Associate Professor Nagano of Kobe University and Professor Tanaka of Kyoto University visited Nagaoka City.

On Monday, September 25, Associate Professor Nagano from the Department of Food and Symbiotic Systems at the Graduate School of Agriculture, Kobe University; students from Associate Professor Nagano’s laboratory; and Professor Tanaka from the Center for Water Resources and Environmental Research at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, visited Nagaoka City.

We conducted a site visit and held a discussion session at Nagabe Farm’s fields, the Koshiji Country Elevator operated by JA Echigo Chuetsu, Fieldworks’ grass-cutting robot, and Honen Agri’s potting soil facility.

Professor Nagano of Kobe University is a member of the Bioeconomy Research Group and has taken an interest in the initiatives of this center; this site visit and exchange of views were organized to explore opportunities for future research collaboration.