<p style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Toc389157594"></a><strong>Theme I.      Productivity and Environmental Sustainability for Food Security and Poverty                                  Alleviation</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><img src="http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Awol-Pic-244x300.jpg" alt="" width="244" height="300" /><strong><br /></strong></p><p><strong>Awol Seid Ebrahim (PhD)</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Academic Rank:</strong> Associate Professor</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Specialization: </strong>PhD in Plant Pathology (Nematology), Short Research Stay for molecular identification of plant-parasitic nematodes, MSc in Postgraduate International Plant Nematology and BSc in Crop Production and Protection</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Research Interest:</strong></p><ul><li>Host-pathogen interaction and host-pathogen co-evolution</li><li>Investigating disease complexes and devising sustainable management strategies</li><li>Plant resistance screening and breeding for soil borne disease resistance</li><li>Biodiversity of plant pathogens at molecular level (main focus on soil borne pathogens)</li></ul><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong> </strong><strong>Contact Details:</strong> </p><p>Haramaya University, P.O.Box 20, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia</p><p>E-mail: <a href="mailto:awolseid07@gmail.com">awolseid07@gmail.com</a></p><p>GSM: +251912442291</p><p>Fax: +251255530325/31/54</p>		
												List of selected publications					
					<ol><li>Wassu Mohammed. 2011. Combining Ability and Potential Heterosis in Ethiopian Mustard (Brassica carinata A. Braun). East Africa Journal of Science, 5 (2): 99-108.</li><li>Wassu Mohammed. 2011. Magnitude of Exploitable Heterosis for Yield and Quality Traits of Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) Hybrids as Affected by Distant Parents in Origin and Morphology in Ethiopia. East Africa Journal of Science, 5 (1): 22-36.</li><li>Wassu Mohammed. 2011. Heterosis and Combining Ability Analysis for Coffee Quality in Diallel Crosses of Diverse Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) Parents in Origin. East Africa Journal of Science, 5 (1): 12-21.</li><li>Wassu Mohammed and Pant, D.P. 2012. Potential heterosis in Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata A. Braun). Pantnagar Journal of Research, 10 (2): 168-173.</li><li>Wassu Mohammed and Pant, D.P. 2013. Estimates of gene effects for seed yield and thousand seeds weight in Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata A. Braun). Pantnagar Journal of Research, 11 (1): 39-43.</li><li>Wassu Mohammed and Pant, D.P. 2013. Analysis of genetic diversity based on molecular markers in Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata A. Braun). Pantnagar Journal of Research, 11 (1): 44-49.</li><li>Wassu Mohammed and Pant, D.P. 2013. Genetic analysis of oil content in Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata A. Braun). Pantnagar Journal of Research, 11 (2): 208-2013.</li><li>Wassu Mohammed1, Kebede W/Tsadik, Tekalign Tsgaw and Kiflemariam Yehula. 2013. Genetic Variability and Distance of East Africa Cooking Banana (Musa sp.) Clones for Morpho-physicochemical Traits. East Africa Journal of Science, 7 (2): 67-76.</li><li>Wassu Mohammed, Kebede W/Tsadik1, Tekalign Tsgaw and Kiflemariam Yehula. 2014. Evaluation of Genetic Variation in Local and Introduced Desert Banana (Musa sp.) Genotypes for Morpho-physicochemical Traits. Sci. Technol. Arts Res. J. 3(4): 19-28.</li><li>Wassu Mohammed, Tewodros Bezu, Nigussie Dechassa, Kebede Woldetsadik, Mulatua Hailu and Bekele Abebie. 2014. Registration of “Haramaya I” Carrot (Daucus carota L.) Variety. East Africa Journal of Science, 8 (1): 1-4.</li><li>Wassu Mohammed. 2014. Genetic Variability in Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Genotypes for Late blight [Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary] Resistance and Yield at Haramaya, Eastern Ethiopia. East Africa Journal of Science, 8 (1): 13-28.</li><li>Wassu Mohammed, Pant, Chander Mohan and Mohan Arif Khan. 2014. Predicting Heterosis and F1 Performance based on Combing Ability and Molecular Genetic Distance of Parental Lines in Ethiopian Mustard. East Africa Journal of Science, 8 (1): 105-114.</li><li>Wassu Mohammed, Solomon Ali, Beneberu Shimelis, Simret Burga.2015. Genetic Diversity of Local and Introduced Sweet Potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] Collections for Agro-morphology and Physicochemical Attributes in Ethiopia. Sci. Technol. Arts Res. J., 4 (1):1-11.</li><li>Wassu Mohammed and Simret Burga. 2015. Evaluation of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Genotypes for Yield and Tuber Quality Related Traits at Lowland, Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia. Sci. Technol. Arts Res. J., 4 (3):01-10.</li></ol><p>  15    Wassu Mohammed. 2016. Specific Gravity, Dry Matter Content, and Starch Content of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Varieties Cultivated in Eastern Ethiopia. East African Journal of Sciences 10 (2): 87-102.</p><p><strong>Crop Varieties Developed and Released</strong></p><p>         <strong>Crop            Variety</strong>                    <strong>Year                   Type</strong>                <strong>Responsibility</strong></p><p>Carrot         Haramaya I              2014            New release         Breeder</p><p>Shallot        Improved Huruta    2017             New release         Breeder</p>
		<p><strong>About The Theme </strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Ethiopian government has identified ensuring food security, conserving and sustaining the resource-base, and eradicating poverty as major issues of national priority. The goal is to ensure the attainment of a middle-income status in the year 2025 for a better life for all Ethiopians. In these endeavors, it is intended that rural and poor communities should have access to innovations, attain food security, and have accelerated status of development. It is also planned to provide new and more effective solutions to problems than those utilised previously in the overall national development efforts. Given the broad nature of this theme, priority will be given to basic, applied, and development research in the areas of agriculture, environmental and natural resources, climate change, agro-pastoralism, veterinary medicine, land use management, and</p><p><a href="http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Theme-1-Description-1.pdf"><u>For details, click here </u></a></p><p><a href="http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-Theme-I-Priority-research-areas.pdf"><u>Research priorities 2017</u></a></p><p><a href="http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2016-Theme-I-Priority-research-areas.pdf"><u>Research priorities 2016</u></a></p>