Teruo Higa
Teruo Higa ( Japanese 比 嘉 照 夫 Higa Teruo ; born December 28, 1941 in Okinawa Prefecture ) is a Japanese professor of horticulture .
Higa was born and raised in the Ryūkyū Islands . He graduated from the Agricultural Faculty of the State University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa Prefecture, and received his PhD from the Agricultural Research Department of the State Kyushu University . In 1970 he became a lecturer and in 1972 associate professor at Ryūkyū University . In 1982 he took over his current professorship for horticulture at the Agricultural Faculty of Ryūkyū University.
He is the inventor of the so-called Effective Microorganisms (EM) and spends almost half of the year abroad in order to spread EM technology in agriculture and other areas in other countries .
Higa holds the following positions:
- Chairman of the Executive Committee for the International Expansion of Natural Agriculture
- President of the Asia-Pacific Natural Agriculture Network (APNAN)
- Executive Director of the Foundation for Earth Environment
- Technical advisor to the Flower Association in Japan
- Director of the International Research Center for Natural Agriculture
Publications (selection)
- The use of microorganisms in agriculture and their positive effects for a safe environment , Nobunkyo 1990
- A Revolution to Save the Earth , Sunmark 1993
- A revolution to save the earth , OLV 2003, ISBN 3-922201-35-0
- A Revolution to Save Earth II , Sunmark 1994
- EM: New Life from Kitchen Waste , Sunmark 1995
- The future regained , OLV Xanten 2002, ISBN 3-922201-42-3
- EM-Salz , Goldmann 2004, ISBN 3-442-21696-6
- Effective Microorganisms (EM) , OLV 2005, ISBN 3-922201-49-0
- Co-author
- 2000: the real century , PHP Institute 1994
- Microorganisms Save Our Civilizations , Crest Co., Ltd. 1995
- Comic version of A Revolution on Earth , Sunmark 1995
Web links
- Literature by and about Teruo Higa in the catalog of the German National Library
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SURNAME | Higa, Teruo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese horticultural scientist, professor of horticulture, discoverer of Effective Microorganisms (EM) |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1941 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Okinawa Prefecture |