KoBo training at Jimma University

04.04.2023

In the course of a trip to Ethiopia, DBFZ scientists held two training sessions at partnering Jimma University, focusing on the use of the KoBo toolbox. This is a free and open source software for creating digital questionnaires, which are very useful in the standardised collection of data and are employed in the ETH-Soil project to collect important field data. In addition, KoBo toolbox can also be applied in many other areas, which is why the demand was far greater than expected and came from a wide range of faculties at the University of Jimma. Despite some technical challenges due to power outages, the courses were held successfully. In total, about 100 people participated, of which about half were graduate students (MSc/Ph.D.) and the other half consisted of university staff.