TESFA G. GEBREMEDHIN

521-06-4850

U.S. Citizen

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics. (May 1981), Oklahoma State University, Areas of Emphasis: Rural and Community Development, Policy Analysis, International Agricultural Development.

M.S. in Economics. (August 1976), Colorado State University, Areas of Specialization: Economic Development, Resource Economics and General Agricultural Economics.

B.S. in Economics. Haile Selassie University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (July 1972). Area of Emphasis: Economic Theory and Quantitative Methods. Minor: Public Administration.

Diploma in Veterinary Science. College of Animal Health, Debre-Zeit, Ethiopia (July 1966).

OTHER EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES

"Program of Environmental Education," jointly sponsored by the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) and Center for the Biology of Natural System (CBNS), Washington University, St. Louis, (July 14 - July 23, 1976).

"Seminar on Agricultural Commodity Trading," sponsored by the Chicago Board of Trade (CBT), Chicago, September 22-23, 1982.

"Teaching Workshop" sponsored by the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA), Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, July 27-30, 1983.

"A Short-Course on the Macroeconomics of Agriculture - With Special Emphasis on International Trade," sponsored by the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1984. August 8-10, 1984.

Sustaining and Managing Agricultural Resources for Tomorrow (SMART) - An Introductory Training Session of New Computer Programs called PLANETOR & BUDGETER, The Current Centerpiece of the SMART System, Orlando, Florida, November 12-14, 1990.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor and Associate Professor, Division of Resource Management, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia (August 16, 1989 - Present). Major responsibilities include teaching, research, and service.

Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Center for Small Farm Research, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (May, 1986 - August 15, 1989). Major Responsibilities include teaching, research, and outreach activities.

Visiting Professor in a Faculty Exchange Program - Taught a course entitled "The Economics of Resource, Rural and Community Development" in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Spring 1988.

Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (February 1981 - April 1986). Major responsibilities included teaching and research.

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma (September 1977 - January 1981).

Teaching Practium, Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma (Spring 1978). Assisted in teaching Introduction to Agricultural Economics (AE 1114).

SELECTED INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Visiting Professor, UN/FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), Program of Cooperation with Academic and Research Institutions, Rome, Italy, July 1 to December 31, 1997.

Conducted a series of workshops on "Management Skills for Effective Leadership" at Asmara University, Ministry of Trade and Industry, and NUEW, Asmara, Eritrea, July 10 to August 2, 1996.

Conducted a workshop on "Research Methods and Communications" at Asmara University, Asmara, Eritrea, July 14-16, 1994.

Presented a seminar on "A Guide to the Preparation of Grant Proposals" during a visit to University de Guanajato, Mexico, in a Faculty Exchange Program, sponsored by the College of Agriculture and Forestry, West Virginia University, November 4 - 14, 1992.

Participated in the "Agricultural Project Preparation and Evaluation Workshop" sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture, Asmara, Eritrea, August 3 - 7, 1992.

Economist, Planning and Programming Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (July 1972 - June 1974).

Presentation of selected paper in an International Conference on "Agricultural Credit for Africa", jointly sponsored by FAO/UN and the Government of Finland, Accra, Ghana, December 3-14, 1973.

SELECTED RESEARCH PROJECTS

Co-Investigator. "Higher Education in Rural and Community Economic Development: The Case of West Virginia." Hatch Fund, CSRS/USDA, 1997-2000.

Co-Investigator. "1995 Research Apprenticeship Program for Minority High School Students." Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Summer 1995.

Co-Investigator. "An Analysis of Educational Services for Rural Development of West Virginia." Hatch Fund, CSRS/USDA, 1994-97.

Co-Investigator. "An Economic Analysis of Alternative Sources of Household Income for Farm Families." Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NRCRD), 1991-1993.

Principle Investigator. "Louisiana Small-Scale Farm Family Enhancement Project." USDA/Farmers Home Administration and Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1989-1990.

Principle Investigator. "The Economics of Meat Goat Production for Small Scale Producers in Louisiana," Southern Rural Development Center and Department of Agricultural Economics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1989-1990.

Principle Investigator. "An Economic Analysis of Selected Specialty Enterprises for Small and Limited Resource farm Operation in Louisiana," Center for Small Farm Research, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1986-1990.

Co-Investigator. "Alternative Ways for Low Income Farmers to Raise Equity Capital to Invest in new and Existing Cooperative," USDA/ACS and Department of Agricultural Economics Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1983-1985.

Principle Investigator. "An Economic Analysis of Off-Farm Employment in the Rural Economy of Louisiana," USDA/CSRS and Department of Agricultural Economics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1982-1986.

Principle Investigator. "An Analysis of Credit for Small Farm Growth," USDA/CSRS and Department of Agricultural Economics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1981-1982.

SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS

Outstanding Researcher, Division of Resource Management, West Virginia University, 1999.

Selected to participate in the Third Annual West Virginia Great Teachers Seminar, North Bend State Park in Cairo, West Virginia, June 20 - 23, 1995.

Certificate of Appreciation from Center for Black Culture and Research for outstanding service and contribution to the Center, West Virginia University, May 15, 1993.

Selected as a participant in the 1991 Minority Faculty Fellows Program, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Received Travel Grants from AAEA Foundation and West Virginia University to present papers at the AAEA, SAEA and NAREA Annual Meetings from 1990 t0 1997.

Selected as one of Several Honorees featured in a Brochure entitled "Outstanding Black Agricultural Economists." AAEA Committee on the Opportunities and Status of Blacks in Agricultural Economics Profession, 1990.

Recipient of the most prestigious Morrison-Evans Outstanding Scientist Award for Meritorious Achievement in Research, ARD, 1890 Land Grant Colleges and Universities, Eighth Biennial Research Symposium, Washington, D.C., October 10, 1989.

Honored and awarded a certificate of distinction for research accomplishment at Southern University by Phi Delta Kappa, Louisiana State University Chapter, March 29, 1989.

Listed for research excellence in the Congressional Record, Vol. 135, No. 35, Washington, Thursday, March 23, 1989.

Chancellor's Research Excellence Award, Southern University Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1988.

Honored and awarded a plaque for research excellence by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1988.

First Place Scientific Paper Award (plaque) at the ARD Seventh Biennial Research Symposium, Rural Development Section, Washington, D.C., October 4-7, 1987.

Awarded a certificate of appreciation for outstanding academic leadership and research accomplishments by the Agricultural Students Council, College of Agriculture & Home Economics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1983 & 1987.

Research Assistantship, Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma (10/1977 - 1/1981).

United States Assistance for International Development (USAID) Scholarship for Masters Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado (June 1974 - August 1976).

United Nations Environmental Education Program (UNEP) and Center for the Biology of Natural Systems (CBNS), Washington University, St. Louis (6/14 - 7/23, 1976).

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA)

Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA)

Southern Regional Science Association (SRSA)

Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society

Gamma Sigma Delta, The Honor Society of Agriculture

SELECTED PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL AND UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES

Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 2000/2001.

Member, Graduate Students Paper and Poster Presentation Committee, College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 2000 - Present.

Senator, Faculty Senate, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1999 - Present.

Member, International Programs Task Force, College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1999 - Present.

Chair and Member, Library Committee, College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1999 - Present.

Member, Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, 1998-Present.

Member, Committee for Graduate Student Paper Award, Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA), 1998-Present.

Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1997/98.

Member, Graduate Admission Committee, Division of Resource Management, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1997 - Present.

Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Division of Resource Management, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1996/97.

Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Division of Resource Management, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1990 - Present.

Member, College of Agriculture and Forestry Recruitment Team, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1994-1997.

Member, College Diversity Task Force, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1994-1997.

Member, Faculty Senate Hearing Panel, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1995-1996.

Chair/Member, College Scholarship Committee, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1994- 1997.

Member, University Research Council, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1989 - 1990.

Member, Editorial Board, Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 1997-Present.

Member, International Committee, American Agricultural Economics Association, 1993-1996.

Member, Employment Services Committee, American Agricultural Economics Association 1989-93.

Member, Editorial Council, Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics (SJAE), 1987-1990.

Member, Committee for Opportunities and Status of Blacks in Agricultural Economics Profession. American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA), (1985-1988).

Member, Committee for Distinguished Professional Contribution in Extension, Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA), 1986-1988.

Faculty Associate, Center for Women’s Studies, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1995 -Present.

Faculty Associate, Center for Black Culture and Research, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1993 - Present.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND PAPERS PRESENTATIONS

Organizer and Moderator of 16 Symposiums and invited paper sessions and presented over 56 selected papers in the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA), Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA), Southern Regional Science Association (SRSA), and Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association (NAREA) annual meetings, 1982 to 2000.

LANGUAGES

Fluent in English, Amharic (Ethiopian), Tigrinya (Eritrean). Very little Arabic, Spanish and Italian.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

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

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

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

4. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. And Peter V. Schaeffer. Leadership Challenges for Effective Management. Dublin, Ireland: Blackhall Publishing, 1999.

0. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. Women, Tradition and Development: A Study of Eritrea. Lawrenceville, NJ: The Red Sea Press, (Forthcoming) 2000.
   

0. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. and Gebre H. Tesfagiorgis (editors). Tradition of Eritrea: Linking the Past to the Future. Lawrenceville, NJ: The Red Sea Press, (forthcoming) 2000.

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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. (This article first appeared in The Review of Black Political Economy).

4. 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, 1998.

0. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. "Tradition in Agricultural Development." pp. xx-xx. In Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. and Tesfagiorgis, Gebre H. (eds). Tradition of Eritrea: Linking the Past to the Future. Lawrenceville, NJ: The Red Sea Press, (forthcoming) 2000.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. Schreiner, Dean F., Tesfa G. Gebremedhin and Shwu-Eng Webb. "Results of the Measurement of Quality of Employment Growth in Oklahoma, 1970-74." Oklahoma Current Farm Economics, Vol. 52:3:29-38, Agricultural Experiment Station, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, September 1979.

2. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. and Michael Salkin. Potential Economic Impacts Resulting from Expansion in Oklahoma's Coal Industry." Oklahoma Current Farm Economics, Vol.53:2:3-8, Agricultural Experiment Station, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Ok: June 1980.

3. Schreiner, Dean F. and Tesfa G. Gebremedhin. "Employment and Income Effects of Recreation Expenditures at the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System." Oklahoma Current Farm Economics Vol. 54:3:6-10, Agricultural Experiment Station, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, Sept. 1981.

4. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. "An Analysis of Louisiana Population Estimates and Projections." Proceedings, Louisiana Academy of Sciences, 55 (December, 1982):173-181.

5. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. "Estimation and Projections of Louisiana Population, 1971-2000." Louisiana Rural Economists, 44:3:5-7, Department of Agricultural Economics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August, 1982.

6. Gebremedhin, Tesfa, Gilda Johnson and Leroy Davis. "Small Farm Credit Financing in Louisiana." Louisiana Rural Economist, 45:3:13-16, Department of Agricultural Economics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August, 1983.

7. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. and Dean F. Schreiner. "An Input-Output Approach for Analysis of Energy and Economic Policies in Oklahoma." Proceedings, Oklahoma Academy of Sciences, 63(1983):92-99,.

8. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. "Economic Factors Influencing the Survival of Small Farms." In Strategy for Survival of Small Farms--International Implications. Human Resource Development Center, Tuskegee Institute, 1985.

9. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. and W.M. Johnson. "Small Farm Research and Policy Implications." Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics: 17:1:(July 1985):47-56.

10. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. and Dean F. Schreiner. "An Input-Output Approach for Analysis of Alternative Energy Choices." The Review of Regional Studies. 13:1:(Spring 1985):38-44.

11. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. "Third World Development and Trade: Discussion." American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 68:5 (December 1987):1358-1359.

12. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. "Misperceptions of World Food Shortages: An Overview." Business and Economic Review. Vol. 1:2:71-75. Bureau of Business and Economics, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, Fall 1987.

13. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. "Assessing the Impacts of Technology on Southern Agriculture and Rural Communities." Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics. 20:1 (July 1988):45-52.

14. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. "Marketing Strategies For Goat Products." Dairy Goat Journal, 67:2 (February 1989):36-39.

15. Christy, Ralph D. and Tesfa G. Gebremedhin. "Agricultural Cooperatives for Small Scale Agricultural and Rural Communities." American Cooperation 1989. American Institute of Cooperation, pp. 125-134, 1990.

16. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. "Techniques for Promoting and Marketing Rabbit Meat."Journal of Applied Rabbit Research. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 13:1(1990):20-23.

17. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. "Limited Resource Farmers and The Marketing System: Discussion." American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 73:4:(December 1991):1492-1493.

18. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. and Sebhatu Gebrelul. "An Investment Analysis of Meat Goat Enterprises for Small-Scale Producers." Review of Agricultural Economics. 14:1 (January 1992):45-53.

19. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. "The Economics of Small-Scale Rabbit Production." American Journal of Alternative Agriculture. Institute for Alternative Agriculture, 6:4:180-183: (1992).

20. Brown, Adell, Ralph D. Christy, and Tesfa G. Gebremedhin. "Structural Changes in U.S. Agriculture: Implications for African American Farmers." The Review of Black Political Economy. 24:4:(Spring 1994):51-71,.

21. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. "The Role of Women in the Economic Development of Ethiopia: An Analysis of Educational and Employment Participations." Farm and Business. 2(1):3-18, Journal of Caribbean Agro-Economic Society, 1994.

22. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. And Ralph D. Christy. “Structural Changes in U.S. Agriculture: Implications for Small Farms.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 28:1(July 1996):57-66.

23. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. “Constraints to a Viable Agricultural Development in Eritrea.” Eritrean Studies Review, 1:2(Fall, 1996):95-131.

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

25. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. “Problems and Prospects of the World Food Situation”. Journal of Agribusiness 18,2(Spring 2000):221-236.

26. Lego, Brian, Tesfa Gebremedhin and Brian Cushing. “A Multi-Sector Export Base Model of Long-Run Regional Employment Growth”. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 29,2:(October 2000):192-197.

SELECTED BULLETINS AND RESEARCH REPORTS

1. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. "A Critical Analysis on the Land Reform Policy -- Ethiopia." M.Sc. Thesis, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, August 1976.

2. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. and Michael S. Salkin. "An Analysis of Oklahoma's Coal Industry." Research Report P-780, Agricultural Experiment Station, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, November, 1978.

3. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. and Dean F. Schreiner. "Demand and Price Relationship for Oklahoma Coal." Research Report P-789, Agricultural Experiment Station, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, June 1979.

4. Schreiner, Dean F., Tesfa G. Gebremedhin and Shwu-Eng Webb. "Evaluating Quality of Employment Growth in Oklahoma 1970-74." Research Report P-788, Agricultural Experiment Station, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, July 1979.

5. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. "A Social Accounting System and Simulation Model for Analyzing Alternative Energy Choices for Oklahoma and Projecting Economic Variables from 1972 to 2000." Ph.D. Dissertation, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, May 1981.

6. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. and Dean F. Schreiner. "Data Base for Analysis of Alternative Energy Choices in an Energy Producing State." P-1033, Agricultural Experiment Station, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, May 1981.

7. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G., Leroy Davis, Gilda Johnson, and Raymond H. Bridges. "Analysis of Credit for Small Farm Growth." CSRS Research Report, College of Agriculture, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 1982.

8. Gebrmedhin, Tesfa G. And Elzadia Washington. "Profiles of Louisiana Off-Farm Employment Characteristics and Distributions." CSRS Research Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 1, College of Agriculture, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, September 1983.

9. Hirunruk, Varamoot, Tesfa G. Gebremedhin and Dean F. Schreiner. "Energy Data Base for Oklahoma by Economic Sector and Energy Sources." Research Report A.E. 8326, Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, February 1983.

10. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. and Tammy Armand-Golden. "Sources and Problems in Seeking Off-Farm Employment." CSRS Research Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 1, College of Agriculture, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1984.

11. Hirunruk, Varamoot, Tesfa G. Gebremedhin, Dean F. Schreiner, and Chaipant Pongtonakorn. "Energy Price Changes and Their Impact on Commodity Prices in Oklahoma: An Application of an Interregional Input-Output Price Model." Research Report P-864, Agricultural Experiment Station Report, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, April 1985.

12. Jones, Dewitt, Tesfa G. Gebremedhin, and Carolyn F. Branch. Financing Low-Resource Farmer Cooperatives. Staff Report, USDA/ACS and College of Agriculture, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 1986.

13. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. (editor). Problems and Policy Implications of Black Operated Farms. General Publication 86-101, Center for Small Farm Research, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 1986.

14. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. and Adell Brown Jr. Small Farms in Louisiana: Characteristics, Problems, and Needs. Center for Small Farm Research and Cooperative Extension Program, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 1987.

15. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. and Tammy Armand-Golden. An Economic Analysis of Off-Farm Employment in the Rural Economy of Louisiana. CSRS Research Report, College of Agriculture, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 1987.

16. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. and Luther G. Tweeten. A Guide to Scientific Writing and Research Methodology. USAID/DAE, Oklahoma State University. Report B-26, Stillwater, Oklahoma, February 1988.

17. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. A Profile of Small-Scale Farm Operations in West Virginia. R.D. Publication #727, College of Agriculture and Forestry and Extension Service, West Virginia University, June 1990.

18. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. and Sebhatu Gebrelul. The Economics of Meat Goat Production for Small-Scale Producers of Louisiana. SRDC No. 132, Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State, Mississippi, July 1990.

19. DeBoer, Larry, Kevin T. McNamara, and Tesfa G. Gebremedhin. "Tax Increment Financing: An Infrastructure Funding Option in Indiana." EC-663, Purdue University, Cooperative Extension Service, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1992.

20. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. and Luther G. Tweeten. A Guide to Research Methods. R.M. Publication No. 91/7. Morgantown, Division of Resource Management, College of Agriculture and Forestry, West Virginia University, 1992.

21. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. and Luther G. Tweeten. A Guide to the Preparation of Grant Proposals. ESO 1932. Columbus, Ohio, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University, 1992.

22. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. Rural Households: A Conceptual Framework for Poverty Alleviation, Food Security and Sustainable Development. Working Paper. Rural Development Division, FAO/UN, Rome, 1997.

23. Gebremedhin, Tesfa, Norman Messer and Guillaume Lanly. Migration as an Income- Generating Strategy for Rural Households: Implications for Rural Development. Working Paper. Rural Development Division, FAO/UN, Rome, 1997.

24. Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. Center on Integrated Rural Development for Africa (CIRDAFRICA): An Analytical Step-by-Step Approach for Decision-Making. Working Document. Rural Development Division, FAO?UN, Rome, 1997.

0. Lego, Brian, Tesfa Gebremedhin and Brian Cushing. “A Multi-Sector Export Base Model of Long-Run Regional Economic Growth”. A Working Paper #9908, Regional Research Institute, WVU, Morgantown, 1999.

0. DeSousa, Semoa and Tesfa Gebremedhin. “High School Drop-Outs: Implications in the Economic Development of West Virginia”. A Working Paper #9909, Regional Research Institute, WVU, Morgantown, 1999.

0. Bukenya, James and Tesfa Gebremedhin. An Empirical Analysis of Family Income Distribution”. A Working Paper #2002, Regional Research Institute, WVU, Morgantown, 2000.

0. Bukenya, James, Peter Schaeffer and Tesfa Gebremedhin. “The Effects of Wage Differentials and Regional Job Growth on Migration: A Case Study of West Virginia Counties.” A Working Paper #2003, Regional Research Institute, WVU, Morgantown, 2000.