Interdisciplinary research .on agriculture and rural development, .from Development Sociology and Administration with Agronomy background.
Especially, food system analyses from political economy and ecology, management of biodiversity for agriculture related to agroecology and food sovereignty are main areas of interest. Research output on rural and ecotourism both in japan and developing countries are available.
Extended experiences on rural development working with JICA and other development agencies in more than 40 countries such as Ethiopia, Zambia, Kenya, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam and so on.