Bilateral cooperation with Ethiopia

SLU is involved in one sub-programme on Biotechnology for Environmentally Safe and Sustainable Food Security and Green Development of Ethiopia.

The objective is to train Ethiopian students at PhD and MSc level in modern biotechnology and to develop capacity for research. The project is a collaborative effort between SLU and Addis Ababa University (AAU) and aims at utilising the country’s biological resources to develop novel products and services. Students carry out their research in a sandwich mode and is jointly supervised by staff from both partner universities. A total of six subprojects encompassing agricultural, industrial, health, and environmental biotechnology are identified. Under each subproject specific PhD research project titles are identified and PhD students employ cutting edge biotechnology tools to address their specific topics.

Find more information about the Addis Abeba University-Sweden Research Cooperation Programme.