September 2025 Nicholas Sikoya Chanza joined the short-term research program at the Tokyo University of Agriculture
From September 18th to November 23rd, Nicholas Sikoya Chanza from Sustainable Cape Maclear (CBO) in Chembe village was accepted as a short-term foreign researcher at the Tokyo University of Agriculture.
He learned multifaceted techniques from Japan’s leading examples of agroforestry, forest seed production and tree planting, and environmentally friendly agriculture.
Through collaborative research, he built a foundation for utilizing these techniques on the ground in Malawi. During his stay, he visited Miyagi Prefecture, Date City in Hokkaido, and Nagano University, and other places, and conducted collaborative research on Japan’s leading examples of various techniques and methods of collaboration with community stakeholders.
October: Participated in Nagano University’s “Seed Project” workshop in Miyagi Prefecture
October: Presentation at Muroran Institute of Technology International Symposium, Date City, Hokkaido-
- October: Asai Nursery, Mie
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- October: First experience of rice threshing in Minamiizu, Shizuoka Prefecture
November: Participated in Nagano University’s “Seed Project” tree planting festival in Miyagi Prefecture-
- November: Field mouse survey at Nagano University
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- November: Sowing walnut seed at Nagano University
