| Course title | |||||
| 国際環境農学 [International Environmental and Agricultural Science] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
| Department | Year | 3～ | Semester | 3rd | |
| Course type | 3rd | Course code | 01ag3003 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 川端 良子 [KAWABATA Yoshiko] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Graduate School of Agriculture | Office | afjgxte/L1151 | Email address | |
| Course description |
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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 |
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Understand the current situation and problems of global agriculture and develop an ability to tackle the problems scientifically. Corresponding criteria in the Diploma Policy: See the Curriculum maps. (URL: https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/ ) |
| Course schedule |
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(2021) 1: Introduction 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: Improvement of disaster prevention ability and the environmental conservation (Kohgo) 12: Irrigated paddy field and its water quality in Southeast Asia (Kato) 13: Production, sustainability and roles of a global citizen (Oikawa) 14: What is International Environmental and Agricultural Science? (Okazaki) 15: Summary of the course Examination |
| Prerequisites |
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Interest in international environemental agriculture and basic knowledge of agricultural environmental problems. To conduct learning according to the learning time of our university. Students are recommended to prepare for and revise the lectures, spending the standard amount of time as specified by the university in addition to the attendance of lecture. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| Handouts will be provided at each class |
| References |
| Handouts will be provided at each class |
| Assessment/Grading |
| 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 |
| 1/7/2021 10:58:38 AM |