1. Introduction
In the third medium-term research plan starting from 2011 to 2015, we decided to conduct external evaluation on the research quality and direction of specific programs of NARO from international perspectives by overseas reviewers. A specific program reviewed in the meeting is the research program “Integrated management of soil fertility and plant nutrition for sustainable production”.
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2. Date
September 3 (Wednesday), 2014
3. Venue
Middle Meeting Room, Tsukuba Office, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council Secretariat, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
4. Peer Reviewers
- 1) Dr. Donald L. Sparks, Professor, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, USA
- 2) Dr. Ismail Cakmak, Professor, Faculty of Engineering & Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, Turkey
- 3) Dr. Roland J. Buresh, Principal Scientist, Irrigated Rice Research Consortium, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines
5. The Review Process
The reviewers will read through the six Research Project Plans, listen to the six research project leaders’ presentations and discuss the projects with them at the review meeting. After the meeting, the reviewers will prepare a written review using the provided Peer Review Form. The reviewers will assess the projects and select one of five action class judgment (S: high quality and no revision needed, A: good quality and minor revision needed, B: fair quality and moderate revision needed, C: fair quality and major revision needed, D: poor quality and a complete rewrite needed). The reviewers are encouraged to provide comments or suggestions for each of the research projects, together with an overall evaluation of the research program.
6. Research Projects
The research program consists of the following six research projects (RPs) for the period 2011–2015.
- 1) RP 151a1: Soil management based on efficient use of nutrients in soil by using new methods
- 2) RP 151a2: Rhizosphere technology for using nutrient dynamics in crop rotation in cold regions
- 3) RP 151a3: Upland soil management in warm, high rainfall regions
- 4) RP151b0: Nutrient dynamics model and agricultural technologies for water quality conservation of watersheds
- 5) RP151c0: Assessment and management of soil biological fertility
- 6) RP151d0: Plant nutrition for efficient management of nutrients using metabolomic analysis and endophyte utilization
