The author, Azmera Walche Mengesha, was born on 09 January 1986 in Arba Minch Zuria Woreda Chano Mile Kebele, South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia. He attended Primary, Secondary, and Preparatory School at Arba Minch from 2002 to 2004. He joined the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development ATVET College in 2005 and graduated with a Diploma in Plant Science in 2007. He was then recruited and began his professional career in the Department of Horticulture in the College of Agricultural Science at Arba Minch University. He served as a technical assistant in different ranks at Arba Minch University from 2007 to 2013. He started the Bachelor of Science in Horticulture program in 2009 and graduated with a BSc in Horticulture in 2013 from Arba Minch University. Then, the author was promoted the same year to Graduate Assistant and served one year at Arba Minch University.
He joined for his MSc studies in 2013/14 under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy scholarship. He graduated with an MSc in Management of Water Resources, Soil, and Food Conservation from the University Of Palermo, Italy, in 2015. He served as a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Horticulture, College of Agricultural Sciences, at Arba Minch University. Then, the author joined the PhD studies program in the School of Plant and Horticultural Science College of Agriculture Hawassa University to pursue his PhD degree in Soil Science in 2017/2018.
The author, Azmera Walche Mengesha, was born on 09 January 1986 in Arba Minch Zuria Woreda Chano Mile Kebele, South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia. He attended Primary, Secondary, and Preparatory School at Arba Minch from 2002 to 2004. He joined the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development ATVET College in 2005 and graduated with a Diploma in Plant Science in 2007. He was then recruited and began his professional career in the Department of Horticulture in the College of Agricultural Science at Arba Minch University. He served as a technical assistant in different ranks at Arba Minch University from 2007 to 2013. He started the Bachelor of Science in Horticulture program in 2009 and graduated with a BSc in Horticulture in 2013 from Arba Minch University. Then, the author was promoted the same year to Graduate Assistant and served one year at Arba Minch University.
He joined for his MSc studies in 2013/14 under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy scholarship. He graduated with an MSc in Management of Water Resources, Soil, and Food Conservation from the University Of Palermo, Italy, in 2015. He served as a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Horticulture, College of Agricultural Sciences, at Arba Minch University. Then, the author joined the PhD studies program in the School of Plant and Horticultural Science College of Agriculture Hawassa University to pursue his PhD degree in Soil Science in 2017/2018.