1. Personal Details

• Name: Aemro Tazeze Terefe   
• Sex: Male
• Nationality: Ethiopian
• Birth Date: January 19, 1989
• Contact address: Tel: 251-910142701; email: aemrot@gmail.com/aemro.tazeze@bdu.edu.et

1. Education

• PhD in Agricultural Economics (May 2022 - Present)
  • DAAD in Regional Scholarship. School of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Haramaya University, Ethiopia. 
• M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics (October 2010 - January 2012)
  • DAAD in-country scholarship, department of Agricultural Economics, Haramaya University, Ethiopia.
• B.Sc. in Agricultural Business Management (September 2005 - September 2008)
  • Department of Agribusiness Management, Haramaya University, Ethiopia.
• Higher Diploma Program (HDP) (September 2023 - July 2024)
  • Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia.

1. Training
2. Professional Experience and Academic Contributions

• Impact Evaluation Retooling collaboration between the AERC, BMGF and the Transfer Project in Nairobi, Kenya from July 10th to July 21st, 2023
• Land Productivity Analysis Organized by RCMRD, GMES and Geo-mikConsultants Africa. 
• Applied Data Management and Analysis Using Stata, Organized by the Research Affairs Office of Haramaya University, Ethiopia. 
• Applied Econometrics using STATA, Eview and SPSS, Genstat Software Organized by the Ethiopian Economic Association 
• Analysis of Multidimensional Poverty and Inequality Using Distributive Analysis Stata Package (DASP)Organized by GDN-Supported Building Ethiopian Research Capacity in Economics and Agribusiness and Haramaya University, Ethiopia. 
• Data management Analysis Organized by REFUROM in collaboration with Haramaya University. 
• Agribizz-Training Advanced Value Chain Management organized by NUFFIC NICHE project. 
• Agribizz-Training Value Chain Management organized by NUFFIC NICHE project. 
• Computable General Equilibrium Modelling and Analysis Using GAMS organized by Building Ethiopian’s Research Capacity in Economics and Agribusiness and Haramaya University, Ethiopia. 
• Impact Evaluation Organized by International Food Program Research Institutes (IFPRI) 
• Conflict Prevention and Management Training of Trainer Organized by Peace and Development Centre Haramaya University Ethiopia. 
• Training on creating a linkage between a Higher institution and the Private sector was organized by the NUFFIC NICHE project.
• Advanced Faculty and Research Development Program: Leadership, Teaching, and Research Excellence, Florida Southeast University, USA (March 2025)
• Writing in the Sciences by Stanford University, UK (December 2024)
• Nanodegree in Program Fundamentals (September 2024)
• Nanodegree in Data Analysis Fundamentals (August 2024)
• Fundamentals of Capital Market Development, Florida University Southeast, USA (May-July 2024)
• Research Ethics Organized by the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia, from March 29& 30, 2024.
• Delivering training on statistical software (DASP and Stata) and Entrepreneurship for different organizations and stakeholders. Developing business plans and projects
• Haramaya University, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia (September 2008 - June 30, 2023): Over nearly 15 years, I advanced through various academic ranks, beginning as a Graduate Assistant and culminating as an Assistant Professor. My responsibilities encompassed a diverse array of teaching, research, and administrative duties.
• Bahir Dar University (Since June 30, 2023): I have continued my academic journey as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics. My ongoing responsibilities include teaching, research, and contributing to the academic community at Bahir Dar University.
• Teaching Experiences: I delivered a comprehensive suite of courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. These included Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Economics of Climate change, Development Economics, Econometrics, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Agricultural Value Chain Development, Production Economics, and Stata Software Application for postgraduate studies. Additionally, I taught Agriculture and Food Policy Analysis, Agricultural Marketing, International Trade and Finance, Project Planning and Analysis, Mathematics for Economists, Rural Finance, Introduction to Agribusiness Management, and Small-Scale Business and Entrepreneurship.
• Research and project Experiences: I actively participated in numerous research initiatives, contributing to the development of institutional frameworks for Pluralistic Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services (PAEAS) and exploring strategies to transition emerging commercial smallholder farmers and pastoralists towards agricultural investments. My research also included Formal and Informal Economy, Including the Agricultural Sector for Women's Economic Empowerment in Ethiopia; a chickpea value chain analysis and a baseline survey as part of a collaboration with the Ethiopian Economic Association on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT), funded by CGIAR. Other notable projects involved the Value Chain Development for Food Security in the Context of Climate Change- a Contribution through Strengthening Capacity in Higher Education in Eastern Africa financed by EU worked with Humbuld University, Haramaya University and Nairobi University which have filed work experience in Kenya around Lake victory which mainly focuses of smallholder organic farming value chain. 
• Advising and evaluating postgraduate students: Throughout my tenure, I have supervised over 42 MSc students and advised 5 PhD; Boar of examined more than 50 MSc students.
• Training Initiatives: I provided training in Distributive Analysis with Stata Package (DASP), research methodology, and impact evaluation to researchers and postgraduate students.

1. Positions and Honors

• Awards of Germany Exchange Program (DAAD) in Country Scholarship MSc in Agricultural Economics, Haramaya University, Ethiopia. October 2010- November 2012.
• Awards of Centre for International Cooperation and Development (CICOPS) Scholarship for a research stay at Pavia University, Italy. From 19/01/2017-31/03/2017.
• Awards from the Germany Exchange Program (DAAD) through the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)regional Scholarship PhD in Agricultural Economics, Haramaya University, Ethiopia. October 2017- June 20212012.
• Awards from the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) PhD thesis Research writing grant. 

1. Completed Projects and Research Work 

• Analysis of Formal and Informal Economy Including the Agricultural Sector for Women's Economic Empowerment in Ethiopia
• Options for institutional framework and structural setup for Pluralistic Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services (PAEAS); Enabling the Business of Agriculture in Ethiopia, including options for transiting emerging commercial smallholder farmers and pastoralists to agricultural investments Funded by Agricultural Transformation Institute;
• Assessment of Chickpea Value Chain Intervention in Oromia Region Funded by Dan Church Aid (DCA)
• Postharvest Handling Practices, Development of Technologies and its Implication on Food Security and Nutrition on Selected Horticultural Crops, Eastern Ethiopia
• Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT) in Ethiopia 
• Construction Industry, Employment and Ethiopian Economy (CEE) Research Project in Ethiopia
• Private Sector Development in Ethiopia: Trends, Challenges and Policy Issues
• Desk Review of Existing Research and Analysis of Economies and Informal Economy Including Agricultural Sector 
• Socioeconomic Development in Afar Region: Achievements, Gaps and Priorities
• Robust Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation for Ethiopian Agriculture: Heterogeneity of Farm Households and The Role of Social Networks
• Knowledge-based Bio-economic for Enhancing Household Food Security of Smallholder Farmers in a Crop-Based Farming System in Ethiopia: Value Webs Perspective
• Impacts of and the Demand for Agricultural Technologies in Eastern Ethiopia 
• Value Chain Development for Food Security in the Context of Climate Change- a Contribution through Strengthening Capacity in Higher Education in Eastern Africa financed by EU. 

1. Publications and Conference Proceedings

• Getinet, S., Mehare, A., & Aemro Tazeze. (2024). Determinants of rural households’ willingness to pay for improved potable water supply in Central Rift Valley Ethiopia: contingent valuation method approach. Cogent Economics & Finance, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2024.2388233
• Aemro Tazeze Terefe, Aredo, M. K., Workagegnehu, A. M., & Tesfaye, W. M. (2024). Effect of climate shocks on rural household welfare dynamics in Ethiopia: evidence from panel data. Cogent Food & Agriculture, 10(1), 2356936.
• Aemro Tazeze Terefe, Aredo, M. K., Workagegnehu, A. M., & Tesfaye, W. M. (2024). Interdependence of rural household welfare measurement in the context of climate variability in Ethiopia. Heliyon, 10(10).
• Sisay Debebe, Semeneh Bessie, Abule Mehare and Aemro Tazeze (2023). Private Sector Development in Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Economics, 2023, vol. 32, issue 01
• Mengistu M. Maja, Abdurahim A. Idiris, Aemro Tazeze Terefe, Muluneh M. Fashe (2022). Gendered Vulnerability, Perception and Adaptation Options of Smallholder Farmers to Climate Change in Eastern Ethiopia. Journal of Earth Systems and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-022-00324-y
• Aemro Tazeze Trefe, Mengistu Ketema Aredo, Abule Mehare Workagegnehu, and Wondimagegn Mesfin Tesfaye. "Dynamics of Multidimensional Poverty in the Context of Climate-Induced Shocks: The Ethiopian Perspective." Available at SSRN 4257904 (2022).
• Aemro Tazeze, Mengistu Ketema, Abule Mehare, and Wondimagegn Mesfin (2020). Consumption-based and Multidimensional Poverty Dynamics in Ethiopia: Evidence from Spatiotemporal Approach. Ethiopian Journal of Economics 29, no. 2 (2020): 1-42.
• Musa Hasen Ahmed, Aemro Tazeze, Alem Mezgebo & Eden Andualem (2018): Measuring maize production efficiency in eastern Ethiopia: Stochastic frontier approach, African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, DOI: 10.1080/20421338.2018.1514757
• Musa Hasen Ahmed, Kassahun Mamo Geleta, Aemro Tazeze, Hiwot Mekonnen Mesfin &Eden Andualem Tilahun (2017). Cropping systems diversification, improved seed, manure, and inorganic fertilizer adoption by maize producers of eastern Ethiopia. Economic Structures 6:31 DOI 10.1186/s40008-017-0093-8. 
• Musa Hasen Ahmed, Kassahun Mamo Geleta, Aemro Tazeze & Eden Andualem (2017). The Impact of Improved Maize Varieties on-farm Productivity and Wellbeing: evidence from the East Hararghe Zone of Ethiopia, Development Studies Research, 4:1, 9-21, DOI: 10.1080/21665095.2017.1400393 
• Aemro Tazeze and Musa H. Ahmed, Driving Force of Organic Fertilizer Use in Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia: Independent Double Hurdle Approach. Journal Economics of Agriculture, EP 2016(63)4,1265-1279) 
• Musa H. Ahmed, Kumilachew A. Melesse, Aemro Tazeze (2015). Valuing Soil Conservation Practices Using Contingent Valuation Technique: Evidence From The Central Rift Valley Of Ethiopia Journal of Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 18 (2) 40-50, doi: 10.15414/rate.2015.18.02.40-50 
• Gebrelibanos G. Gebremariam, Abdi K. Edriss and Assa M. Maganga, Aemro T. Terefe (2014). Labor as a Payment Vehicle for Valuing Soil Conservation Practices in a Subsistence Economy: Case of Adwa Woreda in Ethiopia, American Journal of Economics, Vol 3, No.6: pp.283-229, 2013 
• Musa H. Ahmed, Aemro T. Terefe, Kumilachew A. Melese and Beyan A. Yuya (2014). Impact of Soil Conservation on Farm Efficiency of Maize Growers in Arsi Negelle, Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. International Journal of Economics and Empirical Research. 2(2), 36-43. 
• Getachew T, Kebede E, Ameha N, and T. Terefe Aemro (2015). Village Chicken Husbandry Practice, Marketing and Constraints in Eastern Ethiopia. J. World's Poult. Res. 5(4): 104-108.
• Aemro Tazeze, Jemma Haji, and Mengistu Ketema(2012). Climate change adaptation strategies of smallholder farmers: the case of Babilie District, East Harerghe Zone of Oromia Regional State of Ethiopia. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development 3, no. 14 (2012): 1-12.

1. On Progress Journals

• Interplay Between Food Security Dynamics and Climate-Induced Shocks in Rural Ethiopia. Journal of World Development Perspectives (Review stage
• Do Climate-Smart Agriculture Practices Improve Household Welfare? Evidence from Central Highlands of Ethiopia. Journal of Current Research in Environmental Sustainability (Accepted)
• Cointegration Analysis of Sesame Prices in Ethiopian Commodity Exchange Warehouses Submitted to Journal 

1. Fieldwork Experience

• Have done different fieldwork in developing countries (Ethiopia and Kenya).
• Experiences in collecting survey data, Key Informant Interviews and Focus Group Discussions. 
• Ethnographic fieldwork with participatory rural appraisal (PRA) methods and interviews

1. Research Skills

• Experiences of gender empowerment and different impact evaluation project planning and monitoring
• Conducting comprehensive research on poverty and inequality in developing countries necessitates a blend of quantitative and qualitative methodologies. This approach allows researchers to gather a broad spectrum of data, providing a more nuanced understanding of these complex issues. 
• Strong analytical skills are crucial in interpreting this data, identifying patterns, and uncovering the root causes of poverty and inequality. 
• Ability to collaborate in transdisciplinary projects and strong practical experience in agriculture
• The ability to translate research findings into actionable insights is essential for informing policy formulation. Such insights are invaluable for designing and implementing effective interventions that can mitigate these persistent challenges in developing economies. By integrating diverse research methods and analytical expertise, researchers can contribute significantly to shaping policies that foster economic growth and social equity in these regions.

1. Managerial Skills

• Project Management
• Team Leadership & Supervision
• Data & Research Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Grant Writing & Fundraising
• Time & Organization Management
• Communication & Dissemination
• Teaching & Training
• Monitoring & Evaluation
• Policy Analysis & Impact
• Cross-Cultural & Interdisciplinary Collaboration
• Public Engagement & Leadership
• Interpersonal & Problem-Solving Skills
• Adaptability

1. Statistical Software 

• Advanced user of STATA, DASP, SPSS
• Intermediate users of Eview, ArcGIS, R, and Python

1. Community/Admin Services

• National Technical Scoring Panel Review Committee: I have served on a technical Scoring Panel for the Data Evidence to End Extreme Poverty (DEEP) Challenge Fund in Ethiopia
• Vice Chair and member of the Research Ethics Committee at College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia from April, 2024-now
• I served as the Coordinator of the Agricultural Economics program, Secretary, and Member of the Academic Commission. Additionally, I participated in various committees, including the promotional and gender committees.
• Chairperson of the different community services at Haramaya University, since July 2008; 
• Chairperson and secretary of the undergraduate and postgraduate Curriculum Review/Amendment Committee, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Haramaya University Ethiopia;
• Secretary of the AC, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Haramaya University, Ethiopia;
• Chairperson and Secretary of different academic promotion at the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Haramaya University, Ethiopia;
• Member of the Academic dishonesty committee at the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Haramaya University, Ethiopia;

1. Membership in Associations

• Since 2013: Association of Ethiopians Educated in Germany
• Since 2010: Member of the Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA).
• Since 2008: Member of the Agricultural Economics Society of Ethiopia (AESE)

1. Language

• English: Speaking (good), Listening (good), Reading (good);
• Amharic: Speaking (Excellent), Listening (Excellent), Reading (Excellent);

1. Contact Addresses of References 

• Girma Tesfahun (PhD), International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA): Rabat, Morocco, Principal Agricultural Market Economist. Tel.: +919828862213. E-mail: g.tesfahun@cgiar.org
• Mengistu Ketema (PhD), Professor of Agricultural Economics, CEO of Ethiopian Economic Association, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tel.: +251-969-141-750 E-mail: mengistuket@gmail.com
• Wondimagegn Mesifin (PhD), Economist, World Bak, Washigten DC, USA.  E-mail: wtesfaye@worldbank.org

I hereby certify that the details provided in my CV are true, complete, and accurate. 

Aemro Tazeze   Date: 03/04/2025