Mosisa Wakjira
Mosisa Wakjira
Student / Programme Doctorate at D-BAUG
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Research area
Agrometeorology, agrohydrology, agricultural water management (rainfed and irrigated systems), catchment hydrology, climate change impacts and adaptation, climate dataset, crop modeling, integrated soil and water management, sustainable agroecosystems, vulnerability assessment
Education
PhD Student, Institute of Environmental Engineering (IfU), ETH Zurich, Switzerland, (since September 2019). Doctoral research project: Climate impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation in rainfed agriculture. Funded by E4D Doctoral Scholarship Program
MAS ETH in Sustainable Water Resources, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, (September 2017 - September 2018). MAS Thesis: Analysis of Agricultural Drought Under Climate Change: a case study of Upper Awash Sub-basin, Ethiopia
Master of Science in Water Resource Engineering and Management, Hawassa University, Ethiopia, (October 2012 - November 2014). MSc Thesis: Analysis of Hydroclimatic Trend in Guder Sub-basin, Ethiopia
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Haramaya University, Ethiopia, (October 2007 - July 2011).
CV PDFMembership
| Since | Membership |
|---|---|
| 2022 | International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) |
| 2020 | European Geosciences Union (EGU) |
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Publications
Wakjira, M.T., Peleg, N., Anghileri, D., Molnar, D., Alamirew, T., Six, J., Molnar, P., 2021. Rainfall seasonality and timing: implications for cereal crop production in Ethiopia. Agric. For. Meteorol. 310, 108633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108633
Wakjira, M.T., Peleg, N., Burlando, P., Molnar, P., 2023. Gridded daily 2-m air temperature dataset for Ethiopia derived by debiasing and downscaling ERA5-Land for the period 1981-2010. Data in Brief. 46, 108844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108844
Wakjira, M.T., Peleg, N., Six, J., Molnar, P. Climate-driven changes in cropland suitability for major cereal crops across the rainfed agricultural landscapes of Ethiopia. Under review, Agricultural Systems
Conference contributions
Wakjira, M.T., Peleg, N., Johan Six, P., Molnar, P., Climate change impacts on rainwater productivity across agricultural landscapes of Ethiopia. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-2819, 2023. EGU General Assembly 2023, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-2819. PICO presentation, Vienna, Austria/ Virtual
Wakjira, M.T., Peleg, N., Molnar, D., Johan Six, P., Molnar, P., Climate change impacts on agroecological suitability for crops: an example from Ethiopia. 23rd Swiss Global Change Day, 19 Apr 2023. Poster presentation, Bern, Switzerland
Wakjira, M.T., Peleg, N., Burlando, P., Molnar, P., Changes in rainwater productivity across the rainfed agricultural areas in Ethiopia. 20th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, 18-20 November 2022, Lausanne, Switzerland, Oral presentation
Wakjira, M.T., Peleg, N., Anghileri, D., Molnar, D., Alamirew, T., Six, J., Molnar, P., The connections between rainfall regimes and crop production in semi-arid and sub-humid climates: an example from Ethiopia. https://doi.org/10.5194/iahs2022-244. International Association of Hydrological Science, IAHS Scientific Assembly 2022, 29 May – 03 June 2022. Oral presentation, Montpellier, France
Wakjira, M.T., Peleg, N., Molnar, P., Downscaling to high-resolution and correcting air temperature from the ERA5-Land over Ethiopia. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-11916. European Geosciences Union, EGU 2022 General Assembly, 23–27 April 2022. Oral presentation, Vienna, Austria/ Virtual
Wakjira, M.T., Peleg, N., Molnar, D., Six, J., Molnar, P., Regularity of rainfall timing across Ethiopia: implications for crop production. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-9279. European Geosciences Union, EGU 2021 General Assembly, 19–30 April 2021. Oral pitch, Virtual