Prof. Hiroshi Watanabe
he/him · @hiroshi-watanabeAcademic ResearcherProfessor, Kyoto University · soil-carbon dynamics and regenerative rice systems
Kyoto, Japan·Asia-Pacific
Primary focus213
Secondary15
Food & AgricultureOpen to collaborationOpen to mentoring
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Project portfolio · 2
Andean Coffee Regenerative Transition
2024Three-year transition program with 1,800 smallholder coffee farmers across the Colombian and Peruvian Andes. Combined regenerative practice training, soil-carbon measurement and a premium offtake arrangement with two roasters.
Smallholder farmers enrolled
1,824
Hectares under regen practice
9,140
Food & Agriculture
South Asia Monsoon Pathways under SSP3-7.0
2023Three-year academic study downscaling CMIP6 ensembles for monsoon onset and intensity across South Asia under high-warming scenarios. Open dataset cited in 47 follow-on papers.
CMIP6 ensemble members
32
Downscaled at resolution
10km × 10km
Food & Agriculture
About
30 years of field measurements in paddy systems. Most recent work: methane-suppressing rice cultivars at scale in Niigata.
Expertise
Functions
Lifecycle AssessmentSustainability Strategy
Methodologies
SBTi FLAGGHG Protocol
Experience
- Professor of Agricultural ScienceKyoto UniversityApr 2005 — present
Education
- Kyoto University· Ph.D. Agricultural Science1995