教員紹介／ Profile

My specialization is the development and environmental economics, such as stated preference methods and field experiments in agriculture and resource use. The main research focus is to evolve research to develop evidence-based policies. For sustainable development, behavioural change of the consumer and producer of resources is essential. Thus, my research interest resides in researching the decision-making of both consumers and producers and how to promote sustainable use or practice of resource use, and whether to adopt new agricultural technology and sustainable practices in order to establish sustainable use (a mechanism) of them and finally to provide evidence-based policy implication.

Education

Ph.D. in Social Sciences (Development Policy and Management)

[Oct. 2000- Dec. 2004] University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

MA (Econ) in Industrial Strategy and Trade Policy

[Oct. 1999- Sep. 2000] University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

MA in Environment, Development, and Policy

[Oct. 1996- Sep. 1997] Sussex University, Falmer, UK

BA in Political Science in major and International Studies in minor

[Jan. 1992- Dec. 1995] Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, U.S.A.

(Other formal training or education)

Research Student

[Apr. 2002-Mar.2003] Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan

Summer School in International Laws (Trade and the Environment)

[Summer 1998] Geneva University, Geneva, Switzerland

with Scholarship

Summer School in International Relations and German language [Summer 1993] Vienna University, Vienna, Austria

Grants

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Ogata Sadako Institute for Peace and Development – Research Project (Principal Investigator)
“Empirical Study on the Effects of the SHEP Approach on Smallholder Farmers” April 2022 – March 2026, Primary Investigator

Project Leader: Hisako Nomura, Kyushu University

JSPS Foundation Emergent Theme Grant (2014-2017)  “Establishing RCT Methodology in the Environment and Energy Policy Research in Japan,”  Primary Investigator

JICA/JST Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) “Development and Dissemination of a Sustainable Production System Based on Countermeasures Against Invasive Pests and Diseases of Cassava in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand” (Co‑Investigator), April 2016 – March 2021,

Project Leader: Keishi Takasu, Kyushu University

Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (2012-2014) ‘Policy Formation for Inheritance and Evolution of Japan’s Unique Agricultural System,’ Joint Investigator

JSPS Foundation Grant C (2014-2016) ‘Development of Satoyama Footpath and its Contribution to Rural Development-Conceptual Framework through the Application of ICT,’ Primary Investigator

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council (2010) ‘Research Project on Selection of Functional Biodiversity Indicators and Development of Assessment Methods,’ Joint Investigator

River Development Grant Foundation (2011) ‘Development of the Redistribution Mechanism of Economic Benefit of Historical Agricultural Heritages to the Local Economy,’ Primary Investigator

JSPS Young Scholar’s Grant B ‘’ (2011-2013) ‘Capital Works Programme- Development of the Conservation Mechanism of Agricultural Heritage using both Non-market and Market systems,’ Primary Investigator

JSPS Foundation Grant B (with Hosei University) (2011-2013) ‘Development of Methods for Estimating the value of agricultural practice to improve biodiversity using the market system,’ Joint Investigator and many more

Professional experience

Associate Professor

[Oct. 2022- present]

International Rural Development Studies, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University Fukuoka, Japan

Research Keywords: Natural Field Experiment, RCT, Agri-environmental payment, sustainable utilization and management of resources, impact assessment, policy effectiveness, stated preference, stochastic frontier production (profit) efficiency, risk assessment

Senior Assistant Professor

[Apr. 2010- Oct. 2022]

Faculty of Agriculture

Kyushu University Fukuoka, Japan

Research Associate

[Jan. 2009- Mar. 2010]

Institute for Economic and Political Governance (IPEG)

University of Manchester, Oxford Road

Manchester M13 9PL

Assisted Professor Peter John in providing advanced statistical and quantitative data analysis using techniques such as cluster, multi-variate, multi-level, data matching, and mean difference tests to evaluate the results of randomised experiments in an ESRC project (i.e., on recycling and online deliberation).

Research Associate

[Nov. 2004-Feb. 2008]

Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR)

University of Manchester, Oxford Road

Manchester M13 9PL Assisted Senior lecturer Dr. Wendy Olsen in measuring economic poverty reduction levels using the GINI coefficient or Lorenz curve data.

Publications

• https://kyushu-u.pure.elsevier.com/ja/persons/hisako-nomura

1. Nomura, H.*, Lin, G., & Osaki, S. (2025). Technical Change and Scale Effects in Relation to Profit Efficiency – Case of Family-Based Eggplant Production in Japan. Journal of Agricultural Science, 17(4), 1-28.
2. Orangi, P. N., Nomura, H.*, & Nyambok, L. O. (2025). Nurturing self-efficacy through inclusivity and support systems: Improving livelihoods of vulnerable farmers via SHEP approach in Kenya. Scientific African, e02871.
3. Fikadu, A. A., Nomura, H., Gebre, G. G., Shah, P., Takahashi, Y., & Yabe, M. (2024). Heterogeneous effects of horticulture commercialization and gender-based decision-making on smallholder farmers’ income: Evidence from a quasi-experimental study in Jimma zone, Ethiopia. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 19, 101565.
4. Ehara, M., Matsuura, T., Gong, H., Sokh, H., Leng, C., Choeung, H. N., & Hyakumura, K. (2023). Where do people vulnerable to deforestation live? Triaging forest conservation interventions for sustainable non-timber forest products. Land Use Policy, 131, 106637.
5. Gebre, G. G., Isoda, H., Amekawa, Y., Rahut, D. B., Nomura, H., & Watanabe, T. (2021). What explains gender gaps in household food security? Evidence from maize farm households in Southern Ethiopia. Social Indicators Research, 155, 281-314.
6. Le Thi Thu Huong, Yoshifumi Takahashi, Hisako Nomura, Cao Truong Son, Takeru Kusudo, and Mitsuyasu Yabe (2020) Manure management and pollution levels of contract and non-contract livestock farming in Vietnam. Science of the Total Environment, 710, 136200.
7. Le Thi Thanh Loan, Yoshifumi Takahashi, Hisako Nomura, and Mitsuyasu Yabe (2019) Modeling home composting behavior toward sustainable municipal organic waste management at the source in developing countries. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, vol. 140, pp. 65-71.
8. Joseph Arbiol, Mitsuyasu Yabe, Hisako Nomura (2015) Using discrete choice modeling to evaluate the preferences and willingness to pay for leptospirosis vaccine. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutic, 11: 4, pp.1046-1056.
9. Hisako Nomura*, Mitsuyasu Yabe (2014) Private provision of environmental public goods: a pilot program for agricultural heritage conservation. Journal of Resources and Ecology, 5: 4, pp. 341-347.
10. Joseph Arbiol, Maridel Borja, Mitsuyasu Yabe, Hisako Nomura, Nina Gloriani, Shin-ichi Yoshida (2013) Valuing human leptospirosis prevention using the opportunity cost of labor. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 10:5, pp.1845-1860.
11. Kurokawa, T., Yabe, M., Nomura, H., & Takahashi, Y. (2019). Consumer Valuation of Green Tea Leaves Produced through Chagusaba Farming: A Case of GIAHS in Shizuoka. Journal of Agricultural and Forestry Issues (Web), 55(2), 81-88.
12. Khamsay, P., Takahashi, Y., Nomura, H., & Yabe, M. (2015). Economic valuation of river conservation towards international tourists’ preferences and willingness to pay for ecofriendly services of hotel industry: A case study of namxong river in Vangvieng district, Laos. Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 7(12), 897.
13. Nomura, H. (2014) Factors affecting the financial burden of Leptospirosis in Mitsuyasu Yabe, Hisako Nomura, Joseph M. Arbiol, Maxima R. Quijano, Maridel P. Borja, Nina G. Gloriani, Shin-ichi Yoshida (2014) Socioeconomic Study on the Burden of Leptospirosis, Kyushu University Press, Fukuoka, pg.565.
14. Nomura, H., John, P. C., & Cotterill, S. (2011). The use of feedback to enhance environmental outcomes: a randomised controlled trial of a food waste scheme. Local Environment, 16(7), 637-653.