Technical training programs and internship
Staff members at experimental research institutes - and those (in Japan and abroad) who are engaged, or will be engaged, in agricultural research or work - can learn to use the relevant technologies.
Commissioned researcher system
This is a system for accepting staff members working in other organizations that conduct agricultural research (such as national or municipal institutes, universities, private companies) and for providing instruction in experimental research.
Graduate partnership schools
NARC makes agreements with partner universities (the University of Tsukuba, the University of Tokyo, Niigata University, etc.) and provides postgraduate education using NARC's facilities and human resources.
Joint research and agreement research
This is a system in which other organizations (such as public research institutes, universities, private companies) and NARC carry out cooperative research based on a common theme. In principle, the research costs required for joint research are charged to each. The system of agreement research is applied to research that (it is assumed) will not generate intellectual property to provide a rapid start for the researchers using simple procedures.
On-farm technology demonstration
With the aim of disseminating a new technology developed by NARC, a researcher who developed the new technology provides on-farm technical guidance (explanatory meetings, lecture meetings, demonstrations, etc.) in response to farmers' demand.
Farmers who cooperate in experimental research on the farm
NARC certificates as "NARC Research Cooperators" those farmers who cooperate in, and conduct on their own initiative, on-farm demonstration experiments. The new technology will be presented and disseminated to the surrounding area through their demonstration experiments.
Annual meeting with key farmers
An annual meeting has been held to strengthen the relationship between the researchers in NARC and NARO Institute of Crop Science (NICS) and advanced key farmers, who cooperate in promoting research conducted by NARC and NICS and in disseminating technologies developed by NARC and NICS.
Open days
Open days are conducted to introduce NARC's research activity to the public. Open days in the summer vacation are also conducted
to allow children to get close to science.
Public lecture
To provide the public with an understanding of NARC's agricultural research, NARC's researchers deliver a friendly lecture on topics on their special fields in Tsukuba Agriculture Research Hall on the second Saturday of every month.
Science Camp
NARC runs a Science Camp, which provides high school students with full-scale experiments and practical training in science and technology. It is sponsored by Japan Science and Technology Agency.
