Form6-2

Final Report

Project Title Desertification and Livelihood in Semi-Arid Afro-Eurasia

Abbreviated Title Desertification in Afro-Eurasia

Project Category Individual Collaboration Project

Project Leader TANAKA Ueru

SPECIFIC OUTPUTS TO DATE

(1) Ikazaki, Kenta 2017: Control of Wind Erosion, Loss of Soils, and Organic Matter Using the “Fallow Band System” in Semiarid Sandy Soils of the Sahel. In FUNAKAWA, Shinya (ed.) Soils, Ecosystem Processes, and Agricultural Development -Tropical Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa-, Springer, Berlin, Germany (in press)

(2) Bakary Sanou, Kimseyinga Savadogo, and Takeshi Sakurai. 2017: Determinants of Adoption and Continuous Use of Improved Maize Seeds in Burkina Faso. Japanese Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 19 (forthcoming)

(3) Takeshi Sakurai 2016: On the Determinants of High Productivity Rice Farming in Irrigated Areas in Senegal: The Efficiency of Large compared with Small-Scale Irrigation Schemes. Keijiro Otsuka and Donald F. Larson (eds.) Pursuit of an African Green Revolution: Views from Rice and Maize Farmers’ Fields. Springer Japan, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 119-143.

(4) Ibrahim Kalil Mangane・NAKAO Seji 2016: A propos des 50 ans qui vont de la Fondation de la Section Voltaïque de l'Union Culturelle Musulmane à la Communauté Musulmane, Burkina Faso (Bobo-Dioulasso, 1962-2012). Field Note Series, Desertification and Livelihood in Semi-Arid Afro-Eurasia Project, 4. Field Note Series, Desertification and Livelihood in Semi-Arid Afro-Eurasia Project, RIHN, Kita-ku, Kyoto, 184pp.

(5) Oyama, S. 2016: March. Guardian or misfeasor? Chief’s roles in land administration under the new 1995 Land Act in Zambia. In Moyo S. and Mine Y. eds. What Colonialism Ignored: ‘African Potentials’ for Resolving Conflicts in Southern Africa. LANGAA Publishers, Bamenda, Cameroon. 103-128.

(6) Vivek Dangi and Hitoshi Endo 2016: Traditional Agricultural Tools of Haryana, India – A Record of Ordinary People’s Lives –. Desertification and Livelihood in Semi-Arid Afro-Eurasia Project, RIHN, Kyoto, 134pp.

(7) ISHIYAMA, Shun 2016: Energy Issues from a rural Perspective. NAWATA, Hiroshi (ed.) Human resources and Engineering in the Post-oil Era, A Search for Viable Future Societies in Japan and Oil-rich Countries of the Middle East. Shokadoh Book Sellers, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, pp.89-99. (in Japanese)

(8) Hitoshi Shinjo, Yuko Sasaki, Yohei Komura 2015: Food Security and Health: Support for Crisis and Stable Food Production in the Sahel of Africa. In Mika Kawai (ed.) “Multiple Approach for the Policy of Health”, Minerva, Kyoto, pp.227-249. (in Japanese)

(9) Hitoshi Shinjo 2015: How to Combat Desertification. In Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (ed.) “Secret of the Soil”, Asakura Shoten, Tokyo, pp.144-147. (in Japanese)

(10) Kenta Ikazaki 2015: The Sahel, Frontline of Desertification. In Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (ed.) “Secret of the Soil”, Asakura Shoten, Tokyo, pp.186-189. (in Japanese)

(9) Kenta Ikazaki 2015: Desertification and Wind Erosion in the Sahel. In Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (ed.) “Soils in the World and Japan”, Noubunkyo, Tokyo, pp.17-23. (in Japanese)

(11) Tobita, S., Matsumoto, T., Okuda, Y., Ikazaki, K., Oshibe, A. 2015: Research and achievements in combating land degradation and desertification for sustainable rural development. In Griffiths,

a) Books

J. (ed.) “Living land”, UNCCD, pp.122-126. (12) Shuichi Ohyama 2015: Tackling the land degradation in Sahel region of West Africa: Trash

input for land rehabilitation, food security and conflict prevention. Showado, Kyoto, p.315. (in Japanese)

(13) Nakamura, H. 2014: A General World Environmental Chronology. Suirensha, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. (in Japanese)

(14) Yuko Sasaki 2014: Republic of Niger. In GWEC Editorial Working Comittee (ed.) “A General World Environmental Chronology”, Suirensha, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, pp.465-467.

(15) Chieko Umetsu, Thamana Lekprichakul, Takeshi Sakurai, Taro Yamauchi, Yudai Ishimoto, Hidetoshi Miyazaki 2014: Dynamics of social-ecological systems: the case of farmers' food security in the semi-arid tropics. In Shoko Sakai and Chieko Umetsu (ed.) “Social-Ecological Systems in Transition”, Springer, pp.157-178.

(16) Koki Teshirogi 2014: Desert and Desertification. In Japanese Society of African Studies (ed.) “Encyclopedia of African Studies”, Showado, Kyoto, pp.420-423. (in Japanese)

(17) Ueru Tanaka 2014: Desert soils. In Koji Nawata and Kenichi Shinoda (ed.) “Desert History: Strategies of Humans, Animals and Plants for Sharing Water”, Book Series from the National Museum of Nature and Science, No. 15, Tokai University Press, Hadano, pp.92-96. (in Japanese)

(18) Kazuharu Mizuno 2014: Forest Distribution and Human Activities. In Okumiya,K. (ed.) “Aging, Disease and Health in the Himalayas and Tibet”, Rubi Enterprise, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp.95-98.

(19) Nobutaka Kamei 2014: Handicap. In Shinji Yamashita (ed.) “Public Anthropology”, Tokyo University Press, Tokyo, pp.121-137 (in Japanese)

(20) Nobutaka Kamei 2014: Sign Language. In Yoshio Sugimoto (ed.) “The world folk encyclopedia”, Maruzen, Tokyo, pp.190-191

(21) Ueru Tanaka 2013: To seek a handhold for practical soil management to mitigate desertification. In Buho Hoshino and Koji Nawata (ed.) “Mesquite: an exotic tree”, Book Series of Human Subsistence Ecosystems in Arab Societies, No. 4, Rinsen Shoten, Kyoto, pp.225-236. (in Japanese)

(22) Hitoshi Endo 2013: The Distribution of Indus Civilization from Crafts (Chapter 6). In Toshiki Osada (ed.), "Indus: Probe into the South Asian base society", Kyoto University Press, Kyoto, pp. 179-204 (in Japanese)

(23) Hiroshi Nakamura, Rinchindorj Dorjjadamba, and Delgerjargal Sodnomdarjaa 2017: The Impact of a Disaster on Asset Dynamics in the Gobi Region of Mongolia: An Analysis of Livestock Changes. The Journal of Development Studies, 1-18 (published online)

(24) Miyazaki, H., Ishimoto, Y., Yamashita, M., Tanaka U. and Umetsu C. 2016: Coping Behaviors with Extremely Heavy Rainfall in Southern Zambia- Comparison between 2007/08 and 2009/10. Vasantha Kumar J., Rathankrishnan T., Philiph H., Murugan P.P. and Jegadeesan M. (ed.) Extension Management Strategies For Sustainable Agriculture Opportunities & Challenges. New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi India, pp.413-427

b) Academic Papers

(25) Jegadeesan M. and Miyazaki H. 2016: Deterioration of Tank Irrigation System in Tamil Nadu, India: Socio Economic Factors and Necessary Remedies. Vasantha Kumar J., Rathankrishnan T., Philiph H., Murugan P.P. and Jegadeesan M. (ed.) Extension Management Strategies For Sustainable Agriculture Opportunities & Challenges. New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi India, pp.255-281.

(26) Ho Trung Thong, Nguyen Van Chao and Tanaka Ueru 2016: Effects of supplementations of biocharcoal and wood vinegar in the diets on emissions of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide from pig manure. Journal of Animal Husbandry Sciences and Technics – Animal Husbandry Association of Vietnam, 203 (2/2016), 66 – 72 (in Vietnamese with English abstract)

(27) Minh, V. T., Mizuno, K., Funakawa, S., Shinjo, H., Tanaka, U., and An., L. V., 2015: Introduction of vanilla in mountainous villages of central Vietnam. Tropical Agriculture and Development, 59(4), 199-206

(28) Kenta Ikazaki 2015: Desertification and a New Countermeasure in the Sahel, West Africa. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 61:372-383

(29) Minh, V. T., Mizuno, K., Funakawa, S., Shinjo, H., Tanaka, U., and An., L. V., 2015: Home garden practices and crop contribution to livelihood in mountainous villages of central Vietnam. Tropical Agriculture and Development, 59(3), 118-126

(30) Ho Trung Thong, Ho Le Quynh Chau, Vu Chi Cuong and Ueru Tanaka 2015: Determination of ideal amino acid digestibilities of some feedstuffs for chickens. Journal of Animal Husbandry Sciences and Technics 8-2015 (197):38-44

(31) Shamik Chakraborty, Hiroshi Yasuda, Abhik Chakraborty, Hajime Nabeta, Takayuki Kawai and Shun Ishiyama 2015: The Nile and Recent Changes in Its Basin Environment: Evidences from Literature. Journal of Resources and Ecology .Vol.6 ,No.5, pp.345-352.

(32) Kanno, H., T. Sakurai, H. Shinjo, H. Miyazaki, Y. Ishimoto, T. Saeki, and C. Umetsu 2015: Analysis of Meteorological Measurements made over Three Rainy Seasons and Rainfall Simulations in Sinazongwe District, Southern Province, Zambia. Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly 49(1) :59-71.

(33) Hitoshi Endo 2015: Situations and issues of the use of cattle feces in Northwest India. JournalofArid Land Studies, 25-2: 39 -44. (in Japanese)

(34) Ikazaki, K. 2015: Desertification and a New Countermeasure in the Sahel, West Africa. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr. 61(3). 372-383.

(35) Koki Teshirogi 2015: Recent Changes in Communal Livestock Farming in Northwestern Namibia with Special Reference to the Rapid Spread of Livestock Auctions and Mobile Phones. MILA the Special Issue: 27-36.

(36) Ando, K., Shinjo, H., Noro, Y., Takenaka, S., Miura R., Sokotela, S.B., Funakawa, S 2014: Short-term effects of fire intensity on soil organic matter and nutrient release after slash-and-burn in Eastern Province, Zambia. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 60:173-182.

(37) Ando K., Shinjo H., Kuramitsu H., Miura R., Sokotela S., Funakawa S. 2014: Effects of cropping and short-natural fallow rotation on soil organic carbon in the Eastern Province of Zambia. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ 196:34-41

(38) Ho Le Quynh Chau, Ho Trung Thong, Nguyen Van Chao, Pham Hoang Son Hung, Vu Van Hai, Le Van An, Ayako Fujieda, Ueru Tanaka, Miki Akamatsu 2014: Microbial and Parasitic

Contamination on Fresh Vegetables Sold in Traditional Market in Hue City, Vietnam. Journal of Food and Nutrition Research 2(12):959-964

(39) Oyama, S. 2014: Farmer-herder conflicts, land rehabilitation, and conflict prevention in Sahel region of West Africa.. African Study Monographs supplementary (50) :103-122

(40) Ueru Tanaka, Kenta Ikazaki, Hitoshi Shinjo, Satoshi Tobita 2014: Practical technique for desertification control concurrently to reduce wind erosion and improve crop performance. Environmental Research Quarterly, 176, 5-14. (in Japanese) (Award of Minister of Environment, the Hitachi Environment Foundation)

(41) Ho Trung Thong, Nguyen Van Chao, Ueru Tanaka, Ho Le Quynh Chau 2014: Antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli isolated from fecal samples in some provinces of Central Vietnam. Science and Technology Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development 4/2014 :129-136 (in Vietnamese with English summary)

(42) Sugihara, S., Funakawa, S., Ikazaki, K., Shinjo, H., and Kosaki, T. 2014: Rewetting of Dry Soil did not Stimulate the Carbon and Nitrogen Mineralization in Croplands with Plant Residue Removed in the Sahel, West Africa. Tropical Agriculture and Development 58:8-17.

(43) Sakurai, Takeshi and Ryo Inoue 2014: Development of the Rural Economy of Burkina Faso in 30 Years: Have They Escaped from the Poverty?. Economic Review 65(1):23-41. (in Japanese)

(44) Yudai Ishimoto, Hidetoshi Miyazaki, Ueru Tanaka 2014: Gathering and food security in the Sahel, Africa: a case in Northeast Brukina Faso. Millet News Letter, 29:1-7. (in Japanese)

(45) Hidetoshi Miyazaki, Yudai Ishimoto, Ueru Tanaka, Chieko Umetsu 2013: The role of the sweet potato in the crop diversification of small-scale farmers in Southern Province, Zambia. African Study Monographs 34(2):119-137

(46) Ishimoto, Y., Miyazaki, H., Seto, S., Tanaka, U. 2013: Safety Net of Agro-pastoralists in the Sahel: Survival Devices Embedded in Food Consumption System. Sand Dune Research, 60(2):73-78. (in Japanese)

(47) Mizuno, K. 2013: The change of natural environments and vegetation in Namib Desert. Special Issue "Dryland ecosystem and its problems" Nature and conservation of Namib Desert, Africa. Journal of the Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology 39(2):290-292. (in Japanese)

(48) Hiroshi Nakamura 2013: Natural Disaster on 2009-2010 and Herders' Behavior in Dundgobi Pref., Mongolia. Papers on Environmental Information Science, 27:237-242. (in Japanese)

(49) Ishimoto, Y., Miyazaki, H., Seto, S., Umetsu, C., Tanaka, U. 2013: Resilience of Agro-pastoralists Livelihood System in the Sahel: A Case of Introduction of Migration in I-village, Northeastern Burkina Faso. Journal of Arid Land Studies 23(2):73-77. (in Japanese)

(50) Ishimoto, Y., Miyazaki, H, Umetsu, C. 2013: Social Safety Net Using Mobile Phones: A Case Study of Southern Province, Zambia. Journal of Agricultural Development Studies, 24(1):26-35. (in Japanese)

(51) Miki Akamatsu, Kosuke Tsujita, Vinai Pitiyont, Atinut Saejiew, Suratwadee Jiwajinda, Ueru Tanaka 2013,03 Pesticide residue analysis of soils collected from suburban agricultural fields around Bangkok. Tropical Agroculture and Development 57(１) :8 -15

(51) Tran Thanh Duc, Ueru Tanaka and Hirohide Kobayashi 2012,12 Living with typhoon and flood disasters: a case study in Huong Phong commune, Tam Giang lagoon area, central Vietnam. SANSAI (6):85-96

(52) Hirohide Kobayashi, Duc Tran Thanh, Ueru Tanaka 2012: Housing Conditions of a Lagoon Village in a Flood-prone Area of Central Vietnam. Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering 11:1-8

(53) Oyama, S. 2012: Land rehabilitation methods based on the refuse input: local practices of Hausa farmers and application of indigenous knowledge in the Sahelian Niger. . Pedologist 55(3) :466-489

(54) Yuki Okamoto, Ueru Tanaka, Kei Mizuno and Le Van An 2012: Spatial transition of the fishery activities in Sam-An Truyen lagoon, Central Vietnam. Agricultural Systems, 28(2):63-71

(55) Ikazaki, K., Shinjo, H., Tanaka, U., Tobita, S., Funakawa, S., and Kosaki, T. 2011: “Fallow Band System” a land management practice for controlling desertification and improving crop production in the Sahel, West Africa. 1. Effectiveness in desertification control and soil fertility improvement. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr. 57(4):573-586

(56) Ikazaki, K., Shinjo, H., Tanaka, U., Tobita, S., Funakawa, S., and Kosaki, T. 2011: Field-Scale Aeolian Sediment Transport in the Sahel, West Africa. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 75:1885-1897

(57) Ikazaki, K., Shinjo, H., Tanaka, U., Tobita, S., Funakawa, S., and Kosaki, T. 2011: Aeolian materials sampler for measuring surface flux of soil nitrogen and carbon during wind erosion events in the Sahel, West Africa. Transactions of the ASABE 54(3) :983-990.

(58) Rwezimula, F., Tanaka U., and Ikeno, J. 2010: Agro-ecological characteristics and inherent roles of indigenous farming systems in the eastern slope of Northern Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania. J. Agricultural Development Studies 20(3):65-71

(59) Ikazaki, K., Shinjo, H., Tanaka, U., Tobita, S., Funakawa, S. and Kosaki, T. 2010: Performance of Aeolian Materials Sampler for the determination of amount of coarse organic matter transported during wind erosion events in Sahel, West Africa. Pedologist 53(3) :126-134

[Reports] (60) Takao Shimizu 2015: Thinking the Studies on Children in Africa from the Field Work of Street

Children. Child Science, Vol.11, p.56. (in Japanese) (61) Hitoshi Endo 2015: Record of Red Accessories in Nagaland, India. In Manabu Koiso (ed.)

“Value and Trading of Cornelian Accessories in South Asia: Social Systems to Maintain Tradition”, Report of JSPS Grant-in-Aid for challenging Exploratory Research 2015, Shukugawa Gakuin University, pp.21-33. (in Japanese)

(62) Hitoshi Endo 2015: Symbols of Nagaland: Hatchet sword. In Manabu Koiso (ed.) “Value and Trading of Cornelian Accessories in South Asia: Social Systems to Maintain Tradition”, Report of JSPS Grant-in-Aid for challenging Exploratory Research 2015, Shukugawa Gakuin University, pp. 55-58. (in Japanese)

(63) Ueru Tanaka, Kenta Ikazaki, Takao Shimizu, Hitoshi Shinjo, Satoshi Tobita 2015: Understanding and Development of Practical Techniques for Desertification Control In Semi-arid Africa. Journal of Arid Land Studies, 24(3):349-353 (in Japanese)

(64) Shudai, H., A. Yoneyama, F. Shudai, A. Konasukawa, S. Kimura and H. Endo 2015: Report on the Survey of the Archaeological Materials of Prehistoric Pakistan stored in the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum Part 6: Human Figurines and Some Remarks on the Social Development in

c) Reports/Proceedings/Newsletters

the Prehistoric Balochistan. In Bulletin of the Turumi University: Studies in Humanities, Social and Natural Science 52(4). Turumi University, pp.7-29.

(65) Ueru Tanaka, Kenta Ikazaki, Hitoshi Shinjo, Satoshi Tobita 2014: Practical technique for desertification control concurrently to reduce wind erosion and improve crop performance. Environmental Research Quarterly 176:5-14. (in Japanese)

(66) Yuko Sasaka, Yohei Komura 2014: Daily life and Livelihood activities in the Sahel, West Africa - a case in Niger -. In Ueru Tanaka (ed.) “Field Note, Vol 1”, RIHN, Kyoto, p.116. (in Japanese)

(67) Yuji Takenoshita, Kamei, N., Amo, K., Shimizu, T., and Sawamura, N. 2013: African child studies” forum - school education and traditional education in Francophone Africa -. Report of the Forum of 50th Japan Association for African Studies, Journal of African Studies, 83, pp. 37-51. (in Japanese)

(68) Ueru Tanaka, Yuko Sasaki, Takao Shimizu, Kenta Ikazaki 2012: Practical technique and extension method for desertification control in the Sahel, West Africa. Proceeding of International Symposium on Sustainability/Survivability Science for a Resilient Society Adaptable to Extreme Weather Conditions. Kyoto Univercity Global COE Program, pp.12-13.

(69) Hidetoshi Miyazaki, Yudai Ishimoto and Ueru Tanaka 2012: The Importance of Sweet Potatoes in Rural Villages in Southern Province, Zambia. Working Paper on Social-Ecological Resilience Series 2012. , pp.1-18.

[Proceedings] (70) Hitoshi Endo 2015: Documenting traditional agricultural tools in Odisha, India. In Proceedings

of Joint Belmont Forum SMARTS2- Future Earth Unit Workshop: How to Organize and Conduct Multinational, Inter- and Trans-Disciplinary Research Collaboration? –India X Food, Rural, Environmental Studies as a Subject Matter-. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto.

(71) Ueru Tanaka, Kenta Ikazaki, Takao Shimizu, Yuko Sasaki, Hitoshi Shinjo, Satoshi Tobita 2014: Designing of Practical Techniques for Desertification Control Collaborating with Local People in the Sahel, West Africa. In Short Abstracts of “Integrative Risk Management: the Role of Science, Technology and Practice”, 24-28, August 2014, Davos, pp.189-189

[Newsletters] (72) Ueru Tanaka 2015: A traditional push-hoe in Semi-arid West Africa - Good Relations between

People and Soil -. Global Net, 297:8-9. (in Japanese) (73) Ueru Tanaka 2015: Record of Environmental Science Café: Confronting Desertification –

Rural Development and Desertification Control -. Environmental Research Quarterly 177:88-116. (in Japanese)

(74) Takao Shimizu 2015: Knowledge of Africa and Our Action-taking. Global Net, 299:12-13. (in Japanese)

(75) Ueru Tanaka 2014: Desertification Control and Rural Development in Semi-arid Africa – Seeking the activities with local participation -. Global Net, 285:2-7. (in Japanese)

(76) Hidetoshi Miyazaki 2013: The importance of the sugar cane in the crop diversification in Rajasthan, India. CALNACS News Letter, 1.2-3 (in Japanese)

[Magazine Articles] (77) Kenta Ikazaki 2015: Do we need combatting with causes? - “Do-nothing technique” in the frontline of desertification -. Kagaku, 85(11):1089-1090

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[West and North Africa] (78) Algeria: “Oasis farming in the Sahara: Dates plantation under irrigation”, Oct 28 - Nov 8, 2015;

Feb 20 - March 3, 2015 (78) Senegal: “Land use and degradation in Agro-Pastoral ecotone”, “Situation and Potentialities

of NGOs”, “Farming systems”, “Seeking collaborators in research and implementation” and “Field experiment on Zai”, “Realities of Great Green Wall Initiatives in Pastoralism zone” and “Possibility of technology transfer between Asia and Africa and within Africa”, Jan 28 – Feb 8, 2015; May 27 – June 8, 2014; Jan 28 - Feb 8, 2015; May 31 - June 11, 2015; Oct 1 - 20, 2015; August 6 – 14, 2016

(79) Burkina Faso: “Qur’anic School and primary education”, “Situation and strategy of street children”, “Small-scale farming and soil management” and “Field experiment on Andropogon contour line with Zai”, “Traditional architecture”, “Household economy survey”, Dec2 - 25, 2014; Feb 8 –March 14, 2014; June 1 - 28, 2015; Feb 24 - March 26, 2015; Jan 28 – Feb 26, 2015

(80) Niger: “Monitoring of the extension of desertification control techniques (Fallow-band system, Andropogon contour line with Zai and Incorporation of social network survey in to the extension system”, Feb 8 – May 12, 2014; Nov 30 - Dec 8, 2014

(81) Burkina Faso and Niger: “Cross-border transmigration and new community formation”, Jan 26 – March 6, 2014; June 2 – July 12, 2014

[Southern Africa] (82) Namibia: “Soil fertility and its degradation under different management” and “Change of

land use and vegetation”, Jan 2 – 13, 2014; Nov 16 – Dec 3, 2014; Dec 1 – 24, 2014; Sept. 16 – 24, 2016

(83) Zambia: “Soil degradation process under semi-arid condition”, “Land resource management research for animal husbandry”, Jan 7- Feb 11, 2014; April 23 – May 14, 2014

[East and Northeast Africa]

(84) Sudan: “Land use systems of Pastoralist in arid environment”, Sept. 15 – 27, 2012; Dec. 7 – 22, 2013

(85) Tanzania (mainland): “Land use and degradation” and “Possibility of horizontal technology transfer”, March 10 – 26, 2014; Feb 11 – March 2, 2015; Dec 2 – 8, 2015

d) Newspapers/Magazine Articles

e) Videos/Photographic Works

f) Field Research (Within and outside Japan)

(86) Tanzania (Zanzibar): “Applicability of the methodology developed in semi-arid Africa to humid Asia: Preliminary survey on potentiality of home-garden agroforestry system”, July 9 – 24, 2014; June 10 – 15, 2016

(87) Kenya: “Development and vulnerable people – a case of Massai community under geothermal power development in Rift Valley”, June 16 – 21, 2016; Nov. 11 – 18, 2016

[South Asia]

(88) Northwest India: “Distribution and use of traditional animal-driven water well”, “Record of traditional farming tools”, “Animal raising and land resources management”, “Social and ecological adaptation strategy of vulnerable people”, Jan 1 – 13, 2014; Feb 6 – May 10, 2014; March 7 – 13, 2014; June 5 – July 2, 2014; Aug 2 – Sept12, 2014; Nov. 11 – 18, 2016

(89) South India: “General survey for livelihood systems”, “Techniques of upland farming under semi-arid condition”, “Home-garden agroforestry”, Mar 18 – April 6, 2015; April 2 – 10, 2015; Feb. 28 – March 11, 2016

[East Asia]

(90) Mongolia: “Management techniques in animal husbandry”, “Labour migration after natural disaster”, Jan 9 – 26, 2014; Aug 26 – Sept 11, 2014;

(91) China: “Traditional farming systems on millet cultivation in semi-arid China”, “Livelihood systems in arid land”, April 9 – 14, 2014; Aug 4 – 16, 2015

[Other area (Southeast Asia)]

(92) Vietnam and Indonesia: “Applicability of the methodology developed in semi-arid Africa to humid Asia: Improvement of Livelihood and Ecosystems Conservation”, Feb 4 – Feb 20, 2014 and Sept 24 – Oct 2, 2014, Jan 6 – 12, 2015; Sept 13 – 19, 2015; Jan 28 – Feb 2, 2016; April 9 – 16, 2016; July 13 – 19, 2016

(93) France-Japon Joint Symposium “Landscape and Lifeworld in Anthropocene”, Dec 7, 2016, Fondation Facnce- Japon de l’EHESS, Paris, France

(94) International Symposium “Livelihood and Agriculture under Variable Environment in North Central Region of Namibia, 22 Sept., 2016, Windhoek, Namibia

(95) Japan-BecA-ILRI Hub seminar, June 16, 2016, Nairobi, Kenya (96) International Seminar on “Traditional Knowledge and Heritage of South Asia”, Nov. 15 and

16, 2016, All India Jat Heroes’ Memorial College, Rohtak, Haryana, India (97) International Workshop on “Des vies d’enfants en Afrique TICSD6 pre-event)”, March 15,

2016, Université Gaston Berger, Salle du Laspad, CRDS, St. Louis, Senegal (98) Symposium on “Livelihood and Soils in Dryland”, Dec 15, 2015, Society of Arid Land Studies,

Akihabara Satellite Campus, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo (99) Hokkaido University Sustainability Week Joint Workshop on “Culture and Utilization of

Livestock Feces - Experiences from Asia and Africa -”, Nov 6, 2015, Hokkaido University, Sapporo

(100) Symposium on “Fermented Foods in the Tropics”, Oct 31, 2015, Society of Arid Land Studies,

g) Symposia/Conferences/Workshops (Organized or Co-organized )

RIHN, Kyoto (101) Open Seminar on “Pioneer Farmers and Community Development”, Oct 25, 2015, Hachiro-

gata Museum, Ohgata, Akita (102) 7th National Meeting, Oct 24, 2015, Forum for African Education Studies, RIHN, Kyoto (103) Symposium on “Can Soils African Food Security?”, Sept 11, 2015, Society of Soil Science

and Plant Nutrition, Kyoto University, Kyoto (104) 6th Seminar on “Constructing livelihood through migration: Indian Diaspora in United Arab

Emirates”, May 27, 2015, Group of Livelihood Studies in South Asia, RIHN, Kyoto (105) Joint Seminar on “What we learnt from the interrelations between livelihood and ecological

environment in arid and semi-arid Africa”, Oct 16, 2015, EHESS and IMAF, Paris, France (106) Joint Workshop on “Learning the history of dry farming in China”, Aug 20, 2015, RIHN,

Kyoto (107) International Workshop on “Livelihood and Landscape Management in Trans-Indian Ocean

Perspective with Special Reference to Tanzania, Indonesia and Vietnam”, July 21, 2015, ASAFAS, Kyoto University, Kyoto

(108) International Research Workshop on “Transformation of Traditional Wisdom and Agrarian Diversification”, April 4, 2015, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai, India.

(109) ISM-RIHN Joint Seminar on “Community Development Assistance in the Sahel”, Feb 4, 2015, ISM, Dakar, Senegal

(110) Seminar on “Studies of African Children”, Aug 20, 2014, Embassy of Japan in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

(111) Symposium on “Systems Approach for Tackling Global Environmental Issues”, Oct 17, 2014, Society of Agricultural Systems, Kyoto University, Kyoto

(112) Open Seminar on “Global Environment Month: Desertification Control and Rural Development Support in Semi-arid Africa”, June 20, 2014, Akihabara Satellite Campus, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo

(113) The 4th Lusaka Resilience Workshop on "Towards Comprehensive Food Security: Bridging Climate Resilience and Disaster Resilience", Aug. 29, 2013, Lusaka, Zambia

[Oral presentations] (114) Ueru Tanaka 2017: Practical agro-ecosystems management with fragile environments in

semi-arid Africa under desertification. Japanese - Swiss Ecohealth Colloquium, Jan. 11, 2017, Basel, Swiss

(115) Ueru Tanaka 2016: Possibility and significance of the transfer of indigenous farming techniques from India to Africa. International Seminar on “Traditional Knowledge and Heritage of South Asia”, Nov. 15 and 16, 2016, All India Jat Heroes’ Memorial College, Rohtak, Haryana, India

(116) Akinori Kitsuki and Takeshi Sakurai 2016: Seasonal Hunger: Heterogenous Impacts of Seasonal Price Changes and Credit Constraints on Seasonal Consumption Patterns in Rural Zambia. Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting 2016, July 31 –

h) Individual Presentations (Oral and Poster Presentations presented at conferences, symposia, scientific meetings, workshops and etc.)

August 2, 2016, Boston: MA, USA. (117) Chieko Umetsu, Takeshi Sakurai, Taro Yamauchi, Hidetoshi Miyazaki, and Moses Mwale

2016: Climate Change, Agricultural Production and Nutrition: Towards Integrated Policy Design for Food Security. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016, May 22-16, 2016, Makuhari, Chiba, Japan.

(118) Takeshi Sakurai, Gen Yokoyama, and Fred Nimoh 2016: Agricultural Mechanization in Sub-Saharan Africa: Is it for Area Expansion or Labor Saving in the Case of Ghana? Agricultural Economics Society of Japan Annual Meeting 2016, Akita Prefectural University, March 29-30, 2016, Akita, Akita, Japan.

(119) Bakary Sanou, ,Kimseyinga Savadogo, and Takeshi Sakurai 2016: Determinants of Adoption and Continuous Use of Improved Maize Seeds in Burkina Faso. Agricultural Economics Society of Japan Annual Meeting 2016, Akita Prefectural University, March 29-30, 2016, Akita, Akita, Japan.

(120) Oyama, S. 2016: Countering popular beliefs by applying urban waste and livestock-induced land rehabilitation in Sahel region of West Africa. 15th Congress of International Society of Ethnobiology (ISE2016). Makerere University. Kampala Uganda. August 5 2016. （本人発表）

(121) Miyazaki H., K. P. Singh, Uchiyama Y., Endo H., Ishimoto Y. and Tanaka U. 2016: Pastoralism in Northwestern -Focus on Relationship between Pastoralist and Agriculturist. France-Japan Joint Symposium “Landscape in the Anthropocene”, 2016,12,05-2016,12,08, Fondation France-Japon de l’EHESS.

(122) Miyazaki H., K. P. Singh, Uchiyama Y., Endo H., Ishimoto Y. and Tanaka U. 2016: Livelihoods of Pastoral community in North West India. International Seminar on “Traditional Knowledge and Heritage of South Asia, 2016,11,15-2016,11,16, Haryana, India

(123) Umetsu C., Sakurai T., Yamauchi T., Miyazaki H. and Mwale M. 2016: Climate Change, Agricultural Production and Nutrition: Towards Integrated Policy Design for Food Security. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016, session "Implementing Geoscience Research for the Earth's Future", 2016,05,22-2016,05,26, Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan.

(124) Jegadeesan M. and Miyazaki H. 2016: Agrarian Structure and Re-construction of Livelihood through Migration in Tamil Nadu: Comparison of Cauveri Delta, South, and West of the state. TNAU-INDAS International Conference “Toward Sustainable Development of India and South Asia: Population, Resources, and Environment”, 2016,03,01-2016,03,02, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

(125) Miyazaki H, Ishimoto Y., Tanaka U. and Umetsu C. 2016: Enhanced Food Security through Familiar Crops: A Case of Sweet Potato and Millet in Southern Zambia. The 5th Lusaka Resilience Workshop, "Climate Change, Agricultural Production and Nutrition: Towards Integrated Policy Design for Food Security", 2016,02,08, Lusaka, Zambia.

(126) Umetsu C., Sakurai T., Yamauchi T., Miyazaki H. and Mwale M. 2016: Building Resilience of Rural Areas in Semi-arid Tropics Against Climatic Variability. The 5th Lusaka Resilience Workshop, "Climate Change, Agricultural Production and Nutrition: Towards Integrated Policy Design for Food Security", 2016,02,08, Lusaka, Zambia.

(127) Oyama, S. 2016. Mitigation of Land Scarcity and Resource Conflict between Farmers and Herders in the Sahel region of West Africa. “Land, the State and Decolonising the Agrarian

Structure in Africa: A colloquium in Honour of Professor Sam Moyo” University of Cape Town, South Africa. 28 November 2016.

(128) Shimizu Takao 2016: Lesmobilité saisonelle d’enfant de la rue à Ouagadougou, Le resultat de recherche statistique. nternational Workshop ‘Des vies d’enfant en Afrique’, 2016,03,15, Saint-Louis, Sénégal.

(129) Shimizu Takao 2016:‘Local knowledge’ and ‘Appropriate technology’ on the battle against water erosion in West Africa”. Adaptation to Social-Ecological Change in Semi-Arid Regions of Africa and Asia, 2016,01,15, Hokkaido. (in Japanese) Rakuno Gakuen University Intra-University Research Project, Desertification and Livelihood in Semi-Arid Afro-Eurasia of RIHN and Commission of Arid Land Nature and Culture Studies, Hokkaido.

(130) Takao Shimizu 2015: "Why does his knee had to be broken? - the case of state redress lawsuit court by Nigerian Immigrant-". International Workshop on “Beyond the North-South: New terreitorialities between Africa and Asia”, Dec 2, 2015, EHESS, France, Paris

(131) Koki Teshirogi 2015: Livestock herding under the fluctuating environment of arid Namibia. Joint seminar on “What we learnt from the interrelations between livelihood and ecological environment in arid and semi-arid Africa”, Oct 16, 2015, IMAF and EHESS, Paris, France.

(132) Takao Shimizu 2015: Why his knee was broken?-Exposing the discrimination against an African resident in Japan. Symposium on “Asian Studies in Africa Challenges and Prospects of a New Axis of Intellectual Interaction”, Sept 24, 2015, Ghana University, Accra, Ghana.

(134) Hidetoshi Miyazaki, KP Singh, Yuta Uchiyama, Hitoshi Endo, Yudai Ishimoto, Ueru Tanaka 2015: Livelihoods change of pastoral community in arid land of Northwest India. IUAES2015, July 7, 2015, Bangkok, Thailand

(135) Koiso, M., H. Endo, A. Konasukawa 2015: “Necklace of ethnic groups of Naga, India: their meaning and fanction through time”, 15th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, July 10, 2015, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense, Nanterre, France.

(136) Hidetoshi Miyazaki, KP Singh, Hitoshi Endo, Yudai Ishimoto and Ueru Tanaka 2015: Relationships between pastoralist and small-scale farmer - Case study of Rajasthan, India-. International Research Workshop on “Transformation of Traditional Wisdom and Agrarian Diversification”, April 4, 2015, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai, India.

(137) Ueru Tanaka 2015: A practical technique to control wind erosion and to improve crop performance - Possibility of technology transfer from Niger to Senegal -. ISM-RIHN Joint Seminar: Community development assistance based on local resources and social networks in the Sahel, February 4, 2015, ISM, Dakar, Senegal.

(138) Shimizu Takao 2015: Tradition and transformation of the house and family: From the case of Kassena, Burkina Faso. the 233rd conference of Chubu-Jinruigaku Danwakai, Maruhachi-Jinruigaku Kenkyukai and RIHN, 2015,11,28, Nagoya, Aichi .

(139) Shimizu Takao 2015: Local knowledge and livelihood concerning to water erosion in West Africa semi-arid area. Commission of Arid Land Nature and Culture Studies (CALNACS), The Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies (JAALS), 2015,11,15, Tokyo Metropolitan University Akihabara Satellite Campus, Tokyo.

(140) Kenta Ikazaki 2015: Practical technique for desertification control affordable by local people.

Joint Seminar on "What we learnt from the interrelations between livelihood and ecological environment in arid and semi-arid Africa", 2015,10,16, IMAF, Paris (France).

(141) Shimizu Takao 2015: Children ‘non-schooling’ in Islam area of West Africa: religious practices and criteria of West African Islam. International development seminar series , 2015,07,08, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka.

(142) Muniandi Jegadeesan, Hidetoshi Miyazaki and Ueru Tanaka 2015: Agrarian change and livelihood dynamics among small farmers in Tamil Nadu. International seminar organised by "Contemporary Indian Area Studies, 2015,07,05, ASAFAS, Kyoto university, Kyoto, Japan.

(143) Muniandi Jegadeesan、Hidetoshi Miyazaki 2015: Constructing livelihood through migration: Indian Diaspora in United Arab Emirates. The Japanese Assosiation for Arid Land Studies, 2015,05,23-2015,05,24, Akita, Japan.

(144) Shimizu Takao 2015: Seasonal mobility of street children in Burkina Faso: comparative study of two statistic research. The 52nd Japanese Society of African Studied, 2015,05,23-2015,05,24, “Floide” Center of tourism of Inuyama Inuyama, Aichi.

(145) Shimizu Takao 2015: Perspective of study of “Franco-Arab” in Islam area of West Africa. 15th Africa Educational Research Forum, 2015,04,10, Hiroshima University, Higashi Hiroshima, Hiroshima.

(166) Muniandi Jegadeesan and Hidetoshi Miyazaki 2015: Knitted together: Life of Migrants in Tiruppur Garment Cluster. International Research Workshop on Transformation of Traditional Wisdom and Agrarian Diversification, 2015,04,04, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai, India

(167) Hidetoshi Miyazaki, KP Singh, H. Endo, Y. Ishimoto and U. Tanaka 2015: Relationships between pastoralist and small- scale farmer. -Case study of Rajasthan, India-. International Research Workshop on Transformation of Traditional Wisdom and Agrarian Diversification, 2015,04,04, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai, INDIA.

(168) Takao Shimizu, Ueru Tanaka and Hiroshi Nakamura 2015: The technology co-designed with 'Studying Farmers (Tokuno-ka 篤農家) in Burkina Faso and Niger. Joint seminar on 'Community development assistance based on local resources and social networks in the Sahel', 2015,02,04, ISM, Dakar, Sénégal..

(168) Ueru Tanaka, Kenta Ikazaki, Takao Shimizu, Yuko Sasaki, Hitoshi Shinjo, Satoshi Tobita 2014: Designing of practical techniques for desertification control collaborating with local people in the Sahel, West Africa. 5th International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC) 2014, Aug 28, 2014, Davos, Swiss

(169) Ishimoto Yudai, Miyazaki Hidetoshi, Tanaka Ueru, Umetsu Chieko 2014: Social Capital and Small-Scale Farmers in Zambia: An Analysis of Mobile Phone Usage. Resilience 2014, May 4, 2014, Montpellier, France

(170) Ikazaki, K., Shinjo, H., Tanaka, U., Tobita, S., Funakawa, S., Kosaki, T. 2014: “Fallow Band System”, a do-nothing practice for controlling desertification and improving crop production in the Sahel, West Africa. 20th World Congress of Soil Science, June 8, 2014, Jeju, Korea.

(171) Muniandi Jegadeesan, Hidetoshi Miyazaki and Ueru Tanaka 2014: Agrarian Change and Livelihood Diversification in Tamil Nadu. A National Seminar on Extension Management Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture –Challenges and Opportunities (EMASSA-2014),

2014,12,12-2014,12,13, Home Science College and Research Institute Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai, India

(172) Takao Shimizu 2014: Becoming Muslim in a modern educational system in Burkina Faso: A challenge of Coranic school and 'Franco-Arab. Yaoudé Forum, Conflict Resolution and Coexistence through Reassessment and Utilization of “African Potentials (Itaru OHTA), 2014,12,04-2014,12,06, Yaoundé, Cameroun.

(173) Takao Shimizu 2014: Result of statistic research of Street-Children in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. 14th Africa Educational Research Forum, 2014,10,24-2014,10,25, RINH, Kyoto, Japan. (in Japanese)

(174) Muniandi Jegadeesan, Hidetoshi Miyazaki and Tanaka Ueru 2014: Agrarian Change and livelihood dynamics of Rural Tamil Nadu. International Seminar organised by Aoyama Gaukin university, 2014,06,27, Tokyo, Japan.

(175) Ikazaki, K., Shinjo, H., Tanaka, U., Tobita, S., Funakawa, S., Kosaki, T. “Fallow Band System”, a do-nothing practice for controlling desertification and improving crop production in the Sahel, West Africa. 20th World Congress of Soil Science, 2014,06,08-2014,06,13, Jeju, Korea.(Best Presentation Award).

(176) Muniandi Jegadeesan, Hidetoshi Miyazaki and Ueru Tanaka 2014: Agrarian change and livelihood dynamics of small scale farmer in South Tamil Nadu, India. The Japanese Assosiation for Arid Land Studies, 2014,05,31-2014,06,01, Kanagawa, Japan.

(177) Yudai Ishimoto, Hidetoshi Miyazaki, Ueru Tanaka 2014: Using Land Resource by Small Scale Farmers in Rural Southern Province, Zambia: Understanding the Grazing Route to Acquire Fodder Continuously. 51th Academic meeting for Japan Association for African Studies, 2014,05,23-2014,05,25, Kyoto (Kyoto University). (in Japanese)

(178) Takao Shimizu 2014: Is the problem of "street-children" is a "social problem" or a phenomenon on the urban space? Looking through anthropologist on NGOs (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso).. International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUEAS) 2014 with JASCA, 2014,05,15-2014,05,18, Makuhari, Chiba, Japan.

(179) Hidetoshi Miyazaki, KP Singh, H. Endo and U. Tanaka 2014: Relationships between pastoral community and agriculturists in Rajasthan, India. IUAES 2014, 2014,05,15-2014,05,18, Chiba Makuhari, Japan.

(180) Miyazaki Hidetoshi, Ishimoto Yudai, Yamashita Megumi, Tanaka Ueru, Umetsu Chieko 2014: How small scale farmers cope with two different timings of heavy rainfall events in Southern Zambia. Resilience 2014, 2014,05,04-2014,05,08, Montpellier, France.

(181) Umetsu Chieko, Lekprichakul Thamana, Sakurai Takeshi, Yamauchi Taro, Ishimoto Yudai, Miyazaki Hidetoshi 2014: Resilience of social-ecological systems for food security: Bridging climate and disaster resilience. Resilience 2014, 2014,05,04-2014,05,08, Montpellier, France.

(182) Takao Shimizu 2014: Intermediate report for statistic research for Street-Children in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso . 13th Africa Educational Research Forum, 2014,04,11-2014,04,12, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. (in Japanese)

(183) Hidetoshi Miyazaki 2014: Resilience Behavior of Rural Households towards Natural Disaster. Interactive session, 2014,09,10, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tamil Nadu, India. .

(184) Sakurai, Takeshi and Ryo Inoue 2014: Demand for Mineral Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa

and Poverty Reduction among Rural Households: The Case of Gold Rush in Burkina Faso. 2014 Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Society of Japan, 2014,03,29-2014,03,30, Kobe University, Kobe. (in Japanese)

(185) Ueru Tanaka 2013: Practical technique to improve crop performance and wind erosion control in the Sahel, West Africa. Special Seminar in Ankara, 2013,07,29, Ministry of Water and Forest, Ankara, Turkey.

(186) Shinjo, H. 2013: How do we deal with soils in semiarid tropics of Africa?. The 197th seminar of African area studies organized by The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, 2013,07,18, Kyoto University, Kyoto.

(187) Ishimoto, Y. 2013: Safety Net of Agro-pastoralists in the Sahel. Symposium in the 59th Academic meeting for Japanese Society of Sand Dune Research, 2013,07,04-2013,07,05, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo). (in Japanese)

(188) Sakurai Takeshi and Ryo Inoue 2013: Development of the Rural Economy of Burkina Faso in 30 Years: Have They Escaped from the Poverty?. IER Seminar, Institute of Economic Research, 2013,07,03, Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi. (in Japanese)

(189) Ueru Tanaka, Yuko Sasaki, Takao Shimizu and Kenta Ikazaki 2013: Design and verification of practical techniques concurrently enhancing farmland productivity and desertification control in the Sahel, West Africa. TICAD V Official Side Event, 2013,06,02, Yokohama.

(190) Ueru Tanaka 2013: Local knowledge and soil-friendly tool in Sahelian traditional agriculture. International Forum on GIAHS, 2013,05,29, Nanao, Ishikawa Pref.. .

(191) Nakamura, Hiroshi 2013: Analysis of Developing Herder's Resilience to Natural Disaster in Mongolia. The 24th Conference of The Japan Society for International Development, 2013,11,30-2013,12,01, Osaka University (Suita City). (in Japanese)

(192) Takao Shimizu 2013: Quranic School as Traditional Ecucation on Inland West Africa 2: Case Study on Fakara region. 12th Africa Educational Research Forum , 2013,10,25-October 2013, Waseda University, Tokyo. (in Japanese)

(193) Ando, K., Shinjo, H., Kuramitsu, H, Miura, R., Funakawa, S 2013: Effect of burning on soil organic matter and vegetation in cropland and fallow land in Eastern Province of Zambia. Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plan Nutrition, 2013,09,11-2013,09,13, Nagoya University, Nagoya. (in Japanese)

(194) Takao Shimizu 2013: “Street Children”, Taribé and NGOs in Ouagadougou. le workshop académique "Education et travail des enfants dans les sociétés en modernisation : nouvelles perspectives africaines et asiatiques.", 2013,08,29, ISM, Dakar, Sénégal.

(195) Hirohiko Ishikawa, Weiqiang MA 2013: Comparison of GSMaP Mvk Data With Surface Data at Semi-Arid Regions in Africa. The 10th Annual Meeting of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, 2013,06,24-2013,06,28, AOGS, Brisbane, Australia.

(196) Ikazaki, K., Shinjo, H., Tanaka, U., Tobita, S., Funakawa, S., Kosaki, T. 2013: "Fallow Band System", a do-nothing practice for controlling wind erosion and improving soil fertility in the Sahel, West Africa. Conference on Desertification and Land Degradation, 2013,06,17-2013,06,18, Ghent, Belgium.

(197) Nakamura, Hiroshi 2013: Herder's transition of Economic Class and Labor after Natural Disaster. The 14th Spring Conference of The Japan Society for International Development,

2013,06,08, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya. (in Japanese) (198) Sugihara, S., Funakawa, S., Shinjo, H., Kadono, A., Takata, Y., Sawada, K., Ikazaki, K., Fujii,

K., Kosaki, T. 2013: In situ short-term dynamics of CO2 flux and microbial biomass after simulated rainfall in dry croplands under the different climate and soil texture. IUSS 2013 Global Soil Carbon Workshop, 2013,06,03-2013,06,06, Wisconsin, USA.

(199) Yuji Takenoshita, Nobutaka Kamei, Kae Amo, Takao Shimizu, Nobuhide Sawamura 2013: Forum for "Studies on African Childhood": School Education and Traditional Education in Francophone Africa. 50th Japan Association for African Studies, 2013,05,25-2013,05,26, The Tokyo University, Tokyo. (in Japanese)

(200) Sakurai, Takeshi and Ryo Inoue 2013: Economic Development and Desertification in the West Africa Semi-Arid Tropics: The Case of Burkina Faso in 30 Years. Third Workshop of Desertification Project, 2013,05,11-2013,05,12, Research Institute of Humanity and Nature, Kyoto. (in Japanese)

(201) Miura R. 2013: On the origin of the Japanese aphorism "The good farmer weeds the field without seeing weeds". The 52th Annual Meeting of the Weed Science Society of Japan, 2013,04,13-2013,04,14, Kyoto. (in Japanese)

(202) Ando, K., Shinjo, H., Kuramitsu, H, Miura, R., Funakawa, S 2013: Agroecological studies on slash-and-burn agriculture in a woodland in Eastern Province of Zambia 4. Effects of history of cultivation on recovery of soil organic matter and vegetation during fallow. Japanese Society for Tropical Agriculture, 2013,03,30-2013,03,31, Ibaraki University (Ami, Ibaraki Prefecture). (in Japanese)

(203) K.P. Singh, H. Miyazaki, H. Endo, J.S. Kharakwal, Ueru Tanaka 2013: Save the indigenous agriculture techniques, Special Reference to Rajasthan. National Seminar on Traditional Storage Technology and Agricultural System, 2013,10,27-2013,10,28, Udaipur, India..

(204) Hidetoshi Miyazaki, KP Singh, H. Endo, U. Tanaka 2013: Soil Fertility Management for Smallholder Farmer in Semi Arid Tropics: In case of South Rajasthan.. National Seminar on Traditional Storage Technology and Agricultural System, 2013,10,27-2013,10,28, Udaipur, India.

(205) Oyama, S. 2013: Why does population explosion occur in the country? : People's thought for the success in Niger. . Niger Day. NGO Common Niger, 2013,09,15, Moriya Citizens Activity Support Center. (in Japanese)

(206) Yudai Ishimoto, Hidetoshi Miyazaki, Ueru Tanaka, Chieko Umetsu 2013: Discussion on the Informal Safety Net by Mobile Phone in Southern Zambia.. The 4th Lusaka Resilience Workshop, "Towards Comprehensive Food Security: Bridging Climate Resilience and Disaster Resilience, 2013,08,29, Lusaka, ZAMBIA.

(207) Oyama, S. 2013: Conflict in Africa and "African potential" for achieving coexistence based on indigenous knowledge and institutions.. Geographical Union (IGU2013) Regional Conference Joint Session, 2013,08,05, Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto.

(208) Koki Teshirogi 2013: Natural environments and livestock farming in arid land, Namibia.. RIHN-HUAF Collaboration Seminar on "African Development Assistance with Asia, 2013,03,06, Hue, Vietnam.

(209) Takao Shimizu 2013: Protecting environment and human life in Sahel : A case study of

“Planting Andropogon”on Fakara, Republic of Niger.. RIHN-HUAF Collaboration Seminar on "African Development Assistance with Asia", 2013,03,06, CARD, Hue Univ. of Agri. and Forestry, Hue, Vietnam.

(210) H. Miyazaki, Y. Ishimoto, M. Yamashita, U. Tanaka, C. Umetsu 2013: Coping behaviors with extremely heavy rainfalls in Southern Zambia - Comparison between 2007/08 and 2009/10 -. RIHN-HUAF Collaboration Seminar on "African Development Assistance with Asia,, 2013,03,06, CARD, Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry, Hue, Vietnam..

(211) Yuko Sasaki 2013: Technology dissemination and social networks at rural areas in the Sahel, West Africa. . RIHN-HUAF Collaboration Seminar on "African Development Assistance with Asia", 2013,03,06, CARD, Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry, Hue, Vietnam.

(212) Takao Shimizu 2012: “Taribé” and “Street Children” in Ouagadougou: how students of Qur’anic school became “Street Children”?. . International Union for Ethnological and Anthropological Sciences “Children and youth in the changing world”, 2012,10,26-2012,10,30, Bhubaneswar, India..

(213) Shinjo, H., Anod, K., Noro, Y., Kuramitsu, H., Takenaka, S., Miura, R., Tanaka, Y., Shibata, S., Miyazaki, H., and Sokotela, S. 2012: Agro-ecological study on slash-and-burn agriculture in a woodland in Eastern Province, Zambia. 1. Effects of burning and inter-annual climatic variation on maize production.. The 112th conference of Japanese Society of Tropical Agriaculture., 2012,10,06-2012,10,07, Nagoya University, Nagoya.

(214) Oyama,S. 2012: Building up the organic matter circulation between metropolis and rural area in Sahel of West Africa. . Annual Meeting 2012 for Society of Environmental Science, 2012,09,13, Yokohama National University, Yokohama. (in Japanese)

(215) Shinjo, H., Noro, Y., Miyazaki, H., and Sokotela, S. 2012: Spatial heterogeneity of soil properties and its controlling factors in a woodland in Eastern Province, Zambia.. Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 2012, 2012,09,04-2012,09,06, Tottori University, Tottori.

(216) Ueru Tanaka, Yuko Sasaki, Takao Shimizu, Kenta Ikazaki 2012: Practical techniques and extension method for desertification control in the Sahel, West Africa. International Symposium on Sustainability/Survivability Science for Resilient Society Adaptable to Extreme Weather Condition, 2012,08,03-2012,08,04, Obaku Plaza, Uji, Kyoto.

(217) Oyama, S. 2012: Tackling the problems of Desertification in Sahel region of West Africa: Indigenous knowledge based Land Rehabilitation. . Open Seminar of Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University in Tokyo Office. Global Environmental Issues and Local people., 2012,06,02, Kyoto University Tokyo Shinagawa Office, Shinagawa ward, Tokyo. (in Japanese)

(218) Oyama, S. 2012: "Harukuki (movement)" concept of Hausa society and population increase in Niger. . 49th Academic meeting for Japanese Society of African Studies. , 2012,05,27, National Museum of Ethnology, Suita.. (in Japanese)

(219) Oyama, S. 2012: Land rehabilitation methods based on the refuse input: local practices of Hausa farmers in the Sahel, West Africa. . Session of Natural resource use and management. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2012, 2012,05,23, Makuhari, Chiba. (in Japanese)

(220) Oyama, S. 2012: Encountering the people utilizing trash for land rehabilitation. . Open Seminar of Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, 2012,04,14, "Frontiers for

African Area Studies" Kyoto. (in Japanese) (221) Ando, K., Shinjo, H., Kuramitsu, H, Miura, R., Funakawa, S 2012: Agroecological studies

on slash-and-burn agriculture in a woodland in Eastern Province of Zambia 3. Effects of burning and cultivation on soil fertility. Japanese Society for Tropical Agriculture, 2012,10,06-2012,10,07, Nagoya University (Nagoya City). (in Japanese)

(222) Ando, K., Shinjo, H., Kuramitsu, H, Miura, R., Funakawa, S 2012: Effects of cropping and fallow rotation on soil organic matter in semiarid Africa. Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plan Nutrition, 2012,09,04-2012,09,07, Tottori University (Tottori City). (in Japanese)

(223) Mizuno, K 2012: Environmental change and vegetation succession along an ephemeral river, the Kuiseb River in the Namib Desert. 32nd International Geographical Congress, 2012,08,27, Cologne, Germany.

(224) Hirohiko Ishikawa 2012: On the use of satellite derived precipitation data in semi-arid environment in Asia and Africa. International Symosium on Sustainability/Survivability Science for a Resilient Society Adaptable to extreme Weather Conditions, 2012,08,03-2012,08,04, Kyoto University, Kyoto.

(225) H. Nakamura, T. Shimizu, S. Seto, U. Tanaka, H. Shinjyo 2012: Trial activities of mitigating water erosion for improvement livelihood by indigenous knowledge. the 13th Spring Conference of The Japan Society for International Development,, 2012,06,02-2012,06,03, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Kanagawa. (in Japanese)

(226) Nakamura, Hiroshi, T. Shimizu, S. Seto, U. Tanaka, H. Shinjyo 2012: Trial activities of mitigating water erosion for improvement livelihood by indigenous knowledge. The 13th Spring Conference of The Japan Society for International Development, 2012,06,02-2012,06,03, . (in Japanese)

[Poster presentations] (227) Komatsu Shota, Satoru Muranaka, Hsiaoping Chien, and Takeshi Sakurai 2016: Insecurity

and Commodity Market Disintegration: The Case of Nigeria. Agricultural Economics Society of Japan Annual Meeting 2016, Akita Prefectural University, March 29-30, 2016, Akita, Akita, Japan.

(228) Hidetoshi Miyazaki, Yudai Ishimoto, Shinichi Seto and Ueru Tanaka 2015: Toward effective soil fertility management in the West African Sahel. DesertlandII: the 2015 Conference on Desertification and Land Degradation, June 16, 2015, Ghent, Belgium

(229) Ueru Tanaka and Etsuko Masuko 2015: Decomposition of cattle dung and pattern of nutrient release in sandy soil under semi-arid condition - a case study in northeastern Burkina Faso -. DesertlandII: the 2015 Conference on Desertification and Land Degradation, June 16, 2015, Ghent, Belgium

(230) Yuko Sasaki, Ueru Tanaka, Kenta Ikazaki, Hitoshi Shinjo, Satoshi Tobita 2015: Improved Extension Method of Practical Technique to Cope with Desertification in Niger, West Africa. 3rd UNCCD Science Conference, March 9, 2015, Cancun, Mexico.

(231) Ishiyama, S., Ishimoto, Y., Inai, H., Kadomura, H., Sakai, M., Jegadeesan, M 2015: Livelihood Strategies under the Extreme Weather in African-Asian Drylands, Toward Inter Reagional Comparison. 26th Conference of the Japanese Association of Arid land Studies,

2015,05,23-2015,05,24, Akita City, Akita Prefecture. (in Japanese) (232) Ishiyama, S. 2015: Southward Migration of Kanemubu People in Lake Chad Area. 26th

conference of the Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies, 2015,05,23-2015,05,24, Akita City, Akita Prefecture. (in Japanese)

(233) Muniandi Jegadeesan, Hidetoshi Miyazaki and Ueru Tanaka 2014: Agrarian Change and Livelihood Diversification in Tamil Nadu. A National Seminar on Extension Management Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture – Challenges and Opportunities (EMASSA-2014), Dec 12, 2014, Home Science College and Research Institute Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai, India.

(234) Hitoshi Shinjo, Kenta Ikazaki, Imanaka, S., Tanaka, U., Hayashi, K., Tobita, S. and Kosaki, T 2014: Sustainable and efficient land management practices in the Sahel. 20th World Congress of Soil Science, June 8, 2014, Jeju, Korea.

(235) Ando, K., Shinjo, H., Kuramitsu, H., Miura, H., Funakawa, S. 2014: Effects of cropping and short natural fallow rotation on carbon balance in the semiarid tropics of Africa. 20th World Congress of Soil Science, 2014,06,08-2014,06,13, Jeju, Korea.

(236) Taguchi, K., Shinjo, H., and Ikazaki, K. 2014: Effects of soil texture on millet growth in the Sahel of West Africa.. The annual meeting of Japanese Society of Pedology 2014, 2014,05,21, Shimane University, Matsue.

(237) Yuko Sasaki 2013: The Extension Method of Practical Technique to Control Wind Erosion at Rural Areas in NIger, West Africa.. GCOE-ARS Final Symposium 2013, 2013,12,01-2013,12,03, Uji Campus, Kyoto University.

(238) Ueru Tanaka, K. Ikazaki, Y. Sasaki, H. Shinjo and S. Tobita 2013: A technique practical for local people to improve crop performance with erosion control in the Sahel, West Africa. GCOE-ARS Final Symposium 2013, 2013,12,01-2013,12,03, Uji Campus, Kyoto University, Kyoto.

(239) Ueru Tanaka, K. Ikazaki, Y. Sasaki, H. Shinjo and S. Tobita 2013: A technique practical and affordable for local people to improve crop performance with erosion control in the Sahel, West Africa. Conference on Desertification and Land Degradation, 2013,07,17-2013,07,18, University of Ghent, Belgium. .

(240) T. Shimizu, U. Tanaka, Y. Sasaki, K. Ikazaki, H. Shinjo and H. Nakamura 2013: Co-design of practical technique using local materials and knowledge to control water erosion with improvement of household income in Niger, West Africa. Conference on Desertification and Land Degradation, 2013,06,17-2013,06,18, Ghent, Belgium.

(241) Yuko Sasaki, Ueru Tanaka, Kenta Ikazaki, Hitoshi Shinjo, Satoshi Tobita 2013: Lessons learnt from the extenstion of practical technique to control wind erosion with improvement of crop performance in Niger, West Africa.. Conference on Desertification and Land Degradation , 2013,06,17-2013,06,18, Ghent, Belgium.

(242) Hidetoshi Miyazaki, Y. Ishimoto, U. Tanaka, C. Umetsu 2013: Transformation of the ownership of indigenous trees as common resources - a case study in the semiarid tropics of Zambia -. IASC2013 (International Association for the Study of the Commons 2013), 2013,06,03-2013,06,07, Kitafuji, Japan.

(243) Ueru Tanaka, K. Ikazaki, Y. Sasaki, H. Shinjo, S. 2013: Tobita Practical technique and extension method for improvement of crop performance with wind erosion control.. UNCCD

2nd Scientific Coference, 2013,04,09-2013,04,12, Bonn, Germany. (244) Umetsu, Chieko, Yudai Ishimoto, Hiromitsu Kanno, Thamana Lekprichakul, Hidetoshi

MIyazaki, Takeshi Sakurai, Hitoshi Shinjo, Taro Yamauchi 2012: Building farmers’ resilience to food insecurity in Southern Zambia under rainfall variability. World Water Week 2012, 2012,08,23-2012,08,31, Stockholm .Best Poster Award.

[For Students (from Primary School to University)] (245) Hideotshi Miyazaki, Hitoshi Endo, Shun Ishiyama, Takao Shimizu 2016: Student seminar,

“Adaptation to the social and ecological changes in arid Asia and Africa (4 presentations)”, Jan 15, 2016, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu (in Japanese, for University Students)

(246) Hidetoshi Miyazaki 2015: Special lecture, “Animal husbandry in Rajasthan State, India”, Nov 4, 2015, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu (in Japanese, for University Students)

(247) Shun Ishiyama 2015: Special lecture “Desertification as Environmental Risk”, July 28, 2015, Chiba University, Chiba (in Japanese, for University Students)

(248) Koki Teshirogi 2015: Special lecture for Kameoka Ikimono Daigaku, “Global environmental issues seen from nature and livelihood in dryland”, July 11, 2015, Kameoka (for Primary School Pupil)

(249) Ueru Tanaka 2015: 5th Global Environmental Seminar in China, “Livelihood Enhancement and Ecosystems Conservation in Natural Disaster Prone Area”, March 17, 2015, Pekin University, Beijing, China (in Japanese with Chinese translation, for University Students and Teachers)

(250) Ueru Tanaka 2014: Special Seminar, “Practical techniques to cope with desertification for local people in the Sahel, West Africa”, Nov 5, 2014, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo (in English, for Foreign Students)

(251) Koki Teshirogi 2014: Saijo Environmental Seminar, “Nature and Livelihood in Namibia”, Sept 18, 2014, Saijo High School, Saijo (for High School Students)

(252) Ueru Tanaka 2014: Special Seminar, “Desertification Problems and Coping Approaches in Semi-arid Africa”, May 13, 2014, Yulin University, Yulin, China (in English with Chinese translation, for University Students and Teachers)

[For Citizens] (253) Shun Ishiyama 2015: “Thinking about ecology from the experience in Oasis, Sahara desert”,

Ecology Café, Nov 21, 2015, Sakyo Ecology Center, Kyoto (in Japanese) (254) Takao Shimizu 2015: Open Collage of Little World Museum, “Traditional architecture in

Burkina Faso”, March 21, 2015, Little World Museum, Inuyama (in Japanese) (256) Ueru Tanaka 2014: Science Café of Hitachi Environmental Foundation, “Confronting

Desertification – Rural Development and Desertification Control in West Africa –“. Sept 3, 2014, Salon de Flio, Tokyo (in Japanese)

[For Experts (Aid organization, NGO)] (257) Ueru Tanaka 2015: “Development of practical techniques utilizing indigenous knowledge and

local resources – a case from semi-arid West Africa-“. 186th APEX Seminar, Oct 30, 2015, JICA

i) Public/Social Activities (Activities publicizing the research achievements beyond an academic audience, such as public lectures, lectures at elementary, junior and high schools and etc.)

Global Plaza, Tokyo (in Japanese, for NGO) (258) Ueru Tanaka 2015: “Activities for the desertification control in the Sahel, West Africa –

Development of practical techniques affordable for local people –“. Special Seminar in Rural Development Sector of JICA, March 24, 2015, JICA, Tokyo (in Japanese for Aid Organization)

(259) Ueru Tanaka 2015: “Ecosystems conservation through livelihood activities that support daily life”. Special Seminar in Dakar, Feb 6, 2015, JICA Senegal Office, Dakar (in Japanese for Aid Organization)

[Media Interviews] (260) Ueru Tanaka 2015: “Fallow-band System: Prevention of Wind Erosion”, p.13, Nov 26, 2015,

Nikkei Business Daily (in Japanese) (261) Kenta Ikazaki 2015: “Doors of Science: Crisis of Soils”, p.35, Sept 27, 2015, Asahi Shinbun

Newspaper (in Japanese) (262) Koki Teshirogi 2015: “Desertification and pastoralism”, July 12, 2015, Kyoto Shinbun

Newspaper (in Japanese) (263) Hitoshi Endo 2014: “Japan documenting traditional farm tools in state”, p.2, May 8, 2014,

Hindustan Times, India (in English) [Book reviews】 (264) Kazuharu Mizuno 2014: Encyclopaedia of Human Geography. Committee of the Human

Geographical Society of Japan (ed.), Journal of Asia and African Area Studies, 14(1) :114-117. (in Japanese)

(265) Ueru Tanaka 2013: Biodiversity fostered by food and agriculture - knowledge and systems to support participatory seed management -. Yoshiaki Nishikawa (ed), Journal of Agricultural Development Studies, 23(3), 92-93 (in Japanese)

(267) Ueru Tanaka 2012: Sustaining the soil: Indigenous soil and water conservation in Africa. Translated by Tsuji, T. and Araki, S. (2011), edited by C. Reij, I. Scoones and C. Toulmin (1996), Journal of International Agricultural Cooperation, 34(4), 52-53 (in Japanese)

[Awards for Cumulative Academic Achievements] (268) Ueru Tanaka, Kenta Ikazaki, Hitoshi Shinjo, Satoshi Tobita 2015: Practical Technique for

Desertification Control through Livelihood Activities for Daily Life. Nov. 6, 2015, Nikkei Award for Global Environmental Techniques (Award of Excellence)

(269) Ueru Tanaka, Kenta Ikazaki, Hitoshi Shinjo, Satoshi Tobita 2015: Fallow-band System: Practical Technique to Prevent Wind Erosion and concurrently to Improve Crop Yield. June 11, 2014, 41st Hitachi Foundation Environment Award (Award of Excellence/Environment Ministers’ Award)

(270) Kenta Ikazaki 2014: Studies on Desertification Control. Nov 28, 2014, The Foundation of Agricultural Science of Japan (Achievement Award for Young Scientists)

(271) Yudai Ishimoto 2014: Studies on Livelihood and Survivability of Agro-pastoralists in Semi-arid Africa. June 1, 2014, Japanese Association of Arid Land Studies (Young Scientist Award /

j) Media Interviews/Book Reviews (Books, Magazines, Journals, Newspaper Articles, TV/Radio programs and etc.)

k) Other Achievements (Other achievements, such as data processing or establishing collaboration with researchers and research institutes abroad)

Katakura Motoko Award) (272) Kenta Ikazaki 2014: Studies on Wind Erosion and its Control. April 4, 2014, Japanese Society

of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (Young Scientist Award) (273) Yuko Sasaki 2013: Perspectives of Agro-pastoralists on Livelihood and Environment in the

Sahel, West Africa. Nov 2, 2013, Japanese Society of Agricultural Systems (Young Scientist Award)

[Awards for Specific Presentation (International)] (274) Shinjo, H., Ikazaki, K., Imanaka, S., Tanaka, U., Hayashi, K., Tobita, S. and Kosaki, T 2014:

Sustainable and efficient land management practices in the Sahel. 20th World Congress of Soil Science, June 8, 2014, Jeju, Korea. (Best Poster Award)

(275) Ikazaki, K., Shinjo, H., Tanaka, U., Tobita, S., Funakawa, S., Kosaki, T. 2014: “Fallow Band System”, a do-nothing practice for controlling desertification and improving crop production in the Sahel, West Africa. 20th World Congress of Soil Science, June 8, 2014, Jeju, Korea. (Best Presentation Award)

[Awards for Specific Presentation (Domestic)] (276) Muniandi Jegadeesan, Hidetoshi Miyazaki and Ueru Tanaka 2014: Agrarian Change and

Livelihood Diversification in Tamil Nadu. A National Seminar on Extension Management Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture – Challenges and Opportunities (EMASSA-2014), Dec 12, 2014, Home Science College and Research Institute Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai, India. (Best Paper Award)

(277) Hiroshi Nakamura 2014: Factors Deciding Resilience of Pastoralists. 25th Conference of the Society for International Development Studies, Nov 29, 2014, Chiba University, Chiba (Best Poster Award)

(278) Machi, Y., Tanaka, U., Shinjo, H., Shimizu, T. 2014: Extension of “Zai” and its acceptance by local people in North-central Burkina Faso. Oct 18, 2014, 2014 Autumn Meeting, Japanese Society of Agricultural Systems, Kyoto University, Kyoto (Best Presentation Award)

(279) Hitoshi Endo, KP Singh , Hidetoshi Miyazaki, Ueru Tanaka 2014: Use and Change of the Animal-driven Water Well in Semi-arid Northwest India - a Case in the Southern Rajasthan -. Spring Meeting of Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies, May 31, 2014, Yokohama Campus, Tokyo City University, Yokohama (Best Poster Award).

(280) Takao Shimizu 2013: Qur’anic School as Traditional Education in Inland West Africa - from the case study of Fakara, Niger (1st report). 11th Africa Educational Research Forum, April 12, 2013, Kyoto Women’s University, Kyoto (Superior Presentation Award)

(281) Yudai Ishimoto, Miyazaki, H., Tanaka, U., and Umetsu, C. 2013: Safety net in Zambia, Semi-Arid Tropics - a case study using mobile phone. The Japanese association for arid land studies, May 25, 2013, Hiroshima (Best Poster Award)

(282) Ueru Tanaka and Kenta Ikazaki 2013: Practical technique to improve crop yield with wind erosion reduction and its extension. 24th Conference of the Society for International Development Studies, June 8, 2013, Utsunomiya (Best Poster Award)