Amejo Asrat: Food Security Center

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Area of Expertise	Crop-livestock system and climate change
Current Research	Modeling productivity performance of livestock in mixed smallholder system in south western Ethiopia
Research Countries	Ethiopia
Professional Experience	Lecturer and Researcher
Current FSC Status	Alumni
Year of FSC Scholarship	2014-2015
Institute during FSC Scholarship	Insitute of Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics: Animal Nutrition and Rangeland Management
Home Institute	Arba Minch University, College of Agriculture
Doctoral Institute	Haramava University, College of Agriculture and Environment Science
Dissertation	Characterization of crop-livestock production system and impacts of climate change on livestock production in south western Ethiopia
Degrees	PhD
Important Publications	Evaluation of the effects of lactoperoxidase system and traditional handling practices on keeping quality of cottage cheese (MSc Thesis, 2009) Evaluation of the production performance and economies of scale in production performance of small scale dairy production in Kucha Districts, Gamo-Gofazone, Ethiopia. Arba Minch UNiversity, 2010. Current status and fish production potentials of Rift valley lakes in Ehtiopoa. Haramaya University, 2012. The role of village poultry production in food security in Ethiopia. Haramaya University, 2012. Field demonstration of honey bee keeping to utilize resource potential for farmer extension and innovation, Dawuro zone, 2003.