Nationality Eritrean

STUDY OBJECTIVE
M.Sc. graduate with research background in production aspects of Agronomic crops. Seeking to upgrade my knowledge and competency on Plant production sciences and research skills. Then after to have significant role in the national and international food security strategies, sustainable livelihood and rural development.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Masters of Science in Agronomy, 2013-2015 Hamelmalo Agricultural College, Keren, Eritrea.
Bachelor of Science in Plant Sciences, 2002-2006 University of Asmara, Asmara, Eritrea.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My future research plans are to have extensive studies on Plant Breeding of Agronomic crops, biotechnology aided for earliness, diseases resistance, high production, Agronomic crop biodiversity and their managements.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lecturer at Hamelmalo Agricultural College, Eritrea
July, 2015 – 2017
Responsible for planning and preparation course manuals, designing course outline and teaching to undergraduate students.
Research and publication assistant, Hamelmalo Agricultural College, Eritrea. January 2016 – 2017
Responsible to assist in coordinating research projects, follow up research proposals and prepare research out comes in various forms and other activities of the office.
Research assistant
January, 2014 -2017
Responsible for field activities, data collection, data entry and reporting under the title “The Effect of Spacing and Phosphors levels on Green gram production”
Responsible for data collection, data entry and reporting writing under the title ‘Sorghum Pearl millet Variety characterization in different Agro-ecological zones of Eritrea
Responsible for data collection and data entry under the title baseline survey on socioeconomic characteristics and impact assessment of Eritrean farmers
Junior Researcher; Ministry of Agriculture, National Agricultural Research Institute, Eritrea August, 2006 –September, 2013
Responsible for research doing activities such as varieties developments through introgression of land races and introduced materials, conduct on farm and on station trials, under take selection, seed increase, foundation seed production of Pearl millet, Sorghum, maize and Groundnut varieties. Conduct impact assessments on released varieties.
I have participated in the implementation of different projects funded by Syngenta Foundation for sustainable Agriculture and ICRISAT on integrating improved Pearl millet and Sorghum varieties with natural resource management practices for increased productivity and on intercropping on Sorghum-Legumes and Pearl millet-legumes project funded by ASARECA. In addition I have attended few workshops and present papers on the status of Agronomic crops research in Eritrea.

SUPPORTIVE TRAINING
5-15 March,2013, Induced Mutation Techniques and Biotechnology for crop improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Asmara, Eritrea
August 23- September 23, 2011, Hybrid Rice Production Techniques, FAO and Ministry of Agriculture, Changsha, China
10-20 July, 2007, Basic and Advanced Tissue Culture Training, Halhale, Eritrea
GENERAL COMPETENCIES:
Excellent interpersonal, coordination and reporting skills
Fluent spoken and written Tigrinya, and English communication skills
Proficient in Micro Soft offices, SPSS and GENSTAT statistical packages
Experienced in the use of advanced Internet search engines
Experienced in qualitative & quantitative data entry, analysis and interpretation

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
Performance of Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L) R. Br.) Based Legume Intercropping Systems at Hamelmalo, Eritrea, Accepted for publication
Harvesting and Post Harvest Handling Practices of Guava fruits in Highlands and midland of Eritrea

Bereket Abraham Tekie