by Bethel Agricultural Association | Nov 28, 2024 | News
During our 2024 training workshop in Woliso, we had a farmers’ track and a professional track. The photo of local farmers attending a presentation shows the new setup. A track for farmers-only greatly facilitated dialogue between our staff and the farmers regarding...
by Bethel Agricultural Association | May 28, 2024 | News
An extension of our Bethel Agricultural Association’s program in Ethiopia has been working in the village of Chencha in southwest Ethiopia. This has included distributing seeds in a prison in Chencha which has greatly aided in growing sufficient food within the prison...
by Bethel Agricultural Association | Oct 30, 2023 | News
Jimma University and the Jimma Agricultural Research Center are known in Ethiopia for their soybean research program. Because of the shortage of cooking oil, there is emphasis to promote the growth of soybeans in Ethiopia. We visited and reviewed the work being done...
by Bethel Agricultural Association | May 30, 2023 | News
Dr. Gobena Huluka is a board member of our Bethel Agricultural Association. He spent his career teaching introductory soils at Auburn University in Alabama. Dr. Huluka received a prestigious Fulbright Fellowship to teach at Jimma University in Ethiopia. Jimma...
by Bethel Agricultural Association | Dec 10, 2022 | News
We have begun to work more closely with local farm families who become the first adopters of new technologies we introduce. These new adopters are great resource people that reach out and help others to adopt the new technologies. BAA was able to introduce high...
by Bethel Agricultural Association | Nov 30, 2022 | News
As we emerge from shutdown during the COVID pandemic and in spite of not being able to travel during this time, the Bethel team in Ethiopia was able to continue to make progress. When we were in Ethiopia in October of 2022 we were pleased to see that construction of...
