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YACOB ABREHE ZEREYESUS

ADDRESS

Yacob A. Zereyesus Office:

3430 Treesmill Dr. Department of Agricultural Economics

Manhattan, KS, 66503 Kansas State University

Cell Phone: 785-313-6381 240c Waters Hall

Email: [email protected] Manhattan, KS, 66506

EXPERIENCE

Research Associate Professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. Department of

Agricultural Economics. February 2019-

Research Assistant Professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. Department of

Agricultural Economics. February 2012-2018

Research Associate, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. Department of Agricultural

Economics. February 2011-January 2012

Graduate Research Assistant, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. Department of

Agricultural Economics. September 2006-December 2010

Program Development, Monitoring, and Evaluation Officer, Refugee Trust International,

Asmara, Eritrea. January 2005-August 2006

Lecturer, Asmara University, Asmara, Eritrea. September 2003-August 2006

National Agricultural Strategy and Policy Frame Work Task Force, Ministry of Agriculture,

Asmara, Eritrea. January 2005-December 2005

National Service, Ministry of Defense, Eritrea, February 2000-January 2001

Research Assistant, Department of Research and Human Resources Development, Ministry of

Agriculture, Halhale and Shambuko Research Centers. February 1998- January 2000

National Service, Ministry of Defense, Eritrea, August 1997- February1998

Interviewer, Genetic Biodiversity Conservation Program, Ministry of Land, Water, and

Environment and Ministry of Agriculture, Asmara, Eritrea June –July 1997

Agricultural expert leader, Students’ Summer Work leader-Reforestation and Water

Conservation program, Ministry of Education, Asmara, Eritrea. May-June 1997

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EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, December 2010

Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

Dissertation Title: “Essays in Applied Demand and Production Analyses”

M.Sc. in agricultural Economics, December 2009


M.Sc. in Agribusiness, August 2003

The University of Free State, South Africa

B.Sc. in Plant Sciences May 1997

University of Asmara, Asmara, Eritrea,

Certificate in Graduate Applied Statistics, May 2010


Certificate in Big Data Specialization, 2016

Coursera.org from University of San Diego, California

SHORT COURSES ATTENDED

Certificate on International Agribusiness Development, Galilee College, Israel. June 2005

National Agricultural Strategy and Policy Frame Work Course, FAO/MOA, Asmara, Eritrea

2005

Management and Business Skills, British Council, Asmara, Eritrea. 2005

Teaching Methods and Student Learning- Problem Based Learning, Asmara, Eritrea. 2003

Animal Production Systems, Nutrition and Research Methodology, DARHRD, Asmara, Eritrea,

1998

ADDITIONAL TRAININGS AND SKILLS

American Economic Association Continuing Education: “Machine Learning and Econometrics”

7-9 January 2018, Philadelphia, PA

The Grant Training Center “Professional Grant Development Workshop”, 2-3 November, 2017,

Manhattan, KS

American Economic Association Continuing Education: “Cross Section Econometrics”, 8-10

January 2017, Chicago, IL

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American Economic Association Continuing Education: “Cross Section Econometrics”, 5-7

January 2014, Philadelphia, PA

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

AGEC 750 Data Analytics in Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Economics Department

Kansas State University

Years taught (2019, 2020)

ECON 160- Principles of Microeconomics; ECON 161-Principles of Macroeconomics –

hybrid courses, Upper Iowa University, Fort Riley Campus

Years taught (2018-present)

ECON 2302 - Principles of Microeconomics; ECON 2301-Principles of Macroeconomics,

and MATH 1342 - Elementary Statistics – hybrid courses, Central Texas

College, Fort Riley Campus

Years taught (2012-present)

AGEC 615 Global Agricultural Development, Agricultural Economics Department Kansas

State University

Year taught (2013)

AGEC 680 Risk Management (as graduate assistant), Agricultural Economics Department

Kansas State University

Year taught (2010)

AGEC 510 Agricultural Market Structures (as graduate assistant), Agricultural

Economics Department Kansas State University

Year taught (2007)

AGEC 445 Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Economics Department, Asmara

University, Asmara, Eritrea

Year taught (2003-2006)

AGEC 440 Production Economics, Agricultural Economics Department, Asmara



AGEC 337 Agricultural Cooperatives, Agricultural Economics Department, Asmara



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AGEC 331 Marketing of Food and Agricultural Products, Agricultural Economics

Department, Asmara University, Asmara, Eritrea


AGEC 212 Principles of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Economics

Department, Asmara University, Asmara, Eritrea


AGEC 212 Principles of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Economics

Department, Hagaz Agro Technical Institute, Hagaz, Eritrea


PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (** after name indicates research

work with a graduate student)

Embaye **, W. and Y.A. Zereyesus “Measuring the value of housing services in household

surveys: an application of machine learning approach” PLOS ONE (accepted)

Yahaya, I., Zereyesus, Y. A., Nakelse, T., & Haruna, B. (2019). Complementarity of

Technology Adoption and Social Capital Participation: The Case of Systems of Rice

Intensification in Ghana. Journal of International Development.

Regier, G., Zereyesus, Y. A., Dalton, T. J., & Amanor‐Boadu, V. (2019). Do Adult Equivalence

Scales Matter in Poverty Estimates? A Northern Ghana Case Study and Simulation.

Journal of International Development, 31(1), 80-100.

Tsiboe**, F, Y. A. Zereyesus, E. Osei **, and J. S. Popp. (2018). “Health effects of women’s

empowerment in agriculture in Northern Ghana: different patterns by body mass index

categories” African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 13(1): 31-43

Zereyesus, Y. A., and T.J. Dalton (2017). “Rates of Returns to Sorghum and Millet Research

Investments: A meta-analysis” PLoS ONE 12(7)

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180414

Zereyesus, Y.A. (2017) “Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture and Household-level Health in

northern Ghana: A Capability Approach” Journal of International Development, 29: 899-

918 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jid.3307/epdf

Tsiboe**, F., Y. A. Zereyesus, E. Osei **, and J. S. Popp (2017) “Effect of Women’s

Empowerment in Agriculture on Household’s Nutrition and Food Security in Ghana”

Social Indicators Research,133 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11205-017-

1659-4

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180414

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jid.3307/epdf

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11205-017-%091659-4

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11205-017-%091659-4

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Amanor-Boadu, V., K.L. Ross, and Y.A. Zereyesus (2017). “Enhancing the Middle Class as a

Development Resource in Africa: Insights from Northern Ghana” Journal of African

Studies and Development, 9(3): 15-22 doi: 10.5897/JASD2016.0428

Zereyesus, Y. A. and Featherstone, A. M. (2017) “Empirical analysis of profit maximization and

cost minimization behavior of Kansas farms” Applied Economics Letters, 17, 1255-1258

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2016.1270407

Zereyesus, Y.A., W.T. Embaye **, F. Tsiboe ** and V. Amanor-Boadu (2017). “Implications of

non-farm work to vulnerability to food poverty – recent evidence from northern Ghana”

World Development.90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.world.dev.2016.10.015

Zereyesus, Y.A., A. Shanoyan, K.L. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu (2016). “The determinants of

household-level well-being in northern Ghana” Development Studies Research. (1):1-10,

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21665095.2016.1229128

Tsiboe **, F., Y.A. Zereyesus, and E. Osei ** (2016). “Non-farm work, food poverty, and nutrient

availability in northern Ghana” Journal of Rural Studies, 47, 97-107.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.07.027

Zereyesus, Y.A., V. Amanor-Boadu, K.L. Ross, and A. Shanoyan. (2016). “Does Women’s

Empowerment in Agriculture Matter for Children’s Health? Evidence from Northern

Ghana” Social Indicators Research, (128):1-16, doi 10.1007/s11205-016-1328-z.

Ross, K.L., Y.A. Zereyesus, A. Shanoyan, and V. Amanor-Boadu. (2015) “The Health Effects

of Women’s Empowerment: Recent Evidence from Northern Ghana” International Food

and Agribusiness Management Review. 18(1): 127-144.

Garay **, P., Y. A. Zereyesus, and A. Thompson. (2014). "Making Every Dollar Count: Local

Government Expenditures and Welfare" Modern Economy 5(1):86-92.

doi:10.4236/me.2014.51010

Bruce, A. S., Bruce, J. M., Schurle, B. W., Zereyesus, Y.A. and James, R. (2011). “Implications

of Neuroscience Developments in Understanding Human Behavior for Teaching

Agricultural Economics/Agribusiness” North American Colleges and Teachers of

Agriculture Journal (September):49-53

ABSTRACTS

Amanor-Boadu, V, Y. A. Zereyesus, and Ross, K. (2009) “Distribution of Local Government

Revenue Sources and Citizen Well-Being”, Journal of Agricultural and Applied

Economics, 550

Zereyesus, Y, A. and Amanor-Boadu, V. (2009) “How Much Did Speculation Contribute to

Recent Food Price Inflation?” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 541

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2016.1270407

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.world.dev.2016.10.015

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21665095.2016.1229128

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.07.027

http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/me.2014.51010

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Zereyesus, Y. A. and Featherstone, A. M. (2009) “Farm level Nonparametric Analysis of Profit

Maximization Behavior with Measurement Error”, Journal of Agricultural and Applied

Economics, 537

ARTICLES UNDER REVIEW IN PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS (** after name

indicates research work with a graduate student)

Solomon Kibret Abreha** and Y. A. Zereyesus “Women’s Empowerment and Infant and Child

Health Status in sub-Saharan Africa. A systematic review” Maternal and Child Health

Solomon Kibret Abreha**, Solomon Zena Walelign, and Y. A. Zereyesus “Associations between

Women’s Empowerment and Child Health Status in Ethiopia” PLOS ONE

Zereyesus, Y. A., Featherstone, A. M. and Langemeier, M. R. “Are Farms Profit Maximizers?

A Stochastic Additive Error Approach” Agricultural Economics (revise and resubmit)

Vipham, J. L., Y. A. Zereyesus, Amenu, K., S. Alonso, J. B. Ndahetuye, K. Sah, A. Havelaar,

and D. Grace “No food security without food safety: lessons from livestock related

research for Global Food Security” Global Food Security

Amanor-Boadu, V., F.K. Nti **, Y. A. Zereyesus, K. Ross “Efficiency, Resource-Based View of

the Firm and Development Strategy: A Case of Smallholder Farmers in Northern Ghana”

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review (revise and resubmit)

Zereyesus, Y.A. and W. Embaye “Improving the prediction of housing values in living standard

measurement surveys using Machine Learning methods” Applied Economic Letters

Embaye **, W., J. Bergtold, B. Schwab, and Y.A. Zereyesus “Modeling Farm Household’s

Productivity under inseparable production and consumption decisions” Journal of

Development Studies

Harris, K., N. Pates **, and Y.A. Zereyesus “The Impact of Enterprise Resource Planning

Technology on Productivity of Food Economy Firms: an application of Malmquist

Productivity Index Analysis” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Ross, K. Y. A. Zereyesus, E. Gutierrez**, and V. Amanor-Boadu “Examining the Dependence of

Children’s Nutritional Status in Northern Ghana” Journal of Health Economics.

Mzyece **, A., A. Shanoyan, Y.A. Zereyesus, K.L. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Transaction

Costs and Market Participation: Recent Evidence from Northern Ghana.”, Agribusiness.

BOOKS

Zereyesus, Y.A., V. Amanor-Boadu, K.L. Ross and C.A. Guvele. March, 2018. “Feed the Future

GHANA 2015 Zone of Influence Interim Assessment Report”. Manhattan, KS, USA.

Zereyesus, Y.A., K.L. Ross, V. Amanor-Boadu, and T.J. Dalton. March 2014. “Baseline Feed

the Future Indicators for Ghana 2012.” Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. ISBN

978-0-9898866-0-4 (printed), ISBN 978-0-9898866-1-1 (pdf)

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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Garay, P., Zereyesus Y.A., and Thompson, A. Making Every Dollar Count: Local Government

Expenditures and Welfare Implications, Mid‐Continent Regional Science Association

42nd Annual Conference Proceedings (August 2011):45-53

RESEARCH REPORTS (** after name indicates research work with a graduate student)

Zereyesus, Y.A. ““Investigation of Mycotoxins Present in Feed and in Milk on Smallholder

Farmers in Ethiopia.”” First Quarter Report, submitted the LSIL Management Entity,

December, 2019

Zereyesus, Y.A. reviewed and adapted to country context the “Data analysis program in Stata-

Ghana”

Zereyesus, Y.A. reviewed and adapted to country context the “Feed the Future P1 ZOI Survey

Methods Questionnaire- Ghana”

Zereyesus, Y.A. reviewed and adapted to country context the “FTF ZOI Survey Methods -

Field Staff Training Manual - Ghana”


Study Protocol Endline”


Study Protocol Endline”

Zereyesus, Y.A. reviewed and adapted to country context the “Feed the Future Survey Methods

- Social Science Interviewers Manual - Ghana”

Zereyesus, Y.A. reviewed and adapted to country context the “FTF ZOI Survey Methods - In-

Country Data Managers Manual - Ghana”


Quality Control and Support Team Manual - Ghana”


Anthropometry Manual - Ghana”


Field-Check Tables -Ghana”


Baseline Data Treatment Analysis Plan - Ghana”


Supervisor's Manual - Ghana”

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Questionnaire Pretest Protocol - Ghana”


Survey Pretest Protocol - Ghana”

Zereyesus, Y.A. reviewed and adapted to country context the “FTF ZOI Survey Methods - Pilot

Protocol - Ghana”


Translation Protocol - Ghana”

Zereyesus, Y.A. “Mycotoxin prevalence and mitigation measures in Ethiopia” Extended

Executive Summary Report, submitted the LSIL Management Entity, December, 2018

Zereyesus, Y.A. “Mycotoxin prevalence and mitigation measures in Ethiopia” Annual (4th

Quarter) Report, submitted the LSIL Management Entity, October 9, 2018

Zereyesus, Y.A. “Mycotoxin prevalence and mitigation measures in Ethiopia” Third Quarter

Report, submitted the LSIL Management Entity, July 5, 2018

Zereyesus, Y.A. “Mycotoxin prevalence and mitigation measures in Ethiopia” Second Quarter

Report, submitted the LSIL Management Entity, April 6, 2018

Zereyesus, Y. A., K. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu. Statistical Summary of Gross Margin

Estimates for Northern Ghana for the 2015 and 2016 Cropping Seasons. Manhattan, KS:

Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University

Guvele, C., Y.A. Zereyesus, K.L. Ross, E.G. Gutierrez**, A. Mzyece**, and V. Amanor-Boadu.

2016. Feed the Future Indicators for Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana 2015 District

Baseline Estimates. Manhattan, KS: Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State

University


2016. Feed the Future Indicators for Northern Region, Ghana 2015 District Baseline

Estimates. Manhattan, KS: Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State

University


2016. Feed the Future Indicators for Upper East Region, Ghana 2015 District

Baseline Estimates. Manhattan, KS: Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State

University

Amanor-Boadu, V. K.L. Ross and Y.A. Zereyesus. A Cautionary Note on Comparing Poverty

Prevalence Rates, March 2015

Gutierrez **, E., Ross, K., Zereyesus, Y. A., Shanoyan, A., & Amanor-Boadu, V. (2015).

Reducing Gender Differences in Agricultural Performance in Northern Ghana.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Technical Support Services (USAID‐METSS), 82.

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Amanor-Boadu, V., K. Ross, Y. Zereyesus, A. Shanoyan, F. Kyekyeku, E. Gutierrez, and A.

Mzyece, Monitoring, Evaluation and Technical Support Services (USAID-METSS)

Research Portfolio: 2014-2015. October 2015. www.agmanager.info

Zereyesus, Y.A. “Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture and Household-level Health in

northern Ghana: A Capability Approach” Kansas State Research and Extension

Contribution Number: 16-173-J, 2015.

Zereyesus, Y.A., W.T. Embaye **, F. Tsiboe ** and V. Amanor-Boadu “Implications of non-farm

income to food vulnerability of resource poor households: evidence from Northern

Ghana” Kansas State Research and Extension Contribution Number: 16-182-J, 2015.

Maberry, J. V. Amanor-Boadu, K.L. Ross, and Y.A. Zereyesus (2014) “Overview of the Results

of the Population-Based Survey of Northern Ghana, 2012” METSS -Ghana Research

and Issue Paper Series No. 03-2014

Zereyesus, Y. A. and Amanor-Boadu, V. Macroeconomic Effects on Poverty Rate: A case study

of Northern Ghana, USAID|Ghana, Monitoring, Evaluation and Technical Support

Service (METSS). March 2015

Amanor-Boadu, V., Y. A., Zereyesus, and J. Asiedu-Darteh. A District Level Analysis of the

Prevalence of Poverty in Northern Ghana, USAID|Ghana, Monitoring, Evaluation and

Technical Support Service (METSS), METSS-Ghana Research and Issue Paper Series

No. 01-2013, October 2013, www.agmanager.info

Zereyesus, Y.A. and V. Amanor-Boadu. Expenditure Patterns in Northern Ghana

(2012).USAID|Ghana,Monitoring, Evaluation and Technical Support Service (METSS),

METSS-Ghana Research and Issue Paper Series No. 02-2013, October 2013,

www.agmanager.info

Dalton, T.J. and Y.A. Zereyesus (2013) “Economic Impact Assessment of Sorghum, Millet and

Other Grains CRSP: Sorghum and Millet Germplasm Development Research” Kansas

State Research and Extension Contribution Number: 12-192-D, 2012

Amanor-Boadu, V and Y.A. Zereyesus, (2007) “Producers as Investors in Agricultural

Research: Searching for Alternative Funding Strategies in Land-Grant Universities”

Mehari, S., Y.A. Zereyesus, Oqbit, A. and Mesfun, B. (2005) “Feasibility Study of University of

Asmara Farm” Office the President, University of Asmara, Asmara, Eritrea

WORK ON PROGRESS (** after name indicates research work with a graduate student)

“Subjective Poverty and Scale Heterogeneity in Northern Ghana” with Evelyn Osei, Elizabeth

Gutierrez, and Saaka Adams

“Associations between Women’s Empowerment and Child Health Status in Ethiopia” with

Solomon Kibret and Solomon Zena

“Predicting Land Values Using Machine Learning Approaches” with L. Tsoodle, and K. Ross.

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“Allocation of Household Labor and Its Implications for Productive Investments, Income, and

Caloric Availability: Insights from Bangladesh” with Tsiboe **, F.

“Empirical Investigation of Intertemporal Poverty Dynamics in Ghana” with Tsiboe **, F., Annim,

S. and Ralph Armah

“Farm Households’ Coping Mechanisms from Shocks: An empirical measurement of resilience in

Malawi” with Embaye, W.T.**, L. Mapemba and J.C. Bizimana.

“Experimental Evidence of Nutritional Interventions on Women’s Nutritional Outcomes” with F.

Tsiboe** and E. Gutierrez**

“Relationship between Efficiency Performances and Optimization Behavior of Farms: An

Empirical Analysis” with Amin Mugera and Allen M. Featherstone

“Nonparametric analysis of optimization behavior of farms with quantity uncertainties” with

Allen M. Featherstone

“The Impact of Climate Change on Farm Incomes and Production Efficiency in Kansas” with

Amin Mugera

“Decomposing Gender Inequality in Agricultural Productivity in Bangladesh” with Elizabeth

Gutierrez **

“Poverty analysis in northern Ghana: a comparison of subjective and objective approaches” with

K. Ross and V. Amanor-Boadu

“Household elasticities for nutrients in northern Ghana” with F. Nti **, and F. Tsiboe **

“Food Demand Analysis in Bangladesh” with A. Shanoyan and V. Hovhannisyan

“Longitudinal analysis of child malnutrition trends in Ghana” with Ross, K., and A. Shanoyan

“Efficiency implications of the use of improved maize variety seeds in resource poor

households” with Y. A., R. Armah **, K. Ross, F. Nti **, and V. Amanor-Boadu

“Improved Seeds, Gender Differences and Agricultural Productivity in Northern Ghana” with

Ross, K., E. Gutierrez**, and V. Amanor-Boadu

SELECTED PAPER PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS BY

PEER REVIEW (** after name indicates research work with a graduate student)

Mukuria, Altrena G, Y.A. Zereyesus, S. Adams, E. Bonku, and Tim Williams

“Complementary feeding practices improved following the implementation of an

integrated multi-sectoral nutrition program targeting 1000 day households in Northern

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and Eastern Regions of Ghana” selected paper for presentation at the 2019 Third World

Breast Feeding Conference, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 11-15, 2019

Tsiboe **, F., Y.A. Zereyesus, Ralph Armah, and Annim, S. “Empirical Investigation of

Intertemporal Poverty Dynamics in Ghana” selected paper for presentations at the 2019

AAEA Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA. July 21-22, 2019

Embaye, W.T.**, Y.A. Zereyesus, L. Mapemba and J.C. Bizimana. “Farm Households’ Coping

Mechanisms from Shocks: An empirical measurement of resilience in Malawi” selected

paper for presentations at the 2019 AAEA Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA. July 21-22,

2019

Embaye, W.T.*, J.S. Bergtold, B. Schwab, and Y.A. Zereyesus. “Modeling Farm Household’s Productivity

under Inseparable Production and Consumption decisions” selected paper for presentations at the

2016 AAEA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. August 5-7, 2018.

Mzyece **, A. Y.A. Zereyesus, and A. Shanoyan “Does Crop Diversification Involve A Trade-

Off Between Technical Efficiency and Income Stability for Farmers In Zambia?”

selected paper for presentations at the 2016 AAEA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

August 5-7, 2018

Tsiboe **, F. and Y.A. Zereyesus “Allocation of Household Labor and Its Implications for

Productive Investments, Income, and Caloric Availability: Insights from Bangladesh”

selected paper for presentations at the 2016 AAEA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

August 5-7, 2018

Y.A. Zereyesus, R. Armah **, K. Ross, and F. Nti **, V. Amanor-Boadu “Efficiency Implications

of the Use of Improved Variety Seeds in Resource Poor Households” selected paper for

presentations at the SAEA Annual Meeting in Jacksonville, FL, Feb 5-8, 2018

K. Ross, E. Gutierrez **, Y.A. Zereyesus, and V. Amanor-Boadu “Improved Seeds, Gender

Differences and Agricultural Productivity in Northern Ghana” selected paper for

presentations at the SAEA Annual Meeting in Jacksonville, FL, Feb 5-8, 2018

Kotchofa **, P. A., K. Ross, V. Amanor-Boadu, and Y.A. Zereyesus “Expenditure and Price

Elasticities of Demand for Cowpea in Northern Ghana.” selected paper for

presentations at the AAEA Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, July 29-August 1, 2017

Kotchofa**, P., K. Ross, V. Amanor-Boadu and Y. A. Zereyesus “Expenditure and Price

Elasticities of Demand for Legumes in Northern Ghana” Poster presented at the Legume

Innovation Lab Global Conference, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Aug. 13-18, 2017.

Y.A. Zereyesus, K. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu “Poverty Analysis in Northern Ghana: A

Comparison of Subjective and Objective Approaches” selected paper for presentations at

the SAEA Annual Meeting in Mobile, AL, Feb 4-7, 2017

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Ross, K., F. Nti **, A. Shanoyan, Y.A. Zereyesus and V. Amanor-Boadu “Creating Opportunities

in Ghana’s Poultry Industry through Private Strategies and Public Policies” selected

paper for presentations at the SAEA Annual Meeting in Mobile, AL, Feb 4-7, 2017

Embaye **, W. and Y.A. Zereyesus “Measuring the value of housing services in household

surveys: an application of machine learning approach” selected paper for presentations

at the SAEA Annual Meeting in Mobile, AL, Feb 4-7, 2017

Gutierrez **, E.G., Y.A. Zereyesus, K. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu “An Assessment of

Resilience in Northern Ghana” selected paper for presentations at the SAEA Annual

Meeting in Mobile, AL, Feb 4-7, 2017

Gutierrez **, E.G., Y.A. Zereyesus, K. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu “Decomposing Gender

Inequality in Agricultural Productivity in Bangladesh” selected paper for presentations at

the MVEA 53rd Annual Meeting in Saint Louis, MO, Oct 27-29, 2016

Gutierrez **, E.G., K. Ross, Y.A. Zereyesus, and V. Amanor-Boadu “Linking women’s health

status and children’s health and nutrition” selected paper for presentations at the MVEA

53rd Annual Meeting in Saint Louis, MO, Oct 27-29, 2016

Zereyesus, Y. A., W. T. Embaye **, F. Tsiboe **, and V. Amanor-Boadu “Participation in non-

farm work and vulnerability to food poverty of households in northern Ghana” selected

paper for presentations at the 2016 AAEA Annual Meeting in Boston, MA, July 31-

August 2, 2016

Zereyesus, Y. A., F. Tsiboe **, and W. T. Embaye ** “The Effect of Shocks and Remittances on

Household’s Vulnerability to Poverty: evidence from Bangladesh” selected paper for

presentations at the 2016 AAEA Annual Meeting in Boston, MA, July 31-August 2, 2016

Ross, K., Y.A. Zereyesus, and V. Amanor-Boadu “Consumer Preferences for Grain Legumes: A

Cross-Country Study” selected paper for presentations at the 2016 CAES and WAEA

joint Annual Meeting in British Colombia, Canada, June 21-24, 2016.

Tsiboe **, F., Y. A Zereyesus, E. Osei **, and J. S. Popp “Food and Nutrition Security

implications of Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: Insights from northern Ghana”

Selected paper prepared for presentation at the 26th Annual World Symposium of the

International Food and Agribusiness Association, Aarhus, Denmark, June 19-23, 2016

(Best paper finalist).

Gutierrez **, E., K.L. Ross, Y.A. Zereyesus, A. Shanoyan, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Unleashing

Women's Productive Potential to Drive Economic Growth and Rural Development in

Northern Ghana.” Selected paper prepared for presentation at the 25th Annual World

Symposium of the International Food and Agribusiness Association Minneapolis-Saint

Paul, USA, June 14-18, 2015.

Hancock **, A., A. Shanoyan, Y.A. Zereyesus, K.L. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “The Effect of

Storage and Infrastructure on Post-Harvest Loss in Northern Ghana.” Selected paper

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prepared for presentation at the 25th Annual World Symposium of the International Food

and Agribusiness Association Minneapolis-Saint Paul, USA, June 14-18, 2015.

Mzyece **, A., A. Shanoyan, Y.A. Zereyesus, K.L. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Transaction

Costs and Market Participation: Recent Evidence from Northern Ghana.” Selected paper



Nti **, F., Y.A. Zereyesus, K. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Efficiency of Grain farms in

Northern Ghana: A Nonparametric and Double Bootstrap Approach.” Selected paper



Salin-Maradeix **, M, Y.A. Zereyesus, A. Shanoyan, K.L. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu.

“Fertilizer Use and Agricultural Productivity in Northern Ghana: The Effect of

Transaction Costs in Accessing Input Markets.” Selected paper prepared for presentation

at the 25th Annual World Symposium of the International Food and Agribusiness

Association Minneapolis-Saint Paul, USA, June 14-18, 2015.

Zereyesus, Y.A., A. Shanoyan, K.L. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Children First:

Understanding Children’s Well-being in Northern Ghana” Selected paper prepared for

presentation at the American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting,

Minneapolis, MN, July 27-29, 2014

Ross, K.L., A. Shanoyan, Y.A. Zereyesus, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Longitudinal Analysis of

Child Malnutrition trends in Ghana” Selected paper prepared for presentation at the

American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, July

27-29, 2014

Gregory Regier **, Y.A. Zereyesus, Timothy J. Dalton, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Do Adult

Equivalence Scales Matter in Poverty Estimates? Evidence from Ghana” Selected

paper prepared for presentation at the American Agricultural Economics Association

Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, July 27-29, 2014

Zereyesus, Y.A., K.L. Ross, A. Shanoyan, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Linking women’s

empowerment and children well-being in Northern Ghana” Selected paper prepared for

presentation at the Annual World Symposium of the International Food and Agribusiness

Association, Cape Town, South Africa, June 16-17, 2014

Zereyesus, Y.A., A. Shanoyan, K.L. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Investing in a Brighter

Future Today: Determining the Factors that Influence Child Well-being in Northern

Ghana” Selected paper prepared for presentation at the Annual World Symposium of the

International Food and Agribusiness Association, Cape Town, South Africa, June 16-17,

2014

Ross, K.L., Y.A. Zereyesus, A. Shanoyan, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “The Health Effects of Women

Empowerment: Recent Evidence from Northern Ghana” Selected paper prepared for

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Shanoyan, A., K.L. Ross, Y.A. Zereyesus, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “An Apple a Day: Factors

Affecting Fruits and Vegetables Expenditures and Consumption in Northern Ghana”

Selected paper prepared for presentation at the Annual World Symposium of the

International Food and Agribusiness Association, Cape Town, South Africa, June 16-17,

2014

Ross, K.L., A. Shanoyan, V. Amanor-Boadu and Y.A. Zereyesus. “From Subsistence to

Commercial Production: Factors Affecting Smallholder Bean and Cowpea Producers

Market Participation in Zambia” Selected paper prepared for presentation at the Annual

World Symposium of the International Food and Agribusiness Association, Cape town,

South Africa, June 16-17, 2014

Levi ** R., L., T. Schroeder, G. Tonsor, T. Xia, Y. A. Zereyesus. “Consumer Response to

Changes in Meat Prices: A Comparison of Retail Scanner and BLS Data.” Paper

presentation. 2012 Risk & Profit Conference, Manhattan, Kansas, August 16-17, 2012.

Dalton, Timothy J. and Y. A. Zereyesus. “A Meta-Analysis of ROR Studies on Sorghum and

Millet” ICAE, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, August 20, 2012

Zereyesus Y.A., Garay**, P., and Thompson, A. “Making Every Dollar Count: Local

Government Expenditures and Welfare Implications”, Selected paper prepared for

presentation at the Mid‐Continent Regional Science Association 42nd Annual

Conference, Detroit, Michigan, June 8 – June 10, 2011

Schurle, B. W., Bruce, A. S. Bruce, J. M. and Y.A. Zereyesus “Implications of Neuroscience

Developments in Understanding Human Behavior for Teaching Agricultural

Economics/Agribusiness”, Selected paper prepared for presentation at the American

Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, July 25-27, 2010

Zereyesus, Y. A. “The Demand for Alcoholic Beverages in the U.S.: a Cointegrated Vector Error

Correction Almost Ideal Demand System (VEC-AIDS)”, Selected paper prepared

for presentation at the Missouri Valley Economic Association 46th Annual Meeting,

Kansas City, Missouri, October 22 -24, 2009

Amanor-Boadu, V, Zereyesus, Y, A and Ross, K. “HIV/AIDS, Climate Change and Agricultural

Crop Mix Strategy: The Case of Zambia”, paper presented at the African Issues

Symposium: Food Security, Environmental Sustainability and Human Health, Kansas

State University, March 30–April 1, 2009

Zereyesus, Y. A. and Featherstone, A. M. “Farm level Nonparametric Analysis of Profit

Maximization Behavior with Measurement Error”, Selected paper prepared for

presentation at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association 41st Annual Meeting,

Atlanta, Georgia, January 31 - February 3,2009

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Amanor-Boadu, V, Y.A. Zereyesus, and Ross, K. “Distribution of Local Government Revenue

Sources and Citizen Well-Being”, Selected paper prepared for presentation at the

Southern Agricultural Economics association 41st Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia

,January 31 - February 3, 2009

Zereyesus, Y, A and Amanor-Boadu, V. “How Much Did Speculation Contribute to Recent Food

Price Inflation?” Selected paper prepared for presentation at the Southern Agricultural

Economics Association 41st Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, January 31 - February 3,

2009

Zereyesus, Y, A. “Youth Migration and its Repercussion to the Economy: A Case Study of

Eritrea”, Selected paper prepared for presentation at the Mid-America Alliance for

African Studies 13th Annual Conference, Kansas Memorial Union, The University of

Kansas, September 28-29, 2007

Amanor-Boadu, V and Y.A. Zereyesus, “Producers as Investors in Agricultural Research:

Searching for Alternative Funding Strategies in Land-Grant Universities”, Selected

paper prepared for presentation at the American Agricultural Economics Association

Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, July 29-August 1, 2007

SELECTED POSTER PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS BY

PEER REVIEW (** after name indicates research work with a graduate student)

Kotchofa**,P. K. Ross, V. Amanor-Boadu and Y. A. Zereyesus “Expenditure and Price

Elasticities of Demand for Legumes in Northern Ghana” Poster presented at the Legume

Innovation Lab Global Conference, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Aug. 13-18, 2017.

Zereyesus, Y. A. “Examining Children’s Vulnerability to Poverty: A Cross Country Analysis”

selected poster for presentations at the 2016 AAEA Annual Meeting in Boston, MA, July

31-August 2, 2016

Zereyesus, Y. A., F. Tsiboe **, and V. Amanor-Boadu, K. Ross and A. Shanoyan “Experimental

evidence of nutrition interventions in northern Ghana” selected poster for presentations

at the 2016 AAEA Annual Meeting in Boston, MA, July 31-August 2, 2016

Gutierrez g, E., K.L. Ross, Y.A. Zereyesus, A. Shanoyan, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Unleashing

Women's Productive Potential to Drive Economic Growth and Rural Development in

Northern Ghana.” Selected paper prepared for presentation at the 25th Annual World

Symposium of the International Food and Agribusiness Association Minneapolis-Saint

Paul, USA, June 14-18, 2015.

Contreras **, S. and Y.A. Zereyesus. “Does Time allocation really matter for the Women’s

Empowerment in Agriculture? An evaluation of the Women's Empowerment in

Agriculture Index WEAI”. Selected poster prepared for presentation at the American

Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, July 26-28,

2015

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Zereyesus, Y.A., K.L. Ross, A. Shanoyan, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Effect of women’s

empowerment on children well-being in Northern Ghana” Selected poster prepared for

presentation at the American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting,

Minneapolis, MN, July 27-29, 2014

Zereyesus, Y.A., A. Shanoyan, K.L. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “An Empirical Analysis of

Household Well-being in Northern Ghana” Selected poster prepared for presentation at

the American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN,

July 27-29, 2014

Zereyesus, Y.A., K.L. Ross, A. Shanoyan, and V. Amanor-Boadu. “Linking women’s

empowerment and children well-being in Northern Ghana” Selected paper prepared for



Mugera, A.W. and Y.A. Zereyesus. “The Impact of Climate Change on Farm Incomes and

Production Efficiency in Kansas”, Selected poster prepared for presentation at the

American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, August 12-

14, 2012

RESEARCH CONTRACTS/GRANTS

Funded projects:

12/2019- 2020

Title: Feed-to-Farm Investigation of Mycotoxin contamination of Feed and Milk in

Ethiopia ($ 183,750)

Role: Principal Investigator

Collaborators: Jessie L. Vipham, Deon van der Merwe, Carl Birkelo, Mestawet Taye, and

Sintayehu Yigrem.

Funding Source: USAID through grants to the University of Florida’s Feed the Future

Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems.

12/2016-12/2017

Title: Safe Feed Safe Food: Mycotoxin Prevalence and Mitigation Measures in Ethiopia ($

106,000)

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Collaborators: Deon van der Merwe and Carl Birkelo

Funding Source: USAID through grants to the University of Florida’s Feed the Future

Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems. Matching funding was also provided by ACDI/VOCA

02/2017-

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Monitoring and Evaluation and Technical Support Services (METSS-III) Ghana

Implementation (Sustaining Economic Growth through Effective Management and

Collaboration) ($ 1.5 million)


Collaborators: Vincent Amanor-Boadu, Kara Ross, and Alex Shanoyan

Funding Source: USAID through USDA PASA

02/2016-2017

Monitoring and Evaluation and Technical Support Services (METSS-III) Ghana






02/2015-02/2016

Title: Monitoring and Evaluation and Technical Support Services (METSS-III) Ghana






02/2014-02/2015

Title: Monitoring and Evaluation and Technical Support Services (METSS-III) Ghana






02/2013-02/2014

Title: Monitoring and Evaluation and Technical Support Services (METSS-II) Ghana




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02/2012-02/2013

Title: Monitoring and Evaluation and Technical Support Services (METSS) Ghana






Grants under review (concept note accepted):

Title: Sustainable Intensification of Dual-Purpose Cowpea Varieties for Enhanced Food and Fodder in

Senegal ($399,993.80)


Collaborators: Zachary P. Stewart, Augustine K. Obour, A. Faye, Doohong Min, Bineta Mbengue

Dieye, Mouhamadou Moussa Diangar, and Assane Beye

Funding Source: Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Legume Systems Research

Grants under review:

Title: A Community-Based Approach to HIV Prevention and Treatment among Men in

Ugandan Fishing Communities ($274,000)


Collaborators: Nancy Muturi and Raymond Mutava

Funding Source: National Institute of Health (NIH), U.S.A.

Title: An Integrated Community-Based Approach to Alcohol Abuse Prevention among

Young Adults in Rural Resource-Poor Communities in Kenya ($ 1,902,226)


Collaborators: Nancy Muturi, Munyae Mulinge, Karatu Kiemo, Josephine Arasa, and Isaiah

Mwangi

Funding Source: US Department of Health and Human Services

Not Funded

Title: Optimizing Cowpea Production to Enhance Nutrition and Farming Systems

Resilience in the Sudan and Sahel Regions of West Africa ($774,669)

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Collaborators: Augustine K. Obour, Zachary P. Stewart, A. Faye, and Nouri Maman


Title: Analysis of economic and sociocultural motivators to cowpea utilization in northern Ghana

($775,000)


Collaborators: Jason Bergtold, Nancy W. Muturi, Iddrisu Yahaya, and Abdul-Razak Abizari


Title: Assessment of Productivity Enhancing Seed Technologies and Multipurpose Outputs of

Cowpea Based Cropping Systems in Niger ($775,000)


Collaborators: Jason Bergtold, Abdoulaye DJIDO, and Tim Dalton


Title: Economic Impact of Implementation of Posted Protein Scales for Wheat by Kansas

Grain Handlers ($ 155,000)


Collaborators : Daniel O’Brien , Andrew Hoelscher, Frayne Olson , Aleksan Shanoyan,

Elizabeth Yeager, Yonghui Li, Romulo Lollato, Lucas Haag, Lisa Elliott, and Matthew Elliott

Funding Source: Kansas Wheat Commission

Title: Establishing an Integrated Data Driven and Low Cost System for Effective

Monitoring and Evaluation of Food and Nutrition Security Programs ($ 1,000,000) –

concept paper


Collaborators: Jason Bergtold and Ignacio Ciampitti

Funding Source: USAID

2017

Title: Participatory Intervention for Improved Food Choice and Nutritional Outcomes in

Kenya ($ 299,315) –concept paper


Collaborators: Nancy W. Muturi, Tandalayo Kidd, Willy Mwangi Muturi, Florence Odieki-

Mwaura, Joyce Mwaura

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Funding Source: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and UKAID

2017

Title: Nutritional Demand and Extrinsic Characteristics of Sorghum and Millet-based

Food

Products in Niger ($ 177,446) –concept paper


Collaborators: Timothy J. Dalton, Tebila Nakelse, Hama Yayé, Hamza Lampso, Moustapha

Moussa, Bruce Hamaker

Funding Source: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and UKAID

2017

Title: Health Literacy in Alcohol Abuse and HIV Prevention among Active Duty US

Military Service Members in the East African Region


Collaborators: Nancy Muturi

Funding Source: US Department of Defense

SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, PRESENTATIONS AND EXTENSION MEETINGS

Zereyesus, Y.A. “Machine Learning in Agriculture and an application to housing rental values”

Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Development Studies, Ghana,

January 22,2020

Zereyesus, Y.A. Training of Enumerators: Feed the Future Zone of Influence 2020 Baseline

Survey, Global Dream Hotel, Tamale, Ghana, January 06-24, 2020.

Zereyesus, Y.A. Supervisor Training: Feed the Future Zone of Influence 2020 Baseline, Global

Dream Hotel, Tamale, Ghana, January 09, 2020.

Zereyesus, Y.A. In Country Data Manager Training: Feed the Future Zone of Influence 2019

Endline Survey, METSS Office, Accra, Ghana, January 10, 2020.

Zereyesus, Y.A. “Implications of non-farm work to vulnerability to food poverty-evidence from

northern Ghana” International Trade and Development Branch, Markets and Trade

Economics Division, USDA-ERS, Washington, D.C., October 16, 2019

Zereyesus, Y.A. Training of Enumerators: Feed the Future Zone of Influence 2019 Endline

Survey, Global Dream Hotel, Tamale, Ghana, June 17-July 5, 2019.

Zereyesus, Y.A. Supervisor Training: Feed the Future Zone of Influence 2019 Endline Survey,

Global Dream Hotel, Tamale, Ghana, June 29-30, 2019.

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Zereyesus, Y.A. In Country Data Manager Training: Feed the Future Zone of Influence 2019

Endline Survey, METSS Office, Accra, Ghana, May 24, 2019.

Zereyesus, Y.A. Training of Trainers: Feed the Future Zone of Influence 2019 Endline Survey,

METSS Office, Accra, Ghana, May 15-25, 2019.

Zereyesus, Y.A. Data Quality and Control Training: Feed the Future Zone of Influence 2019

Endline Survey, METSS Office, Accra, Ghana, May 26, 2019.

Zereyesus, Y.A. short course training on “Machine Learning for Economics”, MAKERERE

UNIVERSITY, KAMPALA, UGANDA, June 11-22, 2018 (to faculty of DANRE,

College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences)

Zereyesus, Y.A. short course training on “Machine Learning for Economics”, MAKERERE

UNIVERSITY, KAMPALA, UGANDA, June 11-22, 2018 (to graduate students of

DANRE, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences)

Zereyesus, Y.A. Impact Evaluation in Practice, METSS Office, Accra, Ghana, March 10, 2017.

Zereyesus, Y.A. Women’s Empowerment in Northern Ghana, Presentation at the PBS Ghana

Roll Out Conference, Alisa Hotel, Accra, Ghana, March 17, 2016.

Zereyesus, Y.A. Results of the interim Population-Based Survey 2015, Presentation in two

regional capitals to Ghana Government and Regional and District Government employees

– Bolgatanga, Upper East Region (March 22, 2016); and Wa, Upper West Region (March

23, 2016).

Zereyesus, Y.A. Household Hunger Scale in the SADA area, Ghana, Presentation at the PBS

Ghana Roll Out Conference, Alisa Hotel, Accra, Ghana, March 17, 2014.

Zereyesus, Y.A. Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture (WEAI) the SADA Region, Ghana,

Presentation at the PBS Ghana Roll Out Conference, Alisa Hotel, Accra, Ghana, March

17, 2014.

Zereyesus, Y.A. Impact Assessment of Sorghum and Millet Improved Varieties in Sudan,

Agricultural Research Corporation, Wad Medani, Sudan, April 18, 2012.

Zereyesus, Y.A. Capacity Building and Community Development Project for Horticulture

farmers in Debub and Anseba, Keren, Eritrea, 22nd February, 2005

Zereyesus, Y.A. Capacity Building and Community Development Project for Horticulture

farmers in Debub and Anseba, Mendefera, Eritrea, 24th February 2005

Zereyesus, Y.A. Household Morinaga Tree introduction as a viable alternative to address food

insecurity in Eritrea, 19th May 2005, MOA, Keren.

HONORS AND AWARDS

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Outstanding Achievements Award (2008)-USD 1,500 via Ruby Newhall Scholarship, Pilot

International Foundation

First Prize Winner (1998) - Sawa Youth Competition

Distinction Student Award (1996-1997) - Emmanuel G. scholarship

OTHER AWARDS

IAMA Travel Scholarship, IAMA, 2009

Graduate Travel Scholarship, KSU Graduate School, 2009

MAAAS 2007 Travel Award, Kansas African Studies Center, 2007

Graduate Travel Scholarship, AAEA, July 2007

Graduate Travel Scholarship, KSU Graduate School, July 2007

PhD Grad. Res. Assistantship, Kansas State University, 2006

Business Training Scholarship, Refugee Trust International, September 2005

Master’s Degree Scholarship, World Bank, 2001

DAAD Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service (declined), 1999

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Board Member, Academic Editor, PLOS ONE 2018-2021

Academic Guest Editor, PLOS ONE 2018

Representative, Campus Environmental Health and Safety Committee, Kansas State University,

2017-2020

Abstract Reviewer, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, 2016,

2017

Nominating committee, AAEA Africa Section, 2016-2017

Board of directors, 2nd Vice president, Prairie Glen Townhouses Inc., 2016

Board of directors, treasurer, Prairie Glen Townhouses Inc., 2015-2016

Expert Reviewer, Grand Challenges Canada, 2017; Global Center for Food Systems Innovation

Grants, CRDF Global 2015

Reviewer, PLOS ONE, 2019 ; African Development Review, 2019; Nature, 2018; Food

Security, 2018; Social Science and Medicine, 2018; PLOS ONE 2018, 2017; Journal of

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Development Studies 2017, Applied Economics, 2015; Empirical Economics, 2014;

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 2010, 2011, 2015

Discussant, International Economics I session, MVEA annual meeting, 2009

Moderator, Agricultural Finance and Farm Management section, AAEA annual meeting, 2007

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Committee member

Raymond Thomas, M.Sc., 2020

Sandra Contreras, Ph.D., 2019/2020

Solomon Kibret Abreha, Ph.D., 2019/2020

Weldensie Embaye, Ph.D., 2018

Mengistu Kassie, M.Sc., 2017

Bethany Huls, MAB, 2018

Sara Trattles, MAB, 2019

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Senior research supervisor

Ghebrehiwet Amare, Tesfamariam, M, Berhane, B., Adem, M., Yohannes, Y. 2005/2006

Committee member

Yosief, M., Tesfamichael, M., Alemseged, Y. , Berhane G., Beniam, H., Pawlos, B. 2005/2006

CONSULTANCY WORKS

IOS Partners Inc., April 2015-2017

Trained staff members of Self Help an international NGO on “project cycle management”,

August 2005

Market study for “Organic and Dried Vegetables and Fruits in Eritrea”, September- November

2005

Mid Project Monitoring for “Farm Tools and Seeds project for Chronic Food insecure

communities in Anseba and Debub regions, Eritrea’ implemented by RTI, Eritrea, June-July

2005

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

American Economic Association (AEA)

Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA)

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Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA)

International Agribusiness Management Association (IAMA)

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTEREST

Teaching interest

Data Analytics, Development Economics, Demand Analysis, Production Analysis, Agribusiness

Management, Behavioral Economics, Consumer Behavior, Applied Econometrics, Principles of

Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, and Statistics

Research interest

Causal Inference, Impact Assessment, Nonparametric analysis, Consumption Modeling, and

Structural Equation Modeling

ANALYTICAL TOOLS

Stata, GAMS, R, SAS, and SPSS

LANGUAGES

Tigrigna-Eritrean Official Language (native), English (fluent), Amharic-Ethiopian Official

Language (fluent), Arabic (Read and Write)

REFERENCES

Allen Featherstone

Department Head, Professor, and Director of Master in Agribusiness program,

Agricultural Economics Department

341 B Waters Hall

Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-4011

Phone: 785.532.4441

Email: [email protected]

Jason S. Bergtold

Professor

304G Waters Hall

Agricultural Economics Department

Kansas State University, Manhattan

KS, 66506-4011

Phone: 785.532.0984


Timothy J. Dalton

Professor,

Director, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sorghum and Millet

148 Waters Hall


mailto:[email protected]

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Phone: 785.477.8239


Nat Bascom

Assistant Director

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sorghum and Millet

148 Waters Hall


Phone: 785.532.2129


mailto:[email protected]

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