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"Resources under Stress"[The Third AFC International Symposium] (2008/2/23-24)

Date:February 23 (Sat.) - 24(Sun.),2008
Venue:3F Seiwa-kan Hall, Omiya Campus, Ryukoku University, Kyoto
Organised by Afrasian Centre for Peace and Development Studies, Ryukoku University
In association with
Global COE Program “In Search of Sustainable Humanosphere in Asia and Africa”, Kyoto University

Resources under Stress: Sustainability of the Local Community in Asia and Africa

 

 

 

 

【Program】

Day 1 (23 Feb.)
08:30 Registration
09:10 Opening Remarks
Prof. Nobuko Nagasaki, Director of Afrasian Centre for Peace and
Development Studies
09:20 Welcome Speech
Prof. Dohshou Wakahara, President of Ryukoku University
09:25 Program Chair Address
Prof. Yoshio Kawamura, Ryukoku University
“Envisioning a Prosperous Rural Future in the Globalizing World”
09:55 Keynote Speech
Prof. Norman Uphoff, Cornell University
“Envisioning Post-Modern Agriculture”
10:40-12:30 Session 1: Conflict over Natural Resources in Asia and Africa
Chair: Assoc. Prof. Kosuke Shimizu, Ryukoku University
Contributors:
Prof. N. Shanmugaratnam, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
“Post-War Development and the Land Question in South Sudan”
Prof. Kazuo Takahashi, The Open University of Japan
“Oil, Blessing or Curse on Iraq?”
Discussant: Prof. Shigemochi Hirashima, Graduate School,
Nihon-Fukushi University
13:30-15:45

Session 2:Resource Management in Comparative Historical Perspective
Chair: Prof. Takeshi Hamashita, Ryukoku University
Contributors:
Prof. Koichi Fujita, Kyoto University
“Worlds Apart: Peasants in Japan and Agricultural Laborers in Bangladesh”
Prof. Masaki Nakabayashi, Osaka University
“Peasant Economy under Tenancy Contract Facing Japan’s ‘Turning Point’”
Prof. Koji Tanaka, Kyoto University
“Land and Labor Intensive Agricultural Systems in Monsoon Asia:
Comparative Perspectives on the Technological Development in
West-Rice-Based Farming in Early Modern Periods”
Discussants:
Dr. Thee Kian Wie, The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
Prof. Kaoru Sugihara, Kyoto University

16:00-18:15 Session 3: Water Resources under Stress
Chair: Prof. N. Shanmugaratnam, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Contributors:
Prof. K. Palanisami, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
“Tank Irrigation in South India: Water Shortages and Management Strategies”
Prof. Hisashi Nakamura, Ryukoku University
“Stored Water Management as an Asian Model of Conflict Resolution”
Shinya Ishizaka, Afrasian Centre for Peace and Development Studies
“Politics of ‘Sublimation’: The Gandhian Environmental Movement in
Contemporary India”
Day 2 (24 Feb.)
09:00 Registration
09:30-12:00 Session 4: The Impact of New Technology and System
on Local (Food) Resources
Chair: Prof. Yoshio Kawamura, Ryukoku University
Contributors:
Prof. Lawrence Busch, Michigan State University
“New Technologies, Standards, and Local Food Resources”
Assoc. Prof. Lily Kiminami, Niigata University
“New Technology, Local Resources and Industrial Cluster”
Assoc. Prof. Masashi Tachikawa, Ibaragi University
“Unproven Promise?: Agricultural Biotechnology for Local Food Resources”
Discussant: Prof. Atsushi Kitahara, Ryukoku University
13:30-16:00 Session 5: The Oil-based Economy under Strain
Chair: Prof. Hajime Kose, Ryukoku University
Contributors:
Prof. Kaoru Sugihara, Kyoto University
“East Asia, Middle East and the World Economy: The Oil Triangle under Strain”
Dr. Thee Kian Wie, The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
“The Impact of the Two Oil Booms of the 1970s on the Indonesian Economy”
Assoc. Prof. Tomoya Suzuki, Ryukoku University
“Decision to Substitute from Gasoline to Alternative Fuels:
Within a Framework of Real Option Models”
Discussant: Prof. W. D. Lakshman, University of Colombo
16:00-17:00 Wrapping-up Session
Chair: Prof. Pauline Kent, Ryukoku Univeristy
Contributors:
Prof. Hisashi Nakamura, Ryukoku University
Prof. Yoshio Kawamura, Ryukoku University
Prof. Atsushi Kitahara, Ryukoku University
17:00 Closing Remarks
Prof. Pauline Kent, Ryukoku Univeristy