Ethiopia : Alemaya University of Agriculture

and M.S. degrees in agriculture. From its establishment in 1952 through 1968, the University received major institutional development assistance from A.I.D. This report measures the impact Alemaya has made through its graduates and its research and extension activities. The University has granted 1,629 diplomas, 2,558 B.S. degrees, and 81 M.S. degrees, and graduates are employed at all levels of administration and education in Ethiopian society. Research results produced by Alemaya faculty are eagerly awaited by the Government and by farmers, and many plant varieties developed by the University are in use throughout the agricultural economy. Alemaya-developed techniques in animal breeding and conversion of waste by-products have also been successfully implemented. These accomplishments have been achieved under conditions of considerable hardship. The University is extremely understaffed, largely due to the exodus of faculty members during and after the 1974 revolution. Nevertheless, the University is not highly politicized, but rather presents the image of a technocracy, heavily oriented to achieving agricultural breakthroughs. Although Alemaya has solid leadership and appears poised for rapid progress, neither donors nor the Ethiopian Government appear inclined to provide the University with necessary support.