Dr. Asmamaw Alemu Abtew
PhD thesis: Value chain analysis of non-timber forest products and their rural development potentials: The case of gum and resin in the dry lands of Ethiopia and Sudan
First Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Pretzsch, TUD
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Laura Secco, University of Padova
CURRICULUM VITAE
Academic qualification:
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2010 - 2016 |
PhD student at the Technische Universität Dresden and University of Padova (FONASO programme) |
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2006 - 2008 |
M.Sc. in Sustainable Tropical Forestry at Copenhagen University, Faculty of Life Sciences, Denmark and Technische Universität Dresden, Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products, Germany(Double Degree) |
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2000 - 2003 |
B. Sc in Forestry at Debub University, Wondo Genet College of Forestry, Ethiopia |
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1995 - 1996 |
Diploma in forestry at Wondo Genet College of Forestry |
Work Experience:
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2010 - present |
Lecturer, University of Gondar, Ethiopia |
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2009 - 2010 |
Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Gondar |
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2004 - 2008 |
Assistant Researcher at Forestry Research Center, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research |
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1997 - 2000 |
Forestry expert, North Gondar Department of Agriculture and Rural Development |
Publications:
Asmamaw Alemu A.; Jürgen Pretzsch; Laura Secco and Tarig E. M. (2014) Contribution of Small-Scale Gum and Resin Commercialization to Local Livelihood and Rural Economic Development in the Drylands of Eastern Africa. Forests 5:952-977 doi:10.3390/f5050952
Peter Poschen; Merten Sievers and Asmamaw Alemu A. (2014) Creating Rural Employment and Generating Income in Forest-Based Value Chains. In: Pretzsch, J.; Darr, D.; Uibrig, H.; Auch, E., Forests and Rural Development. Springer Berlin, Heidelberg.
Asmamaw Alemu, Zewdu Yilma, Abeje Eshete (2013) Growth performance and gum arabic production of Acacia senegal in northwest lowlands of Ethiopia. Journal of Forestry Research 24 (3):471-476
Abtew Asmamaw A.; Pretzsch J.; Mohamoud TE; Adam YO (2012) Commodity Chain of Frankincense from the Dry Woodlands of Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan State, Sudan. SmallScale Forestry 11(3):365-388
Asmamaw Alemu Abtew; Jürgen Pretzsch; Tarig El-Sheikh Mohamoud; Yahia Omar Adam (2012) Population structure of Boswellia papyrifera(Del.) Hochst in the drywoodlands of Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan State, Sudan. Agriculture & Forestry, 54(08) (1-4): 41-50, 2012, Podgorica
Sisay Feleke; Fekeremariam Haile; Asmamaw Alemu; Shiferaw Abebe (2012) Characteristics of seed kernel oil from Podocarpus falcatus. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 24(4): 512–516
Adefires Worku; Wubalem Tadesse and Asmamaw Alemu (2009) Wanted by the State: Synthesizing and compiling fragmented information on aromatic plant gum and resin done so far_step towards developing data base and guideline for effective participatory resources in Drylands of Ethiopia, technical report submitted to Institute of Biodiversity Conservation Ethiopia and RPSUD (working documents)
Asmamaw, A. (2008) Commodity Chain Analysis of Frankincense from Dry Deciduous Woodlands of Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan, Sudan. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for award of the academic degree of M Sc in Tropical Forestry and Management at Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany.
Abeje E. and Asmamaw A. (2006) Forestry Research Abstracts: Tree seed Technology Research abstracts No 1, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, pp. 65 Addis Ababa Ethiopia.
Asmamaw A. (2005) Acacia senegal (L) willd: A potential multipurpose tree crop for arid and semi-arid lands. FOREN Vol. 2, No.1. pp 30-33. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Conferences proceedings:
Alemu, Asmamaw; Pretzsch, Jürgen; Secco, Laura; Elsheikh, Tarig (2014): Comparative Analysis of Gum and Resin Value Chains and their Rural Development Potentials in the Drylands of Ethiopia and Sudan. Tropentag, September 17 - 19, 2014 in Prague, Czech Republic "Bridging the gap between increasing knowledge and decreasing resources"
Alemu, Asmamaw; Elsheikh, Tarig (2013): Characterizing the patterns and trends of the international trade network of gum arabic: implication for the producer countries. Poster presented in Tropentag 2013, in Stuttgart-Hohenheimn. Conference on Agricultural development within the rural-urban continuum, 17.09.2013.
Alemu, Asmamaw; Pretzsch, Jürgen; Secco, Laura; Elsheikh, Tarig (2013): Contribution of Gum and Resin Commercialisation to Rural Livelihood in the Drylands of Ethiopia and Sudan. Poster presented in Tropentag 2013, in Stuttgart-Hohenheim. Conference on Agricultural development within the ruralurban continuum, 17.09.2013.
Asmamaw Alemu, Zewdu Yilma, Abeje Eshete (2012) Evaluation of growth performance and gum arabic production of Acacia senegal in northwest lowlands of Ethiopia. In: Forestry and Forest Products: technologies and Issues. Wubalem Tadesse, Getachew Desalegn and Abraham Yirgu (eds.) Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Asmamaw Alemu, Fikremariam Haile and Sisay Feleke (2012) Edible oil extraction from Podocarpus falcatus In: Forestry and Forest Products: technologies and Issues. Wubalem Tadesse, Getachew Desalegn and Abraham Yirgu (eds.) Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Alemu Asmamaw, Jürgen Pretzsch, Tarig Elsheikh Mahmoud, Yahia Omar Adam (2011) Population Structure and Natural Regeneration of Boswellia papyrifera Hochst. in Dry Woodlands of Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan State, Sudan. Poster presented in Tropentag 2011 University of Bonn, October 5 – 7, 2011: Conference on International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development
Adefires Worku, Wubalem Tadesse and Asmamaw Alemu (2009) Knowledge and research gaps on Dryforests of Ethiopia: the case of gum and resin resources. Proceedings of the CIFOR on wider stakeholder consultation workshop on “Dryland ecosystems in Ethiopia from where to where_ step towards sustainable management, (eds) Adefires Worku, Getachew Anemut and Habtemariam Kassa