Metadel Fekad Malede

Full Name Metadel Fekad Malede
Academic Rank Lecturer
EducationBackground
  • MSc in Rural Development from Haramaya University (September, 2015 to July, 2017)
  • BSc in Rural development and Agricultural Extension from  Mekelle University (September, 2010 – July, 2013)
WorkingExperience
  • Lecturer at Injibara University (April, 2022 to present)  Head Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, Injibara University (January 29, 2024 to date.
  • Lecturer at Mekelle University (November 2013 to April  2022)
ResearchInterest ✔Extension and innovation methods and policy analysis✔ Information communication technology and agriculture

✔ Sustainable agricultural development and agricultural  extension

✔ Rural livelihood diversification and climate smart agriculture

✔ Food insecurity and poverty alleviation issues

✔ Rural Development and Agricultural Extension

✔ Climate change and livelihood diversification and its  implication

✔ Knowledge economy and development

✔ Gender, climate change and food security related issues

✔Climate change adaptation and mitigation and resilience  mechanisms for food insecurity

✔The impact of extension for small scale farmers income  generation

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Publication

1) Metadel Fekad. “Gender, Agriculture, Food and Nutrition  Security in Ethiopia: A Critical Review” International Journal of  Research Studies in Agricultural Sciences (IJRSAS), 2020; 6(2),  pp. 14-21, http://dx.doi.org/10.20431/2454-6224.06020032) Yihunie Bekalu and Metadel Fekad. Review on economic  importance of jatropha Apart from its use as a biofuel.  International Journal of Research & Development (IJRD), 2020;  ISSN (Online): 2455-7838, SJIF Impact Factor: 6.260, Volume: 5,  Issue: 1, January 2020

3) Metadel Fekad and Yihunie Bekalu. Climate change impacts  on household food security and its adaptation options in rural  Ethiopia: a systematic review; Volume: 5 | Issue: 3 | March 2020 SJIF Impact Factor: 6.260| ISI I.F.Value:1.241| Journal DOI:  10.36713/epra2016 ISSN: 2455- 7838(Online)

Address Injibara University, College of Agriculture, Food and Climate  Science, Department of Rural Development and Agricultural  Extension.Office: Building 10, Room 308

Phone No: +251 920875849/91913947442

Email: metadelfekad19@gmail.com/Metadel.Fekad@inu.edu.et