M.Sc. Dagninet Amare Aysheshim

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Doctoral Candidate (Ethiopia)

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Dagninet Amare Aysheshim M.Sc.

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CURRICULUM VITAE

 Education:

Employment History:

Skills Profile:

• More than 10 years as a socio-economics and research extension researcher
• Experienced in facilitation and moderation with focus in participatory research approaches
• Excellent background in team leadership, project management and strategic development
• Proven knowledge on social science research methods (local knowledge, social networks, environmental and forest economics, adoption and impact studies, fishery management, development studies, technological change, innovation systems, econometric modeling) and teaching skills
• Outstanding in SPSS, Limdep, Stata, MS Excel, and ARC GIS; good knowledge in UCINET, R, Java programming, Autocad and Catia.
• I have strong analysis skill in econometrics and qualitative methods.

Trainings:
2015: Training on Toolkit for Assessing Community Level Potential for Ecosystems Restoration at Farm and Landscape Scale: Organized by Bioversity International and ARARI, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
2014: Gender Mainstreaming in Agricultural Research:Organized by ICARDA, CGIAR research program on water, land and Ecosystems and ARARI, Gonder, Ethiopia.
2013: Research Proposal Development for Grant Funding:Organized by ARARI and ILRI-LIVES. Gonder, Ethiopia.
2012: Participatory Integrated Watershed Management: Organized by the Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC) of Ethiopia in Collaboration with Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) of University of Bern. Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
2012: Farmers Research Group 2^ndstep and Process Description Method of Extension Manual Preparation Training:Organized by BDU-CAES, EIAR and FRG-II project of JICA. Amhara Management Institute, Bahir Dar.
2012:Basic FRG (Farmers Research Group) Training:Organized by Bahir Dar University College of Agriculture, EIAR and FRG-II project of JICA. Amhara Management Institute, Bahir Dar.
2010:Training on IFRI Methodologies(IFRI tools, Carbon Financing, Global Environmental Governance, Politics and Environment and Democracy, Forest Mensuration, GPS and field practices): Organized by Ethiopian Coffee Forest Forum, Addis Ababa.
2007:Training on Biometrics using SPSS software(Data Management, Analysis, Interpretation and Presentation): Organized by Amhara Region Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI), Bahir Dar.
2007:Inductive Training(Diagnosis, Planning, Research Methods, Data analysis, Biometrics using SPSS, Science Communications, Scientific Paper Writing & Mentorship by Senior Scientists): Organized by Amhara Region Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI), Bahir Dar.
2007:Survey Methods and Related Software Application: Organized by Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Melkassa Research Centre.
2005: Training on Pedagogical Sciences for Teaching: Organized by Federal Bureau of Agriculture, Agricultural Technical Vocational Education Training Coordinating Office. Kotebe Teachers Training College, Addis Ababa-Ethiopia.

Coordination and Scholarship:

• Won a visiting researcher scholarship at Rhine Waal University of Applied Sciences from 10 September -09 December 2017 (with total fellowship amount of €5100)
• Won scholarship from Ethiopian coffee forest forum for conducting study at Zege
• Conducted survey on the establishment of a biosphere reserve around Lake Tana
• Lead a team of 21 researchers for conducting biodiversity studies in 9 villages of Amhara
• Worked with IWMI on the impacts of enclosures management on livelihood and biodiversity

Membership in Professional Societies:
2017-to date: International Society of Development and Sustainability (member), Japan
2017-to date: Society of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development (member), Addis Abeba
2015-to date: Ethiopian Economics Association (member), Addis Abeba-Ethiopia

PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed International Journal Articles:
Dagninet Amare, Mihret Endalew,Tegegne Debas, Ayalew Demissew,Kiber Temesgen, Ayenew Meresa and Amare Getnet (2018) Fishing Condition and Fishers Income: The case of Lake Tana, Ethiopia. Int J Aquac Fish Sci 4(1): 006-009. DOI: 10.17352/2455-8400.000035.

Dagninet Amare, Endalew W, Yayu N, Endeblihatu A, Biweta W, et al. (2017) Evaluation and Demonstration of Maize Shellers for Small-Scale Farmers. MOJ App Bio Biomech 1(3): 00014. DOI: 10.15406/mojabb.2017.01.00014.

Dagninet Amare, Woldie Mekuria, Menale Wondie, Demel Teketay,Abeje Eshete, Dietrich Darr (2017) Wood Extraction among the Households of Zege, Northern Ethiopia. Ecological Economics, 142:177–184.

Dagninet Amare, Wolde Mekuria, Beyene Belay (2017) Willingness and Participation of Local Communities for the Management of Communal Grazing Lands in the Lake Tana Biosphere. Society and Natural Resources, 30(6):674-689.

Dagninet Amare, Wolelaw Endalew (2016) Agricultural Mechanization: Assessment of Mechanization Impact Experiences on the Rural Population and the Implications for Ethiopian Smallholders. Engineering and Applied Sciences, 1(2):39-48.

Dagninet Amare, Menale Wondie, Meseret Tuffa, Tegegne Debas, Awole Muhabaw, Negesse Yayu, Dessie Melkamu, T/Giorgis Mamuye (2016) Integrating Feeding and Productivity: Scaling Out Livestock Input and Output Processing Technologies for Smallholders. International Multilingual Journal of Science and Technology, 1(1):59-65.

Dagninet Amare, Negese Yayu and Asmamaw Endeblihatu (2016) Development and Evaluation of Pedal Thresher for Threshing of Rice. Amer J of Mechanics and Applications, 3(4):27-32.

Dagninet Amare, Wolde Mekuria, Tilaye T/wold, Beyene Belay, Akalu Teshome, Birru Yitaferu, Teshome Tessema, Berhan Tegegn (2016) Perception of Local Community and the Willingness to Pay to Restore Church Forests in Ethiopia. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods, 25(3):173-186.

Dagninet Amare, Geta Kidanemariam, Wolelaw Endalew, Seyife Yilma (2015) Potato Harvester for Smallholder Producers. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Applications, 3(6):103-108.

Dagninet Amare, Asmamaw Endeblhatu, Awole Muhabaw (2015) Enhancing Biomass Energy Efficiency in Rural Households of Ethiopia. Journal of Energy and Natural Resources, 4(2): 27-33.

Wolde Mekuria, Simon Langan, Robyn Johnston, Beyene Belay, Dagninet Amare, Tadesse Gashaw, Gizaw Desta, Andrew Noble, Abeyou Wale (2015) Restoring aboveground carbon and biodiversity: a case study from the Nile basin, Ethiopia. Forest Science and Technology, 11(2):86-96.

Fentahun Tesafa, Dagninet Amare, Merkuz Abera (2014) Evaluation of single yoke implement, harnessed and drawn by horse for cultivation of farm lands in north-western Ethiopia. WebPub Journal of Agricultural Research, 2(3):38-46.

Papers in review Process:
Wolde Mekuria, Kindie Getnet, Mastewal Yami, Simon Langan, Dagninet Amare.The Perceived Benefits and Tradeoffs of Exclosures in Northwestern Ethiopia (Society and natural resources :USNR-2016-0218.R1).

Dagninet Amare, Menale Wondie, Wolde Mekuria, Dietrich Darr. Farmland Agroforestry of Smallholder Farmers in Ethiopia: Practices and Benefits (Small-scale forestry: SSFO-D-17-00061R1).

Beyene Belay, Tadesse W/Mariam, Solomon Zewdie, Wolde Mekuria, Abrham Abiyu, Dagninet Amare. Woody species diversity and coffee production in remnant semi-natural dry Afromontane Forest in Northwest Ethiopia (Agroforestry systems AGFO-D-17-00318).

Menale Wondie, Demel Teketay, Dagninet Amare, Klaus Katzensteiner, Werner Schneider, Fentahun Mengistu, Reinfried Mansberger. Spatial Heterogeneity and Fragmentation Trends of Ecosystem Services: the case of Tara Gedam Watershed. Under review in Land Degradation and Development (LDD-17-0398).

Menale Wondie, Dagninet Amare, Woldie Mekuria, Demel Teketay. Scenario-based land management options for the highland of Ethiopia: a decision support tool to implement rural land use plan. Under submission to Land Use Policy

Proceedings:
Dagninet Amare, Assefa Seyoum, Fekadu Beyene and Taddesse W/Mariam, 2016. Livelihood Strategies of the Inhabitants of the Sacred Forest of Zege Peninsula, Amhara Region. In Tsega G., Worku G. and Demirew G. (eds).2016. Proceedings of the 7th regional conference of the Amhara Regional State Economic Development.

Negese Yayu, Asmamaw Endebilhatu, Dagninet Amare, 2016. Demonstration of Hand Held Maize Sheller and Pedal Operated Rice Thresher around Rib Irrigation Areas. In Abrham Abiyu (eds).2016. Proceedings of the 6th annual Regional Conference on Completed Research Activities of Agricultural Mechanization and Food Science, 13-20 Feb, 2014. ARARI, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

Dagninet Amare, Geta K/Mariam, Wolelaw Endalew, Seyife Yilma, 2016. Evaluation and Demonstration of Potato Digger. In Abrham Abiyu (eds).2016. Proceedings of the 6th annual Regional Conference on Completed Research Activities of Agricultural Mechanization and Food Science, 13-20 Feb, 2014. ARARI, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

Dagninet Amare, Fentahun Tesafa, Abu Tefera, Solomon Tekeste, G/selassie Sahlie, 2010. On-Farm Evaluation and Verification of Maize-Sorghum Thresher.Pp227-236.In Birru Yitaferu, Teshome Tesema, Zewudu Ayalew(eds). 2010. Proceedings of the Third Annual Regional Conference on Completed Research Activities on Soil and Water Management, Forestry and Agricultural mechanization, 1-4 September, 2008. ARARI, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

Dagninet Amare, Abu Tefera & Fentahun Tesafa, 2010. On-Farm Evaluation of Improved Donkey Drawn Carts. Pp213-217. In Birru Yitaferu, Teshome Tesema, Zewudu Ayalew (eds). 2010. Proceedings of the Third Annual Regional Conference on Completed Research Activities on Soil and Water Management, Forestry and Agricultural Mechanization, 1-4September, 2008. ARARI, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

Book, Booklets:
Dagninet Amare, Assefa Seyoum and Fekadu Beyene, 2012. The Remnants Forest Patches of Zege Peninsula, Ethiopia: Livelihood Strategies, Institutional Arrangements and Forest Products Extraction. Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co KG. Saarbrucken, Germany.

Akalu Teshome, Andualem Wolie, Anteneh Abewa, Dagninet Amare, Fentahun Mengistu, Kerealem Ejigu , Melaku Wale, Mihiret Endalew,Minale Liben, Mulugeta Alemayehu,Tatek Dejene, Wolelaw Endalew, and Yirga Alemu 2009. Agricultural Potentials, Constraints and Opportunities in the Megech and Ribb Rivers Irrigation Project Areas in the Lake Tana Basin of Ethiopia. ARARI and the Ethiopian Nile Irrigation and Drainage Project: Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. pp120.

Alemayehu Assefa, Dagninet Amare, Daniel Tilahun, Dereje Andargie, Dereje Belay, Fikremariam Asarigew, Melaku Ayalew, Melaku Wale, Mitku Asfaw, Shimels Altaye, Tadele Amare and Wondosen Nigatie., 2009. Finger Millet Production in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. McKnight Foundation and ARARI Collaborative Crop Research Program, ETH-CANA plc. Research Report no 1.

Selamyihun Kidanu, Yelbie Aneley, Adebabay Mengst, Yohans Afework, Tadele Amare, Alemayehu Assefa, Abebech Abera, Yoseph Tewodros, Dagninet Amare, Yalfal Temesgen, Biazen Ayele, Serkalem Nibret, Mekoya Mekonen and Beza Alemu, 2007. Baseline Survey of Debre Mewi Experimental Watershed. SWHISA (Sustainable Water Harvesting and Institutional Strengthening in Amhara) Working Paper no 4/2000. Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. 

Unpublished Works:
Dagninet Amare, Haile Shiferaw, Mekonnen Assefa, Tilahun Taye, Muluken Lebay, 2016. Community Based Agro-biodiversity Assessment: Resources, Knowledge and Livelihoods in Selected Villages of Amhara region.

Dagninet Amare, Worku Biweta, 2015. Transforming Agricultural Production: Synthesis on Promotion of Small and Medium Scale Agricultural Mechanization Technologies, the Case of Aba Gerima, Debre Mewi, Debre YaKob and Gosh Learning Watersheds.

Beyene Belay, Dagninet Amare, 2014. Integrated Forest Management Plan in Five Selected Church Forests in Dera Woreda: Implication for Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation.