Working Document Series Open Access Benefits, challenges and sense of ownership of communities in Boswellia papyrifera dominated woodland forests of Western Tigray, Ethiopia D. Biadgilgn. · Birhane Emiru · B. Muluberhan · T. Tewodros +1 more Dry forests and woodlands taxa like Acacia, Sterculia, Commiphora, and Boswellia are the main source of valuable gum and resins to the international market. Boswellia papyrifera populated dry deciduous woodland forests in Tig-ray in Ethiop… RUF-41009 2024 CC BY 4.0 12 Sep 2024
Working Document Series Open Access A Synthesis of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Research Findings at the Africa Center of Excellence for Climate Smart Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation (ACE Climate SABC) of Haramaya University, Ethiopia B. Bobe Climate change is posing challenges to the survival of mankind and sustainable development in the world. Its impacts are more pronounced in Africa, particularly the sub-Saharan Africa where the people’s livelihoods are over-dependent on th… RUF-40990 2024 CC BY 4.0 12 Sep 2024
Working Document Series Open Access Trade-offs and synergies between agricultural production and biodiversity conservation in contrasting socio-ecological landscapes of South-western Ethiopia B. J. Dereje According to the global sustainability goals, achieving food security and biodiversity conservation are among the most critical challenges of the 21st century. They are, there tore, central aspects of the US sustainable development goals, … RUF-40736 2019 CC BY 4.0 20 Nov 2023
Working Document Series Open Access Legumes yield response to Rhizobium inoculation in Ethiopia: A review D.G. Gebremedhin Ethiopia has been known as the homeland and domestication centre of several crop plants. Area unsuitability, un-productiveness, diseases, and insect pests are the most legume crop yield-limiting factors. However, leguminous plants have cap… RUF-40557 2018 CC BY 4.0 28 Jul 2023
Working Document Series Open Access Spatio-temporal dynamics of land use and land cover changes, and woodlot expansion in northwestern Ethiopian Highlands A. Alemu · Z Asfaw · S Mulu · D Teketay Rapid land use land cover (LULC) change is one of the fundamental environmental problems in Ethiopia in general and, especially in the highlands of Ethiopia. This study was aimed to understand the trends, magnitudes, and drivers of LULC ch… RUF-40323 2021 CC BY 4.0 1 Jun 2023
Working Document Series Open Access Assessing and modeling land use/cover and ecosystem services evaluation in Central Ethiopia A.A Biratu · Bedadi. Bobe · A. Egeru · S. G. Gebrehiwot +2 more Land degradation and ecosystem services (ES) impairment are a common phenomenon in Ethiopia due to unintended land use/cover (LULC) changes. Hence, currently millions are suffering with land conversions related socioeconomic and environmen… RUF-40318 2021 CC BY 4.0 1 Jun 2023
Working Document Series Open Access Tempo-spatial ecosystem service delivery variations of landscape restoration practices in Ethiopia D.K. Asmamaw · A.A Biratu · Bedadi. Bobe · S. G. Gebrehiwot +2 more Land degradation and impairment of ecosystem services (ES) have been a serious problem in Ethiopia, due to excessive pressure on and improper use of land and water resources. Thus, various land management (LM) practices have been implement… RUF-40315 2021 CC BY 4.0 31 May 2023
Working Document Series Open Access Nutritional and sensory quality of complementary foods developed from Ethiopian staple grains and insect bee larvae (Apis mellifera) J.N Kinyuru · S. A. Mekuria · B.K. Mokua · M.W. Tenagashaw Complementary feeding could be a method of providing different foods when breast milk alone is not any longer enough to satisfy the nutritional demand of the infant, and so food and liquids other than breast milk are needed. The objective … RUF-40289 2021 CC BY 4.0 31 May 2023
Working Document Series Open Access The effect of customary grazing management systems on rangeland carbon stock and sequestration in semiarid pastoral ecosystem system of Eastern Ethiopia H. H. Gebremedhn · T. Z Kelkay · Y. Tesfay · S. Tufa Customary rangeland management practices inherent to pastoralism have shaped rangeland environments for millennia and contributed to the mitigation and adaptation of climate changes. However, without generating estimates from site-specific… RUF-40201 CC BY 4.0 31 May 2023
Working Document Series Open Access African subsistence farmers’ perceptions on rainfall change trends and adaptation strategies on crop production in Tigray Region, North Ethiopia A. Addisu · D. A. Amwata · D. Olago · S. Oriaso +1 more Water is becoming the most pressing issues for global crop production and food supply and this poses risks on how to feed the rapidly growing global population. The issues of climate and its impacts are now a big challenges for famers that… RUF-40043 2023 CC BY 4.0 15 May 2023
Working Document Series Open Access Effect of refugees and host communities on the natural resource degradation: A case study on Hitsats Kebele, northern Ethiopia M. Biedemariam · T. Gebretinsae · M. Hagazi · H. Haileselassie +2 more Land based subsistent farming has been practiced in Ethiopia, particularly in the Northern parts where Eritrean refugees and host communities are many. Natural resource degradation due to recurrent cutting down trees for cooking and baking… RUF-39588 2018 CC BY 4.0 29 Jun 2022
Journal articles Open Access Grazing exclosures increase soil organic carbon stock at a rate greater than “4 per 1000” per year across agricultural landscapes in Northern Ethiopia H. Abrha · N. M. Adem · A. Berhe · Birhane Emiru +9 more The establishment of grazing exclosures is widely practiced to restore degraded agricultural lands and forests. Here, we evaluated the potential of grazing exclosures to contribute to the “4 per 1000” initiative by analyzing the changes in… RUF-39294 2021 CC BY 4.0 15 Jun 2021
Journal articles Open Access Structural diversity consistently mediates species richness effects on aboveground carbon along altitudinal gradients in northern Ethiopian grazing exclosures H. Abrha · N. M. Adem · A. Berhe · Birhane Emiru +8 more Grazing exclosures have been promoted as an effective and low-cost land management strategy to recover vegetation and associated functions in degraded landscapes in the tropics. While grazing exclosures can be important reservoirs of biodi… RUF-39283 2021 CC BY 4.0 7 Jun 2021
Working Document Series Open Access Effect of banana peels on chicken weight gain and egg production in the urban and peri-urban areas of Aksum City, Ethiopia S.G. Gebrechristos · G.A. Haileselassie · V.O. Wasonga High feed cost of running urban-animal-agriculture and huge city wastes are challenges of the growing towns in modern Ethiopia. Egg production microenterprise is steadily growing due to its low initial investment and ready market in urban … RUF-39056 2018 CC BY 4.0 25 Feb 2021
Working Document Series Open Access Climate change and smallholder livestock production: Impacts and adaptation Strategies in Ethiopia A. Habtemariam · P. Kibwika · F. Kyazze Ethiopia is one of the countries most affected by climate change since its economy mainly relies on agriculture. In Ethiopia agriculture is characterized by subsistence farming, virtually rain-fed, dominated by cereal crop, cattle and goat… RUF-39053 2018 CC BY 4.0 25 Feb 2021
Working Document Series Open Access Integrated watershed intervention in improving livelihood and natural resource management in Western Amhara Region, Ethiopia H. Assefa · T. Feyisa · D.Y. Tilahun An integrated watershed management was implemented in the Amhara region of Ethiopia mainly to improve natural resource conservation and livelihoods in the region’s watersheds. The study was specifically conducted in West Gojjam and South G… RUF-39032 2018 CC BY 4.0 25 Feb 2021
Technical reports Open Access Gender-Based Assessments of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Ecosystem in Ethiopia Dereje, K. Moges Science, technology and innovations (STI) are important contributors to sustainable development. STI has been proved to be an important prerequisite for the social and economic transformations that enable sustainable economic growth, human… RUF-38819 2020 CC BY 4.0 3 Nov 2020
Journal articles Open Access How social capital can inform targeting formal social safety net interventions in vulnerable communities in eastern Ethiopia: an ethnographic case study S. E. Getachew · Jemal Yousuf Hassen · P. Kibwika · B. B. Obaa Safety nets in Ethiopia are targeted and delivered in a context in which informal social capital practices also operate. But the role of social relations is largely overlooked in welfare programming. Understanding how social capital is mob… RUF-38815 2020 CC BY 4.0 16 Oct 2020
Journal articles Open Access Correlation and path analysis of yield, yield contributing and malt quality traits of Ethiopian sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) genotypes L. Berhane · M.H. Firew · H.M. Gobezayohu · P.S.V. Ramesh +1 more Sorghum is a drought tolerant C4 tropical crop with wide diversity grown for food, feed and beverages. There is a growing demand for food and malt type sorghum varieties due to the low supply of mat barley, and climate resilient and gluten… RUF-38101 2019 CC BY 4.0 19 Aug 2019
Journal articles Open Access Genetic variability for malting quality, yield and yield related traits of Ethiopian sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] genotypes L. Berhane · M.H. Firew · H.M. Gobezayohu · T.M. Taye Sorghum is drought tolerant C4 tropical crop with wide diversity grown for food, feed and beverages. There is a growing demand for food and malt type sorghum varieties due to the low supply of mat barley, climate resilient and gluten free … RUF-38098 2019 CC BY 4.0 19 Aug 2019
Working Document Series Open Access Household level determinants of adoption speed of soil fertility boosting technology: a duration analysis approach of compost in Toke Kutaye District of West Shawa Zone, Oromiya, Ethiopia R.M. Bulti In the study of technology adoption and determination of smallholder farmer’s adoption of an introduced technology at given point in time, the employment of ‘Binary settings of logit and probit’ is a commonly used methodology. This static … RUF-37761 2016 CC BY 4.0 30 Oct 2018
Working Document Series Open Access The use of mobile phone in camel marketing: The case of Babille district of Fafan zone, Somali region, Ethiopia Tofik Ifrah This study assessed the use of a mobile phone in camel marketing in Babille district, Fafan zone, Somali region, Ethiopia. A random sample of 130 households was selected from two purposively selected areas (kebeles) in Babille district. De… RUF-37510 2016 CC BY 4.0 10 Apr 2018
Working Document Series Open Access Genetic variation in durum wheat in N-use efficiency and heritability of traits at different N fertilizer application levels W. Bayu · M. Belay · T. Dessalegn Twelve durum wheat (Triticum durum L.) genotypes were evaluated for Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) and related traits using two rates of nitrogen fertilizer application (69 kg N ha-1 and 115 kg N ha-1) in a randomized complete block design … RUF-37477 2016 CC BY 4.0 10 Apr 2018
Working Document Series Open Access Competitiveness of selected pasture plant species with parthenium weed Mengistu Alemayehu · N. Lisanework · I Mehdi A study was conducted to investigate competitiveness of pasture species grown in combination with parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) at varying density levels at Tony farm, Haramaya University in Ethiopia using a factorial Rando… RUF-37476 2016 CC BY 4.0 10 Apr 2018
Theses & Dissertations Open Access Simulating development, biomass and yield of tef (Quncho variety) using FAO’s AquaCrop model: a case study in Mekelle area Haileselassie Hailay The experiment was carried out in the northern Ethiopia at Mekelle University Main campus in 2012. The objectives were to evaluate the effect of fertilizer and water level on yield and yield component as well as to simulate, development, b… RUF-37392 2013 CC BY 4.0 21 Mar 2018
