Biography
Gedefaw Abebe Abiye is a Lecturer at Bonga University and a PhD candidate at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia, with a strong background in agricultural economics, holding a BSc and MSc from the University of Gondar and Arba Minch University, respectively. He has four years of experience in teaching, research, and community engagement, including serving as department head of Agricultural Economics. His research focuses on development economics, agricultural technology adoption, and policy analysis, particularly the impacts of Ethiopia’s Home-Grown Economic Reform on mechanized farming, school feeding programs, and informal insurance interties. Gedefaw has published four Web of Science- and Scopus-indexed articles addressing crop productivity, organic fertilizer use, improved seed adoption, and child labor, with an additional four manuscripts under review or in preparation on topics including mechanization, household consumption, inflation, and education outcomes. His work has generated 99 citations across 52 documents, yielding an h-index of 5, reflecting growing recognition of his contributions in agricultural economics and development policy. Beyond publications, he serves as an academic editor for PLOS One and has reviewed 28 articles for Elsevier journals and others. His research combines micro- and macro-level evidence to provide insights for agricultural development, economic reform, and sustainable livelihoods in Ethiopia and similar developing contexts.
