PhD student
Graduate School of Applied Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan
Madoka Kishino is a dedicated PhD student at Tokyo University of Agriculture, with a strong focus on nutrition epidemiology, maternal child nutrition, and the nutritional evaluation of wild edible foods and traditional Kenyan cuisine. With four years of experience in research projects for nutritional improvement, she has demonstrated a deep commitment to advancing the field. Notably, she played a pivotal role in the Agrobiodiversity Diet Diagnosis Interventions Toolkit (ADD-IT) nutrition improvement project in Kenya, which was funded by the Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. This groundbreaking initiative aimed to enhance nutrition intervention programs by providing reliable and high-quality food consumption data for informed decision-making. She collaborated with esteemed institutions such as the Alliance of Bioversity International in Kenya, the National Museum of Kenya, and Tokyo University of Agriculture. Her responsibilities included developing new Food Frequency Questionnaires and a smartphone app called ADD-IT, which enabled efficient assessment of diet intake and immediate feedback on nutrition and vegetable utilization in the African region. Her research efforts have yielded significant contributions to the field, as evident in her publications. Notably, her work on living conditions and food in rural Kenya, published in the Journal of the Agricultural Society of Japan, has garnered attention for its insights into using local crops to improve nutrition. Additionally, her research on adherence to the Food Pyramid's recommendations among farmers in peri-urban Kenya, published in Nutrients, which supports the diet feedback function in the ADD-IT app. Another publication, featured in Dietetics, highlighted the dietary intake patterns and consumption of home-produced foods among farm women in rural Kenya. Her upcoming PhD defense, focusing on examining the intra-household double burden of malnutrition and food allocation between caregivers and their children, represents another significant milestone in her impressive research journey.
PUBLICATIONS
1. Kishino M, et al, Living conditions and food in rural Kenya : using local crops to improve nutrition. (Journal of the Agricultural Society of Japan, May 2020) https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/40022566395/
2. Kishino M, Hida A, Hara K, Mungai DN, Opiyo RO, Matsuda H, Tada Y, Ishikawa-Takata K, Irie K, Morimoto Y. High Adherence to the Food Pyramid's Recommendations Avoids the Risk of Insufficient Nutrient Intake among Farmers in Peri-Urban Kenya. Nutrients. 2021 Dec 14;13(12):4470. doi: 10.3390/nu13124470. PMID: 34960020; PMCID: PMC8707577.
3. Kishino, M.; Hirose, M.; Hida, A.; Tada, Y.; Ishikawa-Takata, K.; Hara, K.; Irie, K.; Maundu, P.; Morimoto, Y. Characteristics of Dietary Intake in Relation to the Consumption of Home-Produced Foods among Farm Women in Two Rural Areas of Kenya: A Preliminary Study. Dietetics 2022, 1, 242-254. https://doi.org/10.3390/dietetics1030021