OUR FELLOWS
Misale Kuru Jobira was born in a town close to Addis Ababa and breezed her way through secondary school before attending Samara University in a desert area of Ethiopia, graduating with a BSc in Horticulture in 2010. After that, she had a chance to work in a rural agricultural office for eight months, where she learned a lot from her expert colleagues. When the opportunity to pursue an MSc on scholarship arose, she went for it. “After I completed my master’s in Postharvest Management, I was hired by Jimma University as a lecturer,” she states, adding that she also keeps busy serving as a Sunday school children’s teacher.
Jobira, who was recently married, is focusing on postharvest loss assessment and loss reduction at the smallholder farmer level. “I encourage farmers to use appropriate handling, starting from the point of harvest, and appropriate storage to minimize losses,” she states. “Loss creates hunger.
Field of Research
As a lecturer, Jobira’s responsibilities inlude lecture planning, preparation, and research, but along with it, she encourages farmers to use appropriate handling, starting from the point of harvest, and appropriate storage to minimize losses.