2024.11.19
Noda, Kentaro Report: Watsuka Compost School activities and report of the site visits. Shioya, Akiyo Article review: Lima Cano, N. S. de S., E. Iacovidou and E. W. Rutkowski (2022) “Typology of municipal solid waste recycling value chains: A global perspective,” Journal of Cleaner Production, 336: 1-14. Aoike, Utako Article Review: Shane, A., S.H. Gheewala, B. Fungtammasan...
2024.11.12
Maehata, Teruya Article Review: Taniguchi, T., Hino, K., and Takahashi, E., (1994), “On the Composting of Leftover from Feeding Facilities with Special Reference to the Effects of Mixing Materials on the Properties of Products”, Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 65(1): 48−52. Shioya, Akiyo Article review: Ichikawa, A., Nakatani, H., Masuda, T., Kano, M...
2024.10.29
Aoike, Utako Presentation: Acquired JAS standards for fertilizers Shioya, Akiyo Literature review: Ibrahim Wanyama and Sonja Leitner (2019), “A review on health and environmental aspects of current manure management practices in pig production systems in Uganda”, International Livestock Research Institute Oyama, Shuichi Literature review: Oshii, Nao (2021), Structure of “...
2024.10.8
Maehata, Teruya Article Review: Maeda, Takeki, Matsuda, Juzo, (2005) “Microbe Utilization of Carbon and Nitrogen During Composting” Transactions of the Japan Society of Waste Management Vol.16, No4, pp.287-294 Noda, Kentaro Article Review: Akinyele O.K. Adesehinwa, Bamidele A. Boladuro, Adetola S. Dunmade, Ayodeji B. Idewu, John C. Moreki, Ann M. Wachira (2024) “Pig product...
2024.9.23
Noda and Aoike participated in the Kyoto University Academic Day 2024, held at Zest Oike on 21 September. They presented the project, and demonstrated the RIHN compost in front of many visitors.
2024.7.9
Shioya, Akiyo, Presentation: Environmental education using composting as a subject in elementary schools in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan Oyama, S. Literature Review: Nakai, H., Ito, T., Omura, M. and Suguro, G. (eds.),(2015) Compost Science: The Forefront of Research in the Age of Environment, Tohoku University Press. Noda, K. Article Review 1) Hirayasu, H., Seyama, T., Wachi, N....
2024.7.2
Aoike, Utako Overview of agriculture in project target countries. Literature Review: Murdock G. P. (1960) Staple subsistence crops of Africa. Geographical Review. 50(4): 523-540. Oyama, Shuichi, Article Review: Naito, M. and Kusube, T. 2000. The current situation of bio-recycling in Japan and obstacles to reconstruction. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management 11(5):...
2024.6.25
Noda Kentaro “Article review Azim et al. 2018 Composting parameters and compost quality: a literature review Org. Agri. 8:141-158” Seera Georgina “Composting in Uganda: A review of literature and media”
2024.6.7
As a collaborative project between the Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education and RIHN, Akiyo Shioya and Utako Aoike are giving lessons as a part of the Integrated Learning Program, titled “Let’s make compost from food waste” at elementary schools in Kyoto Prefecture. During class, 5th grade students mix food scraps disposed from school lunches into the soil to make comp...
2024.6.6
A new analysis tool has arrived! A compost ripeness determiner (FHK; Fujihira Industry Co., LTD). This will allow us to measure the maturity of the food waste compost as compost.
2024.6.6
Shuichi Oyama, PI, gave a keynote speech at the Green Purchasing Symposium of the Shiga Green-activity Network (SGN). The title of his speech was “From Waste to Resources: Three Conditions for Waste Valorization to Create New Value.
2024.6.4
The fifth study session was held on Monday, 3rd June. Akiyo Shioya reviewed a paper by N. Horie and K. Hagiwara (2004), titled ‘A study on Urban Green Open Space for Organic Waste Recycling’, JSCE Magazine Environmental Systems Research 32:101-109. Utako Aoike reviewed papers examining the composition of waste composition in the research countries.
2024.6.3
Compost made from food scraps from the Westin Miyako Hotel Kyoto was delivered to a fig farmer’s field in Joyo City. Our team explained its properties and usage and discussed its application with the farmer.
2024.6.3
Akiyo Shioya, Co-PI and Utako Aoike, started composting lessons at two elementary schools in Ide town, Kyoto. The first lesson at each school lasted 45 minutes, during which they gently explained the significance, purpose and procedure of the class to the elementary school children. They prepared the soil so that the children could start adding food scraps to the compost fro...
2024.5.31
On Tuesday, 28th and Thursday, 30th May 2024, online research meetings were held separately. The project co-researchers, four project researchers and three new co-researchers participated. We discussed the progress of the research to date, comments from the external evaluator EREC, and future issues and research policies.
2024.5.23
Shuichi Oyama, PI, gave a lecture at Agri Seika (Hana Kobo), Seika-cho, Kyoto on 21 May 2024. The title of his lecture was ‘Expectations and obstacles for a society with an environmentally sound material cycle: from initiatives in Africa and Kyoto’.
2024.5.21
The fourth study session was held on Monday, 20th May. Shuichi Oyama PI introduced the ’Usage of a data logger instrument, and the acquisition of soil data on composting’. Teruya Maehata made a presentation about ‘Birds inhabiting tea gardens and surrounding areas in Ujitawara-cho’.
2024.5.20
At the Japan Association for African Studies held at Osaka University on Saturday, 18th and Sunday, 19th May 2024), Utako Aoike made a presentation titled ‘The Actual situation of the Utilization and Disposal of Household Waste in Niamey, Niger’. Shuichi Oyama, PI, together with Akiyo Shioya, the project Co-PI, gave a presentation titled ‘Characteristics of sewage sludge and...
2024.5.17
We rented a field in Ichihara, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, to apply zoo compost and to evaluate the effects of composting by cultivating the field. We planted peppers, eggplants, and yam. The sun was beaming and we were sweating.
2024.5.13
On Sunday, 12th May, Shuichi Oyama (PI) and Utako Aoike jointly gave an oral presentation jointly at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies held at Bunkyo University. This was based on collaborative work by Shuichi Oyama, Utako Aoike, and Ibrahim Mamane. The title of the presentation was ‘De-plasticization Policy and BOP Business in Niger’.