JIRCAS Mail Magazine (English) (12)

JIRCAS Mail Magazine (English)

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【JIRCAS Mail Magazine No.12 (January 2019)】
Published by Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en
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Happy New Year from JIRCAS!
Best wishes for a bright and promising 2019!
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■Latest topics
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●The 3rd International BNI Meeting in Tsukuba
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2018/r20181029

●JIRCAS signs Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with iEES Paris
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2018/r20181029_0

●2018 Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2018/r20181107

●FAO-APEC Workshop “Rice Landscapes and Climate Change”
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2018/r20181112

●JIRCAS Workshop on ”Sustainable Resource Management and Environmental Conservation in the Pacific Islands” and Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Physical Hydrology held in Ishigaki
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2018/r20181130

●JIRCAS International Symposium 2018 “Women in Fisheries: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Contributions to Research and Industry”
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2018/r20190111

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■Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers (Japan Award) 2019
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This annual award, which began in 2007, is organized and presented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan. Its purpose is to increase motivation among young researchers contributing to research and development in agriculture, forestry fisheries, and related industries in developing countries, which is promoted by Japan for the benefit of those countries. Up to three young researchers who have shown

1.outstanding performance in research and development in agriculture forestry, fisheries, or related industries for a developing area, and who show great promise
2.outstanding achievements in research and development that will lead to future technological innovation in agriculture, forestry, fisheries related industries for a developing area, and who show great promise

will be invited to Japan to attend the commendation ceremony and accept their awards and cash gifts (US$5,000 will be given per awardee).

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/young_award/2019

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■Introduction of new technologies and research highlights
【Research Highlights (International agriculture, forestry and fisheries research information) Fiscal year 2017】
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●Technical manual on building a low-cost, shallow subsurface drainage system for mitigating salinization
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2017_a03

●Enhancement of drought tolerance in soybean plants by down-regulation of GmERA1 genes
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2017_b08

●Delayed heading technique for early heading Erianthus arundinaceus collected in Japan
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2017_b09

●Complete chloroplast genomes of Erianthus and Miscanthus, and phylogenetic relationships within the Saccharum complex
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2017_b10

●Forecasting mass synchronized flowering in Southeast Asian tropical forest by analyzing the dynamics of flowering gene expression
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2017_c03

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■Guidance publications
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●JIRCAS Newsletter No.85 Jan. 2019
Foreword
•3p. JIRCAS and the SDGs
Special Feature Articles:JIRCAS’s Contribution to the SDGs
•4p. Program A: Achieving the SDGs through Technology Development for Environment and Natural Resource Management in Agriculture
•6p. Program B: Contribution of the Stable Agricultural Production Program to the SDGs
•8p. Program C: Contribution to the SDGs through Utilization of Regional Resources and Value-adding Technologies ‒Lessons from Laos‒
•10p. Program D: The Food and Nutritional Balance Project: Program D's Contribution to the SDGs
•11p. Collaborative Research Institute
•12p. JIRCAS TODAY
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/jircas_newsletter/85

●JARQ (Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly) Vol.53 No.1 January. 2019
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/jarq/53/1

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