On 4th November 2020, SPIA issued a small grant call for proposals on the topic of Agricultural innovations in Ethiopia. Building on the partnership with the Central Statistics Agency of Ethiopia (CSA) and the LSMS-ISA team at the World Bank, the call aimed to identify PhD or Master’s students and early-career researchers as grant recipients to analyze the datasets of the Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey (ESS), taking stock of the recently released Ethiopian synthesis report.
A total of 166 submissions were received, and 14 proposals have now been selected to receive grants. The proposals were divided into four categories, according to their research topic. Below is the list of students and early career researchers that were selected to receive grants.
Category a: crops
Name | Institution | Mentor | Institution |
Aleksandr Michuda Co-authors: Oscar Barriga Cabanillas, Cristina Chiarella and Juan Correa. | UC Davis | Travis Lybbert | University of California Davis |
Alemayehu Oljirra | Jimma University | Travis Lybbert | University of California Davis |
Bezawit Bahru | University of Hohenheim | Manfred Zeller | University of Hohenheim |
Mai Mahmoud | Tufts/IFPRI | Kibrom Abay | IFPRI |
Workineh Kassie | Southwestern University of Finance & Economics, Chengdu, China | Travis Lybbert | University of California Davis |
Category B: Natural Resources Management (NRM)/Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA)
Name | Institution | Mentor | Institution |
Abduljelil Ahmedin | Addis Ababa Univ | Tanguy Bernard | University of Bordeaux |
Tamirat Girma | EIAR Kulumsa | Tanguy Bernard | University of Bordeaux |
Thomas Assefa | University of Georgia | Guush Berhane | IFPRI |
Kokeb Gebregiorgis | Ethiopian Civil Service University | Kibrom Abay | IFPRI |
Category C: Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP)
Name | Institution | Mentor | Institution |
Giulio Schinaia | Oxford | Pramila Krishnan | University of Oxford |
Betelhem Negede | Wageningen | Hailemariam Teklewold
Co-mentors: Ana Paula de la O Campos; Katia Covarrubias | Environment and Climate Research Center (ECRC)
Co-mentors: FAO |
Martha Kibru | Addis Ababa University | Nicholas Sitko; Federico Spano | FAO |
Category D: Poultry
Name | Institution | Mentor | Institution |
Mulugeta Birhanu | ILRI | Nathaniel Jensen | ILRI |
Orkhan Sariyev | Hohenheim | Manfred Zeller | University of Hohenheim |
