2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of practical techniques and horizontal technology transfer towards livelihood improvement and ecosystems conservation in poverty areas of Afro-Eurasia

Research Project

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Project/Area Number	24251005
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	海外学術
Research Field	Area studies
Research Institution	Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Principal Investigator	TANAKA UERU 総合地球環境学研究所, 研究部, 客員教授 (10231408)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	池野旬京都大学, アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科, 助教授 (40293930) 樋口浩和京都大学, (連合)農学研究科(研究院), 助手 (50303871) 三浦励一龍谷大学, 農学部, 准教授 (60229648) 小林広英京都大学, 地球環境学堂, 准教授 (70346097) 真常仁志京都大学, 地球環境学堂, 准教授 (70359826) 伊ヶ崎健大国立研究開発法人国際農林水産業研究センター, 生産環境・畜産領域, 任期付研究員 (70582021) 宮嵜英寿総合地球環境学研究所, 研究部, 外来研究員 (30455232) 水野啓京都大学, 地球環境学堂, 准教授 (10260613)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Keywords	地域開発 / 水平技術移転 / 在地生業 / 生態系保全 / 貧困問題 / ヒトも自然も / 環インド洋地域圏 / 環サハラ地域圏
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Under rapid expansion of population and human activities, semi-arid and sub-humid Asia and Africa are generally in areas where land degradation and poverty is inseparably linked. It goes to marginal/fragile environment and vulnerable people, such as elders, widows, handicapped and ethnic minorities. This study, involving local communities, demonstrated some practical techniques and livelihood systems, which concurrently enables the improvement of people’s wel-being and ecosystems conservation. In the process, the combination of local resources, empirical knowledges and indigenous techniques are identified and utilized. Technology transfer within/between Asia and Africa brought useful insight and inspiration. A series of the initiatives may lead to a new practical and comprehensive paradigm of rural development, which is based on the recognition of “human and nature”, not a conventional “humanity vs nature”.
Free Research Field	環境農学、地域開発論、土壌学、地域の在来知に学び、暮らしと生態系保全を両立する在地生業の創成の研究。