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Safe & Reliable Agricultural Production

This course involves nine research laboratories: Crop science, Vegetable science, Fruit and fruit tree science, Ornamental horticulture, Plant pathology, Animal ecology, Edaphology, Animal science, and Agricultural machinery and process engineering. Regardless of global problems such as the population growth, environmental pollution, and the devastation of farmland that have rapidly worsened, the food self-sufficiency in Japan has decreased by up to 40% on a calorie basis, which is a critical situation. As a result, a significant contribution to create new technologies to promote sustainable agriculture is being made in this course.

Management of Food, Agriculture & Environment

This course involves six research laboratories: Policy of food, agriculture, and environment, Economics of food, agriculture and environment, Management of food, agriculture, and environment, Sociology of food, agriculture, and environment, Accounting of food, agriculture, and environment, and Geography of food, agriculture, and environment. Management of the utilization of natural resources is being promoted in order to increase agricultural production, protect villages and the environment. Therefore, this course studies both the theory and policies concerning agricultural management and community business, rural development, food systems for maintaining food safety, and nurturing of a recycling society.

Food & Applied Life Sciences

This course involves seven research laboratories: Molecular and cellular biochemistry, Nutrition and food function, Animal reproduction, Science for design of functional foods, Control of fermentation, Applied microbiology, and Biomass utilization. This course studies both the foundation and application of various organisms from higher animals and plants to microorganisms. A common keyword for this course is ?gclarification of the physiological function of organisms?h, and the main aim is to clarify the mechanism of vital phenomena in relation to healthy food, environmental remediation, generation systems, protein engineering, and organic matter production.

Plant & Bioresource Sciences

This course involves six research laboratories: Bioorganic chemistry, Plant genetics and breeding, Post-harvest physiology, Plant genetic resources, Plant nutrition and soil science and Utilization of microbial resources. This course studies useful functions of plants as bioresources and the development of their utilization using molecular and ecological techniques. The main subjects of this course are the isolation and analysis of functional substances in plants and microorganisms, molecular genetics and breeding of crop plants, preservation and post-harvest physiology of agricultural products, development of genetic resources of indigenous plants, analysis of evolution and diversity of barley and wheat, ecophysiology of rhizospheres of microorganisms, relationship between material recycling and the global environment for plant soil ecosystems, and search of useful microorganisms.

Forest Science

This course involves eight research laboratories: Forest ecology and silviculture, Utilization of forest resources, Policy of forest resources, Forest influences, Forest information system, Forest culture, Regional ecology, and Water preservation. Nowadays, global warming, the energy crisis, and loss of biodiversity are common global issues affecting all of humanity. Since 70% of Japan?fs land area is covered by forest, wise handling of the forests plays a significant role in the resolution of these issues. Therefore, this course studies not only the preservation but also utilization of forest resources without disturbing the environmental functions.

Environment Science and Technology for Water and Land Use

This course involves three research laboratories: Science for water use and environment, Science for land use and the environment, and Science for the rural environment. The development of social infrastructure in relation to agriculture such as farmland and irrigation and drainage facilities have markedly increased agricultural productivity while also largely altering the relationship between nature and humans. Therefore, this course studies soil and water sciences, farmland reclamation, and the operation and maintenance of water as the primary objective of maintaining harmony with the natural environment.