| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Since the climates in Japan and Western countries are not conductive for culturing lac insects, which produce resinous secretion called lac, a source of natural resin, dye and wax, the principal researcher visited India and other lac producing and consuming countries, obtained various information including ecology of insects, host plants, culture, refining process, utilization and so on, and discovered the current most important subject must be how to maintain a stable supply of lac. With information from various countries, we executed several tests, analysis and making experimental works, as well as organized lecture events and workshops, by inviting lac related people and an expert from India. These events made able to exchange information on lac between each other. On this occasion, we established an international network called “Lac Study Group”, which could become a platform for international cooperation system for sustaining lac culture, production and consumption in future.
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