In conjunction with the Japan-Russia Agricultural Technology Exchange, a delegation from the Agricultural Science Section of the Russian Academy of Science that included Dr. Vladimir Kosolapov (Director of All-Russian Williams Fodder Research Institute), Dr. Victor Pakhomov (Director of North-Caucasus Scientific Research Institute of Agricultural Mechanisation) and Dr. S. I. Kostenko (Head of Section at Williams Feed Institute) visited the NARO Headquarters on August 11, 2017 and met with NARO President Dr. Tokio Imbe. A joint meeting was also organized on the theme "Contaminants and Pathogens: Challenges and Opportunities for Food and Feed Safety" at the NIAH main conference room on July 12, 2017 with presentations from Dr. Kosolapov and Dr. Pakhomov, as well as researchers from the National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH) and Institute of Food Research (NFRI) of NARO.
