Research topic is "Denitrification losses in response to nitrogen fertiliser rates in Australian sugarcane systems". The supervisory team consists of Prof Peter Grace, Dr Johannes Friedl, Dr David Rowlings and Dr Clemens Scheer.

The study was conducted in International Program in Agricultural Development Studies (IPADS, taught in English) under supervision of Prof Kensuke Okada. The thesis title was "Application of APSIM-Oryza2000 to sloped rice fields with contour-levee irrigation system in Colombia for efficient water use".

A University-wide Exchange Program for one year. The subjects were Economics, Statistics and Biology.

Thesis title was "Analysis of the applicability of alternate wetting and drying (AWD) irrigation as a watersaving rice production technology through a modelling approach". The study was conducted under supervision of Prof Kensuke Okada and Dr Taro Takahashi.

Working for "Smart farming partnerships project - Unlocking the true values of organic soil amendments" project to develop an innovative farm-ready tool for the effective managament of manures and composts into farm fertiliser budgets for environmental, soil health and economic suutainability. Developping a web/mobile application to calculate nutrient release from organic amendments based on the incubation and field trial datasets from the project.

Worked for a Grain Research & Development Corporation (GRDC) project to examine fertiliser N use efficiency and N loss pathways in grain cropping systems in Australia. Testing APSIM (Classic and Next Gen) against ¹⁵N field trials datasets to simulate fertiliser N recovery and N losses. Identifying the potential to improve algorithms related to N cyclying processes in APSIM.

Worked in a project SATREPS between Japan and Colombia to develop and to disseminate resource saving rice production systems in Colombia. Conducted field experiments in farmer's fields in Ibagué, Colombia to examine toposequential effects on hydrology and on rice growth in collaboration with local staff of Colombian National Rice Producers Federation (FEDEARROZ). Calibrated and validated APSIM-Oryza2000, followed by scenario analysis with the model to optimise farmer's irrigation management under different weather conditions. Suggested the optimised irrigation management to local farmers and extension workers by workshop presentation and field demonstration.

Worked in a project to revise the strategy of pesticide marketing of BASF Japan focusing on emerging agricultural companies in Kanto region, Japan. Analysed published market information for an overview of the pesticide market and interviewed agricultural companies in Kanto region to reveal their purchasing power from the perspectives of cultivation system and sales route. Had a final presentation on an evaluation of a new pesticide marketing strategy approaching influential agricultural companies to division members and executives of BASF Japan.

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