Oyama, Shimada and Tabarek received the best presentation award at the 33rd Nile-Ethiopia Conference held at Toyo University on Sunday, 21st April 2024. The title of the presentation was ‘Potential for dryland agriculture and waste utilization in Djibouti – treated sewage water and sludge, plastic bottles and old clothes’ by Shuichi Oyama (RIHN), Sawahiko Shimada (Tokyo University of Agriculture), and Ismael Tabarek (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Djibouti).