Activity Records
2025/7/29
The AOGS (Asia Oceania Geosciences Society) 22nd Annual Meeting will be held from 27 July to 1 August 2025.
2025/7/20
At the 2nd International Sociohydrology Conference
2025/7/19
A workshop as indicated above was planned under the auspices of the JSPS Cairo Research Station.
2025/6/5
Seminar:Water Heritage in the Western Desert Oases in Egypt was held.
2025/5/1
the Vice President of Sophia University—the lead institution of this project
On May 1, 2025, the Vice President of Sophia University—the lead institution of this project—along with other members, visited New Valley University and met with its President.The visit was covered by Egyptian media.
2025/4/23
The annual report meeting of SATREPS was held at JST.
2025/3/24
SATREPS started, only one adoption for private universities.
2025/3/14
Poster presentation at the Agricultural Meteorological Society of Japan
Kai Asami, Nobuhiro Matsuoka, Erina Iwasaki, Satoshi Hama,
“Development of a Crop Calendar and Analysis of Recent Crop Rotation in Dakhla Oasis, Egypt”
2025/2/25
The Visit of New Valley University and the Governor of New Valley Governorate
In February 2025, project members Erina Iwasaki and Naoko Fukami visited New Valley University and the Governor of New Valley Governorate. They exchanged views regarding the project, and the visit was reported by Egyptian media.
2025/2/24
Kickoff Meeting
A hybrid project kickoff meeting was held at New Valley University.
Four research groups explained their research topics and plans, and exchanged ideas.
The presenters are as follows: ：
(1) Crop experiment plan (Dr Xu and Dr Aziz/Khaled)
(2) Research activity plan (Dr Yoshida)
(3) Research activity plan (Dr Adel Shalaby)
(4) Research activity plan (Dr Aziz)
2024/12/8
Oral presentation at the 14th International Conference of the Asian Federation of Middle East Studies Associations (AFMA)
Erina Iwasaki, “Coping with Food Insecurities in Egypt”
2024/9/10
Oral presentation at the 2024 Annual Conference (73rd) of the Japanese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering ;
Shuichiro Yoshida, Erina Iwasaki, Nobuhiro Matsuoka, Masaru Mizoguchi, Kazuhiro Nishida,
“Project for Developing a Sustainable Water and Land Resource Utilization Model Based on Community Understanding and Participation in Oasis Societies of the Western Desert”
2024/5/25
Oral presentation at the 2024 Spring Meeting of the Japanese Association of Groundwater Hydrology;
Erina Iwasaki,“Groundwater Utilization Systems in Egypt”
2024/3/15
Poster presentation at the Society of Agricultural Meteorology of Japan;
Kyotaro Kurogami, Akira Hama, Nobuhiro Matsuoka, Erina Iwasaki,
“Monitoring Surface Deformation in Kharga and Dakhla Oases, Egypt, Using InSAR”
2024/3/11
Middle East Research Seminar on “Toward Understanding Water and Land Use in the Oasis of Western Desert, Egypt”
(Sophia University Institute of Asian Cultural Studies Middle East Research Seminar)
Inviting the President of New Valley University and the project leader at New Valley University to hold a public seminar.
Erina Iwasaki “Expansion of Water and Land Use in the New Valley (Western Desert), Egypt.
Ahmed Abdelhafez “Facing the Elements: Navigating Agricultural Challenges in the New Valley (Western Desert) Through Soil and Water Salinity Management”.
Dr. Ahmed Abdelhafez “Aquifer Systems and Groundwater Quality in the New Valley (Western Desert of Egypt)”.
Abdelaziz Tantawy “Water Utilization in Balat Village (Dakhla Oasis): A Historical and Contemporary Overview”.
2023/12/27
At the 7th Symposium for the Enhancement of Egypt-Japan Joint Research Projects In Egypt, Archaeology, Heritage Sciences, Land and Water Management,
Oral Presentation; Erina Iwasaki, “Groundwater Development in Kharga Oasis, Western Desert (Egypt) in the Era of Neoliberalism”
2023/11/11
Oral presentation at the Japanese Association of Hydrological Sciences;
Akira Hama, Kyotaro Kurogami, Nobuhiro Matsuoka,
“Monitoring Ground Surface Deformation in Kharga Oasis, Egypt, and Its Surroundings Using InSAR”
2023/9/17
Meeting for Detailed Plan Development
A hybrid meeting was held at the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences to develop a detailed plan.
2023/9/5
Survey for Detailed Plan Development — Policy Response Meeting
A meeting was held to discuss the overall project formation policy.
2023/8/22
At the Challenges and Solutions for Global Water Scarcity;
1st Workshop (Egypt)
Oral Presentation by Erina Iwasaki,
“Groundwater Development in Kharga Oasis, Western Desert (Egypt) in the Era of Neoliberalism”
2023/8/7
Visit to the Governor of New Valley
Together with the Chief Representative of the JICA Cairo Office and members of NARSS, we visited the Governor of New Valley and provided an overview of this project. The visit was covered in the newspapers on August 7 (Masry al-Youm and others).
