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Dr. ir. A (Ayalew) Kassahun is an Assistant professor at the Information Technology group of Wageningen University. He has done extensive research on information systems in the agriculture and food (agri-food) supply chains. His research areas include farm and agri-business management information systems, information system architecture, transparency and traceability systems, business process management, circular economy, sustainable & equitable value chains, machine learning and AI in agriculture, and blockchain technology for agriculture. He did his Ph.D. on Knowledge Systems, primarily focusing on the alignment of business processes and IT in complex agri-food supply chains. He has been involved in major EU-funded research and innovation projects, including SmartAgriFood, Future Internet Space, and Internet of Farm and Food. He teaches data, IT, and supply chain related courses and has supervised several students on various agri-food research topics. His research papers can be found at https://research.wur.nl/en/persons/ayalew-kassahun and Google Scholar.