?Development of farm animal monitoring ABDBCABCDBCAMotoyuki HAGIWARAProfessor, Ph.D.Aiming to enhance growth and yield of crops under unfavorable or low-input conditions necessary for improved and stabilized food production Keywords;rice, soybean, buckwheat, low-input cultivation,water stressKen-ichiTAKEDAAssociateProfessor,Ph.D.TheCropScienceLaboratoryseeksimprovedproductiontechnologiesforcropplants.Copingwithglobalenvironmentalchange,reducingenvironmentalloadandefficientlyusingfiniteresourcesincropproductionareimportanttopicsincropscience.Towardtheimprovedsustainabilityandstabilityoffoodcropproductionforrice,soybeanandcommonbuckwheat,weaimatestablishingcultivationtechnologiesthatstrikeabalancebetweenreducedinputofenergyandotherfiniteresourcessuchaschemicalfertilizersandsustainedhighlevelsofyieldandquality.Improvingthegrowthofcropplantsunderunfavorablesoilconditions,rangingfromaridtohumid,isalsoanactiveareaofinvestigation.ResearchKeywords:?Farmanimalbehavior?Animalwelfaredairyandbeef?cattleproductionsystems?Precisionlivestockfarming?SheepproductionMyresearchaimstobuildtherearingmanagementsystemthatcanreducethevariousstressincaptiveenvironmentevenalittleaccordingtounderstandingwhattheneedsoffarmandzooanimalswithanalyzingtheirbehaviourscientificallyandoverall.Iamconfidentthattheseresultshelptonotonlyincreasingtheadditionalvalueofanimalproductsandimprovementoftherearingenvironmentbutalsolaborsavingsofthefarmwork,becausetodaywhentheconcernfortheanimalwelfarehasrisen.Low-input cultivation and improved palatability of paddy riceImproved submergence tolerance in soybeanImproved yield and quality of buckwheat through control of soil water conditionsBehavior estimation !?Construction of farm animal rearing system based on animal welfaresystemCulture test on fertilizer effect on rice (left), non-Ccontact measurement of flower-bud temperature of common buckwheat (middle) and germination test of soybean under excess water condition (right)Field survey may be employed as needed (left)AMicroscopic morphology of soybean seed in regard to germination growth under excess soil moisture (right)OverallanimalwelfareassessmentofdairycattleatthefarmlevelPerformance evaluation test for grazing animal monitoring system14Bioresource Science DivisionBioresource ScienceDivisionCrop Science LaboratoryLaboratory of Applied Ethology
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