List of Authors
Mitsuyoshi Ando, PhD. Agricultural and rural policy; Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo.
Leonard (Peter) Apedaile, PhD. Economics, development economics, agricultural and rural policy, complex systems’ applications; Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.
David J. Connell, PhD. Rural Studies, MCIP, Sustainable communities, rural planning and local food; Assistant Professor, School of Environmental Planning, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia.
Junko Goto, PhD. Rural development, Livelihood issues in Japan, North America, and Southeast Asia; Independent regional planning researcher, Yokohama, Kanagawa.
Eiichi Kusano, PhD. Agricultural market analysis, Rural development in Asia; Research associate at the Institute of Global Change Adaptation Science, Ibaraki University, Ami, Ibaraki.
Mami Nagata, Marketing, Rural-urban exchange, food, agriculture and environment; Journalist and Consultant, Tokyo.
Mitsuhiro Nakagawa, PhD. Development economics, Agronomy for sustainable development; Professor, Ibaraki University, Ami, Ibaraki
Tokumi Odagiri, PhD. Rural policy and governance; Professor, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Kanagawa.
Masatoshi Ouchi, PhD. Rural sociology, Social change in rural areas; Professor, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Kanagawa.
Bill Reimer, PhD. Sociology, community capacity-building, social capital, social exclusion, the informal economy; Professor, Concordia University, Montréal, Quebec.
Mamoru Sawada, PhD. Agricultural economics; Senior researcher, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki.
Masashi Tachikawa, PhD. Rural sociology, Sociology of agriculture and food;
Associate professor, Ibaraki University, Ami, Ibaraki.
Nobuhiro Tsuboi, PhD. Agricultural economics; Professor (retired) of the University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki.
Kiyokazu Ujiie, PhD. Food demand analysis, Organic Farm production; Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo.
Ellen Wall, PhD. Rural sociology; Professor (retired) and Research Scientist, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario.
Anna Woodrow, PhD. Humanities; Lecturer, John Abbott College, Ste Anne de Bellevue, Quebec.
Ken-ichi Yabe, Ms. Human geography, PhD Candidate, Metropolitan University of Tokyo; Editor, School of Sapix, Tokyo.