Resultados de búsqueda - "Ethiopia"

Farmers’ quality assessment of their crops and its impact on commercialization behavior: A field experiment in Ethiopia por Abate, Gashaw T., Bernard, Tanguy

“…This report summarizes the outcomes of a short video-based randomized training intervention on wheat quality measurement and collective marketing among 15,000 wheat farmers in Ethiopia. Our results suggest that the intervention led to significant changes in farmers’ commercialization behaviors—namely, it prompted farmers to adopt behaviors geared toward assessing their wheat’s quality using easily implementable test-weight measures, assessing the accuracy of the equipment used by buyers in their kebeles (scales, in particular), and contacting more than one buyer before concluding a sale. …”
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Rural finance and agricultural technology adoption in Ethiopia: Does the institutional design of lending organizations matter? por Abate, Gashaw T., Rashid, Shahidur, Borzaga, Carlo, Getnet, Kindie

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Synopsis: The impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme on the nutritional status of children: 2008–2012 por Berhane, Guush, Hoddinott, John F., Kumar, Neha

“…Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) is a large-scale social protection intervention aimed at improving food security and stabilizing asset levels. …”
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The rapid – but from a low base – uptake of agricultural mechanization in Ethiopia: Patterns, implications and challenges por Berhane, Guush, Dereje, Mekdim, Minten, Bart, Tamru, Seneshaw

“…The uptake of agricultural mechanization in Ethiopia is low with less than one percent of agricultural plots plowed with a tractor. …”
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Evaluation of RothC model for predicting soil organic carbon stock in North-West Ethiopia por Geremew, Bethel, Tadesse, Tsegaye, Bedadi, Bobe, Gollany, Hero T., Tesfaye, Kindie, Aschalew, Abebe, Tilaye, Amsalu, Abera, Wuletawu

“…RothC was calibrated with long-term SOC, land management, and climatic data from the Anjeni watershed in northwest Ethiopia. The correlation coefficient between simulated and observed SOC in 1997 and 2021 were 0.77 and 0.86, respectively, suggesting that the model could characterize the SOC of the Anjeni watershed. …”
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Phenotypic and genomic characterisation of performance of tropically adapted chickens raised in smallholder farm conditions in Ethiopia por Morris, K.M., Sutton, K., Girma, Mekonnen, Sánchez-Molano, E., Solomon, B., Esatu, Wondmeneh, Dessie, Tadelle, Vervelde, L., Psifidi, A., Hanotte, Olivier H., Banos, G.

“…Methods: A total of 2,573 T451A dual-purpose Sasso chickens kept outdoors in emulated free-ranging conditions at the poultry facility of the International Livestock Research Institute in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, were included in the study. The chickens were raised in five equally sized batches and were individually monitored and phenotyped from the age of 56 days for 8 weeks. …”
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Gender, collective action, and climate change: Qualitative insights from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Mali por Aberman, Noora-Lisa, Ali, Snigdha, Behrman, Julia A., Bryan, Elizabeth, Davis, Peter, Donnelly, Aiveen, Gathaara, Violet, Koné, Daouda, Nganga, Teresiah, Ngugi, Jane, Okoba, Barrack, Roncoli, Carla

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Land constraints and agricultural intensification in Ethiopia: A village-level analysis of high-potential areas por Headey, Derek D., Dereje, Mekdim, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum

“…Highland Ethiopia is one of the most densely populated regions of Africa and has long been associated with both Malthusian disasters and Boserupian agricultural intensification. …”
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Offering rainfall insurance to informal insurance groups: Evidence from a field experiment in Ethiopia por Dercon, Stefan, Hill, Ruth Vargas, Clarke, Daniel J., Outes-Leon, Ingo, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum

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Childhood shocks, safety nets and cognitive skills: Panel data evidence from rural Ethiopia por Berhane, Guush, Abay, Mehari Hiluf, Woldehanna, Tassew

“…Using child-level panel data from rural areas of Ethiopia, this paper analyzes effects of both economic and non-economic shocks on child cognition skills measured after the early childhood age window.…”
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Climate-smart agricultural practices in rural Ethiopia: The gender-differentiated impact of land rights knowledge por Quisumbing, Agnes R., Kumar, Neha

“…This policy note summarizes research examining the medium-term impact of land registration in Ethiopia on household investment behavior, specifically in terms of the adoption of soil conservation techniques and tree planting. …”
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Direct seed marketing program in Ethiopia in 2013: An operational evaluation to guide seed-sector reform por Benson, Todd, Spielman, David J., Kasa, Leulsegged

“…In 2013 the Bureaus of Agriculture in the regional states of Amhara, Oromia, and Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples of Ethiopia supported a program of direct marketing of certified seed by seed producers to farmers across 31 woredas (districts). …”
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Application of the Global Burden of Animal Diseases methods at country level: experiences of the Ethiopia case study por Jemberu, Wudu T., Chaters, G., Asfaw, W., Asteraye, Girma B., Amenu, Kebede, Huntington, B., Rushton, J., Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D.

“…This article documents experiences of the implementation of these activities in the GBADs Ethiopia case study.…”
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Genetic diversity and population structure of Brachiaria brizantha (A.Rich.) Stapf accessions from Ethiopia por Tegegn, Asheber, Kyalo, Martina, Mutai, Collins, Hanson, Jean, Asefa, Getnet, Djikeng, Appolinaire, Ghimire, Sita R.

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Understanding farm typology for targeting agricultural development in mixed crop-livestock farming systems of Ethiopia por Awoke Eshetae, Meron, Abera, Wuletawu, Tamene, Lulseged D., Mulatu, Kalkidan, Tesfaye, Abonesh

“…Therefore, this study aims to construct a farm typology for the Doyogena and Basona districts of Southern and Northern Ethiopia, respectively. A combination of principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical clustering (HC) was used to develop a generalized and domain-specific farm typology in the study areas using farm household survey data collected from 503 respondents. …”
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ICRISAT's Landscape-based Fertilizer Advisory Tool to Benefit Over 15,000 Farmers in Ethiopia por Desta, Gizaw

“…Hawassa, Sidama Regional State: The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT-Ethiopia) conducted a successful two-day workshop from 12 to 13 June 2024. …”
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Water security and climate resilience in the Somali Region, Ethiopia: an assessment of the vulnerabilities of refugee and host communities por Singh, Radhika, Mekuria, Wolde, Dessalegn, Mengistu, Melaku, Dagmawi, Adam-Bradford, A., Ruckstuhl, Sandra

“…Refugee and hosting communities of the Somali Region of Ethiopia are deeply impacted by water insecurity. Water supply and irrigation systems developed by UNHCR and other humanitarian organizations suffer from weak value chains, high running costs, and overburdened infrastructure/equipment, hence are unable to respond to the needs of growing populations. …”
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A retrospective investigation of abortion storm in Abergele goats, Waghimira Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia por Bahiru, A., Assefa, Ayalew, Gemeda, Biruk A., Desta, Hiwot, Tibebu, A., Sahle, A., Wieland, Barbara

“…A retrospective study was conducted in Abergele and Ziquala districts in Ethiopia to investigate the occurrence, impact, and potential risk factors for abortion in small ruminants linked to a regional abortion storm. …”
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Global Burden of Animal Diseases: Ethiopia case study phase II closing stakeholder workshop por Temesgen, Wudu, Huntington, B., Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D.

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Understanding market preferences for nutritious foods in urban Ethiopia – A discrete choice experiment approach por Wanyama, Rosina, Onyango, Kevin, Teferi, Ermias, Jordan, Irmgard, Lundy, Mark, Chege, Christine G K

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