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MATSUDA Masahiko

Department / Course College of International Relations Department of International Relations

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of International Relations
2.	Kinugasa Research Organization Institute of International Relations and Area Studies

Academic background
1.	2002/03 Degree Acquisition	│ Kyoto University Ph.D. in Agriculture
2.	1997/04～2001/03	Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) │ Division of Environmental Science and Technology (Tropical Agriculture) │ Graduate School of Agriculture │ Kyoto University │ Accomplished credits for doctoral program
3.	1995/04～1997/03	Master Course │ Division of Environmental Science and Technology (Tropical Agriculture) │ Graduate School of Agriculture │ Kyoto University │ Completed M.Sc. in Agriculture
4.	1991/04～1995/03	Department of Forest Science │ Faculty of Agriculture │ Kyoto University │ Graduated

Business career
1.	2014/04 ～	Professor │ │ Ritsumeikan University
2.	2010/03 ～ 2011/03	Visiting Research Fellow │ │ Department of Agricultural Planning, Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation,
3.	2007/04 ～ 2014/03	Associate Professor │ │ Ritsumeikan University
4.	2006/04 ～ 2007/03	Associate Professor │ │ Ritsumeikan University
5.	2004/02 ～ 2006/02	JICA Expert │ │ Japan International Cooperation Agency
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Committee and society
1.	2018/04 ～	the Japanese Society for Tropical Agriculture Councilor
2.	2014 ～ 2019	Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
3.	2002 ～ 2003	Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Taskforce Member of Agriculture and Rural Economy Working Group, Myanmar-Japan Cooperation Programme for Structural Adjustment of the Myanmar Economy

Research activities
1.		Japanese Society for Tropical Agriculture
2.		The Japan Society of Tropical Ecology
3.		Japan Society for Southeast Asian Studies

Subject of research
1.	Agriculture and Rural Ecology in Myanmar (Burma)
2.	Agriculture and Rural Development in Southeast Asia
3.	Vegeculture in Eastern Asia

Research summary
Agriculture and Rural Development in Southeast Asia Agriculture and Rural Development in Southeast Asia, especially in Myanmar (Burma). Farming Culture and Technology, and Crop Evolution in Asia.

Present specialized field
Area studies, Social-ecological systems, Rural sociology and agricultural structure, Environmental agriculture (Keyword：Southeast Asia, Myanmar (Burma), Tropical Agriculture, Rural Ecology, Agriculture and Rural Development)

Books
1.	2019	Cyclopedia of Culture in Southeast Asia (in Japanese) │ ,pp.420-421
2.	2016	Sustainable farming systems in Myanmar: The implications of findings from field surveys in the 2000s. In: K. Odaka (ed.), The Myanmar Economy: Its Past, Present and Prospect │ ,pp.131-153
3.	2014	Livelihood strategies of ethnic minorities in peripheral Myanmar, In Y. Ochiai (ed.) National Border and Ethnic Minorities (in Japanese) │ ,pp.65-94
4.	2014	The border area of Myanmar, In Y. Ochiai (ed.) National Border and Ethnic Minorities (in Japanese) │ ,pp.25-32
5.	2014	Smoking in Myanmar, In Y. Ochiai and C. Shirakawa (eds.) Plant Materials in Continental Southeast Asia (in Japanese) │ ,pp.112-130
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Papers
1.	2024	Review of Just Another Crisis?: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Southeast Asia’s Rice Sector edited by Jamie S. Davidson │ Southeast Asian Studies │ 13 (2),pp.402-405
2.	2024	Upland Farming Systems in the Central Dry Zone of Myanmar (Part 1): Their Functions and Dynamics │ GCR Working Paper Series │ 1,pp.1-58
3.	2024	Standardized indices of livelihood diversity for simply estimating rural household economy in Southeast Asia │ Research for Tropical Agriculture │ 17 (2),pp.51-60
4.	2023	Dusung agroforestry systems on Ambon Island, Central Maluku, Indonesia: Sustainable livelihoods, land property rights, and poverty reduction │ Journal of Marine and Island Cultures │ 12 (3),pp.160-186
5.	2022	The paradox of de-agrarianization: Toward an understanding of agriculture in contemporary Southeast Asia │ Research for Tropical Agriculture │ 15 (2),pp.73-85
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2024/08	The paradoxical development of rural Southeast Asia (Keynote speech)
2.	2023/03	Adaptation process of composite livelihood systems along with rapid road construction in northern Laos
3.	2023/03	Assessing richness and instability of hydrological environments in Southeast Asia using the TerraClimate database from 1958 to 2018
4.	2021/12	Preliminary survey on agroforestry (dusung) in Ambon Island, Indonesia
5.	2021/11	Preliminary Survey on Agroforestry in Ambon Island, Maluku, Indonesia
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Other research achievements
1.	2023	Standardized Indices of Livelihood Diversity for Simply Estimating Rural Household Economy in Southeast Asia
2.	2010	Agriculture and rural development in Myanmar: Its perspective from agro-ecological viewpoint (in Japanese) (Realities and Challenges of Myanmar Economy (A Project Report of JICA Institute))
3.	2009	Agroecological changes in the mountainous region of mainland Southeast Asia: A case study of an upland farming village in Southern Shan State, Myanmar (in Japanese) (Report of Granted Research The Asahi Glass Foundation 2009, summary on p.65, and full text 7 pages in CD-ROM.)
4.	2005	Rural changes under transition to market economy and government policy on food self-sufficiency in Shan Platau, Myanmar (in Japanese) (Report of Sasagawa Scientific Research Grant)
5.	2003	Background Paper of Myanmar-Japan Cooperation Programme for Structural Adjustment of the Myanmar Economy (312 pages) (Agriculture and Rural Economy Working Group, Myanmar-Japan Cooperation Programme for Structural Adjustment of the Myanmar Economy)
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Works
1.	2024/02	Seeking a Laotian way of development (JDS Follow-up Seminar, Vientiane, Lao PDR)

Competitive grants, etc. (exc. KAKENHI)
1.	2007 ～ 2008	Agricultural Ecology of Upland Farming in Southern Shan, Myanmar │ Research by External Competitive Fund │ The Asahi Glass Foundation
2.	2004 ～ 2004	Changes in Agriculture and Rural Area of Northern Shan, Myanmar │ Research by External Competitive Fund │ Sasakawa Scientific Research Fund

Achievements of joint.Funded research
1.	2023/04 ～ 2025/03	International Collaborative Research “De-agrarianization and agriculturalization in Southeast Asia with special reference to Indonesia” with Pattimura University, Indonesia │ International Joint Research
2.	2022/09 ～ 2025/02	International Collaborative Research “Economic-social-environmental connections in rural Thailand: Investigating the process of economic growth over a 40-year period” with Chiang Mai University, Thailand │ International Joint Research
3.	2022/04 ～ 2024/03	A Preliminary Study on the Paradox of De-agrarianization in Southeast Asia │ Domestic Joint Research
4.	2019/04 ～ 2022/03	Rethinking History of Agriculture and Rural Society in Africa: From the Viewpoint of Indigenous Agricultural Revolution II
5.	2016/04 ～ 2019/03	Rethinking History of Agriculture and Rural Society in Africa: From the Viewpoint of Indigenous Agricultural Revolution
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Message
1.	Agriculture and Rural Development in Southeast Asia (Myanmar) I am interested in agricultural ecology and rural development. Main research sites are in Southeast Asia, especially in Myanmar. I study dynamics of human-nature interaction under recent changes of social and natural environments, and I try to contribute toward sustainable agriculture and appropriate development for local people.

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ORCID ID
0009-0006-6305-5203