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Dr Shinobu Inanaga is President of the Tottori
Institute of Industrial Technology. Before taking over this position,
he served as President, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural
Research (JIRCAS); and Professor of Crop Ecology and Physiology and Director
of the Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, Japan. From 1996
to 1997, he was a Professor in the Faculty of Agriculture, University
of Tokyo. He has worked on dryland agriculture in many countries in West
Asia and North Africa. His various professional activities include membership
of the Japan International Cooperation Agency Advisory Committee for the
Middle East, the Board of the Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies,
and several other bodies related to agriculture and combating desertification. |