Local Staff on the Project The project would not be able to move forward without the presence of our local staff members who play an active role in the field. The photo shows Mr. Darwit, a vehicle manager and driver, wiping down a project vehicle after a heavy rainfall. He […]
Monthly Archives: September 2022
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Heated Discussion in the Laboratory Dr. Fukubayashi of the University of Miyazaki, the leader of Component 1, visited the laboratory of Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU). Strike while the iron is hot. With the heat still on from the recent JCC meeting, key members gathered for a heated […]
The 21st International Conference of Ethiopian Studies will be held at Addis Ababa University on September 28-October 1, 2022, and members of the MNGD project will organize a panel to present their research. Date: 29th September, 2022. 14:00〜15:40(EAT)Place: CDS:3, College of Development Studies, Addis Ababa UniversityPanel 20: Local knowledge for […]
Back to Ethiopia! Aroma of Coffee I have been back in Ethiopia since late August and have restarted my research activities . What is it that makes you realize that you have returned to the place? For me, it is often the smell. In Ethiopia, the smoke and aroma of […]
Kassahun Yemane, a doctoral student at the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University (ASAFAS), from Ethiopia, will host a seminar with Dr. Mamo Hebo of Addis Ababa University as a guest commentator. MNGD Research Seminar/The 3rd Lifelong Sciences Research Seminar Date and Time：16 September 2022, 14:00~16:30 […]
Happy New Year! I have not developed a time machine… I am serious. On September 11th in the Gregorian calendar, Ethiopia celebrated the New Year, and the Ethiopian calendar year 2015 has begun. The decorations of the small yellow flower, Adey Abeba, the symbol of the New Year, is everywhere […]
The 4th Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) meeting was held on September 1st, 2022 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This was the first face-to-face meeting since 2019, the first JCC in the first year of the project. Zoom was also used to enable participation by Japanese and Ethiopian counterparts who were unable […]