June 27, 2014
In the 7th DFW2014 Preparatory Seminar, Prof. Nishikawa introduced some basic concepts about rurual/community development with special focus on multi-functions and non-economics values of agriculture. By introducing history of Japan’s agriculture and rural/community development, his talk also gave focus on the utilization of local resources of agriculture and environment for rural/community development. He left a question for us to consider the vaule of low-external input agriculture for various stakholders at different levels and in different sides.