September 5, 2013 (Thu) 9:30-17:00

JIRCAS is carrying a research project titled Design and evaluation of a recycling-based agricultural production system in upland farming areas of Northern China. The project will clarify the current situation and the future perspectives of the environmental impacts according to the change in the type of agricultural production in upland farming areas of northern China. Basic technologies that will be the core of a recycling-based agricultural production system of organic matter application technologies in intensive cereal farming areas, and high-value-added cropping technologies in the disadvantaged agricultural livestock regions. Moreover, the supporting policy system for standard conformity assessment will be discussed thoroughly, and measures/schemes for the expansion of a recycling-based agricultural production system will be presented.

This year is the third year for the project. The subject of prospect of mid/long-term production and evaluation of environmental load will be finished in this year, and subject of analysis and evaluation of expansion and establishment of recycling-based agricultural production system has started this April. The workshop will show some of our research results.

09:30-09:35  Opening speech (Dr. Saito, Program Director)

09:35-09:40  Speech from CAAS (Dr. Jin Ke)

09:40-09:50  Project Outline (overview) (Dr. Chien, Project Leader)

09:50-10:20  The Revolution of Maize Yield and Its Affecting Factors (Dr. Chen Yongfu)

10:20-10:50  Fertilizer use and corn yield in China (Dr. Kusano)

10:50-11:20  Evaluation of potential ground water damage by Nitrate (Dr. Mishima)

11:20-11:50  N fertilizer use and environmental effect in typical agroecosystems of North China (Dr. Lou Yilai)

11:50-12:00  Discussion

12:00-13:30  Lunch time

13:30-14:00  Agronomical evaluation for minimum tillage cultivation of wheat in the corn|wheat cropping system in the Hebei region, China (Dr.Nagumo)

14:00-14:40  Development of recycling-based agriculture system to promote cleaner production in northern China (Dr. Yin Changbin)

14:40-15:10  Cow dung analyzed as fertilizer resource in Inner Mongolia and its availability for pumpkin cultivation (Ms. Tana and Dr. Ozawa)

15:10-15:20  Break time

15:20-15:50  Marketing research for value-added agricultural products to construct recycling-based system in semi-arid regions (Dr. Nakamoto)

15:50-16:20  Factors affecting Chinese organic food consumption behavior (Dr. Li Ninghui)

16:20-16:50  Discussion

16:50-17:00  Closing remark (Dr. Yasunaka, vice president)