Additional Trainings

• Participated in a co-creation workshop for USAID co-creation workshop on Response Leadership Activity (A 7.8 million Dollar project in which 11 Ethiopia Universities participated) from Jan 31- Feb 3, 2022, Bahir Dar Ethiopia. 
• Risk management in Ethiopian Universities conducted by Ministry of Science and Higher education from at Addis Ababa. 
• Technical training conducted by The IGAD Disaster Risk Management (DRM) program on Hazard 

Assessment Using Earth Observation and GIS scheduled, taken place from 18 – 22 February 2019 in 

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 

• African Doctoral Academy Summer School 2019, 7 - 18 January conducted at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. 
• Participated in 15^th  Session of the Africa Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction, organized by 

African Union Commission,  from 8-9 October 2019, Abuja, Nigeria 

• Participated in ……… training in DRG……………organized by university of….and Berlin Beuth 

University of Applied science 

• Advanced training on network analysis and application of didactical basics from 14th September to 22 September 2014 in Berlin Beuth University of Applied science, Germany. 
• WEAP training by SEI (Stockholm environment Institute) from March 8 – 11/2014), Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. 
• NSDI (National Spatial Data infrastructure), EMA from December 9 – 14/2014, Addis Ababa Ethiopia. 
• Project Proposal Development and Appraisal by Action Aid Ethiopia at Bahir Dar from December 24---

28/2004 

• ToT on EGS, Targeting and LLPPA by Save the Children Canada at Bahir Dar, from August 28---

September 5/ 2003 

• ToT for launching of PSNP at Kombolcha for four Days 
• Policies, strategies and systems of Ethiopia at Bahir Dar in July, 2005 
• Research methods, by University of Gondar, July 2011. 
• Pedagogical skill training for two days in Gondar university( from October 16 – 17, 2010) 

Research Grant Secured 

1. EENSAT (Ethiopian Educational Network to Support Agricultural Transformation) secured 2.2 million Euros fund from NUFFIC in 2016. It is for capacity building, grant for laboratory facilities and PhD scholarships. 
2. CRS (Catholic Relief Services), Ethiopia 2016: Grant obtained for impact assessment of the Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction Project in Benishangul Gumuz in Ethiopia (we secured 180,000 Ethiopian Birr). 
3. Forum for Social Studies (FSS), Ethiopia 2016: 480,000 birr grant secured (as a co-investigator) for the study of Land Landlessness and Poverty in Amhara region of Ethiopia. 
4. GIS4EA project devoted for capacity building since 2014 (DAAD). Eight academic staff and nine postgraduate students trained in Germany and D.R.Congo. 
5. PARI (Programme for Accompanying Research in Innovation), Ghana, 2015: Inventory of Agricultural Innovations, to study Agricultural Innovation Platforms and National and international investment on agricultural innovation and its impact on food and nutrition security in Ethiopia. I secured 30, 000 dollars and produced three publishable documents with colleagues. 
6. SEI (Stockholm Environmental Institute), Sweden 2014: Grant for development and analysis of scenario narratives for natural resources management for sustainable food and energy production in the Lake Tana and Tala Beles region. (We secured 40,000 dollars) and published two articles on reputable journals. 
7. Research Grant from OXFAM Canada, 2013, Assessment of Disaster risks and Indigenous coping mechanisms in south western Parts of Ethiopia (we secured 240,000 Ethiopian Birr). We produced a document for practitioners at local level) 
8. Capacity Building for Food Security experts, USAID in 2012. Training experts in Using GIS and Remote Sensing in Disaster Risk assessment and development activities (we secured 250,000 Ethiopian Birr). 

Major accomplishments 

1. Served as chair for national committee for all Ethiopia public universities to construct job description for academic and administrative staffs. 
2. Coordinate Bahir Dar University greenery beautification projects, which is one of the few universities to be visited. 

b) I delivered orientation for AfSTAG-DRR members of the AUC in their 1^st  Meeting from 

8-9 May 2019, Nairobi, Kenya 

3. Coordinated the selection of African Science and Technology Advisory Group (AfSTAGDRR) and African Youth Advisory Board for DRR) AYAB-DRR. 22-23 April 2019, Addis, Ethiopia. 
4. Conduct trainings on Lobby and Advocacy for Jerusalem Children and Community Development Organization (JeCCDO) Civil Society organizations from March 20-22, 2018. 
5. EENSAT (Ethiopian Educational Network to Support Agricultural Transformation) secured fund from NUFFIC in 2017. It is for capacity building, grant for laboratory facilities and PhD scholarships. 
6. PARI (Programme for Accompanying Research in Innovation), Ghana, 2015: Inventory of Agricultural Innovations, to study Agricultural Innovation Platforms and National and international investment on agricultural innovation and its impact on food and nutrition security in Ethiopia. 
7. Coordinate the preparation of Bahir Dar City Tourist Guide and Map (2016). 
8. Secured licensed ArcGIS software (with cost estimate of 4.5 million Birr from ESRI, USA, since 2014. 
9. Coordinate GIS and Remote Sensing trainings since 2016 in Germany, Congo and Ethiopia in GIS4EA project in collaboration with Beuth Technical University of Berlin. The project helps BDU staff capacity building. 
10. Communicated European commission for crop yield estimation training at national Level. 

The JRC conducted two round trainings at BDU and ATA. 

1. CRS (Catholic Relief Services), Ethiopia 2016: Grant obtained for impact assessment of the Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction Project in Benishangul Gumuz in Ethiopia. 
2. Conducted a research on Land Landlessness and Poverty in Amhara region of Ethiopia with the support from Forum for Social Studies (FSS) (in 2016). 
3. Stockholm Environmental Institute (SEI), Sweden 2014: Grant for development and analysis of scenario narratives for natural resources management for sustainable food and energy production in the Lake Tana and Tana Beles region. 
4. Conduct GIS and Remote Sensing Training for FHE staffs for five days (Aug, 5 – 9 /2014). 
5. Conduct 10 days GIS, Remote Sensing and GPS trainings to Amhara regional bureau of agriculture experts, regional food security and disaster risk management office experts: in 

2012 sponsored by USAID-CIAFS 

12. Delivered Training on EGS program and PRA and LLPPA for Development Agents, focusing on watershed delineation and development since 2002. He was assigned in south Gondar Administrative region, Libo Kemkem Woreda. 
13. Delivered training on Productive safety Net Program. 
14. Organize watershed planning activities using PRA, LLPPA and CDDA (community driven development approach of EU) tools (Libo Kemkem woreda of South Gondar Zone). 
15. Participated in the translation and edition of Amhara Regional State beneficiary targeting manual for Emergency intervention. 
16. Conducted research entitled “Investigation of Disaster Risk and Indigenous Coping 

Mechanisms: The Case of Benishangul Gumuz Regional State” 

12. Served as member and focal person for data collection and consultancy service in “Social Network Analysis of Stakeholders in Blue Nile/Lake Tana Basin” conducted by SEI (Stockholm Environmental Institute). 
13. Act as head of Food security and Disaster Prevention Desk Head at woreda level (from March 2003 to 2005). 
14. Coordinate Emergency Drought Recovery Project at woreda level. 
15. Coordinate NGOs, appraise, monitor and evaluate their projects. 
16. Coordinate the food aid distribution to beneficiaries of EGS and PSNP. 
17. Coordinate a team for resettlement program in Quara site for three months in 2005. 
18. Coordinate Productive Safety Net Program at woreda level. 
19. Conducted training on GIS and Remote Sensing for regional office experts. 

Publications

1. Amsalu, T and Gedif, B. (2018). Land Landlessness and Poverty in Amhara Region. Forum for Social Studies, Addis Ababa. 
2. Shewit, G., Getahun, A., Anteneh, W.,  Gedif, B Gashu,  Tefera, B.,  Berhanie, Z., & Alemaw, A. (2017) Effect of large weirs on abundance and diversity of migratory Labeobarbus species in tributaries of Lake Tana, Ethiopia, African Journal of Aquatic Science, 42:4, 367-373, DOI: 

10.2989/16085914.2017.1411774.

1. Stein, C.,  Barron, J., Nigussie, L., Gedif, B., Amsalu, T., and Langan, S. (2014). Advancing the Waterenergy-food Nexus:Social Networks and Institutional Interplay in the Blue Nile. CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 
2. Karlberg, L., Hoff, H., Amsalu, T., Andersson, K., Binnington, T., Flores-López, F., de Bruin, A., Gebrehiwot, G., Gedif, B., zur Heide, F., Johnson, O., Osbeck, M. and Young, C. (2015). Tackling Complexity: Understanding the Food-Energy-Environment Nexus in Ethiopia’s Lake Tana Sub-basin. 

Water Alternatives 8(1): 710-734. 

1. Karlberg, L., Hoff, H., Amsalu, T., Andersson, K., Binnington, T., Flores-López, F., de Bruin, A.; Gebrehiwot, G., Gedif, B., zur Heide, F., Johnson, O., Osbeck, M. and Young, C. (2015). Applying the nexus – meeting Ethiopia’s development goals by addressing links between water, energy and food. 

ISSN 1965-0175 (Policy Brief). 

1. Addisu, S., G. Selassie, Y., Fissha, G and Gedif, B. (2015). Time series trend analysis of temperature and rainfall in lake Tana Sub-basin, Ethiopia. Environ Syst Res (2015) 4:25. 
2. Addisu, S., Fissha, G., Gedif, B. and Asmelash, Y. (2016). Perception and adaptation of climate change by the rural people of Lake Tana sub-basin, Ethiopia. Environ Syst Res (2015) 5:7. 
3. Gedif, B., Wondmagegn, W., Ayalew, T., and Gelaw, L. (2016). Analysis of the existing early warning systems: The case of Amhara National Regional State. International Journal of Advanced Scientific 

Research, Volume 1; Issue 9. http://www.allscientificjournal.com/download/100/2-1-13 

1. Birhanu G., Yemi A., Fatunbi O., Heike B., Joachim V., Annapia D., Katharina G., Tigabu D., 

Chrisine H., Hannah J., Oliver K., Ehsan E., Yasmin S., Justice A., Detlef V., Katharina Z. (2015). 

Potentials and Possibilities for German Collaboration in Agriculture. Program of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation, Bon University. http://research4agrinnovation.org/wpontent/uploads/2016/03/Ethiopia.pdf.

1. Gedif, B., Molla, T., Addisu, A. and Ayenew, Y. (2016). Status of Agricultural Innovations, 

Innovation Platforms, and Innovations Investment. 2015 PARI project country report: Federal 

Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Accra Ghana. 

1. Gedif, B., Hadish, L., Addisu, S. and K.V.Suryabhagavan (2014). Drought Risk Assessment using Remote Sensing and GIS: The Case of Southern Zone, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Journal of Natural Sciences Research. Vol.4, No.23,ISSN 2224-3186. 
2. Yismaw, A., Gedif, B., Addisu, S., Zewudu, F. (2014). Forest Cover Change Detection Using Remote Sensing and GIS in Banja District, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis. Vol. 2, No. 6, pp. 354-360. doi: 10.11648/j.ijema.20140206.19.