Resultados de búsqueda - "Ethiopia"

Application of a quantitative method to evaluate flow regulating functions of ecosystems in the Zambezi Basin. Project report submitted to UNEP under the SADC project "Dam Synchron... por McCartney, Matthew P., Xueliang Cai, Smakhtin, Vladimir U., Nhamo, Luxon

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Water-use accounts in CPWF basins: Simple water-use accounting of the Nile Basin por Kirby, M., Eastham, Judy, Mainuddin, M.

“…The Blue Nile starts in Ethiopia. Zaire, Kenya, Tanzanian, Rwanda, and Burundi all have tributaries, which flow into the Nile or into Lake Victoria. …”
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Water-use accounts in CPWF basins: Models and Concepts por Kirby, M., Mainuddin, M., Eastham, Judy

“…The Blue Nile starts in Ethiopia. Zaire, Kenya, Tanzanian, Rwanda, and Burundi all have tributaries, which flow into the Nile or into Lake Victoria. …”
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Future of Wheat Production in Sub-Saharan Africa: Analyses of the Expanding Gap between Supply and Demand and Economic Profitability of Domestic Production por Shiferaw, Bekele, Negassa A, Koo, Jawoo, Wood J, Sonder, Kai, Braun, J.A., Payne T

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Indicators of soil quality: a South-South development of a methdological guide for linking local and technical knowledge por Barrios, E., Delve, Robert J., Bekunda, Mateete A., Mowo, J., Agunda, J, Ramisch, Joshua J., Trejo Tercero, M.T., Thomas, Richard J.

“…This methodological guide was initially developed and used in Latin America and the Caribbean-LAC (Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Dominican Republic), and was later improved during adaptation and use in eastern African (Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia) through a South–South exchange of expertise and experiences. …”
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Linking livestock and natural resource management por International Livestock Research Institute

“…The Borana people are the predominant ethnic group on the Borana plateau in southern Ethiopia. Though traditionally transhumant pastoralists, they have recently increased their reliance on crops. …”
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Estimates of genetic parameters and genetic trends for live weight and fleece traits in Menz sheep por Solomon G., Sisay L., Hans K., Arendonk, Johan A.M. van

“…Menz sheep are indigenous to the highlands of Ethiopia, and highly valued for their meat and wool production. …”
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Impacts of large-scale investments in agriculture to water resources, ecosystems and livelihoods, and development of policy options [Abstract only] por Hoa, E., Chiramba, T., Williams, Timothy O.

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Problems and prospects of farmers training centers: the case of Ada’a Woreda, East Shewa, Oromia Region por Teshome, F.M.

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Zoom in at African country level: potential climate induced changes in areas of suitability for survival of malaria vectors por Tonnang, Henri E.Z., Tchouassi, D., Juarez, H., Igweta, L., Djouaka, R.F.

“…The proportion of areas increasing or decreasing in level of survival of these malaria vectors will be more pronounced in eastern and southern African countries than those in western Africa. Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, South Africa and Zambia appear most likely to be affected in terms of absolute change of malaria vectors suitability zones under the selected climate change scenarios. …”
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The use of system dynamics modelling methodologies in sheep breeding programs and management systems por Tadel, K., Wurzinger, Maria, Gizaw, Solomon, Haile, Aynalem, Rischkowsky, Barbara A., Sölkner, Johann

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Prioritizing climate-smart agriculture practices in Western Kenya. por Mwongera, Caroline, Mwungu, Chris Miyinzi, Kinyua, Ivy Wambui, Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley

“…This project aims to encourage sustainable approaches to promote soil protection and rehabilitation of degraded soil in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, India and Kenya. It also supports policy development for soil rehabilitation, soil information, and extension systems. …”
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Genetic tests for estimating dairy breed proportion and parentage assignment in East African crossbred cattle por Strucken, E.M., Al-Mamun, H.A., Esquivelzeta-Rabell, C., Gondro, C., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Gibson, John P.

“…These panels were tested on a dataset of 1933 crossbred dairy cattle from Kenya/Uganda and on crossbred populations from Ethiopia (N = 545) and Tanzania (N = 462). Dairy breed proportions were estimated by using the ADMIXTURE program, a regression approach, and SNP-best linear unbiased prediction, and tested against estimates obtained by ADMIXTURE based on the 735k-SNP panel. …”
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Pathways from research on improved staple crop germplasm to poverty reduction for smallholder farmers por Alwang, Jeffrey, Gotor, Elisabetta, Thiele, Graham, Hareau, Guy, Chamberlain, J.

“…The paper uses a double-hurdle estimation framework to model the adoption/area planted joint decision for maize farmers in Ethiopia and sweet potato farmers in Uganda. The focus of the analysis is the effect of poverty-related variables on adoption/area planted decisions. …”
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The SmartAG partner: CCAFS East Africa Bi-annual Newsletter, July - December 2017 por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…As a result of the discussions held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, CCAFS East Africa is now leading the formation of a Public-Private Partnership project that is aimed at tackling the challenges related to agriculture data infrastructure. …”
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Crop variety management for climate adaptation supported by citizen science por Etten, Jacob van, Sousa, K. de, Aguillar, A., Barrios, M., Coto, A., Dell'Acqua, M., Fadda, Carlo, Gebrehawaryat, Y., Gevel, Jeske M.J, van de, Gupta, A., Kiros, A.Y., Madriz, Brandon, Mathur, P., Mengistu, D.K., Mercado, L., Mohammed, J.N., Paliwal, A., Pè, M.E., Quirós, C.F., Rosas, J.C., Sharma, N., Singh, S.S., Solanki, I.S., Steinke, J.

“…We present the results of 12,409 farmer-managed experimental plots of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in Nicaragua, durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) in Ethiopia, and bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in India. …”
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The Phenology of Coffea arabica var. Esperanza L4A5 Under Different Agroforestry Associations and Fertilization Conditions in the Caribbean Region of Costa Rica por Morales Peña, Victor Hugo, Mora Garcés, Argenis, Virginio Filho, Elias de Melo, Villatoro Sánchez, Mario, Pazmiño Pachay, Willy William, Chanto Ares, Esteban

“…Esperanza L4A5, an F1 interspecific hybrid obtained by crossing commercial varieties with wild genotypes from Ethiopia and Sudan. Most phenological studies on C. arabica have been conducted in traditional high-altitude regions, leaving a gap in the understanding of its behavior in non-traditional areas such as the Caribbean region of Costa Rica. …”
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Walking the tight rope of local conservation practices por Hussen, Mahamoud Hussein

“…This thesis studies the environmental values and practices of the pastoralist community in Ethiopia that has established wildlife preservation practices of its own and preserved wildlife in its area, a rarity among the pastoralist communities in the Horn of African region. …”
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Rapid soil quality assessment using portable visible near infrared (VNIR) spectroscopy por Gemtesa Tiruneh, Getachew

“…This study was conducted in Ethiopia in collaboration with Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA). …”
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A way out of food insecurity and poverty : the potential of using fly larvae composted faeces as organic fertiliser in sub-Saharan Africa agriculture por Chirere, Thabani Eddington Sithabile

“…Semistructured interviews were carried out and agricultural experts from Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda were interviewed to see how farmers and consumers would perceive the use of human faeces as a fertiliser to produce their food, and try to understand the reason to their perceptions. …”