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Practical Asian Development Lab
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A lab that works with local communities in rural Asia to find solutions to their problems.
AboutAbout the lab
Putting solutions into practice in local farming villages
The Practical Asian Development Lab conducts research to solve local problems, working in rural villages in Cambodia and hilly areas of Nepal.
Since 2008, CREA has run international cooperation projects in rural areas jointly with the Royal University of Agriculture in Cambodia, and has used these sites as places for research and education for the university's faculty and students.
Within this work, the lab focuses on traditional foods that are being lost, and places particular emphasis on action research, in which solutions are put into practice and tested in real communities.
In Nepal, the lab studies the effects of introducing biogas digesters that use livestock manure, with the aim of conserving forests.
Key terms
- Action research
- A research approach in which problems in the field are investigated, solutions are put into practice and tested in real communities, and improvement is pursued by spreading them
- Biogas digester
- A small device that uses livestock manure. In Nepal, its adoption has been promoted as a substitute for firewood
- Fuelwood
- Firewood used for everyday cooking. In Nepal, collecting it is cited as one of the causes of deforestation
ResearchResearch themes
The lab investigates problems facing rural Asian communities together with local institutions, and aims to test solutions in practice and spread them. The lab's website introduces research on traditional foods in Cambodia and on forest conservation in Nepal.
*Illustrative imageProblem-solving research in rural Cambodia
In rural Cambodia, the lab focuses on traditional foods that are being lost, assesses the current situation and its problems, and works out solutions. It puts these solutions into practice and tests them in real communities, aiming to solve and improve problems by spreading them.
*Illustrative imageForest conservation and biogas digesters in Nepal
In Nepal, collecting fuelwood is considered one of the causes of deforestation. Working with a local NGO, the lab has shown that biogas digesters were effective in reducing fuelwood use, and in recent years has been analyzing changes in residents' livelihood activities and in forest management systems.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorKasumi Ito
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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: “Rural Cambodia” Peter Beardsley from Kittery, ME, USA / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Problem-solving research in rural Cambodia: “Typical village in Rural Prey Veng Province” Pisethinfo / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Forest conservation and biogas digesters in Nepal: “Biogas plant under construction ( )” SuSanA Secretariat / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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