| Project/Area Number |
01041055
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | Field Research |
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
SAKAMOTO Sadao Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 農学部, 教授 (30026546)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SEETHARAM A. Co-rdinator, All India Coordinated Small Millet Improvement Project, Indian Coun, 研究部長
TANASE Jiro Research Associate, Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University, 文学部, 教務補佐員
TANI Yutaka Professor, Research Institute for Humanistic Studies, Kyoto University, 人文科学研究所, 教授 (60027563)
MATSUI Takeshi Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University, 人文学部, 助教授 (50109063)
OHJI Toshiaki Professor, Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University, 文学部, 教授 (60024212)
KOBAYASHI Hisao Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, 農学部, 助教授 (50026605)
KIMATA Mikio Associate Professor, Field Studies Institute, Tokyo Gakugei University, 野外教育実習施設, 助教授 (90014852)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1989 – 1990
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1990)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥13,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1990: ¥3,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1989: ¥10,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,000,000)
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| Keywords | Millet cultivation / Agro-pastoral culture complex / Indian subcontinent / Millet-weed complex / Grain cookery / Cultivation techniques / Animal husbandry |
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| Research Abstract |
The main field research subjects are as follows :
(1) Observation of variation and collection of indigenous millets, such as common millet, foxtail millet, Indian barnyard millet, and other small millets, and introduced African millets, such as finger millet, sorghum and pearl millet.
(2) Analysis of the millet-weed complex through the field observation and collection of weed species associated with millet cultivation
(3) Observation of traditional cultivation techniques of millets including farming practice, agricultural instruments, harvesting methods and threshing methods
(4) Folk taxonomic studies of vernacular names of millets
(5) Studies on the traditional utilization and food technology of millets in relation to people's way of life
(6) Analysis of interrelationships between millet cultivation and traditional animal husbandry in agro-pastoral societies
For this purpose we have carried out our field works in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Prgdesh, Maharashtra, Orrisa, Bihal, Madhya Pradesh, Rajastan, Jammu and Kashimir, and Himachal Pradesh States of India, and in North-western Province, Baluchistan and Sind of Pakistan during the period of 1985, 1987 and 1989.
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