For Bezaye Gorfu Tessema, environmental science is as much about people as it is about plants. “My world opened up when I did my master’s in environmental science and I saw agriculture in a whole new way,” says this enthusiastic researcher. “Environmental science is an interdisciplinary field that integrates physical and biological sciences. It’s about the myriad of interactions between people and the world around them, and about finding solutions to environmental problems. I particularly enjoy the social and economic aspect of my work, especially how the environment affects communities and people’s livelihoods.”
My world opened up when I did my master’s in environmental science and I saw agriculture in a whole new way,” says this enthusiastic researcher. “Environmental science is an interdisciplinary field that integrates physical and biological sciences
Field of Research
Sustainable land management using an integrated watershed management approach.