Teruo Higa

Teruo Higa (Japanese比 嘉 照 夫Teruo Higa, born December 28, 1941 in Okinawa Prefecture ) is a Japanese professor of horticulture.

Higa was born in the Ryukyu Islands and grew up there. He graduated from Faculty of Agriculture of the State University of the Ryukyus ( Okinawa Prefecture) and his PhD at the Agricultural Research Division of the State Kyushu University. In 1970 he became a lecturer in 1972 and associate professor at the University of Ryukyu. In 1982, he assumed his current professor of Horticulture at the Agricultural Science Faculty of the University of Ryukyu.

He is the discoverer of Effective Microorganisms ( EM) and spends almost half the year abroad to spread in other countries, the EM technology in agriculture and in other fields.

Higa dressed include the following positions:

  • Chairman of the Executive Committee for the International distribution of natural farming
  • President of the Asia- Pacific Natural Agriculture Network ( APNAN )
  • Executive Director of the Foundation for Earth Environment
  • Technical Adviser to the Flower Association in Japan
  • Director of the International Research Centre for natural farming

Publications (selection)

  • The use of microorganisms in agriculture and its positive effects for a safe environment, Nobunkyo 1990
  • A revolution to save the planet, Sunmark 1993
  • A revolution to save the planet, OLV 2003, ISBN 3-922201-35-0
  • A revolution to save the planet II, Sunmark 1994
  • EM: New life from kitchen waste, Sunmark 1995
  • The reclaimed future, OLV Xanten 2002, ISBN 3-922201-42-3
  • EM salt, Goldmann 2004, ISBN 3-442-21696-6
  • Effective Microorganisms ( EM), OLV 2005, ISBN 3-922201-49-0
  • 2000: the true century, PHP Institute, 1994
  • Save microorganisms our civilizations, Crest Co., Ltd.. 1995
  • Comic version of A Revolution on Earth, Sunmark 1995
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