YILKAL KEBEDE GEBREMARIUM
- Contact Number: +251 911 695 296
- Contact Email: yilkbd@gmail.com
- Address: Oromiya, Mesala, Ethiopia
- Country: Ethiopia Africa
YILKAL KEBEDE GEBREMARIUM
Yilkal is a veterinarian who has been working in the sector for over 14 years. Currently Yilkal is working for Mercy Corps, an international NGO with excellent reputation in the livestock sector. Prior to this Yilkal worked for a private company as an export operations manager and veterinarian focused on the welfare and safety of cattle, sheep, goat and camels for 7 years. After that Yilkal joined the Ministry of Agriculture with a full capacity of setting up an animal welfare department and Livestock identification and traceability system before joining Ethiopian Veterinary Association as a General Manager. He led the department of Animal Welfare in the national FDR Ethiopia Ministry of Agriculture, along with colleagues of his directorate and national/international development partners, with his colleagues, contributing a lot to animal welfare strategy for the country. For a consecutive 6-7 years they have celebrated World Animal Day and have organised national animal welfare programs beside with allocation of animal welfare experts in each national region.
At present Yilkal serves as a National Animal welfare focal point for WHOA, is the Chairperson for the National One Health Communication Taskforce, the country representative of International Society for Animal Hygiene and a representative of many animal health, Livestock System and related committees. He is a member of Ethiopian Veterinary Association and Ethiopian Society of Animal Production.