| Course title | |||||
| 農学特論Ⅱ [Advanced lecture on Agriculture Science Ⅱ] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
| Department | Year | 1～ | Semester | 3rd | |
| Course type | 3rd | Course code | 05cf0022 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 跡部 悠未 [ATOBE Yumi] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Institute for Fostering Leadership to Create Future Value through Outstanding Research, Innovation and Sustainable Higher Education | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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＊NOTE＊ Students will select the following two when you take this class. ① Issues in agricultural production in developing countries (offered in English) ② Entrepreneurship application (offered in Japanese) ① Issues, challenges, technological development, and technology diffusion in agricultural production sites in developing countries will be discussed, with a particular focus on rice cultivation. This course will include not only lectures but also group work and oral presentations, given by Dr. Kazuki Saito of the Africa Rice Center. ② we will cover hot topics that have emerged in recent years through lectures and exercises on entrepreneurship, learning about social implementation using research capabilities. The lecture will be given by Dr. Atobe of the Research and Education Zone for Future Value Creation. |
| Expected Learning |
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(1) Issues in agricultural production sites in developing countries (course offered in English) Students will learn what is needed to identify and solve problems in agricultural production sites in developing countries, and will be able to think about their own approaches to solving these problems. (2) Entrepreneurship Application (offered in Japanese) Based on their own research, they learn not only to be mere holders of innovative technologies and ideas, but also to (1) recognize and set their own problems, (2) create ideas for solving problems, design thinking,(3) understand entrepreneurship, (4) interview customers, (5) research and business plan creation methods, and (6) learn how to create their own planned products and services. The course aims to develop the ability to define and communicate "What value the product or service has for whom", to think through the story to get the other party to take positive action, and to apply it to real-life situations to move stakeholders. |
| Course schedule |
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1) Issues in agricultural production sites in developing countries (course offered in English) This course will clarify various issues related to agriculture in the tropics and examine the development and diffusion of sustainable agricultural technologies. In particular, the course will touch the forefront of technological development of tropical rice cultivation. The class will include lectures by the lecturers, Q&A sessions, group discussions on various topics, and presentations reporting the results of these discussions. 1. lecture outline and orientation 2. identification of issues in agricultural production sites and approaches to address them 1. Identification of issues in agricultural production and approaches to address them 2. 4. 4. identification of issues in agricultural production and initiatives for addressing them 3. 5. technology development 1. 5. technology development 1 6. technology development 2 7. technology development 3 8. evaluation and dissemination of developed technologies 8. evaluation and dissemination of developed technologies1 9. evaluation and dissemination of developed technologies2 9. evaluation and dissemination of the developed technology2 10. evaluation and dissemination of the developed technology3 10. evaluation and dissemination of developed technology 3 11. digital agriculture 1 12. digital agriculture 2 13. digital agriculture 3 14. case studies in Asia 15. case studies in Africa 2) Entrepreneurship Application （Google Classroom Code: ib77744） *15 Parts will be held as intensive lectures (face-to-face or online) on the dates and times listed below. ・December 1 (Thu) 12:00-13:00 -Orientation (online) ※Attendance is mandatory ・December 8 (Thu) morning and afternoon ・December 9 (Fri) 2morning and afternoon Detailed schedule will be notified to participants. *15 Parts will be held as intensive lectures (face-to-face or online) on the dates and times listed below. ・December 1 (Thu) 12:00-13:00 -Orientation (online) ※Attendance is mandatory ・December 8 (Thu) morning and afternoon ・December 9 (Fri) 2morning and afternoon Part 1：Guidance, mutual understanding, ideas and hypotheses Part 2：Research to create hypotheses from ideas: design thinking Part 3：Exercise: Group Work (1) Sharing research results Part 4：Hypothesis testing and customer interviews Part 5：Competitive strategies and business models Part 6: Group Work (2) Idea sharing and decision-making Part 7: Marketing for research and business conception Part 8：Exercise: Group Work (3) Creating a marketing plan Part 9: Business Model Campus Part 10: Group Work (4) Business Model Campus Part 11: Entrepreneurial Finance Part 12: Research and business plan preparation Part 13: Exercise: Group Work (5) Research and business plan preparation Part 14: Summary, Exercise: Group Work(6) Towards the final presentation Part 15: Group final presentation and review (Content is being partially reconciled and may change) |
| Prerequisites |
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(1) Issues in agricultural production sites in developing countries. The study content will follow the standard number of hours of the University. Preparation and review should be conducted with reference materials and handouts. In addition to the 30 hours of class time, students should refer to the distributed lecture materials and reference books and conduct pre and post-learning that is equivalent to the standard number of hours at the University. 2) Entrepreneurship Application It conforms to standard time number of the university |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| To be distributed by lecturers. |
| References |
| To be announced in the lectures. |
| Assessment/Grading |
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(1) Issues in agricultural production sites in developing countries. Evaluation will be based on class participation, presentation content, and reports. 2) Entrepreneurship Application Evaluation will be comprehensively made according to students’ comments, opinions, or questions in class, discussion in class, and comment sheets, etc. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
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(1) Issues in agricultural production sites in developing countries. None 2) Entrepreneurship Application This curriculum aims to develop human resources with entrepreneurship who can lead the creation of innovations through social implementation of their own research results. We believe that entrepreneurship is a necessary not only for students who want to start their own businesses, but also for researchers who will lead research at universities and research institutes. |
| Course keywords |
| ①Cultivation technology, decision support systems, breeding, agricultural development, food safety ②Entrepreneurship, business models, design thinking, business plans, innovation entrepreneur |
| Office hours |
| Students can ask questions during the class or after the class. |
| Remarks 1 |
| Language is differ depending on the section of 1 and 2 |
| Remarks 2 |
| Related URL |
| ①http://ricecrp.org/, http://www.africarice.org/ ②https://www.tuat-flourish.jp/topics/info/3025/ |
| Lecture Language |
| English |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 10/28/2022 11:27:51 AM |