Mr. Akira Nagata is a Senior Programme Coordinator at the UNU Institute for Sustainability and Peace. He is coordinating collaborative activities implemented by UNU-ISP and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan such as On-the-Job Capacity Building for Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Countries and Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS). He graduated from Hokkaido University, where he majored in Crop Science.