difficulty has forced the S&T Task Force to draft the S&T Plan on Its own without detailed operational data located In ·sectoral ministries, corporations and state enterprises and In most cases even In Task Forces thus making the planning document to be somewhat general. The problem of Implementation wll I certainly 104 appear, since organizations which are supposed to Implement national S&T plans did not take active part In Its preparation. To make the matter worse, the S&T draft was not presented at the meeting of the Council of Minsters when this body considered• discussed and approved the ten year development plan. Thus, even though the Ethiopian Science and Technology Commission had made a tremendous effort In preparing the ten year S&T development plan there Is still a long way to go In refining It and making It pert and parcel of the socio-economic development plan of the country. The draft plan was considered. however, at a special meeting which was chaired by the Chairman of the Provisional Military Administrative Council. This has helped a lot In many ways. Even though the task of preparing the plan had proven to be en extremely difficult one the effort was worthwhile and those who had participated had gained some valuable Insight Into the possl­ bll ltles of planning In the field of S&T. It Is also to be noted that both the programme of the Workers Party of Ethiopia and the 10 year perspective plan which was approved by the Party just about 6 weeks ago have each a chapter on S&T development plant. This will greatly facti ltate the elaboration and Implemen­ tation of the S&T plan In the future. ORGANIZATION OF MANAGEMENT IN CONDUCTING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Ethiopia does not have a long history of conducting scienti­fic research. The first attempts In agricultural research and 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the development of science and technology in Ethiopia, specifically the challenges and efforts made to create a plan for S&T development. The text also mentions the connection between S&T and the country's socio-economic development plan. This suggests that the topic is closely tied to economic development and the development of the country as a whole.

**Category**
Science and technology, Economic development