CHENCHA CHEBO CHAKA (Assi. Prof, PhD candidate)

CHENCHA CHEBO CHAKA (Assi. Prof, PhD candidate)

Lecturer & Research

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Bio:

Mr. Chencha Chebo is an assistant professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at Arba Minch University. Since 2020, he is a PhD scholar at Hawassa University, Ethiopia. Mr. Chencha obtained a BSc degree from Jimma University and an MSc degree from Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. Moreover, he attended certain international short courses in various countries and gained the best professional skills. In the department of Animal science, he has been teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses such as animal breeding, animal genetics, animal biotechnology, biostatistics in animal sciences, molecular genetics, population genetics, poultry and dairy production and management, research, and scientific writing. So far, Mr. Chencha has advised 12 completed postgraduate theses and several undergraduate projects.

 

 Besides academic careers, he has served as an "institutional quality enhancement, IQE” coordinator of the College of Agricultural Sciences and the former Director of the livestock and fishery research center at Arba Minch University. He has also been involved in several community development projects and consultancy services, and designing business plan for animal production enterprises, particularly poultry and dairy farms. He has been actively involved in several ad hoc and standing committees and many institutional affairs.

 

Furthermore, Mr. Chencha has a research interest in genetic diversity studies using advanced molecular tools, farm animals’ phenotypic performance evaluations, genetic basis of adaptation to tropical environment, community-based breed improvement approaches in livestock breeding, evaluation of hormonal estrus synchronization, and AI in cattle. Out of his research projects, 13 research papers were published in peer-reviewed international and national reputable journals that are indexed in Scopus and Web of Science and authored in collaboration with academia from different institutions.

  • Education:

    Degree programs:

    • Pursued BSc degree in Animal sciences from Jimma University (2006-2008 G.C).
    • MSc degree in Animal Genetics and Breeding from Bahir Dar University (2010-2012 G.C) and
    •  Currently attending PhD study in Animal Breeding & Genetics, Hawassa University since 2020.

       

       Short course trainings: 

      ·         International diploma in poultry husbandry from Netherlands (2016-2017), six months  

      ·         Dairy farming and entrepreneurship at Aeres University of Applied Sciences in Dronten, the Netherlands (2021), three months  

      ·         Introduction to Bioinformatics (IBT), Pan African bioinformatics Network for H3Africa, three months

       

       
  • Expertise:

    Expertise (list some of your research areas)

    1. Genetic and phenotypic variability, and comparative performance evaluations of various chicken breeds distributed to different production environments.
    2. stablishing a community-based breeding programs for small ruminants and assessing its impact on livelihood of small-holder farmers
    3. Adaptation physiology and production potentials (G*E interactions) of exotic chicken breeds under various production and agro-ecological conditions
    4. Efficiency and effectiveness of estrus synchronization coupled with conventional artificial insemination under small-holder dairy farmers in Southern Ethiopia
    5. Performance evaluations of different livestock species under on-farm and on-station conditions to recommend a suitable exotic blood level to disseminate to the community breeding pool.
    6. Farm animal genotype screening and breeding for future climate change.

    Research roles and main activities:

    1.      Evaluation of milk yield and reproductive performances of indigenous and crossbred cattle in potential districts of Gamo Zone

    2.      Evidence based sheep breeding for Gamo highlands

    3.      Phenotypic characterization and breeding practices of indigenous goats as input for designing a community-based goat breeding in Selected districts of Gamo zone

    4.      Evaluation of estrus synchronization and mass artificial insemination campaign in dairy cattle in Gamo zone.  
  • Department: Animal and Range science