Outline Outline [PDF]
| Date: | October 5 (Monj- 7 (Wed), 2009 |
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| Venue: | Epochal Tsukuba (Tsukuba International Congress Center) |
| Participation Fee: | Free |
| Language: | English |
| Organizer: | National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences (NIAES) |
| Co-Organizer: | Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council, MAFF, Japan |
Objectives
Agriculture centering on paddy rice in Monsoon Asia has enabled sustainable production while fostering distinctive agroecosystem. The demand for food is, however, increasing in recent years due to population growth, economic development, movement of biofuel production and so forth. As a result, the demand for agricultural production of this region is significantly rising.
On the other hand, agricultural and environmental problems, including an increase of environmental impact due to agricultural intensification, deterioration of natural resources, and the progress of global warming, are getting more serious. It is imperative that researchers, engineers, and administrators of this region internationally closely collaborate to meet growing needs to agriculture while harmonizing nature.
In the coming three-day-symposium, we will report the status quo and the trend of problems, will present the latest studies, and will discuss the direction of future research and collaboration.
In the plenary session on the first day, agricultural and environmental issues in Monsoon Asia will be comprehensively presented. During the workshops on the second and third days we will divide into five groups to have lectures and discuss issues as follows: heavy metal, heat stress, plant natural resources, agroecosystem in relations with biodiversity, and metagenomics analysis techniques. In the summing-up session on the third day, we will discuss the collaboration and research cooperation aiming at solving issues after the reports of each workshop and MARCO satellite workshops.
Symposium Schedule [PDF]
October 5 (Mon) 9:30 - 17:15 *Simultaneous Interpretation English to Japanese
Opening Ceremony Opening Address [PDF]
Keynote Lecture
Nature and Agriculture in Monsoon Asia [PDF]
Kazutake Kyuma, Professor emeritus, Kyoto University, Japan
Lectures
Heavy metal pollution in Asian agricultural land [PDF]
Yongming Luo, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
Conservation and utilization of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in regions of Monsoon Asia [PDF]
Makoto Kawase, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan
Climate robust rice system and international collaboration [PDF]
Holger Meinke, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Netherlands
A threat to biodiversity through international trading of grains and plant materials [PDF]
Akihiro Konuma, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan
Changes in nitrogen flow associated with food production and consumption and its effect on environment in East Asia [PDF]
Junko Shindo, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan
Assessing land use and ecosystem carbon stock from space - from a case study in slash/burn ecosystems in Laos - [PDF]
Yoshio Inoue, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan
African land degradation in a world of global change: Does atmospheric fertilization conceal degradation? [PDF]
Paul L.G. Vlek, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany
Reception
17:30 - 19:00
Fee: 5000 yen
October 7(Wed) 13:00 -15:00
Summing-up session (October 7)
Discussion
Workshops Workshop Schedule [PDF]
- Workshop - 1. Development of Phyto-technology for Decreasing Heavy Metal in Food
- Workshop - 2. Crop Production under Heat Stress: Monitoring, Impact Assessment and Adaptation
- Workshop - 3. Survey of Plant Natural Resources and Isolation of Allelochemicals in Monsoon Asia
- Workshop - 4. Biodiversity and Agro-ecosystem in Rice Paddy Landscape in Monsoon Asia
- Workshop - 5. Perspective of Metagenomics in Agricultural Research
Poster Session Poster Session [PDF]
Presentation core-time
- Workshop 1: October 6 (Tue) 14:50 - 15:40
- Workshop 2: October 6 (Tue) 15:00 - 15:45
- Workshop 3: October 6 (Tue) 14:50 - 15:40
- Workshop 4: October 6 (Tue) 14:30 - 15:30
- Workshop 5: October 6 (Tue) 14:30 - 15:30
Important dates
| Aug 21 (Fri) | Deadline of Submission of Abstract (Poster Presentation only) |
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| Sep 30 (Wed) | Deadline of Registration |
Secretariat
Dr. Hitoshi Toritani
Research Coordination Office
National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences (NIAES)
3-1-3 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8604, Japan
Phone: (+81)-29-838-8181
FAX: (+81)-29-838-8148
E-mail: coord@niaes.affrc.go.jp