Zebenay Shitaye Alemayehu

Full name: – Zebenay Shitaye Alemayehu

Specialization: – Rural Development

Academic Rank: – Assistant professor (PhD)

Department: – Rural Development and Agricultural Extension

Phone number: – +251-921-25-16-63

Institutional email and alternative email: – zemenshitaye@gmail.com zebenay_shitaye@dmu.edu.et  

1. Research interests: –

• Rural innovation, agribusiness, legal/social studies, Rural Development & ICT: Role of digital technologies in improving livelihoods and service delivery,
• Climate change, migration
• Smallholder Farmer Productivity: Technology adoption, institutional support, and market access.
• Gender & Development: Women’s empowerment and inclusive participation in rural development.
• Extension & Rural Education: Effectiveness of extension services and rural education programs,
• Food Systems & Food Security: Impacts of food systems, migration, and farming on food security and livelihoods.
• Rural livelihoods, food security, development studies, rural cooperatives

2. List of publications:

1. Shitaye, Z., Tadesse, B. and Enkuahone, K., 2025. Intensity of agricultural information utilization among small holder farmers in East Gojjam Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Heliyon, 11(4).
2. Shitaye, Zebenay, Bamlaku Tadesse, and Koyachew Enkuahone. “Assessing the Impact of Agricultural Information Utilization on Wheat Productivity of Smallholder Farmers: Evidence from Northwest Ethiopia.” The Scientific World Journal 2025.1 (2025): 7605699.
3. Shitaye, Z., Tadesse, B. and Enkuahone, K., 2024. Determinants of smallholder farmers’ choices of agricultural information sources and outlets: Evidence from East Gojjam zone, Amhara, Ethiopia. Heliyon, 10(22).
4. Shitaye, Z., Tadesse, B. and Enkuahone, K., 2024. Sources and intensity of access to agricultural information technologies by smallholder farmers: evidence from Northwest Ethiopia. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 8, p.1455037.
5. Shitaye, Z. (2019), Role of Urban Agriculture in Improving Household Income and Dietary Diversity: Bure & Finoteselam Towns, Ethiopia. Vol 9, No 9,  Journal of Developing Countries.
6. Shitaye, Z. (2019),  Perception of Causes and Consequences of Early Marriage: Gewane District, Afar Region. Vol 9, No 10 (2019), journal of Developing Countries.
7. Shitaye, Z., Eyob M., Tseganesh K., & Teshome S. Economic Empowerment of Rural Women through Micro-Credit: Kedida Gamela District. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development www.iiste.org, ISSN 2222-1700 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2855 (Online), Vol.11, No.1, 2020
8. Teshome S., Tseganesh K., Eyob M., & Shitaye, Z.( 2019) Participation of Women in Rural Saving & Credit Cooperatives: Kedida Gamela Woreda. Developing Country Studies www.iiste.org, ISSN 2224-607X (Paper) ISSN 2225-0565 (Online), Vol.9, No.12, 2019
9.  Shitaye, Z. & Teshome S., Ashebir N. (2020), Determinants of Household Food Security: Yabello District, Ethiopia. Developing Country Studies www.iiste.org, ISSN 2224-607X (Paper) ISSN 2225-0565 (Online), Vol.10, No.7, 2020

3. Training and certifications

• COC on national occupational standard for Gender and Development level 3 and 4., 2013.
• TOT on peer education for Agricultural Technical and vocational training college participants organized by MoA in collaboration with federal HIV/AIDS prevention & control office from march 03,2013.
• ToT on project planning Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation conducted by Ethiopian management Institute from June 13-24/2016, Debrezeit city.
• TOT on HIV/AIDS mainstreaming conducted at Adama Town from January 12^th-18^th, 2012
• TOT on Gender Mainstreaming organized by MoA & ATA held from June 7-11, 2012 in Adamma city, Ethiopia.
• TOT on life skill, mentoring, reproductive health, and gender-based violence for 6 days from May 19-24, 2014.
• Certificate of Participation in the program audit of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, 2020.
• Certificate of Achievement for completing a training course onR Software Package for Data Management, Statistical Analysis, and Graphics, held fromDecember 20–30, 2021.
• Certificate of Completion forExam Blueprint Development Training, organized byJhpiego Ethiopia with funding fromFeed the Future through USAID Growth through Nutrition Activity, held fromJune 14–16, 2021, inDebre Markos, Ethiopia.
• Certificate of Completion for training onNutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Technical Update, organized byJhpiego, held fromOctober 10–14, 2018, inDebre Markos, Ethiopia.

4. Professional Network

• Orcid ID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1747-618X
• Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=b_-RqJUAAAAJ&hl=en
• LinkedIn: https://et.linkedin.com/in/zebenay-shitaye-919b96160