Dr. Tesfa G. Gebremedhin

Tesfa G. Gebremedhin

Professor

Agricultural and Resource Economics
College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences
West Virginia University

Phone: (304) 293-4832 x 4467
FAX: (304) 293-3752
E-Mail: tgebreme@wvu.edu

Division of Resource Management
2030 Agricultural Sciences Building
P. O. Box 6108
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506-6108

CURRENT POSITIONS:

Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Faculty Teaching Associate, Center for Black Culture and Research
Faculty Research Associate, Center for Women's Studies

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Agricultural Economics, 1981.
M.S. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Economics, 1976.
B.S. Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Economics, 1972.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Rural and Community Development
Regional Growth and Development
Economic Development and Policy Analysis
International Agricultural Development.

TEACHING ACTIVITY:

ARE 50, Introductory Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics
ARE 104, Agribusiness Management
ARE 206, Agribusiness Planning
ARE 340, Rural and Regional Development
ARE 400, Research Methods
MDS 80, African Economic Development

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. and Luther G. Tweeten. Research Methods and Communication in the Social Sciences. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1994.

Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. Beyond survival: The Economic Challenges of Agriculture and Development In Post-Independence Eritrea. Lawrenceville, NJ: The Red Sea Press, 1996.

D'Souza, Gerard and Tesfa Gebremedhin. (eds). Sustainability in Agricultural and Rural Development. Brookfield, Vermont: Ashgate Publishers, 1998.

Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. "Off-Farm Employment Participation in Louisiana: An Analysis of Survey Results." pp 203-212. In Hallberg, Findeis and Lass, (ed). Multiple Job-Holding Among Farm Families. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1991.

Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. "Agricultural Development in Eritrea: Economic ad Policy Analysis." pp. 99-108. In Tesfagiorgis, Gebre H. (ed). Emergent Eritrea: Challenges of Economic Development. Trenton, NJ: The Red Sea Press, 1993.

Brown, Adell, Ralph D. Christy, and Tesfa G. Gebremedhin. "Structural Changes in U.S. Agriculture: Implications for African American Farmers." pp.45-65. In Stewart, James B., and Joyce E. Allen-Smith, (ed). Blacks in Rural America. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1995.

Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. "Sustainability and Agricultural Industrialization: Issues and Implications." In D'Souza, Gerard D. And Tesfa G. Gebremedhin. (eds). Sustainability in Agricultural and Rural Development. Brookfield, Vermont: Ashgate Publishers, (forthcoming) 1997.

Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. "A Critical Analysis of the Causes of Food Insecurity." Land Reform(Land Settlement and Cooperatives), No. 1, FAO/UN, Rome, Italy, 1997.

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