Minamiaso Village, the Kumamoto Prefecture Livestock Agricultural Cooperative Association, KMD, and other partners have cooperated to restore grasslands as well as promote sustainable production and expand sales channels for akaushi (Japanese Brown) cattle farming. Throughout AY 2025, the collaboration partners continued to support production by facilitating custom feeding arrangements and expand sales channels by engaging restaurants in urban areas and buyers in overseas markets. Other projects were also planned and tested in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to increase the added value of local agricultural and livestock products, including advance purchasing, freshness preservation, and distribution technologies.
Applicable regions
Minamiaso Village, Kumamoto Prefecture
Implementation period
July 14, 2022 - present
Community and Regional Affairs category
Regional collaboration as research targets and implementation sites/research that aims to popularize region-specific issues
Social collaboration through advanced research
Education of students/human resource development for the next generation
Two-way recycling-oriented collaboration with local communities and societies
Environmental initiatives
Collaboration and cooperation with alumni and alumni associations
Related websites
Related agreements, etc.
A partnership intended to create industries which cater to “ethical consumption” in considering people, the environment and society, through support for the “Kumamoto Akaushi Beef” industry, which has coexisted in harmony with the grasslands located in Minamiaso Village
Cooperating institutions, etc.
Higo Bank, Tokai University Kyushu Campus
Campus
Hiyoshi
Person in charge
Graduate School of Media Design researchers Takashi Ooe and Sei Kishinami
Inquiries
toe@kmd.keio.ac.jp
sei.kishinami@kmd.keio.ac.jp