 College of Agriculture, now Haramai University, was established in 1953. The college was established through a technical support agreement signed between the Government of Ethiopia and United States of America. The triple mandates of the university have been research, extension and training. The College was nationally mandated to administer and operate agricultural extension services in Ethiopia. The main objective of extension services under Alamea College of Agriculture was introducing and demonstrating research findings obtained from institutions within the country and abroad to farmers. Training of personnel with sound agricultural background in agricultural extension was given due attention to speed up and facilitate demonstration tasks. The research works were carried out in the College campus, the Reset Experiment Station and Jumma Technical School. The extension service was rendered in the vicinity of these institutions and other selected areas. Besides the College graduates, high school graduates were trained in agricultural techniques and communication skills to work as extension agents. Royal development workers were also participating in the tasks of technology transfer. Generally, good cultural extension and research in a well integrated form have been operational since 1953.