Dr. Ritter Diaz, Representative Director of JAPOLAC participated at the Costa Rica Activation Fair on July 8, 2022, at NewsPicks Ginza.

The event was organized by the Embassy of Costa Rica together with Costa Rica Trade Promotion Agency with the purpose of showcasing high quality Costa Rican products such as bananas, coffee, chocolate, dehydrated pineapples, jams, rum, among others.

One of the objectives of JAPOLAC is trade facilitation between Japan and the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean focusing on the promotion of small and medium size companies.

 

 

Dr. Ritter Diaz, Representative Director of the Japan Association for Promotion of Latin America and the Caribbean (JAPOLAC), accompanied by directors of the Association, held a meeting with Mrs. Sandy Dávila Sandoval, Chargé d’ Affaires of the Republic of Nicaragua to explain the objectives and activities of the Association.

Mrs. Dávila expressed her thankfulness for the visit and introduction of the Association, expressing interest in the activities of the JAPOLAC In this regard, she said that she will seek instructions from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua to explore ways of collaboration with the Association.

Dr. Ritter Diaz, Representative Director of the Japan Association for Promotion of Latin America and the Caribbean (JAPOLAC), accompanied by directors of the Association, held a meeting with H.E. Cesar Montaño Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Ecuador to explain the objectives and activities of the Association.

Ambassador Montaño expressed its interest to cooperate with JAPOLAC, conveying his good wishes and support for the activities of Association.

In June this year, the Panama Technological University (PTU) launched the first laboratory on Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) in Panama, an emerging agriculture technology created to produce vegetables in closed structures using hydroponics and artificial light.

This laboratory is the result of academic cooperation between PTU and Chiba University. In 2015, both universities signed an academic exchange agreement to train Panamanian students and researchers in this new agriculture technology.

Later on, with the support of the Panama National Secretariat of Science and Technology, the laboratory became a reality and started testing the effect of LED lights on the growth, development and nutritional quality of lettuces.

See the laboratory at this site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HSBwQwOhb4 ( in Spanish)

CEA offers an alternative to produce food in closed environments, protecting crops from severe weather conditions generated by climate change, and increasing food security.

JAPOLAC works closely with CU to showcase this new agriculture technology to universities across the region of Latin America and the Caribbean.