The Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development Challenges for sustainable development in West Africa: Securing people’s livelihood

In this seminar, two main speakers, Professor Oussouby Sacko, President of Kyoto Seika University and Professor Dzodzi Tsikata, Director of Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, will talk about sustainable development in Mali and Ghana, respectively.

Date & Time

3:30- 5:00pm, Tuesday, August 27th, 2019

Venue

Exhibition Hall B06, PACIFICO YOKOHAMA

Program

15:30-15:35 Introduction,
 Shinichi Takeuchi (Director, African Studies Center -Tokyo University of Foreign Studies: TUFS)

15:35-15:55 “Possibilities and challenges for sustainable development in West Africa:Thinking about sustainable rural redevelopment in Mali”,
 Oussouby Sacko (President, Kyoto Seika University) ・Summary

15:55-16:15 “Possibilities and challenges for sustainable development in West Africa: Ghana in Focus”,
 Dzodzi Tsikata (Director, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana) ・Summary

16:15-16:25 “Transferring cacao-based agroforestry to Ghana”,
 Atsushi Chitose (Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology: TUAT)

16:25-16:35 “Possibility of the Utilization of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the measures against Climate Change”,
 Kayoko Yamamoto (Professor, University of Electro Communications: UEC)

16:35-17:00 Q & As

Other

No pre-registration is needed

Contact

Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research (Graduate School of Global Studies Doctoral Program, TUFS)

Address: Room511, Research and Lecture Building, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 3-11-1, Asahi-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8534
Tel & Fax: +81-42-330-5876
Email: sus_tufs[at]tufs.ac.jp (Please change [at] to @)

Organizer

Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research (TUFS-TUAT-UEC) and Kyoto Seika University

Supporter

African Studies Center -TUFS

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