Tadele Amare

CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Full Name: TADELE AMARE KASSIE 2. Nationality: Ethiopian 3. Address 3.1 Office Address:

Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI), Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Tele: +251 058 220 51 72/ 22 064 00, Fax: +251 058 226 60 77, P.O-Box 527 3.2 Resident Address: P. O. Box 1619, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, Tele: +251 058 222 00 43 Mobile: +251 091 876 62 89, E-mail: [email protected] 4. Birth place: Gojjam, Ethiopia 5. Birth date: 29 October, 1975 6. Sex: Male 7. Marital status:

Married

8. Educational Backgrounds Education level Elementary(1-6) Junior-secondary(7-8) High-school BSc MSc PhD student

Place Liben Yismala Merawi Alemaya University Wageningen University and Research Center, The Netherlands Switzerland, University of Bern

Year Sep 1981-June 1985 September 1985-June 1987 September 1987-June 1992 October 1992- July 1996 September,2000-April, 2002

Remark

From April 2010 to date

In Soil organic carbon

In soil and water

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Employed and working for Adet Agricultural research Centre which is under ARARI from February, 1997 –to date as researcher in soil management 10. Major Trainings 1. A practical method for modelling soil spectral information held at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, Germany, from 29 to 31 August 2011. 2. NCCR North-South Integrated Training and Capitalization of Experiences (ITC) in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 1-12 September, 2010.

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3. ‘’From Research Question to policy Relevance’’, 3rd African Regional Training Course (RTC 2011) , held in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 20-26 June 2011. 4. Institutions, livelihoods and conflicts, held in Meiringen, Switzerland, 23-29 August 2012. 5. Training on Basics of GIS Its application. From May 8-18, 2009, ARARI, Bahir Dar. 6. Biometrics using SAS software (Data management, Analysis, interpretation and presentation). Organized by the Amhara Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI) from December 20th –December 25th 2007, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. 7. On farm Research Methodologies organized by the Amhara National Regional State Bureau of Agriculture and SIDA/Rural Development Support program conducted at Bahir Dar by the Alemaya University of Agriculture from 4-20 May 1998. 8. Key principles of Irrigation water management organized by Sustainable water harvesting and institutional strengthening in Amhara (SWHISA) from 24 to 28 October 2005. 9. Training methodologies and on-farm research organized by AMAREW project with Bureau of Agriculture at Adet agricultural research center from 24-29 May 2004. 10. Training of Trainers (ToT) on Managing and scaling up of knowledge in Soil and Water management at Nairobi, Kenya from 4 to 8 July 2005. 11. Soil and Plant analysis and data handling at Wageningen University, The Netherlands from 7 May to 1 June 2001. 12. Strategic Planning and Management courses offered by Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute at Bahir Dar from 14-21 February 2003

11. Study tours and experience shared 1. 4th International Congress European Confederation of soil science societies (ECSSS), 2 to 6 August 2012, Bari, Italy. 2. From May 8 to11, 2012, Nairobi, Kenya, to visit and share the experiences of ICRAF for soil spectroscopy and modelling of soil attributes in relation to soil reflectance. 3. From June 27 to August 1, 2011, Dushanbe, Tajikistan for sharing experiences from Swiss experts experienced in modeling soil organic carbon in relation to Soil spectroscopy 4. From 30 November to 14 December, 2003 North Central and Southern India for study tour with especial emphasis to watershed management development, dry land management research and development and farm implement development.

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5. From September 4 to 20, 2006 to the highlands of Ethiopia led by the Bern University with the objective to discuss about Landscape transformation and land degradations in the Highland Ethiopia.

12. Work Experience 1. From 16 February 1997 to 7 January 2000 Junior Researcher I in Soil and management. 2. From 8 February 2000 to 8 April 2002 Assistant Researcher I in soil and Management. 3. From 9 April 2002 to 9 March 2006 Assistant Researcher II in soil and Management. 4. From 10 March 2006 to March 30, 2010 Associate Researcher II in soil and management. 5. From April 1, 2010 to date PhD study at the University of Bern, Switzerland.

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Experienced in problem identification and synthesis of hypothesis Deep knowledge in research designs, statistical data analysis, interpretation and management Experienced in field research Experienced in group work and multi-disciplinary research Experience in scientific data generation, management and use Experienced in modelling for soil properties with the help QUEFTS, Unscrambler, and SPSS, SAS, Opus and other software. Experienced with soft wares used to analysis scientific data such as SAS, Uscrambler, OPUS MSTATC , SPSS, etc. Experienced in soil organic carbon about techniques of sampling, pretreatments, and analysis procedures as well as modeling.

14. Leadership 1. Coordinator of Soil and Water Management Research at Adet Agricultural Research Center from August 2004 to August 2006 2. Coordinator of soil and water research directorate at Adet Agricultural Research Center from September 2008 to March 30, 2010. 3. Coordinator Debremewi and other experimental watershed managements from April 2006 to December 2007 4. Coordinator of Debremewi experimental watershed from May 2009 to March 30, 2010 15. Major Research Outputs  

The status of soil organic carbon along the toposequence of Ethiopian highland, The state of soil organic carbon under different land uses in the highlands of Ethiopia,

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The effect of soil conservation measures on soil organic carbon under Ethiopian highlands, Feasibility of soil spectroscopy for the highlands of Ethiopia for the prediction of soil organic carbon,

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Recommendation for farmyard manure in combination with chemical fertilizers for maize, Evaluation of the decomposition dynamics and the CN ratio of various plant sources for compost preparation, Evaluation of the efficiency of local and introduced earth worms and methods for vermin compost preparation, Nutritional demand study of potassium for faba bean, wheat, cabbage, tomato, malt barley , shallot and maize, Green manure species introduction and selection under different agro ecologies and soil types, Contribution of lupine ( lupine alba) for soil replenishing , Introduction, maintenance and field evaluation of Azolla for fertilizer, Site specific and soil based fertilizer (N, P) study for maize, wheat and teff , Community based experimental watershed development ( Genet and Debremewi), Assessment and evaluation of rain water harvesting in the high rainfall areas such as Adet, Integrated soil conservation ( bio-physical) measures, Gully formation, expansion and technology assessment, Management options of commonly owned degraded lands, Evaluation of agronomic practices for soil and water erosion such as trampling, Modeling for nutrient and water demands ( QUEFTS and CROPWAT), Base line survey for Debremewi experimental watershed, Base line survey for Awabel and Machakel districts, Base line survey for Finger millet production and its constraints in the major producing areas, The natural abundance and need of rhizobium for, Faba bean, Field pea, grass pea, chickpea and lentil.

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16. Publications: 16.1 Progress Report Writing 1. Adet Agricultural Research Center 2004/5 Research programs Directory 2. Progress report for the department of Soil and water management for the year 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. 3. Five years research strategy plan preparation for soil and water Management research

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16.2. Technical papers (newsletter, conference, workshop, seminar papers, bulletins, Manuals and Handbooks). 1. Tadele Amare, Aemro Terefe, Yihenew G.selassie, Birru Yitaferu, Bettina Wolfgramm and Hans Hurni. 2012. Soil Properties and Crop Yields along the Terraces and Toposequece of Anjeni watershed, Central Highlands of Ethiopia. Article accepted by Canadian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 2. Woubet Alemu, Tadele Amare, Birru Yitaferu, Yihenew G.selassie, Bettina Wolfgramm and Hans Hurni. 2012. Long-term Impacts of Soil and Water Conservation Measures to Ecosystem Services: the case of Anjeni Watershed, Northwest Ethiopia. Article accepted by Canadian Journal of Agricultural Sciences.

3. Tadele Amare, Assefa Derebe Zegeye, Birru Yitaferu, Tammo S. Steenhuis, Hans Hurni and Gete Zeleke. Evaluating the Performance of Different Biological Soil and Water Conservation Technologies at Debremewi Experimental Watershed, North-western Ethiopian Highlands. Article submitted to the Journal: Soil Conservation Society of America for publication. 4. Tadele Amare, Christian Hergarten, Hans Hurni1, Bettina Wolfgramm, Birru Yitaferu and Yihenew G.selassie. Prediction of Soil Organic Carbon for Ethiopian Highlands Using Soil Spectroscopy, article in process. 5. Tadele Amare, Tesfaye Feyisa and Yihenew G.selassie. 2008. Response of Maize, rd

Malt Barley and Tomato to Potassium. Proceedings of the 3 Annual Regional Conference on Completed Natural Resources Management Research Activities 1-4 September 2008 6. Tesfaye Feyisa, Tadele Amare and Yihenew G.selassie. 2008. Effect of Green and rd

Dry Azolla on wheat yield and yield components. Proceedings of the 3 Annual Regional Conference on Completed Natural Resources Management Research Activities 1-4 September 2008 7. Tesfaye Feyisa., Tadele Amare and Yihenew G.selassie. 2008. Effect of Bradyrhizobium Japonicum (TAL 379) on nodulation and grain yield of Soybean. rd

Proceedings of the 3 Annual Regional Conference on Completed Natural Resources Management Research Activities 1-4 September 2008 8. Yihenew G.selassie, Tadele Amare and Tesfaye Feyisa. 2008. Decomposition Dynamics and Inorganic Fertilizer Equivalency Values of Compost Prepared from rd

Different Plant Residues. Proceedings of the 3 Annual Regional Conference on Completed Natural Resources Management Research Activities 1-4 September 2008 9. Tesfaye Feyisa, Tadele Amare, Enyew Adgo and Yihenew G.selassie. 2007. Symbiotic Blue Green Algae (Azolla): A Potential Biofertilizer for Low Land Rice

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Production at Fogera Plain. Proceedings of the 2 Annual Regional Conference on Completed Natural Resources Management Research Activities (18-19 September 2007). 10. Yihenew G.selassie, Tesfaye Feyissa and Tadele Amare .2007. Soil K Status and K Requirement of Potato Growing on Different Soils of Western Amhara. Proceedings nd

of the 2 Annual Regional Conference on Completed Natural Resources Management Research Activities (18-19 September 2007). 11. Alemayehu Assefa, Dagninet Amare, Daniel Tilahun, Dereje Andargie, Dereje Belay, Fikremariam Asarigew, Melaku Ayalew, Melaku Wale, Mitku Asfaw, Shimels Altaye, Tadele Amare and Wondosen Nigatie. 2007. Finger Millet production, Utilization and Constraints in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Amhara Agricultural Research Institute, Adet Agricultural Research Center, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Equal contribution for all authors 12. Selamyihun Kidanu, Yelbie Aneley, Adebabay Mengst, Yohans Afework, Tadele Amare, Alemayehu Assefa, Abebech Abera, Yoseph Tewodros, Daginet Amare, Yalfal Temesgen, Biazen Ayele, Serkalem Nibret, Mekoya Mekonen and Beza Alemu.2007.Participatory Rural Appraisal Report of Debremawi Experimental Watershed, Amhara Region. SWHISA Document IRG-09, May 2007. Equal contribution for all authors. 13. Stefan Zingg and Tadele Amare. 2007. Geology and Soils of Ethiopia: in Hans Hurni, Amare Bantider, Herweg, K., Portner, B. and H.veit (eds). 2007. Landscape Transformation and sustainable Development in Ethiopia. Background Information for a Study Tour through Ethiopia, 4-20 September 2006, compiled by the participants. Center for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Bern, 321 pp. 14. Enyew Adgo, Yihenew G.selassie and Tadele Amare. 2007. Effect of Fertilizers on the grain yield of Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L. Gaertin) in western Amhara. In: Tekilu Erkosa and Michael Menkir(ed.). 2007. Soils for Sustainable th

Development. Proceedings of the 8 ESSS Conference. April 27-28, 2006. Adiss Ababa, Ethiopia. PP 76-86 15. Minale Wondie, Yosef Tewodros, Ahunim Gedif, Tadele Amare, and Gete Zeleke .2006. Evaluation of different water harvesting techniques in improving the survival rate of tree seedlings in Simada Woreda. In: Yihenew G.selassie, Enyew Adgo, Zewdu Ayalew, Abirham Abiyu and Belay Tseganeh (Ed). Proceedings of the First Annual Regional Conference on Completed Research Activities on Natural Resources Management. 14-17 August 2006, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. PP 106-120. 16. Tadele Amare, Yihenew G.selassie, Enyew Adgo and Tesfaye Feyisa. 2006. Green Manure: An Option for Repleshing Soil Fertility and Its Compatibility with the Farming System of Gojjam. In: Yihenew G.selassie, Enyew Adgo, Zewdu Ayalew,

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Abirham Abiyu and Belay Tseganeh (Ed). Proceedings of the First Annual Regional Conference on Completed Research Activities on Natural Resources Management. 14-17 August 2006, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. PP 14-20 17. Tadele Amare, Gete Zeleke, Tesfaye Feyisa, Minilik Getaneh, Bitew Genet and Yihenew G.silassie. 2006. Quantifying the impacts of livestock trampling on Runoff, soil Lose, and crop Yield under Traditional tef cultivation System. In: Yihenew G.selassie, Enyew Adgo, Zewdu Ayalew, Abirham Abiyu and Belay Tseganeh (Ed). Proceedings of the First Annual Regional Conference on Completed Research Activities on Natural Resources Management. 14-17 August 2006, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. PP 44-49 18. Tesfaye Feyisa, Tadele Amare, Yihenew G.selassie and Enyew Adgo.2006. Adaptability of Introduced Green Manuring Plant Species for Soil Fertility Replenishment. In: Yihenew G.selassie, Enyew Adgo, Zewdu Ayalew, Abirham Abiyu and Belay Tseganeh (Ed). Proceedings of the First Annual Regional Conference on Completed Research Activities on Natural Resources Management. 14-17 August 2006, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. PP 1-13. 19. Yihenew G.selassie, Tadele Amare and Tesfaye Feyissa .2006. Soil test based nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer rate recommendations of maize for west Amhara. In: Yihenew G.selassie, Enyew Adgo, Zewdu Ayalew, Abirham Abiyu and Belay Tseganeh (Ed). Proceedings of the First Annual Regional Conference on Completed Research Activities on Natural Resources Management. 14-17 August 2006, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. PP 21-43. 20. Bitew Genet and Tadele Amare. 2005. Estimation of crop water requirement of major crops for western Amhara. Irrigation water Management: Achievements and priorities. Proceedings of the workshop on achievements and priorities in irrigation water management research in Ethiopia with particular Reference to Amhara Region, Bahir Dar, December 5-7 , 2005 21. Enyew Adgo, Gete Zeleke, Gizaw Desta, Tewodros Assefa and Tadele Amare. 2005. Inventory and characterization of potentials and current management of wetlands in selected woredas of Amhara Region. Proceedings of the Second Awareness Creation Workshop on Wetlands in the Amhara Region, P. 48-54 22. Biru Yitaferu, Yihenew G.selassie and Tadele Amare. 2001. Effect of nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients and Rhizobial strains on yield and nodulation pattern of Faba bean ( vacia faba L.) in north western Ethiopia. Paper presented in the 10th annual conference of the crop society of Ethiopia (CSSE) held 19-22 June, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 23. Yeshanew Ashagrie and Tadele Amare .1999.Nutrient availability to crops (Wheat, barley, and maize/ in soil under scattered Bisana (croton macrostachys/tree relative to adjacent open area. Paper Presented at the fourth African crop science society conference. October 8-14, 1999, Casablanca, Morocco.

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24. Alemu Hailye, Alemayehu Assefa, Alaminie Atanaw, Halima Hassen and Tadele Amare.1999. Farming systems in Awabel and machakel Woredas: constraints and possible intervention through research and extension. Amhara National Regional State/Sida cooperation in Rural Development; Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. 17. Participation 

Involving partly for Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) study of Ethiopia

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Actively involved for effective implementation of PAMS Project: ‘’Promoting a Soil Spectral Library Approach in Ethiopia to Account the potentials of Soil Carbon Sequestration due to Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Systems’’(HOA-3_02)

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Members of consultancy team of GF for natural resources management from March to August 2007 Member of Business processing and Re-engineering (BPR) committee Of ARARI from August-2006- November 2006.

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Active member of Ethiopia Soil Science Society (ESSS)

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Members of committee to recruit researcher for 2003 , 2008 and 2009 to ARARI

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Member of Researchers’ promotion Committee from May 2003- June 2007

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Members of different ad hoc committees, involving different workshops and meetings

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