This division consists of 4 research groups: “Agricultural and Resource Economics”, “Safety and Function of Food”, “Biomass Conversion Science” and “Sustainable Agro-science”all of which ultimately focus on the sustainability of human societies and the biosphere. The main themes of this division are: (1) socio-economic research and education on agriculture and food production, and policies of bioresource utilization systems, (2)development of safe and functional foods for mankind from a biochemical perspective,(3)research into new production systems and advanced utilization of biomass, (4)research on the ecological relationships between microorganisms and plants, plants and animals, and mankind and the biosphere in order to enhance sustainable bio-production. Students possessing an extensive knowledge of ecology and agriculture will be educated according to the curriculum provided by this division.
Division of Bio-systems Sustainability
Division of Bio-systems Sustainability is comprised of following 4 chairs.
Chairs
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Chair of Agricultural and Resource Economics
This course provides socio-economic studies which concern with social basis of human beings such as food, resources and environment. Given the future trend of food systems as well as safety of food, possible sustainable agriculture and fishery development, environmental problems, recycled society formation, partnership, landscape performance to adapt various agricultural facets, tourism in rural areas, global population and global food problems are the key words.Faculties in Charge
- YAMAMOTO YasutakaProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agricultural Economics | Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Policy)
- YANAGIMURA ShunsukeProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agricultural Economics | Laboratory of Farm Business Management)
- KONDO TakumiProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agricultural Economics | Laboratory of Agricultural and Rural Development)
- SAKASHITA AkihikoProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agricultural Economics | Laboratory of Agricultural Cooperatives)
- SAKAZUME HiroshiProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agricultural Economics | Laboratory of Food and Agricultural Marketing)
- AIZAKI HideoAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agricultural Economics | Laboratory of Agricultural and Rural Development)
- PAKU KoAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agricultural Economics | Laboratory of Agricultural Cooperatives)
- NAKATANI TomoakiAssociate Professor (Division of Research Innovation and Cooperation | Cooperative Research Group | Laboratory of Agro-Food Economics and Statistics)
- SAITO YokoLecturer (Division of Research Innovation and Cooperation | Cooperative Research Group | Laboratory of Agricultural Resource Economics)
- KOBAYASHI KuniyukiAssociate Professor (Division of Research Innovation and Cooperation | Cooperative Research Group | Laboratory of Socio Economics of Cooperatives, Associations and Networks for Sustainable Rural Development)
- SAWAUCHI DaisukeLecturer (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agricultural Economics | Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Policy)
- SHIMIZUIKE YoshiharuLecturer (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agricultural Economics | Laboratory of Food and Agricultural Marketing)
- GAO HuichenSpecially Appointed Assistant Professor (Division of Research Innovation and Cooperation | Integrated Research Group | Laboratory of Cooperative’s Reison D'être)
- KOMATSU TomomiLecturer (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agricultural Economics | Laboratory of Farm Business Management)
- SHIN Dong CheolSpecially Appointed Associate Professor (Division of Research Innovation and Cooperation | Integrated Research Group | Laboratory of Cooperative’s Reison D'être)
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Chair of Safety and Function of Food
Research and education for: improvement on food safety; establishment of safe techniques for storage, processing and transportation of foods; research and development of safety food ingredients and functional foods; functional analysis of foods and gastrointestinal microbes for health maintenance.Faculties in Charge
- YOKOTA AtsushiProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Bioscience and Chemistry | Laboratory of Microbial Physiology)
- FUKIYA SatoruLecturer (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Bioscience and Chemistry | Laboratory of Microbial Physiology)
- MORI HaruhideProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Bioscience and Chemistry | Laboratory of Biochemistry)
- NISHIMURA TakanoriProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Animal Science | Laboratory of Cell and Tissue Biology)
- SUZUKI TakahiroAssistant Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Animal Science | Laboratory of Cell and Tissue Biology)
- WAKAMATSU Jun-ichiAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Animal Science | Laboratory of Applied Food Science)
- KOSEKI ShigenobuAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Bioresource and Environmental Engineering | Laboratory of Agricultural and Food Process Engineering)
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Chair of Biomass Conversion
In order to lower the increasing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere and global warming caused by the consumption of fossil fuels, the environment in which living organisms exist will be analyzed from a biological, chemical and physical perspective, and research will be conducted on the development of new plant resources, environmental adaptation mechanisms of resource plants, the control of biomass production systems and energy by physical methods, and the value adding of biomass resources by chemical methods.Faculties in Charge
- TAKAHASHI KosakuLecturer (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Bioscience and Chemistry | Laboratory of Natural Product Chemistry)
- ARAKAWA KeitaAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Forest Science | Laboratory of Woody Plant Biology)
- FUKUSHI YukiharuAssociate Professor (Division of Research Innovation and Cooperation | Cooperative Research Group | Laboratory of Ecochemical Analysis)
- TAKASUKA TaichiAssistant Professor (Division of Research Innovation and Cooperation | Cooperative Research Group | Laboratory of Genome-Enabled Biochemistry)
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Chair of Sustainable Agro-science
One of main themes of this research group is how to conserve the relationships among microorganisms, plants and animals in environments degenerating due to human activities and global warming. We are investigating the interactions among animals, plants and microorganisms as integrated systems in order to establish new models for sustainable food production systems. To realize this, we are focusing on food production fields as well as on the circumstances of such human activities. Our intention is to develop education to propagate students capable of proposing regional governance for food production and environmental conservation.Faculties in Charge
- AKIMOTO Shin-ichiProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Systematic Entomology)
- WATANABE ToshihiroAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Bioscience and Chemistry | Laboratory of Plant Nutrition)
- TANI HiroshiAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Bioresource and Environmental Engineering | Laboratory of Land and Water Management)
- WANG XiufengAssociate Professor (Division of Research Innovation and Cooperation | Cooperative Research Group | Laboratory of Bio-Environmental Informatics)
- UCHIDA YoshitakaAssociate Professor (Division of Research Innovation and Cooperation | Cooperative Research Group | Laboratory of Environmental Biogeochemistry)
- KATO TomomichiAssistant Professor (Division of Research Innovation and Cooperation | Cooperative Research Group | Laboratory of Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling)
- SONE TeruoProfessor (Division of Research Innovation and Cooperation | Cooperative Research Group | Laboratory of Applied Molecular Microbiology)
- OSANAI NobutomoSpecially Appointed Professor (Division of Research Innovation and Cooperation | Integrated Research Group | Laboratory of National Land Conservation)
- HIROTA TomoyoshiVisiting Professor (Outside organization | National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region)
- HAYASHI Shin-ichiroSpecially Appointed Assistant Professor (Division of Research Innovation and Cooperation | Integrated Research Group | Laboratory of National Land Conservation)
- OKA NorikuniVisiting Associate Professor (Outside organization | National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region)
- MARUYAMA HayatoAssistant Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Bioscience and Chemistry | Laboratory of Plant Nutrition)