Education
Ph.D., Kansas State University, Agricultural Economics, December 2010
M.Sc., Kansas State University, Agricultural Economics, December 2009
M.Sc., The University of Free State, South Africa, Agribusiness, August 2003
B.Sc., University of Asmara, Asmara, Eritrea, Plant Sciences, May 1997
Certificate in Graduate Applied Statistics, Kansas State University, May 2010
Selected Publications
Solomon Kibret Abreha, Solomon Zena Walelign, and Y. A. Zereyesus (2020) “Associations between Women’s Empowerment and Child Health Status in Ethiopia” PLoS ONE 15(7).
Vipham, J. L., Y. A. Zereyesus, Amenu, K., S. Alonso, J. B. Ndahetuye, K. Sah, A. Havelaar, and D. Grace (2020) “No food security without food safety: lessons from livestock related research for Global Food Security” Global Food Security, 26, 100382.
Yahaya, I., Zereyesus, Y. A., Nakelse, T., ; Haruna, B. (2019). Complementarity of Technology Adoption and Social Capital Participation: The Case of Systems of Rice Intensification in Ghana. Journal of International Development.
Regier, G., Zereyesus, Y. A., Dalton, T. J., Amanor‐Boadu, V. (2019). Do Adult Equivalence Scales Matter in Poverty Estimates? A Northern Ghana Case Study and Simulation. Journal of International Development, 31(1), 80-100.
Tsiboe, F, Y. A. Zereyesus, E. Osei, and J. S. Popp. (2018). “Health effects of women’s empowerment in agriculture in Northern Ghana: different patterns by body mass index categories” African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 13(1): 31-43.
Zereyesus, Y. A., and T.J. Dalton (2017). “Rates of Returns to Sorghum and Millet Research Investments: A meta-analysis” PLoS ONE 12(7).
Zereyesus, Y.A. (2017) “Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture and Household-level Health in northern Ghana: A Capability Approach” Journal of International Development, 29: 899-918.
Tsiboe, F., Y. A. Zereyesus, E. Osei, and J. S. Popp (2017) “Effect of Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture on Household’s Nutrition and Food Security in Ghana” Social Indicators Research, 133.
Zereyesus, Y. A. and Featherstone, A. M. (2017) “Empirical analysis of profit maximization and cost minimization behavior of Kansas farms” Applied Economics Letters, 17, 1255-1258.
Zereyesus, Y.A., W.T. Embaye, F. Tsiboe and V. Amanor-Boadu (2017). “Implications of non-farm work to vulnerability to food poverty – recent evidence from northern Ghana” World Development 90.
Zereyesus, Y.A., A. Shanoyan, K.L. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu (2016). “The determinants of household-level well-being in northern Ghana” Development Studies Research. (1):1-10.
Tsiboe, F., Y.A. Zereyesus, and E. Osei (2016). “Non-farm work, food poverty, and nutrient availability in northern Ghana” Journal of Rural Studies, 47, 97-107.
Zereyesus, Y.A., V. Amanor-Boadu, K.L. Ross, and A. Shanoyan. (2016). “Does Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Matter for Children’s Health? Evidence from Northern Ghana” Social Indicators Research, (128):1-16.
Ross, K.L., Y.A. Zereyesus, A. Shanoyan, and V. Amanor-Boadu. (2015) “The Health Effects of Women’s Empowerment: Recent Evidence from Northern Ghana” International Food and Agribusiness Management Review. 18(1): 127-144.
Bruce, A. S., Bruce, J. M., Schurle, B. W., Zereyesus, Y.A. and James, R. (2011). “Implications of Neuroscience Developments in Understanding Human Behavior for Teaching Agricultural Economics/Agribusiness” North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Journal (September):49-53.
BOOKS
Zereyesus, Y.A., V. Amanor-Boadu, K.L. Ross and C.A. Guvele. March, 2018. “Feed the Future GHANA 2015 Zone of Influence Interim Assessment Report”. Manhattan, KS, USA.
Zereyesus, Y.A., K.L. Ross, V. Amanor-Boadu, and T.J. Dalton. March 2014. “Baseline Feed the Future Indicators for Ghana 2012.” Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. ISBN 978-0-9898866-0-4 (printed), ISBN 978-0-9898866-1-1 (pdf).