{"id":1229,"date":"2026-06-26T06:07:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T06:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/?page_id=1229"},"modified":"2026-06-26T06:07:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T06:07:53","slug":"zewdu-siraw-workneh-phd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/?page_id=1229","title":{"rendered":"Zewdu Siraw Workneh (PhD)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"338\" height=\"426\" src=\"http:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/06\/Zewdu-Siraw-Workneh-PhD.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1228\" style=\"width:240px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/06\/Zewdu-Siraw-Workneh-PhD.jpg 338w, https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/06\/Zewdu-Siraw-Workneh-PhD-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Full Name<\/strong>: Zewdu Siraw Workneh (PhD)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Specialization<\/strong>: Environmental and Natural Resources Management<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Academic Rank<\/strong>: Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Department<\/strong>: Geography and Environmental Studies<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Phone Number<\/strong>: +251913136389<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a href=\"mailto:zewdusiraw@yahoo.com\">zewdusiraw@yahoo.com<\/a> or\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:zedo912006@gmail.com\">zedo912006@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Institutional email:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 zewdu_siraw@dmu.edu.et<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ORCID:\u00a0 https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1956-1233<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Linked in: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/zewdu-siraw-751154335\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/zewdu-siraw-751154335\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Research interest:\u00a0 climate change; adaptation and mitigation; watershed restoration; natural resource management; soil erosion &amp; conservation; ecological outcomes of land restoration; livelihoods; food security<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Zewdu<\/strong>, S<strong>.,<\/strong>Bewket, W.and Degefu, MA. 2022<strong>. <\/strong>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.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zewdu, S.,<\/strong>Bewket, W.and Degefu, MA. 2020<strong>. <\/strong>Assessment of livelihood benefits of community-based watershed development in northwestern highlands of Ethiopia. <em>International Journal of River Basin Management\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>18:<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zewdu, S., <\/strong>Degefu, MA.and Bewket W.2018.The role of community-based watershed development in reducing farmers\u2019 vulnerability to climate change and variability in the northwesternhighlands of Ethiopia.<em>Local Environment <\/em>23:<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zewdu, S., <\/strong>Bewket W.andDegefu, MA. 2017<strong>. <\/strong>Effects of community-based watershed development on soil propertiesin the northwestern highlands of Ethiopia. <em>Malaysian Journal of Soil Science<\/em>22: 19-33.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zewdu, S. ,<\/strong>Bewket W.and Degefu, MA. 2019<strong>. <\/strong>Effects of community-based watershed development on landscape greenness and vegetation cover and the implications in the northwestern highlands of Ethiopia. <em>Earth Systems and Environment<\/em>.DOI10.1007\/s41748-019-00127-8<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zewdu,S<\/strong>.(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<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zewdu, S<\/strong>. &amp; 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<\/li>\n<li>Endale, BW., Ayele, ET., Geremew, GM, <strong>Zewdu, S. <\/strong>(2025). Weather information reliability and constraints for adaptation: Insights from farmers\u2019 perspectives in East Gojjam zone, Ethiopia. Information Development, 1\u201318. DOI: 10.1177\/02666669251334402<\/li>\n<li>Migbar W., <strong>Zewdu<\/strong>, Alemayehu K. (2025). Geography and Climate of the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot (Book chapter). ISBN: 9781998511600<\/li>\n<li>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<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Grant Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Community Based Watershed Development intervention and its implication to households&#8217; food security status: Evidence from Northwsestern Highlands of Ethiopia. (From IFS in 2020 and 2024G.C)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dissertation write up grant from Association of African universities in 2019 G.C)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mega and thematic researches grants from Debre markos university (in 2021, 2022 and 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u00a0 zedo912006@gmail.com Institutional email:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 zewdu_siraw@dmu.edu.et ORCID:\u00a0 https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1956-1233 Linked in: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/zewdu-siraw-751154335\/ Research interest:\u00a0 climate change; adaptation and mitigation; watershed restoration; natural resource management; soil erosion &amp; conservation; ecological outcomes of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1229","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1230,"href":"https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1229\/revisions\/1230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}