Department of Global Agricultural Sciences
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At the Department of Global Agricultural Scienecs (GAS), we are committed to serve the global society with education and research for sustainable provision of foods, fibers and other ecosystem services. Our programs are issue-oriented rather than technology-oriented, and are based on strong combination of expertise across boundaries of disciplines and nations. The associated programs offered by professors from institutions outside the university give further breadth to our education and research.
The students are advised to join an overseas training course organized by GAS in collaboration with universities and institutes in the country. The master’s course students are encouraged to take minors in another department and strengthen their expertise in the pertinent discipline. The students will thus be well prepared for navigating the globalizing and ever-changing world. We offer the following programs.
Laboratories
Department of Global Agricultural Scienecs
| Global Animal Production Sciences | |
|---|---|
| Global Fisheries Science | Improvement of aquaculture systems for sustainable utilization of coastal environments in Southeast Asia Life histories, population dynamics and community structures of coastal fishes in southern Japan and Southeast Asia Material cycles and food web systems of coastal areas in Southeast Asia |
| Global Animal Resource Science (Matsumoto Lab.) |
The study of human-animal relations Virus-based recombinant vaccines for animal diseases Molecular pathology of malaria and leishmaniasis Host immunity to protozoan parasites Development of edible vaccines and other mucosal vaccines |
| Global Plant Production Sciences | |
| Plant Science for Sustainable Agriculture | Impacts of atmospheric changes on agriculture and ecosystems Adaptation of agriculture to changes in climate Root system development of cereal plants Soil conservation in cereal fields |
| Global Plant Material Science (Saito Lab.) |
Techniques for utilization of unused biological active plant resources Study on function of plant components in ecosystems Development of the techniques for performance evaluation of material for lesser-utilized biomass resources Development of the techniques for effective utilization of biomass resources as a wood-based building materials and components |
| Global Biological and Environmental Sciences | |
| Global Forest Environmental Science (Kato Lab., Miyazawa Lab.) |
Policy options for collaborative forest governance based on the field reality and theory of CPRs management International comparative analysis on participatory forest management policy Forest monitoring using satellite remote sensing Development of forest environment assessment method by remote sensing and GIS |
| Plant Biotechnology | Cellular and molecular analysis of iron aquisition mechanism in plants Studies on transporter in plants Analysis of stress responce and molecular genetic breeding of stress tolerant plant Genetic improvement of plant for the production of valuable chemical substances |
| International Development and Agro-Environmental Sciences | |
| International Environmental Economics (Suzuki Lab., Kawasaki Lab.) |
Effect of global warming on world agriculture and forestry Food supply and demand in the world interpreted by system model Economic development and environmental problems in the developing countries Historical study for climate change, agriculture and population growth in the world |
| Agro-Environmental and Informatics | Food Kansei Engineering for developing consumer-oriented design and process Development of Biodiesel Fuel (BDF) Production Constructing monitoring system for agricultural and soil information using IT technologies Engineering development in the conservation of agricultural farm Optimizing project scheme and evaluaton methods in international development and cooperation Optimal distribution model for fresh produce in rural Java, Indonesi |