and a member of the SATREPS VaryAla Project (Output 1), traveled to Madagascar for a preliminary survey.
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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 for a crop yield survey.
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Business Trip to Madagascar (March): 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 survey and discussions on experimental planning.
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Project Leader Tsujimoto Delivers a Congratulatory Address at Kyoto University Entrance Ceremony
Dr. Yasuhiro Tsujimoto, Project Leader of JIRCAS and SATREPS VaryAla, delivered a congratulatory address to new students at the Kyoto University entrance ceremony, representing alumni.Activity
Business Trip to Madagascar (February to March 2026): Yasuhiro Tsujimoto, Project Leader, JIRCAS
Dr. Yasuhiro Tsujimoto, Project Leader of JIRCAS and SATREPS VaryAla, traveled to Madagascar for the Project Kick-off Meeting and the monitoring of field experiments.
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Business Trip to Madagascar (February to March 2026): Papa Saliou Sarr Senior Researcher, JIRCAS
Dr. Papa Saliou Sarr, a senior researcher at JIRCAS and a member of the SATREPS VaryAla Project (Output 2), traveled to Madagascar for field sampling and data analysis related to field experiments.
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Business Trip to Madagascar (February - March): Dr. Sandratra Zoniaina Ramahaimandimby, Research Fellow, JIRCAS
Dr. Sandratra Zoniaina Ramahaimandimby, a Research Fellow at JIRCAS and a member of the SATREPS VaryAla Project (Output 3), traveled to Madagascar to prepare for a market survey.
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Promotional Video Introducing the P-dipping Technique Released
We have released a promotional video introducing the P-dipping technique, which enhances rice productivity in Madagascar.Activity
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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Project Leader Yasuhiro Tsujimoto Featured on the Open University of Japan’s BS231 Program
Project Leader Yasuhiro Tsujimoto of JIRCAS and SATREPS VaryAla Featured on the Open University of Japan’s BS231 special program “A New Era for Rice” to introduce research on crop science in Africa.Activity
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