EELO UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (EURI)
“A CENTER FOR RESEARCH, GRADUATE TRAINING”
Eelo University Research Institute (RI) was established in the year 2008 to address pertinent
issues affecting the adjacent communities in the horn of Africa. The Research Institute is located
in Somaliland; situated in northwestern Somalia. It lies between the 08°00′ – 11°30′ parallel
north of the equator and between 42°30′ – 49°00′ meridian east of Greenwich. It is bordered by
Djibouti to the west, Ethiopia to the south, and the Puntland region of Somalia to the east.
Somaliland has a 740 kilometres (460 mi) coastline with the majority lying along the Gulf of
Aden. The region is with an area of 137,600 km2 (53,100 sq mi). The Population of Somaliland
is estimated to be 3.5 million people. Livestock is the highest foreign exchange earner to
Somaliland (UN report 2012). Crop farming is majorly practiced in Awdal region, Gebiley and
arabsiyo.
Somaliland’s climate is a mixture of Short wet and long dry conditions. The northern part of the
region is hilly, and in many places the altitude ranges between 900 and 2,100 metres (3,000 and
6,900 ft) above sea level. The Awdal, Sahiland Maroodi Jeex (Woqooyi Galbeed) regions are
fertile and mountainous, while Togdheer is mostly semi-desert with little fertile greenery around.
Somaliland receives rainfall of between 400mm to 400mm most parts and the Baki Agricultural
corridor receives 600mm to 1000mm.
The RI’s prime tasks are management of agriculture, environment and natural resources to gain
sustainability and ensure that people in Somaliland have equitable access to natural resources. RI
promotes training and documents good practice of managing the environment. In this quest the
Institute collaborates with CBOs, networks with government and some international NGOs. The
strategy is to promote short term and long term resilience building of dryland communities
through; Learning and good practice identification, Advocacy on priority issues relating to
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resilience –building capacity to resilience of education, good governance control of resources,
economic empowerment. In doing so the RI is geared to produce; evidence based good practice
principles on Disaster risk reduction , developed & disseminated to governments, NGOs,
academic institutions and Dryland communities, Increased agreement by Drought Risk
Reduction Action Plan (DRRAP) partners & other key organizations on priorities for resilience
building for joint dissemination and action
The Eelo University Research Institute was established to give both graduate students and
supervisors a sense of belonging to a meaningful scholarly community; direct and manage all
research; give advice on research priorities geared to the fulfillment of National, Regional &
global Development professional objectives; Work as an outreach providing a connection
between the University and the World of work in identifying research and courses that are
relevant to the needs of industry, commerce, and professions in the current market trends.
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