CURRICULUM VITAE
Hongo, Akio
title: Professor, Department of Agro-Environmental Science
e-mail: ahongo@
phone/fax: +81-155-49-5486/5489
academic degrees
1986 Ph.D. (Agriculture) University of Hokkaido, Japan
1975 M. Agr. Sci. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine,
Japan
1972 B. Agr. Sci. University of Shinshu , Japan
collaborative work (international)
1) The Cooperative Project with Japanese/Nepal Science and Technology (Reference 06041126), National Agricultural Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal. Ethnological study on the dynamics of grassland and forest utilizations in Nepal Himalaya (Dr. H.R. Shesta) (1994-1996)
2) The Cooperative Project with Japanese/China Science and Technology (Reference 11691169), National Agricultural Research Institute, Llasa, China. Sustainable biological production of agro-ecosystem in Tibet (Dr. Z. Yang) (1999-2000).
3) The Cooperative Project with Japanese/Peru Science and Technology (Reference 13371010), Altiplano University, Puno, Peru. Ethnological study on the characteristic utilizations of the environment in the Andian highland (Dr. J.B.A. Neira) (2001-present)
educational interests
1) Grassland ecology
research interests
1) Relationship between selective grazing of ruminants and physical property of herbage grasses.
2) Mechanics of anchorage in seedlings of arable weeds.