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Development of sustainable
agriculture and food systems
Five themes discussed at the Food Systems Summit
The UN Food Systems Summit held on September 23, 2021
was the first high-level international conference to address the
sustainability of food systems as a global challenge and to
explore how food systems should be transformed for a better
future.
Recognizing that there is no one-size-fits-all solution, Japan
stresses the importance of customizing appropriate
approaches to locally specific agroecological and
socio-economic conditions.
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Promotion of agriculture
adapted to climate change
Water Management Cooperatives are established to engage stakeholders
Verifying the effectiveness of leakage protection and other measures for increasing rice acreage
The development of irrigation systems and other agricultural
infrastructure is becoming essential to farming adapted to
climate change.
In addition to building facilities, the proper management of
water and equipment is also vital to the sustainability of
irrigation farming.
Since rice cultivation has not progressed as planned in some
African communities where irrigation facilities have been
constructed, efforts are being made to expand the planted
acreage by optimizing water use.
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Promotion of agriculture
adapted to climate change
Preparation of silage
Ruminant livestock
JIRCAS is developing ruminant livestock feeding technologies
that can be used to improve livestock productivity and
resilience of smallholder farmers in Africa.
To improve the quality of silage, a type of livestock feed,
JIRCAS is developing technologies using lactic acid bacteria
strains that can ferment efficiently even under local climatic
conditions such as high temperatures. JIRCAS aims to put the
results of this research into practical use by combining with
feed ingredients that are locally available, in collaboration
with R&D institutions, universities, and other organizations in
various parts of Africa.
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Promotion of agriculture
adapted to climate change
Outcrop of phosphate ore – a national treasure
Handover ceremony for fertilizer production equipment
JIRCAS, in collaboration with the Burkina Faso Institute of
Environment and Agriculture (INERA), has demonstrated that
fertilizer developed from locally available phosphate rocks is
as effective as imported fertilizers, and has established a
production method for domestically produced phosphorus
fertilizer.
In the future, JIRCAS aims to make comprehensive proposals
for effective utilization of limited phosphorus resources,
including direct utilization of unprocessed phosphorus rocks.
The results of this research are expected to be shared with
other African countries with abundant but underutilized
phosphorus resources.
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Sustainable Forest
Management
JICA’s project for the development of drought-tolerant trees in Kenya
ITraining as part of ITTO’s HR development project in Congo basin countries
JICA’s technical cooperation projects and other activities to
promote forest conservation, develop human resources,
research reforestation technologies, etc. are supporting
sustainable forest management in Africa.
As the providers of ongoing funding to the International
Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), Japan and partner
countries are supporting HR development towards the
establishment and monitoring of standards and indices for
sustainable forest management and the development of legal
and sustainable timber supply chains in Africa.
