AAI News

We have been engaged in international cooperation work overseas, mainly through JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) development studies and technical cooperation project. We publish a newsletter, "AAI News," to convey the real voices of people in these overseas countries in terms of work, lifestyle, and national character, as well as to introduce technical reports based on data obtained from the field. The content of the newsletter includes reports on topics related to agricultural technology and community development, resource management, agricultural extension, and human resource development.

What is AAIN

The word "AAIN" was created by combining AAI (Appropriate Agriculture International) and N (Newsletter). At the same time, AAIN has another important meaning. There is a familiar oasis city for us, named Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates. Furthermore, "AAIN" means "Spring" and "Eye" in Arabic language and is associated with "Oasis" with water and recreation in the arid region.

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- JICA Tsukuba training past and present
- Human Resource Development
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- ‘Towards the 21st Century’ Revisited ＜Part 5＞ Sakae Furusato Vegetable Garden
- Human Resource Development
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- ‘Towards the 21st Century’ Revisited ＜Part 4＞ Involving with community as a new fruit farmer
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- ‘Towards the 21st Century’ Revisited ＜Part 3＞ Working with communities through fireflies
- Resource Management
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- ‘Towards the 21st Century’ Revisited ＜Part 2＞Universal agriculture - agricultural and welfare collaboration through connecting local resources
- Human Resource Development
- Resource Management
- ‘Towards the 21st Century’ Revisited ＜Part 1＞Introduction
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Farm visiting reports ＜Part 3＞ Nursery farmer - Iizumi farm -
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Learning to be a Farmer through Local Vitalization Support
- Resource Management
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Farm visiting reports ＜Part 2＞ Agrico-en Garden
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Farm visiting reports ＜Part-1＞ Visiting Minami-Ashigara Farm, International Agricultural Development Inc.
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- The website renewal and new vision of AAI
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- AAI and Me – Shigeya Hasegawa ＜Part-4＞ Memories of JICA Tsukuba training and expectations for the future
- Human Resource Development
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Asia
- JICA President's Award
- International Cooperation
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- AAI and Me – Shigeya Hasegawa ＜Part-3＞ The encounter in the KAF project led to JICA Tsukuba training work
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
- Asia
- Tsukuba SDGs Partners
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- AAI and Me – Shigeya Hasegawa ＜Part-1＞Background of being born in a rural area and learning engineering
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Typhoon damage and reconstruction assistance -Experience of volunteer participation at the bee farm
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Explore the world of beekeeping＜Part 5＞Visiting Ishizuka Bee Farm (2)
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Explore the world of beekeeping ＜Part 4＞ Visiting Ishizuka Bee Farm (1)
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- The state of supporting sugarcane farming in Yaeyama Islands
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
- How to compose study tour for training Case study: Study tour of counterpart training in Japan
- Human Resource Development
- Japan
- How to compose study tour for training Case study: Study tour in the upland rice course
- Human Resource Development
- Japan
- How to compose study tour for training Case study: Study tour in the vegetable course
- Human Resource Development
- Japan
- Visiting an ex-JOCV colleague
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
- How to compose study tour for training : Procedure and points to be considered for composing a study tour
- Human Resource Development
- Japan
- How to compose study tour for training : The role of study tour in training
- Human Resource Development
- Japan
- My thoughts during the first training activities since 28 years ago
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
- Improvement of vegetable cultivation course - AAI's effort to link abroad experience and training in Japan : Last part - Epilogue
- Human Resource Development
- Japan
- Improvement of vegetable cultivation course - AAI's effort to link abroad experience and training in Japan : Marketing method
- Human Resource Development
- Japan
- Improvement of vegetable cultivation course - AAI's effort to link abroad experience and training in Japan : Irrigation technology extension, and data collection and application
- Human Resource Development
- Japan
- Improvement of vegetable cultivation course - AAI's effort to link abroad experience and training in Japan : Crop production and irrigation technologies
- Human Resource Development
- Japan
- Improvement of vegetable cultivation course - AAI's effort to link abroad experience and training in Japan : Local application and extension of useful technologies
- Human Resource Development
- Japan
- Tsukuba Challenge!
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
- Improvement of vegetable cultivation course - AAI's effort to link abroad experience and training in Japan : Introduction
- Human Resource Development
- Japan
- Tsukuba Kid Doctor
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
- JICA Tsukuba's challenge: exploring vegetable marketing training methods
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
- From the frontline of environmental education : KEEP Association
- Resource Management
- Japan
- From the frontline of environmental education : Groundwork Mishima
- Resource Management
- Japan
- From the frontline of environmental education (3): Whole Earth Nature School
- Resource Management
- Japan
- From the frontline of environmental education (2): Yatsuhigata Nature Observation Center
- Resource Management
- Japan
- From assistance to business-from support to collaboration (4): Japan’s agriculture and cooperative work
- International Cooperation
- Japan
- Journal of Hokkaido’s agriculture discovery trip: a study trip on Hokkaido’s agriculture with Sudanese counterparts
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
- Visiting the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms
- Human Resource Development
- Japan
- Starting support activities for farmers in Ushimado, Okayama
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
- Rice Cultivation in Africa (5): Training course on Upland Rice Variety Selection Techniques for Africa
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Japan
- Bridging training and extension activities (4): Implementing training courses that are useful for extension activities
- Agricultural Extension
- Japan
- Bridging training and extension activities (2): Clarification of extension needs and implementation of training that is directly useful for extension activities: Case study from JICA Tsukuba
- Human Resource Development
- Agricultural Extension
- Japan
- Cooperation in the Training for JOCV Volunteers
- Human Resource Development
- Japan
- Are Japan’s cultivation techniques and the wisdom of creative Japanese farmers applicable? - Case study of training activities at Tsukuba International Center - (6): Conclusion
- Agricultural Extension
- Japan
- Japan’s agriculture and AAI (6): AAI’s Involvement - Epilogue as a New Beginning
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Japan
- Update on activities of our interviewees
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Japan
- Are Japan’s cultivation techniques and the wisdom of creative Japanese farmers applicable? - Case study of training activities at Tsukuba International Center - (5): Supporting efforts to
- Agricultural Extension
- Japan
- Japan’s agriculture and AAI (5): Report from Hamamatsu - Agriculture as business and marketing
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Japan
- Field Note from Visit to Farmers in Hamamatsu
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Japan
- Are Japan’s cultivation techniques and the wisdom of creative Japanese farmers applicable? - Case study of training activities at Tsukuba International Center - (4): Pruning effects can be
- Agricultural Extension
- Japan
- Japan’s agriculture and AAI (4): Training in a farming region - Activities at Nature school Terakoya and regional cooperation (Kanra Town, Gunma Prefecture)
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Japan
- Visiting a project of a Former Colleague (3): Community revitalization through the Nature School Terakoya and international cooperation
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Japan
- Are Japan’s cultivation techniques and the wisdom of creative Japanese farmers applicable? - Case study of training activities at Tsukuba International Center - (3): Should we plant a whole
- Agricultural Extension
- Japan
- Japan’s agriculture and AAI (3): Report from producers - Local producers’ group activities and coordination among communities in Ushimado, Okayama Prefecture
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Japan
- Visiting a project of a Former Colleague (2): Safe and secure vegetable cultivation in Ushimado, the ‘Aegean Sea’ of Japan
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Japan
- Are Japan’s cultivation techniques and the wisdom of creative Japanese farmers applicable? - Case study of training activities at Tsukuba International Center - (2): Introduction of grafting
- Agricultural Extension
- Japan
- Japan’s agriculture and AAI (2): Report from producers - What we can see from the home delivery system of organic vegetables
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Japan
- Visiting a project of a Former Colleague (1): Friends and colleagues who aim to make a living by organic farming
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Japan
- Are Japan’s cultivation techniques and the wisdom of creative Japanese farmers applicable? - Case study of training activities at Tsukuba International Center - (1): Introduction
- Agricultural Extension
- Japan
- Japan’s agriculture and AAI (1): Introduction
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Japan
- A case study on effective utilization of abondaned farmlands
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
- Practical Session at a Farm in Hasaki (Training Course on Vegetable Cultivation Technology)
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
- Training Course on Upland Rice Variety Selection Techniques
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
- Activities of Ex-participants of the JICA’s Vegetable Cultivation Course for Tajikistan（Small Scale Greenhouse Pilot Project）
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
- 5th Year of the Tsukuba Training Courses
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
- Sequel to “Designing Roots” (1): Progress after the Workshop
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Japan
- Never Let Consumers Down: visiting the organic farm of an ex-AAI staff member
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
- Report from a Training Course in Tsukuba for Southern African Countries
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
- Reflections on Japan’s Food Culture (Regional Resource Circulation Survey in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki)
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
- Collaboration with Universities as part of our International Cooperation Activities: Reflection from the Lecture at Ibaraki University (2)
- Human Resource Development
- Japan
- "Human Resource Development"- Our Challenges in Training Activities (3): Multiplying the training effects through follow-up activities
- Human Resource Development
- Japan
- Collaboration with universities as part of our international co-operation activities: Reflection from the lecture at Shizuoka University (1)
- Human Resource Development
- Japan
- "Human Resource Development"- Our Challenges in Training Activities (1): Introduction
- Human Resource Development
- Japan
- Work and life in farms - Various movements in Japan (4): Consumer marketing, aigamo(duck)-paddy cultivation, and vitality from rural life…
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Japan
- Work and life in farms - Various movements in Japan (3): ‘Shizen-Nou’ (Natural Farming) and Ogawa Town’s Challenge to Cyclic Farming
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Japan
- Work and life in farms - Various movements in Japan (2): Preservation and inheritance of traditional culture - reflections on the basic lifestyle
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Japan
- Work and life in farms - Various movements in Japan (1): Return to farming and Joy in farming - The younger generation in farming
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Japan
- “Arid Land Agriculture and Irrigation” ? following a lecture completed at Tsukuba International Centre
- Human Resource Development
- Japan
- Group Training Course on Vegetable Cultivation for the Republic of Tajikistan
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
- For whose good?
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
- Lessons From a Tiny Plot of Farmland
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
- Coexistence of Nature and Humans: Towards the 21st Century (6): Visit to Yashiro Village School
- Resource Management
- Japan
- Coexistence of Nature and Humans - Towards the 21st Century (4): Nature and management of Okegaya-numa marsh
- Resource Management
- Japan
- From Tottori Sand Dunes to Deserts in the World
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
- Coexistence of Nature and Humans - Towards the 21st Century (2): Challenges facing zero-emissions in Yakushima
- Resource Management
- Japan
- Ecotourism in Yakushima: Reflections in the rainy season
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
- Revitalization of Communities: Report From Koura-cho, Shiga and Miyama-cho, Kyoto
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
- Greenhouse cultivation of papayas in Okinawa
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan

Plants in Arid Lands The Best Collection of AAI News

Publication of Digital Books (2019)

Based on the above-mentioned "AAINews 30th Anniversary Edition", we also publish digital books. So far, "Plants in Arid Lands", "Agriculture in Arid Lands" and "Irrigation in Arid Lands" have been issued as the series of "The Best Collection of AAINews". If you are interested, please search Amazon's Kindle Store.
Your impressions and opinions are highly appreciated.

AAINews
Publication of AAINews 30th Anniversary Edition (2014)

On the occasion of the company's 30th anniversary, we published the previous articles as a book. The contents were organized into chapters on arid land agriculture and afforestation, plants in arid land, human resource development, GIS and database, resource management, etc.