Novel applications of the versatile cryogel for sample preparation and sensors
หัวหน้าโครงการ
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A. Terry Rambo
ทีมวิจัย
:
A. Terry Rambo
หัวหน้าโครงการ
อรุณี เจริญศักดิ์ศิริ
นักวิจัยร่วมโครงการ
ชาลี เกตุแก้ว
นักวิจัยร่วมโครงการ
โมริอากิ วาตานาเบ
นักวิจัยร่วมโครงการ
ยูโกะ ชิราอิ
นักวิจัยร่วมโครงการ
พิจิกา ทิมสุกใส
นักวิจัยร่วมโครงการ
ฮายาโอะ ฟูกุย
นักวิจัยร่วมโครงการ
ประภัสสร วงศ์สาลี
นักวิจัยร่วมโครงการ
พัชราภรณ์ ภูมิจันทึก
นักวิจัยร่วมโครงการ
สุกัลยา เชิญขวัญ
นักวิจัยร่วมโครงการ
นิสิต คำหล้า
นักวิจัยร่วมโครงการ
สุจินต์ สิมารักษ์
นักวิจัยร่วมโครงการ
โสรัส ประวีณวงศ์วุฒิ
นักวิจัยร่วมโครงการ
วันที่เริ่มโครงการ
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31 ก.ค. 2556
วัตถุประสงค์
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This project has three main objectives: 1) to do high quality empirical research to improve our knowledge and understanding of the agrarian transformation in Northeast Thailand, 2) to improve the capacity of young lecturers at Khon Kaen University and several regional universities to do agricultural systems research, and 3) to support thesis research by graduate students in the KKU Program on System Approaches in Agriculture. Each of these objectives will be discussed in detail below:
(1) Research to improve our knowledge and understanding of the agrarian transformation in Northeast Thailand: The agrarian transformation has occurred so recently, and has progressed at such a rapid rate, that our understanding of its impacts on the agricultural system of the Northeast seriously lags behind reality on the ground. Consequently, much of the information used to teach university students about Isan agriculture and society is badly obsolete. Agricultural development policies are also being formulated based on outdated assumptions about the nature of Isan agricultural systems which may have serious negative consequences for the implementation of development programs. This project is designed to collect new empirical information needed to help bring perceptions of the situation in the rural Northeast into closer alignment with the reality on the farms and in the villages that have been undergoing such rapid change. Research will focus on six key themes: (1) Agricultural mechanization, (2) agricultural intensification, (3) the changing role in rural household livelihood systems of wild products, (4) the continuing roles of local knowledge and traditional technology in agricultural development, (5) the impact of urbanization on agriculture, and (6) the implications of population aging for agriculture.
(2) Building the capacity of young lecturers to do agricultural systems research: Improving the research capability of young lecturers is an urgent requirement if the field of agricultural systems is to continue to develop in Thai universities. Six young lecturers (3 from Khon Kaen University and 1 each from Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom, and Udon Thani Rajabhat universities) will carry-out individual sub-studies under the close guidance of the principal investigator and project senior researchers.
(3) Supporting thesis research relevant to this project by graduate students in the KKU Program on System Approaches in Agriculture: Providing support to do thesis research is a critical need to increase the output of qualified young scholars in agricultural systems. To help meet this need, 7 graduate students enrolled in the KKU Program on System Approaches in Agriculture (including 3 who already hold appointments as lecturers in KKU and other regional universities) will do their thesis research as part of this project under close supervision of project senior researchers. Graduate students participating in this research will complete at least 1 masters thesis and 4 doctoral theses by the end date of the project. It is expected that at least 2 additional doctoral theses will be completed subsequent to the end of the project.
