A meteorological observation deviceis installed at Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU). This is how they extract the data from the device. Please find the fresh data at the link here(Micro Station Data Logger). This puddle of water seen under the observation device was caused temporarily by a faulty […]
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The office of our project is also located at Addis Ababa Science and Technology University(AASTU). . ＊You can find the article archived here.
We visited the Kyoto University Africa Office located at the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University. . ＊You can find the article archived here.
We visited the Ras Makonnen Hall located at the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University. This hall is restored by the Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Project(GCGP) from Japan. ＊You can find the article archived here.
Researcher Matsukuma started his research activities in Ethiopia at the end of April, and Researcher Hagiwara started last week. Fresh field reports will be posted here. ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ After arrival, the source of vigor for starting my job always comes from local food, local natural sparkling water, and local seasonal fruits. […]
★ Ethiopian New Year is coming.. ! In Ethiopia, they use the Ethiopian Calendar as well as the Gregorian calendar. Ethiopia welcomes its New Year “2014” on September 11th, 2021. While it is the hottest season in Japan, it is the rainy season and the coldest time of the year […]
Mr. Frehaileab(Ehime University) reports on the progress of his current experiment, for Component Two. ＊You can find the article archived here.″
Back to Addiss Ababa After the absence of Japanese researchers in Ethiopia for a year, one of them has been back to Addis Ababa. His first task was the maintenance of vehicles which is key to activities.Land cruiser roared powerfully in front of him and his colleagues and boosted morale […]
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 […]
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 […]