2024.12.23
In Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, we are engaged in pig farming using urban food waste. The food scraps collected are tomato and cabbage leaves that cannot be sold at local markets, Nsima (porridge), vegetable scraps. And other food scraps which are discarded from local restaurants. 15 pigs will eat approximately 100 kg of food scraps in the morning and evening. The excreted...
2024.8.26
Since 2022, Oyama Project Leader (PL)has been building a research center in the West region of Lusaka, Zambia. In August 2024, researchers Utako Aoike and Kentaro Noda of RIHN joined at the center. The center will receive food scraps and vegetable scraps from markets and restaurants as pig feed. And the pig’s manure will be utilized through the dry composting process. Lusaka...
2024.5.9
Shuichi Oyama (PI), conducted fieldwork in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, from Wednesday, 24th April to Wednesday, 8th May. He studied the current situation concerning the use of organic materials and the location of unused materials, as well as the applicability of dry composting technology. He started a field experiment in composting by obtaining food scraps from the facul...
