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Associate Professor and Director of IDRMFSS

PERSONAL INFORMATION 

Mintesinote Azene Taye (Ph.D) 

Sex: Male | Date of birth: 05/ 09/1980 | Nationality: Ethiopian 

+251 (0) 920519737 (whatsApp)  mintesinotazene@yahoo.com/ Mintesinot.Azene@bdu.edu.et  

https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Mintesinot-Azene-Taye-2246590685 

 

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9226-7225 

 

EDUCATION: 

September 2010 – 

July 2015 October 2020 – 

July 2022  Ph.D. in Development Studies   Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. 

 Dissertation Title:  Livelihood Vulnerability to Climate Variability in the Agro-ecological Zones of Jema watershed, the Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia. 

Funded by:  Ministry of Education, Ethiopia, SIDA (Sweeden), and Florida International University (USA). 

MSc in Geo-informatics (Geographic information System) Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. 

Thesis Title:  Evaluation of Satellite Rainfall Estimates for Meteorological Drought Analysis over the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. 

Funded by:   Ministry of Education, Ethiopia     

 

September 2005 – July 2007 October 2001 – July 2004  Master of Arts in   Development Studies 

  Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia 

Thesis Title:  Watershed management: Effects and problems: The case of MERET (World Food ProgramWFP) Project, Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia.   

Funded by:  Canadian Bureau for International Education, and Ministry of Education     

 

 

B.A Degree in Geography and Environmental Studies 

Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia 

Funded by:  Ministry of Education. 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL  

EXPERIENCES              Director, Consultant, Projects Coordinator, Instructor, Trainer, Course Chair, Researcher, and Project 

2004 to 2024               Oversight in the Institute of Disaster Risk Management Food Security Studies (Bahir Dar University), in 

                                                         INGO and LNGO (Addis Ababa and Somaliland), and in the Department of Geography and  

Environmental Studies (Bahir Dar University), Ethiopia. 

I am very good in leading and coordinating a community driven/based DRM and development interventions! 

PROJECT                            FUNDING            ADMINISTERED  

2019 USAID funded PEER project: ―Bringing seasonal forecasts to the farmer: participatory climate smart villages for Green Growth in Ethiopia (―NFS‖) in Lake Tana Basin, Gilgel Abay Watershed, Amhara Regional State. 

  1. World Resource Institute funded project (WRI): Assessing Historical Land Use and Land Cover Change in 

Ethiopia’s Tana Sub-basin and Implications on Environmental Degradation and Hydrology in  Lake Tana Basin, 

       Amhara Regional State.               

  1. to 2024 NUFFIC funded project: Joint Regional Master on Disasters Risk Management and Food System Resilience, Strengthening Lecturers Practical Capacities (JRM-CAP) in Horn of Africa Region. 

USAID funded project: High-level project oversight of a national project on professional leadership in Disaster 2023 to 2024 Risk Response. 

 

      USAID funded project: Climate Adaptation Research Programme (CARP) CARP: Higher Education 
 

2023 to 2024 Collaboration Research Award in African countries. Done in collaboration with University of Arizona, and  Stellenbosch University.   

2022 to 2023 The  Carbon assessment in the bamboo value chain development in the highlands of Ethiopia as part of  climate smart forest economy program. The project is done together with Delberg Catalyst,  California/Washington, USA.   

 Mega research project sponsored by Bahi Dar University: analysis of responses to climate change and 2018to 2021 food security status in the upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia. Sponsored by Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. 

                               Watershed characterization and vulnerability analysis in the Lake Tana Basin in 2022/2023. Funded by 

                                  World Resource Institute, USA. 

 

        2022 European Union (EU) funded project: Research on Disaster Risk Management for sustainable  development in the Gilgel Abay watershed, Ethiopian Highlands.   

                

               

Consultancy  

& 

 professional 

experiences Providing development training to WASH staff titled GIS based mapping and analyzing WASH facilities in Dolo 2017 Ado, Norwegian Refugee Council_NRC (NGO), Somali Regional Sate, Ethiopia. 

                

2018 Providing development related training to staff of ORDA Ethiopia (NGO) titled ―Climate change Adaptation and  Mitigation (resilience), and Integrated Watershed Management‖.  The trainees were rural development agents. 

Board member of Afro Ethiopia Integrated Development (NGO), Ethiopia. 

2008 – 2015 

 Member of Scientific committee of Society for Ecotourism and Biodiversity Conservation (civic society) since     2021 to 2024 2021,  Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.   

 

2022 Leading a damage assessment study (caused by civil war the 2022 war in the Northern part of Ethiopia). The study  was organized by Bair Dar University and Amhara Regional State. 

2022 to 2024           Director of the Institute of Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Studies, Bahir Dar University; Bahir 

                                Dar, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia. 

             

 A coordinator of a climate risk, adaptation and development project hosted by the Blue Nile Water Institute, 2018 to 2021 Bahir Dar University, and sponsored by Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER), USA. The  intervention site of the project is South Mecha District, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia. 

 

A Course Chair for climate change and development post graduate course stream, and Disaster Risk and 2009 to20222 Development Course Streams in the Department of Disaster Risk Management and Sustainable Development,  Bahir Dar University; Bahir Dar Town, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia.      Type of business or sector: Academic, training, and research institutes.       

 

 An instructor, researcher and trainer at Bahir Dar University; Bahir Dar Town, Amhara Regional State, 2004 to 2004 Ethiopia.  Type of business or sector: academic and research     

 

 Preparation of training/educational manual entitled ―Natural Resource Management‖ Teaching courses: climate 2004 change and natural resources management.  Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Bahir Dar  University, Ethiopia. Type of business or sector: Academic and research institutes.    

 Consultant/Preparation of training manual entitled ―Integrated Bio-economy System for Enhancing People’s 2011 to 2013 Livelihood‖ Bio-economy Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Type of business or sector: Development organization,  international NGO, academic and research institutes. 

 

 A research assistant. The title of the research was international land deals/investment in Ethiopia: opportunities  and challenges to the livelihood and environment of the local people. The study was conducted in Gambella, 2011 to 2012 Oromia and Benshanguel Gumuz Regional states. 

 Name and address of employer: Eastern and Southern Africa Research Centre (OSSREA) and Addis Ababa  University, both are found at Sadist Kilo campus, Addis Ababa university Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 

 

 A supervisor to a national survey research on corruption: coordinating, facilitating and supervising the data collection process conducted in Sothern Nation National People Region, Ethiopia.   

2011 to 2012 Name and address of employer: Kilimanjaro International Transformational Consulting and Training Center; it  is found in Dar-Es—Selam, Tanzania. 

                        Type of business or sector: research and training consultancy centre. 

 

   

Practical   community   development   experience   

              

2018 to 2022 Establishing a model climate smart village for enhancing the livelihood of sustainable development through adapting community driven development approach. 

   

A Youtube-link to watch recorded evidences about the implemented project:   

A Resilient Climate Smart Village to Enhance Livelihood Sustainability and Disaster Risk Reduction. (youtube.com) 

                   

Communication skills 

▪ Very good communication skills with people/communities from diverse cultural background. 

▪ Very good communication skills with urban and rural communities, GOs and NGOs. 

▪ Excellent contact skills with top and low level managers, trainers and researchers. 

Computer and other skills 

▪ Good knowledge and command of Microsoft Office™ tools 

▪ GIS, Remote Sensing, SPSS and DrinC software 

▪ Climate/time series and spatial data analysis and processing 

▪ Google earth imagery, ArcMap and ERDAS  

Licences 

▪ Professional Trainer (Educator) 

▪ Consultancy in Environment and Development Studies ▪ Driving Licence 4WD 

PERSONAL SKILLS 

Principal skills 

International visits for experience sharing, training, academic, research and development cooperation  

▪  Learning new technologies and approaches; 

▪ Leading/directing an a research and development institution/organization; 

▪ Leading/coordinating a development project and community services: establishing a model climate resilient villages through integrating the formal and informal institutions; 

▪ Conducting scientific research (socioeconomic and biophysical): socio-ecological resilience, livelihood vulnerability, sustainability, and disaster risk issues; 

▪  Leading a research, and working as a team; 

▪ Provision of training and leading a national survey;   

▪ Conducting environmental impact assessment;  and 

▪ Characterizing and delineating a watershed, livelihood zones, and agro-ecological zones for research and development.  

 

  1. South Africa in 2018, and in 2022;  
  2. USA in 2014/2015; 
  3. Kenya in 2010; 
  4. Germany in 2022;  
  5. Somaliland in 2022;  
  6. Holland in 2022; 
  7. Italy in 2023;   
  8. India in 2023; and 
  9. South Sudan in 2024 

 

     Publications     1.             PhD Dissertation: Livelihood Vulnerability to climate variability in the agro ecological zones of Jema Watershed, 

                                     North West Ethiopia. 

  1. Evaluation of Satellite Rainfall Estimates for Meteorological Drought Analysis over the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia (mdpi.com)
  2. Agro–ecosystem sensitivity to climate change over the Ethiopian highlands in a watershed of Lake Tana sub–basin - ScienceDirect   
  3. Analysis of soil carbon and income over Acacia decurrens and Eucalyptus globulus land uses in the highlands of Ethiopia | Journal of 

                                    Environmental Studies and Sciences (springer.com)  

  1. Land Use Evaluation over the Jema Watershed, in the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Northwestern Highlands of Ethiopia (mdpi.com) 
  2. Carbon stock potential of highland bamboo plantations in northwestern Ethiopia | Carbon Balance and Managem(biomedcentral.com)      ent | Full Text 
  3. Analysis of the Spatial Variability of Soil Texture in a Tropical Highland: The Case of the Jema Watershed, Northwestern Highlands of Ethiopia - 

                                     PubMed (nih.gov) 

  1. Analysis of the Spatial Patterns of Rainfall across the Agro-Climatic Zones of Jema Watershed in the Northwestern Highlands of Ethiopia (mdpi.com) 
  2. Rainfall Variability across the Agro-Climatic Zones of a Tropical Highland: The Case of the Jema Watershed, Northwestern Ethiopia (mdpi.com) 
  3. Determinants of Livelihood Diversification among Households in the Sub‐Saharan Town of Merawi, Ethiopia - Admasu - 2022 - Advances in 

Agriculture - Wiley Online Library

            

References             ▪   Professor Belay Simane 

        Professor of Environment and Development Studies 

      Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia 

    Cell phone: +251 (0) 911223044 

    E-mail:  simaneb@yahoo.com 

 Prof Yihenew G. Selassie Professor of soil sciences 

Cell phone: +251 (0) 918765823 

E-mail: yihenewgs@gmail.com

▪   Dr Dagnachew Aklog 

      Associate Professor at Center for International Affairs,        Tottori University, Tottori, Japan. 

            Cell phone: +251 (0) 930305112 

            E-mail: aklog2012@gmail.com

▪   Professor Degefa Tolossa 

       Professor of Geography and Development Studies 

       Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia 

            Cell phone: +251 (0) 911899660 

            E-mail:  degefa.tolossa@aau.edu.et 

▪ Dr. Gashaw Bimerw 

     Assistant Professor, Lecturer and Researcher, Bahir Dar university, Ethiopia 

          Cell phone: +251 (0) 920217180 

          E-mail: gashawbimrew@gmail.com  

▪ Dr Dilu Shaleka 

    Assistant Professor  at College of Development Studies 

    Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia 

            Cell phone: +251 (0) 911244962 

            E-mail: dilu.shaleka@aau.edu.et 

 

     

Area of         Leading and coordinating tasks and programs related to disaster risk management (DRM) and food system 

Interest                 resilience, early warning, vulnerability, adaptation, mitigation, environmental impact assessment, sustainable 

 

                            development, and application of GIS and RS for spatiotemporal analysis. I am very good in leading a community 

                            driven/based DRM and development interventions.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best regards! 

Mintesinote Azene Taye (Ph.D)  

 

 

            E-mail: mintesinotazene@yahoo.com; Mintesinot.Azene@bdu.edu.et 

Cell Phone: +251 (0) 920519737 

 

 

I am very good in leading and coordinating a community driven/based DRM and development interventions!