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
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- After completion of field assignments in Islamabad - A sense of accomplishment through close cooperation -
- International Cooperation
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Asia
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- Challenging dryland agriculture through business
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- Independence Brought by Everyday Activities and Self-Esteem - Efforts of Terra Renaissance -
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- Traveling to Tajikistan beyond Generations
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Asia
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- ‘Towards the 21st Century’ Revisited ＜Part 3＞ Working with communities through fireflies
- Resource Management
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- Names of the Acholi People ＜Part 2＞
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- Names of the Acholi People ＜Part 1＞
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- ‘Towards the 21st Century’ Revisited ＜Part 1＞Introduction
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- Farm visiting reports ＜Part 3＞ Nursery farmer - Iizumi farm -
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- Farm visiting reports ＜Part 2＞ Agrico-en Garden
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- Ten years in Sudan
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- Consideration on remote operation ＜Part-6＞ Conclusion
- Human Resource Development
- International Cooperation
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Asia
- Africa
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- Overseas technical cooperation being supported by various people – Touching on a driver we met during many years of technical cooperation in Pakistan –
- International Cooperation
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Asia
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- Consideration on remote operation ＜Part-5＞ Adaptation to the 'normal' and tools for remote operation
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- The role of intermediary distributors in Balochistan Province, Pakistan ＜Part-1＞ Overview of agricultural market distribution and major intermediary distributors
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Asia
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- First travel to Islamabad after the COVID-19 pandemic
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Asia
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- Farm visiting reports ＜Part-1＞ Visiting Minami-Ashigara Farm, International Agricultural Development Inc.
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- The website renewal and new vision of AAI
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- Consideration on remote operation ＜Part-3＞ Effect of fostered ownership
- International Cooperation
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
- Africa
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- JICA President's Award
- International Cooperation
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- Consideration on remote operation ＜Part-2＞ “Forced” remote management
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- 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
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- Tsukuba SDGs Partners
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- Consideration on remote operation ＜Part 1＞Introduction
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- AAI and Me – Shigeya Hasegawa ＜Part-2＞Kashima Oil era when I learned teamwork and small group activities
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- AAI and Me – Shigeya Hasegawa ＜Part-1＞Background of being born in a rural area and learning engineering
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- Gathering in a neighboring country, remote work for Sudan
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
- Africa
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- Typhoon damage and reconstruction assistance -Experience of volunteer participation at the bee farm
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- Inaugural address from the new representatives of AAI
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- Explore the world of beekeeping＜Part 5＞Visiting Ishizuka Bee Farm (2)
- Agricultural Technology and Community Development
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- My relationship with Pakistan "A Departure Point for the World of International Cooperation"
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Asia
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- Facts about dry land vegetation ＜Part 7＞ Apple of Sodom
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- The Connection Between "Dryness" and "Ancient Civilization"
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- AAI and Me - Yoshihisa Zaitsu ＜Part 3＞ Future of AAI
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- The sun in Uganda (2)
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- AAI and Me - Yoshihisa Zaitsu ＜Part 2＞ Daily activities in AAI
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- The sun in Uganda (1)
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- AAI and Me - Yoshihisa Zaitsu ＜Part 1＞ Encounter with AAI
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- My fateful relationship with AAI and training at Tsukuba
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- The state of supporting sugarcane farming in Yaeyama Islands
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- On the occasion of issuing Newsletter No. 100
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- Reader's voice Celebrating AAINews 100
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- Relaxed but stimulating trip to Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Asia
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- Visiting an ex-JOCV colleague
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- My favorite Jordanian dishes
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- My thoughts during the first training activities since 28 years ago
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- New Start at AAI
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- To Sudan, East Africa!
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- Sri Lankan curry and tea
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Asia
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- Acholi Sub-region in Northern Uganda - past, present and future
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- Tsukuba Challenge!
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- Farming nation that does not produce chemical fertilizer - the reality of Arabia’s bread basket
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- Participating in a symposium in Tunisia QGIS Study Group Started
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- 30th anniversary of AAI celebrated
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- Participation in Water Management Transfer in Egypt
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- Tsukuba Kid Doctor
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- This and that in Gaziantep, Turkey
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- On the 30th Anniversary of AAI
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- JICA Tsukuba's challenge: exploring vegetable marketing training methods
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- Irrigation management transfer in Egypt
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- To the Afghan Land
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Asia
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- Thoughts on Agriculture in Cambodia
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Asia
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- Visiting Yeosu Expo in Korea
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Asia
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- Looking back on the DEITEX Project: 1. DEITEX as a Project
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- Looking back on the DEITEX Project: 2. Achievements and Lessons Learnt from the Project
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- From the country of sea tribes: Mangrove and environmental education
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- Return to Senegal - after a quarter of a century: What 25 years have done
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- Journal of Hokkaido’s agriculture discovery trip: a study trip on Hokkaido’s agriculture with Sudanese counterparts
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- Rice cultivation in Gabon
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- Flood irrigation and people’s livelihood along the Gash River in the Kassala State in eastern Sudan
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- Travelogue from Romania
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Europe
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- Starting support activities for farmers in Ushimado, Okayama
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- Into Iraq’s Kurdish Area
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- Revisiting Oman
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- Report from the third country training in Tunisia
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- 25 Years of AAI’s Work
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- On the concept of "Circulation" in Palestine
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- Three years of "Upland Rice Variety Selection Techniques Course"
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- Interesting Photo Album from Guinea
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- An Introduction to the Farmer Field School (FFS) in the Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) Programme in the Philippines
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Asia
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- Encounter with New Frontier - Traveling through East Timor
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Asia
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- At the dawn of year 2008
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- A case study on effective utilization of abondaned farmlands
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- On the occasion of the publication of the AAINews Vol. 60
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- On participation in the Promotion, Development, and Dissemination of NERICA Rice Varieties in Uganda
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- Irrigation in the Nile Delta, Egypt and Water Users Association
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- Practical Session at a Farm in Hasaki (Training Course on Vegetable Cultivation Technology)
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- Training Course on Upland Rice Variety Selection Techniques
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- Capacity Development of Engineers and Technology Transfer: Within the Framework of Iraq Reconstruction Assistance
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- Counterpart Training Course for Syria's Water Saving Irrigation Project
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- At a JIRCAS Workshop
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- Activities of Ex-participants of the JICA’s Vegetable Cultivation Course for Tajikistan（Small Scale Greenhouse Pilot Project）
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- On the shore of the Black Sea, Turkey: female farmers carrying regional agriculture
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- 5th Year of the Tsukuba Training Courses
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- International Cooperation possible with US$261
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- Never Let Consumers Down: visiting the organic farm of an ex-AAI staff member
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- Report from a Training Course in Tsukuba for Southern African Countries
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- Reflections on Japan’s Food Culture (Regional Resource Circulation Survey in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki)
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- Nomadic pastoral system in Mongolia - supporting a shifting livelihood system
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Asia
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- Recollecting Syria in Uzbekistan - The Importance of Regional Co-operation
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Asia
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- Zanzibar - the Spice Kingdom
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- Brazil: Cerrado - Light and shadow of Development
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- South and Central America
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- Agroforestry in Malawi
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- Irrigation project takes off in the arid land of south-eastern Sri Lanka
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Asia
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- Reflections Upon the Souvenir Sellers of Burkina Faso
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- Group Training Course on Vegetable Cultivation for the Republic of Tajikistan
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- Homepage “Root Design”
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- Collaboration with local NGOs ? AAI’s attempts in Zimbabwe
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- Mauritanian Oasis in Need of Improvement in the Living Environment
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- On the banks of the Amazon
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- South and Central America
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- Lessons from a Tiny Farm Continued
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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- Horticultural Therapy in Syria. ～Let us make our dreams come true～
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- The Letter From the Country of Sindbad: Are Omani nationals hardworking?
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- The Struggle of Farmers for Water (Morocco)
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- For whose good?
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- Incentives and Sustainability: a reflection in Syria
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- Life in a character town - on my return fron Salalah, Oman
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- Lessons From a Tiny Plot of Farmland
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- The Camel's Lesson
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- Computer Show in Damascus
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- Under the Bluest Sky of Zimbabwe
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- On the Banks of the Mekong
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Asia
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- From Tottori Sand Dunes to Deserts in the World
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- The Arabian Peninsular Revisited
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- On the Banks of the Tana River
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- On the Banks of Lake Lubana
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Europe
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- Some reflections on Harare upon revisiting after three years
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Africa
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- Ecotourism in Yakushima: Reflections in the rainy season
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- My Vietnam: On the Mekong River's Banks
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Asia
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- On Return from UAE, a nation of migrant workers
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- Past Technical Assistance for the Gulf States and Future Challenges (2): Demonstration experiment by the Desert Development Institute, Japan
- Resource Management
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- Tales of Dates
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- Revitalization of Communities: Report From Koura-cho, Shiga and Miyama-cho, Kyoto
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- Competition at the World Water Day
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- How wadis in Al Ain are formed
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- From An Apple Country
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Asia
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- Recent Development in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- Dhofar Region in Oman and the counterparts of JICA Project
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- Souq Al Juma - Damascus
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- People in Quetta
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Asia
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- Greenhouse cultivation of papayas in Okinawa
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Japan
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- Maize in Syria
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- Land of Frankincense - Dhofar
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
- Middle East
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- Our Newsletter "AAINews" to You
- Travelog・Miscellaneous notes
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.
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.