Researcher
Andinet Abera is a researcher at Food Science and Nutrition Research Directorate (FSNRD) of Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) since 2010, where he coordinated food science and technology research team under FSNRD from 2014 to 2018 and led a number of nutrition researches including impact evaluation of multisectoral government nutrition initiative called Seqota Declaration. He has also involved in National Micronutrient survey, National Food consumption survey and currently member of National Information Platform for Nutrition (NIPN) team and leading Fill the Nutrient Gap project in Ethiopia in collaboration with World Food Programme.
Andinet has obtained Bsc degree in Applied chemistry from University of Gondar in 2008 and Msc degree in Food Science and Nutrition from Addis Ababa University. He has published peer reviewed articles independently and with a team of researchers. Among his works are nutritional benefits of underutilized vegetables in gumuz community in Benishangul gumuz region and also co-authored a number of scientific articles in multisectoral implementation of nutrition interventions in Ethiopia specifically exploring Sustainable Undernutrition Reduction in Ethiopia (SURE) programme. Andinet is assisting the NIPN staff in different assignments.
