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Personal Data
| Name: |
Zewdie Bishaw
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| Date
and Place of Birth: |
1956;
Shoa, Ethiopia |
| Martial
Status: |
Married with two
children |
| Nationality: |
Ethiopian |
| Address: |
ICARDA, P.O.Box
5466, Aleppo, Syria |
| Telephone: |
Office:
+963-21-2210741 |
| Fax: |
+963-21-2213490 |
| E-Mail: |
z.bishaw@cgiar.org |
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
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Degree
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Major |
Date |
Institution |
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Ph.D. in Production Ecology and Sustainable Conservation
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Seed Technology |
April 2004 |
Wageningen University, Wageningen,
The Netherlands. |
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MSc
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Seed Technology |
September 1984 |
School of Agriculture, Edinburgh
University, Scotland, UK |
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BSc
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Plant Sciences |
August 1979 |
College of Agriculture, Addis
Ababa University, Alemaya, Ethiopia |
SPECIALIZED TRAINING COURSES/WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
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Third FAO/Austria Workshop
on Seed Quality Control, 25 August-5 September1986, Lanet, Kenya |
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Organization and Management
of Seed Production and Processing 21 April-14 June, 1981, Savl?f
AB, Savl?v, Sweden |
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
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Language
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Proficiency Speaking
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Proficiency Reading |
Proficiency Writing |
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Amharic (mother tongue)
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Excellent |
Excellent |
Excellent |
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English
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Excellent |
Excellent |
Excellent |
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Arabic
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Basic |
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- |
COMPUTER SKILLS AND ANALYTICAL TOOLS
Computer literate and knowledgeable of:
* MS Office applications (access, excel, outlook, power point,
and word)
* Internet Explorer
* Graphics (CorelDraw), and spreadsheet (Quattro Pro)
* Statistical packages including GENSTAT, Statistical Package for Social
Science (SPSS) and Numerical Taxonomy System (NTSYSPC)
SUMMARY OF WORK EXPERIENCE
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Proven Managerial and
Leadership Experience. The seed programs that benefited
from scientific, technical and managerial leadership included:
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WANA Seed Network Secretariat,
Seed Unit, ICARDA |
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ICARDA Seed Unit, as
Acting Head of Seed Unit during March 1996 to May 1997 |
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Seed Production Department,
Ethiopian Seed Corporation, Ethiopia |
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*
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Seed Processing Department
Ethiopian Seed Corporation, Ethiopia |
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Seed Quality Control
Department, Ethiopian Seed Corporation, Ethiopia |
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-
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Wide experience in Resource
Mobilization through writing concept notes and developing
project proposals funded by various donors (DGIS, The Netherlands;
JICA, Japan; USAID, USA, EU, World Bank) |
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Very good conceptual
and practical experience in establishing sustainable pro-poor
Village-based Seed Enterprises targeting resource poor farmers in
less favorable and remote areas:
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Countries/regions where
village-based farmer-led seed production and marketing units
include Afghanistan and North Africa. |
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*
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Contributed to the initiation
of farmer-led 'secondary seed production scheme' aimed at
decentralizing seed production to enhance availability of
quality seed reach farmers in remote areas. |
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-
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First hand field
experience in coordinating and working with national/international
institutions, donors and NGOs in Emergency Seed Relief and
Post-conflict Rehabilitation:
Emergency seed relief and post-conflict rehabilitation projects
participated to include:
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Emergency seed relief
operation of 1980s in Ethiopia. |
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'Seed Security Assessment
in Drought-prone Areas of West Asia and North Africa' project
supported by USDA for Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Sudan and
Yemen. |
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Emergency seed relief
and post-conflict rehabilitation of Afghanistan, FHCRAA, led
by ICARDA. |
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Extensive experience
in Working with Teams and Coordinating National and
Regional Seed Programs Networks, a reflection of leadership
qualities to motivate multidisciplinary and multinational
teams including people of different national and cultural
backgrounds and different institutions (NARS, public seed
sector, private seed sector, NGOs, donors, international organizations). |
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Substantial contribution
in enhancing human resource capabilities of NARS in
close cooperation with plant breeders, agronomists, technology transfer
specialists and social scientists:
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Developed and led an
innovative cost-effective capacity building program for the
seed sector targeting a wide-spectrum of stakeholders; |
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Institutionalized the
concept of 'train-the-trainers' approach for subject matter
specialists (technical mangers, technical workers); |
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Organized seminars or
workshops targeting senior officers (policy makers, seed program
leaders) including post-graduate studies for future leaders; |
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Organized, delivered
theoretical lectures and conducted practicals in several seed
science and technology short courses at national, sub-regional,
regional and international levels; |
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Organized several national
seminars and international workshops with emphasis on seed
policy and regulatory reforms, privatization of the seed sector,
local seed supply and small-scale seed enterprises and seed
industry development |
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Publications
Authored and co-authored over 60 scientific and technical publications
including training manuals and audio-tutorials with ICARDA and
national seed program scientists..
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