The daylong training at respective woredas got off with Community Service Directorate Director, Dr Teklu Wegayehu, representing Research and Community Service Vice President gave a lowdown on AMU’s profound social endeavors and assured them of continuous constructive interventions. He also informed them about multiple future community service endeavors to the gathering. Click here to view the pictures
The daylong training was administered to 80 female farmers as they were halved into two sets of 40-farmer each. On 23rd October, 1st set belonging to Demba Gofa-Zala was imparted training at Sawla and second set of Kamba-Bonke woredas was oriented at Kamba on 24th October. Dean of College of Agricultural Sciences, Dr Yishak Kachero and Mr Seifu Birhanu, who developed milk-churning machines delved into theoretical and practical aspects on the occasion.
UIL-TTD Director, Dr Tolera Seda, said, newly modified milk-churning machine is cost-effective and time-saving; previously farmers had to struggle a lot with traditional methods to skim the cream and it was time-consuming. Having being trained on this new technology, all farmers were excited and enthusiastic to get adapted to it in the span of two months.
After two months, UIL-TTD would get back to farmers to ascertain their adaptability with this gadget. Each woredas have been provided with 10 milk-churning machines, this being a prototype its cost is ETB 1500. And having seen its efficacy, farmers showed willingness to purchase it on their own. The cost of this gadget will drastically go down when it’s manufactured in a bulk, Dr Tolera added.
Having seen overwhelming response of farming community, he said, they for the first time blessed AMU and said government agencies had been there on several occasions to impart such trainings, but this one has been most appropriate and result-oriented.
He maintained that in future, UIL-TTD in right earnest will transfer some more technologies such as injira-baking machine and sliding board technologies. The automated injra-baking machine can cook four injiras just in few seconds and tailor-made sliding board can be pulled and pushed to suit your requirement.
The injira-baking machine costs ETB 40,000, therefore it’s can’t be handed over to the community, rather it will be sold to the commercial establishments such as hotels and eateries; while sliding board will be distributed to the educational institutions. The transfer of these technologies will be done under the aegis of Business and Development Vice President’s office, as they are linked with commercial establishments, he sums up.
(Corporate Communication Directorate)