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Principles of Agricultural Science Lab
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The lab fundamentally re-examines the nature of agriculture and agricultural science through thought and society.
AboutAbout the lab
Re-examining agriculture and agricultural science from the ground up.
The Principles of Agricultural Science Lab philosophically and critically reflects on the nature of modern agriculture and agricultural science.
Because food production and its fair distribution, as well as sustainable production technology, cannot be separated from society and culture, the lab builds the historical context into its analysis as it envisions the future of agriculture and agricultural science.
The lab uses methods from economics, sociology, philosophy and ethics, anthropology, intellectual history, history of science, and cultural studies.
For undergraduates, it is one of the labs that students in the Department of Food and Environmental Economics are assigned to. At the graduate level, it accepts students in the Division of Natural Resource Economics, Graduate School of Agriculture.
Key terms
- Agrarianism (nohon shiso)
- The idea that agriculture is the foundation of the nation and society.
- Food and agricultural ethics
- Ethical issues involved in producing, choosing, and eating food.
- Action research
- Research in which researchers work together with people on the ground to tackle problems.
ResearchResearch themes
Keeping the mission of agriculture and agricultural science in view, the lab fundamentally re-examines the current situation in order to explore the path toward that mission. Its research rests on three pillars: agrarian thought, new relationships between food and agriculture, and fieldwork-based comparison of rural communities.
*Illustrative imageAgrarian Thought and Discourse on Rural Areas
The lab studies the development of agrarianism in modern and contemporary Japan and what it means today, the self-sufficiency orientation seen in agricultural and rural thought and movements, how agriculture and rural areas are portrayed in policy and the media, and the history and current state of environmental thought in Japan.
*Illustrative imageNew Relationships Linking Food and Agriculture
The lab works on building new relationships between producers and consumers through food, ethical issues in choosing food, comparison of food and agricultural ethics in Japan, Asia, Europe, and the US, and action research that re-examines the relationship between regions and food.
*Illustrative imageComparing Rural Communities through Fieldwork
The lab studies comparison of changes in rural societies in Asia and Africa, the reorganization of rural communities and the revitalization of farming and mountain villages, the environment and activities of rural women, and people who move to rural areas or seek new food and agriculture lifestyles.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Principles of Agricultural Science Lab are faculty and students in the doctoral and master's programs.As of 2026
- ProfessorKosuke Harayama
- Associate ProfessorKenta Sakanashi
- Associate ProfessorFEUER Hart Nadav
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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: “Hida Folk Village - HidaFolkVillage6457” lumoplank / CC0 (cropped)
- Agrarian Thought and Discourse on Rural Areas: “Ogimachi Village-02” Bernard Gagnon / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- New Relationships Linking Food and Agriculture: “Strawberries at a local farmers' market” Nielsoncaetanosalmeron / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Comparing Rural Communities through Fieldwork: “Goat rearing rural woman India village livestock management” Vraj Acharya, WELL Labs / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (比較農史学): “Farmers of forty centuries - Japanese family gathering and threshing barley” Unknown photographer / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (食料・環境政策学): “Rice terraces by ASAKAWA KOHJI” ASAKAWA KOHJI / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (地域環境経済学): “Terada-Pond-Kakogawa” Hasec / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (経営情報会計学): “Rice terraces ,Ishikawa pref 2” Motokoka / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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