Full Name |
Dr. Admasu Shibru Keraga |
Education Attended |
- PhD in Development Economics, University of Bonn (ZEF), Germany 2006
- MSc in in Agricultural Economics, Haramaya University, Ethiopia, 1998
- BSC in Agricultural Economics, Haramaya University, Ethiopia, 1990
- Attended primary and high school education at Hole and Wolkite primary and senior secondary schools, respectively
- A number of Trainings on Analytical and research methods, and soft-wares based quantitative and qualitative data analysis (mathematical and Econometrics), etc.
- A number of Trainings on food security analysis, Innovative systems framework; Institutional analysis; Value chain analysis and Development; Gender development and sensitization; Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation; leadership and management; national Sector level Development strategies, etc.
- Computer skills: Mathematical computation using EXCEL solver; STATA, LIMDEP, MFIT3, SPSS
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Academic Rank |
Assistant Professor (since September 2006) |
Teaching experienceSince 2006 |
As a Lecturer for BA students:- Taught courses:
- “Environmental and Natural Economics” for BA students of Economics
- “Agricultural Economics” for BA students of Economics
- “Macroeconomics Theory II” for BA students of Economics
- “Microeconomics Theory II” for BA students of Economics
As a lecturer to MA/MSc students:- Taught courses:
- “Advanced International Agricultural Trade and Finance”
- “Advanced Agric marketing and Price Analysis”
- “Environmental and Natural Resource Economics”
- .“Horticultural Crops Marketing Management and Value chain Development”
- “Advanced business economics”
- “Advanced Research Methods in Economics”
- “Advanced Econometrics”
- Advanced Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics,
As a lecturer to PhD students:- taught course:
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Research experienceSince 1999 |
As a socioeconomics Researcher from 1999 to 2008 at the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research |
Administrative positions held, past & present |
- As a Deputy Director General, Ethiopian Education Strategy Center- since February 2015
- As the President of Wolkite University from January 2011 up to January 2015
- As a Director, Graduate Studies Program, Unity University
- As a Head, Project Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation department, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) from Sept 2006 up to Dec 2009
- As a Leader, National Agricultural Marketing Research Project, from 2000 to 2002 at the Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization (EARO)
- As a Head, Socio-economics Research Division from October 1999 to Sept 2002 at Jimma Agric. Research Center.
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Address |
Addis Ababa University, Main Campus, College of Development Studies, Center for Food Security Studies, Office No. 364A (SS Building), Office Telephone: +251-111 544198, cell phone : +251 911 168063/0929918229Email: admasukeraga@yahoo.com |
Research Interest |
Economics of Food security; Food security and the environment; Agricultural (rural) development; Institutional and policy analysis; Agricultural Marketing; International Agricultural Trade; Poverty, drought and desertification; |
Publications |
- Admasu Shibru, Belay Kassa and Mulat Demeke 2002. ‘Co-integration and Error correction to the integration of Sidama and Centeral coffee markets’. Proceeding of the Agricultural Economics Society of Ethiopia (AESE), Dec.22-24, 2000, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Admasu Shibru and Belay Kassa 1999. Coffee marketing systems in Ethiopia: the case of Sidama Zone. Institute of Tropical and sub-Tropical Agriculture (IITA). Vol.32. Czech University of Agriculture, Prague.
- Admasu Shibru and Pawlos Desalegn (2007). Soil conservation activities in Illubabor zone: farmers’ endeavor and weaknesses of the approaches followed. In: Tesfaye Zegeye, Senait Regassa and Dawit Alemu (eds.) Technologies, Markets and Poverty: evidence from studies of Agricultural commodities in Ethiopia. Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Ethiopia
- Admasu Shibru, Adane Girma and Taye Kufa 2002. Characterization of the Farming systems of Metu Wereda, Illubabor Zone. Research Report No.45. Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Negussie Efa and Adamsu Shibru Diversity and Characteristics of Community-Based Farmers’ Organizations in Southwestern Ethiopia. Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research. Research Report No. 64. Addis Ababa
- Zekarias Shumeta and Admasu Shibru Adoption of coffee production technologies in the major coffee growing areas of Jimma Zone. In: Tesfaye Zegeye, Senait Regassa and Dawit Alemu (eds.) Technologies, Markets and Poverty: evidence from studies of Agricultural commodities in Ethiopia. Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Ethiopia
- Admasu Shibru, Zekarias Shumeta and Tsegaye Gidey 2008. Adoption of improved coffee production technologies in Ethiopia. In Girma Adugna, Bayetta Belachew, Tesfaye Shimbir, Endale Taye and Taye Kufa (eds.) Coffee Diversity and Knowledge. Proceedings on the Four Decades of Coffee Research and Development in Ethiopia, 14-17 August 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- Admasu Shibru and Klaus Frohberg The national production effect of 30 years investment in the Coffee Berry Disease (CBD) resistant selections in Ethiopia In Girma Adugna, Bayetta Belachew, Tesfaye Shimbir, Endale Taye and Taye Kufa (eds.) Coffee Diversity and Knowledge. Proceedings on the Four Decades of Coffee Research and Development in Ethiopia, 14-17 August 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- Admasu Shibru, Franz Gatzweiler, Frohberg Klaus, Assefa Admassie 2005. Analysis of Land Use Change in the Wild Forest Coffee Systems of Berhan-Kontir and Geba-Dogi in Sheko and Yayu Districts of South-Western Ethiopia. TROPENTAG 2005, Gottingen, Germany
- Admasu Shibru, Franz Gatzweiler, Frohberg Klaus. Agricultural values of wild coffee genetic resources in Ethiopia. DIVERSITAS Scientific conference in Mexico, 2005.
- Degye Goshu, Admasu Shibru, and Belay Kassa 2010. Spatial Price Dynamics and Pricing Conduct of Wheat Markets In Ethiopia. Journal of Ethiopian Economy, Addis Ababa.
- Admasu Shibru (2006) Economic analysis of conserving wild coffee genetic resource in southwestern Ethiopia, PhD dissertation, University of Bonn. Cuvillier Verlag Publisher, Gottingen, Germany (Book).
- Shibru, Admasu Keraga, M.Osiru and Aklilu H/Michael Higher Agricultural Education in Ethiopia: Current status and future prospects Vol 1, No 2
- Shibru, Admasu and Biraro, Chernet Bereda. 2016. Institutional Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities in FDI Transactions: The Case of Indian Origin Projects in Ethiopia. ITIHAS – The Journal of Indian Management; Vol. 6 Issue 2, p37-45, 9p
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