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Conference
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MERON ZENASELASE RATA

MERON ZENASELASE RATA

The Hague

Summary

Business Development Manager responsible for market research, finding new business opportunities, contacting stakeholders, managing product quality, and handling product legalization. With seven years of teaching experience in agricultural economics and rural development, and writing research proposals to secure funds for projects that help farmers get a fair share. Passionate to continue growing in business development roles.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Business Development Manager

RI Institute of Bio-health Sciences
07.2024 - Current
  • Conducting market research and making contact with different stakeholders
  • Facilitated regular communication and developed customized solutions for clients
  • Generated new business with marketing initiatives and strategic plans.
  • worked in quality control and legalization of plantain chips and cacao products

Volunteer Translator

VluchtelingenWerk Nederland
01.2024 - 06.2024
  • Assisted Tigrigna speaking refugees and mentors with inquiries.

Lecturer/ Researcher

Department of Economics, Adigrat University
10.2013 - 07.2021


  • Full-time lecturer for both undergraduate and graduate courses such as agricultural economics, agricultural marketing, Introduction and advanced research methods, principle of economics, microeconomics, rural development
  • Supervised and coached students during their thesis
  • Worked as postgraduate coordinator at the department of economics (2019-2021)
  • Research tasks involved writing research proposals, conducting field data collection on socioeconomics, rural livelihood and horticulture value chains, statistical data analysis and reporting results
  • Communication and implementation of research results by involving stakeholders, small-holder farmers, cooperatives and micro and small enterprises
  • Member of the Faculty council and Faculty counselor gender focal (2018-2019)

Socioeconomic and Agricultural Field Researcher and Coordinator

Tigray Agricultural Research Institute
09.2012 - 09.2013
  • As a researcher, conducted different research activities involving demonstration of new technologies to farmers, then popularizing and scaling up of the new technologies in collaboration with other discipline researchers
  • Provided trainings and workshops to farmers
  • As a coordinator, I reported the quarterly and annual research progress to the regional main office

Education

Master of Science - Agricultural Production Chain Management, Horticulture Chains

Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences
Velp, The Netherlands
09.2018

Master of Arts - Development Studies, Rural Livelihood and Development

Addis Ababa University
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
07.2012

Bachelor of Science - Agricultural Economics

Jimma University
Jimma, Ethiopia
06.2010

Skills

  • Value chain mapping
  • Business model (Canvas)
  • Sustainability analysis
  • SPSS and Python basics
  • Microsoft office
  • Time management skill
  • Leadership skill
  • Project Management Skill

Languages

Tigrigna and Amharic- Native Speaker

English- C1

Dutch- B1+

Hobbies

Exploring nature, walking, playing table tennis

Trainings

  • Labour-market fit training, Ithaka Academy, the Hague, the Netherlands (May 2024- Present)
  • Dutch Language lesson, Sagenn Education Center, the Hague Netherlands (August 2023- Present)
  • Circular Bio-economy (June 22-26, 2020), Aarhus University, Denmark.
  • Introduction to STATA, International Food Policy Research Institute, (June 26-28, 2019), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Certification in Agri-business. Quality Control Union Academy, Zwolle, the Netherlands (25 January 2018)
  • Rural Entrepreneurship. Wageningen University of Netherland, held in Kumasi, Ghana (19-30 June 2017).
  • Time Series Econometric Analysis Techniques, Ethiopian Economics Association and held in Adigrat University, Ethiopia.

Conference

2nd Annual African Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management, 11/01-02/2019, Opportunities for Reducing Post-Harvest Losses of Cactus Pear (Opuntia Fictus-Indica) in the Chain to Improve Small-holder Farmers Income in Eastern Tigray

Awards

  • Best Paper Presentation Award in Agro-logistic, 2019
  • Netherlands fellowship program scholarship for Masters, 2017/18
  • Netherlands Fellowship program scholarship for Short Course, 2017

Publications

  • An Empirical Investigation of Performance of Logistics and Economic Growth Nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa: Panel Data Approach, International Journal of Science and Research, 5, 8, 2016
  • Determinants of Migration and its Impact on socio-economic welfare of households in Tigray, Ethiopia, International Journal of Science and Research, 6, 8, 2016
  • Microfinance and women economic empowerment nexus: Eastern zone Tigray Region, Ethiopia, International Journal of Science and Research, 5, 8, 2016

References

  • Prof. Euridice Abarca, Professor of Management of Forested Landscapes, Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Science, the Netherlands, leyequien@gmail.com, +31636562213
  • Yibrah Hagos (PhD), Former Dean of Business and Economics, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Ethiopia, yibhag@gmail.com, +251913139174

Timeline

Business Development Manager

RI Institute of Bio-health Sciences
07.2024 - Current

Volunteer Translator

VluchtelingenWerk Nederland
01.2024 - 06.2024

Lecturer/ Researcher

Department of Economics, Adigrat University
10.2013 - 07.2021

Socioeconomic and Agricultural Field Researcher and Coordinator

Tigray Agricultural Research Institute
09.2012 - 09.2013

Master of Science - Agricultural Production Chain Management, Horticulture Chains

Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences

Master of Arts - Development Studies, Rural Livelihood and Development

Addis Ababa University

Bachelor of Science - Agricultural Economics

Jimma University
MERON ZENASELASE RATA