The National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) has developed a new sweet potato cultivar, "Yukikomachi". This cultivar is characterized by good quality with high yield and can be harvested even in cool regions . In order to cope up with the increasing demand and shortage of sweet potatoes in recent years, this cultivar can be expected to be useful for the formation of new production areas in cool regions where economic cultivation of sweet potatoes has been considered difficult. Read more
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) has developed a new sweet potato cultivar "Amahazuki" that can be harvested from August. "Amahazuki" is characterized by extremely high sugar content and sticky flesh with excellent taste. Even in early harvest, the outstanding features could be expressed. It is expected that the supply of "Amahazuki" could be shifted earlier from the season of sweet potato i.e. autumn to summer. Read more
Researchers from National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) and Ryukoku University have discovered that persistent carbon, which is difficult to decompose, accumulates in soil during cultivation of high-yielding rice by suppressing the application amount of potassium fertilizer . This finding indicates the possibility of artificially promoting the accumulation of persistent carbon in soil by controlling application of potassium fertilizer to rice and is expected to lead to the development of new measures against global warming.Read more