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Update date: May. 14, 2026
Sakurai Takeshi
サクライ タケシ | Sakurai Takeshi
Affiliation and department：
Job title：
Professor
Research field (3)：
Agricultural sociology
, Agricultural and food economics
, Economic policy
Research keywords (10)：
環境
, 資源管理
, 農業技術
, 貧困
, サブサハラ・アフリカ
, Environment
, Resource Management
, Agricultural Technology
, Poverty
, Sub-Saharan Africa
Research theme for competitive and other funds (19)：
- 2025 - 2029 Economic Analysis of Food System Modernization and Food Losses: Focusing on Wholesale Markets
- 2023 - 2027 Improving infant nutrition and the role of markets in Africa: a focus on market seasonality and gender differences in decision making
- 2020 - 2025 Food and Nutrition Security: Household and Regional Resilience
- 2021 - 2024 How effective are the new type of rural communities with migrants against aggregate shocks? A Case Study of the 2015 Earthquake in Nepal
- 2020 - 2023 The Possibility of Infants' Nutritional Improvement through Market in Urban Areas of Sub-Saharan Africa
- 2019 - 2023 Impacts of Disaster on Human Capital Accumulation: A Case of the 2015 Nepal Earthquake
- 2017 - 2022 Economic development and institutional change in rural communities: comparative institutional analysis using micro-level panel data
- 2016 - 2021 The position of "Green Revolution" in the economic development of sub-Saharan Africa: comparisons with Asia
- 2016 - 2020 Study on regional heterogeneity and varietal selection in fragile rice ecosystems in Asia
- 2015 - 2017 Temporary Migrations and Investment in Health of Children at Home Country: A Case of Nepal
- 2013 - 2017 Comparative Economic Development of Market Institutions: THe Case of Rice in Africa
- 2013 - 2016 Sustainability and impacts of community forest management - Re-measurement of 113 natural forests in Nepal -
- 2011 - 2015 The Progress of Green Revolution and Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Evaluation of Policies Using Panel Data
- 2010 - 2015 Poverty Reduction, Institutions, Markets, and Policies in Developing Countries: Toward a Theory of Comparative Economic Development
- 2011 - 2014 Coping strategies and resilience of agricultural areas against environmental variability
- 2011 - 2014 n Evaluation of Innovative School Health and Nutrition Education through Field Experiments - An Enquiry into the Sustainable Health Improvement of Poor Children in Developing Countries
- 2010 - 2014 Economic Growth and the Intensification of Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa
- 2009 - 2012 Empirical Analysis of Agricultural Households in the Pre-war PeriodJapan: A Panel Data Approach
- 2005 - 2007 Impact of Participatory Forest Management in India : From the Viewpoint of Poverty Reduction and Forest's Multifunctionality
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Papers (109)：
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Sakiko Shiratori, Risa Nomura, M. G. Dilini Abeysekara, Jules Rafalimanantsoa, Zoniaina Ramahaimandimby, Takeshi Sakurai. Temporal change in nutritional supply and role of home-based food production: the case of smallholder farmers in Madagascar during the COVID-19 period. Agriculture and Food Security. 2026
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Kolleh JB, Bello LO, Arouna A, Akaba S, Sakurai T. Impact of the smart valley project in enhancing rice production and farmer outcomes in Northwestern Sierra Leone. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research. 2025
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Turizihiwe YC, Hirwa H, Kesande P, Sakurai T. Exploring agriculture-tourism Nexus: A case study of Irish potato farmers in northwestern region of Rwanda. Social Sciences & Humanities Open. 2025. 12. 101764-101764
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Ndip FE,Sakurai T. Enhancing agricultural intensification through contract farming: evidence from rice production in Senegal. Agriculture & food security. 2025. 14. 1
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Tao J,Yurugi T,Sakurai T. The Impact of Compulsory Rice Insurance Reform on Farming Practices in Japan. Japanese Journal of Agricultural Economics. 2025. 27. 106-111
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MISC (119)：
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Satoru Okonogi, Reginald Annan, Takeshi Sakurai. Nutritional Education and the Dynamics of Complementary Food Demand: Evidence from High-Frequency Purchase Data in Ghana. Social Science Research Network. 2025
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Joseph MM,Sakurai T. Contribution of agroforestry practices on species diversity and carbon sequestration for climate change adaptation: A case of Juba county, south Sudan. Social Science Research Network. 2025
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櫻井武司. アフリカにおける栄養改善: 市場の役割. 国際農林業協力. 2024. 47. 2. 2-11
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Bello LO,Awotide BA,Danso-Abbeam G,Sakurai T. The Food Security Impact of Climate-Smart Agricultural Technologies Adoption on Smallholder Farmers in West Africa Sahel Region. 2024
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Bello L,Awotide BA,Sakurai T. Climate-smart agricultural technologies adoption and millet crop farmers’ welfare nexus; Empirical analysis from Mali. Social Science Research Network. 2024
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Books (36)：
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How Vegetable Farming Transforms Lives of Smallholder Farmers in Madagascar’s Central Highlands In: Shiratori, S. (ed.) Food Security and Nutrition in Africa: Rural Madagascar
Springer Singapore 2026 ISBN:9789819553112
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Rainfall Patterns-Plant-Based Proteins-Child Malnutrition: How Are They Linked in Central Madagascar? In: Shiratori, S. (ed.) Food Security and Nutrition in Africa: Rural Madagascar
Springer Singapore 2026 ISBN:9789819553112
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Home-Based Food Production and Nutritional Shifts During COVID-19 in Madagascar. In: Shiratori, S. (ed.) Food Security and Nutrition in Africa: Rural Madagascar
Springer Singapore 2026 ISBN:9789819553112
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Milk Matters: Enhancing Early Childhood Nutrition Through Dairy in Central Madagascar. In: Shiratori, S. (ed.) Food Security and Nutrition in Africa: Rural Madagascar
Springer Singapore 2026 ISBN:9789819553112
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Paths to Wellness: How Agriculture Shapes Child Health in the Malagasy Highlands Through Diet and Micronutrients. In: Shiratori, S. (ed.) Food Security and Nutrition in Africa: Rural Madagascar
Springer Singapore 2026 ISBN:9789819553112
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Lectures and oral presentations (220)：
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Do Households Having Temporary Overseas Migrants Live in Safer Houses? An examination with the post-earthquake census in Nepal
(The Econometric Society World Congress 2025 2025)
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Impact of farmland transfer on householdsʼ income: empirical evidence from gender analysis in China
(2025)
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Imapct of randomized sorghum seed distribution on household dietary diversity in rural Zambia
(2025)
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Impact of Individual Bargaining Power on Employment and Household Income in Rural China
(2025)
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Impact of Digital Ability and Rice Technology Adoption on Rice Farming Performance in Benin
(2025)
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Education (3)：
- 1989 - 1995 Michigan State University Department of Agricultural Economics
- 1983 - 1985 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science Department of Zoology
- 1979 - 1983 The University of Tokyo Faculty of Science Department of Biological Sciences (Zoology)
Professional career (4)：
- Doctor of Philosophy (Michigan State University)
- Master of Science (Michigan State University)
- Master of Science (The University of Tokyo)
- Bachelor of Science (The University of Tokyo)
Work history (9)：
- 2014/04 - 現在 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences Professor
- 2009/04 - 2014/03 Hitotsubashi University Institute of Economic Research, Japanese and Asian Economies Professor
- 2009/04 - 2014/03 Professor,Japanese and Asian Economies,Institute of Economic Research,Hitotsubashi University
- 2008 - 2009 Wako University Faculty of Economics and Business
- 2008 - 2009 Professor,Faculty of Economics and Business Management,Wako University
- 2004 - 2008 Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- 1999 - 2004 国際農林水産業研究センター- 主任研究官
- 1995 - 1999 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- 1985/04 - 1989/08 Nikkei Business Publications, Inc.
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Committee career (2)：
- 2014/10 - 2020/10 日本学術会議 連携会員
- 2018/06 - 2020/03 日本農業経済学会 副会長(国際担当)
Awards (8)：
- 2023/10 - China Agricultural Economic Review Highly Recommended Paper Unobservable Land Value in Rural China and Its Microeconomic Implication on Land Lease Behavior
- 2023/03 - Asian Society of Agricultural Economists Best Paper Award Role of Community Participation in Mangrove Restoration: The Evidence from Northern Sri Lanka
- 2013/03 - Best Paper Award
- 2012/08 - World Water Week Best Poster Award Building farmers' resilience to food insecurity in Southern Zambia under rainfall variability
- 2012/03 - 日本農業経済学会 ポスター賞 誰が天候インデックス保険を購入するのか-ザンビア農村における販売実験-
- 2007/03 - 日本農業経済学会 学会誌賞 西アフリカにおける低湿地の土地所有制度と水管理技術への投資
- 2006/10 - JB Award Rice Miller Cluster in Ghana and Its Effects on Efficiency and Quality Improvement
- 1995 - Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan Stata University Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Essays on Uncertainty and Sustainability in the Semi-Arid Tropics
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