The JENESYS participants and supervisor with Embassy officials during their orientation at the Embassy of Japan. |
The JENESYS students and their supervisor arrive at the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija for the first time. |
The participants learn about entomology at the laboratory in PhilRice. |
The JENESYS participants immensely enjoy their joint rice-planting activity with CLSU students. |
The JENESYS participants plant seeds of friendship with SK members from the Science City of Munoz. |
August 18, 2011, the Embassy of Japan opened its doors to a group of students from Japan who were chosen to participate in the Japan East-Asia Network of Exchange for Students (JENESYS) Programme (Agriculture and Environmental Issues).
Four students of College of Agrobiologocal Resource Sciences, University
of Tsukuba, along with their supervisor, were given an orientation about agriculture in the Philippines, and visited various locations in the country to gain a deeper understanding of the local agriculture industry through various youth exchange programs.
The participants were scheduled for a six-day stay in Nueva Ecija, where they visited the Muñoz City Hall, the Pantabangan Dam, which is the biggest dam in Asia constructed with the aid of an Official Development Assistance (ODA) from the Government of Japan, the Central Luzon State University (CLSU), the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), the Philippine Carabao Center and the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech).
Nueva Ecija is also home to former Japanese Government Scholars, who are currently esteemed professionals in their respective fields. Also included in the participants' itinerary is a meeting and an exchange of ideas with recipients of the Japanese Government Scholarship Programme, such as Dr. Renato Reyes, who is the current Dean of College of Arts and Letters in CLSU. While in Nueva Ecija, the students interacted with the Aeta community as well as with 50 Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) members for a tree-planting activity. Afterwards, the group visited gardens in Tagaytay to learn about agribusiness.
The JENESYS Programme is a project of the Government of Japan that aims to foster solidarity within Asia through youth exchange. Since its inception in 2007, the JENESYS Programme has brought together more than 1,000 young leaders to Japan from the Philippines.
