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<h3>Specialization<\/h3>\n <p><strong>PhD in Entomology<\/strong> \u2014 Research Fellow (1 yr) at Arthropod Ecology & Behaviour, Division of Plant Protection, BOKU University, Vienna.<\/p>\n <p><strong>MSc:<\/strong> Crop Protection (Agri. Entomology)<\/p>\n <p><strong>BSc:<\/strong> Plant Production & Dryland Farming<\/p>\n <hr>\n <h3>Contact Details<\/h3>\n <ul>\n <li> Haramaya University, P.O.Box 20, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia<\/li>\n <li> <a href=\"mailto:mulukengoftishu@yahoo.com\">mulukengoftishu@yahoo.com<\/a><\/li>\n <li> +251 989073775<\/li>\n <li> +251255530325\/31\/54<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/aside>\n \n <main>\n \n <section>\n <h2> About The Theme<\/h2>\n <p>The Ethiopian government has identified ensuring food security, conserving and sustaining the resource-base, and eradicating poverty as major issues of national priority. The goal is to ensure the attainment of a middle-income status for a better life for all Ethiopians.<\/p>\n <p>In these endeavors, rural and poor communities must access innovations, attain food security, and experience accelerated development. The program aims to provide new and more effective solutions than those utilized previously in national development efforts.<\/p>\n <p>Given the broad nature of this theme, priority is given to basic, applied, and development research in agriculture, environmental & natural resources, climate change, agro-pastoralism, veterinary medicine, and land use management.<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Theme-1-Description.pdf\">For details, click here <\/a>\n <\/section>\n \n <section>\n <h2> Research Interests<\/h2>\n Insect Ecology\n Insect-Plant Interactions & Co-evolution\n Parasitoids (Third Trophic Level)\n Insect Biodiversity\n Phylogeography\n DNA-Barcoding (Pest Species)\n Insect Behavior\n <\/section>\n \n <section>\n <h2> Selected Publications & Priorities<\/h2>\n <p><a href=\"#\"> View List of Selected Publications<\/a><\/p>\n <h3>Research Priorities Archive<\/h3>\n <a 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<\/style>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n \n <header>\n Research Theme I\n <h1>Productivity and Environmental Sustainability for Food Security and Poverty Alleviation<\/h1>\n <\/header>\n \n <aside>\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/Muluken-D.jpg\" alt=\"Muluken Goftishu Muleta\">\n <h2>Muluken Goftishu Muleta<\/h2>\n PhD | Assistant Professor\n <h3>Specialization<\/h3>\n <p><strong>PhD in Entomology<\/strong> \u2014 Research Fellow (1 yr) at Arthropod Ecology & Behaviour, Division of Plant Protection, BOKU University, Vienna.<\/p>\n <p><strong>MSc:<\/strong> Crop Protection (Agri. Entomology)<\/p>\n <p><strong>BSc:<\/strong> Plant Production & Dryland Farming<\/p>\n <hr>\n <h3>Contact Details<\/h3>\n <ul>\n <li> Haramaya University, P.O.Box 20, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia<\/li>\n <li> <a href=\"mailto:mulukengoftishu@yahoo.com\">mulukengoftishu@yahoo.com<\/a><\/li>\n <li> +251 989073775<\/li>\n <li> +251255530325\/31\/54<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/aside>\n \n <main>\n \n <section>\n <h2> About The Theme<\/h2>\n <p>The Ethiopian government has identified ensuring food security, conserving and sustaining the resource-base, and eradicating poverty as major issues of national priority. The goal is to ensure the attainment of a middle-income status for a better life for all Ethiopians.<\/p>\n <p>In these endeavors, rural and poor communities must access innovations, attain food security, and experience accelerated development. 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