On 23 September 2019 a delegation from the Japanese Institute of Agricultural Machinery (IAM) - National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) visited CSAM, led by Director General Mr Hiroshi Fujimura.

For several years IAM-NARO has contributed to various CSAM activities through funding and providing in-kind expertise. In particular, the Asian and Pacific Network for Testing of Agricultural Machinery (ANTAM) has seen the active engagement of Japan through the experts from IAM-NARO.

The Head of CSAM, Ms Yutong Li, and Mr Fujimura dscussed about the current work and research areas of their respective institutions, and explored new opportunities for cooperation to expand the collaboration of IAM-NARO and CSAM to more initiatives and new topics.