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Here, we will introduce not only the activities based in the Niger FS, but also the research, education, and public relations activities of Kyoto University scholars who carry out their research in West Africa and Niger.

Construction of JICA grassroots project site and installation of meteorological instruments

In October 2021, JICA Grassroots Project “Greening Activities with Organic Garbage in the Metropolitan A […]

Launch of JICA Grassroots Technical Cooperation Project (Grassroots Cooperation Support Type)

Dr. Oyama started JICA Grassroots Technical Cooperation Project (Grassroots Cooperation Support Type) “G […]

About CGN project

When we built the site in October 2011, it was a vast expanse of degraded wasteland. We erected iron posts on […]

A greening site captured by an interval camera

Shuichi Oyama is based at the Niger Field Station, where he has been repeatedly experimenting with greening by […]

Distribution of fruit tree seedlings (mango, avocado, papaya) to local residents

Although the traffic of Japanese researchers has been stopped due to the spreading COVID-19, we have been grow […]

Creation of a local NGO authorized by the Government of Niger

The creation of a local NGO has been approved by the Government of Niger.The name of the NGO is “OLDACV- […]

JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Pioneering)

PLASTIC PROJECT: We start a new project, accepted by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) as […]

First General Assembly of the NGO (June 21 2021)

The first general meeting of the NGO was held in capital, Niamey on June 21, 2021. It was consistently approve […]

Book Publication

Development and Subsistence in Globalising Africa: Beyond the Dicohotomy,” co-edited with Prof. Motoki T […]

JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

SAHEL PEACE PROJECT: We start a new research project, sponsored by JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, […]

Our paper was published in academic journal “Impact”.

Oyama, S. and Ibrahim Mamane 2020, Cleaning the city and regreening the land for positive chain of food produc […]

Instruction for junior and high school

The following is a list of our teaching and advising achievements for junior and senior high schools over the […]

Selected for the fund Kyoto University s 125th Anniversary Fund “Kusunoki-125”

Our project has been selected for the fund Kyoto University’s 125th Anniversary Fund “Kusunoki-125 […]

Missions of NFS : Research, Education , cooperation

Selected as a JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Grassroots Technical Cooperation Project (Grassroo […]

We have created two English logos for the project

The logo is based on the motif of young leaves and the flag of Niger, with the slogan “Clean and Green,& […]

Donation of textbooks to local primary schools

 There are primary and junior high schools in the area, but they lack basic materials such as textbooks, study […]

The presentation proceedings presented by Shuichi Oyama at the Symposium of FAO (Rome) in May 2019 are now available.

Oyama, S., Kirikoshi, H. and Ibrahim Mammane, 2019. From soil erosion to soil accumulation: recycling urban or […]

The land restoration project of Prof. Shuichi Oyama is posted on YouTube of AICD, African Initiative for Combating Desertification to Strengthen Resilience to Climate Change in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa.

Trials of Associate Prof. Shuichi Oyama, our Division of African Area Studies, ASAFAS, Kyoto Univ. Can urban w […]

Upload Project Report (2017 Sep.) from Assoumana Abdou, JICA Niger

Project Report from Assoumana Abdou, JICA Niger (2017 Sep,)

Outcomes and Publications 2015

These are outcomes and publications in 2015. Oyama, S. 2015. Land degradation and ecological knowledge-based l […]