Research project: Understanding the dynamics of Robusta coffee (Coffea canephora) coverage, pest and disease risks, and carbon sequestration using geo-spatial and earth observation techniques in Uganda.

Getachew Kebede Aragaw is an ARPPIS PhD scholar being supervised by Dr. Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, Dr. Bester Tawona Mudereri Dr. Henri Tonnang (icipe), Dr. Fabrice Pinard (Cirad, icipe) and Dr. John Odindi (University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa). His research aim to develop landscape-scale models to determine the dynamics of Robusta coffee (Coffea canephora) cover change, pest and disease risk, and carbon sequestration using remotely sensed data in Uganda.

Getachew Kebede completed his BSc in Natural Resources Economics and Management (NREM) at Mekelle University (Ethiopia) and his Master of Science (MSc) in Geo-Information at Bahir Dar University (Ethiopia).