In the 36th Yanmar Student Essay Contest, students from the Department of Agri-food and Environmental Policy, School of Agriculture, received the following awards. Notably, four of the thirteen selected papers in the essay category were submitted by students from the Department of Agri-food and Environmental Policy. This marks the first Grand Prize awarded to the department since the 20th contest.
The Yanmar Student Essay Contest is an essay competition organized by Yanmar Agri Co., Ltd. under the theme of “Developing Agriculture into the Food and Agribusiness Industry.”
Ota, Miyano, and Itabashi, recipients of the Grand Prize
Grand Prize
OTA Sora, ITABASHI Ryosuke, MIYANO Yuta (3rd-year students, Food Business Laboratory / Associate Professor NAKAJIMA Shinsaku)Title: “Designing Sustainable Farmland Use: A Case Study of a Future Design Workshop in the Yanagihara District”
Excellence Awards
SUZUKI Sho, TANAKA Tatsumi, YAMASE Fuki, KOBAYASHI Hinano, FUKUDA Riho (3rd-year students, Food Trade Theory Laboratory / Professor SAKUYAMA Takumi)
Title: “Aquaponics × Underground: The Potential of Aquaponics in Tunnels near Urban Areas”
HARADA Naokazu, AOKI Yoshino, HASEGAWA Hina, SUZUKI Miyu, ZUSHO Tatsuki (3rd-year students, Food Trade Theory Laboratory / Professor SAKUYAMA Takumi)
Title: “Vegetable Gachapon: A New Concept to Bring Producers and Consumers Closer Together”
KOTANI Rino: (4th-year student, Environmental Resource Accounting Laboratory / HONJO Yasuhiro)
Title: “No (Agri) Limit!!: A ‘Connected Agriculture Plan’ to Unlock the Potential of Farming for All Generations”
At the award ceremony
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