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- Full name: Girmachew Seraw Misganaw
- Nationality: Ethiopian
- Academic Rank: Assistance Professor
- Current Post, if any: Instructor, community service provider, researcher, and providing good governance service to the University community
- College/institute: College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
- Department: Rural Development and Agricultural Extension
- Field of specialization: Agricultural Extension and Community Development.
- Research interest: Socioeconomics
- Publications: Are included as a separated file, file name – Girmachew published articles
- Contact Address:Private email: girmachew2011@gmail.com, Institutional email: Giremacw.Siraw@bdu.edu.et Tel: +251918780238
- Curriculum Vitae: is included as a separated file, file name – Girmachew Siraw CV
Curriculum Vitae
1. Personal data
Name | Sex | Date of birth | Place of birth | Nationality | Marital Status |
Dr. Girmachew Seraw Misganaw | Male | December 25, 1976 | Central Gondar, Ethiopia | Ethiopian | Single |
Current address: Girmachew Seraw (Ph.D.), Bahir Dar, Ethiopia; Telephone number: + 251918780232
Email: girmachew2011@gmail.com
2. Educational background
Type of Award | Year | Field of study | Institution | Language of instruction |
Certificate | 1992/93 | Primary School Teacher | Gondar Teachers’ Training Institute | Amharic and English |
Bachelor of Science | 1994/5 – 1998 | Agricultural Extension | Alamaya University of Agriculture | English |
Master of Science | 2003/4 - 2005 | Agricultural Extension | Alamaya University of Agriculture | English |
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) | 2013 - 2017 | Agricultural Extension & Community Development | Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania | English |
3. Working Experience
3.1. From July 8, 1993-September 12 1995, Primary School Teacher in Dabat Woreda of North Gondar Administration.
3.2. From July 27 1998- November 9 2000 Cooperative Promotion Office expert, Plan and Budget Preparation Expert, Audit, Registration and Inspection team leader at the level of district, zone, and region and acting as a head office at District Cooperative Promotion Office of North Gondar Administration and Amhara Region.
3.3 From August 7, 2005, to August 14, 2007, focal person representing Cooperative Promotion Agency for projects of Sustainable Water Harvesting and Institutional Strengthening in Amhara /SWHISA/, Agricultural Sector Support Program /ASSP/, Koga Irrigation and Water Shade Management Project /KIWSMP/, and International Fund for Agricultural Development /IFAD/.
3.4. From August 15, 2007 to until now, Lecturer, researcher, community service contributor, departmental head, Course chair, Mid-Career Agricultural Extension Program Coordinator, Assistant Professor at Bahir Dar University, under the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, in the Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension.
3.5 From 29/03/2019 to December 30, 2023 associate editor for the Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at Bahir Dar University
4. Duties and Responsibilities
4.1. As Primary School Teacher: Teaching in the Elementary Schools
4.2. As Cooperative Promotion expert/head: Assisting farmers to organize themselves through community-based organizations, mobilizing communities and support local
5. Job-related training
Place and Responsible Body | Duration (month and year) | Major field of study | ||||||||
From | To | |||||||||
Amhara National Regional State | 70 days | Ins-service training Management, Finance, | ||||||||
Management Institute, Bahir Dar, | Integrated | Rural Development, Policy, | ||||||||
Ethiopia. | Project and Development Planning as well as | |||||||||
Ethics | ||||||||||
Ethiopian | Management | Institute, | November | 16, | November | 27 | Ins-service | training | on | marketing |
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia | 98 | 98 | management and project planning and | |||||||
management | ||||||||||
Jointly | organized | by | September | 20, | October | 4, | In-service training on Cooperative Business | |||
VOCA/Ethiopia and the Amhara | 2000 | 2000 | Skill Development | |||||||
Cooperative Bureau, Bahir Dar, | ||||||||||
Ethiopia | ||||||||||
SWHISA, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia | April 19, 2007 | April 24, 2007 | A Workshop on Result Based Management | |||||||
Organized by ADRC of Bahir Dar | October 29, 2007 | January 3, 2008 | Training workshop on instructional skills | |||||||
University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia | that mainly focused on Active Learning | |||||||||
Methods of Instruction and Measurement and | ||||||||||
Evaluation in Higher Learning Institutions | ||||||
Organized | by | SAFE | Project | September 20, | September 24, | Participating in two writing Workshops to the |
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 2010 | 2010 | development of distance learning materials | |||
for the Agricultural Extension Mid-Career | ||||||
April 4, 2011 | April 8, 2011 | |||||
Program | ||||||
Organized | by STOAS University | March 28, 2011 | April 1, 2011 | Training on Value Chain and Curriculum | ||
of Applied Sciences & Teacher | Development | |||||
Education | (The | The Netherlands), | ||||
Adama, Ethiopia | ||||||
Organized by STOAS University | May 23, 2011- | June 10, 2011 | Intensive training on Value Chain and | |||
of Applied Sciences & Teacher | Curriculum Development | |||||
Education, | Dronten, | The | ||||
Netherlands | ||||||
6. Publications and Research Works
Table 1. Article publication by authors and co-authors
Title of the paper | Author and co-author | Publisher and the name of the journal |
Determinants of Adoption of Soil and Water Conservation Practices in Ethiopia | Author: Girmachew Seraw | Journal of Agricultural Extension Management Vol XI July – December 2010 No.2, MANAGE National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management Rajendranagar, Hyderabad – 500 030, India Website: www.manage.gov.in |
Farmers’ Attitude to Improved Soil and Water Conservation Practices in the Environs of Simen Mountain National Park, Ethiopia | Author: Girmachew Seraw | Journal of Agricultural Extension Management Vol XI January – June 2010 No.1, MANAGE National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management Rajendranagar, Hyderabad – 500 030, India Website: www.manage.gov.in |
Needs assessment for inter-and trans-disciplinary training and research for the enhancement of rural transformation in the Amhara region, Ethiopia | Coauthors Girmachew Seraw Getachew Alemayehu, Sisay Yehuala, Yonas Worku, Zerihun Nigussie | Educational Research (ISSN: 2141-5161) Vol. 3(7) pp. 603-611, July 2012 Available online@ http://www.interesjournals.org/ER Copyright © 2012 International Research Journals |
Relating mechanisms of higher education and research closely to the reality in the society for rural transformation in the Amhara region, Ethiopia | Co-authors Girmachew Seraw, Getachew Alemayehu, Sisay Yehuala, Yonas Worku, Zerihun Nigussie | Agricultural Sciences Vol.3, No.5, 780 – 787 (2012) doi: 10.4236/as 2012.35094 Openly accessible at http://www.scirp.org/journal/as/ Copyright © 2012 SciRes. |
Competency and constraints of higher education and research institutions for rural transformation in the Amhara region, Ethiopia | Co-authors Girmachew Seraw, Getachew Alemayehu, Sisay Yehuala, Yonas Worku, Zerihun Nigussie, | Agricultural Sciences Vol.3, No.5, 759 – 767 (2012) doi: 10.4236/as 2012.35092 Openly accessible at http://www.scirp.org/journal/as/ Copyright © 2012 SciRes. |
Analysis of internal and external factors in establishing inter-and-trans-disciplinary training and research framework in Amhara Region, Ethiopia | Co-authors Girmachew Seraw, Zerihun Nigussie, Getachew Alemayehu, Sisay Yehuala, Yonas Worku | Agricultural Sciences Vol.3, No.5, 780 – 787 (2012) doi: 10.4236/as 2012.35094 Openly accessible at http://www.scirp.org/journal/as/ Copyright © 2012 SciRes |
Challenges and Prospects of Village-Based Exotic Chicken Development Strategy in Amhara Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia | Co-authors Girmachew Seraw, Hailu Mazengia, & Mehammed Nega | Global Journal of Science Frontier Research Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences Volume 12 Issue 10 Version 1.0 Year 2012 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Inc. (USA) Online ISSN: 2249-4626 & Print ISSN: 0975-5896 |
Factors Influencing Effective Delivery of Extension Services on Soil and Water Conservation Practices in Western Amhara Region, Ethiopia | First author Girmachew Seraw Co-authors C.P. Msuya, and A.Z. Mattee | Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Sciences (2020) Vol. 19 No. 2, 227-237 An International Journal of Basic and Applied Research |
Adoption of Tef (Eragrostis Tef) Production Technology Packages in Northwest Ethiopia | Author: Atrsaw Anteneh Mihretie, Co-authors:
Girmachew Siraw Misganaw & Azanaw Abebe | Atrsaw Anteneh Mihretie, Azanaw Abebe & Girmachew Siraw Misganaw (2022) Adoption of Tef (EragrostisTef) Production Technology Packages in Northwest Ethiopia, Cogent Economics & Finance, 10:1, 2013587, DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2021.2013587 |
The efect of khat cultivation on rural households’ income in Bahir Dar Zuria District, Northwest Ethiopia | Corresponding and first author: Yemiamerew Z. Hussein Co-authors: · Beneberu A. Wondimagegnhu Girmachew S. Misganaw | Yemiamerew Zeyede Hussein, Beneberu Assefa Wondimagegnhu & Girmachew Siraw Misganaw (2022) The efect of khat cultivation on rural households’ income in Bahir Dar Zuria District, Northwest Ethiopia, GeoJournal, Springer Nature. |
Adoption Status and Perception of Farmers on Improved Tef Technology Packages: Evidence from East Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia | First author: Atrsaw Anteneh Mihretie Corresponding author: Girmachew Siraw Misganaw and Negussie Siyum Muluneh | Atrsaw Anteneh Mihretie, Girmachew Siraw Misganaw and Negussie Siyum Muluneh (2022) Adoption Status and Perception of Farmers on Improved Tef Technology Packages: Evidence from East Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia, Advances in Agriculture, Volume 2022, Article ID 6121071, 15 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/6121071, Hindawi. |
Determinants of rural household saving participation: A case study of Libokemkem District, North-west Ethiopia” | Corresponding author: Melsew Nibret Mazengiya Co-authors: Girmachew Siraw Misganaw, Birhanu Melesse & Tesfaye Belete | Melsew Nibret Mazengiya, Girmachew Seraw, Birhanu Melesse & Tesfaye Belete (2022) “Determinants of rural household saving participation: A case study of Libokemkem District, North-west Ethiopia”, Cogent Economics & Finance, 10:1, 2127219, DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2022.2127219 |
Summary
The person who belongs to this CV has published articles for journal publication as follows:
- As an author for three papers,
- As a corresponding author for one paper,
- As a co-author for eight papers
6. Community Service
6.1. The demonstration, Participatory Evaluation & Promotion of Teff Row Technology in Mecha District at Koga Irrigation project Site in 2019
6.2. Enhancing the Capacity of Development Agents to Scale-up and Scale-out the emerging agricultural innovations around Bahir Dar District in 2019
6.3. Reviewing a research article for the Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences in volume 5 issue 2 for the manuscript entitled “Effects of Conflict between Pastoralist and Crop Farmers on Farming Households’ Food Security in Kwara State, Nigeria”
6.4. Manuscript reviewing for Ethiopian Journal of Science and Technology, Science College, Bahirdar University for the manuscript entitled “Determinants of Household Dietary Diversity in Yayu Biosphere Reserve Southwest Ethiopia”
6.5. External reviewer for the University of Gondar for reviewing a teaching material entitled “Research Methods for Social Sciences”
6.6 Participating and joint collaboration with ecotourism in planting seedlings on communal farmlands
7. Committee participation:
worked as a curriculum committee and exam evaluation committee
8. Computer Skills
8.1. Properly trained and manage basic office applications of MS.word, MS.Excell, PowerPoint presentation, and others
8.2. Thoroughly used software like SPSS (Statistical Packages for Social Studies)
9. References
8.1 Ranjan S.karippai (prof), Department of Rural Development & Agricultural Extension, Haramaya University, P.O.Box:224, E-mail: rskarippai@yahoo.com, Phone: +251-912158158, Dire Dewa, Ethiopia
8.2 Eneyew Adego (Ph.D.), Dean of College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Bahir Dar University, P.O.Box:79, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, E-mail: eneyewadgo@gmail.com, Phone: +251-918765621
8.3 Zeleke Mekuriaw (Ph.D.), Vice President of South Gondar University, Debratabot, Ethiopia, Phone: +251-91834115