Asella Agricultural Engineering Research Center

Establishment

Asella Agricultural Engineering Research Center has passed through several reforms since 1964 E.C. in establishment ARDU/CADU. It has got the name Asella Agricultural Mechanization Research Center in 1993 under Oromia Agricultural Research Institute. Currently, the center has two research directorates. Namely; Agricultural Engineering Research Directorate which consists of four research teams and  technology multiplication team.

Location

Asella Agricultural Engineering Research Center (AAERC) is located at 7° 55'0'' to 7° 55' 55''N latitudes and 39° 7' 40'' to 39° 8'0'' E longitudes, having an elevation of 2430 meters above sea level. It is about 175 Km far from Addis Ababa to the South-Eastern part of Oromia Region Asella Town.

Research Mandate Zones

The center has the mandate to carry out its research activities in nine (9) Zones of Oromiya region namely Arsi, West Arsi, Bale, East Bale, E/Showa, Guji, West Guji, Borena and East Borena Zones

Research Targets

 Agricultural Engineering technology generation via research, improvement and production of agricultural engineering technologies, dissemination of agricultural engineering technologies to the end users by reducing time, labor and post-harvest losses, and thereby increasing production and productivity, food security and better livelihood of the farm household of the region in particular and the whole society in general.

Research teams

1. Agricultural Machinery and Farm Power Engineering Research Case Team,
2. Renewable Energy Engineering Research Case Team,
3. Post-harvest and Agricultural Product Processing Engineering Research Case Team
4. Irrigation, Water harvesting and Drainage Engineering Research case teams
5. Technology Multiplication team.
6. Socio Economics Research case team
7. Extension and Gender Research case team.