2022 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Development of Productive, Resilient, and Sustainable Farming Practices through Natural Capital Management
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22K05857
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| Research Institution | International University of Japan |
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Principal Investigator |
Cooray Nawalage 国際大学, 国際関係学研究科, 教授(移行) (50350723)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
DE・SILVA SALIYA 佐賀大学, 経済学部, 教授 (20774524)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2022-04-01 – 2025-03-31
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| Keywords | Natural capital / Sustainability / Environment / Indegiounous knowledge |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
We conducted a workshop at the Business School of the University of Essex organised by the Essex Centre for Accountability and Global Development (CAGD). This was held on 22nd May 2023. The workshop topic is “Development of Productive, Resilient, and Sustainable Farming Practices through Natural Capital Accounting. Topics and Speakers are (1) Introduction to the workshop by Director CAGD- Prof. Shahzad Uddin (2) Introduction to Natural Capital Accounting Project; Prof. N. S. Cooray, Professor in Economics, the International University of Japan (IUJ), Japan. (3) Natural Capital Accounts: defining and measuring the natural capital (the UK experience) Prof. Kelum Jayasinghe, The University of Sheffield, UK. (4) Development of Productive, Resilient, and Sustainable Farming Practices through Natural Capital Management: Experience of Japan by Prof. Saliya De Silva, Professor in Development Economics, the Faculty of Economics, Saga National University, Japan. (5) Natural Capital Management Practices in Sri Lankan Farming Sector: An Overview by Professor Buddhi Marambe, Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. We also have published one article.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
We had difficulties in getting all the researchers together due the conflict schedules. And therefore our project workshop in the UK was held in May 2023, even though we planned it to be held in March 2022.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
We are planning to have focused group interviews and semi-structured interviews: (1) Focussed group interviews and semi-structured interviews in Japan will be conducted by Professor Cooray and Professor Jayasinghe when he visits Japan in September 2023. (2) Professor Cooray and Professor Marambe will conduct focused group and semi-structured interviews in Sri Lanka in July and August 2023. We selected the following districts Anuradhapura, Ampara, Vavuniya and Hambantota to cover the dry zone, while Kurunegala was selected to cover intermediate zones. We focus on traditional and modern paddy cultivation, considering soil & water management, biodiversity, use of agrochemicals, integrated pest management, ingenious methods, etc. We also plan to publish an edited volume and some journal articles.
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| Causes of Carryover |
We had to postponed our traveling and workshop to be held from March 2022 to May 2023.
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