text: sectors. As a result, RAD tnstltutlons are yet to be properly organized. The few R&D estabfishments In agriculture, health and 99 mineral resources and some R&D conducted In the university are making limited contributions to development. Since the Revolution, the effort to Interlink R&D with education, production and service activities Is widening. Though It Is appreciated that R&D Is one of the pillars for building the national scientific and technological capability; for relaxation of the dependence on external sources of technology; and for overall economic development; nevertheless Its pursuit Is yet to be given the attention It deserves. The capacity to Survey. Choose and Negotiate for Appropriate Transfer of Technology: Technologies Imported into pre-revolution Ethiopia. through· various channels, whether by government or by private entrepre­ neurs were acquired often In "package deal" arrangements. at exhorbltant costs. High profits were made by the suppliers of technology and their representatives. The technology import transactions were dominated by such Interests and considerations rather than the benefits that would accrue to balanced national economic growth or to technological capability building. Importation of technological packages on terms weighted In favour of the suppliers was a common practice In pre-revolution Ethiopia. The technologies Involved were seldom examined or analysed. Attempts to unpackaged the technologies were not made and could not Influence the negotiations of the transaction. The national manpower that could select appropriate technologies ·In various sectors. therfore, were never formed and the organiza­ tions engaged In such activities did not rlevelop. These deficie­ ncies stll I persist today. Factors Limiting the Benefits of Imported Technologies: As already noted. production and service technologies Impor­ ted into Ethiopia In the past fifty yearts came mostly as comp­ lete packages. As a result, only very few of the users of the 
analysis: The text discusses the challenges Ethiopia faced in terms of technology transfer and R&D (Research and Development) in various sectors, including agriculture, health, and mineral resources. It highlights the lack of proper organization, limited contributions to development, and the need for interlinking R&D with education, production, and service activities. The text also mentions the country's dependence on external sources of technology and the high costs and profits made by technology suppliers. These points suggest that the text is primarily concerned with the development of Ethiopia's scientific and technological capabilities, as well as the country's economic growth.