Development of soil evaluation systems for environmentally friendly sustainable crop production

• Overview

  This research team has studied on crop productivity, its sustainability and improvement based on various data on the soil fertility, soil-borne plant pathogens, and plant parasitic nematodes in Viet Nam, Myanmar, India, Tanzania, China as well as Japan. The most important key word to increase crop productivity in a sustainable manner is to stimulate carbon and nutrient recycling mediated by microbial functions through organic amendment. In this study, we will focus on local resources-deriving biochar and compost and green manure and establish soil evaluation systems for environmentally friendly sustainable crop production best adapted to local conditions through analyses of soil organic matter management, microbial functioning, plant pathogens and nematodes.

  

Members

Soh Sugihara (Institute of Agriculture / Associate Professor)
Nguyen Van Sinh (Institute of Global Innovation Research / Assistant Professor)