Mitiku Haile

Mitiku Haile (born 1951) is Professor of Soil Science at Mekelle University (Ethiopia), undertaking research on sustainable land management, restoration of degraded lands and integrated soil fertility management.

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Mitiku, and not as Haile.
Mitiku Haile
Founding president of Mekelle University
In office
2000–2010
Succeeded byJoachim Herzig
Personal details
Born1951
ResidenceMekelle, Ethiopia
Alma materGhent University
ProfessionProfessor of Soil Science

Career
  • 1985: MSc at Ghent University, Belgium
  • 1987: PhD at Ghent University, Belgium, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. ir. C. Sys
  • 1987: Assistant professor of Soil Science at Alamaya, now Haramaya University[1]
  • 1990: staff member of the Arid Zone Agricultural College (established at the University of Asmara, and later on Agarfa in southern Ethiopia)
  • 1993: dean of the Arid Zone Agricultural College in Mekelle that started with 42 students in 3 degree programmes. Later on, with the establishment of Mekelle University College, he became its dean also.
Mitiku Haile (left) with Paul Van Cauwenberge, rector of Ghent University in 2009
  • 2000: president of Mekelle University that was established by the Government of Ethiopia (Council of Ministers, Regulations No. 61/1999 of Article 3) as an autonomous higher education institution[2][3]
  • 2011: Minister Plenipotentiary and Deputy Permanent Representative to UNESCO, Ethiopian Embassy in Paris[4][1]
  • 2015: Reinstated as Full Professor at the Department of Land Resources Management and Environmental Protection of Mekelle University

Trivia

The Mitiku Hall at Mekelle University is named after him.

  • Mitiku Haile, Karl Herweg, Brigitta Stillhardt (2006): Sustainable Land Management – A New Approach to Soil and Water Conservation in Ethiopia[5]
  • Publication list on ResearchGate[6]
  • History of Professor Mitiku's academic cooperation with Belgium[7]

References
  1. Pedon 23 - Physical Land Resources - Universiteit Gent https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/32289892/pedon-23-physical-land-resources-universiteit-gent
  2. "General Information As of January 1, 2018". Mekelle University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  3. http://www.mu.edu.et/index.php/about-mu1/president-s-office/history-of-the-office
  4. http://www.migration4development.org/sites/default/files/ddd-4-programme-paris-05-dec-2015-draft.pdf
  5. https://boris.unibe.ch/19217/1/e308_slm_teachingbook_complete.pdf Mitiku Haile, Karl Herweg, Brigitta Stillhardt (2006): Sustainable Land Management – A New Approach to Soil and Water Conservation in Ethiopia
  6. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mitiku_Haile Publication list on ResearchGate
  7. https://alum.kuleuven.be/eng/alumni-chapter-ethiopia/history-mu-ku-leuven-research History of Professor Mitiku’s academic cooperation with Belgium
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