Comprehensive Area Studies on Coexistence and Conflict Resolution Realizing the African Potentials | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(S)

	Masayoshi Shigeta
	Professor, Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Fields of Research	African Area Studies, Agricultural Anthropology, Ethnobotany
Keyword	Biodiversity, Genetic Resources, Indigenous Agriculture, Local Knowledge, Conflicts over Agricultural Land
Unit	Livelihood and Environment
Cluster	Northeast Africa
Research Interests	I have been conducting anthropological research among peoples who cultivate indigenous crops for their staple food in southwestern Ethiopia. I am also involved in a joint research project together with local people aimed at conservation of indigenous land races and utilization of community-based technologies from a standpoint of practical area studies. In this research project, I will study knowledge and institutions that contribute to conflict resolutions by focusing on conflicts over natural resources such as lands or forests, which often break out among the farmers, and between farmers and pastoralists in southwestern Ethiopia.

Masayashi Shigeta