International Networking Project to Share Experiences of Sustainable Development andto Cope with Natural Hazards on the Periphery of Bengal Bay
By SEAMEO-CHAT, FREDA, ICCDI, Yezin Agricultural University, Myanmar, CSEAS, Kyoto University,Japan
Date: on 5th and 6th January 2014
Venue: SEAMEO-CHAT, Yangon, Myanmar

Day 1

9:00-10:00 Opening Session
Welcome Address
Keynote and Acknowledgment

Kazuo Ando (Kyoto University)

Speech of Chief Guest

Coffee Break

10:20-11:20 Session 1: General topics
Chair: Abani Kumar Bhagabati (Gauhati University)(1) The progress and outcome of the international networking project to cope with Natural Hazards on thePeriphery of Bengal Bay

Kazuo Ando (Kyoto University)(2) Historical Geomorphological change and human activity in Alluvial Plain of central Japan
Shinji Miyamoto (Okayama University of Science)(3) Plant Species diversity of homegarden and its services –A study from midhill region of Nepal
Chandra Prasad Pokhrel (Kyoto University)

Coffee Break

11:40-12:40 Session 2: Bhutan and Laos
Chair: Kazuo Ando (Kyoto University)(4) Rural-Urban migration: a case study on Bidung, Trashigang Dzongkhag
Jamyang Dolkar (Sherubtse College, Royal University of Bhutan)(5) Land Concession Impact to Agriculture in Lao PDR
Somphanh Pasouvang (National University of Laos)(6) Community Development through Emphasizing Local Traditional Culture and History in Rural Laos –History of Village Settlement Retained in Villagers’ Memory –Lunch BreakKichiji Yajima (Kyoto University)

13:40-14:40 Session 3: Northeast India
Chair: Muhammad Salim (Bangladesh Agricultural University)(7) Socio-economic condition of Northeast India from the latest statistics
Haruhisa Asada (Nara Women’s University)(8) Some Aspects of Eco-friendly Agricultural Practices in the Apatani Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Abani Kumar Bhagabati (Gauhati University)(9) Medical and health service in Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Satoshi Wakebe (Ori Clinic)

Coffee Break

15:00-16:00 Session 4: Bangladesh
Chair: Kichiji Yajima (Kyoto University)(10) PRA as a tool of Agricultural Systems-experience of higher education at BAU
Muhammad Salim (Bangladesh Agricultural University)(11) Meteorological Disasters in the coastal area of the Bay of Bengal
Taiichi Hayashi (Kyoto University)(12) A study on meteorological education in Bangladesh

Yusuke Yamane (Tokoha University)

Coffee Break16:20-17:00 Session 5: Myanmar (io-diversity)
Chair: Khin Lay Swe (Rtd. Pro-Rector, Yezin Agricultural University)(13) Birds of Paddy Fields in Myanmar – a variety of wet lands –Nobuhiro Ohnishi (Kyotogakuen University)(14) Stability Analysis of Collected Local Mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) Germplasms in Different
Locations of Myanmar

Lay Lay Khaing (State Agricultural Institute, Pwintbyu, Magway Region)(15) Evaluation of Drought Tolerant Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Genotypes with Drought Tolerance
Indices

Mar Mar Win (Department of Agricultural Research (DAR), Yezin)

Day 2

9:00-10:00 Session 6: Myanmar (Rural development)
Chair: Nobuhiro Ohnishi (Kyotogakuen University)(16) Depopulation Problems in Rural Areas: Case studies in Japan, Butan and Myanmar
Khin Lay Swe (Rtd. Pro-Rector, Yezin Agricultural University)(17) Myanmar Farmer's Education Level for Rural Development

Theingi Myint (Yezin Agricultural University)(18) Future development in fertilizer recommendation for agricultural crops based on soil and plant
analysis in Myanmar

Su Su Win (Department of Agricultural Research (DAR), Yezin)

Coffee Break10:20-11:20 Session 7: Myanmar ( Natural Conservation)

Chair: Lay Lay Khaing (State Agricultural Institute, Pwintbyu, Magway Region)(19) Role of livestock breeding in rural development
Ni Ni Maw (Rtd. Pro-Rector, University of Animal Science and Husbandry, Yezin)(20) Changes of nesting marine turtle populations and nesting beaches along the coastal area inMyanmar

Ya Min Thant (FREDA)(21) A Study on sea turtle of Myanmar

Win Maung (Yangon University)

Coffee Break

11:40-12:40 Session 8: Myanmar ( Agricultural Production)
Chair: Ni Ni Maw (Rtd. Pro-Rector, University of Animal Science and Husbandry, Yezin)(22) Quality rice production in Myanmar
Min San Thein (Department of Agricultural Research (DAR), Yezin)(23) Economic analysis of Hybrid production in Myanmar
Shwe Mar Than (Yezin Agricultural University)(24)

Scholar from Mandalay University

Lunch Break

13:40-15:00 Session 9: Myanmar (other topics)(25) Scholar from Mandalay University(26) Scholar from Mandalay University(27) Scholar from SEAMO-CHAT(28) Scholar from SEAMO-CHAT

15:00- 16:00 Closing Session
Concluding Remarks
Closing Speech