International research collaboration to tackle transboundary plant pests: Contributions to Sustainable Development Goals

Date : November 26, 2019
Venue : Convention Hall 200, Tsukuba International Congress Center (Takezono 2-20-3, Tsukuba, Ibaraki)

Opening Remarks     

Masa Iwanaga  (President, JIRCAS)

Welcome Remarks

Kazuhiko Shimada (Deputy Director General, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council Secretariat, MAFF)

Keynote Speeches

Chairperson: Kazuo Nakashima (Program Director, Stable Agricultural Production, JIRCAS)

• Recent challenges in fighting against transboundary plant pests and the FAO strategies for helping farmers in dealing with those pest
  Jingyuan Xia (Secretary, International Plant Protection Convention Secretariat; IPPC)
• CABI’s experiences of transboundary plant pest management: Strengthening plant health systems and the importance of advisory services
  Ulrich Kuhlmann (Executive Director, Global Operations, CABI)

Session 1: “Important Transboundary Insect Pests”

Chairperson: Youichi Kobori (Senior Researcher, Crop, Livestock and Environment Division, JIRCAS)

• Migration analysis and forecasting of migratory insect pests
  Akira Otuka (Unit Leader, Institute of Agricultural Machinery, NARO)
• Development of insecticide application technology to rice planthoppers that are important transboundary plant pests in Asia
  Sachiyo Sanada-Morimura (Group Leader, Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, NARO)
  Mizuki Matsukawa (Researcher, Crop, Livestock and Environment Division, JIRCAS)
• Fall armyworm damage in African smallholder maize fields and its impact on yield
  Frédéric Baudron (Principal Scientist, Sustainable Intensification Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center: CIMMYT, Harare, Zimbabwe)

Session 2: “Women On-site in Fisheries and Aquaculture”

Chairperson: Yoshimichi Fukuta (Senior Researcher, Tropical Agricultural Research Front, JIRCAS)

• International collaborative research networks for rice blast
  Yoshimichi Fukuta (Senior Researcher, Tropical Agricultural Research Front, JIRCAS)
• Invasion of soybean rust and its management, from Brazilian experiences
  Claudia Vieira Godoy (Researcher, Embrapa Soybean, Brazil)
• Plant quarantine and risk management
  Yukio Yokoi (Director for WTO, International Affairs Department, MAFF)

Panel Discussion

Moderator: Masayasu Kato (Project Leader, Biological Resources and Post-harvest Division, JIRCAS)
Masaya Matsumura (Chief, Department of Research Promotion, Strategic Planning Headquarters, NARO)

Closing Remarks

Osamu Koyama  (Vice President, JIRCAS)

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