• 2025-08-12 13:08:34
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August 11/2025. Senior leaders of Debre Berhan University held discussions with Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute on joint projects in health, agriculture and other areas.

During the discussion, the university's president, Asmar Melese (PhD), who delivered a welcoming speech, said that the institute has a lot of experienced researchers and that the process of working together in different projects as a university will continue to be strengthened in the future. He said that since the Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute has done a lot in research and has a better laboratory, it would be good if Debre Berhan University researchers could be trained in project writing in the future and if our university students could also work together to gain good experience through internships. He added that in the future, as the university, it would not be dependent , but would work together in any situation, both financially and in ideas, and that they would be on their side whenever they face a problem.

 On the discussion , Amare Ayalew (Dr.), Director of the Ankober Botanical Garden, presented  a document on the previous works of the Ankober Botanical Garden, what the design of the botanical garden looks like, and its goals and objectives.

Ethiopian biodiversity Institute researcher Yiglet Mebratu presented his project proposal on the topic of collective planting cultivation of flowering medicinal plants of Ethiopia for production premium and medicinal honey, and explained the main objectives of the project, what its content requires, and what the professions of the researchers are involved. After Presentations deep discussion were held by the senior leaders & the participants.