Course Overview

This course focus on Food security researches among the topics of Food and Health. Food security research has to be accelerated against global food crisis, which is going to be serious issue in near future. We provide advanced research topics and cutting-edge techniques for global food security research. Supervisor of each student will provide advanced research topics of specific research field related to the global food security. Students will be evaluated by report and review.

Learning Achievement

Week 1: Topics Choice
Week 2- 10: Lectures and discussions on the advanced research topics of specific research field related to the global food security.
The following is the examples of topics we focus on in this course. - Plant molecular breeding
- Molecular genetics and breeding
- Plant physiology
- Plant parasitic mycology - Mycorrhizal fungi

Competence

Students will learn advanced research topics and cutting-edge techniques for global food security.

Course prerequisites

Grading Philosophy

Report (60%) and review (40%). Grading Criteria is A+ (Superior), A (Excellent), B (Good), C (Average) and D (Failure).

Course schedule

Course type

Lectures

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Yamaoka Yuichi,Matsukura Chiaki,Abe Junichi P.,LOMBARDO Fabien Claude Renaud,Ishii Atsushi

Other information

Contact the instructor to obtain permission before taking the course. Identical to 0AVC202.
Lecture is conducted in English.
Online(Asynchronous)
Registration is only open for students of International Joint Degree Master's Program in Agro-Biomedical Science in Food and Health

Site for Inquiry

Link to the syllabus provided by the university