Nippon Foundation
![Nippon Foundation headquarters in [[Akasaka, Tokyo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Nippon_Foundation_%282009.09%29.jpg)
In 2001, the Peruvian Congress determined that the foundation financed forced sterilizations in that country (1990-1999).
Since 2003 the foundation has promoted sign language with the aim of allowing deaf people to fully participate in society, in this way, they created scholarships for deaf people at Gallaudet University and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) of USA.
The current chairman is Yohei Sasakawa, World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for National Reconciliation in Myanmar, and the son of the foundation's founder, Ryoichi Sasakawa. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Aye, Tin Maung, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Howeler, Reinhardt H., Nippon Foundation
Published 2007Poster bibliotecaCGIAR -
2Integrated cassava-based cropping systems in Asia: working with farmers to enhance adoption of more sustainable production practices Integrated cassava-based cropping systems in Asia: working with farmers to enhance adoption of more sustainable production practicesby Howeler, R.H. (ed.), Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Cali (Colombia) spa, Workshop on the Nippon Foundation Cassava Project in Thailand, Vietnam and China eng 27-31 Oct 2003 Thai Nguyen (Viet Nam)
Published 2008Texto bibliotecaFAO IT