| Course title | |||||
| 食料・環境問題 [Food and Environmental Problems] | |||||
| Course category | Liberal Arts and Fundamental Studies | Requirement | Credit | 2 | |
| Department | Year | 1～4 | Semester | 1st | |
| Course type | 1st | Course code | 020232 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 吉田 央 [YOSHIDA Hiroshi] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
| This course discusses the broad spectrum of food and environmental issues that the world is currently faced with. The course is composed of two sections (15 weeks in total). The first section provides the current situations and challenges of food issues, while the second section explores those of environmental issues. |
| Expected Learning |
| The goal of this course is to deepen knowledge of various food and environments issues in the world. Students are expected to get motivated to learn their own fields and further carry out their own research, based on experiences through taking this course with which to expose themselves to various problems related to food and environments in modern society. |
| Course schedule |
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The course proceeds with the following schedule: 1) Guidance, Background of current food issues (Atsushi Chitose) 2) Philosophy of food education and experience of the activities (Keiich Sato) 3) Current situation and issues of crop production (Taiichiro Ookawa) 4) Current situation and issues of livestock production (Kan Sato) 5) The present condition and the issue of an agricultural market of Japan (Toshio Nomiyama) 6) Food security, lessons from Japanese experience (Hiroshi Yoshida) 7) Sustainable Agriculture in Japan: Issues and Perspectives (Sachito Arai) 8) Bioeconomy (Makoto Yoshida) 9) Atmospheric Environmental problem (Kazuhide Maeda) 10) Environmental plastic pollution (Hideshige Takada) 11) Forestry environmental issue (Hiroto Toda) 12) Wildlife and Environment (Yayoi Kaneko) 13) Plants and Environmental Problems (Takeshi Izuta) 14) Global environment issues (Muneoki Yoh) 15) Establishing a sustainable society (Ryoichi Yamazaki) |
| Prerequisites |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| No specific textbook is used. Materials will be distributed in class or be provided in moodle. |
| References |
| Some references will be announced in class. |
| Assessment/Grading |
| In principle, grades will be given relying on the performance of two assigned papers. The topic of each assignment will be provided in class. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Course keywords |
| Food, natural environment, policy, present status and challenges |
| Office hours |
| In principle, right after each class |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 2/20/2019 11:33:14 PM |