Sime Shiferaw Tefera
Faculty
Research Office
+251 911967810 (mobile);
simeroka@gmail.com

Personal Information

Name: Sime Shiferaw Tefera Nationality: Ethiopian

Gender: Male

Date of birth: 17th of April, 1983

Place of birth: Arsi, Ethiopia

Profession: Assistant professor and Researcher at Haramaya University, Ethiopia

Language: English, Afan Oromo (native), Amharic

Current Address: Haramaya University, Ethiopia;

Tel. +251 911967810 (mobile);

E-mail: simeroka@gmail.com

Current Position:

Assistant professor, researcher, and Leader of research thematic area (Institutions, Innovation Systems and Economic Development) at Haramaya University.

Curriculum Vitae
Education

Education

  • October 2018 – July 2023: PhD Student of Agricultural Economics at Haramaya University
  • I completed course work that included ‘Advanced Macroeconomics, Advanced Microeconomics, Advanced Econometrics, Institutional Economics, and Research Methods’ among others.
  • PhD dissertation topic: Participation in Agricultural Cooperatives and its Impact on Technology Adoption, Production Efficiency, Food Security and Income of Smallholder Malt Barley Farmers in Arsi Zone, Ethiopia.

 

  • Sept 2011 – June 2014: MSc in Agricultural and Applied Economics
  • Collaborative Masters in Agricultural and Applied Economics (CMAAE): Egerton University, Kenya, (& University of Pretoria, South Africa for course work of third semester at a shared facility under the collaborative program).
  • Thesis title: “Determinants of Artificial Insemination Use by Smallholder Dairy Farmers in Lemu-Bilbilo District, Ethiopia”.

 

  • 2006 – Nov. 2009: BA in Economics at Haramaya University
  • Essay title: “Impact of Price Changes on Coffee Export of Ethiopia from 1980 to 2000”

 

  • 2000 – July 2002: Diploma in Animal Health at Addis Ababa University
Awards and Honors

Work Experience

  • July 2023 – Present
  • Assistant professor and researcher, and Head of the School of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Haramaya University. I am engaged in three university core mandates- teaching, conducting research, and involvement in community outreach and engagement activities in which smallholder farmers were targeted and addressed.

 

  • January 2014 – July 2023
  • Lecturer and researcher in School of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Haramaya University.

 

  • Sept 2002 – September 2011
  • Technical Assistant I, II & III at School of Animal Sciences, Haramaya University.

 

Leadership Experience

  • November 2024 – Present

Leader of research thematic area (Institutions, Innovation Systems and Economic Development) at Haramaya University.

  • January 2024 – November 2024

Head of the School of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Haramaya University.

  • November 2016 – November 2018

Coordinator for Agribusiness and Value Chain Management Program, the School of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Haramaya University.

Total Years of Experience: 22 years

  • Teaching & Training Experience

 

  • I have an effective teaching and training experience during my stay in Haramaya University as technical assistant I, II, III in the School of Animal Science and as a lecturer and assistant professor in the School of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness. The courses I offered for undergraduate students of Agricultural Economics and other departments in the University include Microeconomics I and Microeconomics II, Mathematics for Economists, Introduction to Economics, Animal Health Economics, Farm Management and Economics of Agriculture.

 

  • Currently, I am offering Microeconomics and Farm management courses for Agricultural Economics Program post-graduate students and also involved in advising Agricultural Economics, and Agribusiness and Value Chain Management MSc students in various areas of specialization including Value Chain Analysis, Marketing, Productivity and Efficiency, Adoption of technologies, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation related, Food System Transformation issues, and others.

 

  • Research Experience

 

  • I did my PhD dissertation on Participation in Agricultural Cooperatives and its Impact on Technology Adoption, Production Efficiency, Food Security and Income of Smallholder Malt Barley Farmers in Arsi Zone, Ethiopia. In this research rigorous analysis of technology package adoption intensity, production efficiency, food security indicators and impact evaluation were made.
  • My MSc thesis was on adoption and intensity of adoption of agricultural technology.
  • In my stay at Haramaya University, I have been participating in different data collection surveys including data collected for CASCAPE (Haramaya University cluster project). I also analyzed three rounds of data for CASCAPE project.
  • I advised and advising six MSc students and several undergraduate students on different research topics.
Academic Appointments

Publications 

  1. Sime Shiferaw, Jema Haji, Mengistu Ketema & Million Sileshi. 2022 Technical, allocative and economic efficiency of malt barley producers in Arsi zone, Ethiopia. Cogent Food & Agriculture, 8:1, 2115669, DOI: 10.1080/23311932.2022.2115669.
  2. Sime S Tefera, Job K Lagat, and Hillary K Bett. 2014. Determinants of artificial insemination use by smallholder dairy farmers in Lemu-Bilbilo district, Ethiopia. International Journal of African and Asian Studies, (4):91-98.

 

References                      

  1. Jema Haji (PhD, Professor)

         Address: Haramaya University,  P.O.Box. 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

Telephone number: +251911780518      e-mail:  jemmahaji@gmail.com

 

  1. Mengistu Ketema (PhD, Professor)

Address: Ethiopian Economics Association, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Telephone number: +251969141750      e-mail: mengistuket@gmail.com

  1. Million Sileshi (PhD, Associate Professor)

Address: Haramaya University,  P.O.Box. 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

Telephone number: +251911481259     e-mail:  millionsileshi@gmail.com
Address
Current Address: Haramaya University, Ethiopia; Tel. +251 911967810 (mobile); E-mail: simeroka@gmail.com Current Position: Assistant professor, researcher, and Leader of research thematic area (Institutions, Innovation Systems and Economic Development) at Haramaya University.