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University Farm, Faculty of Agriculture
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An affiliated farm that studies crops, horticulture, and livestock on extensive farmland.
AboutAbout the lab
A wide range of research using extensive experimental fields.
The University Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture uses extensive experimental fields to conduct research on crops, horticulture, and livestock.
It takes up problems from agricultural practice and works on basic and applied themes that contribute to the development of environmentally friendly agriculture.
In addition to the farm on Ito Campus, research involving cattle is also carried out at the Highland Agriculture Experiment and Training Station in Oita Prefecture.
The farm is also a place for undergraduate practical training and for university-wide general education courses, and it recruits students who want to conduct research activities at the farm.
Key terms
- Environmentally friendly agriculture
- Agriculture practiced with consideration for reducing the burden on the environment. One of the directions that the University Farm's research aims for.
- Ruminant livestock
- Livestock such as cattle and goats that bring swallowed food back up into the mouth and chew it again.
NewsLab news
Demonstration of labor-saving rice cultivation support using advanced technology begins, with Assistant Professor Abiko participating
Associate Professor Morita and colleagues conduct a demonstration experiment with Ace Water on radiant air conditioning for barns
ResearchResearch themes
At the University Farm, research on crops and horticulture and research on livestock production involving cattle and goats are carried out, with the farm as the main experimental field. Research on cattle is conducted not only at the farm on Ito Campus but also at the Highland Agriculture Experiment and Training Station in Oita Prefecture.
*Illustrative imageResearch aiming at environmentally friendly agriculture
Using the farm as the main experimental field, the farm takes up various problems in agricultural practice and works on basic and applied themes that contribute to the development of environmentally friendly agriculture. A distinctive feature is that students can learn both crop science and horticulture.
*Illustrative imageResearch on livestock production and management
The farm conducts research using ruminant livestock. At Ito Campus, it works with dairy cattle and goats, studying the relationship between the microbiota and productivity and how to apply sensing technology to livestock management. At the Highland Agriculture Experiment and Training Station, it analyzes the mechanisms that regulate the constitution of cattle, aiming to solve problems in beef production.
MembersFaculty
The members of the University Farm consist of faculty members, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students and research students in the field of agricultural production ecology.
- ProfessorToyoaki Anai
- Associate ProfessorKaori Sakai
- Assistant ProfessorTomomi Abiko
- Assistant ProfessorSho Hirata
- Associate ProfessorHideyuki Takahashi
- Associate ProfessorYasuhiro Morita
- Assistant ProfessorYuki Mitsuishi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Livestock in a field above Bold Venture Farm - geograph.org.uk - 5630401” Richard Law / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Research aiming at environmentally friendly agriculture: “Alamar Organic Farm crops” SamHolt6 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Research on livestock production and management: “Cows in Desa Cattle Dairy Farm” Taufik / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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