Mengie Belayneh Tiruneh

Full Name: Mengie Belayneh Tiruneh

Specialization: Environment and Natural Resources Management

Academic Rank: Associate Professor

Department: Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Debre Markos University

Phone Number: +251 918662162

Institutional Email: mengie_belayneh@dmu.edu.et

Alternative Email: mengie1980@yahoo.com

Research Interests: Land Degradation and rehabilitation; Modeling; Soil and Water Conservation and impact assessment; Watershed Management; Land Use/Land Cover Change; Climate Change analysis and Adaptation; Forest Resource Management; Ecosystem service; Sustainable Land Management

ORCID Link: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8027-7143

List of Publications

1. Desta, L. J., Belayneh, M., & Emiru, B. (2025). Assessing small-holder coffee farmers’ awareness and choice of climate change/variability adaptation strategies in Mattu Woreda, southwestern Ethiopia. AUC GEOGRAPHICA, 60(1), 94-104.
2. Masha, M., Belayneh, M., & Bojago, E. (2025). Quantification of Soil Erosion and Hotspot Area Identification Using GIS-Based RUSLE Model in the Damota Area Districts, South Ethiopia. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 1-21.
3. Belayneh, M. (2024). Soil Erosion Responses of Cropland Uses in Contrasting Slope in the Abay Basin, Ethiopia. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 136.
4. Masha, M., Bojago, E., Belayneh, M., Tadila, G., & Abera, A. (2024). Quantifying forest degradation rates and their drivers in Alle district, southwestern Ethiopia: Implications for sustainable forest management practices. Geomatica, 76(2), 100009.
5. Masha, M., Bojago, E., Tadila, G., & Belayneh, M. (2024). Effects of participatory forest management programs on Land use/land cover change and its Determinants in Alle District, southwest Ethiopia. Heliyon, 10(15).
6. Belayneh, M., Masha, M., Abera, A., & Terefa, K. (2024). Impacts of Sustainable Land Management Intervention on the Soil Condition and Landscape Greenness: Evidence from Jimma Arjo District, Southwestern Ethiopia. International Journal of Ecology, 2024(1), 4750914.
7. Belayneh, M. (2023). Factors affecting the adoption and effectiveness of soil and water conservation measures among small-holder rural farmers: The case of Gumara watershed. Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances, 18, 200159.
8. Desta, L. J., & Belayneh, M. (2023). Analysis of Climatic Change and Variability and Its Effect on Coffee Production in Mattu District, Southwest Ethiopia. Sustainability and Climate Change, 16(6), 461-479.
9. Masha, M., Belayneh, M., Bojago, E., Tadiwos, S., & Dessalegn, A. (2023). Impacts of land-use and topography on soil physicochemical properties in the Wamancho watershed, Southern Ethiopia. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 14, 100854.
10. Masha, M., Bojago, E., & Belayneh, M. (2023). Assessing the impacts of soil and water conservation practices on soil physicochemical properties in contrasting slope landscapes of Southern Ethiopia. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 14,
11. Belayneh, M., Masha, M., & Befikadu, B. (2023). Modeling Soil Loss and Its Association to Site Physical Characteristics in Majang Watershed, Baro Abobo River Basin. Applied and Environmental Soil Science, 2023.
12. Masha, M., Belayneh, M., & Tedila, G. (2023). Assessment of land use land cover dynamics and its contributing factors in Adama district, central Ethiopia. EQA- International Journal of Environmental Quality, 55, 42-54.
13. Masha M., Belayneh, M. & Belay H. (2023) Farmers’ Willingness to Participate in Government-Led Soil and Water Conservation Campaign Programs and its Determinants in the Damota Area. Innovations, 72, 643-653.
14. Masha M., & Belayneh, M. (2022). Determinants of livelihood diversification strategies in the Ale District, Southwestern Ethiopia. Innovations, 71, 643-653.
15. Belayneh, M., Yirgu, T., & Tsegaye, D. (2021). The role of soil, water and forest conservation on vegetation cover and landscape greenness in degraded areas of upper Blue Nile. Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management, 9(1), 3181-3192.
16. Masha, M., Yirgu, T., Debele, M., & Belayneh, M. (2021). Effectiveness of Community-Based Soil and Water Conservation in Improving Soil Property in Damota Area, Southern Ethiopia. Applied and Environmental Soil Science, 2021.
17. Belayneh, M., Yirgu, T., & Tsegaye, D. (2020). Current extent, temporal trends, and rates of gully erosion in the Gumara watershed, northwestern Ethiopia. Global Ecology and Conservation, 24, e01255.
18. Belayneh, M., Yirgu, T., & Tsegaye, D. (2020). Runoff and soil loss responses of cultivated land managed with graded soil bunds of different age in the Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia. Ecological Processes, 9(66), 1-18.
19. Belayneh, M., Yirgu, T., & Tsegaye, D. (2019). Potential soil erosion estimation and area prioritization for better conservation planning in Gumara watershed using RUSLE and GIS techniques’. Environmental Systems Research, 8(1), 20.
20. Belayneh, , Yirgu, T., & Tsegaye, D. (2019). Effects of soil and water conservation practices on soil physicochemical properties in Gumara watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Ecological Processes, 8(1), 36.
21. Belayneh, M., A., & Tadesse, T. (2017). Practices and Aspects of Adopting Structural Soil Conservation Techniques in South Western Part of Ethiopia: The Case of Darimu and Chewaka Woredas. International Journal of Advanced Technology and Innovative Research, 9(5), 0675-0681.
22. Abera, A., & Belayneh, M. (2017). Factors Affecting the Espousal of Crop Productivity Enhancing Technologies in some selected Woredas of Ilu Abba Bora Zone. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Educational Research, 6 (10), 207-
23. Belayneh, M., Abera, A., & Tadesse, G. (2017). Soil Degradation and Conservation Practices: the case of Darimu and Chewaka woredas, Illu Ababora Zone, International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 7, 562-568.
24. Abera, A., Tadesse, G., & Belayneh, M. (2017). Practices, Roles and Challenges of Urban Agriculture in South Western part of Ethiopia: The case of Bedelle town. International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 7(5), 609-617.
25. Belayneh, M., Venkateswarlu, M., & GopalaKrishna, V. B. (2015). Solid waste generation and solid waste disposal site Management in urban areas: the case of Dessie town, Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia. International Journal of Advanced Scientific and Technical Research, 3, 293-307.

Grant Projects:

• Evidence based implementation of soil and water conservation for effective watershed management in Gumara watershed, Northwestern Ethiopia (2022-2023)
• Quantification of Soil Erosion and Impacts of Conservation measures: A case Study of Gumara Watershed, Northwestern Ethiopia (2019-2020)
• Coffee Growing Farmers Livelihoods Vulnerability to climate change and Sustainable Solutions: The case of Yayu Coffee Forest Biosphere Reserve (2024-2025)

 

Web of Science Researcher ID: AAG-8634-2021

Google Scholar address: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lBNw8N4AAAAJ&hl=en