Japan’s first Urban Agriculture World Summit in Nerima
-For disseminating the benefits and possibilities of urban agriculture to the world-
Date and time: November 29th (Friday) – December 1st (Sunday), 2019
For the first time in Japan, we hold Urban Agriculture World Summit to be scheduled from Friday, November 29th to Sunday, December 1st in Nerima City, Tokyo. We cordially invite the farmers, researchers and public administrators from the following 5 overseas cities: New York, London, Jakarta, Seoul and Toronto. We also hold an international conference that consists of Breakout Session to be scheduled on November 30th and Symposium on December 1st. Together with the guests in the conference, we shall discuss the benefits, possibilities of urban agriculture as well as various initiatives for the development, so that we can make a declaration of UAWS to the world as a conclusion.
On December 1st, Neri-Marché and Nerima World Festival will also be held. In the marché, we will sell fresh vegetables and fruits, flowers, alcohol drinks, as well as various dishes using Nerima agricultural produce, and provide the dishes using Nerima radish that is a traditional vegetable. In the festival, we will provide a variety of international opportunities such as tasting cuisines/ alcohol drinks from all over the world, shopping the goods, enjoying the performances, trying on traditional ethnic dresses, etc.
[Detailed information] https://www.city.n
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1-① International conference (Breakout Session)
Date and time: November 30th (Saturday) 1:00pm-5:00pm (Open12:00pm)
Location: Coconeri 3F (Coconeri hall and Training roomⅠ), 1 minute walk from the north exit of Nerima station
https://www.nerima-idc.or.jp/p
Language: Japanese, English, Korean, Indonesian (Simultaneous interpretation will be provided.)
Discussion topics
Breakout Session 1 : Opportunities and Sustainability of the Urban Agricultural Production and Distribution Channels
(Chair: Dr. Hironori Yagi, Associate Professor of The University of Tokyo)
Breakout Session 2 : The development of communities through the urban agriculture
~with a view to solving various social problems by the agricultural initiatives~
(Chair: Mr. Mitsuaki Ihara, Director of Urban & Rural Planning Corporation )
Breakout Session 3 : City Design for integration with urban agricultural spaces
~Strategies and Policies for cities in coexistence with urban agriculture~
(Chair: Dr. Hideki Koizumi, Professor of The University of Tokyo)
Schedule
12:45pm Meet together at a Coconeri hall on the 3rd floor of Coconeri
12:45pm-12:55pm Briefing
1:00pm- Please attend any session of which the discussion topic you take interest in among 3
breakout sessions. (You can enter or exit any time during the session.)
1-② International conference (Symposium)
Date and time: December 1st (Sunday) 1:00pm-5:30pm
Location: Nerima Culture Center (small hall), 1 minute walk from the north exit of Nerima station
https://www.neribun.or.jp/acce
Language: Japanese, English, Korean, Indonesian (Simultaneous interpretation will be provided.)
Discussion topic
Urban Agriculture for Tomorrow ～How we can enhance the quality of life for us～
Chair: Dr. Mitsuzo Goto, Professor Emeritus of Musashi University
The farmers, researchers and public administrators from the 5 overseas cities shall learn each others’ urban agricultural initiatives, so that we can explore possibilities of urban agriculture for enhancing the quality of life for the people living in city area.
Taking pride in living in the city where is blessed with the agriculture, we shall confirm the benefits and possibilities of urban agriculture for leading a sustainable and beneficial life, so that we can make a declaration of UAWS to the world as the conclusion of the international conference.
Schedule
12:45pm Meet together at the entrance of a small hall of Nerima Culture Center
12:45pm-12:55pm Briefing
1:00pm-5:30pm Symposium (including case study presentations of each city and panel discussion)
You can gather information on the Neri-Marché (10:00am-3:00pm) and Nerima World Festival (10:00am-6:00pm) any time during these events of which the location will be around the north exit of Nerima station. Please stop off at the information desk to be set up at Nerima station, prior to your coverage activity.
2 Coverage accompanying the tour of the guests
Accompanying the following tour of the overseas guests is acceptable for you to cover the tour and gather information.
Date and time: November 29th (Friday) 11:45am-4:30pm
Location: Around the area of Minami-Ooizumi
Language: Japanese, English, Korean, Indonesian (Simultaneous interpretation will be provided.)
Schedule
11:45am Meet together at the entrance gate of Hoya station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line
11:45am-11:55am Briefing
12:00pm-2:30pm Joining the guests and accompanying their tour of allotment gardens, farm stands and
disaster drill on an agricultural experience farm
※The lunch on the day will be outdoor meal prepared for supposed disasters.
(We will prepare the same lunches for journalists.)
2:30pm-3:00pm Kato Tomato Farm
3:00pm-3:30pm Leave Minami-Ooizumi for an Agriculture school
3:30pm-4:00pm Visit to the Agriculture school
4:30pm- Arrive at Nerima station
Allotment garden: Nerima City manage the garden and lend the allotted land to the interested citizens. The citizens can freely grow their favorite agricultural products.
Farm stand: It is the site where farmers sell the produce harvested. Some stands are ones with coin-operated lockers.
Agricultural experience farm: Farm producers open it for giving agricultural guidance to citizens.
Agriculture school: This school was set up by Nerima City as a support for farming. We seek applicants among the citizens and offer them training courses in agricultural knowledge and skills. And the students completing the required courses will be able to be provided with an opportunity of being introduced to the local farmer in need of assistance and fitting well with them.
3 Nerima Daikon pulling out tournament
We compete for pulling out Nerima Daikon which is characterized by being long, medium thickness and hard to be harvested, so that we can disseminate the benefits of the radish. In commemoration of UAWS, the overseas guests, Director for Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Korea and international students of local university will kindly participate in the tournament, which will build further momentum.
Date and time: November 30th (Saturday) 9:00am-12:00pm ※meeting and dismissing at the venue
Location: the town of Tagara (We will provide detailed information about the site later.)
Nerima Daikon:
Nerima Daikon is considered to having started to be grown during Edo-period. At that time, Nerima being located near Edo as an outlying village, had a role of providing foods to the people living in Edo city. Nerima Daikon was well spread and appropriate for being dried or pickled for eating, however, the crop production decreased and was little harvested, due to the drought and epidemic in the Showa era including the western change in eating habits.
In order to revive the radish consumption, Nerima City started the projects for developing Nerima Daikon in cooperation with the producers and JA Tokyo Aoba in 1989, which contributed to the significant number of production from about 5,500 in 1989 to about 14,100 in 2018.
※There will be no charge to attend the 1～3 events.
[Information]
Please refer to the following homepage for the information about the overseas guests.
https://www.city.nerima.tokyo.
[Application to attend]
Please let us know the following information by e-mail.
(1) Name
(2) Company /Organization name
(3) Category(newspaper, magazine, television, etc.)
(4) Nationality of your organization
(5) E-mail address
(6) Cell-phone number (for contacting on the day)
(7) Events to attend (1-①International conference (Breakout Session)、1-②International conference (Symposium)、2 Coverage accompanying the tour of the guests、3Nerima Daikon pulling out tournament)
(8) Other inquiries(such as any requests for press coverage)
To: koho07@city.nerima.tokyo.jp (Wataru Takada & Yuta Okano, Public Relations section)
Due date:November 27th (Wednesday)
[Contacts]
Wataru Takada & Yuta Okano, Public Relations section, Nerima City Office
TEL:+81-3-5984-2693 e-mail:koho07@city.nerima.toky
