Mr Assefa Abelieneh | Food Research | Best Scholar Award
Assistant Professor at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
🎓 Academic Background:
- Ph.D. in Rural Development (Bahir Dar University, Dissertation submitted, awaiting defense, CGPA: 3.96/4).
- Master’s in Development Studies (Environment and Development, Addis Ababa University, CGPA: 3.65/4).
- B.Sc. in Agriculture (Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, Haramaya University, CGPA: 3.74/4).
- Diploma in General Agriculture (Addis Ababa University, CGPA: 3.55/4).
🧑🏫 Professional Expertise:
Assefa has extensive experience in rural development and agricultural extension, including:
- Coordinating integrated rural development projects such as solar model villages and watershed management.
- Teaching and mentoring university students in environment, rural development, and agricultural extension.
- Advising postgraduate students on theses related to rural development.
- Leading research on climate-smart agriculture, farmers’ resilience, and sustainable livelihoods.
- Designing and managing community-based development projects with a focus on women’s empowerment, youth inclusion, and conservation.
🌟 Memberships and Skills:
- Member of the Ethiopian Society of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension.
- Certified in Environmental Consultancy and Microsoft Project Management.
- Skilled in project planning, monitoring, evaluation, and community engagement.
- Impact of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices on Smallholder Farmers’ Resilience in Ethiopia
- Published in Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2024.
- DOI: 10.1016/J.JAFR.2024.101147
- Smallholder Farmers’ Coping Strategies to Climate Change and Variability: Evidence from Ethiopia
- Published in Climate Services, 2024.
- DOI: 10.1016/J.CLISER.2024.100509
- Smallholder Farmers’ Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Upper Blue Nile, Ethiopia
- Published in Heliyon, 2024.
- DOI: 10.1016/J.HELIYON.2024.E28277
- Determinants of Adoption of Land Management Practices in Ethiopia as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
- Published in Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2023.
- DOI: 10.1080/23311932.2023.2170951
- The Impact of Watershed Development on Food Security in Northwest Ethiopia
- Published in Cogent Economics & Finance, 2023.
- DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2023.2288466
- Factors Affecting Farm Management Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change
- Published in Cogent Environmental Science, 2019.
- DOI: 10.1080/23311843.2019.1708184
- Effects of Land Fragmentation on Productivity in Northwestern Ethiopia
- Published in Advances in Agriculture, 2017.
- DOI: 10.1155/2017/4509605
- Development-Induced Displacement and Its Impacts on Urban Livelihoods in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
- Published in African Human Mobility Review, 2015.
Assefa Abelieneh | Food Research | Best Scholar Award