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In 1976, he got Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from Hokkaido University, in 1979 Master of Science in Agriculture from Kyoto University, and in 1984 got Doctor of Agriculture from Kyoto University. In 1981 he was Assistant Professor in Ishikawa Prefectural College, and then moved to Hokkaido University, and then moved Shimane University as Associate Professor, and then moved to Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in 1993, and in 2001 he became Professor and retired in 2019.

His work was focused on agricultural engineering, precision agriculture and community-based approaches. His research interests included real-time soil sensing, foods and waste supply chain, and the organization of learning groups of farmers and engineers for the community-based precision agriculture. In addition, he has been actively involved in the development of agricultural machines, such as deep rotary tillage, and in Phytotechnolgy based on speaking-plant approaches. He is the editor and co-author of the book “Precision Agriculture” (in Japanese). This book describes the Japanese model to the community-based precision agriculture and how it relates to science, technology and business storyboards. It also explains how to organize a community to push precision agriculture practices. He is also a co-author of the “Handbook of Precision Agriculture” (Ed. Ancha Srinivasan), where he describes the worldwide state-of-the-art of soil sensing technologies available for precision agriculture

List of 5 Significant Journal Publications (Latest)

1. Bintang MADRINI, Sakae SHIBUSAWA, Yoichiro KOJIMA and Shun HOSAKA (2016). Effect of natural zeolite (clinoptilolite) on ammonia emissions of leftover foodrice hulls composting at the initial stage of the thermophilic process. Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 72 (1): 12-19.

2. S. N. Aliah Baharom, S. Shibusawa, M. Kodaira, R. Kanda (2015). Multiple-depth Mapping of Soil Properties using a Visible and Near Infrared Real-time Soil Sensor for a Paddy Field. EAEF (Engineering in Agriculture, Environment and Food), 8: 13-17.

3. S. Shibusawa (2015). Chapter 8. A Systems Approach to Community-based Precision Agriculture, in Precision Agriculture Technology- Past, Present, and Future-, Ed. by Qin Zhang, CRC Press.

4. Zainal Abidin, M. S. B., Shibusawa, S., Ohaba, M., Li, Q. and Khalid, M. B. (2014) Capillary flow responses in a soil-plant system for modified precision irrigation, Precision Agriculture15: 17-30, DOI 10.1007/s11119-013-9309-6

5. Y. Li, S. Shibusawa, M. Kodaira (2013) Carbon Sequestration Potential and Farming Income: Identifying the Optimal Carbon Farming Practices in Japanese Paddy Fields. EAEF, 6(2), 68-76.

Social Contributions

1. President, Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery (now Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery and Food Engineers), 2009-2011

2. Chair, National Technical Working Group of Japan, GLOBALG.A.P., 2011 - Now

3. Council Member, Science Council of Japan, 2013 – 2019, Now Member

4. Secretary General, Science Council of Asia, 2019 - Now.

5. Advisory Scientist. Council of Strategic Headquarters for Advanced IT Network Society, Cabinet Secretariat, Japan. 2014 -2017.

6. Advisory Scientist, Council of Science and Technology Innovation, Cabinet Office, 2014 -2017.

7. Founder and Board Member of Asian Conference on Precision Agriculture. 2015 - Now

Education

Ph.D: University of Illinois (Horticulture), USA (1997)

Master: National Chung-Hsing University (Horticulture), R.O.C. (1986)

Bachelor: National Chung-Hsing University (Horticulture), R.O.C. (1984)

Present position

• Director General, Department of science and technology

• Director, Tainan District Agricultural Research and Extension Station

• Council member, Agricultural Association of Taiwan

• Executive council member, Taiwan Society for Horticultural Science

• Executive council member, Taiwan Seed Society

• Executive council member, Chinese Society of Agromctcorology

• Committee member, Committee of promoting English as the second official language, Tainan City Government

Experience

• Trainee of Asia Vegetable Research & Develop Center (1984-1986)

• Contracted technician, assistant, assistant researcher, associate researcher, researcher & chief of crop improvement division, secretary of Tainan District Agricultural Research and Extension Station (1988.6-2009.3)

• Committee member of Tainan DARES relocation project, in charge of lab & greenhouse planning (1997-2002)

• Adjunct Associate Professor of Department of Plant Industry, Pingtung University of Science and Technology (2002)

• Researcher & Deputy Director, Tainan District Agricultural Research and Extension Station (2009.3-2010.7)

• The 50th and 51th Chairman of Taiwan Society for Horticultural Science

• Member of “2001 Taiwan flowers export promotion mission” in Japan, 2002.2.25-2.29

• Member of “Long-term agriculture development evaluation project” in Gambia, 2002.3.31-4.11

• Attend the APEC seminar: “Conference on Biotechnology crops in Centers of Origin” hold in Mexico, 2003.11.3-11.11

• Study mission to Japan for the production & extension technology of protected horticulture, 2004.4.19-4.24

• Attend the APEC seminar: “Agricultural technology transfer & training” in Indonesia, 2004.7.18-7.23

• Joining the inspect mission to Europe for the operation of Agricultural Science and Technology Parks, 2005.11.01-11.10

• Joining the evaluation mission to Gambia for vegetable production & development, 2008.3.25-4.06

• Joining the inspect mission to New Zealand for vegetable industry hold by Chung-Chang Foundation, 2008.11.29-12.07

• Joining the forum of “Taiwan-Indonesia relationship” in Indonesia, 2010.12.12-12.15

• Joining the 8th “International Conference of Biotechnology Business ” in Malaysia, 2012.7.11-7.14

• Attend the Executive committee & council board meeting of International Horticultural Society in Brazil, 2012.8.28-8.31

• Member of “2014 protected agriculture promotion & value-added study mission” to Japan, 2014.7.23-7.25

• Leader of “2014 young agriculture farmers study mission” to Japan, 2014.10.21-10.25

• Attend the International Conference: “Production technology of high economic value crops in protected house to cope with climate change ” in Malaysia, 2017.9.11-9.15

2021. 9 ~: Assistant Professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics, Korea University

2019. 9 ~: Committee Member, New Agricultural Policy Governance of Gangwon Province

2019. 1 ~: Editorial Board Member, Korean Journal of Agricultural Economics (KCI)

2019. 1 ~: Editorial Board Member, Journal of Rural Development (KCI)

2018. 1 ~: Editorial Board Member, Journal of International Trade and Industry Studies (KCI)

2016. 1 ~: Editorial Board Member, Korean Journal of Agricultural Management Policy (KCI)

2017. 6 ~2021. 8: Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Kangwon National University (KNU)

2020. 2~2021. 1: Head, Division of Horiculture, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Kangwon National University (KNU)

2018.10~2021. 1: Head, Global Agricultural Economics Major, Kangwon National University (KNU)

2018.10~2021. 1: Head, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Kangwon National University (KNU)

2017. 7 ~2020.12: Secretary General, Gangwon Institute for Rural Future

2020. 1 ~2020.12: Committee Member, National Subsidy Program Evaluation Group, Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF)

2019. 4 ~2019. 5: Delegation (Republic of Korea), WTO Agricultural Negotiation Group Meeting (CoA-SS)

2015. 1~2018.12: Member of Korea's Official Pool of International Economists (KOPIE)

2017. 9~2018. 8: Deputy Director, KNU-KOICA Scholarship Program in Agricultural Economics

2017. 1~2017.12: Advisory Committee Member, Jeju Strategy Forum

2017. 1~2017.12: Board Member, International Relationship Committee of the Korean Agricultural Economics Association

2016.11~2017. 6: Head of Trade Research Team, Department of Global Cooperation Research, Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI)

2015. 1~2017. 6: Research Fellow, Department of Global Cooperation Research, Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI)

2013. 1~2014. 8: Research Assistant at Agribusiness, Food, and Consumer Economics Research Center (AFCERC), Texas A&M University

2011. 3~2012. 6: Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

Dao The Anh is Vice-President of Vietnamese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS).

With PhD (2004) in Agricultural, Rural and Food Economics in Montpellier, France and Engineer diploma in Agronomy at Hanoi Agricultural University, Dao The Anh has developed a carrier of 30 years in research for development focusing on agricultural economics, policies, family farming, agro-ecology, food safety, agri-food value chain governance and rural development.

He is also Vice-President of Vietnam Science for Rural Development Association, Editor in Chief of Vietnam Journal of Sciences and Technology. He is recently nominated as Head of Agriculture, Hydraulic session in Vietnam Encyclopaedia Edition Board.

Dr. Rozhan Abu Dardak was a Senior Principal Research Officer at the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI). He was retired from the government services in 2019, and currently work as a senior consultant at a local consultant company. Prior to his retirement Dr Rozhan has served as the Director of Economics and Social Science Research Centre, the Director of Technical Services and Commercialization of Technology Centre, and the Director of Strategic Planning and Innovation Management Centre. His last position was the Deputy Director General (Operation). He holds a bachelor’s degree in Resource Economic form Universiti Putra Malaysia, MBA from the Birmingham Business School, England, and DBA from National University Malaysia. He has vast experiences in undertaking research on marketing agricultural produce, innovation management and technology transfer.

Prof. Tahlim Sudaryanto, Ph.D is Senior Agricultural Economist at the Indonesian Center for Agriculture Socio Economic and Policy Studies (ICASEPS), Ministry of Agriculture, the Republic of Indonesia, and member Board of Trustees, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines. Prior to his current position, he has held several senior management positions at the Ministry of Agriculture. He holds a doctorate degree in economics from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. His major interest is on rural economies and food policy. Currently he serves as a contracted partner of the Food and Fertilizer Technology Center (FFTC), Taiwan. In 2019-2020 he served as Independence Steering Committee on the CGIAR Research Program on Global Rice Value Chain. In 2015 he served as a Commissioner at the Second Murdoch Commission on Food Security, Trade and Partnership, Murdoch University, Australia. In 2013-2014 he also participated as a member of International Advisory Committee, Food&Business Global Challenges Program, Netherland Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), Netherland.

Specialization within this field

Power and Machinery in Agriculture, Equipment and Technologies in Pesticide Application, Precision Farming and Greenhouse Engineering Technologies(Smart Agriculture), Treatment of Bio-materials and Processing Technologies, Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis and Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis

Professional Experience (Three most recent positions)

• 2014/02 to date Deputy Director General, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute

• 2010/09-2014/02 Secretary General, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute

• 2005/03-2010/09 Director, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute

In 1976, he got Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from Hokkaido University, in 1979 Master of Science in Agriculture from Kyoto University, and in 1984 got Doctor of Agriculture from Kyoto University. In 1981 he was Assistant Professor in Ishikawa Prefectural College, and then moved to Hokkaido University, and then moved Shimane University as Associate Professor, and then moved to Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in 1993, and in 2001 he became Professor and retired in 2019.

His work was focused on agricultural engineering, precision agriculture and community-based approaches. His research interests included real-time soil sensing, foods and waste supply chain, and the organization of learning groups of farmers and engineers for the community-based precision agriculture. In addition, he has been actively involved in the development of agricultural machines, such as deep rotary tillage, and in Phytotechnolgy based on speaking-plant approaches. He is the editor and co-author of the book “Precision Agriculture” (in Japanese). This book describes the Japanese model to the community-based precision agriculture and how it relates to science, technology and business storyboards. It also explains how to organize a community to push precision agriculture practices. He is also a co-author of the “Handbook of Precision Agriculture” (Ed. Ancha Srinivasan), where he describes the worldwide state-of-the-art of soil sensing technologies available for precision agriculture

List of 5 Significant Journal Publications (Latest)

1. Bintang MADRINI, Sakae SHIBUSAWA, Yoichiro KOJIMA and Shun HOSAKA (2016). Effect of natural zeolite (clinoptilolite) on ammonia emissions of leftover foodrice hulls composting at the initial stage of the thermophilic process. Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 72 (1): 12-19.

2. S. N. Aliah Baharom, S. Shibusawa, M. Kodaira, R. Kanda (2015). Multiple-depth Mapping of Soil Properties using a Visible and Near Infrared Real-time Soil Sensor for a Paddy Field. EAEF (Engineering in Agriculture, Environment and Food), 8: 13-17.

3. S. Shibusawa (2015). Chapter 8. A Systems Approach to Community-based Precision Agriculture, in Precision Agriculture Technology- Past, Present, and Future-, Ed. by Qin Zhang, CRC Press.

4. Zainal Abidin, M. S. B., Shibusawa, S., Ohaba, M., Li, Q. and Khalid, M. B. (2014) Capillary flow responses in a soil-plant system for modified precision irrigation, Precision Agriculture15: 17-30, DOI 10.1007/s11119-013-9309-6

5. Y. Li, S. Shibusawa, M. Kodaira (2013) Carbon Sequestration Potential and Farming Income: Identifying the Optimal Carbon Farming Practices in Japanese Paddy Fields. EAEF, 6(2), 68-76.

Social Contributions

1. President, Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery (now Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery and Food Engineers), 2009-2011

2. Chair, National Technical Working Group of Japan, GLOBALG.A.P., 2011 - Now

3. Council Member, Science Council of Japan, 2013 – 2019, Now Member

4. Secretary General, Science Council of Asia, 2019 - Now.

5. Advisory Scientist. Council of Strategic Headquarters for Advanced IT Network Society, Cabinet Secretariat, Japan. 2014 -2017.

6. Advisory Scientist, Council of Science and Technology Innovation, Cabinet Office, 2014 -2017.

7. Founder and Board Member of Asian Conference on Precision Agriculture. 2015 - Now

Academic publications

• The effect of harvesting labor constraints on the production of Robusta coffee farmers in Chumphon Province, Thailand (2021). International Center for Research and Education in Agriculture (ICREA) journal, Volume 19, 2–16, 2021.

• Small scale farmers under Thailand’s smart farming system (2020). the Food and Fertilizer Technology Center for the Asian and Pacific Region Agricultural Policy platform (FFTC-AP).

• Structural Transition in Crop Composition in Chumphon Province, Thailand (2019) 農業情報研究, Volume 28, No.4, pp.168-179.

• What Leads Farmers to Abandon Coffee Production?: An Experimental Study on Crop Choice in Chumphon Province, Thailand, (2018). Japanese Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 20, pp.18-37.

• Succession Decisions and Inherited land Size:An Evidence of Family Farms in Nakhon Si- Thammarat Province, Thailand, (2018). Applied Economics Journal, Volume 25, No. 2, pp. 70-88.

• Farmland Inheritance, Transaction and Transference: A Case Study in the Southern Region of Thailand,(2015). The Japanese Journal of Rural Economics, Volume 17，pp.46-51.

• Factors influencing farm investment planning -A case study in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand. Journal of Developments and Sustainable Agriculture, 2014.

• Succession decisions on family farms in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand. Journal of Developments and Sustainable Agriculture, 2011.

International training

• Management Information System for Monitoring and Evaluating, University of East Anglia (UEA) , UK, July 2-15 2005. (Thailand government scholarship).

• Training Programme for Young Leaders, Japan, October 9-26, 2007 (Japan government scholarship).

• Capacity Enhancement Program on controlling Corruption and Improving Governance for Thailand, The World Bank Institute, USA. September 6-17, 2008. (Thailand government scholarship).

• Training on Sustainable Rural Development Programme, Japan, 2011. (Japan government scholarship).

• International Symposium on Agricultural Education for Sustainable Development (Ag-ESD), university of Tsukuba, Japan, 2012. (Japan government scholarship). Invited to present the study research paper.

• Training on General Management for Regional Development and Planning, Hokkaido, Japan, October – December, 2015. (Japan government scholarship).

• Training for Agricultural and Cooperative Development Executive.

Rose, Dong-Chong Hsiou was assigned as the Director of the COA Information Management Center in November 2016. She has been responsible for promoting the digital transformation and the application of information and communication technology to achieve the goal of smart Agriculture in agriculture.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Science Research Specialist, Socio-Economics Research Division– Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (SERD-PCAARRD) (September 2017 to present)

Duties and Responsibilities

Assistant Director of the Division and Unit Head of the Agribusiness Unit

• Oversee the implementation of divisional projects and activities

• Spearheads the establishment of the PCAARRD Agri-Aqua Business Hub

• Leads the monitoring and evaluation (technical, administrative and financial M&E) of agribusiness-related R&D programs, projects and activities

• Liaise and establish linkage with other government agencies, academe, private sector and other major stakeholders in the performance of agribusiness-related initiatives

• Prepares and packages technical proposals of projects for implementation

• Coordinates and participates in local and international trainings, workshops, seminar and fora in socio-economics

• Evaluates socio-economic proposals from the R&D network and other Technical Research Divisions

• Participates in program/project reviews of socio-economics R&D networks

• Implements socio-economic related R&D projects

Information Management

• Leads the packaging of agribusiness-related IEC materials

Membership to Committees/Technical Working Groups

• Inter-agency committees

  • Member, Technical Working Group for Rabbit Business Streams Development (ongoing)

  • Member, Inter-Agency Task Force| Sub-task Group on Agribusiness (ongoing)

  • Member, Inter-Agency Task Force| Sub-task Group on Food Value Chain and Logistics (ongoing)

  • Member, Technical Working Group for the Promotion of Planetary Health Diet (ongoing)

SELECTED TECHNICAL PAPERS AUTHORED AND CO-AUTHORED

• Ebora, R.V., Brown, E.O., and Abeleda, M.F. 2021. Supporting the Sustainability of Agricultural Innovation System in the Era of Agriculture 4.0. Paper for presentation of RV Ebora during the Mid-year Convention of Philippine Agriculturists Association on July 30, 2021.

• Villar, E.C., Decena, F.L.C, and Festejo, M.A. 2016. Rural Transformation for Sustainable Agriculture. Paper presented by EC Villar to the 2016 Follow-up High-Level Workshop for RDA Alumni Members. October 2016. Seoul, Korea.

• Brown, E.O., Decena, F.L.C, Festejo, M.A., Ani, P.A.B., and Abeleda, C.L. 2016. A Critical Review of the Importance of Honorarium in Promoting Research Excellence. Policy Brief. Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development, Los Baños, Laguna.

• Brown, E.O. and Festejo, M.A. 2016. Science-Based Agriculture: A Pillar for Modernizing the Sector. Paper presented by EOBrown to the Strategic Consultation for Modernizing and Industrializing Philippine Agriculture, Bureau of Soils and Water Management, Department of Agriculture, Quezon City, April 7, 2016.

• Brown, E.O., Decena, F.L.C, Festejo, M.A, and Ebora, R.V. 2016. Propelling Agriculture through Science, Technology and Innovation. Paper presented by RVEbora to the USAID Government-University- Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR) for Agribusiness, January 21, 2016.

• Brown, E.O., Ani, P.A.,B., Decena, F.L.C., Festejo. M.A., and Abeleda, C.L. 2016. Assessment of the Implications of Honoraria as an Incentive Mechanism for the Conduct of R&D (Phase II). Project Report. Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development, Los Baños, Laguna.

• Brown, E.O., Ani, P.A.,B., Decena, F.L.C., Festejo. M.A., and Abeleda, C.L. 2016. Assessment of the Financial Incentive Mechanism: Technical Audit of Selected S&T Projects in Benguet State University (Phase I). Project Report. Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development, Los Baños, Laguna.

• R.V. Ebora, E.O. Brown, L.J. Buendia, M.A. Festejo, F.L. Decena, K.K.S. Principe and W.B. Ruin. 2015. “Policy Insights on the ASEAN Food Sector,” Policy paper presented by RVEbora to the ASEAN-EU Science, Technology and Innovation Days in Paris, France, March 17-19, 2015.

• Brown, E.O., Ani, P.A.B., Daquio, C.R.O., and Festejo, M.A. 2015. “Keeping the Banana Industry from Sagging: An Estimation of the Returns to Research Investment.” Information Bulletin No. 59/2015. Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development, Los Baños, Laguna.

• A.P. Aquino, P.A.B. Ani, and M.A. Festejo. 2014. “Achieving Sustainable and Inclusive Green Growth: Recent Major Agricultural Policies in the Philippines,” Country Paper for the FFTC-COA International Workshop on Collection of Relevant Agricultural Policy Information and its Practical Use, June 23-27, 2014. Taipei, Taiwan ROC.

• Decena, F.L.C., Festejo, M.A., Ani, P.A.B., and Aquino, A.P. 2014. Shedding Light on the Garlic Price Controversy. PCAARRD Information Bulletin.

• A.P. Aquino, P.A.B. Ani, and M.A. Festejo. 2014. “Achieving Sustainable and Inclusive Green Growth: Recent Major Agricultural Policies in the Philippines,” A policy paper submitted to the Food and Fertilizer Technology Center (FFTC) for presentation to the International Workshop on Collection of Relevant Agricultural Policy Information and its Practical Use, Council of Agriculture (COA), Taipei, Taiwan, June 23-27, 2014.

• Brown, E.O., Aquino, A.P., Ani, P.A.B., Festejo, M.A., and Daquio, C.R. 2014. “Performance Review of PCAARRD's Research and Development Management Information System (RDMIS): Towards Enhancing the Efficiency of Investments in AANR R&D.” Terminal Project Report. Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development, Los Baños, Laguna.

• Aquino, A.P., Festejo, M.A. and Ani, P.A.B. 2014. “Department of Agriculture Administrative Order No. 8 Series of 2002: Importation and Commercialization of Modern Biotechnology Derived Products.” A short policy paper submitted to the Food and Fertilizer Technology Center (FFTC) for the project titled “Asia‐Pacific Information Platform in Agricultural Policy,” August 16, 2013.

• A.P. Aquino, P.A.B. Ani, and M.A. Festejo. 2013. “An Overview of Policies and Public Sector Investments in Philippine Agriculture,” Policy Paper submitted to the Food and Fertilizer Technology Center (FFTC) for the project titled “Asia-Pacific Information Platform in Agricultural Policy”, July 30, 2013.

• A.P. Aquino, P.A.B. Ani, and M.A. Festejo. 2013. “The Philippine Fisheries Code: National Policy for Sustainable Fisheries,” A short policy paper submitted to the Food and Fertilizer Technology Center (FFTC) for the project titled “Asia‐Pacific Information Platform in Agricultural Policy,” August 16, 2013.

• A.P. Aquino, P.A.B. Ani, and M.A. Festejo. 2013. “Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law: The Long Road to Agrarian Reform in the Philippines,” A short policy paper submitted to the Food and Fertilizer Technology Center (FFTC) for the project titled “Asia‐Pacific Information Platform in Agricultural Policy,” August 16, 2013.

• A.P. Aquino, A.G. Tidon, P.A.B. Ani, and M.A. Festejo. 2013. “The Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997: A Collective Approach to Competitiveness” A short policy paper submitted to the Food and Fertilizer Technology Center (FFTC) for the project titled “Asia‐Pacific Information Platform in Agricultural Policy,” August 19, 2013.

• A.P. Aquino, J.A.P. Deriquito, and M.A. Festejo. 2013. “Organic Agriculture Act Towards a Greener Philippines,” A short policy paper submitted to the Food and Fertilizer Technology Center (FFTC) for the project titled “Asia‐Pacific Information Platform in Agricultural Policy,” October 11, 2013.

• A.P. Aquino, J.A.P. Deriquito, and M.A. Festejo. 2013. “Ecological Solid Waste Management Act: Environmental Protection Through Proper Solid Waste Practices,” A short policy paper submitted to the Food and Fertilizer Technology Center (FFTC) for the project titled “Asia‐Pacific Information Platform in Agricultural Policy,” December 9, 2013.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

• Philippine Agricultural and Economic Development Association, Inc. – October 2013 to present

• Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Alumni Association of the Philippines (JAAP) – December 2016 to present

• Environmental Science Society – July 2020 to present

EDUCATION:

• Ph.D. IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS Aug. 1995 - Dec. 1997

Oklahoma State University, USA

Major field: Resource and Environmental Economics

• M.S. IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS Aug. 1992 - Oct. 1995

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

• M.A. IN ECONOMICS Mar. 1983 - Feb. 1985

Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, Korea

• B.Sc. IN AGRICULTURE Mar. 1979 - Feb. 1983

Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, Korea

EXPERIENCES

• Invited Professor Nov. 2019 - Present

Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Seoul National University

• President June. 2016 - Aug. 2019

Korea Rural Economic Institute, Seoul, Korea

• Director-General Jan. 2013 - Feb. 2014

Research Planning and Coordination Korea Rural Economic Institute, Seoul, Korea

• Research Director Jan. 2010 - May 2016

Korea Rural Economic Institute, Seoul, Korea

• Researcher/Senior Researcher/ Fellow/ Director Mar. 1988 - Dec. 2009

Korea Rural Economic Institute, Seoul, Korea

• Research Associate Oct. 1995 - Dec.1997

Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA

• Research Assistant Jan. 1994 - Aug. 1995

Dept. of Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

PROFESSIONAL and INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Vice-president May 2020-Present

Global Education Innovation Research, Asian Education Association

• Executive Member May 2019-Present

Technical Advisory Committee Food and Fertilizer Technology Center, Taipei, Taiwan

• Korea Representative May 2016 - Present

Meeting of G20 Chief Scientists (MACS-G20)

• Senior Consultant Nov. 2019 - Feb. 2020

Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila, Philippines

• Co-Chair Mar. 2017 - Aug. 2019

ICT Convergence Korea Forum

• Executive Member Jun. 2016 - Aug. 2019

The National Assembly Forum Climate Change

• Chair Nov. 2013 - Dec. 2017

Joint Working Party, Committee on Agriculture and the Environment, OECD

• President Jan. 2018 - Dec. 2018

Korean Agricultural Economics Association

CONSULTANCEY and ADVISORY SERVICES

• Senior Advisor Oct. 2019- May. 2020

Asian Development Bank

• Executive Member Jun. 2016 - Aug. 2019

Agricultural Policy Reform Committee, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

• Executive Member Jun. 2016 - Dec. 2017

Civilian Advisory Committee on Trade Negotiations, MOTIE

• Policy Evaluation Committee Member Mar. 2006 - Dec. 2017

Prime Minister’s Office

• Executive Member Feb. 2014 - Dec. 2014

Financial Policy Reform Committee, Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF)

• Chair Feb. 2014 - Dec. 2014

Agri., Forestry and Marine Subcommittee, Mid-term Finance Council in MOEF

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Connectivity and Trade Regionalism

Book Chapters:

• Lim, Tai Wei. "Status Quo Energy Stability: the Benefits of Maintaining Hub and Spoke system to Japan, China and Northeast Asia." Taiwanese Journal of WTO Studies XIX (September 2011): 25-47. Taipei, Taiwan: Center for WTO Studies, National Chengchi University.

Industry 4.0.

• Lim, Tai Wei, Industrial Revolution 4.0, Tech Giants, and Digitized Societies (UK: Palgrave MacMillan), 2019.

Industrial Clusters, Industrial history and political economy.

• Lim, Tai Wei. “Learning from Japan: An Economic-Historical Study of Eco-Tourism in Northeast Asia.” Asian Profile 40, no. 4 (August 2012): 321-332 (Burnaby, Canada: Asian Research Service).

RESOURCE HISTORY/STUDIES:

Energy studies/political economy/resource management

Journals:

• Lim, Tai Wei, "China and peak oil Is China shifting its focus to geopolitically-controversial offshore oil exploration?" in the Australian National University (ANU) College of Asia and the Pacific Crawford School of Public Policy’s Policy Forum journal

• Lim, Tai Wei, "Coal Utilization in India and Japan: A Narrative-Analysis" in the South Asian Journal of Global Business Research (SAJGBR) Vol. 2, Iss1 edited by Khilji, Shaista (UK: Emerald), [Accepted (06-Sep-2012) Print Publish: 01-Apr-2013 Vol.: 2, Issue: 1]

Book:

• Lim, Tai Wei, Energy Transitions in Japan and China Mine Closures, Rail Developments, and Energy Narratives (UK: Palgrave Macmillan), 2017

Book chapters:

• Brock, H., O. Agbu, A. Bainomugisha, P. K. Cintu, M. Donadio, E.G.K. George, S.J. Harris, G.Mokhawa, P.K. Otieno, SOS Sahel and Lim Tai Wei, Competition Over Resources: Drivers of Insecurity and the Global South (UK: Oxford Research Group), 2011.

Book reviews:

• Lim, Tai Wei, "Energy Security and Environmental Sustainability: A Review of the Nautilus Web Site (www.nautilus.org) Related to East/Southeast Asian Political Affairs and Internet-Based Information Initiatives" dated 2012 in APP Asian Politics and Policy Vol. 4 No. 1 (US: Wiley/Policy Studies Organization), 2012, pp. 140-143.

Political Economy.

• Lim, Tai Wei, "Multilateralism and Dependency Theory A Discussion of George Klay Kieh Jr’s Ideas, Small States and Coal Resource Management", in African and Asian Studies, Leiden: Brill, (80-99, 13, 2014)

CONFERENCES:

• Presenter in The International Symposium on Taiwan-Singapore Economic and Smart City Cooperation Prospect Jointly Organized by: Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER) Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore on 11 May 2018 at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

• Panelist, presenter on Japan demographics (April 2011), Joint Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) & International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS), Hawaii

• Lim Tai Wei. “Technological Solutions for Aging Demographics in Japan: A Robotic/Techno Managerial Approach.” The Association of Asian Studies (AAS) ICAS International Conference on Asian studies Conference Proceedings. 2011 Joint Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) & International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS), Honolulu, March 31- April 3, 2011, p. 149. (Refereed, Presenter and Panelist)

Yoshihisa Godo received his PhD degree from the University of Kyoto in 1992. His areas of research include development economics and agricultural economics. Professor Godo’s Development Economics (3rd edition), co-authored with Yujiro Hayami and published by the Oxford University Press in 2005, is especially well known. His book written in Japanese, Nihon no Shoku to Nou (Food and Agriculture in Japan), received the 28th Suntory Book Prize in 2006, one of the most prestigious academic book prizes in Japan. He belongs to the International Zheng He Society as an honorary advisor.

Supervising Science Research Specialist 10 May, 2012 - present

Socio-Economics Research Division (SERD)

Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, Forestry and

Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD)

Los Baños, Laguna

Science Research Specialist II June 2005 - July 2008

Socio-Economics Research Division (SERD)

Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and

Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD)

Los Baños, Laguna