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【JIRCAS Mail Magazine No.17 (April 2020)】 
Published by Japan International Research Center for Agricultural   
Sciences (JIRCAS) 
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en 
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Dear subscribers, 
In Japan, the cherry blossom season has passed and consecutive holidays   
are coming up. 
However, we will refrain from doing outdoor activities during this   
period to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection. 

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■Latest topics 
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●JIRCAS 50th Founding Anniversary Logo 

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20200204 

●JIRCAS Participates in G20 MACS Saudi Arabia 

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20200225 

●President Iwanaga Participates in the First Meeting of the FAO   
Director-General's Advisory Group 

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20200227 

●JIRCAS Participates in Ceremony for the Water and Soil Conservation   
Project in Tigray, Ethiopia 

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20200303 

●Certificate of Appreciation from the Director of Burkina Faso’s   
National Institute of Science and Technology 

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20200313 

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■Introduction of new technologies and research highlights 
【Research Highlights (International agriculture, forestry and fisheries   
research information) Fiscal year 2018】 
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●Countermeasures against freshwater lens pollution on atolls should   
consider the groundwater residence time 
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2018_a07 

●Development of intergeneric F1 hybrids between sugarcane and Erianthus   
arundinaceus as a new sugarcane breeding material 
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2018_b06 

●Spatiotemporal distribution patterns of the desert locust in Africa 
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2018_b07 

●Increasing rainy season lowland rice and dry season crop yields in the   
semi-mountainous villages of Laos using stored water intended for   
aquaculture 
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2018_c04 

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■Guidance publications 
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●JARQ (Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly) Vol.54 No.2 April. 2020 

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/jarq/54/2 

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