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The
Agricultural Collage of Tottori, the predecessor
of the current Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University,
established the Koyama Sand Dune Research Experimental
Station and started conducting research on planting
trees to control sand drifting. |
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Simultaneously with the establishiment of Tottori
University, research on agricultural development
of sand dune areas was commenced at the old army
base of Hamasaka Sand Dune. |
| １９５１ |
The Hamasaka Sand Dune Experiment Station was founded.
Research at the Station was funded by the Ministry
of Education. |
| １９５５ |
The title to the land of 115.5ha for the Hamasaka
Sand Dune Experiment Station was transferred from
the Ministry of Finance to Tottori University. |
| １９５８ |
The Ministry of Education (Order No.7) approves
the creation of the Sand Dune Research Institute
as an annex to the Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori
University. The Division of Agronomy was established. |
| １９６２ |
Construction of the headquarters buildings of the
Sand Dune Research Institute completed. |
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１９６３ |
The Division of Agricultural Chemistry was created
increasing the number of divisions to two. |
| １９６９ |
The Division of Agronomy and the Division of Agricultural
Chemistry were renamed as the Division of Plant
Production and Division of Meteorological Environment
respectively. |
| １９７２ |
The Division of Hydrology and Irrigation was created,
increasing the number of divisions to three. |
| １９７３ |
The Faculty members of the Institute fomally began
to supervise senior graduate students from the Faculty
of Agriclture in their research and theses. |
| １９７４ |
The fourth division, Division of Arid Land Agroecology,
was created. |
| １９７７ |
Master of Agriculture and Master of Agricultural
Engineering programs began in all four Divisions. |
| １９７８ |
Cooperative research with other universities was
initiated. |
| １９７９ |
The Division of Arid Land Agro-science consisting
of cisiting scholars was created. The total number
of divisions grew to five. |
| １９８１ |
Construction
of the Arid-tron facilities was completed.
The office of Arid Land Agricultural Information
Analysis was created. |
| １９８９ |
The institute became a member of the Tottori Allied
University Graduate School System and began dectorate
programs in Plant Production and Plane Ecology. |
| １９９０ |
The institute was reorganized and renamed as the
Arid Land Resarsh Center, Tottori University. The
Center became an independent researsh institute
accessible |
| １９９４ |
Enlargement of the main building was completed. |
| １９９５ |
The Center was designated as a candidate to be qualified
as a COE. |
| １９９６ |
The constoruction of new Aridtron facilities with
growth chambers was completed. |
| １９９８ |
Construction of the Arid Land Dome and associated
facilities was completed. |
| １９９９ |
The Division of Comprehensive Measures to Combat
Desertification was created. |
| ２０００ |
International Joint-Research Buildings completed. |
| ２００１ |
Cooperative
relationship between ALRC and the Research Institute
for Humanity and Nature started.
The center started the JSPS Core University Program
with the Institute of Soil and Water Conservation,
CAS in China. |
| ２００２ |
The Center was designated a Center of Excellence
for dryland studies by 21st Century COE Program
of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science,
and Technology(MEXT). |
| ２００７ |
The
Center was designated a Global Center of Excellence
for dryland science by the Global COE Program of
the MEXT.
The Division of Arid Land Environment and the Division
of Comprehensive Measures to Combat Desertification
were renamed the Division of Climatology and Water
Resources and the Division of Socioeconomics, respectively.
The Division of Health and Medicine was created.
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| ２００８ |
The
Center was designated a Japan Society for the Promotion
of Science(JSPS) International Training Program(ITP). |
