Mekides Woldegiorgis

Agronomist and crop modeler

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Intro

Stuttgart, Germany

Studied Crop science at University of Hohenheim

Studied Botany at Addis Ababa University

Studied Dry-land crop science and horticulture at Jigjiga University

Farming

Joined November 8, 2022

Skills

Languages

Amharic

Native or Bilingual

English

Advanced

Oromo

Intermediate

About

I am a self-motivated team player with proficiency in agronomy and crop modeling, as well as good organizational and interpersonal abilities. My educational background and experience as an assistant researcher in international research institutions are assets. I am continually seeking to acquire new abilities, assume additional tasks, and develop professionally.

Experience

Bioversity International

Jan 2016 – Jul 2017

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Assistant researcher

Organizing and managing field research data (crowdsourcing, data cleaning, and analyzing). Facilitating and organizing research-related training and field research. Report writing and participating in the write-up of scientific papers

Bioversity International

Jan 2016 – Jul 2017

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Assistant researcher

DAB Development Research and Training

Jul 2015 – Nov 2016

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Project coordinator

Facilitating communication with clients, senior consultants, and enumerators. Coordinating training/orientation to field data enumerators and supervising the research work. Ensuring the timely and quality proceeding of consultancy assignments.

DAB Development research and Training

Jul 2015 – Nov 2016

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Project coordinator

International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA)

Jul 2013 – Jul 2015

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Research assistant

Assisting, organizing, and supervising field research work in different parts of Ethiopia (Amhara, Tigray, Oromiya, and SNNP). Data cleaning and analyzing by employing different analysis methods.

International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA)

Jul 2013 – Jul 2015

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Research assistant

Education

University of Hohenheim

Feb 2018 – Oct 2022

Ph.D. , Crop science

Addis Ababa University

Oct 2014 – Jul 2016

MSc., Botany

Jigjiga University

Nov 2010 – Jun 2012

BSc. , Dry-land crop science and horticulture