大学の農林経済教員の社会貢献とその意義・限界

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Recently, as greater expectation is placed on the university, and its social contribution has become a third mission in addition to education and research. The university agriculture and forestry economics instructor can make a significant social contribution. However, there are some problems.
To begin with, let us describe their significant social contribution. Until now the agriculture and forestry economics instructor researched regional problems, with the result that their findings have been utilized in the region, with the improved practice of agriculture science amounting to a social contribution. This can also be said of agricultural economic science. On the other hand, there are some problems with the social contribution aspect. When the social contribution is emphasized, field research increases. But then it is no longer international or universal in content. The level of research ends up so specialized that it remains at the local level, where the number of papers is few.
To surmount this problem, we first of all need to recognize the characteristic practice of field science in the agriculture sciences. Next, to become a leader in the field, the agriculture and forestry economics teacher needs to contribute to society, and make the evaluation of our research reflect this result.