Check out all the recent developments from JIRCAS (Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences). Our news includes coverage of major events and activities, details of CARD projects and programs, and CARD engagement with its stakeholders.
About JIRCAS
Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) is an incorporated administrative agency under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan. It is the sole national institute in Japan that undertakes comprehensive research on agriculture, forestry and fisheries technology in developing regions.
Aiming at technology improvement in developing regions including Africa, JIRCAS conducts a wide range of collaborative research projects with national research centers, universities and international research centers in the region, in cooperation with related institutions in Japan including JICA. JIRCAS is acknowledged as a key partner and the focal point institution in Japan by CGIAR which supports IRRI and AfricaRice.
Mapping of Rice-related Interventions Matrix
| Policy/Institutional | Infrastructure | Human Resource Capacity |
Provision of Equipments and services |
Knowledge/Research | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | JICA (1), JIRCAS (1), | JICA (1), JIRCAS (1), | JICA (1), JIRCAS (1), | ||
| Fertilizer | JICA (1), JIRCAS (1), | JICA (1), JIRCAS (1), | JICA (1), JIRCAS (1), | ||
| Irrigation/water management | |||||
| On-farm technology transfer | JICA (1), JIRCAS (1), | JICA (1), JIRCAS (1), | JICA (1), JIRCAS (1), | ||
| Mechanization | |||||
| Quality Improvement | |||||
| Access to market | |||||
| Access to credit | |||||
| Overall policy tools |
Focal Point Contact
Dr. Miyuki Iiyama
- Research Coordinator, Research Strategy Office, JIRCAS / Senior Scientist, ICRAF
- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)
- Email: miiyama@affrc.go.jp
CARD is a consultative group of bilateral donors and Regional and International Organizations working in collaboration with Rice-producing African countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
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