[Plenary Sessions]

Schedule

October 5 (Mon) 9:00 - 9:30 Registration
9:30 - 10:10 Opening Ceremony
10:15 - 17:15 Plenary Session
17:30 - 19:00 Reception
October 7 (Wed) 13:00 - 15:00 Summing-up Session

Program

October 5 (Mon) 10:15 - 17:15
(Simultaneous Interpretation English to Japanese)

9:30 - 10:10 Opening Ceremony
10:15 - 11:10 [Keynote Lecture]
Nature and Agriculture in Monsoon Asia

Kazutake Kyuma (Professor emeritus, Kyoto University)
11:10 - 11:50 [Lecture 1]
Heavy metal pollution in Asian agricultural land

Yongming Luo, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
11:50 - 12:30 [Lecture 2]
Conservation and utilization of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in regions of Monsoon Asia

Makoto Kawase, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan
12:30 - 13:40 Lunch
13:40 - 14:20 [Lecture 3]
Climate robust rice system and international collaboration

Holger Meinke, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands
14:20 - 14:55 [Lecture 4]
A threat to biodiversity through international trading of grains and plant materials

Akihiro Konuma, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan
14:55 - 15:30 [Lecture 5]
Changes in nitrogen flow associated with food production and consumption and its effect on environment in East Asia

Junko Shindo, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan
15:30 - 16:00 Break
16:00 - 16:35 [Lecture 6]
Assessing land use and ecosystem carbon stock from space - from a case study in slash/burn ecosystems in Laos -

Yoshio Inoue, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan
16:35 - 17:15 [Lecture 7]
African land degradation in a world of global change: does atmospheric fertilization conceal degradation?

Paul L.G. Vlek, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany
17:30 - 19:00 Reception
Fee: 5000 yen (about 50 US dollars)

October 7 (Wed) 13:00-15:00

Summing-up Session


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