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natural resource management, Improving Agricultural Extension Advisory Services through cutting age ICT use and value chain development; and improving teaching and learning in graduate agricultural programs.<\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><strong>Vice-President for Research Affairs <\\/strong><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">The Vice-President for Research Affairs (VPRA) owns the overall research and technology exchange (extension) process of the university. VPRA is responsible for the strategic guidance and mentoring of all research and extension units. Under this office are three major directorate offices responsible for leading research, technology exchange (extension), publication, and facility provision and management of the university. These include director for research groups and partnerships, director for research extension and publication, and director for research facilities.<\\/p>\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"},{\"id\":\"fgm0o0f\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"tabs\":[{\"tab_title\":\"Detail profile\",\"tab_content\":\"<p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dr Jemal is currently the Vice President for Research Affairs and Assistant Professor in the Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension at Haramaya University.He is trained in agricultural extension, food marketing and rural development: BSc in Agricultural Extension from Haramaya University in 1997; Higher Diploma and MSc in Cooperative Organization Food Marketing and Rural Development, obtained in 2003 and 2004 respectively, both from University College Cork (UCC), Ireland; and a PhD in Agricultural Extension from University of Cape-Coast (UCC), Ghana, obtained in August, 2011. Dr Jemal has extensive experience of international partnership, working on multi-disciplinary teams and leading various projects from AGRIDIET (aimed at understanding the link between agriculture and nutrition)to USAID agricultural training projects.Dr. Jemal has also experience of leading project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, AgShare Project, in collaboration with Michigan State University which aimed at creating a scalable and sustainable method of filling critical gaps in graduate agriculture related curriculum through a redesigned teaching and learning process. 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Child and Neonatal health, Child Growth and Development, Maternal and Child Morbidity, Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes, Postpartum Infection; Family Planning; Contraception; Low Birth and Preterm Births; and Fertility. I am also keen to research on nutrition, diets, and food systems among women and children. Feeding habits, food composition, nutritional status of pregnant women and child survival.\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> <strong>Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP)<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">The Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP) owns the process of formulating and identifying research thematic areas of the university, and prepares the programmes of executing the research undertakings. The director shall perform, among others, the following major duties:<\\/span><\\/p><ul><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Ensures that all staff and student research conducted at the university or anywhere else through sponsorship of the university fall under one of the six thematic areas of the university<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Coordinates the activities of research groups established based on the identified research thematic areas and facilitate their work through horizontal networking<\\/span><ul><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Facilitates establishment of partnerships of research groups with national and international stakeholders<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Based on recommendations of research groups, stakeholders, and researchers, he\\/she shall facilitate entering agreements and linkages with professionals<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Organises and executes national and international workshops that focus on research thematic areas<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Performs any other related activities<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ul><\\/li><\\/ul>\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"uykbx9y\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"auhnkb8\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"dkdo422\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"tabs\":[{\"tab_title\":\"Detail profile\",\"tab_content\":\"<ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Positions Served<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2002-2004: Head of HIV\\/AIDS unit of Haramaya University (Alemaya University)<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2002-2004: Assistant dean of students, Haramaya University (Alemaya University), Faculty of Public Health, July 2002-August 2004<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2007-2008: Coordinator of postgraduate program for the College of Health Sciences, Haramaya University<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2007-Now: Site lead for Kersa Demographic Surveillance and Health Research Center) (Kersa HDSS): September 2006-now. I have initiated, established, and lead the research center. This research center is the first of its kind in eastern Ethiopia (http:\\/\\/www.haramaya.edu.et\\/research\\/projects\\/kds-hrc\\/). It is generates health and demographic data. The center is an INDPTH member site (http:\\/\\/www.indepth-network.org).<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2009-2012: Executive Director Harar Campus (Now college of Health and Medical Sciences), Haramaya University: I have been responsible for the overall activities in Harar Campus (both academic and administrative activities) for the college of Health and Medical Sciences and a teaching hospital.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">April 2014-Now: Director for Research and Partnerships for Haramaya University (HU): Leads the research activities of the University. Creation of partnerships nationally and internationally. I am facilitating institutional partnerships in the aspects of research endeavor of Haramaya University.<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol><p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Most Recent Published Articles<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dheresa M, Assefa N, Berhane Y, Worku A, Mingiste B, et al. (2017) Gynecological Morbidity among Women in Reproductive Age: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Women\'s Health Care 6: 367. doi:10.4172\\/2167-0420.1000367<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Rashid Abdi Guled, Nikmazlan Bin Mamat, Tefera Balachew, Wan Azdie Mohamed and NegaAssefa. (2017). Predictors And Prevalence of Anemia among Children Aged 6 to 59 Months in Shebelle Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. International Journal of Development Research Vol. 07, Issue 01, Pp.11189-11196.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Rashid A. Guled, Nik M. Mamat, Wan A. Bakar, NegaAssefa, Tefera Balachew. (2016) Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mothers\\/caregivers on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Shabelle Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. Revelation and Science Vol. 06, No. 02 (1438H\\/2016) 42-54<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Binyam N Desta, NegaAssefa, Tesfaye D Damte, Lemessa O Hordofa. (2016).Neonatal Mortality and its risk factors in Eastern Ethiopia: A Prospective Cohort Study in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS); Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health - 2016, Volume 13, Number 4. DOI:10.2427\\/11938<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Geda B, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Worku A (2016) School Enrollment among Children with Disability in Rural Eastern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Survey. Common Disorder Deaf Stud Hearing Aids 4: 167. doi:10.4172\\/2375-4427.1000167<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Alemayehu T, Worku A, Assefa N. Medical Waste Collectors in Eastern Ethiopia are Exposed to High Sharp Injury and Blood and Body Fluids Contamination. PrevInfCntrl. 2016, 2:2<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Atnafe, M., Nega A. Tadesse, A. Long-acting family planning method switching among revisit clients of public health facilities in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Contraception and Reproductive Medicine (2016) 1:18. dio 10.1186\\/s40834-016-0028-z<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">A H Mokdad. Et.al. Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990\\u20132013: a systematic analysis for the. Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet Global Health. 2016. http:\\/\\/dx.doi.org\\/10.1016\\/S2214-109X(16)30168-1. doi.org\\/10.1016\\/S2214-109X(16)30184-X<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Alemayehu T, Worku A, Assefa N. Sharp injury and exposure to blood and body fluids among health care workers in health care centers of eastern Ethiopia. Int J Occup Environ Med 2016; 7:172-180.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Teshome O., Nega A., Yadeta D. Female genital mutilation among mothers and daughters in Harar, eastern Ethiopia. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics., 2016. Elsevier Inc http:\\/\\/dx.doi.org\\/10.1016\\/j.ijgo.2016.06.017<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Musa, A. Assefa, N., Weldegebreal, F., Mitiku, H., Teklemariam, Z. Factor associated with experience of modern contraceptive use before pregnancy among women who gave birth in Kersa HDSS, Ethiopia. BMC Public Health. (2016) 16:614. DOI 10.1186\\/s12889-016-3292-6<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Assefa, N., Lakew, Y., Belay, B., Kedir, H., Zelalem, D., Baraki, N., Damena, M., Oljira, L., Ashenafi, W. and Dedefo, M. Neonatal mortality and causes of death in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia, 2008\\u20132013. Maternal Health, Neonatology, and Perinatology (2016) 2:7 DOI 10.1186\\/s40748-016-0035-8<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dedefo M, Zelalem D, Eskinder B, Assefa N, Ashenafi W, Baraki N, et al. (2016) Causes of Death among Children Aged 5 to 14 Years Old from 2008 to 2013 in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia. PLoSONE 11(6): e0151929. doi:10.1371\\/journal. pone.0151929<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Assefa, N. and Semahegn, A. Fertility is below replacement in Harar Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Harar HDSS), Harar town, Eastern Ethiopia. Fertility Research and Practice (2016) 2:10. DOI 10.1186\\/s40738-016-0023-8<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Geda B, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Worku A. (2016) In Rural Eastern Ethiopia Hearing Loss Is the Most Frequent Disability during Childhood: A Community Based Survey. 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class=\\\"size-medium wp-image-2523 alignleft\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.10.230.5.94\\/tm\\/tm\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2017\\/10\\/Dr.-Mengistu-300x200.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"300\\\" height=\\\"200\\\" \\/><span style=\\\"color: #00ccff;\\\">Mengistu Ketema Aredo (PhD)<\\/span><\\/strong><\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">\\u00a0Associate Professor<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">PhD in Agricultural Economics<\\/span><br \\/><br \\/><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\u00a0<\\/p><p>\\u00a0<\\/p><p>\\u00a0<\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Contact Details:<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Office<strong>:<\\/strong>\\u00a0+251 255 53 03 29 <\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Cellphone\\uff1a+251 969 141750<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Email<strong>:<\\/strong><a href=\\\"mailto:mengistuket@gmail.com\\\">mengistuket@gmail.com<\\/a>\\u00a0or\\u00a0mengistuket@yahoo.com<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Skype: mengistuketema<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Postal address:<strong>\\u00a0<\\/strong>P.O.Box 48, Haramaya University, Ethiopia<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Fax<strong>:<\\/strong>\\u00a0+251 255 53 01 06 (Research Office)<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Research Interest:\\u00a0<\\/strong>Production economics and agricultural systems analysis, environmental and resource economics, impact assessment studies, 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<em>Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,<\\/em> 19 (2): 61\\u201368.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, Mohammed Aman, EyassuSeifu, TarekegnGetachew, EstifanosHawaz, and YonasHailu (2016) The Dairy Value Chain and Factors Affecting Choice of Milk Channels in Harar And Dire Dawa Areas, Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,<\\/em> 19 (2): 10-18.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Mengistu Ketema and Belay Kassa (2016) Impact of Technology on Smallholder Wheat Production in Bale Highlands of Ethiopia: Application of Output Decomposition Model. <em>Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology<\\/em>, 4(6): 446-454.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">GetahunWoldemariam, AseffaSeyoum, and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2016) Residents\' 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These include director for research groups and partnerships, director for research extension and publication, and director for research facilities.<\\/p>\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"},{\"id\":\"fgm0o0f\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"tabs\":[{\"tab_title\":\"Detail profile\",\"tab_content\":\"<p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dr Jemal is currently the Vice President for Research Affairs and Assistant Professor in the Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension at Haramaya University.He is trained in agricultural extension, food marketing and rural development: BSc in Agricultural Extension from Haramaya University in 1997; Higher Diploma and MSc in Cooperative Organization Food Marketing and Rural Development, obtained in 2003 and 2004 respectively, both from University College Cork (UCC), Ireland; and a PhD in Agricultural Extension from University of Cape-Coast (UCC), Ghana, obtained in August, 2011. Dr Jemal has extensive experience of international partnership, working on multi-disciplinary teams and leading various projects from AGRIDIET (aimed at understanding the link between agriculture and nutrition)to USAID agricultural training projects.Dr. Jemal has also experience of leading project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, AgShare Project, in collaboration with Michigan State University which aimed at creating a scalable and sustainable method of filling critical gaps in graduate agriculture related curriculum through a redesigned teaching and learning process. Under a six-year grant, through AgShare project graduate students were engaged in action and participatory research, which connected them to communities and smallholders and through rigorous research practices, produces high quality peer reviewed research, case studies and extension materials.<\\/span><\\/p><p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Research interests are: Linking agricultural\\/rural development intervention with human nutrition;\\u00a0 community-based natural resource management, Improving Agricultural Extension Advisory Services through cutting age ICT use and value chain development; improving teaching and learning in graduate agricultural program for.....\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p>\",\"_id\":\"lz34wyu\"}]},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"toggle\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"cdvtiu0\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"1zeqzoq\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"8ltjqi6\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"text\":\"Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP)\",\"align\":\"justify\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"button\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"pniqgzz\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"z5up60v\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"dhrynli\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"editor\":\"<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong><img class=\\\"wp-image-2524 alignleft\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.10.230.5.94\\/tm\\/tm\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2017\\/10\\/Dr.-Nega-300x200.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"303\\\" height=\\\"203\\\" \\/><span style=\\\"color: #00ccff;\\\">Nega Assefa Kassa(PhD)<\\/span><\\/strong><\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> Associate Professor of Reproductive Health, Maternal and Child Health<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Ethiopia<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> <strong>PhD in Public Health<\\/strong>-Maternal and Child Health focus<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> <strong>PhD research title<\\/strong>: Pregnancy rate and outcomes in rural eastern Ethiopia: Fetal and Neonatal survival<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Contact Detail\\u00a0<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Office: +251-255-530406<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> Cellphone: +251-915-321136<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Email: <a href=\\\"mailto:negaassefa@yahoo.com\\\">negaassefa@yahoo.com\\u00a0<\\/a><\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">P.o.box 1494 Harar, Ethiopia<\\/span><br \\/><br \\/><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Research Interest<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Maternal and Child Health and Reproductive Health. Child and Neonatal health, Child Growth and Development, Maternal and Child Morbidity, Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes, Postpartum Infection; Family Planning; Contraception; Low Birth and Preterm Births; and Fertility. I am also keen to research on nutrition, diets, and food systems among women and children. Feeding habits, food composition, nutritional status of pregnant women and child survival.\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> <strong>Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP)<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">The Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP) owns the process of formulating and identifying research thematic areas of the university, and prepares the programmes of executing the research undertakings. The director shall perform, among others, the following major duties:<\\/span><\\/p><ul><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Ensures that all staff and student research conducted at the university or anywhere else through sponsorship of the university fall under one of the six thematic areas of the university<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Coordinates the activities of research groups established based on the identified research thematic areas and facilitate their work through horizontal networking<\\/span><ul><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Facilitates establishment of partnerships of research groups with national and international stakeholders<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Based on recommendations of research groups, stakeholders, and researchers, he\\/she shall facilitate entering agreements and linkages with professionals<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Organises and executes national and international workshops that focus on research thematic areas<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Performs any other related activities<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ul><\\/li><\\/ul>\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"uykbx9y\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"auhnkb8\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"dkdo422\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"tabs\":[{\"tab_title\":\"Detail profile\",\"tab_content\":\"<ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Positions Served<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2002-2004: Head of HIV\\/AIDS unit of Haramaya University (Alemaya University)<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2002-2004: Assistant dean of students, Haramaya University (Alemaya University), Faculty of Public Health, July 2002-August 2004<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2007-2008: Coordinator of postgraduate program for the College of Health Sciences, Haramaya University<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2007-Now: Site lead for Kersa Demographic Surveillance and Health Research Center) (Kersa HDSS): September 2006-now. I have initiated, established, and lead the research center. This research center is the first of its kind in eastern Ethiopia (http:\\/\\/www.haramaya.edu.et\\/research\\/projects\\/kds-hrc\\/). It is generates health and demographic data. The center is an INDPTH member site (http:\\/\\/www.indepth-network.org).<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2009-2012: Executive Director Harar Campus (Now college of Health and Medical Sciences), Haramaya University: I have been responsible for the overall activities in Harar Campus (both academic and administrative activities) for the college of Health and Medical Sciences and a teaching hospital.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">April 2014-Now: Director for Research and Partnerships for Haramaya University (HU): Leads the research activities of the University. Creation of partnerships nationally and internationally. I am facilitating institutional partnerships in the aspects of research endeavor of Haramaya University.<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol><p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Most Recent Published Articles<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dheresa M, Assefa N, Berhane Y, Worku A, Mingiste B, et al. (2017) Gynecological Morbidity among Women in Reproductive Age: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Women\'s Health Care 6: 367. doi:10.4172\\/2167-0420.1000367<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Rashid Abdi Guled, Nikmazlan Bin Mamat, Tefera Balachew, Wan Azdie Mohamed and NegaAssefa. (2017). Predictors And Prevalence of Anemia among Children Aged 6 to 59 Months in Shebelle Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. International Journal of Development Research Vol. 07, Issue 01, Pp.11189-11196.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Rashid A. Guled, Nik M. Mamat, Wan A. Bakar, NegaAssefa, Tefera Balachew. (2016) Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mothers\\/caregivers on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Shabelle Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. Revelation and Science Vol. 06, No. 02 (1438H\\/2016) 42-54<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Binyam N Desta, NegaAssefa, Tesfaye D Damte, Lemessa O Hordofa. (2016).Neonatal Mortality and its risk factors in Eastern Ethiopia: A Prospective Cohort Study in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS); Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health - 2016, Volume 13, Number 4. DOI:10.2427\\/11938<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Geda B, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Worku A (2016) School Enrollment among Children with Disability in Rural Eastern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Survey. Common Disorder Deaf Stud Hearing Aids 4: 167. doi:10.4172\\/2375-4427.1000167<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Alemayehu T, Worku A, Assefa N. Medical Waste Collectors in Eastern Ethiopia are Exposed to High Sharp Injury and Blood and Body Fluids Contamination. PrevInfCntrl. 2016, 2:2<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Atnafe, M., Nega A. Tadesse, A. Long-acting family planning method switching among revisit clients of public health facilities in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Contraception and Reproductive Medicine (2016) 1:18. dio 10.1186\\/s40834-016-0028-z<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">A H Mokdad. Et.al. Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990\\u20132013: a systematic analysis for the. Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet Global Health. 2016. http:\\/\\/dx.doi.org\\/10.1016\\/S2214-109X(16)30168-1. doi.org\\/10.1016\\/S2214-109X(16)30184-X<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Alemayehu T, Worku A, Assefa N. Sharp injury and exposure to blood and body fluids among health care workers in health care centers of eastern Ethiopia. Int J Occup Environ Med 2016; 7:172-180.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Teshome O., Nega A., Yadeta D. Female genital mutilation among mothers and daughters in Harar, eastern Ethiopia. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics., 2016. Elsevier Inc http:\\/\\/dx.doi.org\\/10.1016\\/j.ijgo.2016.06.017<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Musa, A. Assefa, N., Weldegebreal, F., Mitiku, H., Teklemariam, Z. Factor associated with experience of modern contraceptive use before pregnancy among women who gave birth in Kersa HDSS, Ethiopia. BMC Public Health. (2016) 16:614. DOI 10.1186\\/s12889-016-3292-6<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Assefa, N., Lakew, Y., Belay, B., Kedir, H., Zelalem, D., Baraki, N., Damena, M., Oljira, L., Ashenafi, W. and Dedefo, M. Neonatal mortality and causes of death in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia, 2008\\u20132013. Maternal Health, Neonatology, and Perinatology (2016) 2:7 DOI 10.1186\\/s40748-016-0035-8<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dedefo M, Zelalem D, Eskinder B, Assefa N, Ashenafi W, Baraki N, et al. (2016) Causes of Death among Children Aged 5 to 14 Years Old from 2008 to 2013 in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia. PLoSONE 11(6): e0151929. doi:10.1371\\/journal. pone.0151929<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Assefa, N. and Semahegn, A. Fertility is below replacement in Harar Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Harar HDSS), Harar town, Eastern Ethiopia. Fertility Research and Practice (2016) 2:10. DOI 10.1186\\/s40738-016-0023-8<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Geda B, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Worku A. (2016) In Rural Eastern Ethiopia Hearing Loss Is the Most Frequent Disability during Childhood: A Community Based Survey. PLoSONE 11(5): e0152791. doi:10.1371\\/journal.pone.0152791<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol>\",\"_id\":\"oxnaket\"}]},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"toggle\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"e3ge0uu\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"gh2ysy8\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"egjzy3d\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"text\":\"Directors for Research Extension and Publication (DREP)\",\"align\":\"justify\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"button\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"rg4y6tv\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"lwmnddc\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"rmru64p\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"editor\":\"<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong><img class=\\\"size-medium wp-image-2523 alignleft\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.10.230.5.94\\/tm\\/tm\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2017\\/10\\/Dr.-Mengistu-300x200.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"300\\\" height=\\\"200\\\" \\/><span style=\\\"color: #00ccff;\\\">Mengistu Ketema Aredo (PhD)<\\/span><\\/strong><\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">\\u00a0Associate Professor<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">PhD in Agricultural Economics<\\/span><br \\/><br \\/><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\u00a0<\\/p><p>\\u00a0<\\/p><p>\\u00a0<\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Contact Details:<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Office<strong>:<\\/strong>\\u00a0+251 255 53 03 29 <\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Cellphone\\uff1a+251 969 141750<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Email<strong>:<\\/strong><a href=\\\"mailto:mengistuket@gmail.com\\\">mengistuket@gmail.com<\\/a>\\u00a0or\\u00a0mengistuket@yahoo.com<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Skype: mengistuketema<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Postal address:<strong>\\u00a0<\\/strong>P.O.Box 48, Haramaya University, Ethiopia<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Fax<strong>:<\\/strong>\\u00a0+251 255 53 01 06 (Research Office)<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Research Interest:\\u00a0<\\/strong>Production economics and agricultural systems analysis, environmental and resource economics, impact assessment studies, marketing and price analysis, value chain analysis, and economics of climate change.<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Directors for Research Extension and Publication (DREP)<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">The Director for Research Extension and Publication (DREP) owns the process of technology dissemination, scientific publication, and information exchange.\\u00a0 The director shall perform, among others, the following major duties:<\\/span><\\/p><ul><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Executes the process of dissemination of research technology and knowledge<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Undertakes activities of publishing, publicising, and distribution of research knowledge and technologies<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Formulates publication policies of the university and ensure its implementation<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Follows up plant breeders\\u2019 rights, patent rights, copyrights, etc of the university<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Facilitates research and extension review meetings, workshops, symposia, colloquia, field days, and other platforms<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Performs any other related activities<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ul>\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"ja6wxwc\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"ki91ifg\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"cg6lyvs\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"tabs\":[{\"tab_title\":\"Detail profile\",\"tab_content\":\"<p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>\\u00a0<\\/strong><strong>List of selected publications:<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">NegussieZeray, BelainehLegesse, Jema Haji, and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2017) Impacts of Prosopisjuliflora invasion on livelihoods of pastoral and agro-pastoral households of Dire Dawa Administration, Ethiopia. <em>Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice<\\/em> 7 (7): 1-14.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong> and DegefuKebede (2017) Adoption Intensity of Inorganic Fertilizers in Maize Production: Empirical Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Journal of Agricultural Science<\\/em>, 9 (5): 124-132.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">DegefuKebede, <strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, NigussieDechassa, FeyisaHundessa (2017) Determinants of Adoption of Wheat Production Technology Packages by Smallholder Farmers: Evidences from Eastern Ethiopia.<em> Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology<\\/em>, 5(3): 267-274.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, DegefuKebede, NigussieDechassa, FeyisaHundessa (2016) Determinants of Adoption of Potato Production Technology Package by Smallholder Farmers: Evidences from Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,<\\/em> 19 (2): 61\\u201368.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, Mohammed Aman, EyassuSeifu, TarekegnGetachew, EstifanosHawaz, and YonasHailu (2016) The Dairy Value Chain and Factors Affecting Choice of Milk Channels in Harar And Dire Dawa Areas, Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,<\\/em> 19 (2): 10-18.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Mengistu Ketema and Belay Kassa (2016) Impact of Technology on Smallholder Wheat Production in Bale Highlands of Ethiopia: Application of Output Decomposition Model. <em>Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology<\\/em>, 4(6): 446-454.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">GetahunWoldemariam, AseffaSeyoum, and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2016) Residents\' willingness to pay for improved liquid waste treatment in urban Ethiopia: results of choice experiment in Addis Ababa. <em>Journal of Environmental Planning and Management<\\/em>, 59 (1) 163-181.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Degye Goshu and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2014) The Dynamics of Food Supply and Undernourishment in Sub-Saharan Africa. <em>East African Journal of Sciences<\\/em>. 8(1): 47 \\u2013 58.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Shiferaw Solomon and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2015) Impact of Irrigation Technologies on Rural Households\\u2019 Poverty Status: The Case of Fogera District, North-Western Ethiopia.<em>Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics<\\/em> 7 (1): 59-67.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Haile Deressa, NigussieDechassa, <strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, and TamiruAmanu (2013) Farmer Participatory Evaluation of Agronomic Performances of Bread Wheat Varieties in the Highlands of Eastern Ethiopia. <em>East African Journal of Sciences<\\/em>, Vol. 7 (2): 121-128.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Yalfal Temesgen, AyalnehBogale, and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2013) Determinates of Degraded Forest Rehabilitation: Ordered Probit Analysis for SkekelaMaraim Forest, Western Ethiopia. <em>International Journal of Ecological Economics &amp; Statistics<\\/em>. 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community-based natural resource management, Improving Agricultural Extension Advisory Services through cutting age ICT use and value chain development; and improving teaching and learning in graduate agricultural programs.<\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><strong>Vice-President for Research Affairs <\\/strong><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">The Vice-President for Research Affairs (VPRA) owns the overall research and technology exchange (extension) process of the university. VPRA is responsible for the strategic guidance and mentoring of all research and extension units. Under this office are three major directorate offices responsible for leading research, technology exchange (extension), publication, and facility provision and management of the university. 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Child and Neonatal health, Child Growth and Development, Maternal and Child Morbidity, Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes, Postpartum Infection; Family Planning; Contraception; Low Birth and Preterm Births; and Fertility. I am also keen to research on nutrition, diets, and food systems among women and children. Feeding habits, food composition, nutritional status of pregnant women and child survival.\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> <strong>Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP)<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">The Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP) owns the process of formulating and identifying research thematic areas of the university, and prepares the programmes of executing the research undertakings. 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I have initiated, established, and lead the research center. This research center is the first of its kind in eastern Ethiopia (http:\\/\\/www.haramaya.edu.et\\/research\\/projects\\/kds-hrc\\/). It is generates health and demographic data. The center is an INDPTH member site (http:\\/\\/www.indepth-network.org).<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2009-2012: Executive Director Harar Campus (Now college of Health and Medical Sciences), Haramaya University: I have been responsible for the overall activities in Harar Campus (both academic and administrative activities) for the college of Health and Medical Sciences and a teaching hospital.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">April 2014-Now: Director for Research and Partnerships for Haramaya University (HU): Leads the research activities of the University. Creation of partnerships nationally and internationally. I am facilitating institutional partnerships in the aspects of research endeavor of Haramaya University.<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol><p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Most Recent Published Articles<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dheresa M, Assefa N, Berhane Y, Worku A, Mingiste B, et al. (2017) Gynecological Morbidity among Women in Reproductive Age: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Women\'s Health Care 6: 367. doi:10.4172\\/2167-0420.1000367<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Rashid Abdi Guled, Nikmazlan Bin Mamat, Tefera Balachew, Wan Azdie Mohamed and NegaAssefa. (2017). Predictors And Prevalence of Anemia among Children Aged 6 to 59 Months in Shebelle Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. International Journal of Development Research Vol. 07, Issue 01, Pp.11189-11196.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Rashid A. Guled, Nik M. Mamat, Wan A. Bakar, NegaAssefa, Tefera Balachew. (2016) Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mothers\\/caregivers on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Shabelle Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. Revelation and Science Vol. 06, No. 02 (1438H\\/2016) 42-54<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Binyam N Desta, NegaAssefa, Tesfaye D Damte, Lemessa O Hordofa. (2016).Neonatal Mortality and its risk factors in Eastern Ethiopia: A Prospective Cohort Study in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS); Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health - 2016, Volume 13, Number 4. DOI:10.2427\\/11938<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Geda B, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Worku A (2016) School Enrollment among Children with Disability in Rural Eastern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Survey. Common Disorder Deaf Stud Hearing Aids 4: 167. doi:10.4172\\/2375-4427.1000167<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Alemayehu T, Worku A, Assefa N. Medical Waste Collectors in Eastern Ethiopia are Exposed to High Sharp Injury and Blood and Body Fluids Contamination. PrevInfCntrl. 2016, 2:2<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Atnafe, M., Nega A. Tadesse, A. Long-acting family planning method switching among revisit clients of public health facilities in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Contraception and Reproductive Medicine (2016) 1:18. dio 10.1186\\/s40834-016-0028-z<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">A H Mokdad. Et.al. Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990\\u20132013: a systematic analysis for the. Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet Global Health. 2016. http:\\/\\/dx.doi.org\\/10.1016\\/S2214-109X(16)30168-1. doi.org\\/10.1016\\/S2214-109X(16)30184-X<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Alemayehu T, Worku A, Assefa N. Sharp injury and exposure to blood and body fluids among health care workers in health care centers of eastern Ethiopia. Int J Occup Environ Med 2016; 7:172-180.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Teshome O., Nega A., Yadeta D. Female genital mutilation among mothers and daughters in Harar, eastern Ethiopia. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics., 2016. Elsevier Inc http:\\/\\/dx.doi.org\\/10.1016\\/j.ijgo.2016.06.017<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Musa, A. Assefa, N., Weldegebreal, F., Mitiku, H., Teklemariam, Z. Factor associated with experience of modern contraceptive use before pregnancy among women who gave birth in Kersa HDSS, Ethiopia. BMC Public Health. (2016) 16:614. DOI 10.1186\\/s12889-016-3292-6<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Assefa, N., Lakew, Y., Belay, B., Kedir, H., Zelalem, D., Baraki, N., Damena, M., Oljira, L., Ashenafi, W. and Dedefo, M. Neonatal mortality and causes of death in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia, 2008\\u20132013. Maternal Health, Neonatology, and Perinatology (2016) 2:7 DOI 10.1186\\/s40748-016-0035-8<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dedefo M, Zelalem D, Eskinder B, Assefa N, Ashenafi W, Baraki N, et al. (2016) Causes of Death among Children Aged 5 to 14 Years Old from 2008 to 2013 in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia. PLoSONE 11(6): e0151929. doi:10.1371\\/journal. pone.0151929<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Assefa, N. and Semahegn, A. Fertility is below replacement in Harar Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Harar HDSS), Harar town, Eastern Ethiopia. Fertility Research and Practice (2016) 2:10. DOI 10.1186\\/s40738-016-0023-8<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Geda B, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Worku A. (2016) In Rural Eastern Ethiopia Hearing Loss Is the Most Frequent Disability during Childhood: A Community Based Survey. PLoSONE 11(5): e0152791. doi:10.1371\\/journal.pone.0152791<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol>\",\"_id\":\"oxnaket\"}]},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"toggle\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"e3ge0uu\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"gh2ysy8\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"egjzy3d\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"text\":\"Directors for Research Extension and Publication (DREP)\",\"align\":\"justify\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"button\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"rg4y6tv\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"lwmnddc\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"rmru64p\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"editor\":\"<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong><img class=\\\"size-medium wp-image-2523 alignleft\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.10.230.5.94\\/tm\\/tm\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2017\\/10\\/Dr.-Mengistu-300x200.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"300\\\" height=\\\"200\\\" \\/><span style=\\\"color: #00ccff;\\\">Mengistu Ketema Aredo (PhD)<\\/span><\\/strong><\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">\\u00a0Associate Professor<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">PhD in Agricultural Economics<\\/span><br \\/><br \\/><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\u00a0<\\/p><p>\\u00a0<\\/p><p>\\u00a0<\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Contact Details:<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Office<strong>:<\\/strong>\\u00a0+251 255 53 03 29 <\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: 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style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong> and DegefuKebede (2017) Adoption Intensity of Inorganic Fertilizers in Maize Production: Empirical Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Journal of Agricultural Science<\\/em>, 9 (5): 124-132.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">DegefuKebede, <strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, NigussieDechassa, FeyisaHundessa (2017) Determinants of Adoption of Wheat Production Technology Packages by Smallholder Farmers: Evidences from Eastern Ethiopia.<em> Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology<\\/em>, 5(3): 267-274.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, DegefuKebede, NigussieDechassa, FeyisaHundessa (2016) Determinants of Adoption of Potato Production Technology Package by Smallholder Farmers: Evidences from Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,<\\/em> 19 (2): 61\\u201368.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, Mohammed Aman, EyassuSeifu, TarekegnGetachew, EstifanosHawaz, and YonasHailu (2016) The Dairy Value Chain and Factors Affecting Choice of Milk Channels in Harar And Dire Dawa Areas, Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,<\\/em> 19 (2): 10-18.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Mengistu Ketema and Belay Kassa (2016) Impact of Technology on Smallholder Wheat Production in Bale Highlands of Ethiopia: Application of Output Decomposition Model. <em>Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology<\\/em>, 4(6): 446-454.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">GetahunWoldemariam, AseffaSeyoum, and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2016) Residents\' 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Vol. 31(4): 41-53<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Tibebe Eshete, <strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, Belay Kassa (2013) Economic Impact of Support Service Program on Micro and Small Enterprises: The Case of Dire Dawa Administration, Ethiopia. <em>Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics<\\/em> 5(1): 21-29.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">GutuTesso, BezabihEmana, <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2012) A time series analysis of climate variability and its impact on food production in North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia. <em>African Crop Science Journal,<\\/em> 20, Issue Supplement s2, pp. 261 - 274.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> and Siegfried Bauer (2012) Factors Affecting Intercropping and Conservation Tillage Practices in Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics<\\/em> 4 (1): 21-29.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> and Siegfried Bauer (2011) Determinants of manure and fertilizer applications in Eastern Highlands of Ethiopia. <em>Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture<\\/em> 50 (3): 237-251.<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol>\",\"_id\":\"oxnaket\"}]},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"toggle\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"2liyyzv\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"sbpva39\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"uskhro1\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"text\":\"Director for Research Facilities (DRF)\",\"align\":\"justify\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"button\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"4rys7kq\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"205besb\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"4pa8u0l\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"editor\":\"<p><span style=\\\"color: #000000; 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nutrition; community-based natural resource management, Improving Agricultural Extension Advisory Services through cutting age ICT use and value chain development; and improving teaching and learning in graduate agricultural programs.<\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><strong>Vice-President for Research Affairs <\\/strong><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">The Vice-President for Research Affairs (VPRA) owns the overall research and technology exchange (extension) process of the university. VPRA is responsible for the strategic guidance and mentoring of all research and extension units. Under this office are three major directorate offices responsible for leading research, technology exchange (extension), publication, and facility provision and management of the university. These include director for research groups and partnerships, director for research extension and publication, and director for research facilities.<\\/p>\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"},{\"id\":\"fgm0o0f\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"tabs\":[{\"tab_title\":\"Detail profile\",\"tab_content\":\"<p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dr Jemal is currently the Vice President for Research Affairs and Assistant Professor in the Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension at Haramaya University.He is trained in agricultural extension, food marketing and rural development: BSc in Agricultural Extension from Haramaya University in 1997; Higher Diploma and MSc in Cooperative Organization Food Marketing and Rural Development, obtained in 2003 and 2004 respectively, both from University College Cork (UCC), Ireland; and a PhD in Agricultural Extension from University of Cape-Coast (UCC), Ghana, obtained in August, 2011. Dr Jemal has extensive experience of international partnership, working on multi-disciplinary teams and leading various projects from AGRIDIET (aimed at understanding the link between agriculture and nutrition)to USAID agricultural training projects.Dr. Jemal has also experience of leading project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, AgShare Project, in collaboration with Michigan State University which aimed at creating a scalable and sustainable method of filling critical gaps in graduate agriculture related curriculum through a redesigned teaching and learning process. 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Child and Neonatal health, Child Growth and Development, Maternal and Child Morbidity, Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes, Postpartum Infection; Family Planning; Contraception; Low Birth and Preterm Births; and Fertility. I am also keen to research on nutrition, diets, and food systems among women and children. Feeding habits, food composition, nutritional status of pregnant women and child survival.\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> <strong>Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP)<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">The Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP) owns the process of formulating and identifying research thematic areas of the university, and prepares the programmes of executing the research undertakings. The director shall perform, among others, the following major duties:<\\/span><\\/p><ul><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Ensures that all staff and student research conducted at the university or anywhere else through sponsorship of the university fall under one of the six thematic areas of the university<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Coordinates the activities of research groups established based on the identified research thematic areas and facilitate their work through horizontal networking<\\/span><ul><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Facilitates establishment of partnerships of research groups with national and international stakeholders<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Based on recommendations of research groups, stakeholders, and researchers, he\\/she shall facilitate entering agreements and linkages with professionals<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Organises and executes national and international workshops that focus on research thematic areas<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Performs any other related activities<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ul><\\/li><\\/ul>\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"uykbx9y\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"auhnkb8\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"dkdo422\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"tabs\":[{\"tab_title\":\"Detail profile\",\"tab_content\":\"<ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Positions Served<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2002-2004: Head of HIV\\/AIDS unit of Haramaya University (Alemaya University)<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2002-2004: Assistant dean of students, Haramaya University (Alemaya University), Faculty of Public Health, July 2002-August 2004<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2007-2008: Coordinator of postgraduate program for the College of Health Sciences, Haramaya University<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2007-Now: Site lead for Kersa Demographic Surveillance and Health Research Center) (Kersa HDSS): September 2006-now. I have initiated, established, and lead the research center. This research center is the first of its kind in eastern Ethiopia (http:\\/\\/www.haramaya.edu.et\\/research\\/projects\\/kds-hrc\\/). It is generates health and demographic data. The center is an INDPTH member site (http:\\/\\/www.indepth-network.org).<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2009-2012: Executive Director Harar Campus (Now college of Health and Medical Sciences), Haramaya University: I have been responsible for the overall activities in Harar Campus (both academic and administrative activities) for the college of Health and Medical Sciences and a teaching hospital.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">April 2014-Now: Director for Research and Partnerships for Haramaya University (HU): Leads the research activities of the University. Creation of partnerships nationally and internationally. I am facilitating institutional partnerships in the aspects of research endeavor of Haramaya University.<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol><p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Most Recent Published Articles<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dheresa M, Assefa N, Berhane Y, Worku A, Mingiste B, et al. (2017) Gynecological Morbidity among Women in Reproductive Age: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Women\'s Health Care 6: 367. doi:10.4172\\/2167-0420.1000367<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Rashid Abdi Guled, Nikmazlan Bin Mamat, Tefera Balachew, Wan Azdie Mohamed and NegaAssefa. (2017). Predictors And Prevalence of Anemia among Children Aged 6 to 59 Months in Shebelle Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. International Journal of Development Research Vol. 07, Issue 01, Pp.11189-11196.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Rashid A. Guled, Nik M. Mamat, Wan A. Bakar, NegaAssefa, Tefera Balachew. (2016) Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mothers\\/caregivers on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Shabelle Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. Revelation and Science Vol. 06, No. 02 (1438H\\/2016) 42-54<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Binyam N Desta, NegaAssefa, Tesfaye D Damte, Lemessa O Hordofa. (2016).Neonatal Mortality and its risk factors in Eastern Ethiopia: A Prospective Cohort Study in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS); Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health - 2016, Volume 13, Number 4. DOI:10.2427\\/11938<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Geda B, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Worku A (2016) School Enrollment among Children with Disability in Rural Eastern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Survey. Common Disorder Deaf Stud Hearing Aids 4: 167. doi:10.4172\\/2375-4427.1000167<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Alemayehu T, Worku A, Assefa N. Medical Waste Collectors in Eastern Ethiopia are Exposed to High Sharp Injury and Blood and Body Fluids Contamination. PrevInfCntrl. 2016, 2:2<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Atnafe, M., Nega A. Tadesse, A. Long-acting family planning method switching among revisit clients of public health facilities in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Contraception and Reproductive Medicine (2016) 1:18. dio 10.1186\\/s40834-016-0028-z<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">A H Mokdad. Et.al. Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990\\u20132013: a systematic analysis for the. Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet Global Health. 2016. http:\\/\\/dx.doi.org\\/10.1016\\/S2214-109X(16)30168-1. doi.org\\/10.1016\\/S2214-109X(16)30184-X<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Alemayehu T, Worku A, Assefa N. Sharp injury and exposure to blood and body fluids among health care workers in health care centers of eastern Ethiopia. Int J Occup Environ Med 2016; 7:172-180.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Teshome O., Nega A., Yadeta D. Female genital mutilation among mothers and daughters in Harar, eastern Ethiopia. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics., 2016. Elsevier Inc http:\\/\\/dx.doi.org\\/10.1016\\/j.ijgo.2016.06.017<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Musa, A. Assefa, N., Weldegebreal, F., Mitiku, H., Teklemariam, Z. Factor associated with experience of modern contraceptive use before pregnancy among women who gave birth in Kersa HDSS, Ethiopia. BMC Public Health. (2016) 16:614. DOI 10.1186\\/s12889-016-3292-6<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Assefa, N., Lakew, Y., Belay, B., Kedir, H., Zelalem, D., Baraki, N., Damena, M., Oljira, L., Ashenafi, W. and Dedefo, M. Neonatal mortality and causes of death in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia, 2008\\u20132013. Maternal Health, Neonatology, and Perinatology (2016) 2:7 DOI 10.1186\\/s40748-016-0035-8<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dedefo M, Zelalem D, Eskinder B, Assefa N, Ashenafi W, Baraki N, et al. (2016) Causes of Death among Children Aged 5 to 14 Years Old from 2008 to 2013 in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia. PLoSONE 11(6): e0151929. doi:10.1371\\/journal. pone.0151929<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Assefa, N. and Semahegn, A. Fertility is below replacement in Harar Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Harar HDSS), Harar town, Eastern Ethiopia. Fertility Research and Practice (2016) 2:10. DOI 10.1186\\/s40738-016-0023-8<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Geda B, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Worku A. (2016) In Rural Eastern Ethiopia Hearing Loss Is the Most Frequent Disability during Childhood: A Community Based Survey. 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class=\\\"size-medium wp-image-2523 alignleft\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.10.230.5.94\\/tm\\/tm\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2017\\/10\\/Dr.-Mengistu-300x200.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"300\\\" height=\\\"200\\\" \\/><span style=\\\"color: #00ccff;\\\">Mengistu Ketema Aredo (PhD)<\\/span><\\/strong><\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">\\u00a0Associate Professor<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">PhD in Agricultural Economics<\\/span><br \\/><br \\/><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\u00a0<\\/p><p>\\u00a0<\\/p><p>\\u00a0<\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Contact Details:<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Office<strong>:<\\/strong>\\u00a0+251 255 53 03 29 <\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Cellphone\\uff1a+251 969 141750<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Email<strong>:<\\/strong><a href=\\\"mailto:mengistuket@gmail.com\\\">mengistuket@gmail.com<\\/a>\\u00a0or\\u00a0mengistuket@yahoo.com<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Skype: mengistuketema<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Postal address:<strong>\\u00a0<\\/strong>P.O.Box 48, Haramaya University, Ethiopia<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Fax<strong>:<\\/strong>\\u00a0+251 255 53 01 06 (Research Office)<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Research Interest:\\u00a0<\\/strong>Production economics and agricultural systems analysis, environmental and resource economics, impact assessment studies, 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<em>Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,<\\/em> 19 (2): 61\\u201368.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, Mohammed Aman, EyassuSeifu, TarekegnGetachew, EstifanosHawaz, and YonasHailu (2016) The Dairy Value Chain and Factors Affecting Choice of Milk Channels in Harar And Dire Dawa Areas, Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,<\\/em> 19 (2): 10-18.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Mengistu Ketema and Belay Kassa (2016) Impact of Technology on Smallholder Wheat Production in Bale Highlands of Ethiopia: Application of Output Decomposition Model. <em>Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology<\\/em>, 4(6): 446-454.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">GetahunWoldemariam, AseffaSeyoum, and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2016) Residents\' 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These include director for research groups and partnerships, director for research extension and publication, and director for research facilities.<\\/p>\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"},{\"id\":\"fgm0o0f\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"tabs\":[{\"tab_title\":\"Detail profile\",\"tab_content\":\"<p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dr Jemal is currently the Vice President for Research Affairs and Assistant Professor in the Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension at Haramaya University.He is trained in agricultural extension, food marketing and rural development: BSc in Agricultural Extension from Haramaya University in 1997; Higher Diploma and MSc in Cooperative Organization Food Marketing and Rural Development, obtained in 2003 and 2004 respectively, both from University College Cork (UCC), Ireland; and a PhD in Agricultural Extension from University of Cape-Coast (UCC), Ghana, obtained in August, 2011. Dr Jemal has extensive experience of international partnership, working on multi-disciplinary teams and leading various projects from AGRIDIET (aimed at understanding the link between agriculture and nutrition)to USAID agricultural training projects.Dr. Jemal has also experience of leading project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, AgShare Project, in collaboration with Michigan State University which aimed at creating a scalable and sustainable method of filling critical gaps in graduate agriculture related curriculum through a redesigned teaching and learning process. Under a six-year grant, through AgShare project graduate students were engaged in action and participatory research, which connected them to communities and smallholders and through rigorous research practices, produces high quality peer reviewed research, case studies and extension materials.<\\/span><\\/p><p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Research interests are: Linking agricultural\\/rural development intervention with human nutrition;\\u00a0 community-based natural resource management, Improving Agricultural Extension Advisory Services through cutting age ICT use and value chain development; improving teaching and learning in graduate agricultural program for.....\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p>\",\"_id\":\"lz34wyu\"}]},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"toggle\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"cdvtiu0\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"1zeqzoq\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"8ltjqi6\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"text\":\"Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP)\",\"align\":\"justify\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"button\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"pniqgzz\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"z5up60v\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"dhrynli\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"editor\":\"<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong><img class=\\\"wp-image-2524 alignleft\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.10.230.5.94\\/tm\\/tm\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2017\\/10\\/Dr.-Nega-300x200.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"303\\\" height=\\\"203\\\" \\/><span style=\\\"color: #00ccff;\\\">Nega Assefa Kassa(PhD)<\\/span><\\/strong><\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> Associate Professor of Reproductive Health, Maternal and Child Health<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Ethiopia<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> <strong>PhD in Public Health<\\/strong>-Maternal and Child Health focus<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> <strong>PhD research title<\\/strong>: Pregnancy rate and outcomes in rural eastern Ethiopia: Fetal and Neonatal survival<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Contact Detail\\u00a0<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Office: +251-255-530406<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> Cellphone: +251-915-321136<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Email: <a href=\\\"mailto:negaassefa@yahoo.com\\\">negaassefa@yahoo.com\\u00a0<\\/a><\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">P.o.box 1494 Harar, Ethiopia<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Research Interest<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Maternal and Child Health and Reproductive Health. Child and Neonatal health, Child Growth and Development, Maternal and Child Morbidity, Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes, Postpartum Infection; Family Planning; Contraception; Low Birth and Preterm Births; and Fertility. I am also keen to research on nutrition, diets, and food systems among women and children. Feeding habits, food composition, nutritional status of pregnant women and child survival.\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> <strong>Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP)<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">The Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP) owns the process of formulating and identifying research thematic areas of the university, and prepares the programmes of executing the research undertakings. The director shall perform, among others, the following major duties:<\\/span><\\/p><ul><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Ensures that all staff and student research conducted at the university or anywhere else through sponsorship of the university fall under one of the six thematic areas of the university<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Coordinates the activities of research groups established based on the identified research thematic areas and facilitate their work through horizontal networking<\\/span><ul><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Facilitates establishment of partnerships of research groups with national and international stakeholders<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Based on recommendations of research groups, stakeholders, and researchers, he\\/she shall facilitate entering agreements and linkages with professionals<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Organises and executes national and international workshops that focus on research thematic areas<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Performs any other related activities<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ul><\\/li><\\/ul>\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"uykbx9y\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"auhnkb8\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"dkdo422\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"tabs\":[{\"tab_title\":\"Detail profile\",\"tab_content\":\"<ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Positions Served<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2002-2004: Head of HIV\\/AIDS unit of Haramaya University (Alemaya University)<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2002-2004: Assistant dean of students, Haramaya University (Alemaya University), Faculty of Public Health, July 2002-August 2004<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2007-2008: Coordinator of postgraduate program for the College of Health Sciences, Haramaya University<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2007-Now: Site lead for Kersa Demographic Surveillance and Health Research Center) (Kersa HDSS): September 2006-now. I have initiated, established, and lead the research center. This research center is the first of its kind in eastern Ethiopia (http:\\/\\/www.haramaya.edu.et\\/research\\/projects\\/kds-hrc\\/). It is generates health and demographic data. The center is an INDPTH member site (http:\\/\\/www.indepth-network.org).<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2009-2012: Executive Director Harar Campus (Now college of Health and Medical Sciences), Haramaya University: I have been responsible for the overall activities in Harar Campus (both academic and administrative activities) for the college of Health and Medical Sciences and a teaching hospital.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">April 2014-Now: Director for Research and Partnerships for Haramaya University (HU): Leads the research activities of the University. Creation of partnerships nationally and internationally. I am facilitating institutional partnerships in the aspects of research endeavor of Haramaya University.<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol><p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Most Recent Published Articles<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dheresa M, Assefa N, Berhane Y, Worku A, Mingiste B, et al. (2017) Gynecological Morbidity among Women in Reproductive Age: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Women\'s Health Care 6: 367. doi:10.4172\\/2167-0420.1000367<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Rashid Abdi Guled, Nikmazlan Bin Mamat, Tefera Balachew, Wan Azdie Mohamed and NegaAssefa. (2017). Predictors And Prevalence of Anemia among Children Aged 6 to 59 Months in Shebelle Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. International Journal of Development Research Vol. 07, Issue 01, Pp.11189-11196.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Rashid A. Guled, Nik M. Mamat, Wan A. Bakar, NegaAssefa, Tefera Balachew. (2016) Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mothers\\/caregivers on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Shabelle Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. Revelation and Science Vol. 06, No. 02 (1438H\\/2016) 42-54<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Binyam N Desta, NegaAssefa, Tesfaye D Damte, Lemessa O Hordofa. (2016).Neonatal Mortality and its risk factors in Eastern Ethiopia: A Prospective Cohort Study in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS); Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health - 2016, Volume 13, Number 4. DOI:10.2427\\/11938<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Geda B, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Worku A (2016) School Enrollment among Children with Disability in Rural Eastern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Survey. Common Disorder Deaf Stud Hearing Aids 4: 167. doi:10.4172\\/2375-4427.1000167<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Alemayehu T, Worku A, Assefa N. Medical Waste Collectors in Eastern Ethiopia are Exposed to High Sharp Injury and Blood and Body Fluids Contamination. PrevInfCntrl. 2016, 2:2<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Atnafe, M., Nega A. Tadesse, A. Long-acting family planning method switching among revisit clients of public health facilities in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Contraception and Reproductive Medicine (2016) 1:18. dio 10.1186\\/s40834-016-0028-z<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">A H Mokdad. Et.al. Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990\\u20132013: a systematic analysis for the. Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet Global Health. 2016. http:\\/\\/dx.doi.org\\/10.1016\\/S2214-109X(16)30168-1. doi.org\\/10.1016\\/S2214-109X(16)30184-X<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Alemayehu T, Worku A, Assefa N. Sharp injury and exposure to blood and body fluids among health care workers in health care centers of eastern Ethiopia. Int J Occup Environ Med 2016; 7:172-180.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Teshome O., Nega A., Yadeta D. Female genital mutilation among mothers and daughters in Harar, eastern Ethiopia. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics., 2016. Elsevier Inc http:\\/\\/dx.doi.org\\/10.1016\\/j.ijgo.2016.06.017<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Musa, A. Assefa, N., Weldegebreal, F., Mitiku, H., Teklemariam, Z. Factor associated with experience of modern contraceptive use before pregnancy among women who gave birth in Kersa HDSS, Ethiopia. BMC Public Health. (2016) 16:614. DOI 10.1186\\/s12889-016-3292-6<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Assefa, N., Lakew, Y., Belay, B., Kedir, H., Zelalem, D., Baraki, N., Damena, M., Oljira, L., Ashenafi, W. and Dedefo, M. Neonatal mortality and causes of death in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia, 2008\\u20132013. Maternal Health, Neonatology, and Perinatology (2016) 2:7 DOI 10.1186\\/s40748-016-0035-8<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dedefo M, Zelalem D, Eskinder B, Assefa N, Ashenafi W, Baraki N, et al. (2016) Causes of Death among Children Aged 5 to 14 Years Old from 2008 to 2013 in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia. PLoSONE 11(6): e0151929. doi:10.1371\\/journal. pone.0151929<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Assefa, N. and Semahegn, A. Fertility is below replacement in Harar Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Harar HDSS), Harar town, Eastern Ethiopia. Fertility Research and Practice (2016) 2:10. DOI 10.1186\\/s40738-016-0023-8<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Geda B, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Worku A. (2016) In Rural Eastern Ethiopia Hearing Loss Is the Most Frequent Disability during Childhood: A Community Based Survey. PLoSONE 11(5): e0152791. doi:10.1371\\/journal.pone.0152791<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol>\",\"_id\":\"oxnaket\"}]},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"toggle\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"e3ge0uu\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"gh2ysy8\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"egjzy3d\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"text\":\"Directors for Research Extension and Publication (DREP)\",\"align\":\"justify\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"button\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"rg4y6tv\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"lwmnddc\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"rmru64p\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"editor\":\"<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong><img class=\\\"size-medium wp-image-2523 alignleft\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.10.230.5.94\\/tm\\/tm\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2017\\/10\\/Dr.-Mengistu-300x200.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"300\\\" height=\\\"200\\\" \\/><span style=\\\"color: #00ccff;\\\">Mengistu Ketema Aredo (PhD)<\\/span><\\/strong><\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">\\u00a0Associate Professor<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">PhD in Agricultural Economics<\\/span><br \\/><br \\/><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\u00a0<\\/p><p>\\u00a0<\\/p><p>\\u00a0<\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Contact Details:<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Office<strong>:<\\/strong>\\u00a0+251 255 53 03 29 <\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Cellphone\\uff1a+251 969 141750<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Email<strong>:<\\/strong><a href=\\\"mailto:mengistuket@gmail.com\\\">mengistuket@gmail.com<\\/a>\\u00a0or\\u00a0mengistuket@yahoo.com<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Skype: mengistuketema<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Postal address:<strong>\\u00a0<\\/strong>P.O.Box 48, Haramaya University, Ethiopia<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Fax<strong>:<\\/strong>\\u00a0+251 255 53 01 06 (Research Office)<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Research Interest:\\u00a0<\\/strong>Production economics and agricultural systems analysis, environmental and resource economics, impact assessment studies, marketing and price analysis, value chain analysis, and economics of climate change.<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Directors for Research Extension and Publication (DREP)<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">The Director for Research Extension and Publication (DREP) owns the process of technology dissemination, scientific publication, and information exchange.\\u00a0 The director shall perform, among others, the following major duties:<\\/span><\\/p><ul><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Executes the process of dissemination of research technology and knowledge<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Undertakes activities of publishing, publicising, and distribution of research knowledge and technologies<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Formulates publication policies of the university and ensure its implementation<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Follows up plant breeders\\u2019 rights, patent rights, copyrights, etc of the university<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Facilitates research and extension review meetings, workshops, symposia, colloquia, field days, and other platforms<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Performs any other related activities<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ul>\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"ja6wxwc\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"ki91ifg\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"cg6lyvs\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"tabs\":[{\"tab_title\":\"Detail profile\",\"tab_content\":\"<p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>\\u00a0<\\/strong><strong>List of selected publications:<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">NegussieZeray, BelainehLegesse, Jema Haji, and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2017) Impacts of Prosopisjuliflora invasion on livelihoods of pastoral and agro-pastoral households of Dire Dawa Administration, Ethiopia. <em>Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice<\\/em> 7 (7): 1-14.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong> and DegefuKebede (2017) Adoption Intensity of Inorganic Fertilizers in Maize Production: Empirical Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Journal of Agricultural Science<\\/em>, 9 (5): 124-132.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">DegefuKebede, <strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, NigussieDechassa, FeyisaHundessa (2017) Determinants of Adoption of Wheat Production Technology Packages by Smallholder Farmers: Evidences from Eastern Ethiopia.<em> Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology<\\/em>, 5(3): 267-274.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, DegefuKebede, NigussieDechassa, FeyisaHundessa (2016) Determinants of Adoption of Potato Production Technology Package by Smallholder Farmers: Evidences from Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,<\\/em> 19 (2): 61\\u201368.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, Mohammed Aman, EyassuSeifu, TarekegnGetachew, EstifanosHawaz, and YonasHailu (2016) The Dairy Value Chain and Factors Affecting Choice of Milk Channels in Harar And Dire Dawa Areas, Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,<\\/em> 19 (2): 10-18.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Mengistu Ketema and Belay Kassa (2016) Impact of Technology on Smallholder Wheat Production in Bale Highlands of Ethiopia: Application of Output Decomposition Model. <em>Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology<\\/em>, 4(6): 446-454.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">GetahunWoldemariam, AseffaSeyoum, and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2016) Residents\' willingness to pay for improved liquid waste treatment in urban Ethiopia: results of choice experiment in Addis Ababa. <em>Journal of Environmental Planning and Management<\\/em>, 59 (1) 163-181.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Degye Goshu and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2014) The Dynamics of Food Supply and Undernourishment in Sub-Saharan Africa. <em>East African Journal of Sciences<\\/em>. 8(1): 47 \\u2013 58.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Shiferaw Solomon and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2015) Impact of Irrigation Technologies on Rural Households\\u2019 Poverty Status: The Case of Fogera District, North-Western Ethiopia.<em>Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics<\\/em> 7 (1): 59-67.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Haile Deressa, NigussieDechassa, <strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, and TamiruAmanu (2013) Farmer Participatory Evaluation of Agronomic Performances of Bread Wheat Varieties in the Highlands of Eastern Ethiopia. <em>East African Journal of Sciences<\\/em>, Vol. 7 (2): 121-128.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Yalfal Temesgen, AyalnehBogale, and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2013) Determinates of Degraded Forest Rehabilitation: Ordered Probit Analysis for SkekelaMaraim Forest, Western Ethiopia. <em>International Journal of Ecological Economics &amp; Statistics<\\/em>. 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VPRA is responsible for the strategic guidance and mentoring of all research and extension units. Under this office are three major directorate offices responsible for leading research, technology exchange (extension), publication, and facility provision and management of the university. 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Child and Neonatal health, Child Growth and Development, Maternal and Child Morbidity, Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes, Postpartum Infection; Family Planning; Contraception; Low Birth and Preterm Births; and Fertility. I am also keen to research on nutrition, diets, and food systems among women and children. Feeding habits, food composition, nutritional status of pregnant women and child survival.\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP)<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">The Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP) owns the process of formulating and identifying research thematic areas of the university, and prepares the programmes of executing the research undertakings. 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I have initiated, established, and lead the research center. This research center is the first of its kind in eastern Ethiopia (http:\\/\\/www.haramaya.edu.et\\/research\\/projects\\/kds-hrc\\/). It is generates health and demographic data. The center is an INDPTH member site (http:\\/\\/www.indepth-network.org).<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2009-2012: Executive Director Harar Campus (Now college of Health and Medical Sciences), Haramaya University: I have been responsible for the overall activities in Harar Campus (both academic and administrative activities) for the college of Health and Medical Sciences and a teaching hospital.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">April 2014-Now: Director for Research and Partnerships for Haramaya University (HU): Leads the research activities of the University. Creation of partnerships nationally and internationally. I am facilitating institutional partnerships in the aspects of research endeavor of Haramaya University.<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol><p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Most Recent Published Articles<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dheresa M, Assefa N, Berhane Y, Worku A, Mingiste B, et al. (2017) Gynecological Morbidity among Women in Reproductive Age: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Women\'s Health Care 6: 367. doi:10.4172\\/2167-0420.1000367<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Rashid Abdi Guled, Nikmazlan Bin Mamat, Tefera Balachew, Wan Azdie Mohamed and NegaAssefa. (2017). Predictors And Prevalence of Anemia among Children Aged 6 to 59 Months in Shebelle Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. International Journal of Development Research Vol. 07, Issue 01, Pp.11189-11196.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Rashid A. Guled, Nik M. Mamat, Wan A. Bakar, NegaAssefa, Tefera Balachew. (2016) Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mothers\\/caregivers on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Shabelle Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. Revelation and Science Vol. 06, No. 02 (1438H\\/2016) 42-54<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Binyam N Desta, NegaAssefa, Tesfaye D Damte, Lemessa O Hordofa. (2016).Neonatal Mortality and its risk factors in Eastern Ethiopia: A Prospective Cohort Study in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS); Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health - 2016, Volume 13, Number 4. DOI:10.2427\\/11938<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Geda B, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Worku A (2016) School Enrollment among Children with Disability in Rural Eastern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Survey. Common Disorder Deaf Stud Hearing Aids 4: 167. doi:10.4172\\/2375-4427.1000167<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Alemayehu T, Worku A, Assefa N. Medical Waste Collectors in Eastern Ethiopia are Exposed to High Sharp Injury and Blood and Body Fluids Contamination. PrevInfCntrl. 2016, 2:2<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Atnafe, M., Nega A. Tadesse, A. Long-acting family planning method switching among revisit clients of public health facilities in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Contraception and Reproductive Medicine (2016) 1:18. dio 10.1186\\/s40834-016-0028-z<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">A H Mokdad. Et.al. Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990\\u20132013: a systematic analysis for the. Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet Global Health. 2016. http:\\/\\/dx.doi.org\\/10.1016\\/S2214-109X(16)30168-1. doi.org\\/10.1016\\/S2214-109X(16)30184-X<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Alemayehu T, Worku A, Assefa N. Sharp injury and exposure to blood and body fluids among health care workers in health care centers of eastern Ethiopia. Int J Occup Environ Med 2016; 7:172-180.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Teshome O., Nega A., Yadeta D. Female genital mutilation among mothers and daughters in Harar, eastern Ethiopia. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics., 2016. Elsevier Inc http:\\/\\/dx.doi.org\\/10.1016\\/j.ijgo.2016.06.017<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Musa, A. Assefa, N., Weldegebreal, F., Mitiku, H., Teklemariam, Z. Factor associated with experience of modern contraceptive use before pregnancy among women who gave birth in Kersa HDSS, Ethiopia. BMC Public Health. (2016) 16:614. DOI 10.1186\\/s12889-016-3292-6<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Assefa, N., Lakew, Y., Belay, B., Kedir, H., Zelalem, D., Baraki, N., Damena, M., Oljira, L., Ashenafi, W. and Dedefo, M. Neonatal mortality and causes of death in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia, 2008\\u20132013. Maternal Health, Neonatology, and Perinatology (2016) 2:7 DOI 10.1186\\/s40748-016-0035-8<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dedefo M, Zelalem D, Eskinder B, Assefa N, Ashenafi W, Baraki N, et al. (2016) Causes of Death among Children Aged 5 to 14 Years Old from 2008 to 2013 in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia. PLoSONE 11(6): e0151929. doi:10.1371\\/journal. pone.0151929<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Assefa, N. and Semahegn, A. Fertility is below replacement in Harar Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Harar HDSS), Harar town, Eastern Ethiopia. Fertility Research and Practice (2016) 2:10. DOI 10.1186\\/s40738-016-0023-8<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Geda B, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Worku A. (2016) In Rural Eastern Ethiopia Hearing Loss Is the Most Frequent Disability during Childhood: A Community Based Survey. PLoSONE 11(5): e0152791. doi:10.1371\\/journal.pone.0152791<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol>\",\"_id\":\"oxnaket\"}]},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"toggle\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"e3ge0uu\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"gh2ysy8\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"egjzy3d\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"text\":\"Directors for Research Extension and Publication (DREP)\",\"align\":\"justify\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"button\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"rg4y6tv\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"lwmnddc\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"rmru64p\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"editor\":\"<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong><img class=\\\"size-medium wp-image-2523 alignleft\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.10.230.5.94\\/tm\\/tm\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2017\\/10\\/Dr.-Mengistu-300x200.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"300\\\" height=\\\"200\\\" \\/><span style=\\\"color: #00ccff;\\\">Mengistu Ketema Aredo (PhD)<\\/span><\\/strong><\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">\\u00a0Associate Professor<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">PhD in Agricultural Economics<\\/span><br \\/><br \\/><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\u00a0<\\/p><p>\\u00a0<\\/p><p>\\u00a0<\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Contact Details:<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Office<strong>:<\\/strong>\\u00a0+251 255 53 03 29 <\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: 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style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong> and DegefuKebede (2017) Adoption Intensity of Inorganic Fertilizers in Maize Production: Empirical Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Journal of Agricultural Science<\\/em>, 9 (5): 124-132.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">DegefuKebede, <strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, NigussieDechassa, FeyisaHundessa (2017) Determinants of Adoption of Wheat Production Technology Packages by Smallholder Farmers: Evidences from Eastern Ethiopia.<em> Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology<\\/em>, 5(3): 267-274.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, DegefuKebede, NigussieDechassa, FeyisaHundessa (2016) Determinants of Adoption of Potato Production Technology Package by Smallholder Farmers: Evidences from Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,<\\/em> 19 (2): 61\\u201368.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, Mohammed Aman, EyassuSeifu, TarekegnGetachew, EstifanosHawaz, and YonasHailu (2016) The Dairy Value Chain and Factors Affecting Choice of Milk Channels in Harar And Dire Dawa Areas, Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,<\\/em> 19 (2): 10-18.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Mengistu Ketema and Belay Kassa (2016) Impact of Technology on Smallholder Wheat Production in Bale Highlands of Ethiopia: Application of Output Decomposition Model. <em>Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology<\\/em>, 4(6): 446-454.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">GetahunWoldemariam, AseffaSeyoum, and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2016) Residents\' 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TamiruAmanu (2013) Farmer Participatory Evaluation of Agronomic Performances of Bread Wheat Varieties in the Highlands of Eastern Ethiopia. <em>East African Journal of Sciences<\\/em>, Vol. 7 (2): 121-128.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Yalfal Temesgen, AyalnehBogale, and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2013) Determinates of Degraded Forest Rehabilitation: Ordered Probit Analysis for SkekelaMaraim Forest, Western Ethiopia. <em>International Journal of Ecological Economics &amp; Statistics<\\/em>. Vol. 31(4): 41-53<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Tibebe Eshete, <strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, Belay Kassa (2013) Economic Impact of Support Service Program on Micro and Small Enterprises: The Case of Dire Dawa Administration, Ethiopia. <em>Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics<\\/em> 5(1): 21-29.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">GutuTesso, BezabihEmana, <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2012) A time series analysis of climate variability and its impact on food production in North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia. <em>African Crop Science Journal,<\\/em> 20, Issue Supplement s2, pp. 261 - 274.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> and Siegfried Bauer (2012) Factors Affecting Intercropping and Conservation Tillage Practices in Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics<\\/em> 4 (1): 21-29.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> and Siegfried Bauer (2011) Determinants of manure and fertilizer applications in Eastern Highlands of Ethiopia. <em>Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture<\\/em> 50 (3): 237-251.<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol>\",\"_id\":\"oxnaket\"}]},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"toggle\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"2liyyzv\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"sbpva39\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"uskhro1\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"text\":\"Director for Research Facilities (DRF)\",\"align\":\"justify\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"button\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"4rys7kq\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"205besb\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"4pa8u0l\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"editor\":\"<p><span style=\\\"color: #000000; 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nutrition; community-based natural resource management, Improving Agricultural Extension Advisory Services through cutting age ICT use and value chain development; and improving teaching and learning in graduate agricultural programs.<\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><strong>Vice-President for Research Affairs <\\/strong><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">The Vice-President for Research Affairs (VPRA) owns the overall research and technology exchange (extension) process of the university. VPRA is responsible for the strategic guidance and mentoring of all research and extension units. Under this office are three major directorate offices responsible for leading research, technology exchange (extension), publication, and facility provision and management of the university. These include director for research groups and partnerships, director for research extension and publication, and director for research facilities.<\\/p>\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"},{\"id\":\"fgm0o0f\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"tabs\":[{\"tab_title\":\"Detail profile\",\"tab_content\":\"<p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dr Jemal is currently the Vice President for Research Affairs and Assistant Professor in the Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension at Haramaya University.He is trained in agricultural extension, food marketing and rural development: BSc in Agricultural Extension from Haramaya University in 1997; Higher Diploma and MSc in Cooperative Organization Food Marketing and Rural Development, obtained in 2003 and 2004 respectively, both from University College Cork (UCC), Ireland; and a PhD in Agricultural Extension from University of Cape-Coast (UCC), Ghana, obtained in August, 2011. Dr Jemal has extensive experience of international partnership, working on multi-disciplinary teams and leading various projects from AGRIDIET (aimed at understanding the link between agriculture and nutrition)to USAID agricultural training projects.Dr. Jemal has also experience of leading project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, AgShare Project, in collaboration with Michigan State University which aimed at creating a scalable and sustainable method of filling critical gaps in graduate agriculture related curriculum through a redesigned teaching and learning process. 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Child and Neonatal health, Child Growth and Development, Maternal and Child Morbidity, Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes, Postpartum Infection; Family Planning; Contraception; Low Birth and Preterm Births; and Fertility. I am also keen to research on nutrition, diets, and food systems among women and children. Feeding habits, food composition, nutritional status of pregnant women and child survival.\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP)<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">The Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP) owns the process of formulating and identifying research thematic areas of the university, and prepares the programmes of executing the research undertakings. The director shall perform, among others, the following major duties:<\\/span><\\/p><ul><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Ensures that all staff and student research conducted at the university or anywhere else through sponsorship of the university fall under one of the six thematic areas of the university<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Coordinates the activities of research groups established based on the identified research thematic areas and facilitate their work through horizontal networking<\\/span><ul><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Facilitates establishment of partnerships of research groups with national and international stakeholders<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Based on recommendations of research groups, stakeholders, and researchers, he\\/she shall facilitate entering agreements and linkages with professionals<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Organises and executes national and international workshops that focus on research thematic areas<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Performs any other related activities<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ul><\\/li><\\/ul>\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"uykbx9y\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"auhnkb8\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"dkdo422\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"tabs\":[{\"tab_title\":\"Detail profile\",\"tab_content\":\"<ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Positions Served<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2002-2004: Head of HIV\\/AIDS unit of Haramaya University (Alemaya University)<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2002-2004: Assistant dean of students, Haramaya University (Alemaya University), Faculty of Public Health, July 2002-August 2004<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2007-2008: Coordinator of postgraduate program for the College of Health Sciences, Haramaya University<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2007-Now: Site lead for Kersa Demographic Surveillance and Health Research Center) (Kersa HDSS): September 2006-now. I have initiated, established, and lead the research center. This research center is the first of its kind in eastern Ethiopia (http:\\/\\/www.haramaya.edu.et\\/research\\/projects\\/kds-hrc\\/). It is generates health and demographic data. The center is an INDPTH member site (http:\\/\\/www.indepth-network.org).<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2009-2012: Executive Director Harar Campus (Now college of Health and Medical Sciences), Haramaya University: I have been responsible for the overall activities in Harar Campus (both academic and administrative activities) for the college of Health and Medical Sciences and a teaching hospital.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">April 2014-Now: Director for Research and Partnerships for Haramaya University (HU): Leads the research activities of the University. Creation of partnerships nationally and internationally. I am facilitating institutional partnerships in the aspects of research endeavor of Haramaya University.<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol><p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Most Recent Published Articles<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dheresa M, Assefa N, Berhane Y, Worku A, Mingiste B, et al. (2017) Gynecological Morbidity among Women in Reproductive Age: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Women\'s Health Care 6: 367. doi:10.4172\\/2167-0420.1000367<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Rashid Abdi Guled, Nikmazlan Bin Mamat, Tefera Balachew, Wan Azdie Mohamed and NegaAssefa. (2017). Predictors And Prevalence of Anemia among Children Aged 6 to 59 Months in Shebelle Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. International Journal of Development Research Vol. 07, Issue 01, Pp.11189-11196.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Rashid A. Guled, Nik M. Mamat, Wan A. Bakar, NegaAssefa, Tefera Balachew. (2016) Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mothers\\/caregivers on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Shabelle Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. Revelation and Science Vol. 06, No. 02 (1438H\\/2016) 42-54<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Binyam N Desta, NegaAssefa, Tesfaye D Damte, Lemessa O Hordofa. (2016).Neonatal Mortality and its risk factors in Eastern Ethiopia: A Prospective Cohort Study in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS); Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health - 2016, Volume 13, Number 4. DOI:10.2427\\/11938<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Geda B, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Worku A (2016) School Enrollment among Children with Disability in Rural Eastern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Survey. Common Disorder Deaf Stud Hearing Aids 4: 167. doi:10.4172\\/2375-4427.1000167<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Alemayehu T, Worku A, Assefa N. Medical Waste Collectors in Eastern Ethiopia are Exposed to High Sharp Injury and Blood and Body Fluids Contamination. PrevInfCntrl. 2016, 2:2<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Atnafe, M., Nega A. Tadesse, A. Long-acting family planning method switching among revisit clients of public health facilities in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Contraception and Reproductive Medicine (2016) 1:18. dio 10.1186\\/s40834-016-0028-z<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">A H Mokdad. Et.al. Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990\\u20132013: a systematic analysis for the. Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet Global Health. 2016. http:\\/\\/dx.doi.org\\/10.1016\\/S2214-109X(16)30168-1. doi.org\\/10.1016\\/S2214-109X(16)30184-X<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Alemayehu T, Worku A, Assefa N. Sharp injury and exposure to blood and body fluids among health care workers in health care centers of eastern Ethiopia. Int J Occup Environ Med 2016; 7:172-180.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Teshome O., Nega A., Yadeta D. Female genital mutilation among mothers and daughters in Harar, eastern Ethiopia. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics., 2016. Elsevier Inc http:\\/\\/dx.doi.org\\/10.1016\\/j.ijgo.2016.06.017<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Musa, A. Assefa, N., Weldegebreal, F., Mitiku, H., Teklemariam, Z. Factor associated with experience of modern contraceptive use before pregnancy among women who gave birth in Kersa HDSS, Ethiopia. BMC Public Health. (2016) 16:614. DOI 10.1186\\/s12889-016-3292-6<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Assefa, N., Lakew, Y., Belay, B., Kedir, H., Zelalem, D., Baraki, N., Damena, M., Oljira, L., Ashenafi, W. and Dedefo, M. Neonatal mortality and causes of death in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia, 2008\\u20132013. Maternal Health, Neonatology, and Perinatology (2016) 2:7 DOI 10.1186\\/s40748-016-0035-8<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dedefo M, Zelalem D, Eskinder B, Assefa N, Ashenafi W, Baraki N, et al. (2016) Causes of Death among Children Aged 5 to 14 Years Old from 2008 to 2013 in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia. PLoSONE 11(6): e0151929. doi:10.1371\\/journal. pone.0151929<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Assefa, N. and Semahegn, A. Fertility is below replacement in Harar Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Harar HDSS), Harar town, Eastern Ethiopia. Fertility Research and Practice (2016) 2:10. DOI 10.1186\\/s40738-016-0023-8<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Geda B, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Worku A. (2016) In Rural Eastern Ethiopia Hearing Loss Is the Most Frequent Disability during Childhood: A Community Based Survey. 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class=\\\"size-medium wp-image-2523 alignleft\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.10.230.5.94\\/tm\\/tm\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2017\\/10\\/Dr.-Mengistu-300x200.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"300\\\" height=\\\"200\\\" \\/><span style=\\\"color: #00ccff;\\\">Mengistu Ketema Aredo (PhD)<\\/span><\\/strong><\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">\\u00a0Associate Professor<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">PhD in Agricultural Economics<\\/span><br \\/><br \\/><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\u00a0<\\/p><p>\\u00a0<\\/p><p>\\u00a0<\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Contact Details:<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Office<strong>:<\\/strong>\\u00a0+251 255 53 03 29 <\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Cellphone\\uff1a+251 969 141750<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Email<strong>:<\\/strong><a href=\\\"mailto:mengistuket@gmail.com\\\">mengistuket@gmail.com<\\/a>\\u00a0or\\u00a0mengistuket@yahoo.com<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Skype: mengistuketema<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Postal address:<strong>\\u00a0<\\/strong>P.O.Box 48, Haramaya University, Ethiopia<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Fax<strong>:<\\/strong>\\u00a0+251 255 53 01 06 (Research Office)<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Research Interest:\\u00a0<\\/strong>Production economics and agricultural systems analysis, environmental and resource economics, impact assessment studies, 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<em>Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,<\\/em> 19 (2): 61\\u201368.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, Mohammed Aman, EyassuSeifu, TarekegnGetachew, EstifanosHawaz, and YonasHailu (2016) The Dairy Value Chain and Factors Affecting Choice of Milk Channels in Harar And Dire Dawa Areas, Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,<\\/em> 19 (2): 10-18.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Mengistu Ketema and Belay Kassa (2016) Impact of Technology on Smallholder Wheat Production in Bale Highlands of Ethiopia: Application of Output Decomposition Model. <em>Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology<\\/em>, 4(6): 446-454.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">GetahunWoldemariam, AseffaSeyoum, and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2016) Residents\' 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These include director for research groups and partnerships, director for research extension and publication, and director for research facilities.<\\/p>\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"},{\"id\":\"fgm0o0f\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"tabs\":[{\"tab_title\":\"Detail profile\",\"tab_content\":\"<p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dr Jemal is currently the Vice President for Research Affairs and Assistant Professor in the Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension at Haramaya University.He is trained in agricultural extension, food marketing and rural development: BSc in Agricultural Extension from Haramaya University in 1997; Higher Diploma and MSc in Cooperative Organization Food Marketing and Rural Development, obtained in 2003 and 2004 respectively, both from University College Cork (UCC), Ireland; and a PhD in Agricultural Extension from University of Cape-Coast (UCC), Ghana, obtained in August, 2011. Dr Jemal has extensive experience of international partnership, working on multi-disciplinary teams and leading various projects from AGRIDIET (aimed at understanding the link between agriculture and nutrition)to USAID agricultural training projects.Dr. Jemal has also experience of leading project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, AgShare Project, in collaboration with Michigan State University which aimed at creating a scalable and sustainable method of filling critical gaps in graduate agriculture related curriculum through a redesigned teaching and learning process. Under a six-year grant, through AgShare project graduate students were engaged in action and participatory research, which connected them to communities and smallholders and through rigorous research practices, produces high quality peer reviewed research, case studies and extension materials.<\\/span><\\/p><p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Research interests are: Linking agricultural\\/rural development intervention with human nutrition;\\u00a0 community-based natural resource management, Improving Agricultural Extension Advisory Services through cutting age ICT use and value chain development; improving teaching and learning in graduate agricultural program for.....\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p>\",\"_id\":\"lz34wyu\"}]},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"toggle\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"cdvtiu0\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"1zeqzoq\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"8ltjqi6\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"text\":\"Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP)\",\"align\":\"justify\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"button\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"pniqgzz\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"z5up60v\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"dhrynli\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"editor\":\"<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong><img class=\\\"wp-image-2524 alignleft\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.10.230.5.94\\/tm\\/tm\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2017\\/10\\/Dr.-Nega-300x200.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"303\\\" height=\\\"203\\\" \\/><span style=\\\"color: #00ccff;\\\">Nega Assefa Kassa(PhD)<\\/span><\\/strong><\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> Associate Professor of Reproductive Health, Maternal and Child Health<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Ethiopia<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> <strong>PhD in Public Health<\\/strong>-Maternal and Child Health focus<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> <strong>PhD research title<\\/strong>: Pregnancy rate and outcomes in rural eastern Ethiopia: Fetal and Neonatal survival<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Contact Detail\\u00a0<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Office: +251-255-530406<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> Cellphone: +251-915-321136<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Email: <a href=\\\"mailto:negaassefa@yahoo.com\\\">negaassefa@yahoo.com\\u00a0<\\/a><\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">P.o.box 1494 Harar, Ethiopia<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Research Interest<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Maternal and Child Health and Reproductive Health. Child and Neonatal health, Child Growth and Development, Maternal and Child Morbidity, Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes, Postpartum Infection; Family Planning; Contraception; Low Birth and Preterm Births; and Fertility. I am also keen to research on nutrition, diets, and food systems among women and children. Feeding habits, food composition, nutritional status of pregnant women and child survival.\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP)<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">The Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP) owns the process of formulating and identifying research thematic areas of the university, and prepares the programmes of executing the research undertakings. The director shall perform, among others, the following major duties:<\\/span><\\/p><ul><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Ensures that all staff and student research conducted at the university or anywhere else through sponsorship of the university fall under one of the six thematic areas of the university<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Coordinates the activities of research groups established based on the identified research thematic areas and facilitate their work through horizontal networking<\\/span><ul><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Facilitates establishment of partnerships of research groups with national and international stakeholders<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Based on recommendations of research groups, stakeholders, and researchers, he\\/she shall facilitate entering agreements and linkages with professionals<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Organises and executes national and international workshops that focus on research thematic areas<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Performs any other related activities<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ul><\\/li><\\/ul>\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"uykbx9y\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"auhnkb8\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"dkdo422\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"tabs\":[{\"tab_title\":\"Detail profile\",\"tab_content\":\"<ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Positions Served<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2002-2004: Head of HIV\\/AIDS unit of Haramaya University (Alemaya University)<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2002-2004: Assistant dean of students, Haramaya University (Alemaya University), Faculty of Public Health, July 2002-August 2004<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2007-2008: Coordinator of postgraduate program for the College of Health Sciences, Haramaya University<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2007-Now: Site lead for Kersa Demographic Surveillance and Health Research Center) (Kersa HDSS): September 2006-now. I have initiated, established, and lead the research center. This research center is the first of its kind in eastern Ethiopia (http:\\/\\/www.haramaya.edu.et\\/research\\/projects\\/kds-hrc\\/). It is generates health and demographic data. The center is an INDPTH member site (http:\\/\\/www.indepth-network.org).<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2009-2012: Executive Director Harar Campus (Now college of Health and Medical Sciences), Haramaya University: I have been responsible for the overall activities in Harar Campus (both academic and administrative activities) for the college of Health and Medical Sciences and a teaching hospital.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">April 2014-Now: Director for Research and Partnerships for Haramaya University (HU): Leads the research activities of the University. Creation of partnerships nationally and internationally. I am facilitating institutional partnerships in the aspects of research endeavor of Haramaya University.<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol><p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Most Recent Published Articles<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dheresa M, Assefa N, Berhane Y, Worku A, Mingiste B, et al. (2017) Gynecological Morbidity among Women in Reproductive Age: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Women\'s Health Care 6: 367. doi:10.4172\\/2167-0420.1000367<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Rashid Abdi Guled, Nikmazlan Bin Mamat, Tefera Balachew, Wan Azdie Mohamed and NegaAssefa. (2017). Predictors And Prevalence of Anemia among Children Aged 6 to 59 Months in Shebelle Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. International Journal of Development Research Vol. 07, Issue 01, Pp.11189-11196.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Rashid A. Guled, Nik M. Mamat, Wan A. Bakar, NegaAssefa, Tefera Balachew. (2016) Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mothers\\/caregivers on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Shabelle Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. Revelation and Science Vol. 06, No. 02 (1438H\\/2016) 42-54<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Binyam N Desta, NegaAssefa, Tesfaye D Damte, Lemessa O Hordofa. (2016).Neonatal Mortality and its risk factors in Eastern Ethiopia: A Prospective Cohort Study in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS); Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health - 2016, Volume 13, Number 4. DOI:10.2427\\/11938<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Geda B, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Worku A (2016) School Enrollment among Children with Disability in Rural Eastern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Survey. Common Disorder Deaf Stud Hearing Aids 4: 167. doi:10.4172\\/2375-4427.1000167<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Alemayehu T, Worku A, Assefa N. Medical Waste Collectors in Eastern Ethiopia are Exposed to High Sharp Injury and Blood and Body Fluids Contamination. PrevInfCntrl. 2016, 2:2<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Atnafe, M., Nega A. Tadesse, A. Long-acting family planning method switching among revisit clients of public health facilities in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Contraception and Reproductive Medicine (2016) 1:18. dio 10.1186\\/s40834-016-0028-z<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">A H Mokdad. Et.al. Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990\\u20132013: a systematic analysis for the. Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet Global Health. 2016. http:\\/\\/dx.doi.org\\/10.1016\\/S2214-109X(16)30168-1. doi.org\\/10.1016\\/S2214-109X(16)30184-X<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Alemayehu T, Worku A, Assefa N. Sharp injury and exposure to blood and body fluids among health care workers in health care centers of eastern Ethiopia. Int J Occup Environ Med 2016; 7:172-180.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Teshome O., Nega A., Yadeta D. Female genital mutilation among mothers and daughters in Harar, eastern Ethiopia. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics., 2016. Elsevier Inc http:\\/\\/dx.doi.org\\/10.1016\\/j.ijgo.2016.06.017<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Musa, A. Assefa, N., Weldegebreal, F., Mitiku, H., Teklemariam, Z. Factor associated with experience of modern contraceptive use before pregnancy among women who gave birth in Kersa HDSS, Ethiopia. BMC Public Health. (2016) 16:614. DOI 10.1186\\/s12889-016-3292-6<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Assefa, N., Lakew, Y., Belay, B., Kedir, H., Zelalem, D., Baraki, N., Damena, M., Oljira, L., Ashenafi, W. and Dedefo, M. Neonatal mortality and causes of death in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia, 2008\\u20132013. Maternal Health, Neonatology, and Perinatology (2016) 2:7 DOI 10.1186\\/s40748-016-0035-8<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dedefo M, Zelalem D, Eskinder B, Assefa N, Ashenafi W, Baraki N, et al. (2016) Causes of Death among Children Aged 5 to 14 Years Old from 2008 to 2013 in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia. PLoSONE 11(6): e0151929. doi:10.1371\\/journal. pone.0151929<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Assefa, N. and Semahegn, A. Fertility is below replacement in Harar Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Harar HDSS), Harar town, Eastern Ethiopia. Fertility Research and Practice (2016) 2:10. DOI 10.1186\\/s40738-016-0023-8<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Geda B, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Worku A. (2016) In Rural Eastern Ethiopia Hearing Loss Is the Most Frequent Disability during Childhood: A Community Based Survey. PLoSONE 11(5): e0152791. doi:10.1371\\/journal.pone.0152791<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol>\",\"_id\":\"oxnaket\"}]},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"toggle\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"e3ge0uu\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"gh2ysy8\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"egjzy3d\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"text\":\"Directors for Research Extension and Publication (DREP)\",\"align\":\"justify\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"button\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"rg4y6tv\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"lwmnddc\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"rmru64p\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"editor\":\"<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong><img class=\\\"size-medium wp-image-2523 alignleft\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.10.230.5.94\\/tm\\/tm\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2017\\/10\\/Dr.-Mengistu-300x200.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"300\\\" height=\\\"200\\\" \\/><span style=\\\"color: #00ccff;\\\">Mengistu Ketema Aredo (PhD)<\\/span><\\/strong><\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">\\u00a0Associate Professor<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">PhD in Agricultural Economics<\\/span><br \\/><br \\/><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\u00a0<\\/p><p>\\u00a0<\\/p><p>\\u00a0<\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Contact Details:<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Office<strong>:<\\/strong>\\u00a0+251 255 53 03 29 <\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Cellphone\\uff1a+251 969 141750<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Email<strong>:<\\/strong><a href=\\\"mailto:mengistuket@gmail.com\\\">mengistuket@gmail.com<\\/a>\\u00a0or\\u00a0mengistuket@yahoo.com<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Skype: mengistuketema<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Postal address:<strong>\\u00a0<\\/strong>P.O.Box 48, Haramaya University, Ethiopia<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Fax<strong>:<\\/strong>\\u00a0+251 255 53 01 06 (Research Office)<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Research Interest:\\u00a0<\\/strong>Production economics and agricultural systems analysis, environmental and resource economics, impact assessment studies, marketing and price analysis, value chain analysis, and economics of climate change.<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Directors for Research Extension and Publication (DREP)<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">The Director for Research Extension and Publication (DREP) owns the process of technology dissemination, scientific publication, and information exchange.\\u00a0 The director shall perform, among others, the following major duties:<\\/span><\\/p><ul><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Executes the process of dissemination of research technology and knowledge<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Undertakes activities of publishing, publicising, and distribution of research knowledge and technologies<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Formulates publication policies of the university and ensure its implementation<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Follows up plant breeders\\u2019 rights, patent rights, copyrights, etc of the university<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Facilitates research and extension review meetings, workshops, symposia, colloquia, field days, and other platforms<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Performs any other related activities<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ul>\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"ja6wxwc\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"ki91ifg\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"cg6lyvs\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"tabs\":[{\"tab_title\":\"Detail profile\",\"tab_content\":\"<p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>\\u00a0<\\/strong><strong>List of selected publications:<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">NegussieZeray, BelainehLegesse, Jema Haji, and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2017) Impacts of Prosopisjuliflora invasion on livelihoods of pastoral and agro-pastoral households of Dire Dawa Administration, Ethiopia. <em>Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice<\\/em> 7 (7): 1-14.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong> and DegefuKebede (2017) Adoption Intensity of Inorganic Fertilizers in Maize Production: Empirical Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Journal of Agricultural Science<\\/em>, 9 (5): 124-132.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">DegefuKebede, <strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, NigussieDechassa, FeyisaHundessa (2017) Determinants of Adoption of Wheat Production Technology Packages by Smallholder Farmers: Evidences from Eastern Ethiopia.<em> Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology<\\/em>, 5(3): 267-274.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, DegefuKebede, NigussieDechassa, FeyisaHundessa (2016) Determinants of Adoption of Potato Production Technology Package by Smallholder Farmers: Evidences from Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,<\\/em> 19 (2): 61\\u201368.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, Mohammed Aman, EyassuSeifu, TarekegnGetachew, EstifanosHawaz, and YonasHailu (2016) The Dairy Value Chain and Factors Affecting Choice of Milk Channels in Harar And Dire Dawa Areas, Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,<\\/em> 19 (2): 10-18.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Mengistu Ketema and Belay Kassa (2016) Impact of Technology on Smallholder Wheat Production in Bale Highlands of Ethiopia: Application of Output Decomposition Model. <em>Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology<\\/em>, 4(6): 446-454.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">GetahunWoldemariam, AseffaSeyoum, and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2016) Residents\' willingness to pay for improved liquid waste treatment in urban Ethiopia: results of choice experiment in Addis Ababa. <em>Journal of Environmental Planning and Management<\\/em>, 59 (1) 163-181.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Degye Goshu and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2014) The Dynamics of Food Supply and Undernourishment in Sub-Saharan Africa. <em>East African Journal of Sciences<\\/em>. 8(1): 47 \\u2013 58.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Shiferaw Solomon and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2015) Impact of Irrigation Technologies on Rural Households\\u2019 Poverty Status: The Case of Fogera District, North-Western Ethiopia.<em>Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics<\\/em> 7 (1): 59-67.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Haile Deressa, NigussieDechassa, <strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, and TamiruAmanu (2013) Farmer Participatory Evaluation of Agronomic Performances of Bread Wheat Varieties in the Highlands of Eastern Ethiopia. <em>East African Journal of Sciences<\\/em>, Vol. 7 (2): 121-128.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Yalfal Temesgen, AyalnehBogale, and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2013) Determinates of Degraded Forest Rehabilitation: Ordered Probit Analysis for SkekelaMaraim Forest, Western Ethiopia. <em>International Journal of Ecological Economics &amp; Statistics<\\/em>. 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VPRA is responsible for the strategic guidance and mentoring of all research and extension units. Under this office are three major directorate offices responsible for leading research, technology exchange (extension), publication, and facility provision and management of the university. 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Child and Neonatal health, Child Growth and Development, Maternal and Child Morbidity, Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes, Postpartum Infection; Family Planning; Contraception; Low Birth and Preterm Births; and Fertility. I am also keen to research on nutrition, diets, and food systems among women and children. Feeding habits, food composition, nutritional status of pregnant women and child survival.\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP)<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">The Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP) owns the process of formulating and identifying research thematic areas of the university, and prepares the programmes of executing the research undertakings. 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I have initiated, established, and lead the research center. This research center is the first of its kind in eastern Ethiopia (http:\\/\\/www.haramaya.edu.et\\/research\\/projects\\/kds-hrc\\/). It is generates health and demographic data. The center is an INDPTH member site (http:\\/\\/www.indepth-network.org).<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2009-2012: Executive Director Harar Campus (Now college of Health and Medical Sciences), Haramaya University: I have been responsible for the overall activities in Harar Campus (both academic and administrative activities) for the college of Health and Medical Sciences and a teaching hospital.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">April 2014-Now: Director for Research and Partnerships for Haramaya University (HU): Leads the research activities of the University. Creation of partnerships nationally and internationally. I am facilitating institutional partnerships in the aspects of research endeavor of Haramaya University.<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol><p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Most Recent Published Articles<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dheresa M, Assefa N, Berhane Y, Worku A, Mingiste B, et al. (2017) Gynecological Morbidity among Women in Reproductive Age: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Women\'s Health Care 6: 367. doi:10.4172\\/2167-0420.1000367<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Rashid Abdi Guled, Nikmazlan Bin Mamat, Tefera Balachew, Wan Azdie Mohamed and NegaAssefa. (2017). Predictors And Prevalence of Anemia among Children Aged 6 to 59 Months in Shebelle Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. International Journal of Development Research Vol. 07, Issue 01, Pp.11189-11196.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Rashid A. Guled, Nik M. Mamat, Wan A. Bakar, NegaAssefa, Tefera Balachew. (2016) Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mothers\\/caregivers on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Shabelle Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. Revelation and Science Vol. 06, No. 02 (1438H\\/2016) 42-54<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Binyam N Desta, NegaAssefa, Tesfaye D Damte, Lemessa O Hordofa. (2016).Neonatal Mortality and its risk factors in Eastern Ethiopia: A Prospective Cohort Study in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS); Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health - 2016, Volume 13, Number 4. DOI:10.2427\\/11938<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Geda B, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Worku A (2016) School Enrollment among Children with Disability in Rural Eastern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Survey. Common Disorder Deaf Stud Hearing Aids 4: 167. doi:10.4172\\/2375-4427.1000167<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Alemayehu T, Worku A, Assefa N. Medical Waste Collectors in Eastern Ethiopia are Exposed to High Sharp Injury and Blood and Body Fluids Contamination. PrevInfCntrl. 2016, 2:2<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Atnafe, M., Nega A. Tadesse, A. Long-acting family planning method switching among revisit clients of public health facilities in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Contraception and Reproductive Medicine (2016) 1:18. dio 10.1186\\/s40834-016-0028-z<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">A H Mokdad. Et.al. Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990\\u20132013: a systematic analysis for the. Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet Global Health. 2016. http:\\/\\/dx.doi.org\\/10.1016\\/S2214-109X(16)30168-1. doi.org\\/10.1016\\/S2214-109X(16)30184-X<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Alemayehu T, Worku A, Assefa N. Sharp injury and exposure to blood and body fluids among health care workers in health care centers of eastern Ethiopia. Int J Occup Environ Med 2016; 7:172-180.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Teshome O., Nega A., Yadeta D. Female genital mutilation among mothers and daughters in Harar, eastern Ethiopia. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics., 2016. Elsevier Inc http:\\/\\/dx.doi.org\\/10.1016\\/j.ijgo.2016.06.017<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Musa, A. Assefa, N., Weldegebreal, F., Mitiku, H., Teklemariam, Z. Factor associated with experience of modern contraceptive use before pregnancy among women who gave birth in Kersa HDSS, Ethiopia. BMC Public Health. (2016) 16:614. DOI 10.1186\\/s12889-016-3292-6<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Assefa, N., Lakew, Y., Belay, B., Kedir, H., Zelalem, D., Baraki, N., Damena, M., Oljira, L., Ashenafi, W. and Dedefo, M. Neonatal mortality and causes of death in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia, 2008\\u20132013. Maternal Health, Neonatology, and Perinatology (2016) 2:7 DOI 10.1186\\/s40748-016-0035-8<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dedefo M, Zelalem D, Eskinder B, Assefa N, Ashenafi W, Baraki N, et al. (2016) Causes of Death among Children Aged 5 to 14 Years Old from 2008 to 2013 in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia. PLoSONE 11(6): e0151929. doi:10.1371\\/journal. pone.0151929<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Assefa, N. and Semahegn, A. Fertility is below replacement in Harar Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Harar HDSS), Harar town, Eastern Ethiopia. Fertility Research and Practice (2016) 2:10. DOI 10.1186\\/s40738-016-0023-8<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Geda B, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Worku A. 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PLoSONE 11(5): e0152791. doi:10.1371\\/journal.pone.0152791<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol>\",\"_id\":\"oxnaket\"}]},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"toggle\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"e3ge0uu\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"gh2ysy8\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"egjzy3d\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"text\":\"Directors for Research Extension and Publication (DREP)\",\"align\":\"justify\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"button\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"rg4y6tv\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"lwmnddc\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"rmru64p\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"editor\":\"<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong><img 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style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong> and DegefuKebede (2017) Adoption Intensity of Inorganic Fertilizers in Maize Production: Empirical Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Journal of Agricultural Science<\\/em>, 9 (5): 124-132.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">DegefuKebede, <strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, NigussieDechassa, FeyisaHundessa (2017) Determinants of Adoption of Wheat Production Technology Packages by Smallholder Farmers: Evidences from Eastern Ethiopia.<em> Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology<\\/em>, 5(3): 267-274.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, DegefuKebede, NigussieDechassa, FeyisaHundessa (2016) Determinants of Adoption of Potato Production Technology Package by Smallholder Farmers: Evidences from Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,<\\/em> 19 (2): 61\\u201368.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, Mohammed Aman, EyassuSeifu, TarekegnGetachew, EstifanosHawaz, and YonasHailu (2016) The Dairy Value Chain and Factors Affecting Choice of Milk Channels in Harar And Dire Dawa Areas, Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,<\\/em> 19 (2): 10-18.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Mengistu Ketema and Belay Kassa (2016) Impact of Technology on Smallholder Wheat Production in Bale Highlands of Ethiopia: Application of Output Decomposition Model. <em>Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology<\\/em>, 4(6): 446-454.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">GetahunWoldemariam, AseffaSeyoum, and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2016) Residents\' 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TamiruAmanu (2013) Farmer Participatory Evaluation of Agronomic Performances of Bread Wheat Varieties in the Highlands of Eastern Ethiopia. <em>East African Journal of Sciences<\\/em>, Vol. 7 (2): 121-128.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Yalfal Temesgen, AyalnehBogale, and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2013) Determinates of Degraded Forest Rehabilitation: Ordered Probit Analysis for SkekelaMaraim Forest, Western Ethiopia. <em>International Journal of Ecological Economics &amp; Statistics<\\/em>. 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nutrition; community-based natural resource management, Improving Agricultural Extension Advisory Services through cutting age ICT use and value chain development; and improving teaching and learning in graduate agricultural programs.<\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><strong>Vice-President for Research Affairs <\\/strong><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">The Vice-President for Research Affairs (VPRA) owns the overall research and technology exchange (extension) process of the university. VPRA is responsible for the strategic guidance and mentoring of all research and extension units. Under this office are three major directorate offices responsible for leading research, technology exchange (extension), publication, and facility provision and management of the university. These include director for research groups and partnerships, director for research extension and publication, and director for research facilities.<\\/p>\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"},{\"id\":\"fgm0o0f\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"tabs\":[{\"tab_title\":\"Detail profile\",\"tab_content\":\"<p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dr Jemal is currently the Vice President for Research Affairs and Assistant Professor in the Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension at Haramaya University.He is trained in agricultural extension, food marketing and rural development: BSc in Agricultural Extension from Haramaya University in 1997; Higher Diploma and MSc in Cooperative Organization Food Marketing and Rural Development, obtained in 2003 and 2004 respectively, both from University College Cork (UCC), Ireland; and a PhD in Agricultural Extension from University of Cape-Coast (UCC), Ghana, obtained in August, 2011. Dr Jemal has extensive experience of international partnership, working on multi-disciplinary teams and leading various projects from AGRIDIET (aimed at understanding the link between agriculture and nutrition)to USAID agricultural training projects.Dr. Jemal has also experience of leading project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, AgShare Project, in collaboration with Michigan State University which aimed at creating a scalable and sustainable method of filling critical gaps in graduate agriculture related curriculum through a redesigned teaching and learning process. 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Child and Neonatal health, Child Growth and Development, Maternal and Child Morbidity, Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes, Postpartum Infection; Family Planning; Contraception; Low Birth and Preterm Births; and Fertility. I am also keen to research on nutrition, diets, and food systems among women and children. Feeding habits, food composition, nutritional status of pregnant women and child survival.\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP)<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">The Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP) owns the process of formulating and identifying research thematic areas of the university, and prepares the programmes of executing the research undertakings. The director shall perform, among others, the following major duties:<\\/span><\\/p><ul><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Ensures that all staff and student research conducted at the university or anywhere else through sponsorship of the university fall under one of the six thematic areas of the university<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Coordinates the activities of research groups established based on the identified research thematic areas and facilitate their work through horizontal networking<\\/span><ul><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Facilitates establishment of partnerships of research groups with national and international stakeholders<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Based on recommendations of research groups, stakeholders, and researchers, he\\/she shall facilitate entering agreements and linkages with professionals<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Organises and executes national and international workshops that focus on research thematic areas<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Performs any other related activities<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ul><\\/li><\\/ul>\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"uykbx9y\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"auhnkb8\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"dkdo422\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"tabs\":[{\"tab_title\":\"Detail profile\",\"tab_content\":\"<ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Positions Served<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2002-2004: Head of HIV\\/AIDS unit of Haramaya University (Alemaya University)<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2002-2004: Assistant dean of students, Haramaya University (Alemaya University), Faculty of Public Health, July 2002-August 2004<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2007-2008: Coordinator of postgraduate program for the College of Health Sciences, Haramaya University<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2007-Now: Site lead for Kersa Demographic Surveillance and Health Research Center) (Kersa HDSS): September 2006-now. I have initiated, established, and lead the research center. This research center is the first of its kind in eastern Ethiopia (http:\\/\\/www.haramaya.edu.et\\/research\\/projects\\/kds-hrc\\/). It is generates health and demographic data. The center is an INDPTH member site (http:\\/\\/www.indepth-network.org).<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2009-2012: Executive Director Harar Campus (Now college of Health and Medical Sciences), Haramaya University: I have been responsible for the overall activities in Harar Campus (both academic and administrative activities) for the college of Health and Medical Sciences and a teaching hospital.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">April 2014-Now: Director for Research and Partnerships for Haramaya University (HU): Leads the research activities of the University. Creation of partnerships nationally and internationally. I am facilitating institutional partnerships in the aspects of research endeavor of Haramaya University.<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol><p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Most Recent Published Articles<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dheresa M, Assefa N, Berhane Y, Worku A, Mingiste B, et al. (2017) Gynecological Morbidity among Women in Reproductive Age: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Women\'s Health Care 6: 367. doi:10.4172\\/2167-0420.1000367<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Rashid Abdi Guled, Nikmazlan Bin Mamat, Tefera Balachew, Wan Azdie Mohamed and NegaAssefa. (2017). Predictors And Prevalence of Anemia among Children Aged 6 to 59 Months in Shebelle Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. International Journal of Development Research Vol. 07, Issue 01, Pp.11189-11196.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Rashid A. Guled, Nik M. Mamat, Wan A. Bakar, NegaAssefa, Tefera Balachew. (2016) Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mothers\\/caregivers on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Shabelle Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. Revelation and Science Vol. 06, No. 02 (1438H\\/2016) 42-54<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Binyam N Desta, NegaAssefa, Tesfaye D Damte, Lemessa O Hordofa. (2016).Neonatal Mortality and its risk factors in Eastern Ethiopia: A Prospective Cohort Study in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS); Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health - 2016, Volume 13, Number 4. DOI:10.2427\\/11938<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Geda B, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Worku A (2016) School Enrollment among Children with Disability in Rural Eastern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Survey. Common Disorder Deaf Stud Hearing Aids 4: 167. doi:10.4172\\/2375-4427.1000167<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Alemayehu T, Worku A, Assefa N. Medical Waste Collectors in Eastern Ethiopia are Exposed to High Sharp Injury and Blood and Body Fluids Contamination. PrevInfCntrl. 2016, 2:2<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Atnafe, M., Nega A. Tadesse, A. Long-acting family planning method switching among revisit clients of public health facilities in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Contraception and Reproductive Medicine (2016) 1:18. dio 10.1186\\/s40834-016-0028-z<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">A H Mokdad. Et.al. Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990\\u20132013: a systematic analysis for the. Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet Global Health. 2016. http:\\/\\/dx.doi.org\\/10.1016\\/S2214-109X(16)30168-1. doi.org\\/10.1016\\/S2214-109X(16)30184-X<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Alemayehu T, Worku A, Assefa N. Sharp injury and exposure to blood and body fluids among health care workers in health care centers of eastern Ethiopia. Int J Occup Environ Med 2016; 7:172-180.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Teshome O., Nega A., Yadeta D. Female genital mutilation among mothers and daughters in Harar, eastern Ethiopia. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics., 2016. Elsevier Inc http:\\/\\/dx.doi.org\\/10.1016\\/j.ijgo.2016.06.017<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Musa, A. Assefa, N., Weldegebreal, F., Mitiku, H., Teklemariam, Z. Factor associated with experience of modern contraceptive use before pregnancy among women who gave birth in Kersa HDSS, Ethiopia. BMC Public Health. (2016) 16:614. DOI 10.1186\\/s12889-016-3292-6<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Assefa, N., Lakew, Y., Belay, B., Kedir, H., Zelalem, D., Baraki, N., Damena, M., Oljira, L., Ashenafi, W. and Dedefo, M. Neonatal mortality and causes of death in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia, 2008\\u20132013. Maternal Health, Neonatology, and Perinatology (2016) 2:7 DOI 10.1186\\/s40748-016-0035-8<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dedefo M, Zelalem D, Eskinder B, Assefa N, Ashenafi W, Baraki N, et al. (2016) Causes of Death among Children Aged 5 to 14 Years Old from 2008 to 2013 in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia. PLoSONE 11(6): e0151929. doi:10.1371\\/journal. pone.0151929<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Assefa, N. and Semahegn, A. Fertility is below replacement in Harar Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Harar HDSS), Harar town, Eastern Ethiopia. Fertility Research and Practice (2016) 2:10. DOI 10.1186\\/s40738-016-0023-8<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Geda B, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Worku A. (2016) In Rural Eastern Ethiopia Hearing Loss Is the Most Frequent Disability during Childhood: A Community Based Survey. 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class=\\\"size-medium wp-image-2523 alignleft\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.10.230.5.94\\/tm\\/tm\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2017\\/10\\/Dr.-Mengistu-300x200.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"300\\\" height=\\\"200\\\" \\/><span style=\\\"color: #00ccff;\\\">Mengistu Ketema Aredo (PhD)<\\/span><\\/strong><\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">\\u00a0Associate Professor<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">PhD in Agricultural Economics<\\/span><br \\/><br \\/><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\u00a0<\\/p><p>\\u00a0<\\/p><p>\\u00a0<\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Contact Details:<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Office<strong>:<\\/strong>\\u00a0+251 255 53 03 29 <\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Cellphone\\uff1a+251 969 141750<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Email<strong>:<\\/strong><a href=\\\"mailto:mengistuket@gmail.com\\\">mengistuket@gmail.com<\\/a>\\u00a0or\\u00a0mengistuket@yahoo.com<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Skype: mengistuketema<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Postal address:<strong>\\u00a0<\\/strong>P.O.Box 48, Haramaya University, Ethiopia<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Fax<strong>:<\\/strong>\\u00a0+251 255 53 01 06 (Research Office)<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Research Interest:\\u00a0<\\/strong>Production economics and agricultural systems analysis, environmental and resource economics, impact assessment studies, 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<em>Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,<\\/em> 19 (2): 61\\u201368.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, Mohammed Aman, EyassuSeifu, TarekegnGetachew, EstifanosHawaz, and YonasHailu (2016) The Dairy Value Chain and Factors Affecting Choice of Milk Channels in Harar And Dire Dawa Areas, Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,<\\/em> 19 (2): 10-18.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Mengistu Ketema and Belay Kassa (2016) Impact of Technology on Smallholder Wheat Production in Bale Highlands of Ethiopia: Application of Output Decomposition Model. <em>Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology<\\/em>, 4(6): 446-454.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">GetahunWoldemariam, AseffaSeyoum, and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2016) Residents\' 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VPRA is responsible for the strategic guidance and mentoring of all research and extension units. Under this office are three major directorate offices responsible for leading research, technology exchange (extension), publication, and facility provision and management of the university. These include director for research groups and partnerships, director for research extension and publication, and director for research facilities.<\\/p>\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"},{\"id\":\"fgm0o0f\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"tabs\":[{\"tab_title\":\"Detail profile\",\"tab_content\":\"<p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dr Jemal is currently the Vice President for Research Affairs and Assistant Professor in the Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension at Haramaya University.He is trained in agricultural extension, food marketing and rural development: BSc in Agricultural Extension from Haramaya University in 1997; Higher Diploma and MSc in Cooperative Organization Food Marketing and Rural Development, obtained in 2003 and 2004 respectively, both from University College Cork (UCC), Ireland; and a PhD in Agricultural Extension from University of Cape-Coast (UCC), Ghana, obtained in August, 2011. Dr Jemal has extensive experience of international partnership, working on multi-disciplinary teams and leading various projects from AGRIDIET (aimed at understanding the link between agriculture and nutrition)to USAID agricultural training projects.Dr. Jemal has also experience of leading project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, AgShare Project, in collaboration with Michigan State University which aimed at creating a scalable and sustainable method of filling critical gaps in graduate agriculture related curriculum through a redesigned teaching and learning process. Under a six-year grant, through AgShare project graduate students were engaged in action and participatory research, which connected them to communities and smallholders and through rigorous research practices, produces high quality peer reviewed research, case studies and extension materials.<\\/span><\\/p><p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Research interests are: Linking agricultural\\/rural development intervention with human nutrition;\\u00a0 community-based natural resource management, Improving Agricultural Extension Advisory Services through cutting age ICT use and value chain development; improving teaching and learning in graduate agricultural program for.....\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p>\",\"_id\":\"lz34wyu\"}]},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"toggle\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"cdvtiu0\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"1zeqzoq\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"8ltjqi6\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"text\":\"Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP)\",\"align\":\"justify\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"button\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"pniqgzz\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"z5up60v\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"dhrynli\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"editor\":\"<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong><img class=\\\"wp-image-2524 alignleft\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.10.230.5.94\\/tm\\/tm\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2017\\/10\\/Dr.-Nega-300x200.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"303\\\" height=\\\"203\\\" \\/><span style=\\\"color: #00ccff;\\\">Nega Assefa Kassa(PhD)<\\/span><\\/strong><\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> Associate Professor of Reproductive Health, Maternal and Child Health<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Ethiopia<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> <strong>PhD in Public Health<\\/strong>-Maternal and Child Health focus<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> <strong>PhD research title<\\/strong>: Pregnancy rate and outcomes in rural eastern Ethiopia: Fetal and Neonatal survival<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Contact Detail\\u00a0<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Office: +251-255-530406<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> Cellphone: +251-915-321136<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Email: <a href=\\\"mailto:negaassefa@yahoo.com\\\">negaassefa@yahoo.com\\u00a0<\\/a><\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">P.o.box 1494 Harar, Ethiopia<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Research Interest<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Maternal and Child Health and Reproductive Health. Child and Neonatal health, Child Growth and Development, Maternal and Child Morbidity, Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes, Postpartum Infection; Family Planning; Contraception; Low Birth and Preterm Births; and Fertility. I am also keen to research on nutrition, diets, and food systems among women and children. Feeding habits, food composition, nutritional status of pregnant women and child survival.\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP)<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">The Director for Research Groups and Partnerships (DRGP) owns the process of formulating and identifying research thematic areas of the university, and prepares the programmes of executing the research undertakings. The director shall perform, among others, the following major duties:<\\/span><\\/p><ul><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Ensures that all staff and student research conducted at the university or anywhere else through sponsorship of the university fall under one of the six thematic areas of the university<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Coordinates the activities of research groups established based on the identified research thematic areas and facilitate their work through horizontal networking<\\/span><ul><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Facilitates establishment of partnerships of research groups with national and international stakeholders<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Based on recommendations of research groups, stakeholders, and researchers, he\\/she shall facilitate entering agreements and linkages with professionals<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Organises and executes national and international workshops that focus on research thematic areas<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Performs any other related activities<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ul><\\/li><\\/ul>\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"uykbx9y\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"auhnkb8\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"dkdo422\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"tabs\":[{\"tab_title\":\"Detail profile\",\"tab_content\":\"<ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Positions Served<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2002-2004: Head of HIV\\/AIDS unit of Haramaya University (Alemaya University)<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2002-2004: Assistant dean of students, Haramaya University (Alemaya University), Faculty of Public Health, July 2002-August 2004<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2007-2008: Coordinator of postgraduate program for the College of Health Sciences, Haramaya University<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2007-Now: Site lead for Kersa Demographic Surveillance and Health Research Center) (Kersa HDSS): September 2006-now. I have initiated, established, and lead the research center. This research center is the first of its kind in eastern Ethiopia (http:\\/\\/www.haramaya.edu.et\\/research\\/projects\\/kds-hrc\\/). It is generates health and demographic data. The center is an INDPTH member site (http:\\/\\/www.indepth-network.org).<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">2009-2012: Executive Director Harar Campus (Now college of Health and Medical Sciences), Haramaya University: I have been responsible for the overall activities in Harar Campus (both academic and administrative activities) for the college of Health and Medical Sciences and a teaching hospital.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">April 2014-Now: Director for Research and Partnerships for Haramaya University (HU): Leads the research activities of the University. Creation of partnerships nationally and internationally. I am facilitating institutional partnerships in the aspects of research endeavor of Haramaya University.<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol><p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Most Recent Published Articles<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dheresa M, Assefa N, Berhane Y, Worku A, Mingiste B, et al. (2017) Gynecological Morbidity among Women in Reproductive Age: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Women\'s Health Care 6: 367. doi:10.4172\\/2167-0420.1000367<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Rashid Abdi Guled, Nikmazlan Bin Mamat, Tefera Balachew, Wan Azdie Mohamed and NegaAssefa. (2017). Predictors And Prevalence of Anemia among Children Aged 6 to 59 Months in Shebelle Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. International Journal of Development Research Vol. 07, Issue 01, Pp.11189-11196.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Rashid A. Guled, Nik M. Mamat, Wan A. Bakar, NegaAssefa, Tefera Balachew. (2016) Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mothers\\/caregivers on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Shabelle Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. Revelation and Science Vol. 06, No. 02 (1438H\\/2016) 42-54<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Binyam N Desta, NegaAssefa, Tesfaye D Damte, Lemessa O Hordofa. (2016).Neonatal Mortality and its risk factors in Eastern Ethiopia: A Prospective Cohort Study in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS); Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health - 2016, Volume 13, Number 4. DOI:10.2427\\/11938<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Geda B, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Worku A (2016) School Enrollment among Children with Disability in Rural Eastern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Survey. Common Disorder Deaf Stud Hearing Aids 4: 167. doi:10.4172\\/2375-4427.1000167<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Alemayehu T, Worku A, Assefa N. Medical Waste Collectors in Eastern Ethiopia are Exposed to High Sharp Injury and Blood and Body Fluids Contamination. PrevInfCntrl. 2016, 2:2<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Atnafe, M., Nega A. Tadesse, A. Long-acting family planning method switching among revisit clients of public health facilities in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Contraception and Reproductive Medicine (2016) 1:18. dio 10.1186\\/s40834-016-0028-z<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">A H Mokdad. Et.al. Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990\\u20132013: a systematic analysis for the. Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet Global Health. 2016. http:\\/\\/dx.doi.org\\/10.1016\\/S2214-109X(16)30168-1. doi.org\\/10.1016\\/S2214-109X(16)30184-X<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Alemayehu T, Worku A, Assefa N. Sharp injury and exposure to blood and body fluids among health care workers in health care centers of eastern Ethiopia. Int J Occup Environ Med 2016; 7:172-180.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Teshome O., Nega A., Yadeta D. Female genital mutilation among mothers and daughters in Harar, eastern Ethiopia. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics., 2016. Elsevier Inc http:\\/\\/dx.doi.org\\/10.1016\\/j.ijgo.2016.06.017<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Musa, A. Assefa, N., Weldegebreal, F., Mitiku, H., Teklemariam, Z. Factor associated with experience of modern contraceptive use before pregnancy among women who gave birth in Kersa HDSS, Ethiopia. BMC Public Health. (2016) 16:614. DOI 10.1186\\/s12889-016-3292-6<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Assefa, N., Lakew, Y., Belay, B., Kedir, H., Zelalem, D., Baraki, N., Damena, M., Oljira, L., Ashenafi, W. and Dedefo, M. Neonatal mortality and causes of death in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia, 2008\\u20132013. Maternal Health, Neonatology, and Perinatology (2016) 2:7 DOI 10.1186\\/s40748-016-0035-8<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Dedefo M, Zelalem D, Eskinder B, Assefa N, Ashenafi W, Baraki N, et al. (2016) Causes of Death among Children Aged 5 to 14 Years Old from 2008 to 2013 in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia. PLoSONE 11(6): e0151929. doi:10.1371\\/journal. pone.0151929<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Assefa, N. and Semahegn, A. Fertility is below replacement in Harar Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Harar HDSS), Harar town, Eastern Ethiopia. Fertility Research and Practice (2016) 2:10. DOI 10.1186\\/s40738-016-0023-8<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Geda B, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Worku A. (2016) In Rural Eastern Ethiopia Hearing Loss Is the Most Frequent Disability during Childhood: A Community Based Survey. PLoSONE 11(5): e0152791. doi:10.1371\\/journal.pone.0152791<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol>\",\"_id\":\"oxnaket\"}]},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"toggle\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"e3ge0uu\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"gh2ysy8\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"egjzy3d\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"text\":\"Directors for Research Extension and Publication (DREP)\",\"align\":\"justify\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"button\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"rg4y6tv\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"lwmnddc\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"rmru64p\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"editor\":\"<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong><img class=\\\"size-medium wp-image-2523 alignleft\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.10.230.5.94\\/tm\\/tm\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2017\\/10\\/Dr.-Mengistu-300x200.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"300\\\" height=\\\"200\\\" \\/><span style=\\\"color: #00ccff;\\\">Mengistu Ketema Aredo (PhD)<\\/span><\\/strong><\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">\\u00a0Associate Professor<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">PhD in Agricultural Economics<\\/span><br \\/><br \\/><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\u00a0<\\/p><p>\\u00a0<\\/p><p>\\u00a0<\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Contact Details:<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Office<strong>:<\\/strong>\\u00a0+251 255 53 03 29 <\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Cellphone\\uff1a+251 969 141750<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Email<strong>:<\\/strong><a href=\\\"mailto:mengistuket@gmail.com\\\">mengistuket@gmail.com<\\/a>\\u00a0or\\u00a0mengistuket@yahoo.com<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Skype: mengistuketema<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Postal address:<strong>\\u00a0<\\/strong>P.O.Box 48, Haramaya University, Ethiopia<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Fax<strong>:<\\/strong>\\u00a0+251 255 53 01 06 (Research Office)<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Research Interest:\\u00a0<\\/strong>Production economics and agricultural systems analysis, environmental and resource economics, impact assessment studies, marketing and price analysis, value chain analysis, and economics of climate change.<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Directors for Research Extension and Publication (DREP)<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">The Director for Research Extension and Publication (DREP) owns the process of technology dissemination, scientific publication, and information exchange.\\u00a0 The director shall perform, among others, the following major duties:<\\/span><\\/p><ul><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Executes the process of dissemination of research technology and knowledge<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Undertakes activities of publishing, publicising, and distribution of research knowledge and technologies<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Formulates publication policies of the university and ensure its implementation<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Follows up plant breeders\\u2019 rights, patent rights, copyrights, etc of the university<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Facilitates research and extension review meetings, workshops, symposia, colloquia, field days, and other platforms<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Performs any other related activities<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ul>\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"ja6wxwc\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"ki91ifg\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"cg6lyvs\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"tabs\":[{\"tab_title\":\"Detail profile\",\"tab_content\":\"<p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>\\u00a0<\\/strong><strong>List of selected publications:<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">NegussieZeray, BelainehLegesse, Jema Haji, and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2017) Impacts of Prosopisjuliflora invasion on livelihoods of pastoral and agro-pastoral households of Dire Dawa Administration, Ethiopia. <em>Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice<\\/em> 7 (7): 1-14.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong> and DegefuKebede (2017) Adoption Intensity of Inorganic Fertilizers in Maize Production: Empirical Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Journal of Agricultural Science<\\/em>, 9 (5): 124-132.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">DegefuKebede, <strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, NigussieDechassa, FeyisaHundessa (2017) Determinants of Adoption of Wheat Production Technology Packages by Smallholder Farmers: Evidences from Eastern Ethiopia.<em> Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology<\\/em>, 5(3): 267-274.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, DegefuKebede, NigussieDechassa, FeyisaHundessa (2016) Determinants of Adoption of Potato Production Technology Package by Smallholder Farmers: Evidences from Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,<\\/em> 19 (2): 61\\u201368.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, Mohammed Aman, EyassuSeifu, TarekegnGetachew, EstifanosHawaz, and YonasHailu (2016) The Dairy Value Chain and Factors Affecting Choice of Milk Channels in Harar And Dire Dawa Areas, Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,<\\/em> 19 (2): 10-18.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Mengistu Ketema and Belay Kassa (2016) Impact of Technology on Smallholder Wheat Production in Bale Highlands of Ethiopia: Application of Output Decomposition Model. <em>Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology<\\/em>, 4(6): 446-454.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">GetahunWoldemariam, AseffaSeyoum, and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2016) Residents\' willingness to pay for improved liquid waste treatment in urban Ethiopia: results of choice experiment in Addis Ababa. <em>Journal of Environmental Planning and Management<\\/em>, 59 (1) 163-181.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Degye Goshu and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2014) The Dynamics of Food Supply and Undernourishment in Sub-Saharan Africa. <em>East African Journal of Sciences<\\/em>. 8(1): 47 \\u2013 58.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Shiferaw Solomon and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2015) Impact of Irrigation Technologies on Rural Households\\u2019 Poverty Status: The Case of Fogera District, North-Western Ethiopia.<em>Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics<\\/em> 7 (1): 59-67.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Haile Deressa, NigussieDechassa, <strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, and TamiruAmanu (2013) Farmer Participatory Evaluation of Agronomic Performances of Bread Wheat Varieties in the Highlands of Eastern Ethiopia. <em>East African Journal of Sciences<\\/em>, Vol. 7 (2): 121-128.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Yalfal Temesgen, AyalnehBogale, and <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2013) Determinates of Degraded Forest Rehabilitation: Ordered Probit Analysis for SkekelaMaraim Forest, Western Ethiopia. <em>International Journal of Ecological Economics &amp; Statistics<\\/em>. Vol. 31(4): 41-53<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Tibebe Eshete, <strong>MengistuKetema<\\/strong>, Belay Kassa (2013) Economic Impact of Support Service Program on Micro and Small Enterprises: The Case of Dire Dawa Administration, Ethiopia. <em>Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics<\\/em> 5(1): 21-29.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">GutuTesso, BezabihEmana, <strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> (2012) A time series analysis of climate variability and its impact on food production in North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia. <em>African Crop Science Journal,<\\/em> 20, Issue Supplement s2, pp. 261 - 274.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> and Siegfried Bauer (2012) Factors Affecting Intercropping and Conservation Tillage Practices in Eastern Ethiopia. <em>Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics<\\/em> 4 (1): 21-29.<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Mengistu Ketema<\\/strong> and Siegfried Bauer (2011) Determinants of manure and fertilizer applications in Eastern Highlands of Ethiopia. <em>Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture<\\/em> 50 (3): 237-251.<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol>\",\"_id\":\"oxnaket\"}]},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"toggle\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"2liyyzv\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"sbpva39\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"uskhro1\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"text\":\"Director for Research Facilities (DRF)\",\"align\":\"justify\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"button\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"4rys7kq\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"205besb\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"4pa8u0l\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"editor\":\"<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"color: #00ccff; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><img class=\\\"size-medium wp-image-2525 alignleft\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/localhost\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2017\\/10\\/Mr.-Admkew-300x200.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"300\\\" height=\\\"200\\\" \\/>Admkew Haile\\u00a0Mengesha<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>\\u00a0<\\/strong><strong>MBA<\\/strong> (Masters of Business Administration)<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Contact Details<\\/strong>\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">\\u00a0Office: +251 255 530058\\u00a0<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Cellphone: +251 961658661\\/921674931\\u00a0<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"> Fax: +251 255530106<br \\/><\\/span><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Email:yadeniadmkew@gmail.com\\/alemadmkew@yahoo.com<\\/span><br \\/><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Skype: admkewhaile<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Research Interest: <\\/strong>Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Strategic Management, Human Resource Management, Change Management and Marketing.<\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Director for Research Facilities (DRF)<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">The Director for Research Facilities (DRF) owns the process of managing and utilising material and human resources for research, technology exchange, and publication.\\u00a0 The director shall perform, among others, the following major duties:<\\/span><\\/p><ul style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Manages research stations and facilities of the university within and outside campus, and coordinates the research activities undertaken.<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Coordinates, facilitates, and communicates utilisation of research facilities among research groups and concerned researchers.<\\/span><\\/li><li style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\">Allocates research facilities according to requirements by research groups.<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ul>\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"hhhxvwc\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"pc3mkev\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"u2hs3ns\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"tabs\":[{\"tab_title\":\"Detail profile\",\"tab_content\":\"<p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Research Publications<\\/strong>:<\\/span><\\/p><ol><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Admkew Haile<\\/strong><strong> (2017). <\\/strong>Leadership Styles at Haramaya University and Implications for Corporate Success. East African Journal of Sciences (2017)\\u00a0 Volume 11 (1) 51-58<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol><ol start=\\\"2\\\"><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Admkew Haile<\\/strong> (2015): Impact of leadership approaches on employee motivation: An empirical investigation in Haramaya University (AshEse Journal of Business Management Vol. 1(3), pp. 028-038, August, 2015<\\/span><\\/li><li><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><strong>Admkew Haile<\\/strong> (2015): Effects of marketing competency of frontline employees on customer satisfaction: A study on commercial bank of Ethiopia (AshEse Journal of Business Management Vol. 1(4), pp. 028-038, August, 2015<\\/span><\\/li><\\/ol>\",\"_id\":\"oxnaket\"}]},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"toggle\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"u7vg0eu\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":[],\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"1g50tlu\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"batjytp\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"editor\":\"<p><span style=\\\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\\\"><a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/localhost\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2017\\/09\\/Research-Structure-Description.pdf\\\"><u>For detail structure of the research affairs office click here<\\/u><\\/a><\\/span><\\/p>\"},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false}]'),
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