Research extension activities

Generating technologies cannot be an end by itself. The generated technologies should be transferred to the end users in order to bring the measurable impacts. In this regard, the university has been successfully transferring various technologies, knowledge, and best practices to the wider community. Given the fact that the university is a pioneer institution in the country in terms of agricultural education, agricultural research, and agricultural extension, the research extension activities are dominated by agriculture and related technologies.

These technologies are mainly categorized as follows:

  • Crop technologies
  • Livestock technologies
  • Other technologies

As the university is also supporting research in diverse fields under its six research thematic areas, technologies in non-agricultural fields are also coming up. As a result, research extension activities will be strengthened for technologies being generated in other various fields of studies.

Crop Technologies

Crop technologies demonstrated at FTCs include different varieties of cereals (like maize, sorghum, wheat, and teff), pulses (like Faba been, filed peas, and common been), vegetables (potato, sweet potato, carrot, garlic, and shallot), and oil crops (linseed, sesame and groundnut). Technologies related to planting methods, fertilizer application, disease and pest control, and other agronomic practices are also demonstrated along different varieties of these crops. Demonstrations are usually made in the University’s research stations, Farmers’ Training Centers (FTCs), Fields of Farmers Cooperatives/Unions, and on fields of individual farmers.

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Livestock Technologies

Livestock technologies demonstrated at different levels include improved dairy breeds, crossbred sheep and goats, improved forage crops, chicken breeds, portable poultry houses, and modern honey bee keeping, among others. These have been demonstrated at FTCs, research stations, and farms of individual farmers.

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Other Technologies

In addition to crop and livestock related technologies, technologies disseminated to the community include forage-cereal intercropping, drip and sprinkler irrigation technologies, small-scale feed choppers, energy saving improved stoves, rehabilitation of degraded lands, seed storage technologies, and many other.

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