Dr GIRMA ADUGNA is Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology in the Department of Horticulture and Plant Sciences, Jimma University, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (JUCAVM). Dr. Girma is currently teaching courses on Plant Pathology and Major Pests and Diseases of Economic Importance for undergraduate students majoring Horticulture and Plant Sciences.

Giel Ton graduated as an agricultural economist in Wageningen University. He worked from 1989-1996 in Nicaragua with a local farmer association, and from 1998-2004 for the national coordinating platform of economic farmer organisations in Bolivia.
Since 2006, he works in the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI Wageningen UR), as a senior researcher. Ongoing research projects relate with innovation grant systems, inclusive business models, collective marketing arrangements, certification programmes, often related with impact evaluation and mixed-methods designs.