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(5247, 1, '2019-02-16 03:17:30', '2019-02-16 03:17:30', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> An event was organized at Tony Farm to introduce <em>Chaya, </em>a spinach variety, to Dire Dawa, Harar and the surrounding community representatives and Haramaya University community.</span><strong style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-5239 \" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12-Agricultural-Value-Chain-Research-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"143\" /></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to Dr. Wassu Mohammed, one of the researchers in this project, Ethiopia has major problems in Iron and Vitamin A deficiencies and majority of the vegetable and field crops the country produces are not drought resistant. To this end, the introduction of this vegetable crop to the Ethiopian food system has its merits to alleviate the problem of food insecurity the country faces.</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5237 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1.3.-Photo-300x103.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"103\" />Mr. Daniel Alemu, lead investigator of the project and an instructor in Haramaya Institute of Technology, gave demonstration on how to prepare the vegetable and discussed advantages of including <em>Chaya</em> to our tables at home.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to Mr. Daniel it is advisable to cook the leaves for 20-25 minutes before cooking them as desired. The vegetable crop is very rich in Iron, Vitamin A and Calcium and its very nutritious nature makes it ideal for new mothers to consume.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5236 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12.2.-photo-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" /></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Achieving not only food security but also nutrition security was another point discussed. The Ethiopian community should also look for food sources with high nutritious values and researchers are encouraged to conduct research activities in such areas in order to improve the living and food quality of the community.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Attendees were encouraged to take the seedlings of the vegetable crop to their homes, grow them and make the vegetable a regular on their tables. The vegetable crop is ideal to grow on hot and semi-arid areas such as Dire Dawa, Afar, Somalia, etc. It can also be used for animal feed once it has been laid on the sun for a short period of time.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\" wp-image-5241 alignright\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1.4-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"265\" /></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">“The University has given financial support to 165 projects, and research site on 13 research stations and 57 farmer training centers (FTCs) were made available for research as well as extension activities,” according to Mr. Admkew Haile, Research Facilities Directorate Director and Vice-president for Research Affairs Delegate. The fiel trial of the variety on Dire Dawa Tony Farm goes along the line of the University’s community engagement and activities and its commitment to ensure food security and improve quality of life of the community. Such projects on nutrition and nutritious foods and technology should always be encouraged and supported.</span></p>', 'Chaya: The New Guest in Town', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5209-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 03:17:30', '2019-02-16 03:17:30', '', 5209, 'http://localhost/?p=5247', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(5248, 1, '2019-02-16 03:18:07', '2019-02-16 03:18:07', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> An event was organized at Tony Farm to introduce <em>Chaya, </em>a spinach variety, to Dire Dawa, Harar and the surrounding community representatives and Haramaya University community.</span><strong style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-5239 \" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12-Agricultural-Value-Chain-Research-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"143\" /></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to Dr. Wassu Mohammed, one of the researchers in this project, Ethiopia has major problems in Iron and Vitamin A deficiencies and majority of the vegetable and field crops the country produces are not drought resistant. To this end, the introduction of this vegetable crop to the Ethiopian food system has its merits to alleviate the problem of food insecurity the country faces.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5237 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1.3.-Photo-300x103.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"103\" />Mr. Daniel Alemu, lead investigator of the project and an instructor in Haramaya Institute of Technology, gave demonstration on how to prepare the vegetable and discussed advantages of including <em>Chaya</em> to our tables at home.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to Mr. Daniel it is advisable to cook the leaves for 20-25 minutes before cooking them as desired. The vegetable crop is very rich in Iron, Vitamin A and Calcium and its very nutritious nature makes it ideal for new mothers to consume.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5236 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12.2.-photo-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" /></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Achieving not only food security but also nutrition security was another point discussed. The Ethiopian community should also look for food sources with high nutritious values and researchers are encouraged to conduct research activities in such areas in order to improve the living and food quality of the community.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Attendees were encouraged to take the seedlings of the vegetable crop to their homes, grow them and make the vegetable a regular on their tables. The vegetable crop is ideal to grow on hot and semi-arid areas such as Dire Dawa, Afar, Somalia, etc. It can also be used for animal feed once it has been laid on the sun for a short period of time.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\" wp-image-5241 alignright\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1.4-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"265\" /></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">“The University has given financial support to 165 projects, and research site on 13 research stations and 57 farmer training centers (FTCs) were made available for research as well as extension activities,” according to Mr. Admkew Haile, Research Facilities Directorate Director and Vice-president for Research Affairs Delegate. The fiel trial of the variety on Dire Dawa Tony Farm goes along the line of the University’s community engagement and activities and its commitment to ensure food security and improve quality of life of the community. Such projects on nutrition and nutritious foods and technology should always be encouraged and supported.</span></p>', 'Chaya: The New Guest in Town', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5209-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 03:18:07', '2019-02-16 03:18:07', '', 5209, 'http://localhost/?p=5248', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5249, 1, '2019-02-16 05:37:09', '2019-02-16 05:37:09', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> An event was organized at Tony Farm to introduce <em>Chaya, </em>a spinach variety, to Dire Dawa, Harar and the surrounding community representatives and Haramaya University community.</span><strong style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-5239 \" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12-Agricultural-Value-Chain-Research-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"143\" /></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to Dr. Wassu Mohammed, one of the researchers in this project, Ethiopia has major problems in Iron and Vitamin A deficiencies and majority of the vegetable and field crops the country produces are not drought resistant. To this end, the introduction of this vegetable crop to the Ethiopian food system has its merits to alleviate the problem of food insecurity the country faces.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5237 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1.3.-Photo-300x103.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"103\" />Mr. Daniel Alemu, lead investigator of the project and an instructor in Haramaya Institute of Technology, gave demonstration on how to prepare the vegetable and discussed advantages of including <em>Chaya</em> to our tables at home.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to Mr. Daniel it is advisable to cook the leaves for 20-25 minutes before cooking them as desired. The vegetable crop is very rich in Iron, Vitamin A and Calcium and its very nutritious nature makes it ideal for new mothers to consume.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\" wp-image-5236 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12.2.-photo-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"176\" /></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Achieving not only food security but also nutrition security was another point discussed. The Ethiopian community should also look for food sources with high nutritious values and researchers are encouraged to conduct research activities in such areas in order to improve the living and food quality of the community.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Attendees were encouraged to take the seedlings of the vegetable crop to their homes, grow them and make the vegetable a regular on their tables. The vegetable crop is ideal to grow on hot and semi-arid areas such as Dire Dawa, Afar, Somalia, etc. It can also be used for animal feed once it has been laid on the sun for a short period of time.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\" wp-image-5241 alignright\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1.4-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"265\" /></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">“The University has given financial support to 165 projects, and research site on 13 research stations and 57 farmer training centers (FTCs) were made available for research as well as extension activities,” according to Mr. Admkew Haile, Research Facilities Directorate Director and Vice-president for Research Affairs Delegate. The fiel trial of the variety on Dire Dawa Tony Farm goes along the line of the University’s community engagement and activities and its commitment to ensure food security and improve quality of life of the community. Such projects on nutrition and nutritious foods and technology should always be encouraged and supported.</span></p>', 'Chaya: The New Guest in Town', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5209-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 05:37:09', '2019-02-16 05:37:09', '', 5209, 'http://localhost/?p=5249', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5250, 1, '2019-02-16 05:37:51', '2019-02-16 05:37:51', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> An event was organized at Tony Farm to introduce <em>Chaya, </em>a spinach variety, to Dire Dawa, Harar and the surrounding community representatives and Haramaya University community.</span><strong style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-5239 \" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12-Agricultural-Value-Chain-Research-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"143\" /></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to Dr. Wassu Mohammed, one of the researchers in this project, Ethiopia has major problems in Iron and Vitamin A deficiencies and majority of the vegetable and field crops the country produces are not drought resistant. To this end, the introduction of this vegetable crop to the Ethiopian food system has its merits to alleviate the problem of food insecurity the country faces.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5237 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1.3.-Photo-300x103.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"103\" />Mr. Daniel Alemu, lead investigator of the project and an instructor in Haramaya Institute of Technology, gave demonstration on how to prepare the vegetable and discussed advantages of including <em>Chaya</em> to our tables at home.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to Mr. Daniel it is advisable to cook the leaves for 20-25 minutes before cooking them as desired. The vegetable crop is very rich in Iron, Vitamin A and Calcium and its very nutritious nature makes it ideal for new mothers to consume.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\" wp-image-5236 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12.2.-photo-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"329\" height=\"196\" /></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Achieving not only food security but also nutrition security was another point discussed. The Ethiopian community should also look for food sources with high nutritious values and researchers are encouraged to conduct research activities in such areas in order to improve the living and food quality of the community.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Attendees were encouraged to take the seedlings of the vegetable crop to their homes, grow them and make the vegetable a regular on their tables. The vegetable crop is ideal to grow on hot and semi-arid areas such as Dire Dawa, Afar, Somalia, etc. It can also be used for animal feed once it has been laid on the sun for a short period of time.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\" wp-image-5241 alignright\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1.4-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"265\" /></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">“The University has given financial support to 165 projects, and research site on 13 research stations and 57 farmer training centers (FTCs) were made available for research as well as extension activities,” according to Mr. Admkew Haile, Research Facilities Directorate Director and Vice-president for Research Affairs Delegate. The fiel trial of the variety on Dire Dawa Tony Farm goes along the line of the University’s community engagement and activities and its commitment to ensure food security and improve quality of life of the community. Such projects on nutrition and nutritious foods and technology should always be encouraged and supported.</span></p>', 'Chaya: The New Guest in Town', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5209-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 05:37:51', '2019-02-16 05:37:51', '', 5209, 'http://localhost/?p=5250', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5251, 1, '2019-02-16 05:53:01', '2019-02-16 05:53:01', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A national conference entitled “Agricultural Value Chain for Food Security and Pro-poor Development” has been officially opened today, December 16, 2016, in Haramaya University’s Resource Center.</span>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12-Agricultural-Value-Chain-Research.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5239\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12-Agricultural-Value-Chain-Research-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"153\" /></a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The theme of the conference revolves around the value and importance of agricultural value chain to guarantee food security, to alleviate poverty of smallholder farmers and to corporate the much needed integration between stakeholders: farmers, researchers, wholesalers, retailers, consumers and regulatory institutions.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The ValueSec Project is a European Union (EU) funded project that has four member universities in it. 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(5253, 1, '2019-02-16 05:53:01', '2019-02-16 05:53:01', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A national conference entitled “Agricultural Value Chain for Food Security and Pro-poor Development” has been officially opened today, December 16, 2016, in Haramaya University’s Resource Center.</span>\r\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5239 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12-Agricultural-Value-Chain-Research-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" /><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The theme of the conference revolves around the value and importance of agricultural value chain to guarantee food security, to alleviate poverty of smallholder farmers and to corporate the much needed integration between stakeholders: farmers, researchers, wholesalers, retailers, consumers and regulatory institutions.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The ValueSec Project is a European Union (EU) funded project that has four member universities in it. 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(5254, 1, '2019-02-16 05:59:59', '2019-02-16 05:59:59', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A national conference entitled “Agricultural Value Chain for Food Security and Pro-poor Development” has been officially opened today, December 16, 2016, in Haramaya University’s Resource Center.</span>\n<a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12-Agricultural-Value-Chain-Research.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5239\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12-Agricultural-Value-Chain-Research-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"153\" /></a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The theme of the conference revolves around the value and importance of agricultural value chain to guarantee food security, to alleviate poverty of smallholder farmers and to corporate the much needed integration between stakeholders: farmers, researchers, wholesalers, retailers, consumers and regulatory institutions.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The ValueSec Project is a European Union (EU) funded project that has four member universities in it. The collegium is led by Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany with three universities of Africa: Haramaya University (HU) from Ethiopia and University of Nairobi and Karatina University from Kenya.</span>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Dr. Mengistu Ketema, one of the principal leaders of the Project and Director for Research Extension and Publications Directorate, gave a briefing on the major activities of the Project. The objectives of the Project include enhancing research skills of postgraduate students and staff members, establishing linkage between member universities and enhancing curriculum quality and development.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to Dr. Mengistu, the Project has made numerous contributions to the University in capacity building of University staff members and postgraduate students through the funding of research works, giving training on research and software skill enhancement, building the University’s reputation in the international arena, reducing staff retention and creating linkages with national and international organizations and institutions.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dr. Bezabih Emana, a private consultant with ample experience in value chains, presented a summary on ‘making value chain development work for the poor’ and identified that ‘not all smallholder farmers are poor, but the majority of them are’, and addressing this important issue would have consequences that benefit the many stakeholders on different levels.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12.2.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5236 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12.2.-photo-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" /></a>As Dr. Bezabih stated, the global phenomenon is demanding countries and their smallholders to be competitive. 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(5255, 1, '2019-02-16 05:55:43', '2019-02-16 05:55:43', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A national conference entitled “Agricultural Value Chain for Food Security and Pro-poor Development” has been officially opened today, December 16, 2016, in Haramaya University’s Resource Center.</span>\r\n<img class=\" wp-image-5239 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12-Agricultural-Value-Chain-Research-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"123\" /><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The theme of the conference revolves around the value and importance of agricultural value chain to guarantee food security, to alleviate poverty of smallholder farmers and to corporate the much needed integration between stakeholders: farmers, researchers, wholesalers, retailers, consumers and regulatory institutions.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The ValueSec Project is a European Union (EU) funded project that has four member universities in it. The collegium is led by Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany with three universities of Africa: Haramaya University (HU) from Ethiopia and University of Nairobi and Karatina University from Kenya.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Dr. Mengistu Ketema, one of the principal leaders of the Project and Director for Research Extension and Publications Directorate, gave a briefing on the major activities of the Project. The objectives of the Project include enhancing research skills of postgraduate students and staff members, establishing linkage between member universities and enhancing curriculum quality and development.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to Dr. Mengistu, the Project has made numerous contributions to the University in capacity building of University staff members and postgraduate students through the funding of research works, giving training on research and software skill enhancement, building the University’s reputation in the international arena, reducing staff retention and creating linkages with national and international organizations and institutions.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dr. Bezabih Emana, a private consultant with ample experience in value chains, presented a summary on ‘making value chain development work for the poor’ and identified that ‘not all smallholder farmers are poor, but the majority of them are’, and addressing this important issue would have consequences that benefit the many stakeholders on different levels.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5236 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12.2.-photo-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" />As Dr. Bezabih stated, the global phenomenon is demanding countries and their smallholders to be competitive. Therefore, ‘seeking the market and producing the demand’ is the way to go about ensuring food security and pro-poor development. He said, “We have to go beyond the academic success and address the shortcomings that are on the ground; implement the interventions that are suggested by researchers.”</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Prof. Chemeda and Dr. Belaineh, both, reiterated the importance of agricultural value chain to upgrade the economic status of smallholder farmers. 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(5256, 1, '2019-02-16 05:56:51', '2019-02-16 05:56:51', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A national conference entitled “Agricultural Value Chain for Food Security and Pro-poor Development” has been officially opened today, December 16, 2016, in Haramaya University’s Resource Center.</span>\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-5239 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12-Agricultural-Value-Chain-Research-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"138\" /><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The theme of the conference revolves around the value and importance of agricultural value chain to guarantee food security, to alleviate poverty of smallholder farmers and to corporate the much needed integration between stakeholders: farmers, researchers, wholesalers, retailers, consumers and regulatory institutions.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The ValueSec Project is a European Union (EU) funded project that has four member universities in it. The collegium is led by Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany with three universities of Africa: Haramaya University (HU) from Ethiopia and University of Nairobi and Karatina University from Kenya.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Dr. Mengistu Ketema, one of the principal leaders of the Project and Director for Research Extension and Publications Directorate, gave a briefing on the major activities of the Project. The objectives of the Project include enhancing research skills of postgraduate students and staff members, establishing linkage between member universities and enhancing curriculum quality and development.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to Dr. Mengistu, the Project has made numerous contributions to the University in capacity building of University staff members and postgraduate students through the funding of research works, giving training on research and software skill enhancement, building the University’s reputation in the international arena, reducing staff retention and creating linkages with national and international organizations and institutions.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dr. Bezabih Emana, a private consultant with ample experience in value chains, presented a summary on ‘making value chain development work for the poor’ and identified that ‘not all smallholder farmers are poor, but the majority of them are’, and addressing this important issue would have consequences that benefit the many stakeholders on different levels.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5236 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12.2.-photo-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" />As Dr. Bezabih stated, the global phenomenon is demanding countries and their smallholders to be competitive. 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(5257, 1, '2019-02-16 05:57:20', '2019-02-16 05:57:20', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A national conference entitled “Agricultural Value Chain for Food Security and Pro-poor Development” has been officially opened today, December 16, 2016, in Haramaya University’s Resource Center.</span>\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-5239 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12-Agricultural-Value-Chain-Research-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"153\" /><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The theme of the conference revolves around the value and importance of agricultural value chain to guarantee food security, to alleviate poverty of smallholder farmers and to corporate the much needed integration between stakeholders: farmers, researchers, wholesalers, retailers, consumers and regulatory institutions.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The ValueSec Project is a European Union (EU) funded project that has four member universities in it. The collegium is led by Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany with three universities of Africa: Haramaya University (HU) from Ethiopia and University of Nairobi and Karatina University from Kenya.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Dr. Mengistu Ketema, one of the principal leaders of the Project and Director for Research Extension and Publications Directorate, gave a briefing on the major activities of the Project. The objectives of the Project include enhancing research skills of postgraduate students and staff members, establishing linkage between member universities and enhancing curriculum quality and development.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to Dr. Mengistu, the Project has made numerous contributions to the University in capacity building of University staff members and postgraduate students through the funding of research works, giving training on research and software skill enhancement, building the University’s reputation in the international arena, reducing staff retention and creating linkages with national and international organizations and institutions.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dr. Bezabih Emana, a private consultant with ample experience in value chains, presented a summary on ‘making value chain development work for the poor’ and identified that ‘not all smallholder farmers are poor, but the majority of them are’, and addressing this important issue would have consequences that benefit the many stakeholders on different levels.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5236 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12.2.-photo-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" />As Dr. Bezabih stated, the global phenomenon is demanding countries and their smallholders to be competitive. 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(5258, 1, '2019-02-16 06:07:32', '2019-02-16 06:07:32', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A national conference entitled “Agricultural Value Chain for Food Security and Pro-poor Development” has been officially opened today, December 16, 2016, in Haramaya University’s Resource Center.</span>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12-Agricultural-Value-Chain-Research.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5239\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12-Agricultural-Value-Chain-Research-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"153\" /></a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The theme of the conference revolves around the value and importance of agricultural value chain to guarantee food security, to alleviate poverty of smallholder farmers and to corporate the much needed integration between stakeholders: farmers, researchers, wholesalers, retailers, consumers and regulatory institutions.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The ValueSec Project is a European Union (EU) funded project that has four member universities in it. The collegium is led by Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany with three universities of Africa: Haramaya University (HU) from Ethiopia and University of Nairobi and Karatina University from Kenya.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Dr. Mengistu Ketema, one of the principal leaders of the Project and Director for Research Extension and Publications Directorate, gave a briefing on the major activities of the Project. The objectives of the Project include enhancing research skills of postgraduate students and staff members, establishing linkage between member universities and enhancing curriculum quality and development.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to Dr. Mengistu, the Project has made numerous contributions to the University in capacity building of University staff members and postgraduate students through the funding of research works, giving training on research and software skill enhancement, building the University’s reputation in the international arena, reducing staff retention and creating linkages with national and international organizations and institutions.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dr. Bezabih Emana, a private consultant with ample experience in value chains, presented a summary on ‘making value chain development work for the poor’ and identified that ‘not all smallholder farmers are poor, but the majority of them are’, and addressing this important issue would have consequences that benefit the many stakeholders on different levels.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12.2.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5236 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12.2.-photo-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" /></a>As Dr. Bezabih stated, the global phenomenon is demanding countries and their smallholders to be competitive. Therefore, ‘seeking the market and producing the demand’ is the way to go about ensuring food security and pro-poor development. He said, “We have to go beyond the academic success and address the shortcomings that are on the ground; implement the interventions that are suggested by researchers.”</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Prof. Chemeda and Dr. Belaineh, both, reiterated the importance of agricultural value chain to upgrade the economic status of smallholder farmers. They also stressed the advantage it has to participate concerned stakeholders and the trigger effect it has to everything else done in agriculture.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Food security has been an emphasized issue and a dominating national policy, with good reason, in our country but looking at farming as a business and looking for ways to generate an income from our farmlands; working on the sustainability of interventions; effective usage of cooperatives; encouraging the pro-poor growth through employment and income generation, economic growth through value added to productions, integrations and participations with co-investors, researchers and smallholders, and encouraging innovations in improved seed research should be given priority.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The national conference is graced by researchers and representatives from different universities of the country; and 33 papers were submitted to the organizers from which 16 are selected and being presented. 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(5259, 1, '2019-02-16 06:25:56', '2019-02-16 06:25:56', '<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\">Climate Smart Potato improvement, production and Future prospects in Ethiopia</span></h1>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A stakeholders’ consultative workshop organized by Haramaya University in collaboration with Dry lands Coordination Group (DCG) was held in campus from December 30-31, 2016. The workshop was entitled ‘Potato Improvement, Production and Future Prospects in the Face of Climate Change in Ethiopia’.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As potato is the third important food in the world next to wheat and rice, and it should be given the attention it deserves in variety improvement and production. Contrary to scientific belief, farmers in marginal and venerable areas (midland, lowland) have been striving to domesticate and expand production of the crop because of its food security and income generating potential to smallholder farmers.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.-1.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5235 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.-1.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Despite government investment on potato research in the last 44 years, the nationally released potato varieties and local cultivars are less productive in the mid and low lands of the country, where there are frequent moisture and heat stresses. Therefore, developing potato varieties tolerant to drought and heat would enable not only to sustainably produce the crop in the highlands but also to expand its agro-ecology to the lowlands of the country. As a climate adaptation strategy, this would make the crop resilient to moisture stress and heat for improved yield to attain targeted food requirements.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A total of six speakers (senior researchers, academicians and scientists) addressed 12 different topics on potato improvement in the face of climate change at the workshop. The themes of the speakers were: DCG activities and achievements at HU, potato research improvement group of respective institutions, genetic gain of potato tuber yield, evaluation of climate resilient potato genotypes, agronomic research programme, participatory breeding programme with farmers, farmers perception view, disease and pest in the face of climate change, future national potato research strategies to address drought and heat prone areas, etc.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The participants of the workshops were representatives from universities, research centers, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), farmers’ unions, zone and woreda agricultural offices, seed producers’ cooperatives and development agents.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5224 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12.3.-photo-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" />The two-day event saw a plenary presentation and reflection on day one and field excursion on day two. During the discussion sessions, participants raised questions and comments pertinent to potato improvement and production in Ethiopia in general and eastern part in particular. The session went beyond seed sector and elaborations were made on the legal issues of genetic land race and species. ‘Lack of institutional innovation’ on genetic resources and species was identified as challenge for seed sector innovation during this session.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Another point made in the presentation was that most improved varieties are not on the hands of farmers. One reason for this is, according to the researchers, while breeders are working to improve the yield of potato varieties, farmers, on the other hand, look for other features in a variety such as cooking time, test, shelf life, short maturity, short dormancy duration, resistance to skinning and bruising, disease resistance, drought tolerance and texture when cooked. They suggested it would be beneficiary to researchers and farmers to do a participatory variety selection, whereby the farmers would be involved from the beginning before a variety is released.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The red spider mite (two-spotted spider mite) outbreak that was encountered last year was taken as a good learning opportunity for farmers and extension workers to be very cautious when bringing seed from institutions/sources. Insects/mites that were not threatening the seed source areas might turn to be serious in a different agro-ecology. The researchers said the identification of the outbreak is the first of its kind in the country.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">One thing that stunned the audience was the experience where farmers were forced to sell 150kg of potato for a price of 100kg. The market uncertainty has forced farmers to sell more production for less money.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.4.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-5221 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.4.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>On day-two, delegates and workshop participants visited the irrigation potato Seed Producers Cooperatives (SPC) site in Haji Faji, Kersa district. Farmers from different woredas (about 80 male and 37 female) and stakeholders which comprises, researchers, university, NGOs, Unions, zone and woreda agriculture and cooperative promotion offices were participated on field day experience sharing visit on potato seed production practices, seed storage, exhibition on different potato varieties and food preparation from potato, Enormous success stories recorded so far by SPC including organizational, financial and record keeping, production and multiplication, and value addition, food preparation and processing etc. were visited.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.5.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5232 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.5.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>Mr. Alemayehu Assefa, HU- ISSD farmers Organization expert facilitated the session. The discussion was chaired deligated from Haramaya University, Fedis woreda Administration office, AfranKallo Farmers’ Cooperative Union and Watar town administration. Different questions and reflection were conducted after the visit. The participants appreciated the visit as it had helped them to be acquainted with different materials, practices and techniques they did not know before.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Representatives from Haji Faji district raised the issue of market uncertainty they face and the support they need on pesticide from the University. Reflections were given by University representatives.</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'Breaking the Belief', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'breaking-the-belief', '', '', '2019-02-16 06:30:08', '2019-02-16 06:30:08', '', 0, 'http://localhost/?p=5259', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5260, 1, '2019-02-16 06:25:56', '2019-02-16 06:25:56', '<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Climate Smart Potato improvement, production and Future prospects in Ethiopia</span></h1>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A stakeholders’ consultative workshop organized by Haramaya University in collaboration with Dry lands Coordination Group (DCG) was held in campus from December 30-31, 2016. The workshop was entitled ‘Potato Improvement, Production and Future Prospects in the Face of Climate Change in Ethiopia’.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As potato is the third important food in the world next to wheat and rice, and it should be given the attention it deserves in variety improvement and production. Contrary to scientific belief, farmers in marginal and venerable areas (midland, lowland) have been striving to domesticate and expand production of the crop because of its food security and income generating potential to smallholder farmers.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.-1.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5235 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.-1.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Despite government investment on potato research in the last 44 years, the nationally released potato varieties and local cultivars are less productive in the mid and low lands of the country, where there are frequent moisture and heat stresses. Therefore, developing potato varieties tolerant to drought and heat would enable not only to sustainably produce the crop in the highlands but also to expand its agro-ecology to the lowlands of the country. As a climate adaptation strategy, this would make the crop resilient to moisture stress and heat for improved yield to attain targeted food requirements.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A total of six speakers (senior researchers, academicians and scientists) addressed 12 different topics on potato improvement in the face of climate change at the workshop. The themes of the speakers were: DCG activities and achievements at HU, potato research improvement group of respective institutions, genetic gain of potato tuber yield, evaluation of climate resilient potato genotypes, agronomic research programme, participatory breeding programme with farmers, farmers perception view, disease and pest in the face of climate change, future national potato research strategies to address drought and heat prone areas, etc.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The participants of the workshops were representatives from universities, research centers, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), farmers’ unions, zone and woreda agricultural offices, seed producers’ cooperatives and development agents.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5224 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12.3.-photo-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" />The two-day event saw a plenary presentation and reflection on day one and field excursion on day two. During the discussion sessions, participants raised questions and comments pertinent to potato improvement and production in Ethiopia in general and eastern part in particular. The session went beyond seed sector and elaborations were made on the legal issues of genetic land race and species. ‘Lack of institutional innovation’ on genetic resources and species was identified as challenge for seed sector innovation during this session.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Another point made in the presentation was that most improved varieties are not on the hands of farmers. One reason for this is, according to the researchers, while breeders are working to improve the yield of potato varieties, farmers, on the other hand, look for other features in a variety such as cooking time, test, shelf life, short maturity, short dormancy duration, resistance to skinning and bruising, disease resistance, drought tolerance and texture when cooked. They suggested it would be beneficiary to researchers and farmers to do a participatory variety selection, whereby the farmers would be involved from the beginning before a variety is released.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The red spider mite (two-spotted spider mite) outbreak that was encountered last year was taken as a good learning opportunity for farmers and extension workers to be very cautious when bringing seed from institutions/sources. Insects/mites that were not threatening the seed source areas might turn to be serious in a different agro-ecology. The researchers said the identification of the outbreak is the first of its kind in the country.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">One thing that stunned the audience was the experience where farmers were forced to sell 150kg of potato for a price of 100kg. The market uncertainty has forced farmers to sell more production for less money.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.4.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-5221 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.4.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>On day-two, delegates and workshop participants visited the irrigation potato Seed Producers Cooperatives (SPC) site in Haji Faji, Kersa district. Farmers from different woredas (about 80 male and 37 female) and stakeholders which comprises, researchers, university, NGOs, Unions, zone and woreda agriculture and cooperative promotion offices were participated on field day experience sharing visit on potato seed production practices, seed storage, exhibition on different potato varieties and food preparation from potato, Enormous success stories recorded so far by SPC including organizational, financial and record keeping, production and multiplication, and value addition, food preparation and processing etc. were visited.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.5.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5232 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.5.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>Mr. Alemayehu Assefa, HU- ISSD farmers Organization expert facilitated the session. The discussion was chaired deligated from Haramaya University, Fedis woreda Administration office, AfranKallo Farmers’ Cooperative Union and Watar town administration. Different questions and reflection were conducted after the visit. The participants appreciated the visit as it had helped them to be acquainted with different materials, practices and techniques they did not know before.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Representatives from Haji Faji district raised the issue of market uncertainty they face and the support they need on pesticide from the University. Reflections were given by University representatives.</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'Breaking the Belief', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5259-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 06:25:56', '2019-02-16 06:25:56', '', 5259, 'http://localhost/?p=5260', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5262, 1, '2019-02-16 06:32:36', '2019-02-16 06:32:36', '<strong>The 34th Annual Research, Extension and Community Engagement Review and </strong>\n\n<strong>Community Engagement Necessary in Research Works </strong>\n<h1>The 34<sup>th</sup> Annual Research, Extension and Community Engagement Review and Exhibition was held in Haramaya University’s Afran Kallo Hall and Resource Center for three consecutive days. The review was started with a discussion session with Eastern and Western Hararghe stakeholders. In attendance were model farmers, Development Agents (DAs), community elders, woreda and district administration representative and the HU’s managerial staff together with the University’s community. The discussion that was held in the local language, Afan Oromo gave the opportunity for the locals to express their concerns and appreciations with no difficulty.</h1>\nFour presentations were made focusing on research extension activities of the University, activities undertaken by BENEFIT-ISSD in the area, community engagement and watershed management activities before the floor was opened for discussion. Many of the farmers were happy with the progress the University has made following the discussion they had last year on the 33<sup>rd</sup> Annual Review and expressed their gratitude.\n\nOne model farmer expressed his appreciation for the fact that the University has acknowledged the need to work with the community, and raised whether or not research work on mango disease, which has become a severe threat to mango production in Babile area given enough attention. In response to this question, Prof. Nigussie Dechassa, Vice-president for Academic Affairs, said some activities are going on mango involving experts and professionals. In addition to these activities, a postgraduate student is also working on his PhD in mango, and hopefully, disease prevention and identification of insects that damage the fruit will also be taken as a research agenda by the University’s researchers.\n\nThe University’s focus on what the farmers called ‘less priority crops’ was another issue raised and it was commented that the University has not reduce its researches only to common beans and the ‘less priority crops’, rather its researchers and extension workers are heavily invested on crops such as maize and sorghum which are taken as the priority crops in the area. Prof. Nigussie said, “Common bean is still taken as a priority crop in many areas and it is a crop for export serving as a cash crop.’ Research on the bean as well as other crops will continue in the future too.” The two new maize varieties released in 2017 are clear indications of the University’s commitment to improve the livelihoods of the community.\n\nThe preparation and distribution of manuals along with technologies, the speed of technology dissemination, and the application and sever effect of chemicals on <em>Khat</em> were also issues raised during the discussion. Dr. Abera Deressa, the University’s Board Member, emphasized that research on <em>Khat</em> is not a priority for the Ethiopian Government and neither is it for Haramaya University; Prof. Nigussie iterated the University would not allocate public fund for undertaking research on the crop due to policy reasons. As for the preparation and distribution of manuals for newly adopted and released technologies, the manuals are prepared in the local languages, and are ready to be disseminated, but the University would also take it under advisement to provide manuals simultaneously with the release of technologies.\n\nOpening up new primary schools in various rural areas and the support given to schools was also raised up by one attendee, and Prof. Kebede W/Tsadik, Vice-president for Community Engagement and Enterprise Development said, “More than 100 high schools have been supported. We cannot address all requests. We only do limited support. Our community engagement support is possible only when the community starts doing something and requires additional support from us. It cannot allocate the budget it receives from the government treasury to construct schools.” In line with this Dr. Abera said, “We […] need to know [the] responsibilities of the University. The major responsibility is human power development (teaching) while research and community engagement are the additional responsibilities …. All the different ministries and offices have their own responsibilities to fulfill. Educational offices should also fulfill their responsibilities and the University may support them.”\n\n“The second rank the Grawa Hospital obtained among the hospitals in Oromia Region is because of the tremendous support it has obtained from the University,” said a representative from Gurawa. “But the BENEFIT-ISSD Project should also work in Gurawa Woreda, in addition to their ‘road-side’ efforts.” Mr. Dendena Gelmessa responded, the BENEFIT-ISSD Project is trying to include more woredas under its umbrella and Gurawa may be one of them.\n\nDr. Jemal Yousuf, Vice-president for Research Affairs, gave response to questions regarding groundwater potential and assessment in neighboring areas and he said identification and location of potential groundwater resource has already been secured, and implementation in collaboration with stakeholders will take place in the near future.\n<h1>The Annual Review was held from 6-8 April, 2017 and more than 430 individuals attended the event. Under the research thematic areas, 57 scientific works were presented for review on the second and third day of the review. An exhibition displaying the various research, extension and community engagement activities of the University and its various organs was held and the response and feedback from the attendees was encouraging.</h1>\n&nbsp;', 'The 34th Annual Research, Extension and Community Engagement Review and', '', 'trash', 'open', 'open', '', '__trashed', '', '', '2019-02-16 09:00:31', '2019-02-16 09:00:31', '', 0, 'http://localhost/?p=5262', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5263, 1, '2019-02-16 06:30:08', '2019-02-16 06:30:08', '<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\">Climate Smart Potato improvement, production and Future prospects in Ethiopia</span></h1>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A stakeholders’ consultative workshop organized by Haramaya University in collaboration with Dry lands Coordination Group (DCG) was held in campus from December 30-31, 2016. The workshop was entitled ‘Potato Improvement, Production and Future Prospects in the Face of Climate Change in Ethiopia’.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As potato is the third important food in the world next to wheat and rice, and it should be given the attention it deserves in variety improvement and production. Contrary to scientific belief, farmers in marginal and venerable areas (midland, lowland) have been striving to domesticate and expand production of the crop because of its food security and income generating potential to smallholder farmers.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.-1.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5235 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.-1.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Despite government investment on potato research in the last 44 years, the nationally released potato varieties and local cultivars are less productive in the mid and low lands of the country, where there are frequent moisture and heat stresses. Therefore, developing potato varieties tolerant to drought and heat would enable not only to sustainably produce the crop in the highlands but also to expand its agro-ecology to the lowlands of the country. As a climate adaptation strategy, this would make the crop resilient to moisture stress and heat for improved yield to attain targeted food requirements.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A total of six speakers (senior researchers, academicians and scientists) addressed 12 different topics on potato improvement in the face of climate change at the workshop. The themes of the speakers were: DCG activities and achievements at HU, potato research improvement group of respective institutions, genetic gain of potato tuber yield, evaluation of climate resilient potato genotypes, agronomic research programme, participatory breeding programme with farmers, farmers perception view, disease and pest in the face of climate change, future national potato research strategies to address drought and heat prone areas, etc.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The participants of the workshops were representatives from universities, research centers, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), farmers’ unions, zone and woreda agricultural offices, seed producers’ cooperatives and development agents.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5224 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12.3.-photo-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" />The two-day event saw a plenary presentation and reflection on day one and field excursion on day two. During the discussion sessions, participants raised questions and comments pertinent to potato improvement and production in Ethiopia in general and eastern part in particular. The session went beyond seed sector and elaborations were made on the legal issues of genetic land race and species. ‘Lack of institutional innovation’ on genetic resources and species was identified as challenge for seed sector innovation during this session.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Another point made in the presentation was that most improved varieties are not on the hands of farmers. One reason for this is, according to the researchers, while breeders are working to improve the yield of potato varieties, farmers, on the other hand, look for other features in a variety such as cooking time, test, shelf life, short maturity, short dormancy duration, resistance to skinning and bruising, disease resistance, drought tolerance and texture when cooked. They suggested it would be beneficiary to researchers and farmers to do a participatory variety selection, whereby the farmers would be involved from the beginning before a variety is released.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The red spider mite (two-spotted spider mite) outbreak that was encountered last year was taken as a good learning opportunity for farmers and extension workers to be very cautious when bringing seed from institutions/sources. Insects/mites that were not threatening the seed source areas might turn to be serious in a different agro-ecology. The researchers said the identification of the outbreak is the first of its kind in the country.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">One thing that stunned the audience was the experience where farmers were forced to sell 150kg of potato for a price of 100kg. The market uncertainty has forced farmers to sell more production for less money.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.4.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-5221 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.4.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>On day-two, delegates and workshop participants visited the irrigation potato Seed Producers Cooperatives (SPC) site in Haji Faji, Kersa district. Farmers from different woredas (about 80 male and 37 female) and stakeholders which comprises, researchers, university, NGOs, Unions, zone and woreda agriculture and cooperative promotion offices were participated on field day experience sharing visit on potato seed production practices, seed storage, exhibition on different potato varieties and food preparation from potato, Enormous success stories recorded so far by SPC including organizational, financial and record keeping, production and multiplication, and value addition, food preparation and processing etc. were visited.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.5.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5232 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.5.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>Mr. Alemayehu Assefa, HU- ISSD farmers Organization expert facilitated the session. The discussion was chaired deligated from Haramaya University, Fedis woreda Administration office, AfranKallo Farmers’ Cooperative Union and Watar town administration. Different questions and reflection were conducted after the visit. The participants appreciated the visit as it had helped them to be acquainted with different materials, practices and techniques they did not know before.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Representatives from Haji Faji district raised the issue of market uncertainty they face and the support they need on pesticide from the University. Reflections were given by University representatives.</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'Breaking the Belief', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5259-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 06:30:08', '2019-02-16 06:30:08', '', 5259, 'http://localhost/?p=5263', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5264, 1, '2019-02-16 06:33:20', '2019-02-16 06:33:20', '<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\">Climate Smart Potato improvement, production and Future prospects in Ethiopia</span></h1>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A stakeholders’ consultative workshop organized by Haramaya University in collaboration with Dry lands Coordination Group (DCG) was held in campus from December 30-31, 2016. The workshop was entitled ‘Potato Improvement, Production and Future Prospects in the Face of Climate Change in Ethiopia’.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As potato is the third important food in the world next to wheat and rice, and it should be given the attention it deserves in variety improvement and production. Contrary to scientific belief, farmers in marginal and venerable areas (midland, lowland) have been striving to domesticate and expand production of the crop because of its food security and income generating potential to smallholder farmers.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.-1.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5235 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.-1.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Despite government investment on potato research in the last 44 years, the nationally released potato varieties and local cultivars are less productive in the mid and low lands of the country, where there are frequent moisture and heat stresses. Therefore, developing potato varieties tolerant to drought and heat would enable not only to sustainably produce the crop in the highlands but also to expand its agro-ecology to the lowlands of the country. As a climate adaptation strategy, this would make the crop resilient to moisture stress and heat for improved yield to attain targeted food requirements.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A total of six speakers (senior researchers, academicians and scientists) addressed 12 different topics on potato improvement in the face of climate change at the workshop. The themes of the speakers were: DCG activities and achievements at HU, potato research improvement group of respective institutions, genetic gain of potato tuber yield, evaluation of climate resilient potato genotypes, agronomic research programme, participatory breeding programme with farmers, farmers perception view, disease and pest in the face of climate change, future national potato research strategies to address drought and heat prone areas, etc.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The participants of the workshops were representatives from universities, research centers, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), farmers’ unions, zone and woreda agricultural offices, seed producers’ cooperatives and development agents.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5224 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12.3.-photo-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" />The two-day event saw a plenary presentation and reflection on day one and field excursion on day two. During the discussion sessions, participants raised questions and comments pertinent to potato improvement and production in Ethiopia in general and eastern part in particular. The session went beyond seed sector and elaborations were made on the legal issues of genetic land race and species. ‘Lack of institutional innovation’ on genetic resources and species was identified as challenge for seed sector innovation during this session.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Another point made in the presentation was that most improved varieties are not on the hands of farmers. One reason for this is, according to the researchers, while breeders are working to improve the yield of potato varieties, farmers, on the other hand, look for other features in a variety such as cooking time, test, shelf life, short maturity, short dormancy duration, resistance to skinning and bruising, disease resistance, drought tolerance and texture when cooked. They suggested it would be beneficiary to researchers and farmers to do a participatory variety selection, whereby the farmers would be involved from the beginning before a variety is released.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The red spider mite (two-spotted spider mite) outbreak that was encountered last year was taken as a good learning opportunity for farmers and extension workers to be very cautious when bringing seed from institutions/sources. Insects/mites that were not threatening the seed source areas might turn to be serious in a different agro-ecology. The researchers said the identification of the outbreak is the first of its kind in the country.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">One thing that stunned the audience was the experience where farmers were forced to sell 150kg of potato for a price of 100kg. The market uncertainty has forced farmers to sell more production for less money.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.4.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-5221 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.4.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>On day-two, delegates and workshop participants visited the irrigation potato Seed Producers Cooperatives (SPC) site in Haji Faji, Kersa district. Farmers from different woredas (about 80 male and 37 female) and stakeholders which comprises, researchers, university, NGOs, Unions, zone and woreda agriculture and cooperative promotion offices were participated on field day experience sharing visit on potato seed production practices, seed storage, exhibition on different potato varieties and food preparation from potato, Enormous success stories recorded so far by SPC including organizational, financial and record keeping, production and multiplication, and value addition, food preparation and processing etc. were visited.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.5.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5232 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/11.5.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>Mr. Alemayehu Assefa, HU- ISSD farmers Organization expert facilitated the session. The discussion was chaired deligated from Haramaya University, Fedis woreda Administration office, AfranKallo Farmers’ Cooperative Union and Watar town administration. Different questions and reflection were conducted after the visit. The participants appreciated the visit as it had helped them to be acquainted with different materials, practices and techniques they did not know before.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Representatives from Haji Faji district raised the issue of market uncertainty they face and the support they need on pesticide from the University. Reflections were given by University representatives.</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'Breaking the Belief', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5259-autosave-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 06:33:20', '2019-02-16 06:33:20', '', 5259, 'http://localhost/?p=5264', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(5265, 1, '2019-02-16 06:45:23', '2019-02-16 06:45:23', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Community Engagement Necessary in Research Works</strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #000000;\">The 34<sup>th</sup> Annual Research, Extension and Community Engagement Review and Exhibition was held in Haramaya University’s Afran Kallo Hall and Resource Center for three consecutive days. The review was started with a discussion session with Eastern and Western Hararghe stakeholders. In attendance were model farmers, Development Agents (DAs), community elders, woreda and district administration representative and the HU’s managerial staff together with the University’s community. The discussion that was held in the local language, Afan Oromo gave the opportunity for the locals to express their concerns and appreciations with no difficulty.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/10.1.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5217 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/10.1.-photo-300x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" /></a>Four presentations were made focusing on research extension activities of the University, activities undertaken by BENEFIT-ISSD in the area, community engagement and watershed management activities before the floor was opened for discussion. Many of the farmers were happy with the progress the University has made following the discussion they had last year on the 33<sup>rd</sup> Annual Review and expressed their gratitude.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\">One model farmer expressed his appreciation for the fact that the University has acknowledged the need to work with the community, and raised whether or not research work on mango disease, which has become a severe threat to mango production in Babile area given enough attention. In response to this question, Prof. Nigussie Dechassa, Vice-president for Academic Affairs, said some activities are going on mango involving experts and professionals. In addition to these activities, a postgraduate student is also working on his PhD in mango, and hopefully, disease prevention and identification of insects that damage the fruit will also be taken as a research agenda by the University’s researchers.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\">The University’s focus on what the farmers called ‘less priority crops’ was another issue raised and it was commented that the University has not reduce its researches only to common beans and the ‘less priority crops’, rather its researchers and extension workers are heavily invested on crops such as maize and sorghum which are taken as the priority crops in the area. Prof. Nigussie said, “Common bean is still taken as a priority crop in many areas and it is a crop for export serving as a cash crop.’ Research on the bean as well as other crops will continue in the future too.” The two new maize varieties released in 2017 are clear indications of the University’s commitment to improve the livelihoods of the community.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\">The preparation and distribution of manuals along with technologies, the speed of technology dissemination, and the application and sever effect of chemicals on <em>Khat</em> were also issues raised during the discussion. Dr. Abera Deressa, the University’s Board Member, emphasized that research on <em>Khat</em> is not a priority for the Ethiopian Government and neither is it for Haramaya University; Prof. Nigussie iterated the University would not allocate public fund for undertaking research on the crop due to policy reasons. 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Our community engagement support is possible only when the community starts doing something and requires additional support from us. It cannot allocate the budget it receives from the government treasury to construct schools.” In line with this Dr. Abera said, “We […] need to know [the] responsibilities of the University. The major responsibility is human power development (teaching) while research and community engagement are the additional responsibilities …. All the different ministries and offices have their own responsibilities to fulfill. Educational offices should also fulfill their responsibilities and the University may support them.”</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\">“The second rank the Grawa Hospital obtained among the hospitals in Oromia Region is because of the tremendous support it has obtained from the University,” said a representative from Gurawa. “But the BENEFIT-ISSD Project should also work in Gurawa Woreda, in addition to their ‘road-side’ efforts.” Mr. Dendena Gelmessa responded, the BENEFIT-ISSD Project is trying to include more woredas under its umbrella and Gurawa may be one of them.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\">Dr. Jemal Yousuf, Vice-president for Research Affairs, gave response to questions regarding groundwater potential and assessment in neighboring areas and he said identification and location of potential groundwater resource has already been secured, and implementation in collaboration with stakeholders will take place in the near future.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/10.3.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5219 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/10.3.-photo-300x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" /></a>The Annual Review was held from 6-8 April, 2017 and more than 430 individuals attended the event. 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(5266, 1, '2019-02-16 06:45:23', '2019-02-16 06:45:23', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Community Engagement Necessary in Research Works</strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The 34<sup>th</sup> Annual Research, Extension and Community Engagement Review and Exhibition was held in Haramaya University’s Afran Kallo Hall and Resource Center for three consecutive days. The review was started with a discussion session with Eastern and Western Hararghe stakeholders. In attendance were model farmers, Development Agents (DAs), community elders, woreda and district administration representative and the HU’s managerial staff together with the University’s community. The discussion that was held in the local language, Afan Oromo gave the opportunity for the locals to express their concerns and appreciations with no difficulty.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\">Four presentations were made focusing on research extension activities of the University, activities undertaken by BENEFIT-ISSD in the area, community engagement and watershed management activities before the floor was opened for discussion. Many of the farmers were happy with the progress the University has made following the discussion they had last year on the 33<sup>rd</sup> Annual Review and expressed their gratitude.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\">One model farmer expressed his appreciation for the fact that the University has acknowledged the need to work with the community, and raised whether or not research work on mango disease, which has become a severe threat to mango production in Babile area given enough attention. In response to this question, Prof. Nigussie Dechassa, Vice-president for Academic Affairs, said some activities are going on mango involving experts and professionals. In addition to these activities, a postgraduate student is also working on his PhD in mango, and hopefully, disease prevention and identification of insects that damage the fruit will also be taken as a research agenda by the University’s researchers.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\">The University’s focus on what the farmers called ‘less priority crops’ was another issue raised and it was commented that the University has not reduce its researches only to common beans and the ‘less priority crops’, rather its researchers and extension workers are heavily invested on crops such as maize and sorghum which are taken as the priority crops in the area. Prof. Nigussie said, “Common bean is still taken as a priority crop in many areas and it is a crop for export serving as a cash crop.’ Research on the bean as well as other crops will continue in the future too.” The two new maize varieties released in 2017 are clear indications of the University’s commitment to improve the livelihoods of the community.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\">The preparation and distribution of manuals along with technologies, the speed of technology dissemination, and the application and sever effect of chemicals on <em>Khat</em> were also issues raised during the discussion. Dr. Abera Deressa, the University’s Board Member, emphasized that research on <em>Khat</em> is not a priority for the Ethiopian Government and neither is it for Haramaya University; Prof. Nigussie iterated the University would not allocate public fund for undertaking research on the crop due to policy reasons. 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It cannot allocate the budget it receives from the government treasury to construct schools.” In line with this Dr. Abera said, “We […] need to know [the] responsibilities of the University. The major responsibility is human power development (teaching) while research and community engagement are the additional responsibilities …. All the different ministries and offices have their own responsibilities to fulfill. 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(5267, 1, '2019-02-16 06:56:48', '2019-02-16 06:56:48', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Community Engagement Necessary in Research Works</strong></span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #000000;\">The 34<sup>th</sup> Annual Research, Extension and Community Engagement Review and Exhibition was held in Haramaya University’s Afran Kallo Hall and Resource Center for three consecutive days. The review was started with a discussion session with Eastern and Western Hararghe stakeholders. In attendance were model farmers, Development Agents (DAs), community elders, woreda and district administration representative and the HU’s managerial staff together with the University’s community. The discussion that was held in the local language, Afan Oromo gave the opportunity for the locals to express their concerns and appreciations with no difficulty.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/10.1.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5217 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/10.1.-photo-300x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" /></a>Four presentations were made focusing on research extension activities of the University, activities undertaken by BENEFIT-ISSD in the area, community engagement and watershed management activities before the floor was opened for discussion. Many of the farmers were happy with the progress the University has made following the discussion they had last year on the 33<sup>rd</sup> Annual Review and expressed their gratitude.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\">One model farmer expressed his appreciation for the fact that the University has acknowledged the need to work with the community, and raised whether or not research work on mango disease, which has become a severe threat to mango production in Babile area given enough attention. In response to this question, Prof. Nigussie Dechassa, Vice-president for Academic Affairs, said some activities are going on mango involving experts and professionals. In addition to these activities, a postgraduate student is also working on his PhD in mango, and hopefully, disease prevention and identification of insects that damage the fruit will also be taken as a research agenda by the University’s researchers.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\">The University’s focus on what the farmers called ‘less priority crops’ was another issue raised and it was commented that the University has not reduce its researches only to common beans and the ‘less priority crops’, rather its researchers and extension workers are heavily invested on crops such as maize and sorghum which are taken as the priority crops in the area. Prof. Nigussie said, “Common bean is still taken as a priority crop in many areas and it is a crop for export serving as a cash crop.’ Research on the bean as well as other crops will continue in the future too.” The two new maize varieties released in 2017 are clear indications of the University’s commitment to improve the livelihoods of the community.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\">The preparation and distribution of manuals along with technologies, the speed of technology dissemination, and the application and sever effect of chemicals on <em>Khat</em> were also issues raised during the discussion. Dr. Abera Deressa, the University’s Board Member, emphasized that research on <em>Khat</em> is not a priority for the Ethiopian Government and neither is it for Haramaya University; Prof. Nigussie iterated the University would not allocate public fund for undertaking research on the crop due to policy reasons. As for the preparation and distribution of manuals for newly adopted and released technologies, the manuals are prepared in the local languages, and are ready to be disseminated, but the University would also take it under advisement to provide manuals simultaneously with the release of technologies.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/10.2.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5218\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/10.2.-photo-300x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"303\" height=\"101\" /></a>Opening up new primary schools in various rural areas and the support given to schools was also raised up by one attendee, and Prof. Kebede W/Tsadik, Vice-president for Community Engagement and Enterprise Development said, “More than 100 high schools have been supported. We cannot address all requests. We only do limited support. Our community engagement support is possible only when the community starts doing something and requires additional support from us. It cannot allocate the budget it receives from the government treasury to construct schools.” In line with this Dr. Abera said, “We […] need to know [the] responsibilities of the University. The major responsibility is human power development (teaching) while research and community engagement are the additional responsibilities …. All the different ministries and offices have their own responsibilities to fulfill. Educational offices should also fulfill their responsibilities and the University may support them.”</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\">“The second rank the Grawa Hospital obtained among the hospitals in Oromia Region is because of the tremendous support it has obtained from the University,” said a representative from Gurawa. “But the BENEFIT-ISSD Project should also work in Gurawa Woreda, in addition to their ‘road-side’ efforts.” Mr. Dendena Gelmessa responded, the BENEFIT-ISSD Project is trying to include more woredas under its umbrella and Gurawa may be one of them.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\">Dr. Jemal Yousuf, Vice-president for Research Affairs, gave response to questions regarding groundwater potential and assessment in neighboring areas and he said identification and location of potential groundwater resource has already been secured, and implementation in collaboration with stakeholders will take place in the near future.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/10.3.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5219 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/10.3.-photo-300x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" /></a>The Annual Review was held from 6-8 April, 2017 and more than 430 individuals attended the event. 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(5268, 1, '2019-02-16 06:57:08', '2019-02-16 06:57:08', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Community Engagement Necessary in Research Works</strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #000000;\">The 34<sup>th</sup> Annual Research, Extension and Community Engagement Review and Exhibition was held in Haramaya University’s Afran Kallo Hall and Resource Center for three consecutive days. The review was started with a discussion session with Eastern and Western Hararghe stakeholders. In attendance were model farmers, Development Agents (DAs), community elders, woreda and district administration representative and the HU’s managerial staff together with the University’s community. The discussion that was held in the local language, Afan Oromo gave the opportunity for the locals to express their concerns and appreciations with no difficulty.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/10.1.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5217 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/10.1.-photo-300x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" /></a>Four presentations were made focusing on research extension activities of the University, activities undertaken by BENEFIT-ISSD in the area, community engagement and watershed management activities before the floor was opened for discussion. Many of the farmers were happy with the progress the University has made following the discussion they had last year on the 33<sup>rd</sup> Annual Review and expressed their gratitude.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\">One model farmer expressed his appreciation for the fact that the University has acknowledged the need to work with the community, and raised whether or not research work on mango disease, which has become a severe threat to mango production in Babile area given enough attention. In response to this question, Prof. Nigussie Dechassa, Vice-president for Academic Affairs, said some activities are going on mango involving experts and professionals. In addition to these activities, a postgraduate student is also working on his PhD in mango, and hopefully, disease prevention and identification of insects that damage the fruit will also be taken as a research agenda by the University’s researchers.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\">The University’s focus on what the farmers called ‘less priority crops’ was another issue raised and it was commented that the University has not reduce its researches only to common beans and the ‘less priority crops’, rather its researchers and extension workers are heavily invested on crops such as maize and sorghum which are taken as the priority crops in the area. Prof. Nigussie said, “Common bean is still taken as a priority crop in many areas and it is a crop for export serving as a cash crop.’ Research on the bean as well as other crops will continue in the future too.” The two new maize varieties released in 2017 are clear indications of the University’s commitment to improve the livelihoods of the community.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\">The preparation and distribution of manuals along with technologies, the speed of technology dissemination, and the application and sever effect of chemicals on <em>Khat</em> were also issues raised during the discussion. Dr. Abera Deressa, the University’s Board Member, emphasized that research on <em>Khat</em> is not a priority for the Ethiopian Government and neither is it for Haramaya University; Prof. Nigussie iterated the University would not allocate public fund for undertaking research on the crop due to policy reasons. As for the preparation and distribution of manuals for newly adopted and released technologies, the manuals are prepared in the local languages, and are ready to be disseminated, but the University would also take it under advisement to provide manuals simultaneously with the release of technologies.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/10.2.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5218\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/10.2.-photo-300x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"303\" height=\"101\" /></a>Opening up new primary schools in various rural areas and the support given to schools was also raised up by one attendee, and Prof. Kebede W/Tsadik, Vice-president for Community Engagement and Enterprise Development said, “More than 100 high schools have been supported. We cannot address all requests. We only do limited support. Our community engagement support is possible only when the community starts doing something and requires additional support from us. It cannot allocate the budget it receives from the government treasury to construct schools.” In line with this Dr. Abera said, “We […] need to know [the] responsibilities of the University. The major responsibility is human power development (teaching) while research and community engagement are the additional responsibilities …. All the different ministries and offices have their own responsibilities to fulfill. 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(5269, 1, '2019-02-16 07:15:22', '2019-02-16 07:15:22', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fair planet in collaboration with Haramaya University and different organizations held an open day on vegetable production technology at the main campus of the University on April 29, 2017.<a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/9.1.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5215 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/9.1.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On the occasion, the founder of the organization, Dr. Shoshan Haran, acknowledged the collaboration of different organizations including Haramaya University, the regional Bureau of Agriculture, different seed companies, the Netherlands Government and Israeli volunteers for the realization of Fair Planet’s missions. She noted that Fair Planet is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to increase food security and provide new economic opportunities for farmers stuck in poverty. She indicated that Fair Planet is engaged in a unique and long-term technology transfer process: by facilitating access of smallholder farmers to seeds of the highest-quality vegetable varieties suitable for their needs, and at the same time, training them to use these seeds.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dr. Haran further pointed out that seed companies provide access to their existing high quality varieties and respective know-how; eventually, they will gain access to new markets created through Fair Planet’s activities and ensure sustainable supply of seeds to smallholder farmers. Likewise, farmers gain access to high-quality seeds which enables them to grow and sell significant yields with minimal changes in their production technologies. The increased yield and additional income of these farmers will provide their families with greater food security along with new economic and educational opportunities.<a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/9.2.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5216 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/9.2.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dr. Allon Haberfeld, a vegetable breeder from the Fair Planet team, disclosed that on the current year, Fair Planet has tested 34 tomato, 24 hot pepper and 13 onion varieties at Haramaya University. He indicated that, from previous seasons’ results, four varieties selected and released were tested on 70 farmers’ fields in Haramaya District and Harari Regional State. He noted that, from previous season’s harvest, farmers on average earned 20 to 30 thousand Birr from one-tenth of a hectare in Haramaya area while results from Dire Dawa showed 40 to 50 thousand Birr on similar plot of land.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">University Officials, experts, development agents and farmers recognized and praised the work done by Fair Planet, particularly by the Israeli volunteers. They promised to collaborate with Fair Planet and Haramaya University and adopt the technology to their system because of its sustainability.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Representative of Dire Dawa Bureau of Agriculture, Mr. Mohammed, shared his experience and said they have already scaled up the technology and reached over 500 farmers during 2016 summer and that they are planning to reach more than 1000 farmers in 2017 summer. Likewise, Harai Region Bureau of Agriculture representative, Mr. Zekaria, acknowledged the technology of Fair Planet. Though they started late on 18 farmers’ fields and didn’t see the final result of the training and technology transfer activity yet, from what they observed so far, he indicated that they are satisfied and plan to scale it up to 500 farmers in the next fiscal year.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/9.4.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5233 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/9.4.-photo-300x99.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"99\" /></a>Haramaya District, on the other hand, was found to be low adopter of the technology because of farmers’ fear that tomato and other warm season vegetables could be damaged by frost in addition to sensitivity to foliar diseases during rainy periods. 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(5270, 1, '2019-02-16 07:15:22', '2019-02-16 07:15:22', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fair planet in collaboration with Haramaya University and different organizations held an open day on vegetable production technology at the main campus of the University on April 29, 2017.<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5215 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/9.1.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the occasion, the founder of the organization, Dr. Shoshan Haran, acknowledged the collaboration of different organizations including Haramaya University, the regional Bureau of Agriculture, different seed companies, the Netherlands Government and Israeli volunteers for the realization of Fair Planet’s missions. She noted that Fair Planet is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to increase food security and provide new economic opportunities for farmers stuck in poverty. She indicated that Fair Planet is engaged in a unique and long-term technology transfer process: by facilitating access of smallholder farmers to seeds of the highest-quality vegetable varieties suitable for their needs, and at the same time, training them to use these seeds.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. Haran further pointed out that seed companies provide access to their existing high quality varieties and respective know-how; eventually, they will gain access to new markets created through Fair Planet’s activities and ensure sustainable supply of seeds to smallholder farmers. Likewise, farmers gain access to high-quality seeds which enables them to grow and sell significant yields with minimal changes in their production technologies. The increased yield and additional income of these farmers will provide their families with greater food security along with new economic and educational opportunities.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. Allon Haberfeld, a vegetable breeder from the Fair Planet team, disclosed that on the current year, Fair Planet has tested 34 tomato, 24 hot pepper and 13 onion varieties at Haramaya University. He indicated that, from previous seasons’ results, four varieties selected and released were tested on 70 farmers’ fields in Haramaya District and Harari Regional State. He noted that, from previous season’s harvest, farmers on average earned 20 to 30 thousand Birr from one-tenth of a hectare in Haramaya area while results from Dire Dawa showed 40 to 50 thousand Birr on similar plot of land.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">University Officials, experts, development agents and farmers recognized and praised the work done by Fair Planet, particularly by the Israeli volunteers. They promised to collaborate with Fair Planet and Haramaya University and adopt the technology to their system because of its sustainability.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Representative of Dire Dawa Bureau of Agriculture, Mr. Mohammed, shared his experience and said they have already scaled up the technology and reached over 500 farmers during 2016 summer and that they are planning to reach more than 1000 farmers in 2017 summer. Likewise, Harai Region Bureau of Agriculture representative, Mr. Zekaria, acknowledged the technology of Fair Planet. Though they started late on 18 farmers’ fields and didn’t see the final result of the training and technology transfer activity yet, from what they observed so far, he indicated that they are satisfied and plan to scale it up to 500 farmers in the next fiscal year.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Harmaya District, on the other hand, was found to be low adopter of the technology because of farmers’ fear that tomato and other warm season vegetables could be damaged by frost in addition to sensitivity to foliar diseases during rainy periods. However, after two years of training and demonstration, some farmers have changed their attitudes and started showing interest. As a result, the district’s Bureau of Agriculture has disclosed its plan to scale up the program at least to 500 farmers during next season using irrigation.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Finally, participants visited the experimental field in Haramaya University as well as some of the farmers’ fields and showed great enthusiasm seeing the activities underway.</p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'Fair planet holds open day on vegetable production technology at Haramaya University', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5269-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 07:15:22', '2019-02-16 07:15:22', '', 5269, 'http://localhost/?p=5270', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5272, 1, '2019-02-16 07:28:59', '2019-02-16 07:28:59', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fair planet in collaboration with Haramaya University and different organizations held an open day on vegetable production technology at the main campus of the University on April 29, 2017.<a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/9.1.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5215 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/9.1.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the occasion, the founder of the organization, Dr. Shoshan Haran, acknowledged the collaboration of different organizations including Haramaya University, the regional Bureau of Agriculture, different seed companies, the Netherlands Government and Israeli volunteers for the realization of Fair Planet’s missions. 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(5273, 1, '2019-02-16 07:30:09', '2019-02-16 07:30:09', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fair planet in collaboration with Haramaya University and different organizations held an open day on vegetable production technology at the main campus of the University on April 29, 2017.<a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/9.1.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5215 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/9.1.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On the occasion, the founder of the organization, Dr. Shoshan Haran, acknowledged the collaboration of different organizations including Haramaya University, the regional Bureau of Agriculture, different seed companies, the Netherlands Government and Israeli volunteers for the realization of Fair Planet’s missions. 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(5274, 1, '2019-02-16 07:40:08', '2019-02-16 07:40:08', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Office of Research Affairs has celebrated Tony Farm Day on May 23, 2017. The event took place at Tony Farm in Dire Dawa City Administration recognizing site mangers from the 10 sites under Haramaya University. Nine individuals from these sites were given recognition for the work they have done so far.</span>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8.1-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5276 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8.1-photo-300x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" /></a>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">According to Mr. Admkew Haile, Director for Research Facilities Management Directorate, Tony Farm was selected to host the event based on the tremendous work being undertaken at the site. He said, “Within this budget year, 3841 farmers have been reached by the Office in collaboration with other stakeholders.” Mr. Admkew added that the support given so far scales 6 million Birr.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5227 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8.2.-photo-300x119.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"119\" />Dr. Jema Yousuf, Vice-president for Research Affairs, expressed his delight and emphasized that the encouragement and recognition would still continue in the future. He said, “Those who were recognized here [on the event] achieved what they set out to do only with the help of the rest of the employees and this is also a recognition to all of you all.”</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Many of the workers were very glad for the occasion and recognition as it shows the University’s commitment to support them in their work. Mr. Asayehegn, a Tony Farm worker, said, “Because the University has been encouraging us, this was possible. We would like to thank the University management for giving us their time like this and for recognizing the efforts that we have put through.”</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8.3.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5228 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8.3.-photo-300x93.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"93\" /></a>The conflict with Dire Dawa University on the ownership of the Farm, lack of transportation to transport the farm products, lack of manpower and limitation of water resources together with water pipelines were issues raised during the discussion session. The employees have also raised the lack of clinic and transportation. They said the University should allocate a vehicle to the Farm so when employees are injured while working on field, they can be taken to health facilities immediately.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In response to these requests and inquiries, Dr. Jemal said the Office could arrange for a multi-purpose tractor to be bought for the site so that employees do not have to carry the farm products. He said it might be hard to establish a clinic for the number of the employees in the Farm are limited but the University could arrange for medical treatments at health facilities around the area.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Dr. Mengistu Ketema, Director for Research Extension and Publications Directorate, said the issue with Dire Dawa University is being handled by the boards of the two universities and there is hope that then situation will be conducted and solved in a civilized manner. The University has made contact with DDU and is awaiting their response on the matter.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5213 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8.4.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />This is the second time that the Office has held such an event and the Farm workers have said this trend should continue in other sites as well as other offices of the University. The Farm workers presented gifts to the Office, Mr. Admikew Haile and Mr. Shibru Wakjira, Site Manager for Tony Farm.</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'University Celebrates Tony Farm Day', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'university-celebrates-tony-farm-day', '', '', '2019-02-16 07:44:15', '2019-02-16 07:44:15', '', 0, 'http://localhost/?p=5274', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(5277, 1, '2019-02-16 07:40:08', '2019-02-16 07:40:08', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Office of Research Affairs has celebrated Tony Farm Day on May 23, 2017. The event took place at Tony Farm in Dire Dawa City Administration recognizing site mangers from the 10 sites under Haramaya University. Nine individuals from these sites were given recognition for the work they have done so far.</span>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8.1-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5276 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8.1-photo-300x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" /></a>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">According to Mr. Admkew Haile, Director for Research Facilities Management Directorate, Tony Farm was selected to host the event based on the tremendous work being undertaken at the site. He said, “Within this budget year, 3841 farmers have been reached by the Office in collaboration with other stakeholders.” Mr. Admkew added that the support given so far scales 6 million Birr.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5227 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8.2.-photo-300x119.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"119\" />Dr. Jema Yousuf, Vice-president for Research Affairs, expressed his delight and emphasized that the encouragement and recognition would still continue in the future. He said, “Those who were recognized here [on the event] achieved what they set out to do only with the help of the rest of the employees and this is also a recognition to all of you all.”</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Many of the workers were very glad for the occasion and recognition as it shows the University’s commitment to support them in their work. Mr. Asayehegn, a Tony Farm worker, said, “Because the University has been encouraging us, this was possible. We would like to thank the University management for giving us their time like this and for recognizing the efforts that we have put through.”</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8.3.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5228 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8.3.-photo-300x93.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"93\" /></a>The conflict with Dire Dawa University on the ownership of the Farm, lack of transportation to transport the farm products, lack of manpower and limitation of water resources together with water pipelines were issues raised during the discussion session. The employees have also raised the lack of clinic and transportation. They said the University should allocate a vehicle to the Farm so when employees are injured while working on field, they can be taken to health facilities immediately.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In response to these requests and inquiries, Dr. Jemal said the Office could arrange for a multi-purpose tractor to be bought for the site so that employees do not have to carry the farm products. He said it might be hard to establish a clinic for the number of the employees in the Farm are limited but the University could arrange for medical treatments at health facilities around the area.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Dr. Mengistu Ketema, Director for Research Extension and Publications Directorate, said the issue with Dire Dawa University is being handled by the boards of the two universities and there is hope that then situation will be conducted and solved in a civilized manner. The University has made contact with DDU and is awaiting their response on the matter.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5213 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8.4.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />This is the second time that the Office has held such an event and the Farm workers have said this trend should continue in other sites as well as other offices of the University. The Farm workers presented gifts to the Office, Mr. Admikew Haile and Mr. Shibru Wakjira, Site Manager for Tony Farm.</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'University Celebrates Tony Farm Day', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5274-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 07:40:08', '2019-02-16 07:40:08', '', 5274, 'http://localhost/?p=5277', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5278, 1, '2019-02-16 07:40:26', '2019-02-16 07:40:26', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Office of Research Affairs has celebrated Tony Farm Day on May 23, 2017. The event took place at Tony Farm in Dire Dawa City Administration recognizing site mangers from the 10 sites under Haramaya University. Nine individuals from these sites were given recognition for the work they have done so far.</span>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8.1-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5276 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8.1-photo-300x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" /></a>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">According to Mr. Admkew Haile, Director for Research Facilities Management Directorate, Tony Farm was selected to host the event based on the tremendous work being undertaken at the site. He said, “Within this budget year, 3841 farmers have been reached by the Office in collaboration with other stakeholders.” Mr. Admkew added that the support given so far scales 6 million Birr.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5227 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8.2.-photo-300x119.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"119\" />Dr. Jema Yousuf, Vice-president for Research Affairs, expressed his delight and emphasized that the encouragement and recognition would still continue in the future. He said, “Those who were recognized here [on the event] achieved what they set out to do only with the help of the rest of the employees and this is also a recognition to all of you all.”</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Many of the workers were very glad for the occasion and recognition as it shows the University’s commitment to support them in their work. Mr. Asayehegn, a Tony Farm worker, said, “Because the University has been encouraging us, this was possible. We would like to thank the University management for giving us their time like this and for recognizing the efforts that we have put through.”</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8.3.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5228 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8.3.-photo-300x93.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"93\" /></a>The conflict with Dire Dawa University on the ownership of the Farm, lack of transportation to transport the farm products, lack of manpower and limitation of water resources together with water pipelines were issues raised during the discussion session. The employees have also raised the lack of clinic and transportation. They said the University should allocate a vehicle to the Farm so when employees are injured while working on field, they can be taken to health facilities immediately.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In response to these requests and inquiries, Dr. Jemal said the Office could arrange for a multi-purpose tractor to be bought for the site so that employees do not have to carry the farm products. He said it might be hard to establish a clinic for the number of the employees in the Farm are limited but the University could arrange for medical treatments at health facilities around the area.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Dr. Mengistu Ketema, Director for Research Extension and Publications Directorate, said the issue with Dire Dawa University is being handled by the boards of the two universities and there is hope that then situation will be conducted and solved in a civilized manner. The University has made contact with DDU and is awaiting their response on the matter.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5213 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8.4.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />This is the second time that the Office has held such an event and the Farm workers have said this trend should continue in other sites as well as other offices of the University. The Farm workers presented gifts to the Office, Mr. Admikew Haile and Mr. Shibru Wakjira, Site Manager for Tony Farm.</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'University Celebrates Tony Farm Day', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5274-autosave-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 07:40:26', '2019-02-16 07:40:26', '', 5274, 'http://localhost/?p=5278', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5279, 1, '2019-02-16 07:53:09', '2019-02-16 07:53:09', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fair Planet, an Israeli non-profit organization has organized an Annual Open Day in collaboration with Haramaya University on February 24, 2018.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Annual Open Day was commenced by visiting farming fields at Tony Farm, Dire Dawa. During the event, panel discussion was held with concerned government officials, researchers, farmers and other stakeholders. The founder of Fair Planet, Dr. Shoshan Haran , has  welcomed the honorable guests and participants of the panel discussion. In her opening speech, she has asserted that the goal of the Fair Planet project is to improve productivity and income of  the Ethiopian small holder farmers.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5206 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/7.1.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />Dr. Shoshan said, “Some of the main problems of Ethiopian farmers are susceptibility of local seed varieties to pests and diseases. By making high quality vegetable seeds, suitable to local condition, accessible and affordable to local farmers, the problems can be minimized.”</span>\r\n\r\n</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5207 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/7.2.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />Professor Kebede Woldetsadik, Vice President for Community Engagement and Enterprise Development of Haramaya University, stated that the transfer of agricultural technologies are run and led by Israeli volunteers. He added that the technologies have got acceptance from Farmers’ Training center, model farmers and other stakeholders.</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5207\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/7.2.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5208\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/7.3.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Speaking on the occasion, The Federal Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Eyasu Abreha said, “In order to enhance our farmers’ productivity, we have to assist technically, technologically and morally”.  He emphasized that farmers should not face scarcity of seeds and technologies important for production.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5212 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/7.5.-photo-300x97.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"97\" /></span></p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'Fair Planet organizes an Annual Open Day in Dire Dawa Tony Farm', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'fair-planet-organizes-an-annual-open-day-in-dire-dawa-tony-farm', '', '', '2019-02-16 07:53:09', '2019-02-16 07:53:09', '', 0, 'http://localhost/?p=5279', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(5281, 1, '2019-02-16 07:54:24', '2019-02-16 07:54:24', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fair Planet, an Israeli non-profit organization has organized an Annual Open Day in collaboration with Haramaya University on February 24, 2018.</span></p>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Annual Open Day was commenced by visiting farming fields at Tony Farm, Dire Dawa. During the event, panel discussion was held with concerned government officials, researchers, farmers and other stakeholders. The founder of Fair Planet, Dr. Shoshan Haran , has  welcomed the honorable guests and participants of the panel discussion. In her opening speech, she has asserted that the goal of the Fair Planet project is to improve productivity and income of  the Ethiopian small holder farmers.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5206 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/7.1.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />Dr. Shoshan said, “Some of the main problems of Ethiopian farmers are susceptibility of local seed varieties to pests and diseases. By making high quality vegetable seeds, suitable to local condition, accessible and affordable to local farmers, the problems can be minimized.”</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5207 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/7.2.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />Professor Kebede Woldetsadik, Vice President for Community Engagement and Enterprise Development of Haramaya University, stated that the transfer of agricultural technologies are run and led by Israeli volunteers. He added that the technologies have got acceptance from Farmers’ Training center, model farmers and other stakeholders.</span></p>\n&nbsp;\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5207 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/7.2.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /> <img class=\"wp-image-5208 alignnone\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/7.3.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"189\" />\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Speaking on the occasion, The Federal Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Eyasu Abreha said, “In order to enhance our farmers’ productivity, we have to assist technically, technologically and morally”.  He emphasized that farmers should not face scarcity of seeds and technologies important for production.</span>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5212 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/7.5.-photo-300x97.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"97\" /></span></p>\n&nbsp;', 'Fair Planet organizes an Annual Open Day in Dire Dawa Tony Farm', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5279-autosave-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 07:54:24', '2019-02-16 07:54:24', '', 5279, 'http://localhost/?p=5281', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5282, 1, '2019-02-16 08:00:07', '2019-02-16 08:00:07', '<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Annual Research, Extension and Community Engagement Workshop Conducted</span></h1>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The 35<sup>th</sup> Annual Research, Extension and Community Engagement Workshop was conducted at Haramaya University from March 29-31, 2018.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The workshop has always been a way for a dialogue between the University and members of the community as well as governmental and non-governmental organizations, Farmer Training Centers (FTCs), model farmers and coops and unions.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/6.1.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5201\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/6.1.-photo-300x94.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"316\" height=\"99\" /></a>Dr. Jemal Yousuf, Vice-president for Research Affairs, in his key note speech said, “In order for us [the University and its community] to remain competitive, in addition to conducting cutting-edge scientific research, we are also expected to serve as intellectual hubs, providing knowledge, support, and innovative solutions to local communities, government sectors and other stakeholders. 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The certificate was issued based on the Seed Proclamation No. 782/2013 Article 20 to produce crop seeds of certified class. 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(5283, 1, '2019-02-16 08:00:07', '2019-02-16 08:00:07', '<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Annual Research, Extension and Community Engagement Workshop Conducted</span></h1>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The 35<sup>th</sup> Annual Research, Extension and Community Engagement Workshop was conducted at Haramaya University from March 29-31, 2018.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The workshop has always been a way for a dialogue between the University and members of the community as well as governmental and non-governmental organizations, Farmer Training Centers (FTCs), model farmers and coops and unions.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/6.1.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5201\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/6.1.-photo-300x94.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"316\" height=\"99\" /></a>Dr. Jemal Yousuf, Vice-president for Research Affairs, in his key note speech said, “In order for us [the University and its community] to remain competitive, in addition to conducting cutting-edge scientific research, we are also expected to serve as intellectual hubs, providing knowledge, support, and innovative solutions to local communities, government sectors and other stakeholders. 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(5284, 1, '2019-02-16 08:00:48', '2019-02-16 08:00:48', '<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Annual Research, Extension and Community Engagement Workshop Conducted</span></h1>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The 35<sup>th</sup> Annual Research, Extension and Community Engagement Workshop was conducted at Haramaya University from March 29-31, 2018.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The workshop has always been a way for a dialogue between the University and members of the community as well as governmental and non-governmental organizations, Farmer Training Centers (FTCs), model farmers and coops and unions.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/6.1.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5201\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/6.1.-photo-300x94.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"316\" height=\"99\" /></a>Dr. Jemal Yousuf, Vice-president for Research Affairs, in his key note speech said, “In order for us [the University and its community] to remain competitive, in addition to conducting cutting-edge scientific research, we are also expected to serve as intellectual hubs, providing knowledge, support, and innovative solutions to local communities, government sectors and other stakeholders. For this purpose, we need to establish effective and meaningful partnership with local private and public sectors players to establish regional center of excellence, innovation hubs, and state of the art laboratories, digital/data centers that would enable informed research and development interventions among others.”</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/6.2.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5202 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/6.2.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>Prof. Chemeda Fininssa, President of the University, on his part said, “The efforts and achievements of the University’s research and extension should be supported by research in order to transform the new technology contribution for the national development.” He further explained that the University is working its part to contribute for the sector transformation by producing skilled manpower, conducting cutting-edge researches on the sector and giving short term training for cooperatives.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The first day of the workshop saw more than 370 participants and Competence Assurance Certificate was given to nine cooperatives the University works with. The certificate was issued based on the Seed Proclamation No. 782/2013 Article 20 to produce crop seeds of certified class. The seed multiplication cooperatives: Awbare (wheat), Haji Faji (potato), Lelisa Ifadin (sorghum), Oda Ifa (maize), Bishan Babile (maize), Fula Hunda Tofik (maize), Awsherif Barisa (maize), Lega Hamaresa (maize) and Jalela Gudina (maize &amp; wheat) have shown promising progress and the University has awarded their hard work through recognizing their potential and certifying them so that they are able to produce crop seeds of certified class and provide for the market.<img class=\" wp-image-5203 alignright\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/6.3.-photo-300x97.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"118\" /></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Four presentations were made focusing on research extension activities of the University, activities undertaken by BENEFIT-ISSD in the area, community engagement and watershed management activities before the floor was opened for discussion. Many of the farmers were happy with the progress the University has made following the discussion they had last year on the 34<sup>th</sup> annual workshop and expressed their gratitude. The overall Internet presence of the journals under the Office was also indicated and the two AJOL indexed journals: East African Journal of Sciences and Law Review have had 4000 and 800 per month download and 33 and 38 country views were recorded respectively. The Office has also improved its webpage and has added new features on the University’s official website. Now, externally funded projects, articles published by researchers from the University, and project and article registration as well as other office forms can be found and downloaded from the website.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Another addition to this year’s workshop is the availability of policy briefs to participants. 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(5285, 1, '2019-02-16 08:06:36', '2019-02-16 08:06:36', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5195 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/5-logo-Office-Celebrates-Tony-Day-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />Office of the Vice-president for Research Affairs celebrated Tony Day for the third time on July 17, 2018 at the University’s Dire Dawa Tony Farm.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Office has organized this event in order to appreciate the workers on their hard work and to have a discussion on issues of concerns.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to Mr. Shibiru Wakjira, Dire Dawa Tony Farm Site Manager, this year alone 3800 citrus family seedlings have been made available to the surrounding community. The farm has been serving as a research site and demonstration field for Haramaya University researchers and students as well as different projects.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Many projects, regional agricultural offices and organizations working on agriculture and related fields have taken seedlings and varieties of many crops, vegetables and fruits because of the good performance and quality produces they have found at the farm.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The farm has added mango and spinach researches this year. In previous trials mango research has been a failure in Dire Dawa and its surrounding areas. Areas surrounding Eror have been ideal for mango production. But with the introduction and adoption of new mango varieties, the site is hoping for a fruitful result.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5198\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/5.3.-photo-300x109.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" /> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5197\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/5.2.-photo-300x105.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"105\" /></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Chaya research was first initiated by a Mrs. Bekelu who brought the spinach variety to the University’s attention. This variety has vitamin A, B, C, and K and other minerals and it is used as a salad in many western countries. The variety has not been released to the community’s consumption as research is being conducted on it.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\" wp-image-5199 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/5.4.-photo-300x89.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"313\" height=\"93\" /></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Issues of uniform, border issues with Dire Dawa University and overtime payments were some of the issues raised by the farm workers. Dr. Nega Assefa, Delegate of the Office of the Research Affairs, and Mr. Desta Reta from Human Resource Management and Development Directorate gave responses and promised to bring some of the issues to the appropriate bodies in the University’s administration.</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'Office Celebrates Tony Day', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'office-celebrates-tony-day', '', '', '2019-02-16 08:08:09', '2019-02-16 08:08:09', '', 0, 'http://localhost/?p=5285', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5286, 1, '2019-02-16 08:06:36', '2019-02-16 08:06:36', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5195 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/5-logo-Office-Celebrates-Tony-Day-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />Office of the Vice-president for Research Affairs celebrated Tony Day for the third time on July 17, 2018 at the University’s Dire Dawa Tony Farm.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Office has organized this event in order to appreciate the workers on their hard work and to have a discussion on issues of concerns.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Mr. Shibiru Wakjira, Dire Dawa Tony Farm Site Manager, this year alone 3800 citrus family seedlings have been made available to the surrounding community. The farm has been serving as a research site and demonstration field for Haramaya University researchers and students as well as different projects.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many projects, regional agricultural offices and organizations working on agriculture and related fields have taken seedlings and varieties of many crops, vegetables and fruits because of the good performance and quality produces they have found at the farm.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The farm has added mango and spinach researches this year. In previous trials mango research has been a failure in Dire Dawa and its surrounding areas. Areas surrounding Eror have been ideal for mango production. But with the introduction and adoption of new mango varieties, the site is hoping for a fruitful result.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5198\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/5.3.-photo-300x109.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" /> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5197\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/5.2.-photo-300x105.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"105\" /></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Chaya research was first initiated by a Mrs. Bekelu who brought the spinach variety to the University’s attention. This variety has vitamin A, B, C, and K and other minerals and it is used as a salad in many western countries. The variety has not been released to the community’s consumption as research is being conducted on it.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\" wp-image-5199 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/5.4.-photo-300x89.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"313\" height=\"93\" /></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Issues of uniform, border issues with Dire Dawa University and overtime payments were some of the issues raised by the farm workers. Dr. Nega Assefa, Delegate of the Office of the Research Affairs, and Mr. Desta Reta from Human Resource Management and Development Directorate gave responses and promised to bring some of the issues to the appropriate bodies in the University’s administration.</p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'Office Celebrates Tony Day', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5285-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 08:06:36', '2019-02-16 08:06:36', '', 5285, 'http://localhost/?p=5286', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5288, 1, '2019-02-16 08:12:04', '2019-02-16 08:12:04', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>RUFORUM Biennial Conference 2018 Officially Commences</strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Sixth African Higher Education Week was started with many side events until the Biennial Conference was officially commenced on 22nd Oct. 2018.<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5193 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/4.1.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> The two weeks event is expected to be influential seeing that it has grown its participants from 380 from 25 countries to 900 expected from 37 countries this year. The membership of universities has also increased to 105 in number.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">HU Booth was visited by the University’s Former President Prof. Belay Kassa among others</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Given the lack of communication and information of activities in universities despite their massive generation of knowledge through research, innovations and skilled manpower production, RUFORUM saw it fit to organize a training session whereby Public Relations Officers and Communication Officers (PROs and COs) of member universities have the opportunity to equip themselves with the skills and knowledge of PR, the role it has with social media interaction to showcase the works and activities of African Universities. The training focused on PR and its strategies, effective media relations, crisis communication plan with practical and on camera media training.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Besides producing skilled manpower, African universities have obstacles to overcome on issues of image crises and dealing with scandals. On such occasions, it is best to have well-trained crisis management teams so that situations do not escalate and be blown out of proportion. This, majority of the time, is not the reality in many institutions.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The training is instrumental to bridge the gap between ‘what universities do and the demand of the communities they serve to lack of communication of existing activities within the institutions’, and package institutions so that the hard work and research pays off.</span></p>\r\n<img class=\" wp-image-5192 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/4-logo-Aligning-African-Universities-to-Accelerate-Attainment-of-Africas-Agenda-2063-300x97.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"124\" />\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Haramaya University, one of the universities in Ethiopia in the RUFORUM Network, was the first to join the Network back in 2009. The Network avails the opportunity for African universities to share their best experiences as well as challenges and possible solutions. The event also opens doors for varies stakeholders in the sector of agriculture, technology dissemination and development to collaborate, partner with and share knowledge.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There had always been side events and the 2018 Conference is no different. From leadership trainings for post doc students to meetings of varying kind with concerned stakeholders to PROs COs training, which was a first of its kind to RUFORUM.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Conference, started on Monday, 22nd of Oct. 2018 and exhibition booths are setup so universities can showcase what they have done so far. Another side event expected is the awarding of the top 23 Young African Entrepreneurs. These youngsters have had innovative ideas and entrepreneurial spirits “taking advantage of the vast growth prospects within their countries and the continent at large” said Prof. Mabel Imbuga, Board Chair of RUFORUM.</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'Aligning African Universities to Accelerate Attainment of Africa’s Agenda 2063:', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'aligning-african-universities-to-accelerate-attainment-of-africas-agenda-2063', '', '', '2019-02-16 08:13:32', '2019-02-16 08:13:32', '', 0, 'http://localhost/?p=5288', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5289, 1, '2019-02-16 08:08:09', '2019-02-16 08:08:09', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5195 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/5-logo-Office-Celebrates-Tony-Day-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />Office of the Vice-president for Research Affairs celebrated Tony Day for the third time on July 17, 2018 at the University’s Dire Dawa Tony Farm.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Office has organized this event in order to appreciate the workers on their hard work and to have a discussion on issues of concerns.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to Mr. Shibiru Wakjira, Dire Dawa Tony Farm Site Manager, this year alone 3800 citrus family seedlings have been made available to the surrounding community. The farm has been serving as a research site and demonstration field for Haramaya University researchers and students as well as different projects.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Many projects, regional agricultural offices and organizations working on agriculture and related fields have taken seedlings and varieties of many crops, vegetables and fruits because of the good performance and quality produces they have found at the farm.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The farm has added mango and spinach researches this year. In previous trials mango research has been a failure in Dire Dawa and its surrounding areas. Areas surrounding Eror have been ideal for mango production. But with the introduction and adoption of new mango varieties, the site is hoping for a fruitful result.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5198\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/5.3.-photo-300x109.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" /> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5197\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/5.2.-photo-300x105.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"105\" /></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Chaya research was first initiated by a Mrs. Bekelu who brought the spinach variety to the University’s attention. This variety has vitamin A, B, C, and K and other minerals and it is used as a salad in many western countries. The variety has not been released to the community’s consumption as research is being conducted on it.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\" wp-image-5199 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/5.4.-photo-300x89.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"313\" height=\"93\" /></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Issues of uniform, border issues with Dire Dawa University and overtime payments were some of the issues raised by the farm workers. Dr. Nega Assefa, Delegate of the Office of the Research Affairs, and Mr. Desta Reta from Human Resource Management and Development Directorate gave responses and promised to bring some of the issues to the appropriate bodies in the University’s administration.</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'Office Celebrates Tony Day', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5285-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 08:08:09', '2019-02-16 08:08:09', '', 5285, 'http://localhost/?p=5289', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5290, 1, '2019-02-16 08:12:04', '2019-02-16 08:12:04', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>RUFORUM Biennial Conference 2018 Officially Commences</strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Sixth African Higher Education Week was started with many side events until the Biennial Conference was officially commenced on 22nd Oct. 2018.<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5193 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/4.1.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> The two weeks event is expected to be influential seeing that it has grown its participants from 380 from 25 countries to 900 expected from 37 countries this year. The membership of universities has also increased to 105 in number.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">HU Booth was visited by the University’s Former President Prof. Belay Kassa among others</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Given the lack of communication and information of activities in universities despite their massive generation of knowledge through research, innovations and skilled manpower production, RUFORUM saw it fit to organize a training session whereby Public Relations Officers and Communication Officers (PROs and COs) of member universities have the opportunity to equip themselves with the skills and knowledge of PR, the role it has with social media interaction to showcase the works and activities of African Universities. The training focused on PR and its strategies, effective media relations, crisis communication plan with practical and on camera media training.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Besides producing skilled manpower, African universities have obstacles to overcome on issues of image crises and dealing with scandals. On such occasions, it is best to have well-trained crisis management teams so that situations do not escalate and be blown out of proportion. This, majority of the time, is not the reality in many institutions.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The training is instrumental to bridge the gap between ‘what universities do and the demand of the communities they serve to lack of communication of existing activities within the institutions’, and package institutions so that the hard work and research pays off.</span></p>\r\n<img class=\" wp-image-5192 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/4-logo-Aligning-African-Universities-to-Accelerate-Attainment-of-Africas-Agenda-2063-300x97.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"124\" />\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Haramaya University, one of the universities in Ethiopia in the RUFORUM Network, was the first to join the Network back in 2009. The Network avails the opportunity for African universities to share their best experiences as well as challenges and possible solutions. The event also opens doors for varies stakeholders in the sector of agriculture, technology dissemination and development to collaborate, partner with and share knowledge.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There had always been side events and the 2018 Conference is no different. From leadership trainings for post doc students to meetings of varying kind with concerned stakeholders to PROs COs training, which was a first of its kind to RUFORUM.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Conference, started on Monday, 22nd of Oct. 2018 and exhibition booths are setup so universities can showcase what they have done so far. Another side event expected is the awarding of the top 23 Young African Entrepreneurs. These youngsters have had innovative ideas and entrepreneurial spirits “taking advantage of the vast growth prospects within their countries and the continent at large” said Prof. Mabel Imbuga, Board Chair of RUFORUM.</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'Aligning African Universities to Accelerate Attainment of Africa’s Agenda 2063', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5288-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 08:12:04', '2019-02-16 08:12:04', '', 5288, 'http://localhost/?p=5290', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5291, 1, '2019-02-16 08:13:02', '2019-02-16 08:13:02', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>RUFORUM Biennial Conference 2018 Officially Commences</strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Sixth African Higher Education Week was started with many side events until the Biennial Conference was officially commenced on 22nd Oct. 2018.<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5193 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/4.1.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> The two weeks event is expected to be influential seeing that it has grown its participants from 380 from 25 countries to 900 expected from 37 countries this year. The membership of universities has also increased to 105 in number.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">HU Booth was visited by the University’s Former President Prof. Belay Kassa among others</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Given the lack of communication and information of activities in universities despite their massive generation of knowledge through research, innovations and skilled manpower production, RUFORUM saw it fit to organize a training session whereby Public Relations Officers and Communication Officers (PROs and COs) of member universities have the opportunity to equip themselves with the skills and knowledge of PR, the role it has with social media interaction to showcase the works and activities of African Universities. The training focused on PR and its strategies, effective media relations, crisis communication plan with practical and on camera media training.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Besides producing skilled manpower, African universities have obstacles to overcome on issues of image crises and dealing with scandals. On such occasions, it is best to have well-trained crisis management teams so that situations do not escalate and be blown out of proportion. This, majority of the time, is not the reality in many institutions.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The training is instrumental to bridge the gap between ‘what universities do and the demand of the communities they serve to lack of communication of existing activities within the institutions’, and package institutions so that the hard work and research pays off.</span></p>\r\n<img class=\" wp-image-5192 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/4-logo-Aligning-African-Universities-to-Accelerate-Attainment-of-Africas-Agenda-2063-300x97.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"124\" />\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Haramaya University, one of the universities in Ethiopia in the RUFORUM Network, was the first to join the Network back in 2009. The Network avails the opportunity for African universities to share their best experiences as well as challenges and possible solutions. The event also opens doors for varies stakeholders in the sector of agriculture, technology dissemination and development to collaborate, partner with and share knowledge.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There had always been side events and the 2018 Conference is no different. From leadership trainings for post doc students to meetings of varying kind with concerned stakeholders to PROs COs training, which was a first of its kind to RUFORUM.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Conference, started on Monday, 22nd of Oct. 2018 and exhibition booths are setup so universities can showcase what they have done so far. Another side event expected is the awarding of the top 23 Young African Entrepreneurs. These youngsters have had innovative ideas and entrepreneurial spirits “taking advantage of the vast growth prospects within their countries and the continent at large” said Prof. Mabel Imbuga, Board Chair of RUFORUM.</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'Aligning African Universities to Accelerate Attainment of Africa’s Agenda 2063', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5288-autosave-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 08:13:02', '2019-02-16 08:13:02', '', 5288, 'http://localhost/?p=5291', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5292, 1, '2019-02-16 08:13:32', '2019-02-16 08:13:32', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>RUFORUM Biennial Conference 2018 Officially Commences</strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Sixth African Higher Education Week was started with many side events until the Biennial Conference was officially commenced on 22nd Oct. 2018.<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5193 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/4.1.-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> The two weeks event is expected to be influential seeing that it has grown its participants from 380 from 25 countries to 900 expected from 37 countries this year. The membership of universities has also increased to 105 in number.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">HU Booth was visited by the University’s Former President Prof. Belay Kassa among others</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Given the lack of communication and information of activities in universities despite their massive generation of knowledge through research, innovations and skilled manpower production, RUFORUM saw it fit to organize a training session whereby Public Relations Officers and Communication Officers (PROs and COs) of member universities have the opportunity to equip themselves with the skills and knowledge of PR, the role it has with social media interaction to showcase the works and activities of African Universities. The training focused on PR and its strategies, effective media relations, crisis communication plan with practical and on camera media training.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Besides producing skilled manpower, African universities have obstacles to overcome on issues of image crises and dealing with scandals. On such occasions, it is best to have well-trained crisis management teams so that situations do not escalate and be blown out of proportion. This, majority of the time, is not the reality in many institutions.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The training is instrumental to bridge the gap between ‘what universities do and the demand of the communities they serve to lack of communication of existing activities within the institutions’, and package institutions so that the hard work and research pays off.</span></p>\r\n<img class=\" wp-image-5192 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/4-logo-Aligning-African-Universities-to-Accelerate-Attainment-of-Africas-Agenda-2063-300x97.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"124\" />\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Haramaya University, one of the universities in Ethiopia in the RUFORUM Network, was the first to join the Network back in 2009. The Network avails the opportunity for African universities to share their best experiences as well as challenges and possible solutions. The event also opens doors for varies stakeholders in the sector of agriculture, technology dissemination and development to collaborate, partner with and share knowledge.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There had always been side events and the 2018 Conference is no different. From leadership trainings for post doc students to meetings of varying kind with concerned stakeholders to PROs COs training, which was a first of its kind to RUFORUM.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Conference, started on Monday, 22nd of Oct. 2018 and exhibition booths are setup so universities can showcase what they have done so far. Another side event expected is the awarding of the top 23 Young African Entrepreneurs. These youngsters have had innovative ideas and entrepreneurial spirits “taking advantage of the vast growth prospects within their countries and the continent at large” said Prof. Mabel Imbuga, Board Chair of RUFORUM.</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'Aligning African Universities to Accelerate Attainment of Africa’s Agenda 2063:', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5288-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 08:13:32', '2019-02-16 08:13:32', '', 5288, 'http://localhost/?p=5292', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5293, 1, '2019-02-16 08:17:57', '2019-02-16 08:17:57', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">በዞኑ በማህበር የተደራጁ አርሶ አደሮች ከዩኒቨርሲቲው ጋር በመሆን ምርጥ ዘር የማባዛት ስራ ላይ ተሰማርተው ውጤታማ እየሆንን እንገኛለን ሲሉ ተናግረዋል፡፡</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">የዩኒቨርሲቲው የተቀናጀ የዘር ዘርፍ ልማት ፕሮጀክት ስራ አስኪያጅ አቶ ደንደና ገልሜሳ “ከሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲና ከአገሪቱ የተለያዩ የምርምር ተቋማት የተገኙ ምርጥ ዘሮችን በማሳ የተግባር ስራ በማከናወን የመምረጥና የማባዛት ስራ ከአርሶ አደሩ ጋር እየተከናወነ ይገኛል”</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">በምዕራብና ምስራቅ ሐረርጌ ዞን በስምንት ወረዳ 38 ቀበሌ ገበሬ ማህበር በሚከናወነው ስራ 3ሺ አርሶ አደሮች በማህበር ተደራጅተው በስንዴ ፣ በቆሎ ፣ ማሽላ ፣ ቦሎቄ እና ሌሎች ምርጥ ሰብሎች ላይ የዘር መረጣና ብዜት ስራ ላይ ተሳታፊ መሆናቸውን ተናግረዋል፤ ከነዚህ ውስጥም 1ሺ 200 ሴት አርሶ አደሮች መሆናቸውን ጠቁመዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ሰብሎቹም የዝናብ እጥረትን እና በሽታን ተቋቁመው ምርት የሚሰጡ መሆናቸውን ጠቁመው በአሁኑ ወቅትም አርሶ አደሩ የሚስማማውን የአዝዕርት ዓይነት እየለየ እና ለሌሎች አርሶ አደሮች ዘሩን እያሰራጨ እንደሚገኝ ጠቁመው በዚህም 23 በዘር ብዜት የተሰማሩ የአርሶ አደር ማህበራት ከፍተኛውን ሚና እያበረከቱ እንደሚገኙ ተናግረዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ባለፉት ጊዜያት ምርጥ ዘሩን ያለምንም የሙከራ ስራ ለአርሶ አደሩ ይሰራጭ ነበር ያሉት አቶ ደንደና የአሁን ቴክኖሎጂ አርሶ አደሩ በማሳው ላይ ሰብሉን አብቅሎ ውጤቱን በመመልከት የሚበጀውን ለይቶ እንዲመርጥ እየተደረገ በመሆኑ ቴክኖሎጂው ለየት እንደሚያደርገው አስረድተዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">በዚህም በዞኖቹ የሚገኙ የዘር አቅራቢ ዩኒየንና ማህበራት፣ ምርጥ ዘር አቅራቢ ድርጅቶች የግብርና ቢሮዎችና ባለሞያዎች ከዩኒቨርሲቲው ተመራማሪዎችና ከቴክኖሎጂው ልምድ እንዲቀስሙ እየተደረገ ይገኛል ብለዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/3.1.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5190 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/3.1.-photo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>በምስራቅ ሐረርጌ ዞን የኩርፋ ጨሌ ወረዳ የግብርና ባለሞያ የሆኑት አቶ ግዛው ልኬለው እንደሚገልጸው ዩኒቨርሲቲው በወረዳው ህዳሴ ፣ ኪንግ በርድና ኦበራ የተባሉ ሶስት የስንዴ ዝርያዎቸ እንዲሁም ከደቡብ ጬንቻ የመጣውን አፕል ዝርያዎችን ከአርሶ አደሩና ከግብርና ባለሞያ ጋር በተግባር ስራ እየመረጥን እንገኛለን።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ተመራማሪው፣ የግብርና ባለሞያና አርሶ አደሩ በጋራ እየሰራን በሚገኘው ተግባር ተኮር የዘር መረጣ የአካባቢውን የዝናብ እጥረት እጥረትን እና በሽታ ተቋቁሞ ምርት የሚሰጠውን ህዳሴ የተባለውን ዝርያ አርሶ አደሩ መርጧል እኛም እንዳየነው ትክክል ሆኖ አግኝተነዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">የአፕል ዝርያም ለ16 አርሶ አደሮች ተሰጥቶ ሙከራ እየተደረገ መሆኑን ጠቁመው እንዲህ ዓይነቱ ተግባር ተኮር ቴክኖሎጂ አርሶ አደሩን እያነሳሳ ስለሚገኝ መበረታታት አለበት ብለዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ዩኒቨርሲቲው በተለይ ከሴት አርሶ አደሮች ጋር በሚሰራው ተግባር ተኮር የዘር መረጣ እኛ ሴቶች ተጠቃሚ ሆነናል፤</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">በአንድ ዓመትም 25 ኩንታል ምርጥ የስንዴ ዘር በማምረት ለአካባቢው አርሶ አደሮች አንዱን ኩንታል በ4ሺ ብር ሸጠናል ያለችው በሜታ ወረዳ ዱርሲቱ ቢሊሱማ ቀበሌ ገበሬ ማህበር በዘር ብዜት ስራ በማህበር የተደራጀችው ሴት አርሶ አደር ሚስራ አደም ናት።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">በቀርሳ ወረዳ ወተር ቀበሌ ገበሬ ማህበር በዘር ብዜት ስራ የተሰማራው ሌላው አርሶ አደር ሸረፍ ኡመሬ ከዩኒቨርሲቲው ጋር በቦሎቄ፣ስንዴ ፣ ድንች እና ሌሎች ምርጥ የሰብል ዝርያዎችን በተግባር የምርምር እያመረቱ እና ለአካባቢው ተስማሚ የሆነውን ዝርያ ለሌሎች እያሰራጨን እንገኛለን።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/3.2.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5191 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/3.2.-photo-300x102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"102\" /></a>በዚህም ቀደም ሲል ይጠቀሙት የነበረው የድንችና የስንዴ በክረምት ወቅት ብቻ የሚበቅል እና በሽታን የመቋቋም አቅሙ ደካማ እንደነበር ገልጸው በአሁኑ ወቅት ግን በተግባር የሰሩት ኪንግ በርድ የተባለው የስንዴና ቡቡ የተሰኘው የድንች ዝርያ በሽታን ተቋቁሞ የተሻለ ምርት የሚሰጥ በመሆኑ መምረጣቸውን ተናግረዋል፡፡</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'የሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ በተለያዩ የምርምር ተቋም የተገኙ 78 ምርጥ የአዝዕርት ዝርያዎችን ከአርሶ አደሩ ጋር በማብዛት እንዲሰራጭ እያደረገ መሆኑን ዩኒቨርሲቲው ገለጸ።', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', '%e1%8b%a8%e1%88%90%e1%88%a8%e1%88%9b%e1%8b%ab-%e1%8b%a9%e1%8a%92%e1%89%a8%e1%88%ad%e1%88%b2%e1%89%b2-%e1%89%a0%e1%89%b0%e1%88%88%e1%8b%ab%e1%8b%a9-%e1%8b%a8%e1%88%9d%e1%88%ad%e1%88%9d%e1%88%ad', '', '', '2019-02-16 08:19:41', '2019-02-16 08:19:41', '', 0, 'http://localhost/?p=5293', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5294, 1, '2019-02-16 08:17:57', '2019-02-16 08:17:57', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">በዞኑ በማህበር የተደራጁ አርሶ አደሮች ከዩኒቨርሲቲው ጋር በመሆን ምርጥ ዘር የማባዛት ስራ ላይ ተሰማርተው ውጤታማ እየሆንን እንገኛለን ሲሉ ተናግረዋል፡፡</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">የዩኒቨርሲቲው የተቀናጀ የዘር ዘርፍ ልማት ፕሮጀክት ስራ አስኪያጅ አቶ ደንደና ገልሜሳ “ከሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲና ከአገሪቱ የተለያዩ የምርምር ተቋማት የተገኙ ምርጥ ዘሮችን በማሳ የተግባር ስራ በማከናወን የመምረጥና የማባዛት ስራ ከአርሶ አደሩ ጋር እየተከናወነ ይገኛል”</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">በምዕራብና ምስራቅ ሐረርጌ ዞን በስምንት ወረዳ 38 ቀበሌ ገበሬ ማህበር በሚከናወነው ስራ 3ሺ አርሶ አደሮች በማህበር ተደራጅተው በስንዴ ፣ በቆሎ ፣ ማሽላ ፣ ቦሎቄ እና ሌሎች ምርጥ ሰብሎች ላይ የዘር መረጣና ብዜት ስራ ላይ ተሳታፊ መሆናቸውን ተናግረዋል፤ ከነዚህ ውስጥም 1ሺ 200 ሴት አርሶ አደሮች መሆናቸውን ጠቁመዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ሰብሎቹም የዝናብ እጥረትን እና በሽታን ተቋቁመው ምርት የሚሰጡ መሆናቸውን ጠቁመው በአሁኑ ወቅትም አርሶ አደሩ የሚስማማውን የአዝዕርት ዓይነት እየለየ እና ለሌሎች አርሶ አደሮች ዘሩን እያሰራጨ እንደሚገኝ ጠቁመው በዚህም 23 በዘር ብዜት የተሰማሩ የአርሶ አደር ማህበራት ከፍተኛውን ሚና እያበረከቱ እንደሚገኙ ተናግረዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ባለፉት ጊዜያት ምርጥ ዘሩን ያለምንም የሙከራ ስራ ለአርሶ አደሩ ይሰራጭ ነበር ያሉት አቶ ደንደና የአሁን ቴክኖሎጂ አርሶ አደሩ በማሳው ላይ ሰብሉን አብቅሎ ውጤቱን በመመልከት የሚበጀውን ለይቶ እንዲመርጥ እየተደረገ በመሆኑ ቴክኖሎጂው ለየት እንደሚያደርገው አስረድተዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">በዚህም በዞኖቹ የሚገኙ የዘር አቅራቢ ዩኒየንና ማህበራት፣ ምርጥ ዘር አቅራቢ ድርጅቶች የግብርና ቢሮዎችና ባለሞያዎች ከዩኒቨርሲቲው ተመራማሪዎችና ከቴክኖሎጂው ልምድ እንዲቀስሙ እየተደረገ ይገኛል ብለዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5190 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/3.1.-photo-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" />በምስራቅ ሐረርጌ ዞን የኩርፋ ጨሌ ወረዳ የግብርና ባለሞያ የሆኑት አቶ ግዛው ልኬለው እንደሚገልጸው ዩኒቨርሲቲው በወረዳው ህዳሴ ፣ ኪንግ በርድና ኦበራ የተባሉ ሶስት የስንዴ ዝርያዎቸ እንዲሁም ከደቡብ ጬንቻ የመጣውን አፕል ዝርያዎችን ከአርሶ አደሩና ከግብርና ባለሞያ ጋር በተግባር ስራ እየመረጥን እንገኛለን።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ተመራማሪው፣ የግብርና ባለሞያና አርሶ አደሩ በጋራ እየሰራን በሚገኘው ተግባር ተኮር የዘር መረጣ የአካባቢውን የዝናብ እጥረት እጥረትን እና በሽታ ተቋቁሞ ምርት የሚሰጠውን ህዳሴ የተባለውን ዝርያ አርሶ አደሩ መርጧል እኛም እንዳየነው ትክክል ሆኖ አግኝተነዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">የአፕል ዝርያም ለ16 አርሶ አደሮች ተሰጥቶ ሙከራ እየተደረገ መሆኑን ጠቁመው እንዲህ ዓይነቱ ተግባር ተኮር ቴክኖሎጂ አርሶ አደሩን እያነሳሳ ስለሚገኝ መበረታታት አለበት ብለዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ዩኒቨርሲቲው በተለይ ከሴት አርሶ አደሮች ጋር በሚሰራው ተግባር ተኮር የዘር መረጣ እኛ ሴቶች ተጠቃሚ ሆነናል፤</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">በአንድ ዓመትም 25 ኩንታል ምርጥ የስንዴ ዘር በማምረት ለአካባቢው አርሶ አደሮች አንዱን ኩንታል በ4ሺ ብር ሸጠናል ያለችው በሜታ ወረዳ ዱርሲቱ ቢሊሱማ ቀበሌ ገበሬ ማህበር በዘር ብዜት ስራ በማህበር የተደራጀችው ሴት አርሶ አደር ሚስራ አደም ናት።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">በቀርሳ ወረዳ ወተር ቀበሌ ገበሬ ማህበር በዘር ብዜት ስራ የተሰማራው ሌላው አርሶ አደር ሸረፍ ኡመሬ ከዩኒቨርሲቲው ጋር በቦሎቄ፣ስንዴ ፣ ድንች እና ሌሎች ምርጥ የሰብል ዝርያዎችን በተግባር የምርምር እያመረቱ እና ለአካባቢው ተስማሚ የሆነውን ዝርያ ለሌሎች እያሰራጨን እንገኛለን።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5191 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/3.2.-photo-300x102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"102\" />በዚህም ቀደም ሲል ይጠቀሙት የነበረው የድንችና የስንዴ በክረምት ወቅት ብቻ የሚበቅል እና በሽታን የመቋቋም አቅሙ ደካማ እንደነበር ገልጸው በአሁኑ ወቅት ግን በተግባር የሰሩት ኪንግ በርድ የተባለው የስንዴና ቡቡ የተሰኘው የድንች ዝርያ በሽታን ተቋቁሞ የተሻለ ምርት የሚሰጥ በመሆኑ መምረጣቸውን ተናግረዋል፡፡</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'የሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ በተለያዩ የምርምር ተቋም የተገኙ 78 ምርጥ የአዝዕርት ዝርያዎችን ከአርሶ አደሩ ጋር በማብዛት እንዲሰራጭ እያደረገ መሆኑን ዩኒቨርሲቲው ገለጸ።', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5293-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 08:17:57', '2019-02-16 08:17:57', '', 5293, 'http://localhost/?p=5294', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5295, 1, '2019-02-16 08:19:59', '2019-02-16 08:19:59', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">በዞኑ በማህበር የተደራጁ አርሶ አደሮች ከዩኒቨርሲቲው ጋር በመሆን ምርጥ ዘር የማባዛት ስራ ላይ ተሰማርተው ውጤታማ እየሆንን እንገኛለን ሲሉ ተናግረዋል፡፡</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">የዩኒቨርሲቲው የተቀናጀ የዘር ዘርፍ ልማት ፕሮጀክት ስራ አስኪያጅ አቶ ደንደና ገልሜሳ “ከሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲና ከአገሪቱ የተለያዩ የምርምር ተቋማት የተገኙ ምርጥ ዘሮችን በማሳ የተግባር ስራ በማከናወን የመምረጥና የማባዛት ስራ ከአርሶ አደሩ ጋር እየተከናወነ ይገኛል”</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">በምዕራብና ምስራቅ ሐረርጌ ዞን በስምንት ወረዳ 38 ቀበሌ ገበሬ ማህበር በሚከናወነው ስራ 3ሺ አርሶ አደሮች በማህበር ተደራጅተው በስንዴ ፣ በቆሎ ፣ ማሽላ ፣ ቦሎቄ እና ሌሎች ምርጥ ሰብሎች ላይ የዘር መረጣና ብዜት ስራ ላይ ተሳታፊ መሆናቸውን ተናግረዋል፤ ከነዚህ ውስጥም 1ሺ 200 ሴት አርሶ አደሮች መሆናቸውን ጠቁመዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ሰብሎቹም የዝናብ እጥረትን እና በሽታን ተቋቁመው ምርት የሚሰጡ መሆናቸውን ጠቁመው በአሁኑ ወቅትም አርሶ አደሩ የሚስማማውን የአዝዕርት ዓይነት እየለየ እና ለሌሎች አርሶ አደሮች ዘሩን እያሰራጨ እንደሚገኝ ጠቁመው በዚህም 23 በዘር ብዜት የተሰማሩ የአርሶ አደር ማህበራት ከፍተኛውን ሚና እያበረከቱ እንደሚገኙ ተናግረዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ባለፉት ጊዜያት ምርጥ ዘሩን ያለምንም የሙከራ ስራ ለአርሶ አደሩ ይሰራጭ ነበር ያሉት አቶ ደንደና የአሁን ቴክኖሎጂ አርሶ አደሩ በማሳው ላይ ሰብሉን አብቅሎ ውጤቱን በመመልከት የሚበጀውን ለይቶ እንዲመርጥ እየተደረገ በመሆኑ ቴክኖሎጂው ለየት እንደሚያደርገው አስረድተዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">በዚህም በዞኖቹ የሚገኙ የዘር አቅራቢ ዩኒየንና ማህበራት፣ ምርጥ ዘር አቅራቢ ድርጅቶች የግብርና ቢሮዎችና ባለሞያዎች ከዩኒቨርሲቲው ተመራማሪዎችና ከቴክኖሎጂው ልምድ እንዲቀስሙ እየተደረገ ይገኛል ብለዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/3.1.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5190 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/3.1.-photo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>በምስራቅ ሐረርጌ ዞን የኩርፋ ጨሌ ወረዳ የግብርና ባለሞያ የሆኑት አቶ ግዛው ልኬለው እንደሚገልጸው ዩኒቨርሲቲው በወረዳው ህዳሴ ፣ ኪንግ በርድና ኦበራ የተባሉ ሶስት የስንዴ ዝርያዎቸ እንዲሁም ከደቡብ ጬንቻ የመጣውን አፕል ዝርያዎችን ከአርሶ አደሩና ከግብርና ባለሞያ ጋር በተግባር ስራ እየመረጥን እንገኛለን።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ተመራማሪው፣ የግብርና ባለሞያና አርሶ አደሩ በጋራ እየሰራን በሚገኘው ተግባር ተኮር የዘር መረጣ የአካባቢውን የዝናብ እጥረት እጥረትን እና በሽታ ተቋቁሞ ምርት የሚሰጠውን ህዳሴ የተባለውን ዝርያ አርሶ አደሩ መርጧል እኛም እንዳየነው ትክክል ሆኖ አግኝተነዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">የአፕል ዝርያም ለ16 አርሶ አደሮች ተሰጥቶ ሙከራ እየተደረገ መሆኑን ጠቁመው እንዲህ ዓይነቱ ተግባር ተኮር ቴክኖሎጂ አርሶ አደሩን እያነሳሳ ስለሚገኝ መበረታታት አለበት ብለዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ዩኒቨርሲቲው በተለይ ከሴት አርሶ አደሮች ጋር በሚሰራው ተግባር ተኮር የዘር መረጣ እኛ ሴቶች ተጠቃሚ ሆነናል፤</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">በአንድ ዓመትም 25 ኩንታል ምርጥ የስንዴ ዘር በማምረት ለአካባቢው አርሶ አደሮች አንዱን ኩንታል በ4ሺ ብር ሸጠናል ያለችው በሜታ ወረዳ ዱርሲቱ ቢሊሱማ ቀበሌ ገበሬ ማህበር በዘር ብዜት ስራ በማህበር የተደራጀችው ሴት አርሶ አደር ሚስራ አደም ናት።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">በቀርሳ ወረዳ ወተር ቀበሌ ገበሬ ማህበር በዘር ብዜት ስራ የተሰማራው ሌላው አርሶ አደር ሸረፍ ኡመሬ ከዩኒቨርሲቲው ጋር በቦሎቄ፣ስንዴ ፣ ድንች እና ሌሎች ምርጥ የሰብል ዝርያዎችን በተግባር የምርምር እያመረቱ እና ለአካባቢው ተስማሚ የሆነውን ዝርያ ለሌሎች እያሰራጨን እንገኛለን።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/3.2.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5191 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/3.2.-photo-300x102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"102\" /></a>በዚህም ቀደም ሲል ይጠቀሙት የነበረው የድንችና የስንዴ በክረምት ወቅት ብቻ የሚበቅል እና በሽታን የመቋቋም አቅሙ ደካማ እንደነበር ገልጸው በአሁኑ ወቅት ግን በተግባር የሰሩት ኪንግ በርድ የተባለው የስንዴና ቡቡ የተሰኘው የድንች ዝርያ በሽታን ተቋቁሞ የተሻለ ምርት የሚሰጥ በመሆኑ መምረጣቸውን ተናግረዋል፡፡</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'የሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ በተለያዩ የምርምር ተቋም የተገኙ 78 ምርጥ የአዝዕርት ዝርያዎችን ከአርሶ አደሩ ጋር በማብዛት እንዲሰራጭ እያደረገ መሆኑን ዩኒቨርሲቲው ገለጸ።', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5293-autosave-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 08:19:59', '2019-02-16 08:19:59', '', 5293, 'http://localhost/?p=5295', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5296, 1, '2019-02-16 08:19:41', '2019-02-16 08:19:41', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">በዞኑ በማህበር የተደራጁ አርሶ አደሮች ከዩኒቨርሲቲው ጋር በመሆን ምርጥ ዘር የማባዛት ስራ ላይ ተሰማርተው ውጤታማ እየሆንን እንገኛለን ሲሉ ተናግረዋል፡፡</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">የዩኒቨርሲቲው የተቀናጀ የዘር ዘርፍ ልማት ፕሮጀክት ስራ አስኪያጅ አቶ ደንደና ገልሜሳ “ከሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲና ከአገሪቱ የተለያዩ የምርምር ተቋማት የተገኙ ምርጥ ዘሮችን በማሳ የተግባር ስራ በማከናወን የመምረጥና የማባዛት ስራ ከአርሶ አደሩ ጋር እየተከናወነ ይገኛል”</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">በምዕራብና ምስራቅ ሐረርጌ ዞን በስምንት ወረዳ 38 ቀበሌ ገበሬ ማህበር በሚከናወነው ስራ 3ሺ አርሶ አደሮች በማህበር ተደራጅተው በስንዴ ፣ በቆሎ ፣ ማሽላ ፣ ቦሎቄ እና ሌሎች ምርጥ ሰብሎች ላይ የዘር መረጣና ብዜት ስራ ላይ ተሳታፊ መሆናቸውን ተናግረዋል፤ ከነዚህ ውስጥም 1ሺ 200 ሴት አርሶ አደሮች መሆናቸውን ጠቁመዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ሰብሎቹም የዝናብ እጥረትን እና በሽታን ተቋቁመው ምርት የሚሰጡ መሆናቸውን ጠቁመው በአሁኑ ወቅትም አርሶ አደሩ የሚስማማውን የአዝዕርት ዓይነት እየለየ እና ለሌሎች አርሶ አደሮች ዘሩን እያሰራጨ እንደሚገኝ ጠቁመው በዚህም 23 በዘር ብዜት የተሰማሩ የአርሶ አደር ማህበራት ከፍተኛውን ሚና እያበረከቱ እንደሚገኙ ተናግረዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ባለፉት ጊዜያት ምርጥ ዘሩን ያለምንም የሙከራ ስራ ለአርሶ አደሩ ይሰራጭ ነበር ያሉት አቶ ደንደና የአሁን ቴክኖሎጂ አርሶ አደሩ በማሳው ላይ ሰብሉን አብቅሎ ውጤቱን በመመልከት የሚበጀውን ለይቶ እንዲመርጥ እየተደረገ በመሆኑ ቴክኖሎጂው ለየት እንደሚያደርገው አስረድተዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">በዚህም በዞኖቹ የሚገኙ የዘር አቅራቢ ዩኒየንና ማህበራት፣ ምርጥ ዘር አቅራቢ ድርጅቶች የግብርና ቢሮዎችና ባለሞያዎች ከዩኒቨርሲቲው ተመራማሪዎችና ከቴክኖሎጂው ልምድ እንዲቀስሙ እየተደረገ ይገኛል ብለዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/3.1.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5190 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/3.1.-photo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>በምስራቅ ሐረርጌ ዞን የኩርፋ ጨሌ ወረዳ የግብርና ባለሞያ የሆኑት አቶ ግዛው ልኬለው እንደሚገልጸው ዩኒቨርሲቲው በወረዳው ህዳሴ ፣ ኪንግ በርድና ኦበራ የተባሉ ሶስት የስንዴ ዝርያዎቸ እንዲሁም ከደቡብ ጬንቻ የመጣውን አፕል ዝርያዎችን ከአርሶ አደሩና ከግብርና ባለሞያ ጋር በተግባር ስራ እየመረጥን እንገኛለን።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ተመራማሪው፣ የግብርና ባለሞያና አርሶ አደሩ በጋራ እየሰራን በሚገኘው ተግባር ተኮር የዘር መረጣ የአካባቢውን የዝናብ እጥረት እጥረትን እና በሽታ ተቋቁሞ ምርት የሚሰጠውን ህዳሴ የተባለውን ዝርያ አርሶ አደሩ መርጧል እኛም እንዳየነው ትክክል ሆኖ አግኝተነዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">የአፕል ዝርያም ለ16 አርሶ አደሮች ተሰጥቶ ሙከራ እየተደረገ መሆኑን ጠቁመው እንዲህ ዓይነቱ ተግባር ተኮር ቴክኖሎጂ አርሶ አደሩን እያነሳሳ ስለሚገኝ መበረታታት አለበት ብለዋል።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ዩኒቨርሲቲው በተለይ ከሴት አርሶ አደሮች ጋር በሚሰራው ተግባር ተኮር የዘር መረጣ እኛ ሴቶች ተጠቃሚ ሆነናል፤</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">በአንድ ዓመትም 25 ኩንታል ምርጥ የስንዴ ዘር በማምረት ለአካባቢው አርሶ አደሮች አንዱን ኩንታል በ4ሺ ብር ሸጠናል ያለችው በሜታ ወረዳ ዱርሲቱ ቢሊሱማ ቀበሌ ገበሬ ማህበር በዘር ብዜት ስራ በማህበር የተደራጀችው ሴት አርሶ አደር ሚስራ አደም ናት።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">በቀርሳ ወረዳ ወተር ቀበሌ ገበሬ ማህበር በዘር ብዜት ስራ የተሰማራው ሌላው አርሶ አደር ሸረፍ ኡመሬ ከዩኒቨርሲቲው ጋር በቦሎቄ፣ስንዴ ፣ ድንች እና ሌሎች ምርጥ የሰብል ዝርያዎችን በተግባር የምርምር እያመረቱ እና ለአካባቢው ተስማሚ የሆነውን ዝርያ ለሌሎች እያሰራጨን እንገኛለን።</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/3.2.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5191 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/3.2.-photo-300x102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"102\" /></a>በዚህም ቀደም ሲል ይጠቀሙት የነበረው የድንችና የስንዴ በክረምት ወቅት ብቻ የሚበቅል እና በሽታን የመቋቋም አቅሙ ደካማ እንደነበር ገልጸው በአሁኑ ወቅት ግን በተግባር የሰሩት ኪንግ በርድ የተባለው የስንዴና ቡቡ የተሰኘው የድንች ዝርያ በሽታን ተቋቁሞ የተሻለ ምርት የሚሰጥ በመሆኑ መምረጣቸውን ተናግረዋል፡፡</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'የሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ በተለያዩ የምርምር ተቋም የተገኙ 78 ምርጥ የአዝዕርት ዝርያዎችን ከአርሶ አደሩ ጋር በማብዛት እንዲሰራጭ እያደረገ መሆኑን ዩኒቨርሲቲው ገለጸ።', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5293-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 08:19:41', '2019-02-16 08:19:41', '', 5293, 'http://localhost/?p=5296', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5297, 1, '2019-02-16 08:28:32', '2019-02-16 08:28:32', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Haramaya University has acquired a new research station in Kurfa Chele Woreda from the woreda administration. The research station was established by the NGO Care Ethiopia; and upon the project’s completion, the woreda administration has handed over the station to the University. The Project had been using the site as a farmer training center (FTC).</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2-logo-University-Acquires-New-Research-Station.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-5183 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2-logo-University-Acquires-New-Research-Station-300x102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"102\" /></a>The site is in good condition and the animal farms and facilities built such as beef fattening, goat farm, apiculture, improved forage production and the easy manure management and biogas production make it an ideal working environment; and research and extension activities could be initiated without any delay.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Haramaya University has always strived to support the community in research and extension activities and the dissemination of improved technologies, and this addition to the already existing 11 research stations will make the Kurfa Chele community beneficiaries.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On the occasion, a community discussion session was held and members of the community expressed their anticipation of the various research activities and the support they will receive from the University. They said they appreciate the University’s initiative to continue the works of Care Ethiopia in supporting the community to improve their agricultural productions and their livelihood.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2.2.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5185 \" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2.2.-photo-300x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"402\" height=\"134\" /></a>Mr. Admkew Haile, Research Facilities Directorate Director and Vice-president for Research Affairs Delegate, heavily emphasized that the University operates on a budget allocated by the government and “it would be impossible to make donations for each and every person that asks.” “However,” he added, “the University is there to support and if the community does 50% of the work, they can ask to be supported for the remaining.” Mr. Admkew added, “The University has knowledge and experts, and it is possible to engage and assist the community through various training and expert consultations.”</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On the day, animals donated by Care Ethiopia were also distributed to 60 community members by lot. The 35 goats, 9 cattle of which 5 and 134 poultries were distributed because the animals’ breeding and history is not known and this might make it difficult to produce improved and top quality varieties.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2.3.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-5186 size-full\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2.3.-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"263\" /></a></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr Aliy Teleha, Kurfa Chele Woreda Administrator, said, “We are very happy that the University has decided to work with the woreda.”</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2.4.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-5187 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2.4.-photo-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" /></a></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And has urged the people who won the lot “to not sale or trade rather use these improved varieties to crossbreed and improve the local varieties you find in your neighborhoods”.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mrs. Dabo Bushura and Mrs. Meftuha Abduletif were among the lucky ones to win the animals and they were elated with what they received. “I am happy and I will do my part to crossbreed these improved varieties with local ones,” said Mrs. Dabo. Mrs. Meftuh on her part said, “I want to improve my livelihood and I am very happy.”</span></p>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2.5.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-5188 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2.5.-photo-300x101.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"133\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'University Acquires New Research Station', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'university-acquires-new-research-station', '', '', '2019-02-16 08:59:24', '2019-02-16 08:59:24', '', 0, 'http://localhost/?p=5297', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(5298, 1, '2019-02-16 08:28:32', '2019-02-16 08:28:32', '<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Haramaya University has acquired a new research station in Kurfa Chele Woreda from the woreda administration. The research station was established by the NGO Care Ethiopia; and upon the project’s completion, the woreda administration has handed over the station to the University. The Project had been using the site as a farmer training center (FTC).</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2-logo-University-Acquires-New-Research-Station.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-5183 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2-logo-University-Acquires-New-Research-Station-300x102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"102\" /></a>The site is in good condition and the animal farms and facilities built such as beef fattening, goat farm, apiculture, improved forage production and the easy manure management and biogas production make it an ideal working environment; and research and extension activities could be initiated without any delay.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Haramaya University has always strived to support the community in research and extension activities and the dissemination of improved technologies, and this addition to the already existing 11 research stations will make the Kurfa Chele community beneficiaries.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">On the occasion, a community discussion session was held and members of the community expressed their anticipation of the various research activities and the support they will receive from the University. They said they appreciate the University’s initiative to continue the works of Care Ethiopia in supporting the community to improve their agricultural productions and their livelihood.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2.2.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5185 \" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2.2.-photo-300x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"402\" height=\"134\" /></a>Mr. Admkew Haile, Research Facilities Directorate Director and Vice-president for Research Affairs Delegate, heavily emphasized that the University operates on a budget allocated by the government and “it would be impossible to make donations for each and every person that asks.” “However,” he added, “the University is there to support and if the community does 50% of the work, they can ask to be supported for the remaining.” Mr. Admkew added, “The University has knowledge and experts, and it is possible to engage and assist the community through various training and expert consultations.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">On the day, animals donated by Care Ethiopia were also distributed to 60 community members by lot. The 35 goats, 9 cattle of which 5 and 134 poultries were distributed because the animals’ breeding and history is not known and this might make it difficult to produce improved and top quality varieties.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2.3.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-5186 size-full\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2.3.-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"263\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr Aliy Teleha, Kurfa Chele Woreda Administrator, said, “We are very happy that the University has decided to work with the woreda.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2.4.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-5187 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2.4.-photo-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">And has urged the people who won the lot “to not sale or trade rather use these improved varieties to crossbreed and improve the local varieties you find in your neighborhoods”.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mrs. Dabo Bushura and Mrs. Meftuha Abduletif were among the lucky ones to win the animals and they were elated with what they received. “I am happy and I will do my part to crossbreed these improved varieties with local ones,” said Mrs. Dabo. Mrs. Meftuh on her part said, “I want to improve my livelihood and I am very happy.”</span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2.5.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-5188  alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2.5.-photo-300x101.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"133\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'University Acquires New Research Station', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5297-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 08:28:32', '2019-02-16 08:28:32', '', 5297, 'http://localhost/?p=5298', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5300, 1, '2019-02-16 08:32:01', '2019-02-16 08:32:01', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"> An event was organized at Tony Farm to introduce <em>Chaya, </em>a spinach variety, to Dire Dawa, Harar and the surrounding community representatives and Haramaya University community.<strong><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12-Agricultural-Value-Chain-Research.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-5239 \" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12-Agricultural-Value-Chain-Research-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"135\" /></a></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Dr. Wassu Mohammed, one of the researchers in this project, Ethiopia has major problems in Iron and Vitamin A deficiencies and majority of the vegetable and field crops the country produces are not drought resistant. To this end, the introduction of this vegetable crop to the Ethiopian food system has its merits to alleviate the problem of food insecurity the country faces.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1.3.-Photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5237 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1.3.-Photo-300x103.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"103\" /></a>Mr. Daniel Alemu, lead investigator of the project and an instructor in Haramaya Institute of Technology, gave demonstration on how to prepare the vegetable and discussed advantages of including <em>Chaya</em> to our tables at home.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Mr. Daniel it is advisable to cook the leaves for 20-25 minutes before cooking them as desired. The vegetable crop is very rich in Iron, Vitamin A and Calcium and its very nutritious nature makes it ideal for new mothers to consume.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12.2.-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5236 size-medium\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12.2.-photo-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Achieving not only food security but also nutrition security was another point discussed. The Ethiopian community should also look for food sources with high nutritious values and researchers are encouraged to conduct research activities in such areas in order to improve the living and food quality of the community.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Attendees were encouraged to take the seedlings of the vegetable crop to their homes, grow them and make the vegetable a regular on their tables. The vegetable crop is ideal to grow on hot and semi-arid areas such as Dire Dawa, Afar, Somalia, etc. It can also be used for animal feed once it has been laid on the sun for a short period of time.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1.4.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-5241\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1.4-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"265\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The University has given financial support to 165 projects, and research site on 13 research stations and 57 farmer training centers (FTCs) were made available for research as well as extension activities,” according to Mr. Admkew Haile, Research Facilities Directorate Director and Vice-president for Research Affairs Delegate. The fiel trial of the variety on Dire Dawa Tony Farm goes along the line of the University’s community engagement and activities and its commitment to ensure food security and improve quality of life of the community. Such projects on nutrition and nutritious foods and technology should always be encouraged and supported.</p>', 'Chaya: The New Guest in Town', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'chaya-the-new-guest-in-town', '', '', '2019-02-16 08:38:15', '2019-02-16 08:38:15', '', 0, 'http://localhost/?p=5300', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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The Project had been using the site as a farmer training center (FTC).</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2-logo-University-Acquires-New-Research-Station.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-5183 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2-logo-University-Acquires-New-Research-Station-300x102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"102\" /></a>The site is in good condition and the animal farms and facilities built such as beef fattening, goat farm, apiculture, improved forage production and the easy manure management and biogas production make it an ideal working environment; and research and extension activities could be initiated without any delay.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Haramaya University has always strived to support the community in research and extension activities and the dissemination of improved technologies, and this addition to the already existing 11 research stations will make the Kurfa Chele community beneficiaries.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On the occasion, a community discussion session was held and members of the community expressed their anticipation of the various research activities and the support they will receive from the University. 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(5310, 1, '2019-02-16 08:43:31', '2019-02-16 08:43:31', '<p><strong>Theme VI. Basic Science Research</strong></p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><img src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dr-ameha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"179\" /></strong></p><p><strong>Ameha Kebede Ayele</strong></p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Academic Rank:</strong> Associate Professor</p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Specialization:</strong>  Microbiology</p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Research Interest: </strong>Antimicrobial agents, drug resistance, fermented foods, microbial biotechnology, microbial ecology, nitrogen fixing bacteria, and enzyme production using microorganisms</p><p> </p><p><strong>Telephone (Mob):</strong>+2510911834681</p><p><strong>Email Address:</strong> <a href=\"mailto:amehakebede@yahoo.com\">amehakebede@yahoo.com</a></p>		\n												Selected Publications					\n					<ol><li>Ameha Kebede, B.C. Viljoen, T.H. Gadaga, J.A. Narvhus and A. Lourens-Hattingh. The effect of container type on the growth of yeast and lactic acid bacteria during production of <em>Sethemi</em>, South African spontaneously fermented milk. <em>Food research international</em>. 40 (1): 33-38</li><li>Ameha Kebede, Bennie C. Viljoen, Henry Gadaga, Judith A. Narvhus and Analie Lourens-Hattingh. The Effect of Incubation Temperature on the Survival and Growth of Yeasts in Sethemi, South African Naturally Fermented Milk. <em>Food Technol. Biotechnol. </em>45 (1) 21–26 (2007).</li><li>Andarge Zelalem , Ameha Kebede and Manikandan Muthuswamy. 2013<em>.</em>. Enhancement of Tolerance of Faba Bean-nodulating Rhizobial Isolates to High Temperature. <em>Journal of Theoretical and Experimental Biology. </em>10(1&amp;2): 41-48</li><li>Andargie Zelalem, Ameha Kebede, and Manikandan Muthuswamy. 2014. .Effect of chemical mutation on improvement of rhizobial isolate’s tolerance to acidic and alkaline soil condition in Ethiopia. <em>International Journal of Current Research</em>. 6(01): 4733-4738</li><li>Animut Assefa, Meseret C. Egigu, Ameha Kebede. 2014. Thermal and Chemical Pre-Treatments of Cow Dung and Poultry Litter Enhance Biogas. 2014. Production In Batch Fermentation. <em>International Journal of Scientific &amp; Technology Research</em> 3(11): 165-170</li><li>Bahiru AA, Emire SA and Ayele AK (2013). The prevalence of antibiotic resistant <em>Escherichia </em>coli isolates from fecal and water sources<em>. Acad. J. Microbiol. Res.</em> 1(1):001-010.</li><li>Birara Mintesinot, Amare Ayalew, Ameha Kebede. 2014. Evaluation of Biomass of Some Invasive Weed Species as Substrate for Oyster Mushroom (<em>Pleurotus</em>) Cultivation. <em>Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences</em>. 17(2): 213-219.</li><li>Daniel Yimer, Melaku Alemu, Ameha Kebede.2016. Production and characterization of bacterial protease from isolates of soil and agro-industrial wastes. <em>international journal of innovative pharmaceutical sciences and research</em> 4(9): 977-993</li><li>Dinkneh Abebe Adimasu, Ameha Kebede and Sissay Menkir (2014). Prevalenece of antibiotic resistant <em>Salmonella</em> species, <em>and selected Intestinal Protozoan Parasites</em> in Harar Hiwot Fana Hospital, Ethiopia. <em>American Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology</em>.</li><li>Eleni Kidane, Sissay Menkir, Ameha Kebede, Mulugeta Desta .2014. Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and their associations with anthropometric measurements of school children in selected primary schools, Wukro Town, Eastern Tigray, Ethiopia.International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 3(3): 11-29</li><li>Girmaye Benti, Ameha Kebede and Sissay Menkir (2014). Assessment of bacteriological contaminants of some vegetables irrigated with Awash River water in selected farms around Adama town, Ethiopia. <em>Journal of Microbiology and Antimicrobials</em> 6(2): 37-42</li><li>Girum Faris, Ameha Kebede, and Genene Tefera. 2015. Identification of <em>coli </em>from patients of urinary tract infection and its resistance in Dil-Chora hospital, Dire-Dawa, Ethiopia. <em>International Journal of Microbiology and Immunology Research</em> 4(2): 015-020</li><li>Kassa Baye, Ameha Kebede and Fassil Assefa. 2015. Isolation and Phenotypic Characterization of Field Pea Nodulating Rhizobia from Eastern Ethiopia Soils. <em>World Applied Sciences Journal</em>. 33 (12): 1815-1821</li><li>Lemma Abayneh, Ameha Kebede, Manikandan Muthuswamy. Biogas production from co-digestion of coffee pulp waste and cowdung under mesophilic conditions. <em>The Journal of Energy and Environmental Science</em> 128: 444-450</li><li>Meseret C. Egigu, Birhanemeskel Melak, Ameha Kebede, Manikandan Muthuswamy. Use of Human Urine as Fertilizer for Vegetable Cultivation. <em>International Journal of Agriculture Innovations and Research</em>. 3(1) : 2319-1473</li><li>Mulugeta Desta Rundassa, Sissay Menkir and Ameha Kebede, 2013. Prevalence and Seasonal Incidence of Bovine Trypanosomosis in Birbir Valley, Baro Akobo River System, Western Ethiopia. <em>Journal of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health</em>. Vol. 5(5), pp. 138-143. DOI: 10.5897/JVMAH2013.0221. <sup>©</sup>2013 Academic Journals. A peer reviewed open access journal</li><li>Mulugeta Desta Rundassa, Sissay Menkir and Ameha Kebede, 2013. Study on Tsetse Fly (Glossina species) and their Role in the Trypansosome Infection Rate in Birbir Valley, Baro Akobo River System, Western Ethiopia. <em>Journal of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health</em>. Vol. 5(7), pp. 186-194. DOI: 10.5897/JVMAH2013.0223. <sup>©</sup>2013 Academic Journals. A peer reviewed open access journal published monthl.</li><li>Mussie Brhane, Ameha Kebede, Yohannes Petros. 2017.Molecular detection of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Jigjiga town, Ethiopia. <em>Infection and Drug Resistance.</em> 10: 75–83</li><li>Tadele Amentie, Ameha Kebede, Yoseph Mekasha, Mitiku Eshetu. 2016. Microbiological Quality of Raw Cow Milk across the Milk Supply Chain in Eastern Ethiopia. <em>East African Journal of Science.</em> 10 (2): 119-132</li><li>Tadele Amentie, Mitiku Eshetu, Yoseph Mekasha, Ameha Kebede. Milk postharvest handling practices across the supply chain in Eastern Ethiopia. <em>J Adv Vet Anim Res.</em> 3(2): 112-126</li><li>Tandon, U.S. Tizazu Habte, Abebaw Adgo, Ameha Kebede. 2017. Solid State Fermentation: Extraction of Enzyme from Fungus and its use in the Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles. <em>International Journal of Advanced Research in Science, Engineering and Technology </em>4( 5): 3840-3846.</li><li>Taye Berhanu, Ameha Kebede and Berhanu Andualem. 2013. Modern <strong>B</strong>eer Productionfrom Wild Type Yeasts from Fermented Tella. The 23<sup>rd</sup> Annual Conference of the BSE, March 8-9, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia</li><li>Tefera, T., Ameha, K. and Biruhtesfa, A. 2014. Cassava based foods: microbial fermentation by single starter culture towards cyanide reduction, protein enhancement and palatability. I<em>nternational Food Research Journal</em>. 21(5): 1751-1756</li><li>Teklemichael Tesfay, Ameha Kebede, Eyassu Seifu. 2015. Physico Chemical Properties of Cow Milk Produced and Marketed in Dire Dawa Town, Eastern Ethiopia<em>. </em><em>Food Science and Quality Management.</em> 42: 56-61</li><li>Tesfamichael Tesfay, Ameha Kebede, Eyassu Seifu. 2013. Quality and Safety of Cow Milk Produced and Marketed in Dire-Dawa Town, Eastern Ethiopia. <em> J. Int. Sci. Inn. Tech.</em> 2(6): 01-05.</li><li>Tsehayneh Geremew, Ameha Kebede &amp; Berhanu Andualem. 2015. The role of spices and lactic acid bacteria as antimicrobial agent to extend the shelf life of <em>metata ayib</em> (traditional Ethiopian spiced fermented cottage cheese). <em>J Food Sci Technol. </em><em>Food Sci Technol</em>. 52: 5661</li></ol>\n		<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About The Theme </strong></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Basic sciences research is a systematic study directed towards greater knowledge or understanding of the fundamental aspects of phenomena. Basic sciences research lays the foundation for advancement in knowledge that leads applications of sciences to problem-solving, occasionally as a result of unexpected discoveries.  Pure basic sciences may also focus on refuting or supporting theories that explain how this world operates, what makes things happen, etc. It is the source of most new scientific ideas and ways of thinking about the world. Basic science research generates new ideas, principles and theories, which may not be immediately utilized but instead, form the basis to modern progress and development of different fields.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most scientific progress made so far are the results of findings obtained through basic or curiosity driven research. Today\'s computers for example, could not exist without the pure research in mathematics conducted over a century ago, for which there was no known practical application at that time. Pure research rarely helps practitioners directly with their everyday concerns. Nevertheless, it stimulates new ways of thinking about deviances that have the potential to revolutionize and dramatically improve how practitioners deal with a problem. A new idea or fundamental knowledge is not generated through pure basic sciences research alone but new knowledge could be built through it.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Theme-6-Description.pdf\">For Details, Click Here</a></u></p><p><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Theme-VI-2019-Research-Priorities.pdf\"><u>Research priorities 2019</u></a></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Theme-VI-2018-19-Priority-Research-Areas.pdf\"><u>Research priorities 2018</u></a></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-Theme-VI-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research Priorities 2017</u></a></p><p><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2016-Theme-VI-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research Priorities 2016</u></a></p><p> </p>', 'Theme VI-BSR', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '521-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 08:43:31', '2019-02-16 08:43:31', '', 521, 'http://localhost/?p=5310', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5311, 1, '2019-02-16 08:44:52', '2019-02-16 08:44:52', '<p><a name=\"_Toc389157648\"></a><strong> </strong><a name=\"_Toc389157677\"></a>Theme V.  Institutions, Innovation Systems, and Economic Development</p><p><img src=\"http://www.10.230.5.94/tm/tm/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dr-tesfaye-lemma.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" />Tesfaye Lemma Tefera<br /> <strong>PhD:</strong> Rural Development<br /> <strong>Postdoc</strong>: Agricultural Innovation Systems Research at ILRI (International  Livestock Research Institute, Addis Abba, Ethiopia<br /> Assistant/Associate Professor of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension</p><p><strong>Research Interest </strong>: Rural Poverty, Livelihoods and Food Security, Rural Institutions, and Innovation Systems Analysis. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Contact Address</strong>:</p><p><strong>Telephone (Mob):</strong>+ 251 (0)932 178954</p><p><strong>E-mail Address:</strong> <a href=\"mailto:t.lemma41@yahoo.com\">t.lemma41@yahoo.com</a>,<br /><strong>Skype</strong>: tesfaye.lemma41<br /><strong>Postal Address:</strong> Haramaya University, PO BOX 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia</p>		\n												Current engagement:					\n					<ol><li>EU-funded InnovAfrica (‘Innovations in Technology, Institutional and Extension Approaches towards Sustainable Agriculture and enhanced Food and Nutrition Security in Africa’</li><li>Differential response to environmental stressors: How gender matters in the case of climate-induced migration in Ethiopia (developed with University of Vienna and submitted for funding by Austrian government).</li><li>Development Fund (Norway) sponsored Participatory Action Research for enhanced food security and climate resilience in the dryland areas of Ethio-Somali Region.</li><li> Empowering uneducated urban and peri-urban youth &amp; women through poultry development in Babile District.</li><li>Empowering rural women and  youth through integrated beekeeping development in east Hararghe</li></ol>\n												List of publication:					\n					<ol><li>Abebe Shiferaw, Bereket Dindamo, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Dirk Hoekstra. 2016. Agricultural service delivery: strengthening private crop protection service in southern Ethiopia, Development in Practice, 26:8, 1072-1082, DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2016.1225670.</li><li>Yishak Gecho, Gezahegn Ayele, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Dawit Alemu. 2014. Livelihood strategies and food security of rural households in Wolaita Zone, southern Ethiopia. Developing Country Studies Vol.4,No.14.</li><li>Yishak Gecho, Gezahegn Ayele, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Dawit Alemu. 2014. Rural households livelihood strategies: Options and determinants. Social Sciences <br /> Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2014, Pages: 92-104 </li><li>Moti Jaleta, Berhanu Gebremedhin, Azage Tegegne, Samson Jemaneh, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, and Hoekstra, D. 2013. Evolution of input supply and service hubs in dairy development  at Ada’a milk shed in Ethiopia. 2013. Development in Practice 23(2): 249-263.</li><li>Adam Bekele, Belay Kassa, Belaineh Legesse and Tesfaye Lemma Tefera. 2010. Effects of crop commercial orientation on productivity of smallholder farmers in drought-prone areas of the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. Journal of Rural Development 33(4): 1- 24.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera. 2009. Supply response, local reality, and livelihood sustainability: The policy dilemma of khat (Catha edulis) production in eastern Ethiopia. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 7(3):176–188.</li></ol><ol start=\"7\"><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Sylvian Perret and J.F. Kirsten. 2005. Diversity in livelihoods and farmers’ strategies in the Hararghe highlands, eastern Ethiopia, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2(2):133-146.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, J.F. Kirsten and Sylvain Perret. 2004. Incentives, farmers’ response, and a policy dilemma: A case study on expansion of khat production as a cash crop in the eastern highlands of Ethiopia. Journal of Ethiopian Development Studies 1(2). Center for African Development Policy Research, Western Michigan University (USA), Kalamazoo, MI.</li></ol><ol><li>Chanyalew Seyoum, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Ranjan S. Karippa. 2011. Factors determining the degree of commercialization of smallholder agriculture: the case of potato growers in Kombolcha district, eastern Ethiopia. Journal of Agriculture and Development, JAD 2 (1) 2011.</li></ol>\n												Published working papers:					\n					<ol><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Azage Tegegne and Hoekstra D. 2012. Capacity for knowledge-based smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia: Linking graduate programs to market-oriented agricultural development: Challenges, opportunities and IPMS experience. IPMS (Improving Productivity and Market Access) of Ethiopian Farmers Project Working Paper 29, Nairobi, Kenya, International Livestock Research Institute.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Puskur R, Hoekstra D. and Azage Tegegne. 2010. Commercializing dairy and forage systems in Ethiopia: An innovation systems perspective. IPMS (Improving Productivity and Market Access) of Ethiopian Farmers Project Working Paper 17, Nairobi, Kenya, International Livestock Research Institute.</li></ol>\n												Selected papers published in conference proceedings:					\n					<ol><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Azage Tegegne, Puskur R. and Hoekstra D. 2009. Moving Ethiopian smallholder dairy along a sustainable commercialization path: Missing links in the innovation systems. In: Merga Bekana et al (ed.) pp. 118-142. Proceedings of the National Symposium on Smallholder Dairy Production in Central highlands of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: Challenges and future prospects. Sida/SAREC Project, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, August 16-17, 2008, Adama, Ethiopía.</li><li>Anteneh Girma, Ranjita Puskur and Tesfaye Lemma. 2009. Animal health services delivery system in DebrezeitMilkshed: Implications for public-private roles in service delivery in Ethiopia. Proceedings of 23rd Annual Conference of the Ethiopian Veterinarian Association, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 22-23, 2009: 37-56.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Puskur R, and Hoekstra D (2008) Exploring innovation capacity in Ethiopian dairy systems. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge and Innovation for Advancing Agriculture in Developing Countries. IFPRI, Addis Ababa, April 7–9, 2008. pp. 7–9. Nairobi: ILRI.</li></ol>\n		<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About The Theme</strong></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lack of relevant knowledge, technologies, and innovations as well as poor dissemination and adoption of existing ones are a major constraint to development in Ethiopia. This is basically attributed to inefficiencies in taking research results to socio-economic outcomes. Other studies have identified ‘knowledge gap’ which is due to failure to produce the requisite critical number of skilled innovators and capacity development for technology and knowledge generation and dissemination.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Theme-5-Description.pdf\">For Details, click Here</a></u></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Theme-V-2019-Research-Priorities.pdf\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\"><u>Research priorities 2019</u></a></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-Theme-V-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research Priorities 2017</u></a></p><p><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2016-Theme-V-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research Priorities 2016</u></a></p>', 'Theme V-IISED', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '520-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 08:44:52', '2019-02-16 08:44:52', '', 520, 'http://localhost/?p=5311', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5313, 1, '2019-02-16 08:46:50', '2019-02-16 08:46:50', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"_Toc389157648\"></a><strong> </strong><a name=\"_Toc389157677\"></a>Theme IV. Human and Social Development<br /><strong style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><img src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"244\" />Dr. Mohammed Hassen Hinika</strong><strong><br />Academic Rank: </strong>Associate Professor<br /><strong>Specialization:</strong> History (Land Tenure and Agricultural History)<strong> </strong><br /><strong>Research Interests: </strong>Agrarian Studies, Land tenure and reforms, center-periphery relations, rural unrest, minority studies, Islamic studies, gender relations  </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Contact Details</strong> </p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Telephone (Mob): </strong>+251911800791</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Email Address:</strong> <a href=\"mailto:Adress%3Amohammedhinika@yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">mohammedhinika@yahoo. com</a></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Postal Address</strong>: Haramaya University:P.O Box :138,Dire Dawa</p>		\n												List of selected publications					\n					<ol><li> “Indigenous Governance among the Southern Afar 1815-1974) on <i>the Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities</i> ,2012,Addis Ababa University</li><li>“Land Tenure Induced Deforestation and Degradation in Arsi: The case of Arbagugu State forest Protection and Development Project 1975-1991” in special issues of OSSREA  on <i>the Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities</i>.2013,Vol. 9 No.2,PP. 37-61. Addis Ababa University</li></ol>\n		<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About The Theme</strong></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Research under this theme is intended to inform policy and public debate and to identify and examine key current and future social issues. This research theme basically aims at society, the dynamics of human and social behavior, societal change, and the evolution of modern society.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Research within this theme is aimed at satisfying the complementary demands of high scientific payoff (research excellence) and response to pressing development concerns with a</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">focus on, among others: language, in particular major foreign and Ethiopian languages; cultural diversity and social integration; cultural heritage; education; growth, employment and competitiveness in a knowledge-based economy; socio-economic and scientific indicators; governance, rule of law, and justice; sustainable and enhanced service delivery for humans; gender; peace building and conflict resolution; tourism.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Theme-4-Description.pdf\">For details, click here</a></u></p><p><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Theme-IV-2019-Research-Priorities.pdf\"><u>Research priorities 2019</u></a></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Theme-IV-2018-19-Research-Priority-Areas.pdf\"><u>Research priorities 2018</u></a></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-Theme-IV-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research priorities 2017</u></a></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2016-Theme-IV-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research priorities 2016</u></a></p><p> </p>', 'Theme IV-HSD', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '519-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 08:46:50', '2019-02-16 08:46:50', '', 519, 'http://localhost/?p=5313', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(5314, 1, '2019-02-16 08:49:01', '2019-02-16 08:49:01', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"> Theme III. Energy, Engineering, and Information Technologies</p><p><img src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dr-abebaw-1-261x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"209\" /></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Abebaw Adgo Tsegaye (PhD)</strong></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Academic rank</strong>:      Assistant Professor</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Specialization</strong>:        Physical chemistry</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Research interests</strong>:   Electrochemical sensor, Super-capacitors and electro-catalysis  </p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Contact Details</strong></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Email</strong>: <a href=\"mailto:abebawadgo@gmail.com\">abebawadgo@gmail.com</a></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Telephone (Mob)</strong>: +251 938 238996  </p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Telephone (Office): Tel: +251-255530394</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Fax</strong>:    +251-255530331</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Postal address:</strong>  P.O. Box 189, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia</p>		\n												List of selected publications					\n					<ol><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abebaw A. Tsegaye, Tesfaye T. Waryo, Priscilla G. Baker, Emmanuel I. Iwuoha Electropolymerization and spectroelectrochemical properties of poly(4,7-dithien-2-yl-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole) films in three 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium ionic liquids. Materials Chemistry and Physics 171 (2016) pp 57-62.</li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abebaw A. Tsegaye, Tesfaye T. Waryo, Shimelis Admassie, and Emmanuel I. Iwuoha Poly(3-methoxythiophene/ 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Homopolymer and Heteropolymer Films Electrodeposited in Two Imidazolium Ionic Liquids: Voltammetric, UV/Vis Spectroelectrochemical, and AFM Morphology Comparisons, International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 9(2014) pp 4840 – 4853.</li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oluwakemi Tovide, Nazeem Jaheed, Nurali Mohammed, Eto Nxusani, Chirstopher E. Sunday, Abebaw Tsegaye, Rachel F. Ajayi, Njagi Njomo, Hlamula Makelane, Mawethu Bilibana, Prisilla G. Baker, Avril Williams, Sibulete Vilakazi, Robert Tsnikhudo, Emmanuel I. Iwuoha Graphenated polyaniline doped tungsten oxide for real time determination of Phenanthrene.  Electrochimica Acta, volume 128, 10 May 2014, pp 128 – 148.</li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Natasha Ross, Emmanuel I, Iwhoha, Chinwe O. Ikpo, Priscilla Baker,Njagi Njomo, Stephene N. Mailu, Milua Masikini, Nolubabalo Matinise, Abebaw Tsegaye, Noluthando Mayedwa, Tesfaye Waryo, Kenneth I Ozoemena, Avril William Amplification of Discharge Current Density of Lithium ion Battries with Spinel Phase Li(PtAu)0.02Mn1.98O4 Nano-materials Electrochimica Acta, volume 128, 10 May 1014, pp 178-183.</li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abd Almonam Baleg, Nazeem Jahed, Anne L. Djoumessi Yonkeu, Njagi Njomo, Gcineka Mbambisa, Kerileng M. Molapo, Xolile G. Fuku, Gertrude Fomo, Hlamulo Makelane, Abebaw Tsegaye, Tesfaye T. Waryo, Priscilla Baker, Sibulelo Vilakazi, Robert Tshikhudo, Emmanuel I. Iwuoha Impedimetry and microscopy of electrosynthetic poly(propylene imine)-co-polypyrrole conducting dendrimeric star copolymers Electrochimica Acta, Volume 128, 10 May 2014, Pages 448-457</li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Milua Masikini, Stephen N. Mailu, Abebaw Tsegaye, Njagi Njomo, Kerileng, M. Molapo, Chinwe O. Ikpo, Christopher Edozie Sunday, Candice Rassie, Lindsay Wilson, Pricilla G. L. Baker, Emmanuel I. Iwuoha. Fumonisins immunosensor developed on polyanilino-carbon nanotubes doped with palladium telluride quantum dots. Sensors, 15(2015), 529-546.</li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Milua Masikini, Stephen N. Mailu, Abebaw Tsegaye, Chinwe O. Ikpo, Njagi Njomo, Tesfaye T. Waryo, Pricilla G. L. Baker, Emmanuel I. Iwuoha In-situ Electrochemical Synthesis, Microscopic and Spectroscopic Charactorization of Electroactive poly(2,5-dimethoxyaniline)-Multi Walled Carbon Nan tubes Composite Film in Neutral Media. Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 9(2014) 7003-7020.</li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">U.S. Tandon, Tizazu Habte, Abebaw Adgo, Ameha Kebede Solid State Fermentation: Extraction of Enzyme from Fungus and its use in the synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles</li></ol><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">International Journal of Advanced Research in Science, Engineering and Technology 4( 5), 2017.</p>\n		<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About The Theme </strong></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This theme includes engineering and information technologies, energy, manufacturing, metal industry, power industry, food analysis, agricultural machinery, and emerging research areas.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This research them identifies a number of technology missions for significant targeted investment in key technology fields that are important for the development of the agricultural, health, and  industrial sectors of Ethiopia. These include the engineering and information technology platforms. Thus, technologies for manufacturing and for leveraging resource-based industries such as agriculture, fishing and forestry, mining, power industries, and minerals and energy production will be emphasised. The areas of research include the following technology missions and technology platforms: information communications technology (ICT); farm implements; farm power and agricultural machinery; manufacturing and resource-based industries; manufacturing; power; new emerging research areas such as nanotechnology; synthetic biology etc.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Theme-3-Description.pdf\">For details, click here</a></u></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Research Priorities 2019</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Theme-III-2018-19-Research-Priority-Areas.pdf\"><u>Research Priorities 2018</u></a></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-Theme-III-Priority-research-areas.pdf\">Research priorities 2017</a></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2016-Theme-III-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research priorities 2016</u></a></p>', 'Theme III-EEIT', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '548-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 08:49:01', '2019-02-16 08:49:01', '', 548, 'http://localhost/?p=5314', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5315, 1, '2019-02-16 08:50:29', '2019-02-16 08:50:29', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"> Theme III. Energy, Engineering, and Information Technologies</p><p><img src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dr-abebaw-1-261x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"209\" /></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Abebaw Adgo Tsegaye (PhD)</strong></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Academic rank</strong>:      Assistant Professor</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Specialization</strong>:        Physical chemistry</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Research interests</strong>:   Electrochemical sensor, Super-capacitors and electro-catalysis  </p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Contact Details</strong></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Email</strong>: <a href=\"mailto:abebawadgo@gmail.com\">abebawadgo@gmail.com</a></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Telephone (Mob)</strong>: +251 938 238996  </p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Telephone (Office): Tel: +251-255530394</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Fax</strong>:    +251-255530331</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Postal address:</strong>  P.O. Box 189, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia</p>		\n												List of selected publications					\n					<ol><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abebaw A. Tsegaye, Tesfaye T. Waryo, Priscilla G. Baker, Emmanuel I. Iwuoha Electropolymerization and spectroelectrochemical properties of poly(4,7-dithien-2-yl-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole) films in three 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium ionic liquids. Materials Chemistry and Physics 171 (2016) pp 57-62.</li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abebaw A. Tsegaye, Tesfaye T. Waryo, Shimelis Admassie, and Emmanuel I. Iwuoha Poly(3-methoxythiophene/ 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Homopolymer and Heteropolymer Films Electrodeposited in Two Imidazolium Ionic Liquids: Voltammetric, UV/Vis Spectroelectrochemical, and AFM Morphology Comparisons, International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 9(2014) pp 4840 – 4853.</li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oluwakemi Tovide, Nazeem Jaheed, Nurali Mohammed, Eto Nxusani, Chirstopher E. Sunday, Abebaw Tsegaye, Rachel F. Ajayi, Njagi Njomo, Hlamula Makelane, Mawethu Bilibana, Prisilla G. Baker, Avril Williams, Sibulete Vilakazi, Robert Tsnikhudo, Emmanuel I. Iwuoha Graphenated polyaniline doped tungsten oxide for real time determination of Phenanthrene.  Electrochimica Acta, volume 128, 10 May 2014, pp 128 – 148.</li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Natasha Ross, Emmanuel I, Iwhoha, Chinwe O. Ikpo, Priscilla Baker,Njagi Njomo, Stephene N. Mailu, Milua Masikini, Nolubabalo Matinise, Abebaw Tsegaye, Noluthando Mayedwa, Tesfaye Waryo, Kenneth I Ozoemena, Avril William Amplification of Discharge Current Density of Lithium ion Battries with Spinel Phase Li(PtAu)0.02Mn1.98O4 Nano-materials Electrochimica Acta, volume 128, 10 May 1014, pp 178-183.</li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abd Almonam Baleg, Nazeem Jahed, Anne L. Djoumessi Yonkeu, Njagi Njomo, Gcineka Mbambisa, Kerileng M. Molapo, Xolile G. Fuku, Gertrude Fomo, Hlamulo Makelane, Abebaw Tsegaye, Tesfaye T. Waryo, Priscilla Baker, Sibulelo Vilakazi, Robert Tshikhudo, Emmanuel I. Iwuoha Impedimetry and microscopy of electrosynthetic poly(propylene imine)-co-polypyrrole conducting dendrimeric star copolymers Electrochimica Acta, Volume 128, 10 May 2014, Pages 448-457</li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Milua Masikini, Stephen N. Mailu, Abebaw Tsegaye, Njagi Njomo, Kerileng, M. Molapo, Chinwe O. Ikpo, Christopher Edozie Sunday, Candice Rassie, Lindsay Wilson, Pricilla G. L. Baker, Emmanuel I. Iwuoha. Fumonisins immunosensor developed on polyanilino-carbon nanotubes doped with palladium telluride quantum dots. Sensors, 15(2015), 529-546.</li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Milua Masikini, Stephen N. Mailu, Abebaw Tsegaye, Chinwe O. Ikpo, Njagi Njomo, Tesfaye T. Waryo, Pricilla G. L. Baker, Emmanuel I. Iwuoha In-situ Electrochemical Synthesis, Microscopic and Spectroscopic Charactorization of Electroactive poly(2,5-dimethoxyaniline)-Multi Walled Carbon Nan tubes Composite Film in Neutral Media. Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 9(2014) 7003-7020.</li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">U.S. Tandon, Tizazu Habte, Abebaw Adgo, Ameha Kebede Solid State Fermentation: Extraction of Enzyme from Fungus and its use in the synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles</li></ol><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">International Journal of Advanced Research in Science, Engineering and Technology 4( 5), 2017.</p>\n		<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About The Theme </strong></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This theme includes engineering and information technologies, energy, manufacturing, metal industry, power industry, food analysis, agricultural machinery, and emerging research areas.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This research them identifies a number of technology missions for significant targeted investment in key technology fields that are important for the development of the agricultural, health, and  industrial sectors of Ethiopia. These include the engineering and information technology platforms. Thus, technologies for manufacturing and for leveraging resource-based industries such as agriculture, fishing and forestry, mining, power industries, and minerals and energy production will be emphasised. The areas of research include the following technology missions and technology platforms: information communications technology (ICT); farm implements; farm power and agricultural machinery; manufacturing and resource-based industries; manufacturing; power; new emerging research areas such as nanotechnology; synthetic biology etc.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Theme-3-Description.pdf\">For details, click here</a></u></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-size: 18px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; background-color: initial;\"><a style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-size: 18px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; background-color: initial;\" href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Theme-III-2018-19-Research-Priority-Areas.pdf\">Research Priorities 201</a>9</u><br /></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; background-color: initial;\" href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Theme-III-2018-19-Research-Priority-Areas.pdf\"><u>Research Priorities 2018</u></a></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-Theme-III-Priority-research-areas.pdf\">Research priorities 2017</a></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2016-Theme-III-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research priorities 2016</u></a></p>', 'Theme III-EEIT', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '548-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 08:50:29', '2019-02-16 08:50:29', '', 548, 'http://localhost/?p=5315', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5316, 1, '2019-02-16 08:51:33', '2019-02-16 08:51:33', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Theme II. Human Health, Nutrition, and Welfare</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dr-frehiwot-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"239\" /><b>Firehiwot Mesfin Mengistu</b> <strong><br /> Academic Rank: </strong>Assistant Professor<br />  <strong>Specialization: </strong>PhD in Public Health; Master of Applied Human Nutrition and Bachelor Science in Nursing</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Research Interests</strong></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Diet Related Chronic Diseases</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maternal and Child Nutrition (Life cycle approach) and Nutrition Sensitive Intervention</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong> </strong><strong> </strong></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; background-color: initial;\">Contact Details</strong></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong> Telephone (mobile):</strong> +251-910-13-12-50, </p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>E-mail Address:</strong>  <a href=\"mailto:mfirehiwotm@gmail.com\">mfirehiwotm@gmail.com</a>  </p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Postal Address: </strong>Haramaya University, College of Health and Medical Sciences, P.O.Box 235, Harar, Ethiopia</p>		\n												Publications 					\n					<ol><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anwar Seid, BerhanuSeyoum, and <strong>Firehiwot Mesfin</strong>.2017. Determinants of Acute Malnutrition among Children Aged 6–59 Months in Public Health Facilities of Pastoralist Community, Afar Region, Northeast Ethiopia: A Case Control Study   Hindawi Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism</li><li>Tadesse T., <strong>Mesfin,F</strong>. Chane T.2016 Prevalence and associated factors of non-exclusive breastfeeding of infants during the first six months in rural area of Sorro District, Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.International Breastfeeding Journal <strong>11</strong>:25<strong>DOI: </strong>1186/s13006-016-0085-6</li><li>Zerihun,E.,<strong>Mesfin,F</strong>. Egata,G.,2016 Under Nutrition and its Associated Factors among Lactating Mothers in Rural Ambo District, West Showa Zone. Oromia Region, Ethiopia. <em>East African journal of Health and Biomedical Sciences, Volume 1(1):39-48.</em></li><li>Oumer, A.,<strong>Mesfin,F.,</strong>Demena,M.2016.Survival Status and Predictors of Mortality among Children Aged 0-59Months Admitted with Sever Acute Malnutrition in Dilchora Referral Hospital ,Eastern Ethiopia. <em>East African journal of Health and Biomedical Sciences, Volume 1(1):13-22.</em></li><li><em>Belete Y, NeggaB </em><strong>,Mesfin. F.,</strong> Under Nutrition and Associated Factors among Adolescent Pregnant Women in Shashemenne District, West Arsi Zone, Ethiopia: A Communitybased Study. J Nutr Food Sci 2016, 6:1</li><li><strong>Mesfin F</strong>, Berhane Y, Worku A (2015) Anemia among Primary School Children in Eastern Ethiopia. PLoSONE 10(4): doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0123615</li><li><strong>Mesfin F</strong>, Berhane Y, Worku A. (2015)Prevalence and associated factors of stunting among primary school children in Eastern Ethiopia.DovePress journal, Nutrition and Dietary Supplements</li><li><strong>Mesfin F,</strong>Berhane Y, Worku A. (2015) School-Aged Children Felling Hunger at School Were at a Higher Risk for Thinness in Kersa District, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. J Nutr Food Sci S12: 005.</li><li>Yisak H, Gobena T, <strong>Mesfin F</strong>. (2015) Prevalence and risk factors for under nutrition among children under five at Haramaya district, Eastern Ethiopia. BMC Pediatrics  15:212 DOI 10.1186/s12887-015-0535-0</li><li>Legesse M, Demena M, <strong>Mesfin F</strong><strong>,</strong> Haile D. (2015) Factors Associated with Colostrum Avoidance among Mothers of Children Aged less than 24 Months in Raya Kobo district, North-eastern Ethiopia: Community-based Cross-sectional Study. J Trop Pediatr. 61(5):357-63.</li><li>Legesse M, Demena M, <strong>Mesfin F</strong><strong>,</strong> Haile D. (2014)Prelacteal feeding practices and associated factors among mothers of children aged less than 24 months in Raya Kobo district, North Eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.Int Breastfeed J. 9(1):189.</li><li>Bekele, Y., Mengistie, B. and <strong>Mesfin, F</strong>. (2014) Prelactal feeding practice and associated factors among Mothers attending immunization clinic in Harari public health facilities, Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Open journal of preventive medicine, 4,529-534</em></li><li>Dessie Y, <strong>Mesfin F.</strong> Researchers’ Challenges:  Findings from In-depth Interview among University Academicians, Ethiopia.  Herald J.Edu and Gen Stud. 2013 069-071.</li><li>Teklemariam, Z., Mitiku, H. <strong>Mesfin, F.</strong>Anemia and Nutritional Status among HIV-infected children in ART unit of HiwotFana HospitalEastern Ethiopia. 2011</li></ol>\n		<p><strong>About the theme </strong></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Attaining full health and high living standard are central aspects for all development efforts. To achieve this, several policies and strategies have been set though there are a lot of multidimensional complexities towards meeting high life standards. Therefore, it is necessary to identify these hurdles in achieving human aspirations. The government of Ethiopia has put health at its forefront goals and devised a four-tier health delivery system connecting the health extension and promotion services to highly specialized disease management. Researching on major health issues is also given due emphasis in the country’s programmes.</p><p>This theme shall focus on priority areas of health promotion, disease prevention, treatment of diseases, and rehabilitative efforts to human health problems and major reproductive, maternal, and child health concerns. Host, pathogen, environment interaction in relation of the occurrence health and wellness in one aspect and disease and disability in the other hand shall also be dealt with under this theme.</p><p><u><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Theme-2-Description-1.pdf\">For details, click here</a></u></p><p><u><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Theme-II-2019-Research-Priorities.pdf\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Research priorities 2019</a></u></p><p><u style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; color: #444444;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Theme-II-2018-19-Research-Priority-Areas.pdf\">Research priorities 2018</a></u><br /></p><p><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-Theme-II-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research priorities 2017</u></a></p><p><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2016-Theme-II-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research priorities 2016</u></a></p><p> </p>', 'Theme II-HNW', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '518-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 08:51:33', '2019-02-16 08:51:33', '', 518, 'http://localhost/?p=5316', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5317, 1, '2019-02-16 08:52:35', '2019-02-16 08:52:35', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"_Toc389157594\"></a><strong>Theme I.      Productivity and Environmental Sustainability for Food Security and Poverty  Alleviation</strong></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Awol-Pic-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" /><strong>Awol Seid Ebrahim (PhD)</strong></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Academic Rank:</strong>Assistant Professor </p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Specialization: </strong>PhD in Plant Pathology (Nematology), Short Research Stay for molecular identification of plant-parasitic nematodes, MSc in Postgraduate International Plant Nematology and BSc in Crop Production and Protection</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Research Interest:</strong></p><ul><li>Host-pathogen interaction and host-pathogen co-evolution</li><li>Investigating disease complexes and devising sustainable management strategies</li><li>Plant resistance screening and breeding for soil borne disease resistance</li><li>Biodiversity of plant pathogens at molecular level (main focus on soil borne pathogens)</li></ul><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong> </strong><strong>Contact Details:</strong> </p><p>Haramaya University, P.O.Box 20, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia</p><p>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:awolseid07@gmail.com\">awolseid07@gmail.com</a></p><p>GSM: +251912442291</p><p>Fax: +251255530325/31/54</p>		\n												List of selected publications					\n					<ul><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Seid, A.</strong>, Dejene M., Wakgari M. &amp; Terefe H. (2018). Haramaya University Plant Protection Program: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects. Booklet Prepared for the 24<sup>th</sup> Annual Conference and Silver Jubilee of the Plant Protection Society of Ethiopia (16-17 March 2018 at Haramaya University).</li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Seid, A.,</strong> Fininsa, C., Mekete, T., Decraemer, W. &amp; Wesemael, W.M.L. (2017). Resistance screening of clones and commercial tomato cultivars against <em>Meloidogyne incognita</em> and <em> javanica</em> populations (Nematoda) from Ethiopia. <em>Euphytica </em>213:97, DOI 10.1007/s10681-017-1886-4.</li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mwesige, R.,<strong> Seid, A., </strong>&amp; Wesemael W.M.L. (2016<strong>).</strong> Identification and Pathogenicity of Root-Knot Nematodes from Tomatoes grown in Kyenjojo and Masaka Districts in Uganda. <em>African Journal of Agricultural Research </em>11(38): 3598-3606<em>. </em></li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Seid, A.,</strong> Fininsa, C., Mekete, T., Decraemer, W. &amp; Wesemael, W.M.L. (2015. Tomato (<em>Lycopersicon Esculentum</em>) and root-knot nematodes (<em>Meloidogyne </em>spp.)-A Century Old Battle. <em>Nematology</em> 17(9): 995-1009.</li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Seid, A</strong>., Goftishu, M., Degebassa, L. &amp; Mekete, T. (2015). Occurrence, distribution, and abundance of plant-parasitic nematodes associated with khat (<em>Catha edulis </em>Forsk) in East Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia. <em>Nematropica</em> 45:208-214.</li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abebe, E., Mekete, T., <strong>Seid, A.,</strong> Meressa, B.H, Wondafrash, M., Addis, T., Getaneh, G. &amp; Abate, B.A. (2015). Research on plant-parasitic and entomopathogenic nematodes in Ethiopia: a review of current state and future direction. <em>Nematology </em>17:741-759.</li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mekonen, M., Ayalew, A., W/Tsadik, K. &amp; <strong>Seid, A</strong>. (2015). Assessing and Measuring of <em>Citrus gummosis </em>(<em>Phytophthora </em>) in Major Citrus Growing Areas of Ethiopia. <em>Journal of Horticulture</em> Volume 2(3): 154. doi:10.4172/2376-0354.1000154.</li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Goftishu, M., <strong>Seid,</strong> &amp; Dechassa, N. (2014). Occurrence and population monitoring of a new species of the tomato leaf miner, <em>Tuta absoluta </em>(Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), in Eastern Ethiopia. <em>East African Journal of Sciences</em> 8(1): 59-64.</li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mekonen, M., <strong>Seid, A.</strong>, Ayalew, A. &amp; W/Tsadik, K. (2014). Distribution of the Citrus Nematode (<em>Tylenchulus semipenetrans</em>) in Major Citrus (<em>Citrus Sinesis</em>) Growing Areas of Ethiopia. <em>Pest Management Journal of Ethiopia</em> 17:11-17.</li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kebede, A., Argaw, A., Goftishu, M., <strong>Seid,</strong> <strong>,</strong> and Bekele, H. (2012). Identification of Causative Factor (s) of Groundnut Wilt in the Farmers’ Field and Control Measure(s) Formulation. Proceedings of the 29<sup>th</sup> Annual Research and Extension Review Workshop Organized by Haramaya University Office of Research Affairs, Haramaya, Ethiopia.</li></ul>\n		<p><strong>About The Theme </strong></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ethiopian government has identified ensuring food security, conserving and sustaining the resource-base, and eradicating poverty as major issues of national priority. The goal is to ensure the attainment of a middle-income status in the year 2025 for a better life for all Ethiopians. In these endeavors, it is intended that rural and poor communities should have access to innovations, attain food security, and have accelerated status of development. It is also planned to provide new and more effective solutions to problems than those utilised previously in the overall national development efforts. Given the broad nature of this theme, priority will be given to basic, applied, and development research in the areas of agriculture, environmental and natural resources, climate change, agro-pastoralism, veterinary medicine, land use management, and</p><p><u><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Theme-1-Description-1.pdf\">For details, click here </a></u></p><p><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Theme-I-2019-Research-Priorities.pdf\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Research priorities 2019</a></p><p><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Theme-I-2018-19-Research-Priority-Areas.pdf\">Research priorities 2018</a></p><p><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-Theme-I-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research priorities 2017</u></a></p><p><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2016-Theme-I-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research priorities 2016</u></a></p>', 'Theme I-PES', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '516-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 08:52:35', '2019-02-16 08:52:35', '', 516, 'http://localhost/?p=5317', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5318, 1, '2019-02-16 09:00:31', '2019-02-16 09:00:31', '<strong>The 34th Annual Research, Extension and Community Engagement Review and </strong>\n\n<strong>Community Engagement Necessary in Research Works </strong>\n<h1>The 34<sup>th</sup> Annual Research, Extension and Community Engagement Review and Exhibition was held in Haramaya University’s Afran Kallo Hall and Resource Center for three consecutive days. The review was started with a discussion session with Eastern and Western Hararghe stakeholders. In attendance were model farmers, Development Agents (DAs), community elders, woreda and district administration representative and the HU’s managerial staff together with the University’s community. The discussion that was held in the local language, Afan Oromo gave the opportunity for the locals to express their concerns and appreciations with no difficulty.</h1>\nFour presentations were made focusing on research extension activities of the University, activities undertaken by BENEFIT-ISSD in the area, community engagement and watershed management activities before the floor was opened for discussion. Many of the farmers were happy with the progress the University has made following the discussion they had last year on the 33<sup>rd</sup> Annual Review and expressed their gratitude.\n\nOne model farmer expressed his appreciation for the fact that the University has acknowledged the need to work with the community, and raised whether or not research work on mango disease, which has become a severe threat to mango production in Babile area given enough attention. In response to this question, Prof. Nigussie Dechassa, Vice-president for Academic Affairs, said some activities are going on mango involving experts and professionals. In addition to these activities, a postgraduate student is also working on his PhD in mango, and hopefully, disease prevention and identification of insects that damage the fruit will also be taken as a research agenda by the University’s researchers.\n\nThe University’s focus on what the farmers called ‘less priority crops’ was another issue raised and it was commented that the University has not reduce its researches only to common beans and the ‘less priority crops’, rather its researchers and extension workers are heavily invested on crops such as maize and sorghum which are taken as the priority crops in the area. Prof. Nigussie said, “Common bean is still taken as a priority crop in many areas and it is a crop for export serving as a cash crop.’ Research on the bean as well as other crops will continue in the future too.” The two new maize varieties released in 2017 are clear indications of the University’s commitment to improve the livelihoods of the community.\n\nThe preparation and distribution of manuals along with technologies, the speed of technology dissemination, and the application and sever effect of chemicals on <em>Khat</em> were also issues raised during the discussion. Dr. Abera Deressa, the University’s Board Member, emphasized that research on <em>Khat</em> is not a priority for the Ethiopian Government and neither is it for Haramaya University; Prof. Nigussie iterated the University would not allocate public fund for undertaking research on the crop due to policy reasons. As for the preparation and distribution of manuals for newly adopted and released technologies, the manuals are prepared in the local languages, and are ready to be disseminated, but the University would also take it under advisement to provide manuals simultaneously with the release of technologies.\n\nOpening up new primary schools in various rural areas and the support given to schools was also raised up by one attendee, and Prof. Kebede W/Tsadik, Vice-president for Community Engagement and Enterprise Development said, “More than 100 high schools have been supported. We cannot address all requests. We only do limited support. Our community engagement support is possible only when the community starts doing something and requires additional support from us. It cannot allocate the budget it receives from the government treasury to construct schools.” In line with this Dr. Abera said, “We […] need to know [the] responsibilities of the University. The major responsibility is human power development (teaching) while research and community engagement are the additional responsibilities …. All the different ministries and offices have their own responsibilities to fulfill. Educational offices should also fulfill their responsibilities and the University may support them.”\n\n“The second rank the Grawa Hospital obtained among the hospitals in Oromia Region is because of the tremendous support it has obtained from the University,” said a representative from Gurawa. “But the BENEFIT-ISSD Project should also work in Gurawa Woreda, in addition to their ‘road-side’ efforts.” Mr. Dendena Gelmessa responded, the BENEFIT-ISSD Project is trying to include more woredas under its umbrella and Gurawa may be one of them.\n\nDr. Jemal Yousuf, Vice-president for Research Affairs, gave response to questions regarding groundwater potential and assessment in neighboring areas and he said identification and location of potential groundwater resource has already been secured, and implementation in collaboration with stakeholders will take place in the near future.\n<h1>The Annual Review was held from 6-8 April, 2017 and more than 430 individuals attended the event. Under the research thematic areas, 57 scientific works were presented for review on the second and third day of the review. An exhibition displaying the various research, extension and community engagement activities of the University and its various organs was held and the response and feedback from the attendees was encouraging.</h1>\n&nbsp;', 'The 34th Annual Research, Extension and Community Engagement Review and', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5262-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 09:00:31', '2019-02-16 09:00:31', '', 5262, 'http://localhost/?p=5318', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5319, 1, '2019-02-16 09:00:45', '2019-02-16 09:00:45', 'An event was organized at Tony Farm to introduce <em>Chaya, </em>a spinach variety, to Dire Dawa, Harar and the surrounding community representatives and Haramaya University community.<strong><img class=\"alignright wp-image-5239 \" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12-Agricultural-Value-Chain-Research-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"143\" /></strong>\n\nAccording to Dr. Wassu Mohammed, one of the researchers in this project, Ethiopia has major problems in Iron and Vitamin A deficiencies and majority of the vegetable and field crops the country produces are not drought resistant. To this end, the introduction of this vegetable crop to the Ethiopian food system has its merits to alleviate the problem of food insecurity the country faces.\n\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5237 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1.3.-Photo-300x103.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"103\" />Mr. Daniel Alemu, lead investigator of the project and an instructor in Haramaya Institute of Technology, gave demonstration on how to prepare the vegetable and discussed advantages of including <em>Chaya</em> to our tables at home.\n\nAccording to Mr. Daniel it is advisable to cook the leaves for 20-25 minutes before cooking them as desired. The vegetable crop is very rich in Iron, Vitamin A and Calcium and its very nutritious nature makes it ideal for new mothers to consume.\n\n<img class=\" wp-image-5236 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/12.2.-photo-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"329\" height=\"196\" />\n\nAchieving not only food security but also nutrition security was another point discussed. The Ethiopian community should also look for food sources with high nutritious values and researchers are encouraged to conduct research activities in such areas in order to improve the living and food quality of the community.\n\nAttendees were encouraged to take the seedlings of the vegetable crop to their homes, grow them and make the vegetable a regular on their tables. The vegetable crop is ideal to grow on hot and semi-arid areas such as Dire Dawa, Afar, Somalia, etc. It can also be used for animal feed once it has been laid on the sun for a short period of time.\n\n<img class=\" wp-image-5241 alignright\" src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1.4-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"265\" />\n\n“The University has given financial support to 165 projects, and research site on 13 research stations and 57 farmer training centers (FTCs) were made available for research as well as extension activities,” according to Mr. Admkew Haile, Research Facilities Directorate Director and Vice-president for Research Affairs Delegate. The fiel trial of the variety on Dire Dawa Tony Farm goes along the line of the University’s community engagement and activities and its commitment to ensure food security and improve quality of life of the community. Such projects on nutrition and nutritious foods and technology should always be encouraged and supported.', 'Chaya: The New Guest in Town', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5252-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 09:00:45', '2019-02-16 09:00:45', '', 5252, 'http://localhost/?p=5319', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5320, 1, '2019-02-16 09:29:14', '2019-02-16 09:29:14', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> </strong><strong>To:             Staff members of the University </strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> </strong><strong>From:        Office of Research Affairs </strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> </strong><strong>Subject:     Announcement for 2019/20 Research Grant Competition  </strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> </strong>Haramaya University would like to invite interested staff members to compete for the 2019/20 (2012 EC) staff research grant. Staff members are encouraged to submit innovative and interdisciplinary research proposals. Involving PhD and MSc students in the research project scheme is highly encouraged for the application. Yet, standalone PhD/MSc proposals are not acceptable. The proposals should focus on <strong>Research Thematic Areas of the University and shall focus in the Eastern Part of Ethiopia except for compelling reasons</strong>.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n 	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Deadline for submission: March 30, 2019</span></li>\r\n 	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Submission: Online <strong><a href=\"http://grant.haramaya.edu.et\">http://grant.haramaya.edu</a>/</strong></span></li>\r\n 	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Priority research areas of 2012 EC</strong>, <strong>can be accessed through</strong></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(<a href=\"http://www.haramaya.edu.et/\">http://www.haramaya.edu.et/</a>) or</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://researchaffairs.haramaya.edu.et/\">http://researchaffairs.haramaya.edu.et/</a> under each Theme</span></p>\r\ndownload here the <a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Contents-2019.doc\">proposal content</a> and <a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Budget-Templet-2019.doc\">budget Templet</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With regards,</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> </strong></span></p>', 'ANNOUNCEMENT', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'announcement', '', '', '2019-02-16 10:51:22', '2019-02-16 10:51:22', '', 0, 'http://localhost/?p=5320', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(5321, 1, '2019-02-16 09:22:36', '2019-02-16 09:22:36', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> </strong><strong>To:             Staff members of the University </strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> </strong><strong>From:        Office of Research Affairs </strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> </strong><strong>Subject:     Announcement for 2019/20 Research Grant Competition  </strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> </strong>Haramaya University would like to invite interested staff members to compete for the 2019/20 (2012 EC) staff research grant. Staff members are encouraged to submit innovative and interdisciplinary research proposals. Involving PhD and MSc students in the research project scheme is highly encouraged for the application. Yet, standalone PhD/MSc proposals are not acceptable. The proposals should focus on <strong>Research Thematic Areas of the University and shall focus in the Eastern Part of Ethiopia except for compelling reasons</strong>.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n 	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Deadline for submission: March 30, 2019</span></li>\r\n 	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Submission: Online <strong><a href=\"http://grant.haramaya.edu.et\">http://grant.haramaya.edu</a>/</strong></span></li>\r\n 	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Priority research areas of 2012 EC</strong>, <strong>can be accessed through</strong></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(<a href=\"http://www.haramaya.edu.et/\">http://www.haramaya.edu.et/</a>) or</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://researchaffairs.haramaya.edu.et/\">http://researchaffairs.haramaya.edu.et/</a> under each Theme</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With regards,</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> </strong></span></p>', 'ANNOUNCEMENT', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5320-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 09:22:36', '2019-02-16 09:22:36', '', 5320, 'http://localhost/?p=5321', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(5326, 1, '2019-02-16 10:49:30', '2019-02-16 10:49:30', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> </strong><strong>To:             Staff members of the University </strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> </strong><strong>From:        Office of Research Affairs </strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> </strong><strong>Subject:     Announcement for 2019/20 Research Grant Competition  </strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> </strong>Haramaya University would like to invite interested staff members to compete for the 2019/20 (2012 EC) staff research grant. Staff members are encouraged to submit innovative and interdisciplinary research proposals. Involving PhD and MSc students in the research project scheme is highly encouraged for the application. Yet, standalone PhD/MSc proposals are not acceptable. The proposals should focus on <strong>Research Thematic Areas of the University and shall focus in the Eastern Part of Ethiopia except for compelling reasons</strong>.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n 	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Deadline for submission: March 30, 2019</span></li>\r\n 	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Submission: Online <strong><a href=\"http://grant.haramaya.edu.et\">http://grant.haramaya.edu</a>/</strong></span></li>\r\n 	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Priority research areas of 2012 EC</strong>, <strong>can be accessed through</strong></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(<a href=\"http://www.haramaya.edu.et/\">http://www.haramaya.edu.et/</a>) or</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://researchaffairs.haramaya.edu.et/\">http://researchaffairs.haramaya.edu.et/</a> under each Theme</span></p>\r\ndownload here the <a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Contents-2019.doc\">proposal content</a> and <a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Budget-Templet-2019.doc\">budget Templet</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With regards,</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> </strong></span></p>', 'ANNOUNCEMENT', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5320-autosave-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 10:49:30', '2019-02-16 10:49:30', '', 5320, 'http://localhost/?p=5326', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(5328, 1, '2019-02-16 09:42:37', '2019-02-16 09:42:37', '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> </strong><strong>To:             Staff members of the University </strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> </strong><strong>From:        Office of Research Affairs </strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> </strong><strong>Subject:     Announcement for 2019/20 Research Grant Competition  </strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> </strong>Haramaya University would like to invite interested staff members to compete for the 2019/20 (2012 EC) staff research grant. Staff members are encouraged to submit innovative and interdisciplinary research proposals. Involving PhD and MSc students in the research project scheme is highly encouraged for the application. Yet, standalone PhD/MSc proposals are not acceptable. The proposals should focus on <strong>Research Thematic Areas of the University and shall focus in the Eastern Part of Ethiopia except for compelling reasons</strong>.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n 	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Deadline for submission: March 30, 2019</span></li>\r\n 	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Submission: Online <strong><a href=\"http://grant.haramaya.edu.et\">http://grant.haramaya.edu</a>/</strong></span></li>\r\n 	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Priority research areas of 2012 EC</strong>, <strong>can be accessed through</strong></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(<a href=\"http://www.haramaya.edu.et/\">http://www.haramaya.edu.et/</a>) or</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://researchaffairs.haramaya.edu.et/\">http://researchaffairs.haramaya.edu.et/</a> under each Theme</span></p>\r\ndownload here the <a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Contents-2019.doc\">proposal content</a> and <a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Budget-Templet-2019.doc\">budget Templet</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With regards,</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> </strong></span></p>', 'ANNOUNCEMENT', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '5320-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 09:42:37', '2019-02-16 09:42:37', '', 5320, 'http://localhost/?p=5328', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5329, 1, '2019-02-16 09:57:10', '2019-02-16 09:57:10', '', 'Muluken (1)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'muluken-1', '', '', '2019-02-16 09:59:17', '2019-02-16 09:59:17', '', 520, 'http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Muluken-1.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(5330, 1, '2019-02-16 09:59:57', '2019-02-16 09:59:57', '<p><a name=\"_Toc389157648\"></a><strong> </strong><a name=\"_Toc389157677\"></a>Theme V.  Institutions, Innovation Systems, and Economic Development</p><p><img src=\"http://www.10.230.5.94/tm/tm/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dr-tesfaye-lemma.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" /><img src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Muluken-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" />Muluken Gezahegn Wordofa</p><p><br /> <strong>PhD:</strong> Rural Development<br /> <strong>Postdoc</strong>: Agricultural Innovation Systems Research at ILRI (International  Livestock Research Institute, Addis Abba, Ethiopia<br /> Assistant/Associate Professor of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension</p><p><strong>Research Interest </strong>: Rural Poverty, Livelihoods and Food Security, Rural Institutions, and Innovation Systems Analysis. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Contact Address</strong>:</p><p><strong>Telephone (Mob):</strong>+ 251 (0)932 178954</p><p><strong>E-mail Address:</strong> <a href=\"mailto:t.lemma41@yahoo.com\">t.lemma41@yahoo.com</a>,<br /><strong>Skype</strong>: tesfaye.lemma41<br /><strong>Postal Address:</strong> Haramaya University, PO BOX 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia</p>		\n												Current engagement:					\n					<ol><li>EU-funded InnovAfrica (‘Innovations in Technology, Institutional and Extension Approaches towards Sustainable Agriculture and enhanced Food and Nutrition Security in Africa’</li><li>Differential response to environmental stressors: How gender matters in the case of climate-induced migration in Ethiopia (developed with University of Vienna and submitted for funding by Austrian government).</li><li>Development Fund (Norway) sponsored Participatory Action Research for enhanced food security and climate resilience in the dryland areas of Ethio-Somali Region.</li><li> Empowering uneducated urban and peri-urban youth &amp; women through poultry development in Babile District.</li><li>Empowering rural women and  youth through integrated beekeeping development in east Hararghe</li></ol>\n												List of publication:					\n					<ol><li>Abebe Shiferaw, Bereket Dindamo, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Dirk Hoekstra. 2016. Agricultural service delivery: strengthening private crop protection service in southern Ethiopia, Development in Practice, 26:8, 1072-1082, DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2016.1225670.</li><li>Yishak Gecho, Gezahegn Ayele, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Dawit Alemu. 2014. Livelihood strategies and food security of rural households in Wolaita Zone, southern Ethiopia. Developing Country Studies Vol.4,No.14.</li><li>Yishak Gecho, Gezahegn Ayele, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Dawit Alemu. 2014. Rural households livelihood strategies: Options and determinants. Social Sciences <br /> Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2014, Pages: 92-104 </li><li>Moti Jaleta, Berhanu Gebremedhin, Azage Tegegne, Samson Jemaneh, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, and Hoekstra, D. 2013. Evolution of input supply and service hubs in dairy development  at Ada’a milk shed in Ethiopia. 2013. Development in Practice 23(2): 249-263.</li><li>Adam Bekele, Belay Kassa, Belaineh Legesse and Tesfaye Lemma Tefera. 2010. Effects of crop commercial orientation on productivity of smallholder farmers in drought-prone areas of the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. Journal of Rural Development 33(4): 1- 24.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera. 2009. Supply response, local reality, and livelihood sustainability: The policy dilemma of khat (Catha edulis) production in eastern Ethiopia. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 7(3):176–188.</li></ol><ol start=\"7\"><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Sylvian Perret and J.F. Kirsten. 2005. Diversity in livelihoods and farmers’ strategies in the Hararghe highlands, eastern Ethiopia, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2(2):133-146.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, J.F. Kirsten and Sylvain Perret. 2004. Incentives, farmers’ response, and a policy dilemma: A case study on expansion of khat production as a cash crop in the eastern highlands of Ethiopia. Journal of Ethiopian Development Studies 1(2). Center for African Development Policy Research, Western Michigan University (USA), Kalamazoo, MI.</li></ol><ol><li>Chanyalew Seyoum, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Ranjan S. Karippa. 2011. Factors determining the degree of commercialization of smallholder agriculture: the case of potato growers in Kombolcha district, eastern Ethiopia. Journal of Agriculture and Development, JAD 2 (1) 2011.</li></ol>\n												Published working papers:					\n					<ol><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Azage Tegegne and Hoekstra D. 2012. Capacity for knowledge-based smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia: Linking graduate programs to market-oriented agricultural development: Challenges, opportunities and IPMS experience. IPMS (Improving Productivity and Market Access) of Ethiopian Farmers Project Working Paper 29, Nairobi, Kenya, International Livestock Research Institute.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Puskur R, Hoekstra D. and Azage Tegegne. 2010. Commercializing dairy and forage systems in Ethiopia: An innovation systems perspective. IPMS (Improving Productivity and Market Access) of Ethiopian Farmers Project Working Paper 17, Nairobi, Kenya, International Livestock Research Institute.</li></ol>\n												Selected papers published in conference proceedings:					\n					<ol><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Azage Tegegne, Puskur R. and Hoekstra D. 2009. Moving Ethiopian smallholder dairy along a sustainable commercialization path: Missing links in the innovation systems. In: Merga Bekana et al (ed.) pp. 118-142. Proceedings of the National Symposium on Smallholder Dairy Production in Central highlands of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: Challenges and future prospects. Sida/SAREC Project, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, August 16-17, 2008, Adama, Ethiopía.</li><li>Anteneh Girma, Ranjita Puskur and Tesfaye Lemma. 2009. Animal health services delivery system in DebrezeitMilkshed: Implications for public-private roles in service delivery in Ethiopia. Proceedings of 23rd Annual Conference of the Ethiopian Veterinarian Association, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 22-23, 2009: 37-56.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Puskur R, and Hoekstra D (2008) Exploring innovation capacity in Ethiopian dairy systems. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge and Innovation for Advancing Agriculture in Developing Countries. IFPRI, Addis Ababa, April 7–9, 2008. pp. 7–9. Nairobi: ILRI.</li></ol>\n		<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About The Theme</strong></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lack of relevant knowledge, technologies, and innovations as well as poor dissemination and adoption of existing ones are a major constraint to development in Ethiopia. This is basically attributed to inefficiencies in taking research results to socio-economic outcomes. Other studies have identified ‘knowledge gap’ which is due to failure to produce the requisite critical number of skilled innovators and capacity development for technology and knowledge generation and dissemination.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Theme-5-Description.pdf\">For Details, click Here</a></u></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Theme-V-2019-Research-Priorities.pdf\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\"><u>Research priorities 2019</u></a></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-Theme-V-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research Priorities 2017</u></a></p><p><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2016-Theme-V-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research Priorities 2016</u></a></p>', 'Theme V-IISED', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '520-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 09:59:57', '2019-02-16 09:59:57', '', 520, 'http://localhost/?p=5330', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5331, 1, '2019-02-16 10:01:09', '2019-02-16 10:01:09', '<a name=\"_Toc389157648\"></a><strong> </strong><a name=\"_Toc389157677\"></a>Theme V.  Institutions, Innovation Systems, and Economic Development\n<img src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Muluken-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" />Muluken Gezahegn Wordofa\n<strong>PhD:</strong> Rural Development\n<strong>Postdoc</strong>: Agricultural Innovation Systems Research at ILRI (International  Livestock Research Institute, Addis Abba, Ethiopia\nAssistant/Associate Professor of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension\n<strong>Research Interest </strong>: Rural Poverty, Livelihoods and Food Security, Rural Institutions, and Innovation Systems Analysis.\n&nbsp;\n<strong>Contact Address</strong>:\n<strong>Telephone (Mob):</strong>+ 251 (0)932 178954\n<strong>E-mail Address:</strong> <a href=\"mailto:t.lemma41@yahoo.com\">t.lemma41@yahoo.com</a>,\n<strong>Skype</strong>: tesfaye.lemma41\n<strong>Postal Address:</strong> Haramaya University, PO BOX 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia		\n												Current engagement:					\n					<ol><li>EU-funded InnovAfrica (‘Innovations in Technology, Institutional and Extension Approaches towards Sustainable Agriculture and enhanced Food and Nutrition Security in Africa’</li><li>Differential response to environmental stressors: How gender matters in the case of climate-induced migration in Ethiopia (developed with University of Vienna and submitted for funding by Austrian government).</li><li>Development Fund (Norway) sponsored Participatory Action Research for enhanced food security and climate resilience in the dryland areas of Ethio-Somali Region.</li><li> Empowering uneducated urban and peri-urban youth &amp; women through poultry development in Babile District.</li><li>Empowering rural women and  youth through integrated beekeeping development in east Hararghe</li></ol>\n												List of publication:					\n					<ol><li>Abebe Shiferaw, Bereket Dindamo, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Dirk Hoekstra. 2016. Agricultural service delivery: strengthening private crop protection service in southern Ethiopia, Development in Practice, 26:8, 1072-1082, DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2016.1225670.</li><li>Yishak Gecho, Gezahegn Ayele, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Dawit Alemu. 2014. Livelihood strategies and food security of rural households in Wolaita Zone, southern Ethiopia. Developing Country Studies Vol.4,No.14.</li><li>Yishak Gecho, Gezahegn Ayele, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Dawit Alemu. 2014. Rural households livelihood strategies: Options and determinants. Social Sciences <br /> Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2014, Pages: 92-104 </li><li>Moti Jaleta, Berhanu Gebremedhin, Azage Tegegne, Samson Jemaneh, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, and Hoekstra, D. 2013. Evolution of input supply and service hubs in dairy development  at Ada’a milk shed in Ethiopia. 2013. Development in Practice 23(2): 249-263.</li><li>Adam Bekele, Belay Kassa, Belaineh Legesse and Tesfaye Lemma Tefera. 2010. Effects of crop commercial orientation on productivity of smallholder farmers in drought-prone areas of the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. Journal of Rural Development 33(4): 1- 24.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera. 2009. Supply response, local reality, and livelihood sustainability: The policy dilemma of khat (Catha edulis) production in eastern Ethiopia. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 7(3):176–188.</li></ol><ol start=\"7\"><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Sylvian Perret and J.F. Kirsten. 2005. Diversity in livelihoods and farmers’ strategies in the Hararghe highlands, eastern Ethiopia, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2(2):133-146.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, J.F. Kirsten and Sylvain Perret. 2004. Incentives, farmers’ response, and a policy dilemma: A case study on expansion of khat production as a cash crop in the eastern highlands of Ethiopia. Journal of Ethiopian Development Studies 1(2). Center for African Development Policy Research, Western Michigan University (USA), Kalamazoo, MI.</li></ol><ol><li>Chanyalew Seyoum, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Ranjan S. Karippa. 2011. Factors determining the degree of commercialization of smallholder agriculture: the case of potato growers in Kombolcha district, eastern Ethiopia. Journal of Agriculture and Development, JAD 2 (1) 2011.</li></ol>\n												Published working papers:					\n					<ol><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Azage Tegegne and Hoekstra D. 2012. Capacity for knowledge-based smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia: Linking graduate programs to market-oriented agricultural development: Challenges, opportunities and IPMS experience. IPMS (Improving Productivity and Market Access) of Ethiopian Farmers Project Working Paper 29, Nairobi, Kenya, International Livestock Research Institute.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Puskur R, Hoekstra D. and Azage Tegegne. 2010. Commercializing dairy and forage systems in Ethiopia: An innovation systems perspective. IPMS (Improving Productivity and Market Access) of Ethiopian Farmers Project Working Paper 17, Nairobi, Kenya, International Livestock Research Institute.</li></ol>\n												Selected papers published in conference proceedings:					\n					<ol><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Azage Tegegne, Puskur R. and Hoekstra D. 2009. Moving Ethiopian smallholder dairy along a sustainable commercialization path: Missing links in the innovation systems. In: Merga Bekana et al (ed.) pp. 118-142. Proceedings of the National Symposium on Smallholder Dairy Production in Central highlands of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: Challenges and future prospects. Sida/SAREC Project, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, August 16-17, 2008, Adama, Ethiopía.</li><li>Anteneh Girma, Ranjita Puskur and Tesfaye Lemma. 2009. Animal health services delivery system in DebrezeitMilkshed: Implications for public-private roles in service delivery in Ethiopia. Proceedings of 23rd Annual Conference of the Ethiopian Veterinarian Association, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 22-23, 2009: 37-56.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Puskur R, and Hoekstra D (2008) Exploring innovation capacity in Ethiopian dairy systems. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge and Innovation for Advancing Agriculture in Developing Countries. IFPRI, Addis Ababa, April 7–9, 2008. pp. 7–9. Nairobi: ILRI.</li></ol>\n		<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About The Theme</strong></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lack of relevant knowledge, technologies, and innovations as well as poor dissemination and adoption of existing ones are a major constraint to development in Ethiopia. This is basically attributed to inefficiencies in taking research results to socio-economic outcomes. Other studies have identified ‘knowledge gap’ which is due to failure to produce the requisite critical number of skilled innovators and capacity development for technology and knowledge generation and dissemination.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Theme-5-Description.pdf\">For Details, click Here</a></u></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Theme-V-2019-Research-Priorities.pdf\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\"><u>Research priorities 2019</u></a></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-Theme-V-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research Priorities 2017</u></a></p><p><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2016-Theme-V-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research Priorities 2016</u></a></p>', 'Theme V-IISED', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '520-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 10:01:09', '2019-02-16 10:01:09', '', 520, 'http://localhost/?p=5331', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5333, 1, '2019-02-16 10:26:26', '2019-02-16 10:26:26', '<p><a name=\"_Toc389157648\"></a><strong> </strong><a name=\"_Toc389157677\"></a>Theme V.  Institutions, Innovation Systems, and Economic Development</p><p><img src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Muluken-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" />Muluken Gezahegn Wordofa</p><p><strong>PhD:I</strong>n Local Development and Global Dynamics, University of Trento, Italy<br /><br /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Contact Address</strong>:</p><p><strong>Telephone (Mob):</strong>+ 251 (0)932 178954</p><p><strong>E-mail Address:</strong> <a href=\"mailto:t.lemma41@yahoo.com\">t.lemma41@yahoo.com</a>,<br /> <strong>Skype</strong>: tesfaye.lemma41<br /> <strong>Postal Address:</strong> Haramaya University, PO BOX 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia</p>		\n												Current engagement:					\n					<ol><li>EU-funded InnovAfrica (‘Innovations in Technology, Institutional and Extension Approaches towards Sustainable Agriculture and enhanced Food and Nutrition Security in Africa’</li><li>Differential response to environmental stressors: How gender matters in the case of climate-induced migration in Ethiopia (developed with University of Vienna and submitted for funding by Austrian government).</li><li>Development Fund (Norway) sponsored Participatory Action Research for enhanced food security and climate resilience in the dryland areas of Ethio-Somali Region.</li><li> Empowering uneducated urban and peri-urban youth &amp; women through poultry development in Babile District.</li><li>Empowering rural women and  youth through integrated beekeeping development in east Hararghe</li></ol>\n												List of publication:					\n					<ol><li>Abebe Shiferaw, Bereket Dindamo, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Dirk Hoekstra. 2016. Agricultural service delivery: strengthening private crop protection service in southern Ethiopia, Development in Practice, 26:8, 1072-1082, DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2016.1225670.</li><li>Yishak Gecho, Gezahegn Ayele, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Dawit Alemu. 2014. Livelihood strategies and food security of rural households in Wolaita Zone, southern Ethiopia. Developing Country Studies Vol.4,No.14.</li><li>Yishak Gecho, Gezahegn Ayele, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Dawit Alemu. 2014. Rural households livelihood strategies: Options and determinants. Social Sciences <br /> Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2014, Pages: 92-104 </li><li>Moti Jaleta, Berhanu Gebremedhin, Azage Tegegne, Samson Jemaneh, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, and Hoekstra, D. 2013. Evolution of input supply and service hubs in dairy development  at Ada’a milk shed in Ethiopia. 2013. Development in Practice 23(2): 249-263.</li><li>Adam Bekele, Belay Kassa, Belaineh Legesse and Tesfaye Lemma Tefera. 2010. Effects of crop commercial orientation on productivity of smallholder farmers in drought-prone areas of the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. Journal of Rural Development 33(4): 1- 24.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera. 2009. Supply response, local reality, and livelihood sustainability: The policy dilemma of khat (Catha edulis) production in eastern Ethiopia. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 7(3):176–188.</li></ol><ol start=\"7\"><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Sylvian Perret and J.F. Kirsten. 2005. Diversity in livelihoods and farmers’ strategies in the Hararghe highlands, eastern Ethiopia, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2(2):133-146.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, J.F. Kirsten and Sylvain Perret. 2004. Incentives, farmers’ response, and a policy dilemma: A case study on expansion of khat production as a cash crop in the eastern highlands of Ethiopia. Journal of Ethiopian Development Studies 1(2). Center for African Development Policy Research, Western Michigan University (USA), Kalamazoo, MI.</li></ol><ol><li>Chanyalew Seyoum, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Ranjan S. Karippa. 2011. Factors determining the degree of commercialization of smallholder agriculture: the case of potato growers in Kombolcha district, eastern Ethiopia. Journal of Agriculture and Development, JAD 2 (1) 2011.</li></ol>\n												Published working papers:					\n					<ol><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Azage Tegegne and Hoekstra D. 2012. Capacity for knowledge-based smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia: Linking graduate programs to market-oriented agricultural development: Challenges, opportunities and IPMS experience. IPMS (Improving Productivity and Market Access) of Ethiopian Farmers Project Working Paper 29, Nairobi, Kenya, International Livestock Research Institute.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Puskur R, Hoekstra D. and Azage Tegegne. 2010. Commercializing dairy and forage systems in Ethiopia: An innovation systems perspective. IPMS (Improving Productivity and Market Access) of Ethiopian Farmers Project Working Paper 17, Nairobi, Kenya, International Livestock Research Institute.</li></ol>\n												Selected papers published in conference proceedings:					\n					<ol><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Azage Tegegne, Puskur R. and Hoekstra D. 2009. Moving Ethiopian smallholder dairy along a sustainable commercialization path: Missing links in the innovation systems. In: Merga Bekana et al (ed.) pp. 118-142. Proceedings of the National Symposium on Smallholder Dairy Production in Central highlands of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: Challenges and future prospects. Sida/SAREC Project, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, August 16-17, 2008, Adama, Ethiopía.</li><li>Anteneh Girma, Ranjita Puskur and Tesfaye Lemma. 2009. Animal health services delivery system in DebrezeitMilkshed: Implications for public-private roles in service delivery in Ethiopia. Proceedings of 23rd Annual Conference of the Ethiopian Veterinarian Association, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 22-23, 2009: 37-56.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Puskur R, and Hoekstra D (2008) Exploring innovation capacity in Ethiopian dairy systems. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge and Innovation for Advancing Agriculture in Developing Countries. IFPRI, Addis Ababa, April 7–9, 2008. pp. 7–9. Nairobi: ILRI.</li></ol>\n		<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About The Theme</strong></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lack of relevant knowledge, technologies, and innovations as well as poor dissemination and adoption of existing ones are a major constraint to development in Ethiopia. This is basically attributed to inefficiencies in taking research results to socio-economic outcomes. Other studies have identified ‘knowledge gap’ which is due to failure to produce the requisite critical number of skilled innovators and capacity development for technology and knowledge generation and dissemination.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Theme-5-Description.pdf\">For Details, click Here</a></u></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Theme-V-2019-Research-Priorities.pdf\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\"><u>Research priorities 2019</u></a></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-Theme-V-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research Priorities 2017</u></a></p><p><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2016-Theme-V-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research Priorities 2016</u></a></p>', 'Theme V-IISED', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '520-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 10:26:26', '2019-02-16 10:26:26', '', 520, 'http://localhost/?p=5333', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5334, 1, '2019-02-16 10:30:10', '2019-02-16 10:30:10', '<p><a name=\"_Toc389157648\"></a><strong> </strong><a name=\"_Toc389157677\"></a>Theme V.  Institutions, Innovation Systems, and Economic Development</p><p><img src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Muluken-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" />Muluken Gezahegn Wordofa</p><p><strong>PhD:I</strong>n Local Development and Global Dynamics, University of Trento, Italy<br /><br /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Contact Address</strong>:</p><p><strong>Telephone (Mob): </strong>+251 902 590665</p><p><strong>E-mail Address:</strong> <a href=\"mailto:mgw.tud@gmail.com\">mgw.tud@gmail.com</a> <br /> <strong>Skype</strong>: mulukencph<br /> <strong>Postal Address:</strong> Haramaya University, PO BOX 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia</p>		\n												Current engagement:					\n					<ol><li>EU-funded InnovAfrica (‘Innovations in Technology, Institutional and Extension Approaches towards Sustainable Agriculture and enhanced Food and Nutrition Security in Africa’</li><li>Differential response to environmental stressors: How gender matters in the case of climate-induced migration in Ethiopia (developed with University of Vienna and submitted for funding by Austrian government).</li><li>Development Fund (Norway) sponsored Participatory Action Research for enhanced food security and climate resilience in the dryland areas of Ethio-Somali Region.</li><li> Empowering uneducated urban and peri-urban youth &amp; women through poultry development in Babile District.</li><li>Empowering rural women and  youth through integrated beekeeping development in east Hararghe</li></ol>\n												List of publication:					\n					<ol><li>Abebe Shiferaw, Bereket Dindamo, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Dirk Hoekstra. 2016. Agricultural service delivery: strengthening private crop protection service in southern Ethiopia, Development in Practice, 26:8, 1072-1082, DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2016.1225670.</li><li>Yishak Gecho, Gezahegn Ayele, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Dawit Alemu. 2014. Livelihood strategies and food security of rural households in Wolaita Zone, southern Ethiopia. Developing Country Studies Vol.4,No.14.</li><li>Yishak Gecho, Gezahegn Ayele, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Dawit Alemu. 2014. Rural households livelihood strategies: Options and determinants. Social Sciences <br /> Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2014, Pages: 92-104 </li><li>Moti Jaleta, Berhanu Gebremedhin, Azage Tegegne, Samson Jemaneh, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, and Hoekstra, D. 2013. Evolution of input supply and service hubs in dairy development  at Ada’a milk shed in Ethiopia. 2013. Development in Practice 23(2): 249-263.</li><li>Adam Bekele, Belay Kassa, Belaineh Legesse and Tesfaye Lemma Tefera. 2010. Effects of crop commercial orientation on productivity of smallholder farmers in drought-prone areas of the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. Journal of Rural Development 33(4): 1- 24.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera. 2009. Supply response, local reality, and livelihood sustainability: The policy dilemma of khat (Catha edulis) production in eastern Ethiopia. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 7(3):176–188.</li></ol><ol start=\"7\"><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Sylvian Perret and J.F. Kirsten. 2005. Diversity in livelihoods and farmers’ strategies in the Hararghe highlands, eastern Ethiopia, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2(2):133-146.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, J.F. Kirsten and Sylvain Perret. 2004. Incentives, farmers’ response, and a policy dilemma: A case study on expansion of khat production as a cash crop in the eastern highlands of Ethiopia. Journal of Ethiopian Development Studies 1(2). Center for African Development Policy Research, Western Michigan University (USA), Kalamazoo, MI.</li></ol><ol><li>Chanyalew Seyoum, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Ranjan S. Karippa. 2011. Factors determining the degree of commercialization of smallholder agriculture: the case of potato growers in Kombolcha district, eastern Ethiopia. Journal of Agriculture and Development, JAD 2 (1) 2011.</li></ol>\n												Published working papers:					\n					<ol><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Azage Tegegne and Hoekstra D. 2012. Capacity for knowledge-based smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia: Linking graduate programs to market-oriented agricultural development: Challenges, opportunities and IPMS experience. IPMS (Improving Productivity and Market Access) of Ethiopian Farmers Project Working Paper 29, Nairobi, Kenya, International Livestock Research Institute.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Puskur R, Hoekstra D. and Azage Tegegne. 2010. Commercializing dairy and forage systems in Ethiopia: An innovation systems perspective. IPMS (Improving Productivity and Market Access) of Ethiopian Farmers Project Working Paper 17, Nairobi, Kenya, International Livestock Research Institute.</li></ol>\n												Selected papers published in conference proceedings:					\n					<ol><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Azage Tegegne, Puskur R. and Hoekstra D. 2009. Moving Ethiopian smallholder dairy along a sustainable commercialization path: Missing links in the innovation systems. In: Merga Bekana et al (ed.) pp. 118-142. Proceedings of the National Symposium on Smallholder Dairy Production in Central highlands of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: Challenges and future prospects. Sida/SAREC Project, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, August 16-17, 2008, Adama, Ethiopía.</li><li>Anteneh Girma, Ranjita Puskur and Tesfaye Lemma. 2009. Animal health services delivery system in DebrezeitMilkshed: Implications for public-private roles in service delivery in Ethiopia. Proceedings of 23rd Annual Conference of the Ethiopian Veterinarian Association, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 22-23, 2009: 37-56.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Puskur R, and Hoekstra D (2008) Exploring innovation capacity in Ethiopian dairy systems. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge and Innovation for Advancing Agriculture in Developing Countries. IFPRI, Addis Ababa, April 7–9, 2008. pp. 7–9. Nairobi: ILRI.</li></ol>\n		<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About The Theme</strong></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lack of relevant knowledge, technologies, and innovations as well as poor dissemination and adoption of existing ones are a major constraint to development in Ethiopia. This is basically attributed to inefficiencies in taking research results to socio-economic outcomes. Other studies have identified ‘knowledge gap’ which is due to failure to produce the requisite critical number of skilled innovators and capacity development for technology and knowledge generation and dissemination.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Theme-5-Description.pdf\">For Details, click Here</a></u></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Theme-V-2019-Research-Priorities.pdf\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\"><u>Research priorities 2019</u></a></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-Theme-V-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research Priorities 2017</u></a></p><p><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2016-Theme-V-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research Priorities 2016</u></a></p>', 'Theme V-IISED', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '520-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 10:30:10', '2019-02-16 10:30:10', '', 520, 'http://localhost/?p=5334', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(5335, 1, '2019-02-16 10:32:53', '2019-02-16 10:32:53', '<p><a name=\"_Toc389157648\"></a><strong> </strong><a name=\"_Toc389157677\"></a>Theme V.  Institutions, Innovation Systems, and Economic Development</p><p><img src=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Muluken-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" />Muluken Gezahegn Wordofa</p><p><strong>PhD:I</strong>n Local Development and Global Dynamics, University of Trento, Italy<br /><br /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Contact Address</strong>:</p><p><strong>Telephone (Mob): </strong>+251 902 590665</p><p><strong>E-mail Address:</strong> <a href=\"mailto:mgw.tud@gmail.com\">mgw.tud@gmail.com</a> <br /> <strong>Skype</strong>: mulukencph<br /> <strong>Postal Address:</strong> Haramaya University, PO BOX 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia</p>		\n												Current engagement:					\n					<p><strong>Leader</strong>, Innovation Systems and Impact Evaluation Sub-Theme (within Theme 5: Institutions, Innovation Systems, and Economic Development), Haramaya University, Ethiopia (12 August 2015 to date)</p><p><strong>Coordinator and Supervisor</strong>, Village Stay Camp; Community-based Field Projects, Haramaya University, Ethiopia (2005 – 2008; 12 August 2015 to date)</p><p><strong>Coordinator and Supervisor</strong>, Supervised Enterprise Projects (SEPs) – Haramaya University, Ethiopia (2005 – 2008; 12 August 2015 to date)</p><p><strong>Reviewer and Evaluator</strong>, Proposals for Haramaya University Research Grant, 2015 to date</p><p><strong>Facilitator</strong>, MOU between Haramaya University and ISSD-Hawassa University to sponsor Mid-career students at Haramaya University</p><p><strong>Facilitator</strong>, MOU between STRECAFISH Project and Haramaya University to sponsor MSc students at Haramaya University, 28<sup>th </sup>June 2017</p><p><strong>Facilitator</strong>, Gender-Parthenium Interaction project (leading to an MSc degree)</p><p><strong>Knowledge of Statistical and Econometric Analysis/Tools</strong></p><p>Very good knowledge on using <strong>STATA and SPSS</strong> for research data analysis: for instance, I used STATA to evaluate the impact of agricultural advisory services on household income (see doi:<a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci7010004\">10.3390/socsci7010004</a>). In this paper, I employed the Propensity Score Matching (PSM) through <em>psmatch2</em> algorithm.</p><p>Very good knowledge on using <strong>LimDep and Nlogit</strong> to analyze non-market goods and services: for example, I used Nlogit to analyze the willingness to pay (WTP) for agricultural advisory services (AASs). In particular, through Discrete Choice Experiments (DCEs), I assessed the WTP for attributes describing improved AASs (see <a href=\"http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/1494/\">http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/1494/</a> ).</p><p>Very good knowledge on operating systems: Windows, McIntosh (Apple Ipad, MacBook)</p><p>Very good knowledge on MS-office (word, excel, powerpoint, publisher, etc)</p>\n												List of publication:					\n					<ol><li>Abebe Shiferaw, Bereket Dindamo, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Dirk Hoekstra. 2016. Agricultural service delivery: strengthening private crop protection service in southern Ethiopia, Development in Practice, 26:8, 1072-1082, DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2016.1225670.</li><li>Yishak Gecho, Gezahegn Ayele, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Dawit Alemu. 2014. Livelihood strategies and food security of rural households in Wolaita Zone, southern Ethiopia. Developing Country Studies Vol.4,No.14.</li><li>Yishak Gecho, Gezahegn Ayele, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Dawit Alemu. 2014. Rural households livelihood strategies: Options and determinants. Social Sciences <br /> Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2014, Pages: 92-104 </li><li>Moti Jaleta, Berhanu Gebremedhin, Azage Tegegne, Samson Jemaneh, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, and Hoekstra, D. 2013. Evolution of input supply and service hubs in dairy development  at Ada’a milk shed in Ethiopia. 2013. Development in Practice 23(2): 249-263.</li><li>Adam Bekele, Belay Kassa, Belaineh Legesse and Tesfaye Lemma Tefera. 2010. Effects of crop commercial orientation on productivity of smallholder farmers in drought-prone areas of the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. Journal of Rural Development 33(4): 1- 24.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera. 2009. Supply response, local reality, and livelihood sustainability: The policy dilemma of khat (Catha edulis) production in eastern Ethiopia. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 7(3):176–188.</li></ol><ol start=\"7\"><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Sylvian Perret and J.F. Kirsten. 2005. Diversity in livelihoods and farmers’ strategies in the Hararghe highlands, eastern Ethiopia, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2(2):133-146.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, J.F. Kirsten and Sylvain Perret. 2004. Incentives, farmers’ response, and a policy dilemma: A case study on expansion of khat production as a cash crop in the eastern highlands of Ethiopia. Journal of Ethiopian Development Studies 1(2). Center for African Development Policy Research, Western Michigan University (USA), Kalamazoo, MI.</li></ol><ol><li>Chanyalew Seyoum, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Ranjan S. Karippa. 2011. Factors determining the degree of commercialization of smallholder agriculture: the case of potato growers in Kombolcha district, eastern Ethiopia. Journal of Agriculture and Development, JAD 2 (1) 2011.</li></ol>\n												Published working papers:					\n					<ol><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Azage Tegegne and Hoekstra D. 2012. Capacity for knowledge-based smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia: Linking graduate programs to market-oriented agricultural development: Challenges, opportunities and IPMS experience. IPMS (Improving Productivity and Market Access) of Ethiopian Farmers Project Working Paper 29, Nairobi, Kenya, International Livestock Research Institute.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Puskur R, Hoekstra D. and Azage Tegegne. 2010. Commercializing dairy and forage systems in Ethiopia: An innovation systems perspective. IPMS (Improving Productivity and Market Access) of Ethiopian Farmers Project Working Paper 17, Nairobi, Kenya, International Livestock Research Institute.</li></ol>\n												Selected papers published in conference proceedings:					\n					<ol><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Azage Tegegne, Puskur R. and Hoekstra D. 2009. Moving Ethiopian smallholder dairy along a sustainable commercialization path: Missing links in the innovation systems. In: Merga Bekana et al (ed.) pp. 118-142. Proceedings of the National Symposium on Smallholder Dairy Production in Central highlands of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: Challenges and future prospects. Sida/SAREC Project, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, August 16-17, 2008, Adama, Ethiopía.</li><li>Anteneh Girma, Ranjita Puskur and Tesfaye Lemma. 2009. Animal health services delivery system in DebrezeitMilkshed: Implications for public-private roles in service delivery in Ethiopia. Proceedings of 23rd Annual Conference of the Ethiopian Veterinarian Association, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 22-23, 2009: 37-56.</li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Puskur R, and Hoekstra D (2008) Exploring innovation capacity in Ethiopian dairy systems. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge and Innovation for Advancing Agriculture in Developing Countries. IFPRI, Addis Ababa, April 7–9, 2008. pp. 7–9. Nairobi: ILRI.</li></ol>\n		<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About The Theme</strong></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lack of relevant knowledge, technologies, and innovations as well as poor dissemination and adoption of existing ones are a major constraint to development in Ethiopia. This is basically attributed to inefficiencies in taking research results to socio-economic outcomes. Other studies have identified ‘knowledge gap’ which is due to failure to produce the requisite critical number of skilled innovators and capacity development for technology and knowledge generation and dissemination.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Theme-5-Description.pdf\">For Details, click Here</a></u></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Theme-V-2019-Research-Priorities.pdf\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\"><u>Research priorities 2019</u></a></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-Theme-V-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research Priorities 2017</u></a></p><p><a href=\"http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2016-Theme-V-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research Priorities 2016</u></a></p>', 'Theme V-IISED', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '520-revision-v1', '', '', '2019-02-16 10:32:53', '2019-02-16 10:32:53', '', 520, 'http://localhost/?p=5335', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
