Resultados de búsqueda - "Ethiopia"

Agricultural knowledge management in dairy production improvement: The case of Bure woreda, West Gojjam Zone, Amhara Region por Assefa, H., Gebre-Egziabher, T., Sehai, Ermias, Tegegne, Azage

“…The Government of Ethiopia concentrates on agricultural and rural development for its economic development. …”
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Baseline GHG emissions from the agricultural sector and mitigation potential in countries of East and West Africa por Brown, S., Grais A, Ambagis S, Pearson T

“…To address this question, we first estimated the business-as-usual emissions of greenhouse gases from the agricultural sector using the IPCC framework and land cover datasets based satellite imagery for the base year 2006 for four East African countries— Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, and five West African countries—Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger, and Senegal. …”
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Lactation performance of purebred Arsi cows and Friesian X Arsi crosses under pre-partum and post-partum supplementary feeding regimes por Kurtu, M.Y., Tawah, C.L., Rege, J.E.O., Alemayehu, N., Shibre, M.

“…A study was conducted at the Asella Station in the Arsi Region of Ethiopia to investigate the dairy performance of indigenous purebred Arsi and Friesian X Arsi crosses under different pre-partum and post-partum supplementary feeding regimes. …”
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A survey of mineral status of soils, feeds and cattle in the Selale Ethiopian highlands. I. Macro elements por Khalili, M., Lindgren, E., Varvikko, T.

“…The macro mineral status of cattle in the Selale highlands of Ethiopia was evaluated during the rainy and dry seasons of 1989 and 1990 in terms of mineral concentrations in soils, feeds, blood plasma and faeces on 25 farms. …”
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Nutrient flows and balances at the field and farm scale: Exploring effects of land-use strategies and access to resources por Haileslassie, Amare, Priess, J.A., Veldkamp, E., Lesschen, Jan Peter

“…We selected catchments in the Dega (cool highlands and Woina Dega (warm-to-cool mid-highlands) of the Central Highlands of Ethiopia, to get more insight on how individual land use strategies and access to resources affect the magnitude of nutrient flows and resulting balances and to explore some of reasons of the variability within and between farming systems at different altitudes. …”
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Grazing induced biodiversity in the highland ecozone of East Africa por Woldu, Z., Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.

“…A study on manure seed bank was conducted in Ghinchi highland Research Site in Ethiopia between 1995 and 1997. the data on species composition and life-form of the plants germinating in pots receiving air dried manure were compared with species composition of experimental plots in natural grassland subjected to varying grazing intensity. …”
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Serum enzyme levels and influencing factors in three indigenous Ethiopian sheep breeds por Tibbo, Markos, Woldemeskel, M., Aragaw, K., Rege, J.E.O.

“…Serum enzymes were studied in 377 apparently healthy sheep from three indigenous sheep breeds of Ethiopia. The effect of breed, age, sex and season on alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/glutamic pyruvic transaminase (GPT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/glutamic oxalacetic transaminase (GOT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and acid phosphatase (AcP) levels was assessed. …”
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Microbial nitrogen supply, nitrogen retention and rumen function in Menz sheep supplemented with dried leaves of multipurpose trees, their mixtures or wheat bran por Melaku, S., Peters, Kurt J., Tegegne, Azage

“…The study was conducted at Debre Zeit Research Station of the International Livestock Research Institute in Ethiopia. Thirty-six male Menz sheep with a mean BW of 16.45+/-0.25kg were used in a completely randomized design. …”
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Coenurus cerebralis infection in Ethiopian highland sheep: incidence and observations on pathogenesis and clinical signs por Achenef, M., Tibbo, Markos, Gebre-Ab, F., Amare, H., Tembely, S.

“…An investigation was carried out at Debre Berhan, Ethiopia, between 1996 and 1997, into the epidemiology of coenurosis in Menz and Horro breeds of sheeA total of 37 heads from clinically sick and 183 heads from apparently healthy sheep were examined post mortem for the presence of the cystic larvae of Taenia multicepss, of which 37 and 5 heads, respectively, contained 1 to 8 coenurus cysts (diameter 0.8 to 6.5 cm). …”
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Integrated termite management for improved rainwater management: A synthesis of selected African experiences por Mugerwa, S., Mpairwe, D.R., Zziwa, Emmanuel, Swaans, Cornelis P.M., Peden, Donald G.

“…Building on indigenous knowledge from termite affected regions of Ethiopia, the CPWF and Uganda partners initiated research on integrated termite management. …”
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Rainfall-discharge relationships for monsoonal climates por Steenhuis, Tammo S., Taylor, J., Easton, Z.M., Collick, A., Giesen, Nick van de, Liebe, Jens R., Ahmed, A.A., Andreini, Marc

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Nile Basin livestock water productivity por Peden, Donald G., Alemayehu, M., Amede, Tilahun, Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele, Faki, H., Haileslassie, Amare, Herrero, Mario, Mapedza, Everisto D., Mpairwe, D.R., Musa, M.T., Taddesse, G., Breugel, P. van

“…PN37 identified opportunities to increase livestock water productivity (LWP) in key production systems of Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda. In all countries and systems, the research revealed important opportunities to increase LWP through site-specific sets of interventions including improved feed sourcing, enhanced animal production, water conservation, and strategic provisioning of drinking water. …”
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Participatory conservation tillage research: An experience with minimum tillage on an Ethiopian highland Vertisol por Astatke, A., Jabbar, M.A., Tanner, D.

“…Farmer participatory tillage trials were conducted in a highland Vertisol area of Ethiopia during the 1999 and 2000 cropping seasons. …”
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Evidence of differences in trypanosusceptibility in East African Zebu cattle por Rowlands, G.J., Mulatu, W., D'Ieteren, G.D.M., Nagda, S.M.

“…An average of 840 East African Zebu cattle have been monitored in the Ghibe valley, south west Ethiopia since 1986. Despite a high prevalence of drug resistance, regular Berenil treatment appears to have maintained these cattle at reasonable levels of productivity. …”
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Programmes of the International Livestock Research Institute and their impact on human health por Smalley, M.E.

“…New research by ILRI on peri-urban dairying will investigate if and how the adoption of crossbred cows can increase farm income and result in improved household health and nutrition. The research, in Ethiopia, is exploring the link between increased milk production and the consumption of macro- and micronutrients necessary for growth and proper physical and mental Development. …”
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The role of the West African dwarf goat in the economy of the smallholder arable farmer in the subhumid zone of Nigeria por Ikwuegbu, O.A., Tarawali, G., Njwe, R.M.

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Diagnosis of soil fertility constraints in bean based cropping systems: review of research results por Mughogho, SK, Wortmann, Charles S.

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Review of bean responses to applied fertilizers in Africa por Wortmann, Charles S., Zake, JYK

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Descriptors for baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) por Kehlenbeck, K., Padulosi, S., Alercia, A.

“…Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi) and eastern Africa (e.g. Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania). Bioversity International has been the major driver in promoting the descriptor system and has developed and published over 100 descriptor lists since 1975. …”
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Responses of vegetation and soils to three grazing management regimes in a semi-arid highland mixed crop-livestock system por Habtemicael, M., Yayneshet, T., Treydte, A.C.

“…Three grazing regimes [Cut-and-carry (CC), seasonal grazing (SG) and continuous grazing (CG)] currently applied in Tigrai region of northern Ethiopia were compared to identify the best grazing management in key native vegetation and soil attributes. …”
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