Month: October 2025

From September 28th to October 22nd, Lameck Fiwa from Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources was accepted as a short-term foreign researcher at the Tokyo University of Agriculture.
Through discussions and collaborative research with Japanese researchers, he analyzed the results of collaborative research on hydrological models, which are at the cutting edge of environmental conservation agriculture research, and prepared to submit a paper to an international academic journal. During his stay, he visited Nagoya University with Prof. Okazawa to discuss methods for summarizing the research results.

From August 4th to 19th, 2025, Hiromu Okazawa visited Malawi.
Have a meeting with Rector of the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Dr. Lameck Fiwa, and conducted crop growth surveys, soil analysis, maintenance of installed equipment such as solar pumps, and gathered information on resource management methods through dialogue with farmers.
Held detailed discussions with Dr. Lameck Fiwa, who will be visiting Japan in September, regarding his research plans in Japan.

From July 13th to October 9th, 2025, Yasuko Kusakari visited Malawi as a short-term overseas researcher for this term.
She energetically collected multifaceted information related to the community and promoted the emergence of new actions. She continues to fulfill her role as a two-way knowledge translator that encourages knowledge sharing between Japanese and Malawian research members and local innovators.
She engaged in dialogue and follow-up with stakeholders in Chembe village, and held discussions and exchanged opinions with various committees.