was a Japanese professor of agriculture, and a pioneer of agricultural economics.
Awards Seiichi Tobata was awarded the 1968 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service,"The 1968 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service – CITATION for Seiichi Tobata" (Retrieved on February 10, 2008) for his contributions to modernization of Japanese agriculture.
He was also awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (1975) and the Order of Culture (1980).
See also "The 1968 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service – BIOGRAPHY of Seiichi Tobata" (Retrieved on February 10, 2008)
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