EXPERTISE:
Integrated Watershed Management, Eco-Hydrology
Agricultural Water Management, Water Harvesting
Soil erosion & Sediment Transport, Environment
FULL NAME ETAFA EMAMA LIGDI
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
Oct., 1978 - July, 1982 BSC., Agricultural Engineering. AAU, Ethiopia.
Sept., 1986 - Sept., 1988 MSC., Agricultural Engineering (Soil and Water Conservation Engineering), Silsoe College, UK.
Sept., 1988 - Dec., 1988 OTTA, Certificate of Education, The Polythecnic wolverhampton, UK.
March, 2000 - June, 2000 Certificate of Training, short course on “Irrigation,
Agronomy & Extension, Roorke, INDIA.
June, 2007- July, 2007 Certificate of Training, Post Graduate Course
On ”Sediment Transport Technology” ;DSi., Ankara,
TURKEY
October 22 – 23, 2008 Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture
Auditor Training Rainforest Alliance Auditing
Services, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Feb., 2005 – Present Research & Development Coordinator
(Hydrology, Hydro-meteorology, Water Resources
& Watershed Management), Ministry of Water Resources, MoWR, FDRE, Ethiopia
Nov., 2000 - Jan., 2005 Oromia Irrigation Development Authority (OIDA),
Oromia Regional State, ORS, Ethiopia.
Team Leader, Watershed Management, (Oct., 2001- Jan., 2005)
General Manager, Oromia Irrigation Development Authority (OIDA), Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. (Nov., 2000 – Oct., 2001)
Aug., 1994 - Oct., 2000 Oromia Water, Mines & Energy Resources Development Bureau,
(OWMERDB). Oromia Regional State,Ethiopia
Team Leader, Water Resources Management, Oromia Regional Bureau.
. (Oct., 1997 - Oct., 2000)
Head, Study and Design Services, Jimma Zone. (July, 1996 - Oct., 1997)
Chief Irrigation Engineer & Coordinator of Drainage Projects, Jimma zone,
(Aug., 1994 - June, 1996)
April, 1993 - July,1994 Oromia Natural Resources Development & Environmental
Protection Department, NRD & EPD. Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia.
Department Head, Illu Abba Bora zone. (April 1993 – July, 1994)
Aug.,1982 - April,1993 Agricultural Engineering Department, Jimma College of
Agriculture. (Currently Faculty of Agriculture, Jimma University), Jimma,
SouthWestern Ethiopia.
Senior Lecturer (Soil & Water Conservation, Irrigation &Drainage, Watershed Management) (Jan., 1989 - April, 1993)
Graduate Assistant to Assistant Lecturer,( Aug., 1982 - Aug., 1986)
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