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 Ecological and gender impacts of land use cover change in Southern Ethiopia: Review S.A. Zenebe The rapid rate of land use and land cover change and associated dramatic dynamics over the past decades, has caused the fear that it will be one of the major environmental challenges facing the Earth over the next century. Land cover chang… RUF-40701 2019 CC BY 4.0 17 Nov 2023
Working Document Series Open Access Impacts of agricultural land expansion on deforestation and biodiversity loss in Ethiopia: A review M. Biedemariam · B. Demissie · Birhane Emiru · T. Tadesse Future food demand worldwide can be achieved by increasing production. The increase in agricultural production can in turn be achieved by agricultural intensification and /or extensification. However, agricultural extensification has been … RUF-40699 2019 CC BY 4.0 17 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 Land use and land cover dynamics in Ethiopia: a review A. Abich · Z. Argado The objective of this review paper is to examine time series land use land cover change in Ethiopia. In the country, most Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) change studies have conducted at catchment level less than 43810 ha. It is thus diffic… RUF-40518 2019 CC BY 4.0 7 Jun 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
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
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
Working Document Series Open Access Constraints affecting production and post-harvest handling of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) in Ethiopia F. Gurmu · S. Hussein · M. Laing Sweetpotato is an important food security crop for millions of households in sub- Saharan Africa. However, its production is constrained by a number of biotic, abiotic and socioeconomic factors. The objective of this study was to assess an… RUF-37810 2016 CC BY 4.0 1 Nov 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
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
Theses & Dissertations Open Access Evaluation of the synergistic effect of host plant resistance, rhizobial inoculant and trichoderma on orobanche infestation of faba beans (Vicia faba l.) in Southern Tigray, Ethiopia Berhane Tsehaye Broomrape (Orobanche crenata F.) has been seriously limiting faba bean production in northern Ethiopia. As a result there is a need to further enhance faba bean production through the development of management options that can be effective… RUF-37297 2017 CC BY 4.0 14 Dec 2017
TAGDev Resources Open Access Honeybee production practices in Sekota district, northern Ethiopia A. Bezabih · Eyassu Seifu · Alemu Tewodros This study was conducted to assess honeybee production practices in Sekota district, northern Ethiopia. The district comprises a total of 33 kebeles (peasant associations at the lowest admistrative level) which were classified into three h… RUF-37204 2017 CC BY 4.0 27 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Strengthening rural households hygiene and sanitation in developing countries using locally available resource: Aloe vera soap production in Negash Kebele, Tigray, Ethiopia D. Gebregziabher · B. Gebremicheal · G. Kidu · H. Muruts In Ethiopia local communities widely utilize natural resources, but local innovative knowledge on utilization of natural resource by communities usually takes long time even centuries to be implemented. Use of Aloe vera plant for hygiene a… RUF-37107 2016 CC BY 4.0 19 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Pre and post-harvest management practices of groundnut and their implication to aflatoxin management in Tigray, Ethiopia B. Abrha · Dereje Assefa · H. GebreEgzabher · Meles Kiros +3 more In Ethiopia, groundnut is the second most important lowland oilseed after sesame, and has become an important high value crop grown in the dryland areas of the Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia. However its production is considerably low an… RUF-37097 2016 CC BY 4.0 19 Sep 2017
Theses & Dissertations Open Access Characterization of rainfall and temperature variability and their impact on teff [Eragrostis tef (zucc.)] production at Kersa District of Jimma Zone, Ethiopia Gemechu Raga Osena Climate variability is affecting the whole world and its threat is greater in Ethiopia because of its less adaptive capacity and deepened poverty.This study was there fore designed to investigate the impact of rainfall and temperature vari… RUF-36609 2016 CC BY 4.0 16 Mar 2017
Theses & Dissertations Open Access Symbiotic effectiveness of Elite rhizobia strains on productivity of improved chickpea (Cicer arietinum l.) Varieties. Case of Debre zeit and Wolayta sodo, Ethiopia. Funga Alemu Assefa Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), is a multi-functional crop with important role in the diet as affordable protein source and in sustaining soil fertility through nitrogen fixation. However, its productivity in Ethiopia of 1.9 t ha-1 is lower… RUF-36535 2016 CC BY 4.0 8 Dec 2016
Working Document Series Open Access The benefits and productivity of cereal-legume intercropping with and without supplementary irrigation in the semi-arid highlands of Tigray, Ethiopia A. Araya · G. Girmay · E. Solomon · T. Yemane Low soil fertility and limited water availability are the major hampering factors to crop production in the semi arid highlands of Ethiopia. Thus poverty and hunger is evident to the ever increasing population in the country. Comprehensiv… RUF-36332 2016 CC BY 4.0 20 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Enhancement of barley productivity through improved crop management practices in the semi-arid highlands of northern Ethiopi A. Addis · Kebede Afewerk · T. Alemtsehay · Dereje Assefa +2 more Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is among the important cereal crops cultivated annually on 1.02 million ha of land in Ethiopia. However, its productivity is low (1.9 t ha-1) compared to the potential attainable yield (5.3 ton ha-1) due to water s… RUF-36259 2016 CC BY 4.0 18 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Integrated management of broomrape and seed and soil borne diseases of faba bean in northern Ethiopia Kiros-Meles Ayimut · G/medhin Genet · Araya Tesfay · Berhane Tsehaye Broomrape (Orobanche crenata) and fungal diseases are among the most limiting factors to faba bean production particularly in northern Ethiopia with a serious impact on household food-security. The absence of a legume rotation crop contrib… RUF-36254 2016 CC BY 4.0 18 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access The role of mobile phones in accessing agricultural information by smallholder farmers in Ethiopia M. Amir · W. Muluken · N. Peter Information and communication issues have been key topics for agricultural education and extension for decades. Farmers need information on weather forecasts, inputs, improved cultivation practices, pest and disease management and market p… RUF-36164 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access African Center of Excellence for Climate Smart Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation at Haramaya University (ClimateSABC) Bedadi. Bobe · Kibret. Kibebew · Wogi. Lemma · Eshetu. Mitiku +5 more Climate change is a global issue posing challenges to sustainable agriculture, biodiversity and development. The impacts of climate change are pronounced in Eastern and Southern African countries more than any other regions of the continen… RUF-36130 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016
Theses & Dissertations Open Access Effects of soil incorporated faba bean and soybean biomass on yields of subsequent maize in Western Ethiopia Tolera Goshu Abera The decline of soil fertility is severe in western Ethiopia due to inappropriate cropping practices (monocropping, unbalanced nutrient application, continuous cultivation, removal of crop residues from the fields and suboptimal of fertiliz… RUF-36016 2016 CC BY 4.0 31 Aug 2016
