Bio
Muluken Tamirat Gejabo is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Wolaita Sodo University in Ethiopia. He holds an MA in Sociology and has actively contributed to the academic community through his research on rural development and cooperative societies. His published works include studies on agricultural cooperatives' impact on rural women's livelihood capitals and an asset-based approach to community development in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Beyond his research, Muluken serves as a peer reviewer for the Global Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (GJHSS), demonstrating his commitment to academic excellence. His scholarly activities reflect a deep engagement with socio-economic issues affecting rural communities in Ethiopia.
Educational Journey
MA in Sociology • Sociology
Experience
Lecturer
0 - 0 • SociologyEditors Role
Reviewer
GJHSS
2016 -Research
Asset based Approach towards Community Development, the Case Study of Wolaita zone, Southern Ethiopia
Asset Based Approach towards Community Development, the case study of Wormuma kebele, Wolaita zone, Southern Ethiopia’ isa descriptive study which aimed at recounting the role of working with assets towards of development of community. Both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection and analyses were employed in the study; yet the bulky of data utilized in the study is qualitative in nature. Purposive sampling was employed so as to select the sample elements for the study. Both primary and secondary data sources were utilized so as to obtain relevant and rich data thereby to elevate the validity of the finding. The secondary data was collected from various scholarly articles and unpublished documents of concerned offices. The primary data on the hand was collected using in-depth interview, FGD, and personal observation. Accordingly, the data was collected from pupils from junior schools of the kebele, unit leaders of the school, the supervisors, and director of the school regarding the school setting. In addition to them, respondents from local people, and development agents or DAs, health extension workers, the kebele administrator, centrally placed officials of ARD, and health development office are also contacted to further supplement the study with substantial data. The finding of the study has revealed that asset based approach towards community development yielded promising changes in terms of building human assetandfurther advancement of the community.
Agricultural Cooperatives and Rural Womenas Access to Livelihood Capitals, the Case of Garagodo and Hembecho Cooperatives, Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia
The study on Agricultural Cooperatives and Rural Women’s Access to Livelihood Capitals in the case of Garagodo and Hembecho primary agricultural cooperative attempted to analyse the contribution of primary agricultural cooperative in enabling women to access livelihood capitals and build sustainable livelihood which is capable of coping with and recover from vulnerability.By using the sustainable livelihood framework adopted from DFID (1999), the study tried to illustrate how the cooperatives as transforming structure enabled women to build sustainable livelihood by accessing livelihood capitals.The study employed approximating longitudinal survey as research design. It also employed both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection and analysis. The quantitative method of data collection employed survey method and the qualitative method of data collection employed in-depth interview, FGD, and observation methods. Using the methods, primary data was collected from sample members of the cooperatives, centrally placed officials from marketing and cooperative development offices and managerial bodies of the cooperative enterprises. Simple random sampling technique was employed so as to select sample elements of the study. The finding of the study has revealed that the cooperatives provided women with various services including supply of agricultural inputs, credit services, marketing of agricultural input and output. Access to these services in turn enabled women to improve their productivity, augment their income, and build livelihood assets which are capable of withstanding risks and shocks.
