Melisew Dejene
Biographic Data
| ID | 6291783 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melisew Dejene |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melisew |
| FAMILY NAME | Dejene |
| SIGNATURE | DEJENE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hawassa University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2689-4802 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Intersectional issues in NGO-led short-term social innovation projects in Ethiopia
NGO-led social innovation projects (SIPs) of a short-term sort ambitiously aimed to empower target communities. The SIPs introduced productive approaches and alternative pathways. The power relations of the SIPs and target communities were subject to intersectional issues. This study explored intersectional issues and a conditional shift toward community-led practice for the sustenance of innovative practices beyond project lifetime. We employed …
Empowering pastoralist women through social innovations in Somali and Afar regions of Ethiopia
Ensuring sustainable development in Africa necessitates empowering women through different initiatives, including social innovations. This is because the existing gender-based disparities and resultant inequalities are evident in Africa, limiting women's participation and empowerment on the continent. The main objective of this study is to assess the role of social innovations (SI) in empowering women in pastoral areas of Afar and Somali regions …
Why foreign agricultural investment fails? Five lessons from Ethiopia
In the past two decades, foreign direct investment (FDI) in emerging economies has witnessed substantial growth in the agricultural sector. Globally, more than a quarter of these investments have failed. Beyond case studies, the factors that contribute to these failures have been subject to limited research. To address this research gap, this article draws on a unique data set of 106 investments in Ethiopia, from which failures were identified an…
Social Innovations for Empowering Pastoralist Women
Innovations are vital for empowering women and youth by introducing alternative pathways for development. This study focuses on a social innovation project executed in Dasenech, South Omo, Ethiopia. The project introduced innovative initiatives (index-based livestock insurance (IBLI), a goat market value-chain system, an eco-friendly hydraulic ram pump, fodder production, and a vet drug store). Key among the goals of these initiatives was the emp…
Safety nets as a means of tackling chronic food insecurity in rural southern Ethiopia
Agriculture is the predominant livelihood in rural Ethiopia, where chronic food insecurity is prevalent. In 2005, Ethiopia launched the Productive Safety Net Program, aiming to improve rural livelihoods and food security. This study focuses on the primarily modality of the programme: food and/or cash in exchange for labour. We analyse how the supports have contributed to the stated objectives, assessing food security status using two measurement …
The ‘Problem Represented To Be’ in the Social Protection Policy Regimes of Ethiopia
Policy analysis needs to go beyond the conventional ‘problem solving’ approach to interrogating ‘problem representations’ within policy documents. Numerous studies on social protection in Ethiopia, and in sub-Saharan Africa at large have been confined to studying the impact of policy interventions. Studies that aimed to scrutinize policy documents for their ‘problematization’ of issues and ‘problem representations’ in the Foucauldian sense are in…
Safety nets as a means of tackling chronic food insecurity in rural southern Ethiopia
Agriculture is the predominant livelihood in rural Ethiopia, where chronic food insecurity is prevalent. In 2005, Ethiopia launched the Productive Safety Net Program, aiming to improve rural livelihoods and food security. This study focuses on the primarily modality of the programme: food and/or cash in exchange for labour. We analyse how the supports have contributed to the stated objectives, assessing food security status using two measurement …
The ‘Problem Represented To Be’ in the Social Protection Policy Regimes of Ethiopia
Policy analysis needs to go beyond the conventional ‘problem solving’ approach to interrogating ‘problem representations’ within policy documents. Numerous studies on social protection in Ethiopia, and in sub-Saharan Africa at large have been confined to studying the impact of policy interventions. Studies that aimed to scrutinize policy documents for their ‘problematization’ of issues and ‘problem representations’ in the Foucauldian sense are in…
Safety nets as a means of tackling chronic food insecurity in rural southern Ethiopia
Agriculture is the predominant livelihood in rural Ethiopia, where chronic food insecurity is prevalent. In 2005, Ethiopia launched the Productive Safety Net Program, aiming to improve rural livelihoods and food security. This study focuses on the primarily modality of the programme: food and/or cash in exchange for labour. We analyse how the supports have contributed to the stated objectives, assessing food security status using two measurement …
Why foreign agricultural investment fails? Five lessons from Ethiopia
In the past two decades, foreign direct investment (FDI) in emerging economies has witnessed substantial growth in the agricultural sector. Globally, more than a quarter of these investments have failed. Beyond case studies, the factors that contribute to these failures have been subject to limited research. To address this research gap, this article draws on a unique data set of 106 investments in Ethiopia, from which failures were identified an…
Social Innovations for Empowering Pastoralist Women
Innovations are vital for empowering women and youth by introducing alternative pathways for development. This study focuses on a social innovation project executed in Dasenech, South Omo, Ethiopia. The project introduced innovative initiatives (index-based livestock insurance (IBLI), a goat market value-chain system, an eco-friendly hydraulic ram pump, fodder production, and a vet drug store). Key among the goals of these initiatives was the emp…
Empowering pastoralist women through social innovations in Somali and Afar regions of Ethiopia
Ensuring sustainable development in Africa necessitates empowering women through different initiatives, including social innovations. This is because the existing gender-based disparities and resultant inequalities are evident in Africa, limiting women's participation and empowerment on the continent. The main objective of this study is to assess the role of social innovations (SI) in empowering women in pastoral areas of Afar and Somali regions …
Intersectional issues in NGO-led short-term social innovation projects in Ethiopia
NGO-led social innovation projects (SIPs) of a short-term sort ambitiously aimed to empower target communities. The SIPs introduced productive approaches and alternative pathways. The power relations of the SIPs and target communities were subject to intersectional issues. This study explored intersectional issues and a conditional shift toward community-led practice for the sustenance of innovative practices beyond project lifetime. We employed …
Economics (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Socioeconomics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Agriculture and Rural Development Research (2 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Livestock (2 works)