Assosa research center emancipating farmers from primitive agriculture

Assosa research center of EIAR is located 656 km away from the capital Addis Abeba in the Benishangul Gumuz region. The center is conducting researches on soya bean, tef,sorghum and many other crops that are suitable to the area. On the 24th of October, different agricultural experts and stake holders have attended the field day organized by the center. During the event, farmers who are fully reliant on the center for better productivity have shown their fields covered by different crops and they mentioned Assosa research center of EIAR as a dedicated technology source and unfailing path to better life. After visiting farmers’ fields, different researchers of the institute and Benishangul Gumuz region higher officials including his Excellency Ato Ahmed Nassir the region’s president expressed their satisfaction by what has been done.

Ato Fitsum sahilemariyam Assosa research center director mentioned determination of young researchers of the center and continuous support of EIAR for the registered achievements; he also expressed the center’s readiness to liberate many more farmers from primitive living conditions using agricultural technologies.

Ato Ahimed Nassir the region’s president on the occasion expressed his admiration to the over all activities of the center in helping farmers of the region to be benefited from all the offerings of technology. He further gave his word to the farmers and the center that the region’s administration will shortly involve in solving the problems related to agricultural technologies. The president also stated that the center should intensify its efforts to reach more farmers.

Dr Adefris Teklewold EIAR’s crop research director on his part expressed his contentment about what has been done by the center in realizing the mapped out strategies of emancipating farmers from poverty’s high handed treatment and help them enjoy all the satisfactions of better productivity.

The region is privileged with untouched and extraordinarily resourceful land but until recent years farmers of the area have never noticed how nature is openhanded to them than most places in thecountry. Assosa research center with its technologies is now showing farmers of the area how dependable is the resource and they are now moving to the direction where poverty is not even a talking point.

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