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JIRCAS Mail Magazine No. 68 (Aug 2025)
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Participation in the ASEAN Task Force Meeting

JIRCAS participated in the “3rd ASEAN Task Force Meeting: Finalizing the Strategic Framework for Food, Agriculture, and Forestry (FAF),” held from June 30 to July 1, 2025. 

JIRCAS presented the results of its research on intermittent irrigation.
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2025/r20250812

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■ Latest Topics
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● Unlocking the Potential of Lao Black Rice: Workshop on Black Rice Research Held in Laos
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2025/r20250807    

● Report on Pilot Study Results of Technologies Listed in the Technology Catalog at the Open Session of the ASEAN Agricultural Research and Development Technology Working Group
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2025/r20250806

● Side Event Held at the UN Food Systems Summit Follow-Up Meeting
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2025/r20250729_0

● 2nd-Year Math and Science Students from Fukuoka Prefectural Yahata High School Visit JIRCAS
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2025/r20250805
      
● 8th Graders from Kenkyugakuen Junior High School in Tsukuba Experience Research on Soybean Rust Resistance
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2025/r20250731

● 2nd-Year Students from Shizuoka Municipal High School’s Science Inquiry Course Visit JIRCAS
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2025/r20250729

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■ New Technology and Research Results from JIRCAS
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● Predicting responses to soil desiccation from leaf traits in potted saplings among Dipterocarpaceae species
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2024_a07

● Biochar application to soil surface layer effectively reduces nitrogen leaching under crop-present conditions
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2024_a08

● Improving airborne LiDAR-based mangrove aboveground biomass estimation in the Philippines
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2024_a09

● The effect of improving soil salinity and pH by Cut-soilers (shallow sub-surface drainage) is high at a construction spacing of 2.5m
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2024_a10

● Changes in location and structure of underground pipes enhance water vapor collection in plastic film tunnels
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2024_a11

● Development of a cryogen-free extraction and preservation method for plant-derived RNA
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2024_b01

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