Titay Zeleke is currently a Ph.D. student at Africa Center of Excellence in Climate Smart Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation (policy, institutions, and innovation sub-theme) at Haramaya University, Ethiopia. She got her MSc and BSc degrees from Haramaya University in the field of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension. She worked as a lecturer at Debre Markos University in the department of rural development. As a lecturer, she taught various courses such as rural sociology, agricultural extension, and research methodology. Her research interest is climate change and variability, the vulnerability of smallholder farmers to climate change, and adaptation strategies.