Bedilu Demissie Zeleke Conducts Research on the Theories of Geological Agriculture – Successfully Germinates Maize in Rocks in Ethiopia During COVID-19 Pandemic.

Mr. Bedilu Demissie a staff of Arsi University, College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Department of Agricultural Economics makes scientific breakthrough in Ethiopia by cultivating maize seeds in Ethiopia rock samples provided by the Arsi Zone Mineral Development Office. Mr. Bedilu Demissie is investigating a new area of research called Geological Agriculture (GeoAg) – the study and application of growing plants in the rocks without soils and fertilizers. The concept of GeoAg was discovered by Richard Campbell graduate of Morehouse College who published the book River Stones row Plants in 2017 outlining the history of Geological Agriculture. Mr. Bedilu Demissie has been in collaboration with Richard Campbell via webinars since January 2020 and has now successfully replicated the GeoAg method growing maize in Ethiopia rocks.

Mr. Bedilu Demissie is announcing his membership into the Academic Association of Geological Agriculture (AAGAR), a collective of faculty members researching the theories of GeoAg including researchers from Tennessess State University, and Morgan State University, USA. He will lead Arsi University’s efforts in advancing Geological Agriculture research in Ethiopia and advise the AAGAR chapter at Arsi University when the University reopens to students after the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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በአገር አቀፍ ደረጃ የሚካሄደው የዩኒቨርሲቲዎች ቀን በአርሲ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ሰኔ 8 ቀን 2012 ዓ.ም ተጀምሯል፡፡ ስነ ስርአቱን ያስጀመሩት የሳይንስና ከፍተኛ ትምህርት ሚኒስቴር ሚኒስትር ዲኤታ ፕሮፌሰር አፈወርቅ ካሱ በስነ ስርአቱ ላይ ባደረጉት ንግግር የዚህ ዓመት የዩኒቨርሲቲዎች ቀን ሶስት ትላልቅ አላማዎች፡

1.  አረንጓዴ አሻራ ማኖር

2.  ማዕድ መጋራት

3.  ደም መለገስ  መሆናቸውን ገልጸው አላማዎቹ የሁሉንም ርብርብ የሚጠይቁ መሆኑን አስገንዝበዋል፡፡

በመቀጠልም በአሁን ጊዜ የአለማችን የጤና ስጋት የሆነው የኮቪድ-19 ወረርሽኝን ማቆም የምንችለው ሁላችንም በጋራ ስንከላከልና ዘማች ስንሆን ነው በማለት መዘናጋት እንደሌለብን አሳስበዋል፡፡ በዚህም የአገር ሽማግሌዎችና የሃይማኖት አባቶች ህዝብ የማስተማሩን ተግባር ሳይሰላቹ በተጠናከረ ሁኔታ እንዲቀጥሉ መልእክት አስተላልፈዋል፡፡ የአረንጓዴ አሻራ ማኖር አስፈላጊነትን አስመልክተው ባስተላለፉት መልእክት ደን ዘርፈ ብዙ ጠቀሜታ እንዳለው ጠቅሰው የደን መመናመን በአለም ላይ በማስከተል ላይ የሚገኘውን አደጋ በማሳየት አገራችንን ከዚህ አይነቱ አደጋ እንታደግ ብለዋል፡፡ ማእድ መጋራትን አስመልክተው ከአገራችን መልካም እሴቶች መካከል አንዱ ለሌላው ማካፈል በመሆኑ ይህንን መልካም እሴታችንን ዛሬም ድጋፍ ለሚፈልጉ ወገኖቻችን ያለንን በማካፈል እናስቀጠል በማለት መረዳዳት፣መተሳሰብ፣ መከባበር፣ አብለዋል፡፡ ዛሬ ኮቪድ-19ን ለመከላከል ከምናደርገው ርብርቦሽ ጎን ለጎን በሌሎች በሽታዎች ተይዘው ደም ለሚያስፈልጋችው ዜጎቻችንም ደም በመለገስ ድጋፍ እናድርግ በማለት ጥሪ አቅርበዋል፡፡

የአርሲ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ፕሬዚዳንት ዶ/ር ዱጉማ አዱኛ ብዚሁ ስነ ስርዓት ላይ ባስተላለፉት መልእክት በዘንድሮ መርሃ ግብር ከ30000 በላይ ችግኞችን ለመትከል መታቀዱንና ሁሉም የዩኒቨርሲቲው ስታፍ አሻራውን እንዲያኖር ጥሪ አቅርበዋል፡፡ በእለቱም ክ3000 ሺህ በላይ ችግኞች በግንባታ ላይ በሚገኘው የዩኒቨርሲቲው ግቢ ውስጥ ተተክለዋል፡፡

see our University Ranked 7th in Ethiopian Higher Education

Yuunivarsiitiin Arsii Vaayireesii Koronaa ittisuu ilaalchisee hubannoo kennaa jira

Yuunivarsiitiin Arsii tatamsa’ina Vaayireesii Koronaa ittisuu fi akka hin babala’nne hojii hubannoo uumuu baldhinaan adeemsisaa jira. Haaluma kanaan seensa balbala koollajjootaa hundaa, gamoowwan bulmaata barattootaa, mana nyaataa, kaafiteeriyaawwan fi kan kana fakkaatanitti bishaanii fi saamunaa qopheessun barattoota fi hawaasni Yuunivarsiitii akkasumas qaamota dhimma garagaraatiif dhufaniif tajaajilli harka dhiqannaa taasifamee jira.
Dabalataanis buufata konkolaataa magaala Asallaa fi iddoowwan uummatni itti baayatanitti hojii harka dhiqachuu fi hubannoo qabsiisuu raawwatamee jira. Kana malees sagalee guddistuu fayyadamuun daandiiwwan gurguddoo magaala Asallaa keessatti argaman maraafi aanota 17 fi magaalota xixiqqoo 40 aanicha keessatti argaman keessa naanna’uun hojiin hubannoo qabsiisuu fi eerggaawwan tarkaanfii ittisuu irratti fudhatamuu qabu akka darbu ta’ee jira.

Arsi university has committed three Ambulances , recently provided by MoH, for the community services and emergency against Coronavirus .The university acknowledges MoH that has covered half of the costs for the three Ambulances (Arsi university has paid only 1.5 million Birr). Great thanks to MoH.

Ambuulaansonni Haaroftii Hojiitti Bobba’an

Ambuulaansonni haarofti Ministeerri Fayyaa Hoospitala Asallaatiif kenne sadi (3) hojiitti bobba’anii jiru. Yuunivarsiitichi Ambulaansota sadeeniif qarshii miiliyoona 1.5 kan kaffale yoo ta’u kan hafe kan kaffale Ministeera Fayyaati. Haaluma kanaan Ambuulaansii tokko yaalii dhukkubsatoota Dhibee Vaayireesii Koronaatiif, tokko hoospitaala Asallaatiif, sadaffan immoo tajaajila adda addaatiif ramadamee jira. Yuunivarsiitiin Arsii gargaarsa Ministeerri Fayyaa taasiseef galata galchee jira.

Arsi university has provided 18 hospital beds with mattresses (1 million birr) , donated by Human bridge Sweden, for the Isolation Center In Asellla town.

Yuunivarsiitiin Arsii yaalamtoota Vaayireesii Koronaatiif Oolu Siree fi Firaashoota Buufata Fayyaa Tajaajila kanaaf filatameef kenne.

Magaalaa Asallaa fi naannoo isheetti namoota Vaayireesii Koronaatiin qabaman jedhamanii shakkaman iddoo tajaajila kanaaf filatame Buufata Fayyaa Haliilaa kan dhaabbata (HUMANBRIDGE Sweden) jedhamu irraa gargaarsan argate siree 18 fi firaashota 18 tilmaamni gatii isaanii qarshii miiliyoona tokko ta’u tajaajila yaalii kanaatiif akka oolu Yuunivarsiitichi gargaarsan kennee jira.
Kana malees ibsa mootummaa irraa kenname irratti hundaa’un yeroo barbaachisetti akka tajaajila kennan gamoowwan bulmaata barattootaa qulqulleessun dhimma kanaa akka oolu qophii godhee jira.

Arsi university sent its students to their families between March 25 and 27, 2020. The university tried its best to manage the safety of all the student's during their travel.Dear students, we would like to apologize for any inconveniences happened durning your travel back home.

According to the collaboration agreement signed between Arsi University and Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences (Germany) five MSc candidates who have been attending the German language for a month have successfully completed their training on 17^th of February 2020, in Arsi University.

Inntech College (UK) to offer English courses to Arsi University Academic staff.

The package of the courses includes General English, English language skills, English for academic purposes, English for specific purposes, English for business, English for medical purposes and management and finance.