Sime Shiferaw Tefera Profile

CURRICULUM VITAE

✅ 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.

✅ 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”.
  • Sept. 2006 – Nov. 2009: BA in Economics at Haramaya University
  • Essay title: “Impact of Price Changes on Coffee Export of Ethiopia from 1980 to 2000”
  • Sept. 2000 – July 2002: Diploma in Animal Health at Addis Ababa University

    • ✅ 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.

    ✅ 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.

    ✅ 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.
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    January 2024 – November 2024

    Head of the School of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Haramaya University.
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    November 2016 – November 2018

    Coordinator for Agribusiness and Value Chain Management Program, the School of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Haramaya University.
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    Total Years of Experience: 22 years

    ✅ 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.

    ✅ References

    1. Jema Haji (PhD, Professor)
    Address: Haramaya University, P.O.Box. 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
    Telephone number: +251911780518 e-mail: jemmahaji@gmail.com

    2. Mengistu Ketema (PhD, Professor)
    Address: Ethiopian Economics Association, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    Telephone number: +251969141750 e-mail: mengistuket@gmail.com
    3. Million Sileshi (PhD, Associate Professor)
    Address: Haramaya University, P.O.Box. 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
    Telephone number: +251911481259 e-mail: millionsileshi@gmail.com

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