【ENDED】IPDRE Research Fair

At the International Platform for Dryland Research and Education (IPDRE), we are promoting the cross-faculty research projects inviting researchers not only from faculty of agriculture but also medicine, engineering and social sciences to contribute to drylands and developing countries through research.
We would like to invite you to the research fair we are organizing to share our research activities.
Please join us!

[Date & Time] Wednesday, March 28, 2018 13:00-15:00
[Place] 　　　 Space C at the Public Relations Center, Koyama Campus

[Program] MC: Associate Professor Dr. Shinji Otani, IPDRE
1. Opening remarks and introduction of IPDRE (Prof. Tsunekawa, IPDRE)

2. Case study presentations by each project
(1) Environmental Degradation and Restoration Project
　　Nigussie Haregeweyn AYEHU (Specially Appointed Associate Professor, IPDRE)
　　“Land degradation and its controlling strategies: cases from Tottori University‘s research in Ethiopia”

(2) Agriculture and Rural Development Project
　　Hisashi Tsujimoto (Professor, Arid Land Research Center)
　　“Breeding of high heat/drought tolerant wheat as a result of increased genetic resources – For food security in Africa”

(3) Regional and Industrial Development Project
　　Masashi Miura (Assistant Professor, Innovation Center for Engineering Education)
　　“Establishment of creative education platform at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology”

(4) Human Development (society, education, and health) Project
　　Haruka Aoto (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine), and Chika Tanimura (Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine)
　　“Health promotion and QOL improvement project for the diabetics of low income population in metropolitan Manila, Philippines”

(5) Sand Dune Conservation and Management Project
　　Nobuo Tsurusaki (Professor, Faculty of Agriculture)
　　“Conservation of endangered insect species at Tottori Sand Dunes – Threats and conservation measures of Cicindela elisae elisae
　　learned from the research”

(6) Transdisciplinary Project “Future Dryland”
　　Satoshi Tsuchiya (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering)
　　“Future Dryland: Social Implementation of the Scientific Knowledge and Science for Society”

3. Closing remarks (Prof. Yamanaka, Arid Land Research Center)

Language: Japanese (2 – (1) will be presented in English)

Please refer to the flyer to find the details of this event:

PDF file

[Contact]
Office of International Platform for Dryland Research and Education
TEL: 0857-30-6316
Email: ipd-zim@tottori-u.ac.jp

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