Girmay Tesfay

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Girmay Tesfay is a scholar working on Soil Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Girmay Tesfay has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Soil Science, 14 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 14 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Girmay Tesfay's work include Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (14 papers), Agricultural Innovations and Practices (12 papers) and Agricultural risk and resilience (6 papers). Girmay Tesfay is often cited by papers focused on Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (14 papers), Agricultural Innovations and Practices (12 papers) and Agricultural risk and resilience (6 papers). Girmay Tesfay collaborates with scholars based in Ethiopia, United States and Norway. Girmay Tesfay's co-authors include Woldegebrial Zeweld, Stijn Speelman, Guido Van Huylenbroeck, John Pender, Berhanu Gebremedhin, Hossein Azadi, Melaku Berhe, Catherine Keske, Dana L. Hoag and Mulubrhan Balehegn and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Environmental Management and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Girmay Tesfay

38 papers receiving 990 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Smallholder farmers' behavioural intentions towards sustainable agricultural practices

2016 274 citations Woldegebrial Zeweld, Guido Van Huylenbroeck et al. Journal of Environmental Management profile →

Peers

Girmay Tesfay

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MMPL

GPC

EEBS

Edward Kato United States

Maren Radeny Kenya

Aad Kessler Netherlands

Giacomo Branca Italy

Michael Waithaka Kenya

Roberto Jara‐Rojas Chile

Amy Quandt United States

Sabine Douxchamps Kenya

Sergio Gómez y Paloma Spain

Jeremias Mowo Kenya

Edward Kato United States

Girmay Tesfay

518 ×1.4

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147 ×0.5

MMPL

321 ×1.2

198 ×1.0

GPC

232 ×1.3

EEBS

Citations per year, relative to Girmay Tesfay Girmay Tesfay (= 1×) peers Edward Kato

Countries citing papers authored by Girmay Tesfay

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Fields of papers citing papers by Girmay Tesfay

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Girmay Tesfay

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Girmay Tesfay. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Girmay Tesfay based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Girmay Tesfay. Girmay Tesfay is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Birhane, Emiru, et al.. (2025). Understanding the ethnobotany of a native tree *Dracaena ombet* (Kotschy and Peyr.) and associated indigenous knowledge of the local people in the Afar drylands, Ethiopia. Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 30.

Birhane, Emiru, et al.. (2024). Assessing the socio-ecological benefits of Rhamnus prinoides-based agroforestry practice to smallholders in Tigray, Ethiopia. 6(3). 311–329.

Tadesse, Tewodros, et al.. (2024). Trust, tenure security and investment in high-value forests. Forest Policy and Economics. 166. 103268–103268. 2 indexed citations

Tadesse, Tewodros, et al.. (2023). Risk preferences, adoption and welfare impacts of multiple agroforestry practices. Forest Policy and Economics. 156. 103069–103069. 12 indexed citations

Birhane, Emiru, et al.. (2023). Sustainability of frankincense production in Tigray, Ethiopia: an emergy synthesis. 2(2). 85–113.

Tesfay, Girmay, et al.. (2022). Opportunities and Challenges of Community-Based Tourism Development in Southern Tigray, Ethiopia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations

Tesfay, Girmay, et al.. (2022). Impact of land acquisition for large-scale agricultural investments on vulnerability of displaced households to climate change shocks in Ethiopia. Ecosystems and People. 18(1). 4 indexed citations

Tesfay, Girmay, et al.. (2021). Comparison of carbon stock potential of farmland trees in the midlands of Hawzen, Northern Ethiopia. Sustainable Environment. 7(1). 12 indexed citations

Abraha, Amanuel Zenebe, et al.. (2021). Greenhouse gas emission and mitigation potential from livestock production in the drylands of Northern Ethiopia. Carbon Management. 12(3). 289–306. 13 indexed citations

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Tesfay, Girmay, et al.. (2021). Impact of land acquisition for large-scale agricultural investments on income and asset possession of displaced households in Ethiopia. Heliyon. 7(12). e08557–e08557. 13 indexed citations

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Tesfay, Girmay, et al.. (2021). Socio-economic determinants of smallholder mixed crop-livestock farmers’ choice of climate change adaptation in the drylands of Northern Ethiopia. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management. 13(4/5). 564–579. 6 indexed citations

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Vaitla, Bapu, et al.. (2019). How the choice of food security indicators affects the assessment of resilience—an example from northern Ethiopia. Food Security. 12(1). 137–150. 28 indexed citations

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Kadigi, Reuben M. J., et al.. (2019). Irrigation and water use efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa. Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd. 3. 587. 10 indexed citations

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Zeweld, Woldegebrial, Guido Van Huylenbroeck, Girmay Tesfay, Hossein Azadi, & Stijn Speelman. (2018). Impacts of Socio-Psychological Factors on Actual Adoption of Sustainable Land Management Practices in Dryland and Water Stressed Areas. Sustainability. 10(9). 2963–2963. 53 indexed citations

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Berhe, Melaku, et al.. (2017). The effects of adaptation to climate change on income of households in rural Ethiopia. Pastoralism Research Policy and Practice. 7(1). 40 indexed citations

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Zeweld, Woldegebrial, Guido Van Huylenbroeck, Girmay Tesfay, & Stijn Speelman. (2016). Smallholder farmers' behavioural intentions towards sustainable agricultural practices. Journal of Environmental Management. 187. 71–81. 274 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gebremedhin, Alem & Girmay Tesfay. (2015). Evaluating the Effects of Integrated Use of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers on Socioeconomic Performance of Upland Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) in Tselemti Wereda of North-Western Tigray, Ethiopia. Journal of Biology Agriculture and Healthcare. 5(7). 39–51. 1 indexed citations

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Tesfay, Girmay, et al.. (2015). Community Resource Uses and Ethiopian Wolf Conservation in Mount Abune Yosef. Environmental Management. 56(3). 684–694. 17 indexed citations

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Gebremedhin, Berhanu, John Pender, & Girmay Tesfay. (2002). Collective action for grazing land management in mixed crop-livestock systems in the highlands of northern Ethiopia. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 14 indexed citations

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Gebremedhin, Berhanu, John Pender, & Girmay Tesfay. (2001). Community Resource Management: The Case of Grazing Lands in Northern Ethiopia. ScholarWorks - WMU (Western Michigan University). 31(1). 58–64. 5 indexed citations

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