Faculty
WATANABE, Matsuo
Specialization/Discipline
Economic Development, African Economies, West Balkan Study (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Research Topic
- Sustainable Rural Development in Africa
Explore the possibilities of agribusiness of small and medium scale farmers with particular reference to farmers’ organization, marketing and business administration capacities.
- Relevance of the Asian experience for African development
Examine Japan's efforts to transfer Asia's successful development experience to Africa, focusing on the Green Revolution and KAIZEN Activity.
Many parts of research activities are quite low-profile and far from sexy. But, you can 'feel' and 'find' a lot in fieldworks (i.e. Africa and Bosnia, for me). It is an exciting enterprise to construct and test my own theory based on that non-sexy jobs and fieldwork acquisitions. There is no reason to judge it is boring.