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Name: Wondimu Bayu Muluye

Date of birth: 15 October 1964
Place of birth: Gojjam, Ethiopia
Nationality: Ethiopian
Sex: Male
Marital Status: Married
Contact Address: Email: wondimubayu@yahoo.com
Cell/Mobile: +251-0913-812515, Fax: +251-058-226 60 77
Postal address: P.O.Box 527, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Fluent in speaking, reading and writing in English and Amharic languages.

Education

PhD in Agronomy, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa in 2004.

MSc in Sustainable Agriculture, Univ. of London (Wye College), UK in 1994.
BSc in Plant Sciences, Alemaya Univ. of Agriculture, Alemaya, Ethiopia in 1987.

Skills & Abilities

Principled, trustworthy, conscientious and committed to ensure integrity at all

times. Often endeavour to seek for self-development opportunities, to learn new
approaches, acquire new capabilities and apply new knowledge. Analytic
thinker and always make effort to set goals, plan and prioritize strategic issues.
Work productively with minimum supervision. Simple person, collegial and
team player. Can handle a variety of tasks with the capacity of meeting
deadlines. I have a well-articulated passion for smallholder agriculture, and a
strong desire to improve the lives of smallholder farmers. I regard myself as an
agent of change and I have a clear vision for how science and technology can
accelerate the pace of development in the resource poor smallholder farming
systems. I am committed to demand-driven innovation as innovation has to be
driven by the demands of farmers, considering value-chain and markets.
I have over 28 years of considerable technical experience in crop production
research and extension in smallholder farming systems. I also have practical
experience in working with farmers at grass root level. I have been widely
involved in demonstrating and out scaling proven crop production technologies
to the small-scale farmers in Ethiopia. I was awarded a certificate for the
exemplary contribution I made in demonstrating and out scaling crop
technologies. I have over five years of managerial experience. For the last five
years I am coordinating an Integrated watershed research for develop project.

Summary of
work experience

Details of Work Experience

From 12/04/2010

Position: Watershed Research Project National Coordinator

Employer: ICARDA (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas)
to Present
Organization type: CGIAR Research center
Responsibilities: Coordinating and managing the planning, execution, and
reporting of several research projects (ADA, CRP 5, CRP 7, CRP 1.1, IFAD)
implemented in the watershed. Preparing, in collaboration with partners, the
annual work plan and following up the execution of research trails and
demonstration in the field. Supporting and monitoring data collection, analysis,
reporting. Writing research reports, media materials, ISI journals and books.
Organize technical meetings, annual planning and evaluation workshops,
stakeholder meetings, workshops and trainings. Organize and coordinate field
days to popularize project activities. Work in increasing the visibility of the
project using mass media, field visits, producing flyers and organizing
workshops. Planning and ensuring effective monitoring and evaluation program
of project activities. Preparing technical, financial and progress reports in a
timely manner and in higher quality. Promoting project activities and results by
representing the project at workshops, meetings and conferences. Publicizing
project activities using different media. Publishing research results in peer
reviewed journals, proceedings and working documents. Facilitate and follow
up the purchase and importation of equipments for the project. Giving technical
backstopping to the national agricultural research staff in the partner
institutions.
From 08/07/2007 Position: Director, Crop Research Directorate
Employer: Amhara Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI), Ethiopia.
to 07/04/2010
Organization type: Governmental Institution
Responsibilities: Leading, directing and coordinating the annual planning and
execution of crop research projects and demonstrations and out scalings of
proven crop production technologies. Providing technical and managerial
backstopping to crop production researchers working across five research
centers functioning under ARARI. Coordinating the multiplication of pre-basic
seeds of improved varieties. Developing the human resource development plan
of the directorate. Developing and administering the directorate annual budget
and securing fund and other resources from external sources. Managing bilateral
projects funded by different organizations such as the Ethiopian Institute of
Agricultural Research, USAID, SIDA, McKnight Foundation, and the Drylands
Coordination Group (Norway). Organizing stakeholder meetings, workshops,
trainings and field days. Encouraging and ensuring effective monitoring and
evaluation program of crop research activities. Preparing technical, financial and
progress reports in a timely manner and in higher quality. Promoting the crop
research activities and results by representing the directorate at workshops,
meetings and conferences. Publicizing the directorates activities in electronic
and printed media. Publishing research results in peer reviewed journals,
proceedings and working documents.

From 08/04/2005 Position: Researcher and Research Center Director/Manager

to 07/07/2007
Employer: Sirinka Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopia
Organization type: Governmental Institution
Responsibilities: Adapting and developing agricultural technologies in the
fields of crop production/agronomy, soil fertility, cropping systems and weed
management. As Center Director responsible to manage activities undertaken in
two sub-centers and nine trial stations and up to 196 staff. Providing technical
and managerial guidance and support to the research center staff. Developing
strategic plan, annual work plan and budget of the research center. Securing
financial and infrastructural resource from external sources. Developing and
managing the human resource development plan of the research center.
Promoting and ensuring effective monitoring and evaluation program of
research activities. Organizing stakeholder meetings, workshops, trainings and
field days. Preparing technical, financial and progress reports in a timely manner
and in higher quality. Promoting the centers activities by representing the
center at workshops, meetings and conferences. Publicizing the centers
activities in electronic and printed media. Publishing research results in peer
reviewed journals, proceedings and working documents.
From 16/09/1987 Position: Researcher and Agronomy Research Division Head
to 07/04/2005
Employer: Sirinka Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopia
Organization type: Governmental Institution
Responsibilities: Adapting and developing agricultural technologies in the
fields of crop production/agronomy, soil fertility, cropping systems and weed
management. Demonstrating and out scaling proven crop production
technologies. Developing research projects, executing research activities and
publishing results. Preparing annual work plan and budget of the division. As
head of the division, responsible to represent the division at workshops,
meetings and conferences and supporting and mentoring junior researchers and
other technical staff. Preparing technical, financial and progress reports in a
timely manner and in higher quality. Publishing research results in peer
reviewed journals and proceedings. Training extension staff, development
agents and farmers.
Short term
Certificate in capacity building in development and management of viable
small and medium sorghum & millets based processing enterprises and their
trainings &
linkages to farmers.
performance
Certificate in Key Principles of Irrigation Water Management.
Certificate in strategic planning and management.
awards
Certificate in Introduction to Computers & MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows,
MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, and MS Power Point.
Certificate in Genstat Statistical Packages, Common Experimental Designs,
and their Method of Analysis.
Certificate in gender mainstreaming in agricultural research
Certificate for the exemplary contribution in out scaling food barley
technologies.
Certificate for the outstanding contribution and work performance.
Certificate for the successful implementation of ecofarm research project

Trainings
offered

Supervising MSc
& PhD Students

Publications
Journal articles

Trained extension staff and development agents on agronomic technology

options for increased food production in drylands.
Trained extension staff and development agents on integrated striga
management (a consultant for SG-2000 Ethiopia) organized at Debre Birhan,
Debre Markos and Asebeteferi on the subject integrated striga management.
Taught the course Introduction to Crop Production and Management in
Bahir Dar University.
I have supervised the research works and thesis writing of 12 MSc and 5 PhD
students.
I have authored/co-authored about 37 scientific articles in peer reviewed
journals, conference proceedings and book chapters.
1. Tiru Tesfa, Kebede Woldetsadik & Wondimu Bayu. Shallot Yield, Quality
and Shelf-life as Affected by Nitrogen Fertilizer. International Journal of
Vegetable Science. DOI:10.1080/19315260.2014.895790
2.Nigus Demelash, Wondimu Bayu, Sitot Tesfaye, Feras Ziadat, Rolf Sommer.
2014. Current and residual effects of compost and inorganic fertilizer on
wheat and soil chemical properties. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems
100(3): 357-367.
3. Mesfin Abate, Firew Mekbib, Temam Hussien, Wondimu Bayu and Fasil
Reda. 2014. Assessment of genetic diversity in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.)
Moench) for reactions to Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth. Aust. J. Crop Sc.
8(8):1248-1256.
4.Arega Gashaw, Wondimu Bayu, KebedeTeshome, and Legesse Admassu.
2013. Varietal Differences and Effect of Nitrogen Fertilization on Durum
Wheat (Triticum turgidum var. durum) Grain Yield and Pasta Making
Quality Traits. Intern. J. Agron. & Plant Prod. 4 (10): 2460-2468.
5.Yetsedaw Aynewa, Tadesse Dessalegn and Wondimu Bayu. 2013.
Participatory evaluation of malt barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) genotypes for
yield and other agronomic traits at North-West Ethiopia. Wudpecker J. Agric.
Res., 2(8): 218 222.
6.Tilahun-Tadesse F, Nigussie-Dechassa R., Wondimu Bayu, Setegn Gebeyehu.
2013. Effect of hydro-priming and pre-germinating rice seed on the yield and
terminal moisture stress mitigation of rain-fed lowland rice. Agric. Forestry and
Fisheries 2(2): 89-97.
7. Tilahun-Tadesse F., Nigussie-Dechassa R., Wondimu Bayu, Setegn
Gebeyehu. 2013. Effect of transplanting on terminal moisture stress, growth
and yield of rain-fed lowland rice. Res. J. Agric. Environ. Mgmt., 2(4): 117-129.
8. Tilahun-Tadesse F, Nigussie-Dechassa R, Wondimu Bayu, Setegn
Gebeyehu. 2013. Impact of rainwater management on growth and yield of
rainfed lowland rice. Wudpecker J. Agric. Res., 2(4): 108-114.
9. Tilahun-Tadesse F, Nigussie-Dechassa R, Wondimu Bayu, Setegn
Gebeyehu. 2013. Effect of farmyard manure and inorganic fertilizers on the
growth, yield and moisture stress tolerance of rain-fed lowland rice. Americ. J.
Res. Commun., 1 (4): 275-301.
10. Tilahun Tadesse, Nigussie Dechassa, Wondimu Bayu, Setegn Gebeyehu.
2013. Effects of Farmyard Manure and Inorganic Fertilizer Application on
Soil Physico-Chemical Properties and Nutrient Balance in Rain-Fed Lowland
Rice Ecosystem. Americ. J. Plant Sci., 4:309-316
11. Dereje Ayalew, Kindie Tesfaye, Girma Mamo, Birru Yitaferu, and Wondimu
Bayu. 2012. Outlook of future climate in northwestern Ethiopia. Agric. Sci., 3
(4): 608-624.
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12. Dereje Ayalew, Kindie Tesfaye, Girma Mamo, Birru Yitaferu and Wondimu
Bayu. 2012. Variability of rainfall and its current trend in Amhara region,
Ethiopia. African J. Agric. Res., 7(10): 1475-1486.
13. Wondimu Bayu, Norman F.G. Rethman & Piet S. Hammes. 2011. Effects of
tiedridge, nitrogen fertilizer and cultivar on the yield and nitrogen use
efficiency of sorghum in semiarid Ethiopia. Archives of Agronomy and Soil
Science, 1-14. DOI:10.1080/03650340.2010.532488.
14. Bayu, W., Addisu, M., Tadesse, B., and Admassu, L. 2007. Intercropping tef
and sunflower in semi-arid areas of Welo, Ethiopia. Trop. Sci., 47(1), 1621.
15. Bayu, W., Rethman, N., Hammes, P., Van der Merwe,C. Grimbeek,J., and
Van der Linde, M. 2006. Effect of water deficit stress on the physiology,
growth and leaf cell ultrastructure of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.)
Moench). Ethiopian J. Biolog. Sci., 5(2), 161176.
16. Bayu, W., Rethman, N., Hammes, P., and Alemu, G. 2006. Application of
farmyard manure improved the chemical and physical properties of the soil
in a semi-arid area in Ethiopia. Biological agric. and Hort., 24, 293300.
17. Bayu, W., Rethman, N. Hammes, P., and Alemu, G. 2006. Effects of farmyard
manure and inorganic fertilizers on sorghum growth, yield, and nitrogen use
in a semi-arid area of Ethiopia. J Plant Nutr., 29(2), 391407.
18. Bayu, W., Rethman, N., Hammes, P., Pieterse, P., Grimbeek, J., and Van Der
Linde, M. 2005. Water stress affects the germination, emergence, and growth
of different sorghum cultivars. SINET: Eth. J Sci., 28(2), 119128.
19. Bayu, W., Rethman, N., and Hammes, P. 2005. Growth and yield
compensation in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) as a function of
planting density and nitrogen fertilizer in semi-arid areas of northeastern
Ethiopia. S. Afr. J. Plant and Soil, 22(2), 7683.
20.Alemu, G. and Bayu, W. 2005. Effects of farmyard manure and combined N
and P fertilizer on sorghum and soil characteristics in northeastern Ethiopia.
J Sust. Agric., 26(2), 2341.
21. Bayu, W., Rethman, N., and Hammes, P. 2004. The role of animal manure in
sustainable soil fertility management in Sub-Saharan Africa: A review. J Sust.
Agric., 25(2), 113- 136.
22.Bayu, W., Getachew, A., and Mamo, T. 2002. Response of sorghum to
nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization in semi-arid environments in Welo.
Acta Agron. Hung., 50(1), 5365.
23. Bayu, W., Benor, S. and Admassu, L. 2001. Tolerance of sorghum landraces
and varieties to striga (Striga hermonthica) infestation in Ethiopia. Acta Agron.
Hung., 49(4), 343-349.
24.Esilaba, A., Reda, F., Ransom, J., Bayu, W., Woldewahid, G., and Zemichael,
B. 2000. Integrated nutrient management strategies for soil fertility
improvement and striga control in northern Ethiopia. Afri. Crop Sci., 8(4), 403410.
25.Alemu, G. and Bayu, W. 2000. On farm evaluation of animal- drawn tied
ridgers in semi-arid areas of Welo, Ethiopia. EJNR 2(2), 227-236.
26.Tesfahun, G., Bayu, W., and Tesfaye, A. 2000. Indigenous crop pest
management techniques in Welo. Pest Mgt. J. Eth., 4(1&2), 97-103.
27. Reda, F., Woldewahid, G., Zemichael, B., and Bayu, W. (1997). An Integrated
Approach to the control of striga on sorghum. Pest Mgt. J. Eth., 1(1&2), 4347.
Miesh Belay, Tadesse Dessalegn and Wondimu Bayu. 2013. Some Ethiopian
Durum Wheat Varieties and their N-Use Efficiency. Verlag/Publisher: LAP
LAMBERT Academic Publishing. Germany.
1. Bayu, W. 2008. Use of farmyard manure in improving soil physicochemical
properties and crop yield in smallholding agriculture in northeastern
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Ethiopia. In U. Kpke (Ed.). Organic Agriculture in the Tropics and

Subtropics (5367). ISOFAR Tropical Series vol 1.
2. Bayu, W., Bayissa, M., Manjur, K., Yeshanew, A., Agdo, E., Sime, G., Tolera,
A., Belay, T., Meles, K., Aune, J., and Alemu Ayele, A. 2010. Results of Ecofarm
Action Research Activities in Three Project Areas in Ethiopia. Drylands
Coordination Group Report No. 59. Drylands Coordination Group c/o
Miljohuset G9, Oslo, Norway.
1. Feras Ziadat, Wondimu Bayu, Birru Yitaferu, Theib Oweis, Andreas Klik,
Fawzi Karajeh, Yigezu Yigezu. 2013. An overview of a watershed-based
research to mitigate land degradation and improve livelihoods: A case from the
Gumara-Maksegnit watershed, North Gonder, Ethiopia. In Book of
AbstractsInternational Congress 2013: Sustainable livelihood in the Tropical
drylands. Mekelle, Ethiopia. 17-22 September 2013.
2.Taddesse Lakew, Ketema Belete and Wondimu Bayu. 2013. Genetic
variability in nitrogen use efficiency of upland rice varieties in West Amhara,
Ethiopia. In Proceedings of the 5th annual regional conference on completed
research activities of 2010 and 2011. Amhara Agricultural Research Institute.
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Pp. 144-156.
3. Wondimu Bayu (ed). 2012. Proceedings of the 4th annual regional conference
on completed research activities, 4-7 November, 2009. Amhara Agricultural
Research Institute. Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
4.Abate, E., Teshome, A., Asefa, A., Wale, M., Tadesse, T., and Bayu, W. (eds)
2008. Proceedings of the Second Annual Regional Conference on Completed Crop
Research Activities, 1417 August 2006. Amhara Regional Agricultural Research
Institute. Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
5.Bayu, W., Tseganeh, B, and Asefa, T. 2006. The Need, Potentials, Constraints
and Research in Irrigation Agriculture in Eastern Amhara. In: Irrigation water
management. Proceedings of the Workshop on Achievements and Priorities in Ethiopia with
Particular Reference to Amhara Region. 57 December 2005, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
pp. 1625.
6.Tesfahun, G., Bayu, W., and Tadesse, G. 2004. On-farm performance of
Sorghum variety, Meko, in the lowlands of Welo. In: Tesfaye Zegeye, Legesse Dadi
and Dawit Alemu (ed.) Agricultural Systems Analysis and Constraints Identification.
Proceedings of Workshop Held to Discuss the Socio-Economic Research Results of 1998
2002. August 68, 2002, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiopian Agricultural
Research, Ethiopia. pp. 115123.
7. Esilaba, A., Reda, F., Ransom, J., Woldewahid, G., Bayu, W., and Zemichael,
B. 1999. Potential for relay cropping and improved fallows in soil fertility
improvement and striga control in northern Ethiopia. Soil Science Society of
East Africa. Proceedings of the 17th conference and Silver Jubille Celebrations, held in
Kampala, Uganda 6th10th September, 1999. pp. 5462.
8.Esilaba, A., Reda, R., Ransom, J., Bayu, W., Woldewahid, G., and Zemichael,
B. 1998. Integrated nutrient management strategies for soil fertility
improvement and striga control in northern Ethiopia. Proceedings of the Sixth
Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Maize Conference, held in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia 21st25th September, 1998. pp. 185189.
9.Alemu, G., Bayu, W., and Mulatu, Y. 1998. Agroforestry systems in Welo: Its
importance for feed and fuel wood production and protection of the
environment. In Beyene Seboka and Aberra Deressa (ed.) Agricultural Research
and Technology Transfer Attempts and Achievements in Northern Ethiopia. Proceedings of
the Fourth Technology Generation, Transfer and Gap Analysis Workshop. 1821 March
1997, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. pp. 1116.
10. Bayu, W. and Alemu, G. 1998. Soil management and crop technologies for
improved crop production in marginal rainfall areas of Welo. In Beyene
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Manual
Referees

Seboka and Aberra Deressa (ed.) Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer
Attempts and Achievements in Northern Ethiopia. Proceedings of the Fourth Technology
Generation, Transfer and Gap Analysis Workshop. 1821 March 1997, Bahir Dar,
Ethiopia. pp. 310.
11. Badebo, A. and Bayu, W. 1991. The importance of strip rust (Puccinia
striiformis) in the major bread wheat producing regions of Ethiopia during
198890. The seventh Regional Wheat Workshop for Eastern, Central and Southern
Africa. Nakuru, Kenya, September 1619, 1991.
1. Bayu, W. 2006. The importance and use of farmyard manure for soil fertility
management. Prepared in local language (Amharic).
1. Dr. Tilahun Amede
Principal Scientist
International Crops Research Institute for the Semiarid Tropics (ICRISAT)
Mobile: +251 911230135
Email: t.amede@cgiar.org
2. Dr Rolf Sommer
Soil health and climate change senior scientist
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Email: r.sommer@cgiar.org
3. Dr Birru Yitaferu
Director General, Amhara Agricultural Research Institute
Mobile: +251 912027600
Email: birru_yitaferu2002@yahoo.com
4. Dr. Fentahun Mengistu
Director General, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Mobile: +251 911255669/918706268
Email: fentahunmen@yahoo.com