Course title | |||||
国際環境農学 [International Environmental and Agricultural Science] | |||||
Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
Department | Year | 3~ | Semester | Fall | |
Course type | Fall | Course code | 01AG7003 | ||
Instructor(s) | |||||
岡崎 伸 [OKAZAKI Shin] | |||||
Facility affiliation | Graduate School of Agriculture | Office | Email address |
Course description |
Faculty staffs in the Department of International Environmental and Agricultural Science will provide basic knowledge and information on current problems and updated issues for international perspectives of environmental agriculture.. |
Expected Learning |
Understand the current situation and problems of global agriculture and develop an ability to tackle the problems scientifically. |
Course schedule |
Schedule of 2018 1: Introduction: What is International Environmental and Agricultural Science? 2: Study of agrochemical mobility in farm fields for environmental risk reduction (Watanabe) 3: Forest management and water/soil conservation in watersheds(Gomi) 4: Recent development of plant science and crop production in developing countries (Katsura) 5: Useful microorganisms for agricultural production (Okazaki) 6: Allelopathy research (Fujii) 7: Water resource problems in Central Asia (Kawabata) 8: Technical Cooperation for sustainable agricultural development in developing countries (Yamada) 9: Population issues in developing countries (Nie) 10: Rural community in developing countries - risk minimization mechanisms (Takeuchi) 11: Food supply and trade in developing countries (Yamaura) 12: Improvement of disaster prevention ability and the environmental conservation (Kohgo) 13: Irrigated paddy field and its water quality in Southeast Asia (Kato) 14: Production, sustainability and roles of a global citizen (Oikawa) 15: Summary of the course |
Prerequisites |
Interest in international environemental agriculture and basic knowledge of agricultural environmental problems. |
Required Text(s) and Materials |
Handouts will be provided at each class |
References |
Handouts will be provided at each class |
Assessment/Grading |
Attendance is required, and a short essay containing summary and feedback about the class should be submitted each time. |
Message from instructor(s) |
We expect the students' active participation and constructive discussion about the agricultural and environmental issues in class. |
Course keywords |
Sustainability, global agriculture, developing countries, tropics |
Office hours |
Contact: Each lecturer will respond to inquiries by e-mail. |
Remarks 1 |
Remarks 2 |
Related URL |
http://www.tuat.ac.jp/~ieas/english/index.html |
Lecture Language |
Japanese |
Language Subject |
Last update |
10/2/2018 2:44:41 PM |