27TH ANNUAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ABSTRACT BOOK LET

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.