Bisrat Getnet Awoke

Biography

Bisrat Getnet Awoke holds a B.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization from Hawassa University and an M.Sc. in Agricultural Machinery Engineering from Adama Science and Technology University in Ethiopia. Bisrat has led the Agricultural Engineering Research Directorate at the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research for 6 years. He has worked on different research projects such as the project “Farm Mechanization and Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification (FACASI)” of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT) and the project “Cultivate Africa” of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). He has also worked on projects funded by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, and the GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit). Bisrat is co-founder and deputy president of the Ethiopian Society of Agricultural Engineers. He is doing his Ph.D. at the University of Hohenheim under a DAAD scholarship.

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Ph.D. Research Project: Performance evaluation of medium hp tractors and planters for small-scale conservation tillage and crop protection systems in Eastern Africa

The project explores options for sustainable agricultural mechanization in Eastern Africa.

In Ethiopia, an agronomic field trial to better understand the opportunities and challenges of mechanized Conservation Agriculture.

In Kenya, an institutional model for smallholder mechanization in the context of potato production is evaluated.

Selected publications

Daum, T., Seidel, A., Awoke, B., Birner, R (2022). Animal traction, two-wheel tractors, or four-wheel tractors? A best-fit approach to guide farm mechanization in Africa. Hohenheim Working Papers on Social and Institutional Change in Agricultural Development. 001-2022. University of Hohenheim.

Alemu, D. Fanta A, and Getnet B., (2021) Performance Evaluation of Engine Operated Potato Grader. Ethiopian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Vol 31,No.2,pp 61-71,2021. https://www.ajol.info/ index.php /ejas/article/view/206713

Awoke, B. G., Baudron, F., Antille, D. L., Kebede, L., Anawte, D. A., Tikuneh, D. B., & Aikins, K. A. (2020). Evaluation of two-wheel tractor attached seeders used in conservation agriculture systems of Ethiopia. ASABE 2020 Annual International Meeting. https://doi.org/10.13031/ aim.202000334

Baudron, F., Misiko, M., Getnet, B., Nazare, R., Sariah, J., & Kaumbutho, P. (2019). A farm-level assessment of labor and mechanization in Eastern and Southern Africa. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 39(2), 17. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13593-019-0563-5

Kebede, Laike, and Bisrat Getnet. (2016). Performance of Single Axle Tractors in the Semi-Arid Central Part of Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 27 (1). https://www.ajol.info /index. php/ejas/article/view/150341

Awoke, B. G., Kebede, L., & Hae K, K. (2015). Evaluation of Conservation Tillage Techniques for Maize Production in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 25(2), 47-58.