About

Habtamu Lemma Didanna (Ph.D.) is an Associate professor of Dairy science in Wolaita Sodo University (WSU). He is a graduate of Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He conducted pioneering and original research for his MSc thesis and PhD dissertation. He is the first ever Assistant Professor at Wolaita Sodo University. He has vast experience in teaching, research, development/extension, and leadership: a team leader, registrar, department head and director. He has been advising students and providing thesis supervision, connecting to funders, and examining postgraduate students; participating in research and community service projects; coordinating different committees formed for research, designing programmes, and conferences; and coordinating and managing programmes and projects with a results-oriented attitude and as a strong team player. He has participated in various projects with various partner organizations (FARM Africa, Ayuda en Accion Ethiopia, EIAR-AHI Ethiopia, Wolaita Development Association, SNV, Send A Cow). He has taken various professional development courses including project development and consultancy, product quality and food safety, entrepreneurship, value chain analysis, and sustainable food systems. He has authored and co-authored articles in reputable journals. He attended various national and international conferences and workshops both in-person and online as a participant, committee member, presenter, chair, and rapporteur. His research interests focus particularly on interdisciplinary aspects of science that cover dairy food production systems, sustainable dairy intensification, food quality, consumption, and nutrition-sensitive interventions, farm/food animal biology and performances, value chains, the role of dairy in food and nutrition security, One-Health, livestock biodiversity, and climate-smart agriculture. He serves as a resource person for foreign researchers in their studies. He has international experience, such as at Wageningen University, University College Dublin, HOGENT University of Applied Sciences of Gent, and Kenya. He has been participating in the review processes and editorial contributions of reputable journals, e.g., Food Research International (published by Elsevier Science) and the Journal of Dairy Research (published by Cambridge University Press). He is currently the founding editor-in-chief of WSU's Journal of Science and Inclusive Development.

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