The University’s proposal, “Building a Regenerative Agri-Fishery System for Sustainable Food Production and Global Well-being Based on Field Science,” has been selected by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) for J-PEAKS.

The University will build a top-down system to strategically create and foster new fusion research areas based on its management strategy, and promote research and development of sustainable food production systems that facilitate environmental regeneration by bringing together research initiatives that utilize the University’s distinctive research fields—including agriculture, fisheries science, environmental science, and ecology—thereby enhancing its research capabilities.

The University of Melbourne (Australia) and the University of Massachusetts Amherst (U.S.), which are strategic partnership universities, as well as Muroran Institute of Technology, Otaru University of　Commerce, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Kitami Institute of Technology, and Hokkaido Research Organization will participate in this project to promote social implementation of research results.