Director of Public Relations and Networking; Director of the Bangkok Regional Centre
Research Topics & Areas of Expertise
Climate change adaptation, sustainable agriculture, environmental and social safeguards, knowledge management, research operations & management
Education
• Ph.D. in Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida, USA
• M.Sc. in Applied Biochemistry, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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Presentation
Workshop on a Low Carbon Development and Resilient Society in Asia: Elements for Qatar and the Future Regime
Presentation
8th International Conference of NAPSIPAG 2011
The ongoing negotiations for the future climate regime have clearly indicated the need for both the developed and developing countries to work together in enhancing the adaptation to climate change. While much of the climate change adaptation debate has long been focused on the developing countries, little emphasis has been made on the need for...
Policy Report
This paper examines whether waste-based ethanol production can contribute to the realisation of a sound material-cycle society and what facilitates and hinders the implementation, based on two case studies conducted in Japan. Each of the selected projects is recognised as being the first projects of its kind in the world: ethanol production from...
Presentation
Annual Conference of the Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies
The aim of this paper is to analyse the potential contributions of bioethanol production from urban wastes to a sound material-cycle society in Japan. For this purpose, case studies are conducted on two projects of ethanol production from urban wastes: construction waste timber in Osaka Prefecture and food waste in Kitakyushu City. Based on...
Commissioned Report
Book Chapter
In アジア太平洋における持続可能な消費と生産：資源制約を乗り越えてアジアは豊かさを実現できるか
食の安全の問題は、アジア太平洋地域全体の食料安全保障を確保する上で、食の量やアクセスと同様に重要である。 ―食の安全は、農業の分野においては持続可能な生産と消費を目指す上での課題でもあり、両者には緊密な関係がある。 ―有機農業は食の安全を高める上で有効であるが、唯一の解決策ではない。 ―アジア太平洋地域において食料安全保障を実現するには、食品安全基準の統一、ライフサイクルアプローチの考え方に基づく関連ステークホルダー間の政策調整、生産者と消費者の能力向上、貯蔵インフラの改善等の政策や施策を組み合わせる必要がある。 ―アジア太平洋地域における食の安全に関する研究はまだ初期段階にあり、包括的な食の安全とその政策に対して一層の貢献が必要である。
Book Chapter
In Sustainable Consumption and Production in a Climate Constrained World: Perspectives for the Asia Pacific
Food safety is an important issue requiring equal attention to food quantity and access to ensure holistic food security in the Asia-Pacific region. This chapter explores key issues in food safety in terms of SCP. Food safety is an issue of sustainable production and consumption in agriculture since both are linked through a web of feedback...
Commissioned Report
Conference Proceeding
Conference Proceeding
Proceedings of International Symposium on Promoting Synergies Among Adaptation Networks in the Asia-Pacific Region
India is one of the highly drought prone countries in the world. Due to the monsoon system, the entire agriculture and related economic activities depend on a short window of rainy season. Available climate change projections indicate high probability for prolonged and frequent droughts for India. Drought monitoring is crucial to continuously plan...
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