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Fitsum Hagos

Social Science - Economist

Research team

Water, growth and inclusion > Economics and impact assessment

Areas of expertise

adoption and impact efficiency analysis supply chain marketing climate smart agriculture ecosystem valuation water governance credit and insurance market circular economy policy and institutional analyses

Prior to joining IWMI, Fitsum was an Assistant Professor at Mekelle University in Ethiopia. He has worked extensively in East Africa, having served as Advisor to the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity and Think Tank for the regional government of Tigray. Fitsum authored and co-authored 50 publications, 38 of them peer reviewed articles and book chapters. He has supervised and co-supervised 20 MSC and PhD students.

Recent publications

Barriers to the uptake of solar-powered irrigation by smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review.

Climate-smart agricultural practices for improved livelihoods of small-scale farmers in Ethiopia.

Impacts of landscape and household climate-smart water management practices in the Awash River Basin, Ethiopia. Synthesis report prepared by the Prioritization of Climate-smart Water Management Practices project.

Understanding water governance in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia: governance framework, coherence and practices.

Technical and allocative efficiency of crop production using different storage and water-lifting technologies in Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia.

Contact

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Languages

English, German, Amharic/Tigrinya

Profiles

Office

Ethiopia Office

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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