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Ehime University
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ASEAN
Let’s design a sustainable future together!
Ehime University has received support from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) under the “Project for Strengthening Global Development Capabilities”, Ehime University is currently developing a special program for international students from ASEAN countries!
Practical program to learn through the charms of Ehime
Learn about the sustainable food value chain and SDGs while experiencing the nature and culture of Japan’s rural areas.
You will learn about the food value chain and specific ways to contribute to the SDGs while experiencing the nature and culture of Japan’s regions.
Learning Points
Experience Ehime’s “mountains, villages, and sea”
- Focusing on primary industry and food industry, students will learn through video footage and interviews from the field.
- Explore sustainable food production and distribution using Ehime’s resources.
Learn from the “Straw
Revolution” Natural
Farming Method
- Learn to incorporate Masanobu Fukuoka’s natural farming methods and consider an environmentally friendly future.
- Learn a new perspective of “multi-species” where all life coexists.
Fusion of real and virtual
- Participation of “student influencers” who spread learning in a friendly manner on social network sites.
- Experience the charm of Ehime through online events utilizing Metaverse.
- Study abroad counseling and group work are also available.
Outline
of
the
Project
- Consolidation of educational content into JV-Campus
Each university will create educational content that will lead to the granting of credits, and consolidate and publish it on JV-Campus. The number of selected projects is 9 Type A undergraduate type and 8 Type B master’s course type. - Measures for credit recognition
Credits earned before entering a Japanese university from abroad or coming to Japan as an exchange student will be recognized by Japanese universities. - Credits for package application
A package of at least 4 credits of related courses can be applied for. Undergraduate courses consist of [at least 2 credits of leberal arts courses].
Our TEAM
Prof.Osamu Kobayashi
Researches science education using cutting-edge AI, with his trademark beard and ponytail-style chonmageーa modern spin on the samurai topknot.
Prof. Hideyuki Kurita
Economist with a passion of island life & beer and specializes research in ASEAN & African countries.
Prof. Motoko Shimagami
Deeply fascinated by Indonesia, studies rural communities in both Indonesia and Japan.
Prof. Rupprecht Christoph
Trilingual, loves Mother Nature, and researches sustainability science.
SDGs × Food-Value-Chain in Ehime for Glocal Food Security
Local × Sustainability: Economics of branding rural Japan through Ehime case
Food and Agriculture Sustainability and Local Initiatives
Multispecies sustainability theory of food and agriculture
| Guidance: To take this course in a meaningful way | What will We Learn Here?: Let’s learn for our common future! | Food and Agricultural Sustainability: Grasp the current situation and challenges | Introduction: multispecies sustainability from a food and agriculture perspective |
| Interpreting Online Data Related to the SDGs | What is Food Value Chain?: Analytical Tool to understand unique challenges in rural Japan | How to explore the sustainability of food systems: Course guidelines | Human needs: well-being in the context of food and agriculture |
| Interpreting Online Data Related to Food Security | Grasp of Variety of Farmers through FVC | How Do Japanese Agricultural Products Reach the Table?: Characteristics of Japan’s Agricultural Distribution System | Human needs Ⅱ: Happiness, individuals and society in the context of food and agriculture |
| Masanobu Fukuoka’s Natural Method and its Philosophy (1) | Challenges in Japanese Agriculture and Its Future Potential | Citrus Farming System in the Nanyo Region, Ehime: Its Sustainability and Challenges | Human needs Ⅲ: connected needs and multispecies health |
| Masanobu Fukuoka’s Natural Method and its Philosophy (2) | Branding Strategy of Local Government and Producers’ Cooperative | Food and agriculture-based town development catalyzed by school lunch | Non-human needs: the needs of organisms (animals, plants, and more) |
| Food Value Chain and Glocal Food Security | Framework of national policy to revitalize rural Japan | From Kitchen to Farm (1) Local Initiatives of Food Waste Composting | Non-human needs Ⅱ: relational needs and their ecology |
| The Limits of Human Activity Seen in Planetary Boundaries and the Future Aimed for by Earth4All | Specialty Products, Branding, and Tourism in Ehime | From Kitchen to Farm (2) Local Initiatives of Food Waste Composting | Politics of sustainable food and agriculture Ⅰ: justice and sustainability |
| Achieving the SDGs, a common challenge for all humankind, is not progressing | Roadside Station 1 : KARARI | Introduction to marine food systems Current state and sustainability challenges | Politics of sustainable food and agriculture Ⅱ: intersectionality, gender, class |
| Food Value Chain for Addressing SDGs Challenge (1) | Roadside Station 2 : Agora Marche in Minatto | Fisheries Cooperatives and Marine Food Systems: Case Study of the Ainan Fisheries Cooperative | Politics of sustainable food and agriculture Ⅲ: more-than-human politics |
| Food Value Chain for Addressing SDGs Challenge (2) | SANDAIME MIKAN SHOKUNIN: ITADAKI brand from rural small city | Developing Mikan Fish Case Study of the Uwajima Project | Economics of sustainable food and agriculture Ⅰ: the potential of non-monetary economies |
| Food Value Chain for Addressing SDGs Challenge (3) | Magenta Mikan 6th industrialization and connecting with LOVE | From the Uwa Sea to Dining Tables around the World Value Chain Development of the Uwajima Project | Economics of sustainable food and agriculture Ⅱ: commons and multispecies commons |
| The Role of SDG Consumer Education in Ensuring Food Security (1) | Gogo Island 1 : Two Branding Strategies | Building the Future with Foreign Talent: Toward a Multicultural Society | Economics of sustainable food and agriculture Ⅲ: degrowth |
| The Role of SDG Consumer Education in Ensuring Food Security (2) | Gogo Island 2 : Tourism under construction | Cultivating a Chain of Value and Empathy: The Case of Catracha Coffee Roastery | Imagination, food and agriculture Ⅰ: how to face the future |
| Reimagining the Future of Food: Shifting from Forecasting to Backcasting | Food Value Chain Revisited | Fostering New Value in Agriculture and Rural Areas: The Role of Youth and Outsiders | Imagination, food and agriculture Ⅱ: fiction and art |
| What will We Learn Here?: Let’s learn for our common future! | Re-cordination of FVC for our Common Future | Sustainability of Food and Agriculture: Initiatives at Ehime University | Imagination, food and agriculture Ⅲ: from games to policy |