 In 2002 Temesgen received the National Award for Outstanding Achievement in Science and Technology from the National Science and Technology Council for development of Animal drawn mold board plough together with the then Melkassa Agricultural Implements Research and Improvement Center (AIRIC) colleagues .In 2014 he won the Special Prize for Social Impact by the African Innovation Foundation.In 2019 he won a $25,000 award for social impact at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in The Hague.