The project members observed several types of sisal plants during field work around Jinka town in southern Ethiopia. Local people there make use of those sisal plants for ropes or building materials. Sometimes they use its liquid from leaves as medicine. The project seeks for a new road maintenance model […]
MNGD： field reports
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The project members visited an ensete farm two hours drive away from Addis Ababa. The ensete, often called the false banana, looks like banana trees and is a unique plant that only exists in Ethiopia. Local people make use of it for a variety of ways like for food or […]
【Field report 017】 A hundred of cows which the project members encountered on the way to Jinka, South Omo Zone. There are several ethnic groups of pastoralists who keep cattle, sheep or goats. They do grazing every day and, occasionally, use traffic roads. When a road is packed with cattle […]
【Field report 016】 Due to the pandemic of COVID-19, all the Ethiopian universities have been closed and their functions have been shut down. The state of emergency by the government of Ethiopia was declared in April 2020 and continued until September 8th, 2020. The universities restarted their function little by […]
【Field report 015】 Delicious coffee in Ethiopia. A useful coffee saucer reminds me of Masu Sake (Japanese alchohol is served in a glass in a wooden sake box=Masu.) ＊You can find the article archived here.
【Field report 014】 Ethiopian natural feature is mountainous. When you move from one town to another, you can often find huge rocks crop out from the window of the vehicle. On the surface of the rocks, there are sheeting cracks, which tell us its weathering of years and years. ＊You […]
【Field report 011】 An elderly weaver on the street in a mountain. He was weaving local cotton by hand. ＊You can find the article archived here.
【Field report 010】 The project invited three researchers from AASTU and a Deputy Director General of Ethiopia Road Authority to Japan. They visited some construction sites and laboratories at Kyoto University. We hold a seminar with other visiting researchers from Jinka University to have a deep discussion on our project. […]
【Field report 009】 Ethiopian Dish – Ful special – This is also a local dish at a local restaurant in Jinka. Avocado, scrambled egg, tomato, green pepper and onion with shiro sauce which is beans sauce. Mix them and go for it with a bread. It tastes hot and spicy […]
【Field report 008】 MNGD project co-researcher, Prof.Gebre, in the enrollment ceremony of Jinka University ＊You can find the article archived here.
【Field report 007】 Ethiopian Dish – Rugged Lake Fish – This is a local dish of dried lake fish in Arba Minch. See how it looks like ! It tastes plain because it is a lake fish but, with a lime, tastes more delicious. ＊You can find the article […]