Research Interest

　Natural resource management by local communities

Ongoing research: Success and failure in collective management of tank irrigation and their impacts on livelihood in Tamil Nadu, India

　Green revolution in Asia and its transferability to Africa

On going research: The evolution of agricultural systems over three decades in Tamil Nadu, India.

　Poverty dynamics

Ongoing research: Agriculture-Nonagriculture interactions in poverty alleviation in Tamil Nadu, India. 

　The role of social capital in economic development

Ongoing research: The roles of personal networks in economic migration: a case from the Philippines.

Photos from study sites

Irrigation from a tank to rice fields

De-silting tank bed

Tank in full capacity

A temple alongside a tank

Rice transplanting

Sorghum field (2)

Sorghum field (1)

Sorghum seeds

Manuring coconuts, traditional way

Village elementary school

Job search at a municipal hall

Garment factory

Cottage metalcraft industry

Tamil Nadu, India

Tamil Nadu, India

Tamil Nadu, India

Tamil Nadu, India

Tamil Nadu, India

Tamil Nadu, India

Maharashtra, India

Maharashtra, India

Tamil Nadu, India

Talac, the Philippines

Laguna, the Philippines

Calamba, the Philippines

Laguna, the Philippines

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Irrigation from a tank to rice fields

Tamil Nadu, India

　

　

　

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