A HISTORY OF WᾸRᾸTA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE (1968-2000)

YONAS DAGNEW

dc.contributor.author	YONAS DAGNEW
dc.date.accessioned	2021-09-24T11:01:48Z
dc.date.available	2021-09-24T11:01:48Z
dc.date.issued	2021-09-24
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/12656
dc.description.abstract	This thesis deals with the history of Wặrặta agricultural college in south Gondar zone since 1968. By using archival, oral and written secondary sources, the thesis gives an analysis of the value of agriculture, land holding system, contribution and challenges of a college. Agriculture plays significant role in the Ethiopian economy as more than 80% the population has depend on the seasonal agricultural production. The agricultural system in Ethiopia on the other hand, has been encountered by a lot of challenges in achieving sustainable development. As it is traditional and subsistence it was inadequate to feed the tremendous growing society; the utility of modern technology and basic education is also very limited. It is further noted that, low investment in generating skilled agriculture labour force are one of the problems that hinder the transformation of the sector. Agricultural change and development require the mobilization and development of human resource through education and technical training consequently, there were a need to establish Wặrặta agricultural, technical and vocational training colleges which primarily aim to train and provide skilled professionals who are assigned to work closely with farmers.. The establishment of the college can be traced back to 1968 with the birth of the then national military training. The very beginning of the establishment of Wặrặta Agricultural College has started as a national defence force training centre during the reign of Haile Selassie I. The current area of the college confiscated from the resident peasants’ livelihood farmland without any compensation. The land was also a little bit narrow or not enough to conduct or give the training properly. So in 1980 the government took some areas from the farmers and included under the center in order to expand the trial land of the college. As has indicated earlier the college though originally established to train national military forces and in 1980 the center had transformed from military service to agricultural farmer training center. In the early years after the completion of various facilities, the center trained many farmers and house wife in different short term trainings. The College was also used for the training of Assistant Development Agents (ADAs), first through a 12 + 6 months program and below but later improved to 12 + 9 months. Still they had made significant change to qualify the DAs and make them better prepared for the task ahead Keywords: Wặrặta Agricultural College, land holding system, challenge, social contribution, developments.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	HISTORY	en_US
dc.title	A HISTORY OF WᾸRᾸTA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE (1968-2000)	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US