Dr. Ayano pointed out that climate change and the tremendous population growth are major factors calling for the intervention of research and technology transfer to satisfy the needs of the growing population. He also remarked that countries are now designing and developing new strategies to increase food production in Aquaculture through investments, education, coordination and integration of research and technology transfer as this has proved to be one of the vital additional food production sectors significantly contributing to the global food security, nutritional well-being, poverty reduction and economic development.

Dr. Zufan Bedewi, Dean of the CNCS, on her part explained the underlying reason why her college organized the conference with a topic of great relevance to food and nutrition security and income generation of developing countries like Ethiopia. Dr. Zufan underlined that there is an imperative need to intensify food production through the application of improved technological inputs, especially in the least exploited area of aquaculture, the fastest food production sector in the world. In this regard, the Dean expressed her gratitude to the organizing committee and leadership at HU and important partners in realizing the conference namely: World Aquaculture Society - USA, World Aquaculture Society-African chapter - Uganda, Mississippi State University, Global Center for Aquatic Health and Food Security - USA, American Soybean Association - USA, Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture, FAO Sub Regional Office for Eastern Africa, Society for Advancement of Biological Sciences, Bangalore - India, and Volta Breams - Ghana.

Two key note speeches were delivered by veteran researchers Dr. William H. Daniels from USA and Dr. Zenebe Tadesse from Ethiopia, entitled "Aquaculture Development: Insights from a lifelong Global Engagement", and "The Status of Fishery and Aquaculture in Ethiopia: Challenges, Opportunities and Future Prospects", respectively.

Public Lecture at Hawassa University



Guest: NASA Senior Research Engineer

Dr. Tilaye A. Tadesse (Dr. rer. nat.)



Senior Research Engineer | Solar Physicist, NASA

Space Radiation Analysis Group (SRAG),

Human Health and Performance Directorate,

Space Medicine Operations Division [SD2],

NASA Johnson Space Center



Thame: Human Space Exploration

Organized by: College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Hawassa University (in collaboration with IRAAD)

Date: Friday, 23/06/2023

Time: 2:00 – 4:00 (Afternoon)

Venue: African Union Hall

21st century targeting soft skills, among others.

Dr. Mihreteab Abraham, the Coordinator of English Language Improvement Center at HU, said on his part that a total of 60 teachers and 65 graduate students from Hawassa University and Hawassa College of Teacher Education who applied ahead for the training are participating as per their request. Dr. Mihreteab mentioned that the Centre is now working with national and international organizations to boost the English language proficiency of young academic staff with the goal of helping them to write research articles and get published on globally accredited journals.

The two days' training wad given by Mr. Cody Gleason, an English Language Fellow from the US State Department, US Embassy in Addis Ababa, focusing on topics such as Soft skills and Entrepreneurship, Academic writing and Research methods, and how to deal with English Proficiency Exams like IELTS & TOEFL.

Mr. Yohanan Yokamo, Director of International Relations and Alumni Affairs at HU, had also acknowledged the positive contribution of such trainings in staff and students capacity building and the priceless role of the US embassy in boosting HU's performance through its longstanding collaborations. He thanked the trainer for his part, and promised to strengthen the university's collaboration further.

የሴኔት ሥራ አስፈፃሚ ኮሚቴው በእነዚህና ሌሎች ተያያዥ ጉዳዮች ላይ ጠንከር ያለ ውይይት ያደረገ ሲሆን ቀሪ የዝግጅት ሥራዎች በተቻለ ፍጥነትና የኃላፊነት ስሜት ሁሉም የፈተና ግብረሃይል ተቀናጅቶ እንዲሰራባቸውና የደረሰበትን ደረጃም በቀጣይ ስብሰባ ላይ ሪፖርት እንዲያቀርብ ፕሬዚደንቱ መመሪያ ሰጥተው ስብሰባው ተጠናቋል::