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JICA Tsukuba is promoting the “Agricultural Co-Creation Hub.”
In collaboration with Japanese partners, we aim to address challenges in the agricultural sector of developing countries through co-creation.
What is the Agriculture Co-creation Hub?
Since 2020, JICA Tsukuba has launched the Co-creation Hub for Agricultural Technology and Human Resources (Agriculture Co-creation Hub). The initiative aims to contribute to agricultural development both in developing countries and in Japan by strengthening collaboration among diverse partners—such as private companies, universities, and research institutions across Japan—and with JICA participants from developing countries etc.
Equipped with paddy and upland fields, greenhouses, laboratories, and other facilities, JICA Tsukuba has been accepting a number of agricultural officers and extension workers as JICA participants.
In addition to the many research institutes such as National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) and Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) located around the Tsukuba Science City, there are many Japanese private enterprises in the agricultural sector in Ibaraki Prefecture where agriculture is the dominant industry.
•Japanese private enterprises × Knowledge Co-Creation Program:
Agricultural technology-related business networking
•Knowledge Co-Creation Program× New agricultural technology:
Introducing new agricultural technologies to Knowledge Co-Creation Program, and co-creation of new agricultural technologies
•Human resources for development cooperation × New agricultural technology:
resources for agricultural innovation