Follow–up Event: Public Lecture “Connecting the Future Through Food: Co–creation Between Africa and Tohoku University”
Information
Date
Saturday, April 26, 2025 14:00 – 16:45 (JST)
Venue
TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity 3F, Lecture Theater, Katahira Campus, Tohoku University [Access]
Speakers
Tomonori Nochi (Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University)
Eustadius Francis Magezi (Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University)
Shotaro Kikuchi (Sasakawa Africa Association)
Yemisi Dorcas Obafemi * (Covenant University, Nigeria)
Gideon Aiko Obare * (Egerton University, Kenya)
(* Lecture will be given in English)
Registration
Registration deadline: Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 17:00 (JST)
– Closed
Time Schedule
- MC: Saeka Koyama (Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University)
Afifah Zhara Agista (Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University) - 14:00 – 14:05
- Opening
- Asako Sugimoto (Executive Vice President, Tohoku University)
- Lecture 1 (in Japanese)
- 14:05 – 14:20
- Tomonori Nochi (Graduate School of Agriculture, Tohoku University)
- Overview of the Thematic Program2024: Designing foods for the future
- Lecture 2 (in Japanese)
- 14:20 – 14:50
- Eustadius Francis Magezi (Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University)
- Improving Rice Productivity in Africa: Current Situation and Challenges
- Lecture 3 (in Japanese)
- 14:50 – 15:35
- Shotaro Kikuchi (Sasakawa Africa Association)
- Popularization of Environmentally Regenerative Agriculture in Africa
- 15:35 – 15:45
- Break
- Lecture 4 (in English)
- 15:45 – 16:15
- Yemisi Dorcas Obafemi* (Covenant University, Nigeria)
- Innovative Approaches to Food Security: Lessons from the Covenant–Tohoku University Future Food Project
- Lecture 5 (in English)
- 16:15 – 16:45
- Gideon Aiko Obare* (Egerton University, Kenya)
- Enhancing Global Food Security: Strengthening Japan–Africa Partnerships for Transforming Agriculture Value Chains
- 16:45 – 16:50
- Closing
- Haruki Kitazawa (Dean, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University)
Hosted by
- Tohoku Forum for Creativity, Tohoku University
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University
Co–hosted by
- Graduate Program In Food Science, Tohoku University
Poster
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Contact
Graduate Program In Food Science, Tohoku University
Afifah Zahra Agista ・ Saeka Koyama
Email: gp–food*grp.tohoku.ac.jp (change * to @)
Tohoku Forum for Creativity
Yoshiaki Maeda
Email: yoshimaeda*tohoku.ac.jp (change * to @)