JIRCAS

the global BNI-maize assessment published in Environmental Research Letters (July 2026) includes Corteva-aligned authors alongside JIRCAS and CIMMYT, modelling a pathway to commercial BNI-maize hybrids.

Country: Japan

Research

Coverage

	CN	EU	US
agri-inputs-biocontrol	✓	✓	✓

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Verifiable facts

Fact	Value	Source
Affiliation	Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)	cgspace.cgiar.org · doi.org · cimmyt.org · jircas.go.jp
Research focus	Biological Nitrification Inhibition (BNI) technology in crops including maize and wheat	doi.org · iopscience.iop.org · jircas.go.jp
Facility	Tropical Agriculture Research Front (TARF) in Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan	opportunitiesforyouth.org · jircas.go.jp
Facility	Tsukuba International House (TIH), Tsukuba, Japan	opportunitiesforyouth.org
Grant	Novo Nordisk Foundation mission funding for CropSustaiN BNI Wheat Mission	cimmyt.org
Publications	The impacts of biological nitrification inhibition-enabled maize on global nitrogen fertilizer consumption and greenhouse gas emissions (Environmental Research Letters, July 2026)	doi.org · iopscience.iop.org
Principal staff	Ai Leon (JIRCAS)	doi.org · iopscience.iop.org · preview-www.nature.com
Principal staff	Guntur V. Subbarao (JIRCAS)	doi.org · iopscience.iop.org · preview-www.nature.com
Principal staff	Tadashi Yoshihashi (JIRCAS)	doi.org · iopscience.iop.org · preview-www.nature.com

Independent sources: cgspace.cgiar.org · cimmyt.org · doi.org · iopscience.iop.org · opportunitiesforyouth.org · preview-www.nature.com

Technologies

Name	Cluster	Risk
Biological nitrification inhibitors	agri-inputs-biocontrol	Medium	→

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