Resultados de búsqueda - "Ethiopia"

Incidence of RNA viruses infecting taro and tannia in East Africa and molecular characterisation of dasheen mosaic virusisolates por Kidanemariam, Dawit B., Sukal, A.C., Abraham, Adane D., Njuguna, Joyce N., Stomeo, Francesca, Dale, J.L., James, A.P., Harding, R.M.

“…Taro (Colocasia esculenta) and tannia (Xanthosoma sp.) plants growing in 25 districts across Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda were surveyed for four RNA viruses. …”
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Field Implementation of Climate-Smart Integrated Small Ruminant Innovations (Smart Pack) por Haile, Aynalem, Getachew, Tesfaye, Belay, Berhanu, Rekik, Mourad, Rischkowsky, Barbara A.

“…Small ruminant value chain development started in Ethiopia as part of Livestock and Fish CRP in 2012, and then continued since 2017 as Livestock CRP, in seven sites representing different regions of Ethiopia, production systems and communities. …”
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Future changes in climate and hydroclimate extremes in East Africa por Gebrechorkos, S. H., Taye, Meron Teferi, Birhanu, B., Solomon, D., Demissie, T.

“…Large parts of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Southern Ethiopia show an increase in precipitation (up to 38%) during the short rainy season (October–December). …”
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Hierarchical modelling of small-scale irrigation: Constraints and opportunities for adoption in sub-Saharan Africa por Haile, Beliyou, Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework, Choufani, Jowel, Ringler, Claudia, Bryan, Elizabeth

“…While the focus has historically been on large-scale dam-based schemes, farmer-managed small-scale irrigation (SSI) has gained increased attention in recent years. Using data from Ethiopia, Tanzania and Ghana, we first examine patterns of adoption of different SSI technologies. …”
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Assessing community health information systems: Evidence from child health records in food insecure areas of the Ethiopian highlands por Hirvonen, Kalle, Berhane, Guush, Assefa, Thomas

“…Objectives: This study assessed the completeness of child health records maintained and collected within community health information system in Ethiopia. Methods: A household listing was carried out in 221 enumeration areas in food insecure areas of Ethiopia to determine the presence of a child less than 24-months. …”
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Evolving animal-sourced foods and livestock markets por Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane, Minten, Bart, Yimer, Feiruz

“…As they estimate that a price increase of this magnitude would reduce consumption of ASF by approximately 25 percent, holding other things constant, it seems that more investments and attention to the production of ASF and the livestock sector are needed to reduce ASF prices and increase their consumption in Ethiopia.…”
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Implementer-Led Evaluation and Learning (IMPEL) evaluation of SPIR II RFSA - Midline survey report por Gilligan, Daniel O., Hirvonen, Kalle, Leight, Jessica, Tesfaye, Haleluya

“…The second phase of the Strengthen PSNP Institutions and Resilience (SPIR-II) project aims to enhance livelihoods, increase resilience to shocks, and improve food security and nutrition for rural households vulnerable to food insecurity in Ethiopia. The project is situated within Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP), one of the largest safety net programs in Africa. …”
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Ethiopian Rural Household Surveys (ERHS), 1989-2009 por Hoddinott, John F., Yohannes, Yisehac

“…The Ethiopia Rural Household Survey (ERHS) is a unique longitudinal household data set covering households in a number of villages in rural Ethiopia. …”
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Seed demand and supply responses por Spielman, David J., Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework

“…It was not until the mid-20th century that Ethiopia—like many other developing countries—developed a system based on modern science to breed improved teff cultivars, distribute improve teff seed, and accelerate the contribution of genetic gain to teff yield growth across the country’s smallholder farming systems. …”
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Africa RISING impact assessment report por Haile, Beliyou, Boukaka, Sedi Anne, Azzarri, Carlo

“…Impact is estimated using the difference-in-differences method for countries with panel data or, for Ethiopia, based on simple comparison of outcomes between program beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries. …”
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Field Implementation of Climate-Smart Integrated Small Ruminant Innovations (SmaRT Pack) por Haile, Aynalem, Getachew, Tesfaye, Belay, Berhanu, Rekik, Mourad, Rischkowsky, Barbara A.

“…Small ruminant value chain development started in Ethiopia as part of the Livestock and Fish CGIAR Research Program (CRP) in 2012 and then continued since 2017 as Livestock CRP in seven sites representing different regions of Ethiopia, production systems and communities. …”
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The landscape of youth engagement in labor markets in Africa: Are youth driving structural transformation? por Abay, Kibrom A., Wondale, Meseret, Korir, Josphat K., Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane, Araya, Mesele, Breisinger, Clemens

“…This paper assesses the landscape and evolution of youth engagement in labor markets in Africa, focusing on three important countries—Ethiopia, Kenya, and Nigeria—which together account for 40 percent of Africa’s youth population. …”
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Draught animal power for land-use intensification in the Ethiopian highlands por Astatke, A., Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.

“…Animal traction has been an integral part of most agricultural systems in Ethiopia for thousands of years. There is evidence that cattle were first used for ploughing in the latter part of the third millennium BC (Goe and Astatke, 1989). …”
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Comparison of irrigation performance based on management and cropping types por Ayana, Essayas K., Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele

“…Although performance evaluation of irrigated agriculture has gained momentum since late 1980s worldwide such attempt is rarely carried out in Ethiopia. The aim of this study was to assess the performance of 7 irrigation schemes some of which are expected to contribute much to the national economy. …”
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Crop water productivity of irrigated teff in a water stressed region por Yihun, Y.M., Haile, A.M., Schultz, B., Erkossa, Teklu

“…In water stressed regions such as the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia, increasing Crop Water Productivity (CWP) is imperative for sustainable food and water security. …”
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Major animal health problems of market oriented livestock development in Atsbi Womberta woreda, Tigray Regional State por Abraha, G.G.

“…An attempt was made to study major health problems of livestock in Atsbi womberta Woreda, northern Ethiopia, from December 2006 to April 2007. Questionnaire survey was carried out on 100 livestock owners to collect information on the livestock production system and the major health problems recognized by farmers in the study area,observational also were conducted. …”
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Determinants and role of farmers’ seed and seedling multiplication in the SNNP Region seed system por Walelign, G.

“…Increasing the production and productivity of the crop sub sector is one of the measures taken in Ethiopia to assure food security of more than 70 million people and escape from long-lived poverty persisted in the country. …”
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Land restoration in food security programmes: synergies with climate change mitigation por Woolf, Dominic, Solomon, Dawit, Lehmann, Johannes

“…Using this approach, Ethiopia has embarked upon an ambitious national programme of land restoration and sustainable land management. …”
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QTL mapping of agronomic traits in tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc) Trotter] por Yu, J.K., Graznak, E., Breseghello, Flávio, Tefera, H., Sorrells, M.E.

“…Trotter] is the major cereal crop in Ethiopia. Tef is an allotetraploid with a base chromosome number of 10 (2n = 4× = 40) and a genome size of 730 Mbp. …”
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Integrating phenotypic evaluations with a molecular diversity assessment of an Ethiopian collection of common bean landraces por Fisseha, Z., Kyallo, Martina M., Tesfaye, K., Harvey, Jagger J.W., Dagne, K., Opyio, S., Gepts, Paul L.

“…In the case of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), Ethiopia is one of the secondary centers of diversity of this species. …”
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