Emerging Approaches to Understanding the Crisis of Agricultural
Research and Extension in Africa
アフリカにおける農業研究と普及の問題関するあらたなアプローチ
 

Tue. 15. Feb.2011
13:30-18:00
Meeting Room(332) on the 3rd floor of Inamori Foundation Memorial
Hall, Kyoto University
 

Program
 

13:30 Opening Speech ; Masayoshi Shigeta (The Center for African Area
Studies, Kyoto University)
 

I. Presentation

13:40 Masayoshi Shigeta
“On the current activities of the Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University”

14:00 Fentahun Mengistu Tiruneh (Amahara Regional Agricultural Research Institute, Ethiopia)
“Role of research: How does the research grasp problems and contribute to solve them?”

14:40 Comment and Discussion
Adefris Teklewold Chere (Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Ethiopia)
Ahmed Shek Mohammed (Somali Regional Pastoralist and Agro-pastoralist Research Institute, Ethiopia)
Yoshiaki Nishikawa(Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University)
 

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
 

II. Poster Session

16:00 Brief Presentation

Toshikazu Tanaka (ASAFAS, Kyoto University)
“Tractor or Ox-Plow: A Focus on Working Efficiency of Indigenous Tilling Practices in the Central Ethiopian Highlands”

Kumiko Yoshikawa (ASAFAS, Kyoto University)
“A Concept of Crop Landraces in Ukambani, Kenya: Kikamba as a Saucer of Landrace Diversity”

Kana Yamamoto (ASAFAS, Kyoto University)
“The tree left uncut in fields―Uses of Parinari curatellifolia in Mbozi Plateau, Tanzania”

16:15 Poster Presentation, Comment and Discussion

17:00 General Discussion

17:30 Closing Remark
 

18:00 Reception