November 30th, 2022 2nd JCC

The 2nd Joint Coordination Committee, which is responsible for the governance of JICA’s international joint research, was held. Explained the future course of the project to relevant organizations and stakeholders. Through discussions with project members and related parties, we deepened common understanding, new initiatives emerged, and great progress was made. 45 people participated.

November 25th to December 12th, 2022 Visit Malawi Tetsu Sato・Kazuaki Takahashi

From November 25th to December 12th, 2022, Tetsu Sato and Kazuaki Takahashi visited Malawi.
On November 29th, Sato and Takahashi participated in the second Technical Meeting, where they moderated, made a presentation, and held discussions. On November 30th, they participated in the second JCC, where they made a presentation and held discussions. On December 2nd, they participated in the JST mid-term evaluation on-site report session, where they moderated, made a presentation, held discussions, and exchanged opinions. Had a meeting to discuss the visit of Phillip Kapulula, Placid Mpeketula, Talandila Kasapila, Happy Mussa, and Daud Kassam to Japan and their plans to continue to graduate school. Regarding the forest survey, Sato and Takahashi visited the seedling production facility and germination experiment facility regarding the use and management of forest resources, prepared for germination and cultivation experiments, and were able to set up plots for germination and cultivation experiments and start the experiments.