Information – Page 4 – Establishment of a Sustainable Community Development Model based on Integrated Natural Resource Management Systems in Lake Malawi National Park (Malawi IntNRMS project)

November 25th, 2023　Held a seminar　Hiromu Okazawa・Tetsu Sato

“Collaborative research by graduate students through the Long-term Research Program on the IntNRMS project” was held at Tokyo University of Agriculture. Invitees from Malawi also participated, and research presentations were given by graduate students who came to Japan for short-term and long-term research programs. They discussed future research topics for each SATREPS project. There were 20 participants.

November 23rd, 2023　The Malawi SATREPS Project International Symposium (a hybrid of in-person and online) was held at Ehime University.

On November 23rd, 2023, an international symposium was held at Ehime University, inviting five guests, including Vice Chancellor Samson Sajidu of the University of Malawi. There were 40 participants.
Visiting period: November 20th to 28th
University of Malawi: Vice Chancellor Samson Sajidu
Department of Faculty of Science University of Malawi: Professor Bosco Rusuwa
Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources: Professor Daud Kassam
Department of Fisheries: Dr. Friday Njaya
Department of National Parks and Wildlife: Deputy Director William Mgoola

November 22nd, 2023　Vice Chancellor Samson Sajidu of the University of Malawi and his party paid a courtesy visit to President Hiroshige Nishina of Ehime University, an academic exchange partner institution

Refer to the Ehime University website: https://www.ehime-u.ac.jp/tp_20231214_malawi/

October 2023　Visit Malawi　Dorotea Rampisela・Ilyas

From October 12th to 29th, 2023, Dorotea Rampisela and Ilyas visited Malawi.
Conducted site visits and held seminars and workshops in each village as an expert from Indonesia.
Dialogue and collaboration between various research members and local partners were realized.

October 2023　Visit Malawi　Tetsu Sato

From October 8th to 31st, 2024, Tetsu Sato visited Malawi.
Agnes Rampisela and Ilyas’ visit to Chembe village enabled them to have dialogue and collaboration with various research members and local partners. The research content was deepened through dialogue and exchange. The future path was clarified through the trial of a new tour program by the tour guide association, and community-based tourism has made great progress. In addition, they demonstrated and discussed environmental monitoring using drones with Lameck Fiwa and Phillip Kapulula.

October 2023　Long-term researcher　Hopeson Kasiya　Held a seminar

On October 6th, 2023, Hopeson Kasiya held a seminar for international students at the University of Tokyo Graduate School (a hybrid of in-person and online) with 15 participants.

October 2023　Visit Malawi　Maskey Sarvesh

From October 3rd to 18th, 2023, Maskey Sarvesh visited Malawi.
Collected necessary data and identified issues through dialogue with local residents, holding workshops, and conducting experiments, to collect information on water management strategies and issues from nine irrigated farms in Chembe village. Had a meaningful discussion about future research.

Visited irrigated agriculture in Chembe

October 2023　Overseas research　Dickson Mazibuko

From October 3rd to 30th, 2023, Dickson Mazibuko, a long-term researcher at the Tokyo University of Agriculture, conducted research in Malawi.
He investigated vegetable production techniques, particularly biochar production, and conducted drone surveys of rural areas. He also had thorough discussions with local residents about dialogue, holding workshops, collecting necessary data, and identifying problems.

Research into vegetable production techniques (especially biochar production), discussions with local innovators, and drone surveys of rural areas

October 2023　Placid Mpeketula joined short-term research program at the Tokyo University of Agriculture

From October 1st to December 17th, Placid Mpeketula from the University of Malawi was accepted as a short-term foreign researcher at the Tokyo University of Agriculture.
He visited Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture and Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, and acquired specialized knowledge and techniques in soil science, hydrology, agronomy, and sustainability science required for the integrated management of agricultural, water, and forest resources. They built a foundation for effectively promoting advanced research for the integrated management of diverse resources, with a focus on soil analysis.

Visited coffee farms on Miyakojima and Shimojishima

October 2023　Happy Mussa　Enrolled Doctoral Course of the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University

On September 23, 2023, Happy Mussa from Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources arrived in Japan and enrolled in a Doctoral Course at the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University in October as a Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarship Students.
As the next generation of Malawian fisheries sociologist and economics researcher, he will work closely with the local community to conduct social science research in Lake Malawi coastal communities to realize community-based fisheries resource management, and it is expected that he will also become a bridge between Japan and Malawi in this field.

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