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Resources Tagged: Ethiopia

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  1. Ethiopia : Famine Food Field Guide

    Rural people of Ethiopia are endowed with a deep knowledge concerning the use of wild plants. This is particularly true for the use of medicinal plants, but also for wild plants, some of which are consumed at times of drought, war and other hardship. Elders and other knowledgeable community...
    Ethiopia Wild Plants Medicinal Plants Food Security Famine Food Stress Wild Food East Africa

  2. Manual of Highland Ethiopian Trees

    2001-01-01 The SIM Forestry study Project began in 1999 to bring together various sources of information about highland Ethiopian trees and shrubs, and to identify trees and shrubs that should be further propagated.
    Trees Ethiopia Botany

  3. Geisho, its uses, production potential and problems in northern Tigray, Ethiopia

    The aim of this book is to bring about increases in the income and welfare of poor peasant farmers in that area through community-irented, self-reliant and sustainable approach to rural development.
    Tree crops Ethiopia Cash Crops

  4. The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA)

    The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA)is a not-for-profit sub-regional organization of the National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) of 11 member countries, namely: Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia,...
    Burundi Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Madagascar Rwanda South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda DRC East Africa

  5. Research capacity for local innovation: the case of conservation agriculture in Ethiopia, Malawi and Mozambique

    Abstract -The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension- Feb, 2018 Purpose:The limited uptake of improved agricultural practices in Africa raise questions on the functionality of current agricultural research systems. Our purpose is to explore the capacity for local innovation within the...
    Conservation Agric... Ethiopia Malawi Mozambique

  6. Challenges and Opportunities of Seed Multiplication in Eastern Tigray Ethiopia

    Abstract, Journal of Biology, 2015 Seed is the most important agricultural input and it is the basic unit for distribution and maintenance of plant population. Improved crop varieties play a critical role in agricultural intensification. In Ethiopia, as in many other countries in sub-Saharan...
    Ethiopia Genetic Potential

  7. Sugarcane production under smallholder farming systems: Farmers preferred traits, constraints and genetic resources

    Abstract,Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2016 Smallholder sugarcane production sector is under researched and underdeveloped with limited industrial link and support. The objectives of this study were to assess the current state of sugarcane production, farmers’ perceived production constraints...
    Sugarcane Ethiopia

  8. Agroforestry in Ethiopia: A Literacy Review With Emphasis on Certain Species

    1989-01-01 This paper begins with an overview of Ethiopian geography, climate, agriculture, vegetation, and soils. The following section contains a summary of the evaluations made on the trees studied; in that section research methods are stated. The final section of the main body of the paper is a review...
    Agroforestry Ethiopia Useful Tree Agroforestry Systems Tree Planting

  9. Climate-Change Policy Narratives vs. Pastoralists in Ethiopia & Kenya

    Drawing on case studies in Ethiopia and Kenya, the paper “Climate change policy narratives and pastoralist predicaments in the Horn of Africa: insights from Ethiopia and Kenya” (2021, 4pp), presented by Tom Campbell at the Joint International Grassland & Rangeland Congress 2021, examines the...
    Pastoralist Pastoral Systems Kenya Ethiopia Climate Change Policy Narratives Social Aspects

  10. Lower Seed Rates Favor Seed Multiplication Ratio with Minimal Impact on Seed Yield and Quality

    Abstract, Researchgate, 2015 Field and laboratory studies were conducted in split plot design of three replications to determine effects of four sowing rates (50, 75, 100, 125 kg ha-1) and three row spacing (10, 20, 30 cm) on seed multiplication ratio, seed yield, and seed quality of wheat at...
    Ethiopia