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Agricultural service delivery: strengthening private crop protection service in southern Ethiopia, Development in Practice, 26:8, 1072-1082, DOI: 10.1080\/09614524.2016.1225670.<\/li><li>Yishak Gecho, Gezahegn Ayele, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Dawit Alemu. 2014. Livelihood strategies and food security of rural households in Wolaita Zone, southern Ethiopia. Developing Country Studies Vol.4,No.14.<\/li><li>Yishak Gecho, Gezahegn Ayele, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Dawit Alemu. 2014. Rural households livelihood strategies: Options and determinants. Social Sciences\u00a0<br \/> Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2014, Pages: 92-104\u00a0<\/li><li>Moti Jaleta, Berhanu Gebremedhin, Azage Tegegne, Samson Jemaneh, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, and Hoekstra, D. 2013. Evolution of input supply and service hubs in dairy development\u00a0 at Ada\u2019a milk shed in Ethiopia. 2013. Development in Practice 23(2): 249-263.<\/li><li>Adam Bekele, Belay Kassa, Belaineh Legesse and Tesfaye Lemma Tefera. 2010. Effects of crop commercial orientation on productivity of smallholder farmers in drought-prone areas of the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. Journal of Rural Development 33(4): 1- 24.<\/li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera. 2009. Supply response, local reality, and livelihood sustainability: The policy dilemma of khat (Catha edulis) production in eastern Ethiopia. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 7(3):176\u2013188.<\/li><\/ol><ol start=\"7\"><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Sylvian Perret and J.F. Kirsten. 2005. Diversity in livelihoods and farmers\u2019 strategies in the Hararghe highlands, eastern Ethiopia, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2(2):133-146.<\/li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, J.F. Kirsten and Sylvain Perret. 2004. Incentives, farmers\u2019 response, and a policy dilemma: A case study on expansion of khat production as a cash crop in the eastern highlands of Ethiopia. Journal of Ethiopian Development Studies 1(2). Center for African Development Policy Research, Western Michigan University (USA), Kalamazoo, MI.<\/li><\/ol><ol><li>Chanyalew Seyoum, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera and Ranjan S. Karippa. 2011. Factors determining the degree of commercialization of smallholder agriculture: the case of potato growers in Kombolcha district, eastern Ethiopia. Journal of Agriculture and Development, JAD 2 (1) 2011.<\/li><\/ol>","_id":"b2kiirf"},{"tab_title":"Published working papers:","tab_content":"<ol><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Azage Tegegne and Hoekstra D. 2012. Capacity for knowledge-based smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia: Linking graduate programs to market-oriented agricultural development: Challenges, opportunities and IPMS experience. IPMS (Improving Productivity and Market Access) of Ethiopian Farmers Project Working Paper 29, Nairobi, Kenya, International Livestock Research Institute.<\/li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Puskur R, Hoekstra D. and Azage Tegegne. 2010. Commercializing dairy and forage systems in Ethiopia: An innovation systems perspective. IPMS (Improving Productivity and Market Access) of Ethiopian Farmers Project Working Paper 17, Nairobi, Kenya, International Livestock Research Institute.<\/li><\/ol>","_id":"75i158i"},{"tab_title":"Selected papers published in conference proceedings:","tab_content":"<ol><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Azage Tegegne, Puskur R. and Hoekstra D. 2009. Moving Ethiopian smallholder dairy along a sustainable commercialization path: Missing links in the innovation systems. In: Merga Bekana et al (ed.) pp. 118-142. Proceedings of the National Symposium on Smallholder Dairy Production in Central highlands of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: Challenges and future prospects. Sida\/SAREC Project, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, August 16-17, 2008, Adama, Ethiop\u00eda.<\/li><li>Anteneh Girma, Ranjita Puskur and Tesfaye Lemma. 2009. Animal health services delivery system in DebrezeitMilkshed: Implications for public-private roles in service delivery in Ethiopia. Proceedings of 23rd Annual Conference of the Ethiopian Veterinarian Association, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 22-23, 2009: 37-56.<\/li><li>Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Puskur R, and Hoekstra D (2008) Exploring innovation capacity in Ethiopian dairy systems. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge and Innovation for Advancing Agriculture in Developing Countries. IFPRI, Addis Ababa, April 7\u20139, 2008. pp. 7\u20139. Nairobi: ILRI.<\/li><\/ol>","_id":"wytf09p"}],"title_color":"#38afe2","title_typography_typography":"custom","title_typography_font_size":{"unit":"px","size":16}},"elements":[],"widgetType":"toggle"}],"isInner":false}],"isInner":false},{"id":"0pwcbvm","elType":"section","settings":[],"elements":[{"id":"9rwtgad","elType":"column","settings":{"_column_size":100,"_inline_size":null},"elements":[{"id":"yfm8ydu","elType":"widget","settings":{"editor":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About The Theme<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lack of relevant knowledge, technologies, and innovations as well as poor dissemination and adoption of existing ones are a major constraint to development in Ethiopia. This is basically attributed to inefficiencies in taking research results to socio-economic outcomes. Other studies have identified \u2018knowledge gap\u2019 which is due to failure to produce the requisite critical number of skilled innovators and capacity development for technology and knowledge generation and dissemination.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Theme-5-Description.pdf\">For Details, click Here<\/a><\/u><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Theme-V-2019-Research-Priorities.pdf\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\"><u>Research priorities 2019<\/u><\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-Theme-V-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research Priorities 2017<\/u><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2016-Theme-V-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research Priorities 2016<\/u><\/a><\/p>","text_color":"#000000"},"elements":[],"widgetType":"text-editor"}],"isInner":false}],"isInner":false}]