Hailay Nigusie Gebru

As Lecturer;
- I was recruited to teach agribusiness and value chains, economics of farm management for agriculture students. However, with persistent efforts, I successfully established an independent Agricultural Economics Department within the university. As the driving force behind these initiatives, served as its first staff and head department since 2017 until my departure to the Netherlands in 2020.
- Taught 8 semester courses and evaluated student progress through regular assessments, providing detailed feedback for improvement and growth to 950 bachelor's degree students enrolled in agriculture
marketing and pricing analysis, farm management, agribusiness and value chain management, and project management courses.
*As a researcher developed a research proposal and researched on;
- I won Adigrat University a research-budget grant as principal investigator for
conducting agribusiness research projects during the 2018 academic year.
- Market access and value chain analysis of onion, tomato, pepper, and cabbage in
Alamata district, Tigray Ethiopia (Report available; not yet published)
- Effect of livelihood diversification on rural households' poverty reduction in
Central Zone of Tigray regional state, Ethiopia. (Article)
- Farmers' willingness to pay for watershed management: in the case of Ofla district, Tigray, Ethiopia. (Article)
- Value chain analysis of Orange Fruit: in the case of Gunda-gundo, Tigray,
Ethiopia. (Report available; not yet published)
As department head;
- Provided leadership for the day-to-day operations of the Agricultural Economics department consisting of 13 dedicated staff members and approximately 150
students.
- Managed department budget, procurement and recruitment; conducted regular evaluations and provided constructive feedback to staff and students.

*This program has been supported financially by European Union, World Bank, United States agency for international development, and United Kingdom with a
goal of extreme poverty reduction in rural Ethiopia.

-In my role, managed the coordination of physical and financial resources, a team
of 21 staff members, and approximately 25,000 program beneficiary households in Ofla district, Ethiopia. As recognition of my accomplishments in the office, I was granted a study permission award which enabled me to pursue a master's degree in agricultural economics.

-Ensured fair and transparent programme beneficiary households' selection process.

-Facilitated regular meetings with team members to discuss progress updates, address challenges, and brainstorm solutions for ongoing success.

- Designed, planned and implemented climate-smart agricultural strategies and technologies such as soil and water conservation practices, crop diversification,
agroforestry, and conservation agriculture on an average of 2500 hectares per year.
- Established and facilitated women's self-help groups, cooperatives, and provided training and technical support in gender mainstreaming and social inclusion, financial literacy, and value addition.
- Addressed gender-based violence and gender inequality issues through targeted interventions and initiatives.
- Conducted participatory and inclusive workshops, focusing on strategies and activities fostering livelihoods development, poverty reduction and diversify
income for smallholder farmers.
- Managed and oversaw construction of small-scale irrigation projects, rural feeder roads, child care centers and farmers training centers to enhance the resilience of smallholder farmers.
- Demonstrated tree seedling production at nursery sites and facilitated seedling plantation in selected agroforestry sites and degraded landscapes.
- Managed the coordination of physical, financial and human resources of the program.
- Conducted environmental and social management framework (ESMF) for productive safety net programme
sub-projects, to address potential adverse impacts such as ecosystem disturbances, vegetation removal, pollution, water disruptions, social unrest, asset loss, social conflict, and indirect community-level risks.

• Provided technical training and support on climate change adaptation strategies
• Designed and implemented soil and water conservation projects.