The 7th Crop Science Seminar in East Asia
October 28-29, 2014
The institutes of crop science in Japan, China and Korea take turns to host the Crop Science Seminar in East Asia. In 2014, NICS hosted the seminar at the Hokkaido Citizens Activities Center Sapporo with the theme "Breeding Technology in Rice and Upland Crops--From Genetic Resources to Breeding".
NARO/HARC International Seminar on Molecular Biology for Stress Tolerances in Rice and Upland Crops
October 29-30, 2014
An international seminar on stress tolerances in rice and upland crops was held at Sapporo just after the "The 7th East Asia Crop Science Seminar" hosted by NARO Institute of Crop Science. The purpose of the seminar was to promote international research collaboration on enhancements of stress tolerances in crops plants among three countries including Japan, China and Korea through presenting the current achievements and exchanging ideas.
Symposium on Promotion of Agribusiness through Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration
January 22, 2014
The Netherlands is the world's second largest exporter of agricultural and food products, and is home to one of the epicenters of research in the area of agri-food, through collaboration between the food production industries and research institutes in its so-called 'Food Valley' region. With this model in mind, this NARO symposium was aimed at discussing strategies to enhance such collaboration in Japan.
The symposium consisted of lectures by Prof. Dr. Martin Kropff of Wageningen UR in the Netherlands and four Japanese leaders of industry-academia-government collaboration in the agri-food sector and a panel discussion on the enhancement of agribusiness in Japan.
