Category Agriculture WG

An accomplished agricultural economist t with over 30 years of international experience across Africa and global organizations. He served as CIMMYT Southern Africa Regional Representative, Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Limpopo. At the Ethiopian Institute Agricultural Research, he designed…

Solomon Hailemariam works as Resource Person for the Control of Livestock Diseases at the African Union. He served as the Director of The Ethiopian Veterinary Services and as Pan Africa Coordinator for the Eradication of Rinderpest. He is the recipient…

Workneh Ayalew is a senior research scientist at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) in Ethiopia. He holds a PhD degree (2000) in animal production and breeding from the Georg-August University of Goettingen, Germany; MSc degree (1992)…

Berga Lemaga has over 34 years of post-PhD experience in agricultural research and development and 26 years in leading regional initiatives, networks and projects. He led the International Potato Center (CIP)-Country Offices in Uganda and Ethiopia. He made a significant…

Dr Zewdie Bishaw is a seed systems specialist and serves as Principal Scientist and Research Team Leader for Seed Systems, International Nurseries and Seed Health (SINH) at ICARDA. Zewdie has extensive managerial and research experience in the development of the…

Dawit Alemu is an Agricultural Economist currently serving as the Country Representative of Stichting Wageningen Research Ethiopia, the Ethiopian office of Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. He previously served as (i) Manager of the Bilateral Ethiopia-Netherlands Effort for…

Getachew Gebru has a Ph.D. degree in Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison. As President of Ethiopian Society of Animal Production (ESAP), he has led ESAP to become an umbrella organization and a platform for dialogue on policy issues. He is…