text: as upgrading skills of S&T personnel, technology selection and transfer, adaptation of modern technology, Improvement of tradi­ tional technology, optimal technology utilisation, project design and management. scientific research and technology development and demonstration, S&T Information services and science populari­ sation, Is lacking. In short, experience In planning and working out scientific/technical pol lcles Is highly deficient In Ethiopia. In the agricultural sector, the Food and Agriculture Research Council has formulated an R&D pol Icy guldel lne for the agricul­ ture sector. This guideline was prepared with ful I participation of alI concerned and relevant organizations and Individuals. The draft was presented to the National Council for S&T for approval (the supreme national body In matters concerning S&T>. The policy guideline was approved by this national council about three years ago and In being Implemented by the Central Planning 8-1 103 National Committee Office In assessing and approving R&D program­ mes end projects In the agr leu I ture I sector. S I m II ar poI Icy guidelines have been prepared for some of the other sectors and are awaiting the approval by the National S&T Council. Possibilities In Planning In the Field of S&T: As Indicated earl ler. Ethiopia has Just completed preparing a ten year development plan which Is to be Implemented In 1985 through 1994. One of the areas In which such a plan was prepared was In Science and Technology. The S&T plan consists of eight sections: an Introduction, a general assessment of the present state of S&T In Ethiopia, major problems of S&T in Ethiopia, objectives of S&T development, major S&T programmes, projection of Investment expend ttures Into the S&T sector and the Issue of Pol Icy and Organisational measures required to build national technological capabl I lty. 
analysis: The text discusses the development of science and technology in Ethiopia, highlighting the importance of planning and policy-making in the sector. It also mentions the preparation of a 10-year development plan for science and technology, which includes objectives, programs, and investment projections. This suggests that the text is focused on the development of science and technology as a means to drive economic growth and improve the country's technological capacity.