Mr. Solomon Tekeste has successfully defended his PhD dissertation in specialization Agricultural Mechanization Engineering under the Faculty of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University (BiT-BDU). His research, titled “Effect of Postharvest Handling Practices on Head Rice Recovery for Selected Rice Cultivar in North-Western Ethiopia,” was conducted under the supervision of Prof. Mulugeta Admasu, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering & Bioeconomy, from Potsdam, Germany, and Dr. Adissu Negash, from BiT-BDU.