Professor / TSUNEKAWA Atsushi

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Field of specialization

Conservation Informatics Subdivision: Monitoring and modeling of plant production and ecosystem change in drylands

Research Activities

1. Prediction of environmental response using a process-based ecosystem model
2. Regional estimation of biological productivity using remote sensing and GIS
3. Sustainable Land Management of reduce soil erosion in Ethiopia
4. Adaptive grazing management under changing climate in China

Fig.1 Field experiment on soil erosion in northwest Ethiopia

Fig.2 Livestock grazing in Inner Mongolia, China

Professor / TSUBO Mitsuru

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Field of specialization

Climate Risk Management Subdivision: Dryland agrometeorology and climate-smart agriculture

Research Activities

1. Agricultural drought monitoring
2. Dryland agricultural modelling
3. Development of agrometeorological information systems

Fig.1 An irrigated wheat field in Sudan

Fig.2 Micrometeorological observation in the wheat field

Associate Professor / ISERI Yoshihiko

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Field of specialization

Hydrology Subdivision: Modeling and analysis of the hydrologic cycle especially related to precipitation and its impacts.

Research Activities

1. Hydro-meteorological modeling of extreme precipitaion.
2. Hydro-meteorological data analaysis.
3. Projection of climate change impacts on socio-hydrologic environments.

Fig.1 Precipitaion and wind fields obtained by a dynamical downscaling.

Fig.2 Mt. Shasta, along with the Shasta Lake, is one of the most important reservoirs for California.

Associate Professor / IIDA Jiro

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Field of specialization

International Development Cooperation Subdivision: Planning and evaluation of the international cooperation projects as well as its policy, in the arid areas of developing countries, including Central Asia and Caucasus.

Research Activities

1. Society, culture, economy, and external politics in Eurasian region, including Central Asia and Caucasus countries of arid areas, and the international development cooperation in Eurasia, including newly emerging donorsm such as Russia.
2. Livelihood improvement projects, which are conducted in arid areas, in consideration of people's health care and education.

Fig.1 Attended the completion ceremony of the project of rural water supply, which was conducted in Moskovsky district, located in the southern part of Khatlon Region, Tajikistan. Before the project started, the villagers drank dirty water without sanitary water supply.

Fig.2 Visited a primary school in Armenia, which requested Japanese government to provide with new desks and chairs for the pupils under the program of grass-root grant. Though in winter, they did not have any heaters in the classroom.

Visiting Professor / Tao WANG

Field of specialization

Physical Geography Subdivision:Contrastive study on aeolian desertification in typical areas between inner Mongolia of China and Mongolia

Visiting Associate Professor / MHIRET, Demesew Alemaw

Field of specialization

water and soil conservation Subdivision:

Visiting Professor / FUJITA Yasunari (JIRCAS)

Field of specialization

Plnat Stress Biology Subdivision:Elucidation of molecular mechanisms of environmental stress tolerance in plants and creation of climate-resilient crops