The Grand Research Project - ‘Reducing Soil Erosion and Improving the Livelihood of Potter Community in Domba Watershed’ by Dr Teshome Yirgu with his co-researchers is more than a research for while examining the livelihood options of potter community; it observed that this marginalized community is the victim of tradition that keeps them in perpetual poverty and these social pariahs as termed are left to fend for them with no access to land, job and social amenities; hence, their struggle for livelihood goes on.

አርባ ምንጭ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ለ5 ዓመታት ሲያስተዳድረው የቆየውን የደቡብ ኦሞ ምርምር ማዕከልን ለጂንካ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ሰኔ 12/2012 ዓ/ም በይፋ አስረክቧል፡፡Click here to see the pictures

በአርባ ምንጭ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የግብርና ሳይንስ ኮሌጅ የምርምር ውጤትን መሠረት በማድረግ በዘመናዊና ሳይንሳዊ መንገድ የተመጣጠነ የእንስሳት መኖ አዘገጃጀትና ለረጅም ጊዜ መኖን አቆይቶ መጠቀም ዙሪያ ከአርባ ምንጭ ዙሪያ ወረዳ ከሚገኙ 6 ቀበሌያት ለተወጣጡ ሞዴል አርሶ አደሮችና የግብርና ባለሙያዎች ሥልጠና ተሰጥቷል፡፡

Ongoing Ethiopian Biotechnology Institute-funded, ‘Innovative Enset Technology for Gentle Processing, Value-added Products, Safe Storage and Longer Shelf-life’ in its 1st year has saw designing of three automated machines i.e. corm scrapping, pseudo-stem processing and squeezing machines with innovative fermentation jars, informed its Principal Researcher, Dr Addisu Fekadu.Click here to see the pictures