Search Results - "Ethiopia"

Allelic diversity study of functional genes in East Africa bread wheat highlights opportunities for genetic improvement by Wamalwa, Mercy, Tadesse, Zerihun, Muthui, Lucy, Yao, Nasser, Zegeye, Habtemariam, Randhawa, Mandeep S., Wanyera, Ruth, Uauy, Cristobal, Shorinola, Oluwaseyi

“…To determine the beneficial gene pool currently exploited for wheat improvement in EA, we examined the allelic diversity of 39 genes of breeding importance in a collection of 239 wheat cultivars and breeding lines from Kenya and Ethiopia using KASP markers. The assayed genes have been shown to control variations in plant height, thousand kernel weight (TKW), grain protein content, pre-harvest sprouting (PHS), disease resistance, and flowering time. …”
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Filling streamflow data gaps through the construction of rating curves in the Lake Tana Sub-basin, Nile Basin by Haile, Alemseged Tamiru, Geremew, Y., Wassie, S., Fekadu, A. G., Taye, Meron Teferi

“…In recent decades, streamflow data remain inaccessible for most river gauges in Ethiopia due to a lack of updated stage–discharge relationships, also called rating curves. …”
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Examining linkages among multiple sustainable development outcomes: Does the productive safety net program increase on‑farm agrobiodiversity? by Kozicka, Marta, Gotor, Elisabetta, Pagnani, Tiziana, Occelli, Martina, Caracciolo, Francesco

“…We base our empirical analysis on the World Bank’s Ethiopian Socioeconomic Survey, a panel dataset encompassing nearly 3000 respondents and a Tobit model, based on Difference-in- Difference and the Propensity-Score Matching methods. We find that Ethiopia’s PSNP has a negative impact on farm labour input, both in terms of labour intensity and duration. …”
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CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender Inclusion (SAPLING): IPSR Innovation Portfolio Management Report by Baltenweck, Isabelle, Rekik, Mourad, Ouma, Emily A., Galiè, Alessandra, Kassie, Girma T., Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Haile, Aynalem, Dione, Michel M., Wamatu, Jane, Thierfelder, Christian L., Varijakshapanicker, Padmakumar, Rao, E.J.O., Esatu, Wondmeneh, Sánchez Garcia, Miguel, Hammond, James, Konlambigue, Matieyedou, Lacasta, Anna, Marshall, Karen

“…CGIAR Research Initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender Inclusion aims to transform the livestock sector in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Nepal, Uganda, Tanzania, and Vietnam, with the objective of enhancing productivity, resilience, equity, and sustainability. …”
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Training on Scaling of Climate-Smart Washera and Wollo Sheep Breed Improvement Program by Getachew, Tesfaye, Belay, Berhanu, Rischkowsky, Barbara A., Dagnew, Mulatu, Tesfa, Asemu, Haile, Aynalem

“…The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), The Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI), the Accelerating the Impact of CGIAR Climate Research in Africa (AICCRA), and the Amhara Livestock and Fisheries Resource Development Office organized a workshop that took place on May 29, 2023, in Bahir Dar Ethiopia. The main goals of the workshop were assessing the advancements of already running community-based breeding programs (CBBPs) and recently formed production Units (PUs) and training livestock development agents and extension workers on managing and establishing production unit sites. …”
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Empowering women with digital solutions: Leveraging the potential of the private sector for socio-technical innovation by Ketema, Dessalegn Molla, Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Endrias, Abrham

“…The co-creation of socio-technical innovation bundles requires multi-stakeholder cooperation among public and private sector organizations. In Ethiopia, HER+ is closely working with the Veggies for Planet and People (V4P&P) project implemented by the World Vegetable Center and SNV (a Dutch development program) that aims to improve vegetable production, consumption and marketing. …”
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Poverty impacts of food price increases in Burkina Faso by Minot, Nicholas, Martin, Will

“…The other briefs cover Kenya, Ethiopia, Niger, Nigeria, and Mali (see Minot and Martin, 2023a and 2023b; Martin and Minot, 2023a, 2023b, and 2023c). …”
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The implications of gender inclusive policies in climate resilience and local food systems by Kuira, Mary, Mugo, Mumbi

“…Funded by the Global Affairs Canada through Seed Change, Hivos is implementing a six-year program (2021–27)—Rural Women Cultivating Change—aimed at enhancing gender equality and empowerment of rural women in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya. With a focus on the intersection between women’s rights and climate adaptation in order to better support sustainable and equitable resource management, agricultural production and access to markets, the program took the initiative of mapping the gender policy issues in climate resilience and local food systems in four implementing counties in Kenya (Nakuru, Baringo, Kitui and Laikipia). …”
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Exploring varietal uptake through a gender lens: Insights from a multi-country, multi-crop qualitative study by Cavicchioli, Martina

“…This contribution presents the preliminary results of a qualitative study complementing an experimental design conducted in Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, and India under Work Package 3 of the One CGIAR Market Intelligence initiative. …”
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Outsource agrifood service MSMEs facilitating pivoting by fruits & vegetables farmers, wholesalers, and retailers by Reardon, Thomas, Awokuse, Titus, Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O., Minten, Bart, Nguyen, Geneviève, Qanti, Sara, Swinnen, Johan, Vos, Rob, Zilberman, David

“…To fill these voids, we focus on three country illustrations, ranging in the product cycle phases from transitional to transitional-modern to modern, and from early differentiating case in Ethiopia (on basic quality) to intermediate differentiating case in Indonesia (on advanced quality and variety differentiation in mangoes), to advanced-differentiating case in France (on eco-labeling and certification). …”
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Predictors of discordance and concordance in reporting of intimate partner violence: Evidence from a large sample of rural Ethiopian couples by Leight, Jessica, Deyessa, Negussie, Sharma, Vandana

“…This analysis uses a large-scale survey of 5033 households in rural Ethiopia in which both men and women were surveyed about past-year IPV in order to quantify the degree of discordance, including both husband only reporting and wife only reporting, for multiple forms of IPV (emotional, physical, and sexual). …”
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Biases in self-reported food insecurity measurement: A list experiment approach by Tadesse, Getaw, Abate, Gashaw T., Zewdie, Tadiwos

“…The sample households were drawn from two districts in Northern Ethiopia where households are chronically food insecure and several projects have been implemented. …”
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Associations of maternal resources with care behaviours differ by resource and behaviour by Basnet, Sulochana, Frongillo, Edward A., Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Moore, Spencer, Arabi, Mandana

“…This study used baseline Alive & Thrive household surveys from Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Ethiopia. Measures of resources for care were maternal education, knowledge, height, nourishment, mental well‐being, decision‐making autonomy, employment, support in chores, and perceived instrumental support. …”
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Agricultural mechanization and gendered labor activities across sectors: Micro-evidence from multi-country farm household data by Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Diao, Xinshen

“…This study aims to partly fill these knowledge gaps through micro-evidence from 8 countries (Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, India, Nepal, Tajikistan and Vietnam), using several nationally representative panel data and supplementary data, and applying Correlated-Random-Effects Double-Hurdle models with Instrumental-Variables. …”
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Mali Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) Baseline Evaluation Survey by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The overall aim of the program is to transform agricultural systems through sustainable intensification projects in Ghana, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, Mali, and (potentially) Zambia. …”
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Buyers’ response to third-party quality certification: Theory and evidence from Ethiopian wheat traders by Abate, Gashaw T., Bernard, Tanguy, Bulte, Erwin, Miguel, Jérémy Do Nascimento, Sadoulet, Elisabeth

“…Using a purposefully designed lab-in-the-field experiment with rural wheat traders in Ethiopia, we find mixed support for the model’s prediction: traders’ willingness to specialize in certified output does increase with the share of certified wheat in the market, and this effect is stronger in larger markets. …”
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Nourishing millions: Stories of change in nutrition by Gillespie, Stuart, Hodge, Judith, Yosef, Sivan, Pandya-Lorch, Rajul

“…They shed light on nutrition success stories on the ground in places ranging from Bangladesh, Brazil, Nepal, Peru, Thailand, and Vietnam to Ethiopia and the state of Odisha in India. The book also examines how nutrition “champions” emerge and drive change. …”
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Perceptions, impacts, and rewards of row planting by Vandercasteelen, Joachim, Regassa, Mekdim Dereje, Minten, Bart, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum

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Stories of Change - Rwanda, Final Report by Iruhiriye, Elyse, Olney, Deanna K., Ramani, Gayathri V., Heckert, Jessica, Niyongira, Emmanuel, Frongillo, Edward A.

“…The Stories of Change (SoC) case studies, originally conducted in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India (Odisha state), Nepal, Senegal, and Zambia, and now in Rwanda, aim to fill some of these knowledge gaps by examining the “drivers of change” in reducing malnutrition across different contexts.…”
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Understanding the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s agricultural paradox: Based on the eAtlas data platform by Marivoet, Wim, Ulimwengu, John M., El Vilaly, Mohamed Abd Salam

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