August 2022　Visit Malawi　Hiromu Okazawa・Maskey Sarvesh・Hiroko Gono

From August 19th to September 3rd, 2022, Hiromu Okazawa, Maskey Sarvesh, and Hiroko Gono visited Malawi.
Held research meetings with members of the agricultural resource management group, Patrick Kambewa, Daud Kassam, and Lameck Fiwa. Also held meetings with members of the forest resource management group, Placid Mpeketula, and Weston Mwase. Installed a weather station and began measuring wind direction, speed, and solar radiation. Set up RTK-GNSS surveying equipment, confirmed reference points in the target area, and obtained location information. Observed the cropping status of farmland in the target research area, surveyed prices at the market, and conducted soil sampling and analysis using measuring equipment.