Dr. Kedir Jemal is an associate professor of agricultural economics at Haramaya University and currently serves as the dean of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. He has 18 years of academic and research experience and serves as a visiting lecturer at the University of Hargeisa, University of Amoud, Somaliland. Associated Researcher at the University of Roskilde, Denmark. His research interest areas include ecological economics, climate change, pastoralism, food security, poverty, and inequality of opportunity.