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1. | Name | Fentahun Tesafa Mohammed |
2. | Date of birth | 23/01/1976 |
3. | Nationality | Ethiopian |
4. | Place of residence | Bahir Dar |
5. | Phone | +251 918701164 |
6. | Education |
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Date | Institution | Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained |
2019-2023 | Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia | PhD in Food Security and Development |
2007-2009 | Ethiopian Civil Service University, Ethiopia | MSc in Development Economics |
1996-1999 | Haramaya University, Ethiopia | BSc in Agricultural Economics |
7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)
Language | Reading | Speaking | Writing |
Amharic | Mother tongue | ||
English | 1 | 2 | 2 |
8. Professional membership: Ethiopian Economic Association, Ag2nutrition community, ResearchGate (Research gate), Google scholar (Google scholar), ORCID ID (ORCID iD), Web of Science (Web of Science), Scopus (Scopus), ScienceDirect (Science Direct) & Linkedin (Linkedin).
9. Other skills Proficient command of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint) and experienced in sharing
information/research results in various online platforms. Also good in analytical skills using statistical software (SPSS & STATA), a proven interest in statistical & econometric techniques, and practical experiences in qualitative & quantitative data collection methods & analysis. Good verbal and written communication skills with a demonstrative ability to work with teams & a wide range of clients & stakeholders.
10. Present position: Assistant Professor in Agricultural Economics, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
11. Academic and administrative experiences
23/11/2009 – present Instructor in Rural Development and Agricultural Economics Departments, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia, with the following administrative positions:
18/04/2011 – 14/03/2012 Coordinator, Rural Development Program.
16/04/2013 – 03/09/2015 Head, Agricultural Economics Department.
09/04/2011 – 15/04/2013 Chair, Research Methods and Tools Course System in Rural Development
16/04/2013 – 31/09/2018 Chair, Research Methods and Tools Course System in Agricultural Economics
20/12/2010 – 28/02/2014 Co-focal person and trainer, JICA- FRG II Project working on capacity building of smallholder farmers, cooperatives and researchers with mainstreaming women empowerment/gender equality. Linking smallholder farmers with research institutions & universities for dissemination of agricultural innovations with an approach of Farmer Research Group (FRG).
15/06/2012 – 30/03/2014 Coordinator, the Netherlands Initiative for Capacity Development in Higher Education (NICHE019 Ethiopia) Project at Bahir Bar University working on capacity development on agribusiness and value chain management with the participation of various agro-processing companies.
11/4/2012 – 10/10/2012 Bahir Dar University, Integrated Seed Sector Development II (ISSD-II) Project, member of Partner staff CAES research team.
12. Research experiences
May 2000 – March 2007: Socioeconomics researcher and head of Socioeconomics Research and Research-Extension Program in Bahir Dar Agricultural Mechanization and Food Science Research Centre at Amhara Region Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI), Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Mentored more than 20 research projects of MSc students in three departments: Agricultural Economics, Rural Development, and Natural Resources and Environment.
Conducted research projects and published more than 15 research papers in peer reviewed journals, 4 proceedings, 1 book and 2 book chapters.
13. Award
Awarded assistant professor position in Agricultural Economics since 10/07/2014.
Research grant: Ethio-Netherland Trade for Agricultural Growth (ENTAG) to support exporters and agro- processing industry in spices, herbs & pulses sectors in Ethiopia focusing on domestic and international markets related to aflatoxin issues.
Research grant: MEDA (Menonnite Economic Development Associates) EMERTA project working on improved agricultural technologies and good agricultural practices in vegetable sector of Amhara region in Ethiopia.
February 2024 – April 2024: Lead consultant in development of Agricultural Mechanization Extension Guideline for effective & sustainable use of mechanization in Amhara region, owned by BoA & ATI. Reference: Daniel Lemlem, Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI). Email: daniel.lemlem@ata.gov.et
January 2020 – February 2021:Lead consultant in MEDA (Menonnite Economic Development Associates) EMERTA project review and adoption study on improved agricultural technologies and good agricultural practices in vegetable sector of Amhara region in Ethiopia identified causes of low adoption of & scaling out proven technologies & practices in the project areas and demonstrated best practices in dissemination and scaling-out approaches and methods relevant & applicable for high levels of adoption; and recommended strategies for better dissemination, adoption and out-scaling proven technologies and practices.
Reference: Niguss Birhan, MEDA EMERTA project, Email: ngelaw@meda.org
November 2016– July 2017; January 2019 – July 2020: Lead researcher in baseline survey conducted in ASMC-BiT project intervention districts in Amhara region for baseline information established on welfare outcomes as benchmark to measure the changes resulting from interventions as well as in the terminal evaluation of the impact of this project interventions in mechanization of smallholder agriculture to household well-being such as food security, net income, labor and land productivity in crop production, and drudgery and workload of women.
Reference: Daniel Tilahun, Socioeconomic & Research Extension Directorate, ASMC-
BiT project, ARARI, Email: dtilahun08@gmail.com.
February 2017- January 2018: Socioeconomic consultant in the project Aflatoxin related challenges and mitigation strategies of Ethiopia in spices, herbs & pulses’ domestic & international markets owned by Ethio-Netherland Trade for Agricultural Growth (ENTAG).
Reference: Helen Getaw, ENTAG, Email: helen.getaw@entag.org
Available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337211699
February 2015 – March 2018: Technical team leader and agricultural economics researcher in Agro-Food Processing Industries in Ethiopia: Policy and Strategy Options for its Development (2015-2025) with an implementation roadmap for enhanced development of the industry in the country and necessary institutional arrangements & regulatory framework for its management. Reference: Solomon Workneh (PhD, Professor in Chemical Engineering & Postharvest Technology): Email: solworkneh@gmail.com
Available at http://psi.org.et/index.php/policy-briefs
Agust 2014 –February 2016: Socioeconomics researcher in the project “Are microfinance institutions enhancing productivity and livelihood of subsistence agriculture in Ethiopia? The case of Tigray and Amhara regions conducted in collaboration of Mekele, Haramaya & Bahir Dar Universities with support of Norway, Drylands Coordination Group (DCG).
November 2014 – March 2015: Lead consultant in Amhara Region Five-Year Horticulture Industry Development Strategic Plan preparation that has been serving over 2015-2019, owned by BoA & AgroBig. Reference: Melkamu Alemayehu (PhD, Professor in Horticulture),
Email: melkalem65@gmail.com,
Available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304252233
November 2013 – March 2014: Lead consultant in terminal evaluation of socioeconomic impacts of Bati Adapts to Climate Change Impacts project owned by Organization for Rehabilitation & Development in Amhara (ORDA) & CHF.
October 2011 – October 2013: Technical team leader and development economics consultant in preparation of Ten-Year
Industrial Sector Development Master Plan of Amhara region that has been serving over
2013-2023, owned by ANRS Bureau of Urban and Industrial Development. Reference: Tadese Belay, Amhara Design Study and Works Enterprise, Email: tade1974t@gmail.com
July 2011 – September 2012: Lead consultant in socioeconomic aspects of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) document preparation for Woreta Gubena Quarry Project owned by Amhara Region Urban Development and Construction S.C.
15. Publications
Peer reviewed articles
1. Fentahun, T., Messay M., Solomon, T. (2024). Women empowerment, efficiency and food security nexus in rural Ethiopia: A generalized structural equation modeling. Heliyon, 11 (2025) e41273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e41273
2. Fentahun, T., Messay M., Solomon, T. (2023). Impact of Agricultural Diversification and Off-farm Income on Food Security of Rural Households in Northwest Ethiopia: A dose-response Analysis. Ethiopian Journal of Development Research, 42(1):1-30. Available at https://ejol.aau.edu.et/index.php/EJDR/article/view/9830.
3. Fentahun, T., Messay M., & Solomon, T. (2022). Commercialization orientation and food security nexus among smallholder farmers in northwest Ethiopia. Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.0350.v1
4. Fentahun, T., Yalfal, T. and Daniel, T. (2024). Economic valuation and its determinants of mechanization services in smallholder agriculture. Development in Practice (In review).
5. Abera, A., Fentahun, T. Zewdu, B. (2021). Determinants of maize (Zea mays) supply to the market in northwestern Ethiopia. Asian Journal of Advances in Research, 11(4): 188-199.
6. Ayalew, A., Tesafa, T., Berhanie, B. (2020). Analyze structure, conduct, and performance (SCP) of maize markets in case of Alefa district northwestern Ethiopia. Journal of Marketing and Consumer Research, 70:1-
13. https://doi.org/10.7176/JMCR/70-01.
7. Mohammed, A. Fentahun, T. (2020). Intensity of income diversification among smallholder farmers in Asayita
Woreda, Afar Region, Ethiopia. Cogent Economics and Finance, 8:1, 1759394, DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2020.1759394.
8. Fentahun, T., Merkuz, A. (2014). Determinants and efficiency of sharecropping in rice production: The case of West Amhara Region, Ethiopia. WebPub Journal of Agricultural Research, 2(9):105-117. http://www.researchwebpub.org/wjar.
9. Fentahun, T. (2014). Forward and backward linkage analysis of manufacturing industries in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Abhinav-National Monthly Refereed Journal of Research in Science and Technology, 3(2): 14-26.
10. Fentahun, T., Dagninet, A., Merkuz, A. (2014). Evaluation of single yoke implement, harnessed and drawn by horse for cultivation of farm lands in north western Ethiopia. WJAR, 2(3): 38-46, Available online at http://www.researchwebpub.org/wjar.
11. Fentahun, T., Solomon, A., Belayneh, A.. Misganaw, T. (2014). Economics of renewable energy production and management: Evidences from Bati District in Ethiopia. J. of Dy. in Agri. Res. 1(4): 29-35.
12. Solomon, A., Fentahun, T., Misganaw, T., & Belayneh A. (2014). Climate change impact interventions on cropping practices of Bati District, Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia. International Journal of Advanced Scientific and Technical Research, 5(4):360-373.
Book and book chapters
13. Fentahun T. (2018). Agricultural input supply and output marketing systems. In: Atakilte Beyene (Ed.), Agricultural Transformation in Ethiopia: State Policy and Smallholder Farming (p.23-44), Zed Books Ltd, Uppsala, Sweden. http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1256803/FULLTEXT01.
14. Solomon, W., Fentahun, T., Admasu, F., Melkamu, M. (2017). Study of agro-food processing industries in Ethiopia: Policy and strategy options for its development (2015-2025). FDRE Industrial Policy Study and Research Department (IPSRD) and Bahir Dar Institute of Technology-BiT. https://psi.gov.et/index.php/policy- briefs/file/96.
15. Alemu, Z., Fentahun, T., Mequanent, M., Wondemagegn, M., Workalemahu, T., & Zegeye, T. (2015).
Improving the Animal Feed Sector in Ethiopia-Business Challenges and Opportunities for Akaki Animal Feed Processing Plant PLC. In Matturi Jenessi (Ed.), Collection of Harvard Business School Type Case Studies: Small and Medium Size Enterprises in the Food and Feed Sector in Ethiopia (p. 15-20), the Netherlands: Centre for Development Innovation, Wageningen UR.
Working papers
16. Admasu F. and Fentahun T. (2018). Aflatoxn related challenges and mitigation strategies of Ethiopia in spices, herbs and pulses’ domestic and international markets. Working paper for the Ethio-Netherland Trade for Agricultural Growth (ENTAG) to support exporters and agro-processing industry in spices, herbs and pulses sectors in Ethiopia.
17. Melkamu, A., Fentahun, T., Solomon, B., Belayneh, A. (2015). Amhara Region Five Years Horticulture
Industry Development Strategic Plan (2015-2019). Working paper for the Bureau of Agriculture.
18. Co-authors (2013). Amhara Region Ten Years Industrial Sector Development Master Plan (2013-2022).
Working paper for the Bureau of Industry and Urban Development.
Posters, abstracts and proceedings published onto participation in different conferences
19. Fentahun, T., Messay M., Solomon, T. (2022). Commercialization orientation and food security nexus among smallholder farmers in northwest Ethiopia (Abstract). International Conference of Ethiopian Studies (ICES21) “Persistence and Resilience in Ethiopian Studies: Global Context and Domestic Developments” 28
September – 01 October 2022, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. ICES21- Book of Abstracts, pp.78.
20. Fentahun, T., Messay M., Solomon, T. (2022). Commercialization orientation and food security nexus among smallholder farmers in northwest Ethiopia: A bivartiate Tobit approach. Poster presentation 9-13 May 2022 on Research and Fairs Week of Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
21. Fentahun T. & Bekele, H. (2010). Informal land markets and efficiency in rice production in northwest Amhara region: The case of Fogera district. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy, May 2010, Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA), p.161-184.
22. Dagninet, A., Abu T. & Fentahun, T. (2010). On-farm verification of improved donkey drawn carts.
Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Regional Conference on Completed Research Activities Proceedings of the
3rd Annual Regional Conference on Completed Research Activities “Soil and Water management, Forestry and Agricultural Mechanization” 1-4 September 2008, Amhara Region Agricultural Regional Institute (ARARI), Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, p.210-214.
23. Dagninet, A., Fentahun, T., Abu, T., Solomon, T. & Gebreselassie, S. (2010). On-farm evaluation and verification of maize-sorghum thresher. Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Regional Conference on Completed Research Activities “Soil and Water management, Forestry and Agricultural Mechanization” 1-4 September
2008, Amhara Region Agricultural Regional Institute (ARARI), Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, p.224-233.
Instructional modules for B.Sc. degree programs
24. Fentahun T. (2013). Introduction to Statistics module for Agribusiness and Value Chain Management (ABVM)
developed, February 18 - March 3, 2013.
25. Fentahun, T. (2011) & Tekleweiny, G. Entrepreneurship and Agribusiness Management Module in Agricultural Extension Midcareer Program Module 7. Published jointly by four Ethiopian public higher institutions Hawassa University, Mekelle University, Haromaya University and Bahir Dar University.
26. Amare, H. & Fentahun, T. (2011). Research Methods in Agricultural Extension Module for Agricultural
Extension Midcareer Program. Published jointly by four Ethiopian public higher institutions Hawassa, Mekelle, Haromaya and Bahir Dar Universities in collaboration with Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education (SAFE).
Reviewer
27. Tesafa F. Peer Review Report For: Rural household resilience to food insecurity in Majang Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia [version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]. F1000Research 2024, 13:162 (https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.155826.r276355).