| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ODA Sen-ichi Nagoya University, Bio-Agriculture, Associate Professor, 大学院・生命農学研究科, 助教授 (60023660)
SAKAI Takeo Nippon University, Bio-Resource, Professor, 生物資源学部, 教授 (50147667)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
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| Research Abstract |
During 2-year research period, we concentrated on three areas in Japan, Aichi, Chiba and Hokkaido prefectures for field investigation. The research goal was to achieve food-safety standard at the farm level by introducing/establishing HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) method within dairy herd management system. The immediate objective of the research was to conduct case studies verifying that farmer participatory research, which utilize NOT drugs BUT participatory methods, is the key to improve lower productivity/poor hygiene.
In particular, collaboration work with Dr.Horikita of Chiba NOSAI (an agriculture mutual insurance system for livestock), produced various types of case studies. For example, a team consisting of veterinarians from NOSAI and animal disease investigation centers, and extension experts of local government, focused on one dairy farmer with poor animal health/production records. Using participatory methods for finding and listing up problems, the farm owner, his family members and employees discussed openly on how to solve such problems. Afterwards, they practiced what they had thought to be done. There were some level of decreases in mastitis and other disease incidence, increase in milk production, and improvement in working relationship. In other words, they managed to solve their problems by improving communication among them and achieved a certain level of "food safety" without using drugs.
Chiba NOSAI credited Dr.Horikita and their colleagues' work and officially recognized this participatory/communication approach as their new official terms of reference. We now intend to expand our research to national level for producing more case studies for developing better herd management systems.
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