Tô’ichirô Nago

Founder and Managing Director, Tropical Plant Resources Institute, Inc.

"When we are doing our work at Manju, we are inspired by the thought that, on the basis of a healthy agriculture, we are contributing towards the creation of a society where humans live in harmony with nature."

My personal crucial experience came when, as a child, I was in my grandfather´s paddy fields, planting and harvesting, and through the process of watching and helping I found and came to value a harmonised association with nature. That inspires me to this day."