| Personal information |
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| Name: First/Middle/ Surname |
Ketema Bekele Dadie |
| Gender |
Male |
| Date of birth: DD/MM/YY |
11/09/1980 |
| Place of birth |
Yaya Gulele, North Shoa-Oromia, Ethiopia |
| Marital status |
Married |
| Nationality |
Ethiopian |
| Language |
Afan Oromo, Amharic and English |
| Address |
Haramaya University, P.O.Box 50, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
E-mail: ketmimi@yahoo.com
Telephone: (+251) 911 73 62 98 |
| Job title |
Assistant Professor in Agricultural Economics, University Enterprises Director, Haramaya University, Ethiopia |
| Education & Trainings |
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| PhD in Agricultural Economics |
on July 10, 2018, Haramaya University, Ethiopia |
| M.A Degree in Development Studies |
on July 31, 2008, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia |
| B.A Degree in Management |
on July 24, 2004, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia |
| High School |
September 1999, Fitche Comprehensive Secondary School, Fitche, Ethiopia |
| Trainings with Certificates |
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| Certificate |
on April 17, 2021, Certificate of participation on Integrated Approach to Reintegration: IOM’s Reintegration Handbook, IOM, Adama, Ethiopia |
| Certificate |
September, 2020, Award of Review Contribution to the Journal of Science of Total Environment, Elsevier |
| Certificate |
May, 2019, Award of Review Contribution to The East African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Haramaya University |
| Certificate |
on March 29, 2019, Certificate of participation on Care for Trafficked Persons Guidance for Health Professionals, IOM, Adama, Ethiopia |
| Diploma |
On July 06, 2013, Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education Teaching, Haramaya University, Ethiopia |
| Certificate |
On February 12, 2011, Certificate in participation on Scientific Research Writing, Haramaya University, |
| Certificate |
on December 25, 2010, Gender Mainstreaming and Awareness Creation Haramaya University, Ethiopia |
| Certificate |
on October 15, 2005, Preparation of teaching module manual, Dessie Business College, Ethiopia |
| Certificate |
On July 15, 2005, Curriculum Development Training under UNESCO-Ethiopia Project in support of the Development of TVET, Adama, Ethiopia |
| Certificate |
on September 21, 2003, Anti-HIV/AIDS campaign prepared by Action Aid Ethiopia, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia |
Other Trainings on Global Scientific Research Works
| Training Title |
Duration |
Organizer |
Place |
| Scientific papers writing |
15 – 22 Nov 2019 |
Woody Weeds project |
SG Resort Hotel, Arusha, Tanzania |
| Summer Institute on Cyberinfrastructure for Socio-Environmental Synthesis |
23 – 27 July 2018 |
National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, Maryland University |
Maryland University, USA |
| Scientific knowledge transfer to local stakeholders |
24-28 January 2018 |
Woody Weeds project |
Panama Garden Resort, Moshi, Tanzania |
| Multidisciplinary papers writing |
25th November – 10th December 2017 |
Woody Weeds project |
CABI, Delemont, Switzerland |
| Scientific papers writing |
15-18 February 2017 |
Woody Weeds project |
Cathay Hotel, Nakuru, Kenya |
| Socio-ecological data integration |
7 – 10 June 2016 |
Woody Weeds project |
Executive Hotel, Adama, Ethiopia |
| Multidisciplinary proposal writing |
26 – 30 November 2015 |
Woody Weeds project |
Amani Nature Reserve, Tanzania |
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| Work Experiences |
| Haramaya University |
| University Enterprises Director: June 2019 – till now.
Since my appointment to the position of university enterprise director, I have been managing the huge directorate office of the university. The directorate office manages different large research, production and community service facilities of the university - agricultural Development Coordination office (Dairy Farm, Poultry Farm, Beef Farm, Farm Machinery, Forage, Seed and Agronomy); Resource center and Recreational services coordination office (Restaurant, Bedrooms, Meeting Hall, Gymnasium and Swimming Pool);Rental Houses and Shopping Services office; and Training and Consultancy Services.
HU-IOM Project Coordinator: April 1, 2018 till now.
On top of the directorateship position, I am the coordinator of HU-IOM project which has a budget of Birr 9.42 million. It’s a one-year project (April 1, 2018 – March 30, 2019) on returnees reintegration in East Hararghe Zone of Oromia National Regional State of Ethiopia. I and other colleagues from Haramaya University won a competitive based project call and currently implementing it with International Organization for Migration (IOM), The UN Migration Agency. The project is EU-IOM Joint Initiative on Migration Protection and Reintegration in the Horn of Africa. The project has been implemented by multi-professionals from the university and different concerned zonal and district offices such as Labor and Social Affairs, Women, Children and Youth Affairs, Cooperative Development and Promotion, Industry and Enterprise Development and TVETs.
Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics:
After my PhD award on July 10, 2018, I reinstated to the position of Assistant Professor in the School of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness and have been engaged in advising and teaching postgraduate students in different schools in Haramaya University.
Sample courses for M.Sc in:
- Agricultural Economics - Production Economics (CAEC 505)
- Agricultural Economics - Environmental and Resource Economics (AGEC 582)
- Collaborative Applied and Agricultural Economics - Economics of Agricultural Production (AGEC 521)
- Agribusiness and Value Chain Management - Managerial Economics in Agribusiness (ABVM 511), Communication and Leadership in Agribusiness (ABVM 571)
- Climate Smart Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation - Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Utilization (BDEM - 5121)
- International Economic and Business Law - Principles of International Economics (ECON 571)
Sample PhD/Msc Theses
- Masresha Eskeziaw. 2021. Crop Production Efficiency and Risk Management Strategies of Smallholder Farmers in Oromia Special Zone Around Addis Ababa. PhD Dissertation, Haramaya University.
- Mosisa Hirpesa. 2020. Dairy Contract Farming, its Enforcement and Impact on Economic Efficiency and Income of Smallholder Farmers: The Case of North Shewa Zone of Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia. PhD Dissertation, Haramaya University.
- Aman Rikitu. 2019. Vegetable Production Efficiency, Market Participation and Food Security of Farm Households in West Shewa Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. PhD Dissertation, Haramaya University.
- Virginia Mumbua Ngei. 2020. Valuing Mangrove Ecosystem Services in the Context of Climate Change: A Case Study of Mombasa County, Kenya. MSc Thesis, Haramaya University.
- Johvanie Mukankubana. 2020. Riparian Ecosystem Services Valuation: The case of Planted Bamboo and Pennisetum in Akanyaru Watershed, Rwanda. MSc Thesis, Haramaya University.
- Kidist Teshome. 2020. Floristic Composition and Economic Value along the Gradient of Dengego Valley and Mountain Complex, Eastern Ethiopia. MSc Thesis, Haramaya University.
- Erkie Asmare. 2019. Households’ Willingness to Pay for Rehabilitation of Wetlands: The Case of Gudera Wetland of Sekela Woreda, Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia. MSc Thesis, Haramaya University.
- Tekalign Tuluka. 2019. Analysis of Fish Value Chain and Post-Harvest Loss: The Case of Lake Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia. MSc Thesis, Haramaya University.
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| Socio-economic researcher in a multidisciplinary international research-based project: August 2015 – till now.
After an open call for the position in socio-economic researcher in R4D project “Woody invasive alien species in East Africa: assessing and mitigating their negative impacts on ecosystem services and rural livelihoods”, I have been a researcher in the project (refer to http://woodyweeds.org/?page_id=359). |
| PhD candidate in Agricultural Economics: October 05, 2012 – June 09, 2018.
During the first two coursework years, I have taken different advanced agricultural economics courses including Advanced Research Methodology, Advanced Econometrics, Advanced Environmental and Natural Resources Economics, Advanced Marketing, Advanced Macroeconomics and Advanced Microeconomics. After completing coursework, I have been conducting research for my PhD dissertation as a component of woody weeds project research work in East Africa. In the project, I have been a socio-economic researcher in which different international researchers are from other disciplines. Being multidisciplinary research-based project, the aim of woody weeds was assessing and mitigating the impacts of woody invasive alien species on ecosystem services and livelihoods in east Africa. With this general objective, I have been the only socio-economic researcher to have ample experience in data collection and analyses from different countries in east Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania), and data integration research works from different discipline researchers. |
| Lecturer of Management and Development Studies:
December 5, 2008 onwards research advising undergraduate students and lecturing different management and development courses at College of Business and Economics. Courses taught include Research Methods, Business Policy and Strategic Management, Operations Research, Public Policy and Development and Entrepreneurship. |
| Head Department of Cooperatives Studies: October, 2009 – October, 2012, College of Business and Economics. |
Consultancy Service (Trainer):
- Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR), Technical Capacity Building Training for East Ethiopia rural development experts – in collaboration with International Medical Corps, 2017
- Under Haramaya University Short-term Training Directorate Office, trainer on “Business Plan: A Conceptual Frame Work and Practices on Sheep Fattening and Tomato Production” for Dire Dawa Administration Council, 2011
- Value Chain Analysis and Business Plan Development for Valuable Cash Crops in East Hararghe Zone of Oromia Region, 2011
- Entrepreneurship and Job Hunting, Haramaya University Graduating Class, 2010
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Dessie College of Business and Management
- October 2004 - October 2006. Two years undergraduate students advising and teaching experience of different business management courses which include Principle of Management, Human Resource Management, Operations Management, Research Methods, Entrepreneurship, Strategic management and Transit and Clearance Control.
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| Publications and research writings |
Publications
- Bekele, K., Linders, T., Eschen, R., Shiferaw, H., Haji, J., Legesse, B., Choge, S., Eckert, S., Rima, P. and Schaffner, U. 2022. How well do local stakeholders’ perceptions of environmental impacts of an invasive alien plant species relate to ecological data? Ecological Indicators, 137 (2022) 108748.
- Asmare, E., Bekele, K. and Fentaw, S., 2022. Households’ Willingness to Pay for the Rehabilitation of Wetlands: Evidence from Gudera Wetland, Northwest Ethiopia. Heliyon, p.e08813.
- Eschen, R., Bekele, K., Mbaabu, P.R., Kilawe, C.J. and Eckert, S., 2021. Prosopis juliflora management and grassland restoration in Baringo County, Kenya: Opportunities for soil carbon sequestration and local livelihoods. Journal of Applied Ecology.
- Hirpesa, M., Legesse, B., Haji, J. and Bekele, K., 2021. Determinants of Participation in Contract Farming Among Smallholder Dairy Farmers: The Case of North Shewa Zone of Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia. Sustainable Agriculture Research, 10(526-2021-493), pp.10-19.
- Eskeziaw, M.Y., Ketema, M., Haji, J. and Bekele, K., 2021. Production Efficiency of Major Crops Among Smallholder Farmers in Central Ethiopia. Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development, 61(3), pp.235-245.
- Linders, T., Bekele, K., Schaffner, U., Allan, E., Alamirew, T., Choge, S., Eckert, S., Haji, J., Muturi, G., Rima, P., Shiferaw, H. and Eschen, R. 2020. The impact of invasive species on social-ecological systems: Relating supply and use of selected provisioning ecosystem services. Ecosystem Services, 41, pp.1 – 14.
- Rikitu, A., Emana, B., Haji, J. and Bekele, K., 2019. Vegetable Production Efficiency of Smallholders’ Farmer in West Shewa Zone of Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia. American International Journal of Agricultural Studies, 2(1), pp.39-51.
- Rikitu, A., Emana, B., Haji, J. and Bekele, K., 2019. Smallholder Farmers’ Decision to Participate in Vegetable Marketing and the Volume of Sales in West Shewa Zone of Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia. Sustainable Agricultural Research, 8(4), pp.48-60.
- Shiferaw, H., Bewket, W., Alamirew, T., Zeleke, G., Teketay, D., Bekele, K., Schaffner, U. and Eckert, S., 2019. Implications of land use/land cover dynamics and Prosopis invasion on ecosystem service values in Afar Region, Ethiopia. Science of The Total Environment, 675, pp.354-366.
- Bekele, K., Haji, J., Legesse, B. and Schaffner, U., 2018. Economic impacts of Prosopis spp. invasions on dryland ecosystem services in Ethiopia and Kenya: Evidence from choice experimental data. Journal of arid environments, 158, pp.9-18.
- Bekele, K., Haji, J., Legesse, B., Shiferaw, H. and Schaffner, U., 2018. Impacts of woody invasive alien plant species on rural livelihood: Generalized propensity score evidence from Prosopis spp. invasion in Afar Region in Ethiopia. Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice, 8(1), pp.28.
- Desalegn Amlaku, Abebe Ambachew and Ketema Bekele. 2017.Dynamics and Developmental Role of Micro and Small Enterprises in Ethiopia: A Comparative Analysis of Emerging and Developed Regions. 35th Annual Research Bulletin, Haramaya University.
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PhD/MSc Theses Advisership and Examinations
- Erkie Asmare. 2019. Households’ Willingness to Pay for Rehabilitation of Wetlands: The Case of Gudera Wetland of Sekela Woreda, Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia. MSc Thesis, Haramaya University.
- Tekalign Tuluka. 2019. Analysis of Fish Value Chain and Post-Harvest Loss: The Case of Lake Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia. MSc Thesis, Haramaya University.
- Aman Rikitu. 2019. Vegetable Production Efficiency, Market Participation and Food Security of Farm Households in West Shewa Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. PhD Dissertation, Haramaya University.
- Virginia Mumbua Ngei. 2020. Valuing Mangrove Ecosystem Services in the Context of Climate Change: A Case Study of Mombasa County, Kenya. MSc Thesis, Haramaya University.
- Johvanie Mukankubana. 2020. Riparian Ecosystem Services Valuation: The case of Planted Bamboo and Pennisetum in Akanyaru Watershed, Rwanda. MSc Thesis, Haramaya University.
- Kidist Teshome. 2020. Floristic Composition and Economic Value along the Gradient of Dengego Valley and Mountain Complex, Eastern Ethiopia. MSc Thesis, Haramaya University.
- Examiner of more than 15 M.Sc Theses.
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Course modules Writing for undergraduate students
- Ketema Bekele and Mulugeta Deme. 2008. Business Policy and Strategy, College of Business and Economics, Haramaya University, Ethiopia.
- Ketema Bekele. 2007. Business Growth Strategy. Dessie College of Business and Management, Dessie, Ethiopia
- Ketema Bekele. 2007. Transit and Clearance Control. Dessie College of Business and Management, Dessie, Ethiopia
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Other research reports
- Ketema Bekele. 2013. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Sediment Storage Dams: Sephelo Sediment Storage Dam and Belewa Sediment Storage Dam– in collaboration with Ethiopian Catholic Church-Social & Development Coordinating Office of Hararghe (ECC/SDCOH), Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.
- Fekadu Gelaw and Ketema Bekele, 2013. Indigenous and modern Early Warning Systems in the face of climate change. Submitted to Ethiopian Relief Service/ Ethiopian Catholic Church - Social Development Coordination office of Hararghe (ERS/ECC-SDCOH), Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.
- Fekadu Gelaw, Dereje Taddesse, and Ketema Bekele, 2013. Global Climate Change, Ethiopian’s Climate Resilient Green Economy and GCC induced Conflict in Eastern Ethiopia. A training module to Pastoralist and Agro-pastoralist Areas of Eastern Hararghe. Submitted to USAID – CIAFS.
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Theses
- Ketema Bekele. 2018. Impacts of Prosopis Spp. on Ecosystem Services and Livelihoods in Drylands of East Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia and Kenya. PhD Dissertation, Haramaya University, Ethiopia.
- Ketema Bekele. 2008. The Role of District Level Decentralization Program in Service Delivery Improvements in Education, Health and Drinking Water: The Case of Dubti Woreda (Afar National Regional State). MA Thesis, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
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Referees
- Jema Haji Mohammed (PhD), Professor of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Haramaya University. Email: jemmahaji@gmail.com Tel: (+251) 911 78 05 18
- Urs Schaffner (PhD), Ecology Research Scientist and Head Ecosystems Management, CABI Switzerland. Email: u.schaffner@cabi.org Tel: +41 (0)32 421 48 77/70 (direct/secretary)
- Mengistu Ketema Aredo (PhD), Professor of Agricultural Economics, Ethiopian Economic Association; College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Haramaya University. Email: mengistuket@gmail.com Tel: (+251) 969 14 17 50
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