Abstract:
The Imperial Ethiopian College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts is
the institution of higher learning in the Cooperative Agricultural Education
program established in Ethiopia by Oklahoma State University under an agreement
between the Imperial Ethiopian Government and the United States International
Cooperation Administration, A four year institution the College
grants the Bachelor of Science Degree in General Agriculture to those who
complete the prescribed course of study.
The Imperial Ethiopian College of A & M Arts is located on a site of
approximately 422 hectares adjacent to Lake Alemaya, between Dire Dawa and
Harar, in Harar Province, Classes were first held on the newly completed
campus in November, 1956, The college plant now includes a modern dormitory,
cafeteria, classroom building, administration building, clinic, poultry building
and farm shop in addition to two staff dwelling houses,
