EFFECT OF IRRIGATION LEVELS ON MUNG BEAN (Vigna radiata L.) YIELD AND WATER PRODUCTIVITY UNDER DRIP IRRIGATION AT ALAGE, CENTRAL RIFT VALLEY OF ETHIOPIA

Abstract

The author was born on September 5, 1971 at 11 Woreda, Kolife Keraniyo Sub-city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He attended his primary school at Paulus Elementary School, between 1979 and 1986. He also attended secondary and high school education at Mengistu Hailemariam Secondary School between 1987 and 1990. Then he joined Jimma College of Agriculture in September 1990 and graduated with Diploma in General Agriculture in 1992. After his graduation, he joined Hulet Eju Enebse (Mota) Woreda Agriculture and Rural Development Office in 1993 and worked as a Plant Science expert for sixteen years. Then he joined Bahir Dar University in September 2009 and graduated with BSc degree in Plant Science in November 2011. After his graduation, he was reinstated to Agriculture and Rural Development Office of Hulet Eju Enebse (Mota) Woreda and worked as irrigation coordinator for four years. He was then employed by Ministry of Agriculture in June 2014 where he was assigned at Small Scale Irrigation Directorate as Senior Irrigation Expert and worked till he joined the Postgraduate Program Directorate at Haramaya University to pursue his MSc study in Irrigation Agronomy in September 2017