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{{Short description|Japanese professor of agriculture (1899–1983)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Seiichi Tobata'''|東畑 精一|Tobata Seiichi|extra=February 2, 1899 &ndash; May 6, 1983}} 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,<ref name="seiichi-tobata-citation">[http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationMikiYuk.htm "The 1968 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service &ndash; CITATION for Seiichi Tobata"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307153327/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationMikiYuk.htm |date=2008-03-07 }} (Retrieved on February 10, 2008)</ref> 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==
[http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Biography/BiographyTobataSei.htm "The 1968 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service &ndash; BIOGRAPHY of Seiichi Tobata"]<small> (Retrieved on February 10, 2008)</small>

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[[Category:1899 births]]
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[[Category:Japanese agronomists]]
[[Category:Ramon Magsaysay Award winners]]
[[Category:History of agriculture in Japan]]
[[Category:Scientists from Mie Prefecture]]
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