Activities
JICA group training course on the development of core agricultural researchers for rice promotion in sub-Saharan Africa: Prof. Hiroshi Ehara
About one-month training course has been conducted since 2012 with the aim of developing core rice researchers in sub-Saharan Africa in order to promote rice production in that region. The idea behind this training is based on the understanding that researchers are expected to lead in promoting rice in their respective countries. It is composed of two parts: a core part and an individual part. In the core part, lectures are presented on basic rice sciences related to plant physiology and nutrition, breeding, paddy field concept, rice development in Asia and Japan, policy and yield improvement in Japan, PCM, and so on, all of which should become common knowledge among rice researchers. In the individual part, individual trainees will be allocated to the appropriate member universities of JISNAS, where their research plans will be developed under the supervision of rice researchers. In 2013, seven universities cooperated in this training: Iwate, Yamagata, Niigata, Ibaraki, Nagoya (2 divisions), Mie, and Kyoto.
 Closing ceremony with full of smile |