Dr. Gumataw Abebe
Assistant Professor

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Email: gm591736@dal.ca
Mailing Address:
Agricultural Campus
PO Box 550
Truro, NS, B2N 5E3
- Food value (supply) chains
- Food safety management systems
- Economics of sustainability practices in food supply (value) chains
- Producer/cooperative organizations
Dr. Abebe holds a PhD (in Agribusiness Management) from Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands, in 2013, and a Master of Business Administration from Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL), Germany, in 2007, B.A in Accounting and Diploma in Agriculture from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. Prior to joining 91探花平台, he worked at Hawassa University (Ethiopia) and American University of Beirut (Lebanon) for several years.听 His research focuses on exploring the efficiency and effectiveness of agrifood supply (value) chains in responding to food safety, food quality, and food security challenges.
Teaching
- MGTA 1002 鈥� Food Supply Chain Management
- MGTA 3001 鈥� International Marketing
- MGTA 3010 鈥� Agribusiness Value Chain Management
Research Interests
- Governance Mechanisms in Agri-Food Value Chains
- Recent Trends in Short-Food Value Chains
- Adoption of Sustainable Practices in Food Systems
- Consumer Food Choices and Decision-Making
Publications
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Abebe, G. K., Charlebois, S., & Music, J. (2023). The impact of COVID-19 on Canadian restaurant operations and the likelihood of pivoting off-dining options post-COVID-19. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 21, 100917.听
Osman, A. A., &听Abebe, G. K.听(2023). Rural Displacement and Its Implications on Livelihoods and Food Insecurity: The Case of Inter-Riverine Communities in Somalia.听Agriculture,听13(7), 1444.听听(*Corresponding Author)
Balcom, R.,听Abebe, G. K*., Yiridoe, E. K., & Hartt, C. M. (2023). Sustainable production and distribution practices in Atlantic Canadian short food supply chains: Explorative study.听Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 7:1121006听() (*Corresponding Author)
Bahati, Ibrahim, Martiniello, G,听听Abebe G. K听(2022). The implications of sugarcane contract farming on land rights, labour, and food security in the Bunyoro sub-region, Uganda.听Land Use Policy, 122, 106326听听()
Abban, R,听Abebe G.K.听(2022). Exploring digitalization and sustainable practices in African agribusinesses and food supply chains: A literature review.听Int. J. Food System Dynamics听13 (4), 470-474. ()
Melissa, M.,听Abebe, G.K.*, Hartt, C.M., & Yiridoe, E.K. (2022). Consumer Perceptions about the Value of Short Food Supply Chains during COVID-19: Atlantic Canada Perspective.听Sustainability听14, no. 13: 8216.(听)听(*Corresponding Author)
Mukahhal, W., Abebe G. K*., Bahn, R. A, & Martiniello, G. (2022). Historical Construction of Local Food System Transformations in Lebanon: Implications for the Local Food System. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 6, 870412. () (*Corresponding Author)
Mukahhal, W., Abebe, G. K*., & Bahn, R. A. (2022). Opportunities and Challenges for Lebanese Horticultural Producers Linked to Corporate Buyers. Agriculture, 12(5), 578. ( (*Corresponding Author)
Abebe, G. K., Charlebois, S., & Music, J. (2022). Canadian Consumers鈥� Dining Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Channel Decisions in the Foodservice Industry. Sustainability, 14(9), 4893. ()
Abebe, G. K., Traboulsi, A., & Aoun, M. (2022). Performance of organic farming in developing countries: a case of organic tomato value chain in Lebanon. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 1-10. ()
Jeffer, S.B.; Kassem, I.I.; Kharroubi, S.A.;听Abebe, G.K.* 鈥楢nalysis of Food Safety Management Systems in the Beef Meat Processing and Distribution Chain in Uganda.鈥� (2021).听Foods, 10, 2244. () (*Corresponding Author)
Akafari, A.,听Abebe, G. K.*, Martiniello, G., Chaaban, J., & Chalak, A. (2021). 鈥楲and appropriation, customary tenure and rural livelihoods: gold mining in Ghana鈥�.听Third World Quarterly听(). (*Corresponding Author)
Al Dirani, A.,听Abebe, G. K.*, Bahn, R.A., Martiniello, G., & Bashour, I. (2021). 'Exploring climate change adaptation practices and household food security in the Middle Eastern context: A case of small family farms in central Bekaa, Lebanon'.听Food Security 13, 1029鈥�1047听(顿翱滨:听)听 (*Corresponding Author)
Abebe, G. K., & Gebremariam, T. A.听 (2021). 鈥楥hallenges for Entrepreneurship Development in Rural Economies: The Case of Micro and Small-Scale Enterprises in Ethiopia鈥�.听Small Enterprise Research听(2021): 1-21. (顿翱滨:听)
Abebe, G. K.听(2020).听'Effects of institutional pressures on the governance of food safety in emerging food supply chains: A case of Lebanese food processors.鈥櫶�Agriculture and Human Values, 37(4),听听1125-1138. (顿翱滨:听)
Abebe, G. K., Bahn, R. A., Chalak, A. & Yehya, A. (2020). 鈥楧rivers for the implementation of market-based food safety management systems: Evidence from Lebanon.鈥櫶�Food Science & Nutrition,听8 (2):1082-1092 (顿翱滨:听).
Bahn, R.A., &听Abebe, G.K. (2020). A Descriptive Analysis of Food Retailing in Lebanon: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Survey of Food Retailers. In: Aktas E., Bourlakis M. (eds) Food Supply Chains in Cities. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.听听听 (DOI:)
Bahn , R.A., &听Abebe, G.K.(2019). Food retail expansion patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa and Middle East and North Africa: Institutional and regional perspectives.听Agribusiness 36.3 (2020): 453-481 (顿翱滨:听)听(Corresponding Author)
Adela, F. A., Aurbacher, J., &听Abebe, G. K. (2019). Small-scale irrigation scheme governance-poverty nexus: evidence from Ethiopia.听Food Security, 11(4), 897-913. (DOI:听)
Bahn, R. A., &听Abebe, G. K. (2017). Analysis of food retail patterns in urban, peri-urban and rural settings: A case study from Lebanon.听Applied Geography, 87, 28-44.听(顿翱滨:听)听(Corresponding Author)
Chalak, A., Irani, A., Chaaban, J., Bashour, I., Seyfert, K., Smoot, K., &听Abebe, G. K. (2017). Farmers鈥� Willingness to Adopt Conservation Agriculture: New Evidence from Lebanon.听Environmental management 60, no. 4 (2017): 693-704.).听(顿翱滨:听)听(Corresponding Author)
Royer, A., Bijman, J., &听Abebe, G. K. (2017). Cooperatives, partnerships and the challenges of quality upgrading: A case study from Ethiopia.听Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management,听5 (1), 48-55.听(顿翱滨:听)
Abebe, G.K., Chalak, A., Abiad, M.G., 2017. The effect of governance mechanisms on food safety in the supply chain: Evidence from the Lebanese dairy sector.听Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture,听97 (9), 2908-2918. (顿翱滨:听听http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.8128
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Abebe, G.K., Bijman, J., Royer, A., 2016. Are middlemen facilitators or barriers to improve smallholders' welfare in rural economies? Empirical evidence from Ethiopia.听Journal of Rural Studies 43, 203-213.听(顿翱滨:听)
Abebe, G.K., Bijman, J., Pascucci, S., Omta, O., 2013. Adoption of improved potato varieties in Ethiopia: the role of agricultural knowledge and innovation system and smallholder farmers鈥� quality assessment.听Agricultural Systems 122, 22-32.听(顿翱滨:听)
Abebe, G.K.,听Bijman, J., Kemp, R., Omta, O., Tsegaye, A., 2013. Contract farming configuration: Smallholders鈥� preferences for contract design attributes.听Food Policy 40, 14-24.听(顿翱滨:听)
Book Chapters
Abebe, G. K., & Kassem, I. I. (2018). Food Safety Regulations and Enforcement in Ethiopia.听Reference Module in Food Science, Elsevier, 1-5.听
Abebe, G.K.,听Bijman, J., Pascucci, S., Omta, S.W.F., Tsegaye, A., 2016. Diverging quality preferences along the supply chain: implications for variety choice by potato growers in Ethiopia. In: Bijman, J., Bitzer, V. (Eds.), Quality and innovation in food chains.听Wageningen Academic Publishers, pp. 119-140.听(顿翱滨:听)