世界を支える農業のこれからを学ぶ～ニュージーランドと北海道の大規模産業～Learning the future of agriculture to support

the world - Comparing New Zealand and Hokkaido style large-scale farming -

Yoshitaka UchidaResearch Faculty of Ag

Grad. Sch. of Global Food Resources

Contents

• Background of this project

• Program summary

• Detailed activities

• Future challenges

Counterpart – Lincoln Uni, NZ

• Established in 1878.

• Started as an agricultural college.

• Still a very strong agricultural University in Southern hemisphere.

Lincoln Uni and Hokkaido Uni (Ag) -PAST

• First Japanese student in NZ (DrIsamu Kawase) graduated Lincoln in 1934.

• Dr Kawase obtained PhD from Hokkaido University (1957).

• The founder of Jpn Grassland Assnand Japan-NZ Assn.

Lincoln Uni and Hokkaido Uni (Ag) -PRESENT

• I (Yoshi Uchida) was a student from 2002-2010 at Lincoln.

• Now, associate prof. at Hokkaido University.

• MOU and student exchange agreement (2014).

• One of the ‘wondervogel’ study sites for the new school (Graduate School of Food Resources)

New Zealand and Hokkaido Uni (Ag) -PRESENT

• PM Bill English visited Hokkaido (May 2017).

• Prof. Nawa and PM discussed on future collaboration.

• Tourism/Rugby/Dairy/Sheep…

Project Outline – my hopes and aims

• A short-course, aiming to learn English and large-scale agriculture.

– Little chance to visit ‘large-farms’ even at School of Ag, HU.

– Little chance to do ‘English presentations’ at School of Ag, HU.

Project Outline - schedule

時間／曜日 日 月 火 水 木 金 土

9:00 - 12:00 英語研修 英語研修 英語研修

12:00 - 13:00 昼休み 昼休み 昼休み

13:00 - 15:00グループワーク

グループワーク

グループワーク

日 月 火 水 木 金 土

9:00 - 12:00 英語研修 英語研修牧草研究所訪問

土地利用研究所訪

問

セミナー発表

12:00 - 13:00 昼休み 昼休み 昼休み 昼休み 昼休み

13:00 - 15:00グループワーク

グループワーク

グループワーク

グループワーク

フリー

１週目

２週目

到着

ニュージーランドの土壌と農業（フィールドツアー）

アグリサーチ農業研究所訪問

フリー

フリー 出発

Project Outline – HU students

• Eight students, 2nd-3rd year Ag undergrads.

• February 10th-24th (summer in NZ)

• Homestays (8 homestays for 8 students, full ‘English’ environment)

• Students come to campus by bus or on foot.

English school

• Requested ‘Ag-related’ lectures.

• Learning mixed with local students.

• General lectures were also taught.

– NZ culture

– Grammar

Group work

• Theme = ‘Compare NZ and Japan’

• Advices from local students.

• Themes chosen by students. – Maori & Ainu

– Dairy farms

– Foods

Field work

• Visited Lincoln University research farms.

• Learn from different professors targeting different area.

Research institutes

• AgResearch

– Protein science

– Wool science

• Nitrous oxide analysis centre

– Prof. Tim Clough

– Greenhouse gas emissions from dairy farms

Final presentations

• Improvement of English

– Fantastic

• Marks

– Presentations

– English works

– Group discussion

Future challenges

• A lot of Ag students at LU (undergrads) want to come to HU.– Few Eng. Ag lectures at HU.

– Hard to find subjects ‘convertible’

• Other research area / professors– Tourism

– Natural resources (Kiwi birds)

• Benefits for local students– They ended up helping our students.

– Credit -> the benefit for them is small…

Thank you