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JIRCAS Mail Magazine No. 70 (Oct 2025)
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● JIRCAS International Symposium 2025
"Accelerating Application of Agricultural Technologies in the Asia-Monsoon Region: 
Taking Stock and the Way Forward for Enhancing Production Potentials and Sustainable Food Systems"
Date: 2025-10-27(Mon) 13:30～17:30 (JST)
Place: "Hitotsubashi Hall" and On-line
Detail: https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/symposium/2025/e20251027_jircas
Registration deadline: 2025-10-27(Mon) 12:00 (JST)
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/form/symposium/2025/e20251027_jircas

● “Technology Catalog Contributing to Production Potential and Sustainability in the Asia-Monsoon Region Ver. 4.0” Released
—Strengthening its impact through alignment with the ASEAN-Japan MIDORI Cooperation Plan—

The Technology Catalog Ver. 4.0 for the Asia-Monsoon region, in line with the Strategy for Sustainable Food Systems, MIDORI, was published on the JIRCAS website on October 1, 2025.
The catalog includes updated information on two existing technologies and four newly added technologies, expanding the total to 44 technologies.
By aligning with the ASEAN-Japan MIDORI Cooperation Plan, which includes the Technology Catalog as Annex 3, the catalog is expected to further contribute to building sustainable food systems across ASEAN countries.

Technology Catalog:
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/greenasia/techcatalog

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■ New Technology and Research Results from JIRCAS
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● Dense planting enhances grain yield and profitability in low-yielding paddy fields of Sub-Saharan Africa
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2024_b05

● Simple soil diagnostic information increases lowland rice yields and income of smallholder farmers in Madagascar
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2024_b06

● A quantitative locus, MP3, which increases panicle number, enhances grain yield in Hokuriku 193, the highest-yielding rice cultivar for livestock in Japan
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2024_b07

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