Mitiku Haile (born 1951) is an Ethiopian researcher who was Professor of Soil Science at

Mekelle University Mekelle University () is a higher education and training public institution located in Mekelle, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, 783 kilometers north of Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa. Mekelle University is one of the largest public universities in Ethio ...

, undertaking research on

sustainable land management Land management is the process of managing the use and development of land resources. Those resources are used for a variety of purposes for example agriculture, forestry, water resource management, human settlements and tourism. One aim of l ...

, restoration of degraded lands and integrated soil fertility management.

Career

* 1985: MSc at Ghent University, Belgium * 1987: PhD at

Ghent University Ghent University (, abbreviated as UGent) is a Public university, public research university located in Ghent, in the East Flanders province of Belgium. Located in Flanders, Ghent University is the second largest Belgian university, consisting o ...

, Belgium, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. ir. C. Sys * 1987: Assistant professor of Soil Science at Alamaya, now

Haramaya University Haramaya University (HU) (; Oromo: ''Univarsiitii Haramayaa'') is a public research university in Haramaya, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. It is approximately east of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Ministry of Science and Higher Education admits qualif ...

Pedon 23 - Physical Land Resources - Universiteit Gent https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/32289892/pedon-23-physical-land-resources-universiteit-gent * 1990: staff member of the Arid Zone Agricultural College (established at the

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, and later on Agarfa in southern Ethiopia) * 1993: dean of the Arid Zone Agricultural College in

Mekelle Mekelle (), or Mek'ele, is a List of zones of Ethiopia, special zone and capital city, capital of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Mekelle was formerly the capital of Enderta province, Enderta Awrajja, awraja in Tigray Province, Tigray. It is locate ...

that started with 42 students in 3 degree programmes. Later on, with the establishment of Mekelle University College, he became its dean also. Mitiku Haile meeting with PVC

* 2000: president of

that was established by the Government of Ethiopia (Council of Ministers, Regulations No. 61/1999 of Article 3) as an autonomous higher education institution * 2011: Minister Plenipotentiary and Deputy Permanent Representative to

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, Ethiopian Embassy in

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* 2015: Reinstated as Full Professor at the Department of Land Resources Management and Environmental Protection of Mekelle University

Trivia

The ''Mitiku Hall'' at Mekelle University is named after him.

External links

* Mitiku Haile, Karl Herweg, Brigitta Stillhardt (2006): Sustainable Land Management – A New Approach to Soil and Water Conservation in Ethiopia * Publication list on ResearchGate * History of Professor Mitiku's academic cooperation with Belgiumhttps://alum.kuleuven.be/eng/alumni-chapter-ethiopia/history-mu-ku-leuven-research History of Professor Mitiku’s academic cooperation with Belgium

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitiku Haile Ghent University alumni Ethiopian scientists Living people 1951 births Soil scientists 20th-century earth scientists 21st-century scientists People from Mekelle