Farming Systems Team

1. Conduct socio-economic analysis of new bio-agents and technologies developed by other teams, based on field trials. The field experiments are designed to function as demonstration plots of new agents and technologies. A series of questionnaire surveys are conducted to examine the impact of the experiments on farmers, in order to clarify the process of dissemination and adoption of new agents and technologies. The research sites are the following:

Van Noi Commune, Hanoi (Vietnam)
Candi Kuning, Tabanang, Buri (Indonesia)
Pucara, Huancayo (Peru)
Tambon Bang Plama, Suphan Buri (Thailand)
Abashiri, Hokkaido (Japan)
Joetsu, Niigata (Japan)

2. Conduct supplementary questionnaire surveys in Peru, at both villages of Chancayllo and Pucara, in order to obtain farm management and farming systems data. These enable the construction of typical farming system models in the following areas:

Chancayllo and Pucara (Peru)
Candi Kuning and Rancaudik (Indonesia)
Van Noi (Vietnam)
Abashiri, Hokkaido and Joetsu, Niigata (Japan)

3. Conduct a questionnaire survey of rice and vegetable farmers in Suphan Buri, Central Thailand, in order to clarify technological and economic differences of conventional farming and organic farming with the use of new bio-agents.

4. Convert conventional farms to organic farms, and monitor the process of transformation from the viewpoints of soil fertility, pests, diseases, and weeds. This is currently pursued in Joetsu, Niigata for rice and vegetables with cooperation of farmer-practitioners. Newly developed agents and technologies are being incorporated in the experiments.

Indonesia/ Observing local technology of seedling preparation in Bali	Indonesia/ Locally-produced Bokashi in Indonesia	Peru/ A farmer in Mantaro Valley
Peru/ Carrot washing in a river in Chancayllo before forwarding to market	Peru/ Plantation using drip irrigation in Chancayllo	Peru/ Several potato species
Thailand/ Packaging area of organic vegetables	Thailand/ An advanced organic farmer in Central Thailand	Vietnam/ Vegetable farms in Red River Delta
Vietnam/ Vegetable farms in Red River Delta	Vietnam/ Woman carrying vegetables	Vietnam/ Irrigation by bucket
Japan/ Small weeding machine in paddy field in Joetsu-shi, Niigata Prefecture	Japan/ Unsuccessful weed control by deep water management in Joetsu-shi, Niigata Prefecture	Japan/ Aigamo as weed control method in rice farming in Joetsu-shi, Niigata Prefecture
Japan/ On-farm trial of recycled paper mulch applied manually in a field in Joetsu-shi, Niigata Prefecture	Japan /TUA Students after completing weeding in Joetsu-shi, Niigata Prefecture	Japan/ Harvesting organic rice in a paddy field using combine harvester in Joetsu-shi, Niigata Prefecture
Japan/ Meteorological Station in Joetsu-shi, Niigata Prefecture	Japan/ Grazing goats to rehabilitate farm lands in Joetsu-shi, Niigata Prefecture	Japan/ On-going experiments by TUA students in Joetsu-shi, Niigata Prefecture
Japan/ Establishment of the TUA-AFRP Joetsu office	Japan/ TUA students and professors socializing with local farmers in Joetsu-shi, Niigata Prefecture