Full Name: Zewdu Siraw Workneh (PhD)
Specialization: Environmental and Natural Resources Management
Academic Rank: Assistant Professor
Department: Geography and Environmental Studies
Phone Number: +251913136389
Email: zewdusiraw@yahoo.com or zedo912006@gmail.com
Institutional email: zewdu_siraw@dmu.edu.et
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1956-1233
Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zewdu-siraw-751154335/
Research interest: climate change; adaptation and mitigation; watershed restoration; natural resource management; soil erosion & conservation; ecological outcomes of land restoration; livelihoods; food security
Publications
- Zewdu, S.,Bewket, W.and Degefu, MA. 2022. Community- Based Watershed Development Processes and Extent of Community Participation in the Northwestern Highlands of Ethiopia. Journal of Resources Development and Management 87:12-23.
- Zewdu, S.,Bewket, W.and Degefu, MA. 2020. Assessment of livelihood benefits of community-based watershed development in northwestern highlands of Ethiopia. International Journal of River Basin Management 18:
- Zewdu, S., Degefu, MA.and Bewket W.2018.The role of community-based watershed development in reducing farmers’ vulnerability to climate change and variability in the northwesternhighlands of Ethiopia.Local Environment 23:
- Zewdu, S., Bewket W.andDegefu, MA. 2017. Effects of community-based watershed development on soil propertiesin the northwestern highlands of Ethiopia. Malaysian Journal of Soil Science22: 19-33.
- Zewdu, S. ,Bewket W.and Degefu, MA. 2019. Effects of community-based watershed development on landscape greenness and vegetation cover and the implications in the northwestern highlands of Ethiopia. Earth Systems and Environment.DOI10.1007/s41748-019-00127-8
- Zewdu,S.(2016).The Role of Irrigation in Household Food Security in Upper Blue Nile Basin: The Case of Jedeb Irrigation Scheme, AmharaRegion, Ethiopia. InternationalJournalof Agricultural Economics, 1(4): 108-116 doi: 10.11648/j.ijae.20160104.13
- Zewdu, S. & Banchamlak, M. (2024). Small Scale Irrigation Development and its effect on households food security in Bibugn woreda, Ethiopia. Choke Journal of socal sciences and humanities, 2 (1): 51-83
- Endale, BW., Ayele, ET., Geremew, GM, Zewdu, S. (2025). Weather information reliability and constraints for adaptation: Insights from farmers’ perspectives in East Gojjam zone, Ethiopia. Information Development, 1–18. DOI: 10.1177/02666669251334402
- Migbar W., Zewdu, Alemayehu K. (2025). Geography and Climate of the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot (Book chapter). ISBN: 9781998511600
- Bantigegn S., Zeleke B., Siraw Z., Mamaru T., Asichenek A,. Belay T. (2026) Detecting land use and land cover changes and quantifying soil erosion and sediment export using GIS and remote sensing in the GERD catchment, Ethiopia. International Soil and Water Conservation. Research xxx (xxxx) xxxhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2026.100657
Grant Awards
- Community Based Watershed Development intervention and its implication to households’ food security status: Evidence from Northwsestern Highlands of Ethiopia. (From IFS in 2020 and 2024G.C)
- Dissertation write up grant from Association of African universities in 2019 G.C)
- Mega and thematic researches grants from Debre markos university (in 2021, 2022 and 2025)