Teklu Erkossa Jijo

Background

Jijo, Teklu Erkossa was born on April 16, 1968 in Naqamte, Ethiopia. Son of Erkossa Jijo Morka and Marame Qanani Wage.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Arid Zone Agricultural, Asmara/Alemava University, Ethiopia, 1991. Master of Science in Soil and Water Conservation, Wagengen Agricultural University, The Netherlands, 1997. Doctor of Philosophy, University Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, 2005.

Career

Soil and water conservation, program coordinator Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1999—2001. Researcher Ethiopian Institute Agricultural Research, Debre Zeit, since 2001, head natural resources management research, since 2006. Guest lecturer Hawasa University, since 2006.

Achievements

• Teklu Erkossa Jijo has been listed as a noteworthy environmentalist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of German Soil Science Society, Ethiopian Society Soil Sciences (editor-in-chief since 2006).

Connections

Married Askale Mosissa Terfa, December 6, 1998. Children: Kenna Teklu Erkossa, Sifeene Teklu Erkossa.

Father:

Erkossa Jijo Morka

Mother:

Marame Qanani Wage

Spouse:

Askale Mosissa Terfa

child:

Kenna Teklu Erkossa Jijo

child:

Sifeene Teklu Erkossa Jijo