Degree Program in Agricultural Sciences
Division of Rural Development Economics
We conduct education and research guidance related to appropriate engineering technology to create and conserve ecoregion on regional groundwork.
Fields of research
Agricultural and Bioresource Economics
- Analysis of food industries and agricultural cooperatives with specific attention to issues of productivity, R&D, scale economies, and economics of organization
- Economic analysis of agricultural and food security policies
Resource Economics and Development Studies
- International trade analysis of agricultural commodities and resources
- Community development and resource management
Farm Business and Agribuisiness Management
- Business arrangement and network systematization of agribusiness corporations
- Agribusiness and rural development
- Food consumption analyses that mainly focus on food safety issues
Rural Sociology and Agricultural History
- Study on the capitalistic development of farming and mountainous areas and technique books on agriculture and forestry written by farmers
- Study on conventional industry and the state of family-owned businesses
- Study on the role of women in farm villages
Forest Resource Economics
- Forest economics and policy science toward sustainable forest management and wood utilization
Forest Resources Sociology
- Sustainable forest management
Rural Development Study
＜Cooperative Graduate School System＞
Regional Forest Resource Development Study
＜Cooperative Graduate School System＞
Faculty
| Agricultural and Bioresource Economics | Professor | SHIGENO Ryuichi |
| Associate Professor | SHUTO Hisato | |
| Resource Management and Development Studies | Associate Professor | SHUTO Hisato |
| Farm Business and Agribusiness Management | Associate Professor | UJIIE Kiyokazu |
| Rural Sociology and Agricultural History | Professor | |
| Forest Resource Economics | Associate Professor | TACHIBANA Satoshi |
| Forest Resources Sociology | Associate Professor | KOHROKI Katsuhisa |
| Rural Development Study＜Cooperative Graduate School System＞ | Associate Professor | IIYAMA Miyuki |
| Regional Forest Resource Development＜Cooperative Graduate School System＞ | Associate Professor | ISHIZAKI Ryoko |