Faculty: Land and Food Sciences
Program: Master of Food and Resource Economics
Year: 2022
Country: Ethiopia
Tilahun is an energetic and optimistic individual who graduated from Hawassa University (HU) in Ethiopia with a First-Class Honours in Economics. His professor called him “a bright and an attentive young man with his well-known work ethic, teamwork mentality, and good leadership”. During his undergrad study, he started to explore the food insecurity and harsh resource distribution issues of Ethiopia. As a result, he initiated an economics club where the idea of having a long-term plan to implement a national policy to solve food insecurity and distribution issues in Ethiopia was born.
After graduation, he moved to a small village and helped farmers by providing training on how to effectively utilize their resources to improve yields. He also worked in the Ethio-French Ready to Use Foods (Plumpy Nut & Plumpy Sup) manufacturing company, where he produced ready-to-use foods primarily targeted children and adults with nutritional deficiencies.
Tilahun’s overall educational goal is to undertake research on food insecurity and distribution issues in his country. Tilahun is humbled and thrilled to work with the prestigious faculty and diverse student community at UBC. He believes that the Masters of Food and Resource Economics will provide him with the knowledge, skills, and expertise needed to work with the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture as a Policy Analyst.