The GMS Studies Center, Nakhon Phanom University (NPU), in collaboration with the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University, Japan, held a research progress meeting on the “Agriculture Transformation” project, focusing on case studies in Dondang–Donchareon, Khon Kaen Province, and Prasong, Nakhon Phanom Province.

 

Asst. Prof. Dr. Saowakorn Hemwong, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, NPU, welcomed the research team. Participants included researchers and academics from Kyoto University, Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts, Chiang Mai University, Nakhon Phanom University, and the Office of Agricultural Economics 3.

 

The meeting provided an opportunity to present research progress, exchange field data, and discuss future research directions on agricultural transformation in the study areas.

 

This collaboration has continued for three years under an MOU between CSEAS, Kyoto University, and the GMS Studies Center, NPU, with Asst. Prof. Dr. Sorat Praveenwongwut, Director of the GMS Studies Center and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, playing a key role in coordinating and advancing the research partnership.

 

On this occasion, Asst. Prof. Dr. Saowakorn Hemwong also invited CSEAS, Kyoto University, to participate in the Mekong Agriculture Academic Conference 2027, to be hosted by the Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, Nakhon Phanom University.