Abstract:
University of Gondar is one of the first generation Universities in Ethiopia. One of the
missions of the university is to contribute to the sustainable socio-economic development of
the country by conducting problem solving researches. University of Gondar has been
engaged in problem-solving research activities thereby to address a variety of societal
problems of the country. To this end, the University hosts the 27th annual conferences under
the theme: “Research for Regional Development” on 24 and 25 March 2017. This is the fact
that the Office of Research and Community Service Vice President, University of Gondar,
took the initiative to establish the culture of team research whose purpose has been to address
pressing problems of the society and hence came up with the idea of mega research. Since
then, a significant number of faculty members from different disciplines and fields of
specialization have come together and tried to address mega research issues. Accordingly, in
the current conference, different research papers focusing on different issues will be
presented by researchers from inside and outside of the university. In this abstract booklet,
the themes fall under 7sections of colleges, faculties, institutes and schools of the University.
