Cooperation

Internatinal Cooperation & Joint Research

　Our institute has conducted the following international activities.

The institute of Postgraduate Studies in Agriculture Projest
(Bangladesh:1995,A/C1999-2001).

This was an international cooperative project of higher agricultural education and research by JICA (Japan international Cooperation Agency). ITA supported the project, dispatching staff members as long- and short-term experts and accepting trainers.

The Education and Research Capability Building Project at Hanoi Agricultural University(Vietnam:1998-2003,F/U:2003-2004)

This was an JICA Project, aiming at upgrading Hanoi Agricultural University. With a collaboration of the faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, and other universities of Kyushu, Okinawa and Yamaguchi areas, the project completed successfully. ITA functioned as a coordination office of the project, as well as dispatched long- and short-term experts.

Others

We contributed for 9 years to develop an effective afforestation technique in semi-arid lands by dispatching an expert to the JICA "Social Forestry Extension Model Development Project for semi-Arid Areas in Kenya". Consecutively, we now study and support of semi-arid land afforestation by the joint project by the Japanese and Chinese citizens' group in Ocher Plateau of China and also agro-forestry research.
In addition, with a collaboration of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, the Institute gave JICA Country-focused Training Course in "Advanced Research Technology for Sustainable Agriculture Development for Vietnam" (2003), Technical Interview of JDS program in Myanmar and Vietnam by Japanese ODA. Those are a part of our international cooperation activities of basic & advanced researches and higher education in agriculture. Finally, to realize the plan of Asia-oriented activities in Kyushu University, we have conducted projects such as "Comparative study on higher agricultural research and education in Vietnam, Thailand and Laos (2001-2003)", "Establishment of partnerships in agricultural studies in universities of Vietnam (2003-2005)" , "A feasibility study for the collaborations of Asian university (2005-2007) ", and "Numerical modelling on the mechanism of effluent loads from integrated farming system in tropical region (2007-2010)" supported by the Fund "Kyushu University Interdisciplinary Programs in Education and Projects in Research Development (P&P)". Through these activities we are aiming to enhance a friendship with oversea universities and institutes, leading to a realization of a sustainable development in Asian countries.