Teshome Taffa Dadi (Ph.D., Associate Professor) is an Ethiopian Associate Professor and researcher in Land Policy and Governance at Bahir Dar University, where he has held various academic and leadership roles since 1995. He holds a PhD in Environmental Management from the University of South Africa (2019), an MSc in Land Management from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden (2006), and a BA in Geography from Addis Ababa University (1994). Teshome has extensive experience in land administration and governance. Some of the key roles that he has held include being an associate editor of the Journal of Land Policy and Governance, chairperson of the Audit Committee of the Ethiopian Land Administration Professionals Association, and coordinator of several projects on land. He has worked as a consultant for USAID and GIZ and developed training modules for the Ethiopian government in land administration. His research interests are in the areas of land tenure systems, rural cadastral systems, and policy development for informal settlements. He also critically reviews articles for international journals related to his field of specialization and is a member of many professional organizations.

Email: teshome.taffa@bdu.edu.et or teshometafa@gmail.com 

Tel: +251 91 878 4995

Selected Peer Reviewed Journal articles and conference presentations

▪      Tessema, A.M., Amsalu, T.B. and Dadi, T.T., 2024. Communal Grazing Land Distribution and Land Use Conflict in East Gojjam Zone: Insight from Baso Liben District, North-Western Ethiopia. Journal of Asian and African Studies, p.00219096241295644.

▪      Emiru, M.A., Adam, A.G., Dadi, T.T., 2023. Exploring institutional capacity of urban land delivery and administration for housing development in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia: Institutional analysis. Cogent Social Sciences.

▪      Emiru, M.A., Adam, A.G. and Dadi, T.T., 2021. Rethinking institutional coordination as a transformational issue in providing and administering urban land for housing development in Ethiopia: Evidence from Bahir Dar metropolitan city. Eco Cities. 2024; 5 (1): 2738 [online]

▪      Adam, A.G. and Dadi, T.T., 2023. Perspectives for Smooth Bridging of Dichotomized Urban‐Rural Land Development in the Peri‐Urban Areas of Ethiopia: Towards Continuum Approach. Regional Science Policy & Practice, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/rsp3.12733

▪      Getie, A.M., Birhanu, T.A. and Dadi, T.T., 2023. Analysis of the Existing Rural Land Legislations in Regulating Interests on Land in the Amhara region, Ethiopia. Survey Review. 55(390)

▪      Getie, A.M., Birhanu, T.A. and Dadi, T.T., 2023. Rural cadastral implementation and its effect on women’s landholding use rights in Amhara region, Ethiopia. Land Use Policy, 127, p.106556.

▪      Getie, A.M., Birhanu, T.A. and Dadi, T.T., 2022. Developing a framework for assessing the efficacy of rural cadastral system in the Amhara region, Ethiopia. Survey Review, 55(389), 147-168.

▪      Agegnehu, A.W. and Dadi, T.T., 2020. Agricultural Investment Land Acquisition in Times of Emergency in Ethiopia: The Case of Land Delivery to Respond to COVID-19 in Amhara Region. Bahir Dar UJL, 11, p.97.

▪      Teshome Taffa, The Influence of Land Management on the Prevalence of Informal Settlement in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia, presented at annual Land conference at BDU, Ethiopia, 2018.

▪      Assessment of the Impact on Farmers of the Policy Differences between Oromia and Amhara Land Proclamations for Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme, June 2015 (Team work).

▪      Asrat Dereb, Haftu Hindeya, Kibrom Mengistu, Teshome Taffa, Evaluation of Institute of Land Administration (ILA) BSC Graduates’ Performance at Work: an Evaluative Tracer Study, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, 2013.

▪      Teshome Taffa, Lake Tana Region Development Policies, presented at Three Day International Scientific Workshop at Bahir Dar University, 17th to 19th February 2011.

▪      Teshome Taffa, 2009. Characteristics of Property Units in Ethiopia, the Case of Two Pilot Projects in Amhara National Regional State, published in Scandinavian Journal of Surveying and Real Estate Research, V.6, No.2.