Resultados de búsqueda - "Ethiopia"

A comparative socio-economic analysis of water storage schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa por Xenarios, Stefanos, Eguavoen, I., McCartney, Matthew P.

“…The method was tested in six case studies in Ethiopia and Ghana where representative small and large water storage types of Sub-Saharan Africa (small dams, large dams, wells, river diversion, ponds and soil moisture) were assessed in comparison to each other and then evaluated with the help of ethnographic findings.…”
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Livestock water productivity in mixed crop–livestock farming systems of the Blue Nile basin: assessing variability and prospects for improvement por Haileslassie, Amare, Peden, Donald G., Gebreselassie, S., Amede, Tilahun, Descheemaeker, Katrien K.

“…In this study we assess the spatial variability of LWP in three farming systems (rice-based, millet-based and barley-based) of the Gumera watershed in the highlands of the Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia. We collected data on land use, livestock management and climatic variables using focused group discussions, field observation and secondary data. …”
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Characterization and productivity assessment of the farming systems in the upper part of the Nile Basin por Erkossa, Teklu, Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele, Hagos, Fitsum

“…Rainfed agriculutre in Ethiopia is constrained by temporal and spatial variations in climate and severe land degradation caused by soil erosion that is exacerbated by lack of appropriate technologies. …”
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Agronomic and economic efficiency of manure and urea fertilizers use on vertisols in Ethiopian highlands por Erkossa, Teklu, Teklewold, H.

“…This study was conducted on a Vertisol in Ethiopia to determine the optimum farm yard manure (M) and nitrogen (N) application rates for maximum return under cereal-pulse-cereal rotation system. …”
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Laboratory methods for microbiological assessment of milk por International Livestock Research Institute

“…The Safe Food, Fair Food project aims at adapting and implementing risk assessment in informal markets in four countries in sub-Saharan Africa: Ethiopia, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda. The outcomes of the project will help identify suitable risk management activities to be piloted in selected livestock value chains, including dairy in Tanzania. …”
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Effects of supplementation with L. purpureus, graded levels of L. pallida 14203 or S. sesban 1198 on feed intake and live weight gain of Menz sheep por Melaku, S., Peters, Kurt J., Tegegne, Azage

“…The research was conducted at the International Livestock Research Institute's (ILRI) Debre Zeit research station situated in the central highlands of Ethiopia at 38° 58' E. 80 44' N. The multipurpose tree (MPTs) leaves and L. purpureus were harvested and dried in a shade at the research station. …”
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Ajuda em sementes para seguranca em sementes: conselhos para practicantes por International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…The case studies were undertaken in Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda and Zimbabwe. …”
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Soil organic matter: review of research results por Georges, K, Kirkby, Roger A.

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Non-genetic factors affecting growth of Ethiopian Boran cattle por Kassa-Mersha, H., Arnason, T.

“…The aim of this study was therefore to investigate the effects of certain environmental factors on the birth weight and growth in a herd of Boran cattle bred at the Adamitulu cattle Improvement Ranch in Ethiopia. The data consisted of weight records on 4,021 (2037 male and 1984 female) animals during the years 1961 – 1984. …”
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Policy support for sustainable crop intensification in Eastern Africa por Yami, M., Asten, Piet J.A. van

“…Based on analysis of policy documents and perception of key policy actors in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda, this paper looks at the level of policy support for SCI in Eastern Africa. …”
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Joining smallholder farmers’ traditional knowledge with metric traits to select better varieties of Ethiopian wheat por Mancini, C., Mengistu, D.K., Pè, M.E., Fadda, Carlo, Dell'Acqua, M., Melfa and Workaye Farmer Community, Kidane, Yosef Gebrehawaryat

“…In this study, 30 smallholder farmers in each of two locations in Ethiopia provided quantitative evaluations of earliness, spike morphology, tillering capacity and overall quality on 400 wheat genotypes, mostly traditional varieties, yielding altogether 192,000 data points. …”
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Joint Village Land Use Planning in Tanzania: A process to enhance the securing of rangelands and resolving land use conflicts por Mwita, V.C., Kalenzi, D., Flintan, Fiona E.

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Efficient regeneration system for rapid multiplication of clean planting material of Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman por Tripathi, J.N., Matheka, J., Merga, I., Gebre, E., Tripathi, L.

“…Cheesman) is an economically important staple food crop in Ethiopia, especially in the southern and southwestern regions. …”
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Effects of land use on catchment runoff and soil loss in the sub-humid Ethiopian highlands por Dagnew, D.C., Guzmán, Christian D., Akal, Adugnaw T., Tebebu, T.Y., Zegeye, Assefa D., Mekuria, Wolde, Tilahun, Seifu A., Steenhuis, Tammo S.

“…The present study investigated the effects of land use on runoff and suspended sediment concentration and yield in the northwestern Ethiopia. We selected two small catchments: cultivated land and grassland dominated catchments within the 95 ha Debre Mawi catchment. …”
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Strategies for improving water use efficiency of livestock production in rain-fed systems por Ergano, Kebebe, Oosting, Simon J., Haileslassie, Amare, Duncan, Alan J., Boer, Imke J.M. de

“…The objective of this paper was to identify the factors that explain the variation in LWP within and among farming systems in Ethiopia. We quantified LWP for various farms in mixed-crop livestock systems and explored the effect of household demographic characteristics and farm assets on LWP using ANOVA and multilevel mixed-effect linear regression. …”
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Insights from a multi-method recharge estimation comparison study por Walker, D., Parkin, G., Schmitter, Petra S., Gowing, J., Tilahun, Seifu A., Haile, Alemseged Tamiru, Yimam, A.Y.

“…Nine separate groundwater recharge estimation methods, with a total of 17 variations, were applied at a shallow aquifer in northwest Ethiopia in the context of the potential for shallow groundwater resource development. …”
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A review of trends, constraints and opportunities of smallholder irrigation in East Africa por Nakawuka, Prossie, Langan, Simon J., Schmitter, Petra S., Barron, Jennie

“…This paper reviews literature on trends, constraints and opportunities of smallholder irrigation in four East African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Irrigation development has been slow in these countries, and has been mainly through traditional schemes. …”
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Nurturing a network of policy analysts for enhanced agricultural development and food and nutrition security in Kenya por Karugia, Joseph T.

“…Co-hosted by Kenya and Ethiopia, it has regional or country offices and projects in East, South and Southeast Asia as well as Central, East, Southern and West Africa. …”
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Climate Services for Resilient Development in South Asia and Bangladesh: Semi-Annual and Inception Period Report April 2017 por Krupnik, Timothy J., Hussain, Ghulam, Schulthess, Urs C., McDonald, Andrew J., Stirling, Clare M., Pandit, D.B., Gerard, Bruno G., Matin, Mir A, Qamar, Faisal MQ, Fernandes, Jose M.C.

“…CSRD is aligned with the the Global Framework for Climate Services and works in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Colombia to creating and provide timely and useful climate data, information, tools, and services. …”
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CGIAR International Centers Week, Washington, D.C., July 30 - August 3, 1973: Informal Summary of Proceedings por CGIAR Secretariat

“…The Group meeting heard a report of the African Livestock Subcommittee on progress in the establishment of a Kenya-based International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD) and Ethiopia-based International Livestock Center for Africa (ILCA). …”
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