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مقالة
Estimating acid soil effects on selected cereal crop productivities in Ethiopia: Comparing economic cost-effectiveness of lime and fertilizer applications
Acid soils are a major constraint to agricultural productivity in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia. Restoring soil pH to optimal ranges for agriculture can have a significant impact on yields, particularly for acid intolerant crops like wheat and barley. The application of agricultural lime is the standard corrective,...
Ethiopia
2021
مقال صحفي
Does it pay to switch from free grazing to stall feeding? Impact of stall feeding practice on household welfare in Tigrai Ethiopia
In this paper, efforts were made to the impact of full and seasonal stall feeding technology on households’ economic, ecological, and social welfare outcome indicators in rural Northern Ethiopia using data obtained from the survey of 518 rural farmers. In order to address our primary objective, an endogenous switching regression...
Ethiopia
2021
الممارسات
La mise en place d'une pépinière d'arbres
La mise en place de pépinières d’arbres, des terrains où l’on plante de jeunes arbres qu’on cultive jusqu’à ce qu’ils puissent être transplantés, pourraient satisfaire la demande croissante de populations en Afrique orientale qui se trouvent confronter à l’épuisement de ressources arbustes. Ces populations dépendent de forêts et d’arbres pour...
Ethiopia
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
الممارسات
Use of sorghum stover as dry season fodder for ruminants
Cereal stovers are widely used for feeding ruminant livestock, and in semi-arid areas sorghum stover may be an important part of livestock diets during the dry season, helping to maintain condition and increase survival. Bird-resistant varieties of sorghum have been bred for use in semi-arid zones to increase yields of...
Ethiopia
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
الممارسات
Improved grazing land
Improved grazing land management is vital to increasing food security and alleviating poverty. It also provides environmental benefits. To address these problems, the national Soil and Water Conservation (SWC) programme in Ethiopia initiated a grazing land management project in 2000. Implementation of the technology includes the initial delineating of the...
Ethiopia
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
الممارسات
Dried meat techniques: examples from different regions
Drying meat under natural temperatures, humidity and circulation of the air, including direct influence of sun rays, is the oldest method of meat preservation. However, various methods, typical for different regions, exist to produce dried meat with or without additional treatment. The following examples of dried meat techniques are part...
Ethiopia
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
تقرير
Agroecology and Markets – Stories from the field
How wide are the agroecology ripples?
We cannot talk about food sovereignty without mentioning the role of mass markets on which the majority of people depend on their income and food. These markets have demonstrated their relevance during the COVID-19 era by strengthening rural-urban linkages. Mass markets have been the main avenue through which rural people...
Cameroon - Ethiopia - Ghana - Kenya - Lesotho - Mozambique - Nigeria - Senegal - Sudan - Uganda - Zambia
2020 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty (AFSA)
مقالة في مدونة إلكترونية
COVID-19 is shifting consumption and disrupting dairy value chains in Ethiopia
COVID-19 has disrupted food systems in many countries; however, as we are learning, the impacts vary and are driven by a variety of factors. In general, labor-intensive and perishable food supply chains are most susceptible. Agajie Tesfaye, Yetimwork Habte, and Bart Minten provide results from a qualitative assessment of dairy...
Ethiopia
2020 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
كتاب
Ethiopia's agrifood system: Past trends, present challenges, and future scenarios
Ethiopia has experienced impressive agricultural growth and poverty reduction, stemming in part from substantial public investments in agriculture. Yet, the agriculture sector now faces increasing land and water constraints along with other challenges to growth. Ethiopia’s Agrifood System: Past Trends, Present Challenges, and Future Scenarios presents a forward-looking analysis of...
Ethiopia
2020 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
الممارسات
Hay Box Brooder: a milestone to increase rural households poultry production
Using the hay-box chick brooder is a simple technique which conserves the metabolic heat produced by the chicks, and thus keeping them warm. Unlike other brooders, this device does not require coal, oil, or electricity for heating. The following description gives detailed information on how to build and manage the...
Ethiopia
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
دراسة حالة
Securing the livelihoods of small-scale farmers in Ethiopia
Water is one of the most scarce resources for African farmers. Access to enough water in semi-arid regions is a huge challenge and shortages can lead to the loss of lives and livelihoods in times of drought. With climate change, water conservation will only become more imperative. Ethiopia has one...
Ethiopia
2020 - The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa
الممارسات
Establishing a tree nursery, East Africa
Many people in Eastern Africa depend on forests and trees to meet various needs. With growing populations, these resources are being rapidly depleted. Many farmers want to plant trees but cannot readily obtain high-quality tree seedlings. Establishing a tree nursery can help to meet this demand and provide you with...
Ethiopia
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
تقرير
Farmer-herder conflict in sub-Saharan Africa?
This report responds to heightened concerns over rising levels of farmer-herder conflict across a wide band of semi-arid Africa. We assess the quantitative evidence behind this general impression and review the explanations in the scientific literature, in the light of known issues with long-standing attitudes towards pastoralism and mobile populations....
Chad - Ethiopia - Kenya - Mali - Senegal - Uganda
2020 - International Institute for Environment and Development
مقال صحفي
Farmer-led approaches to increasing tree diversity in fields and farmed landscapes in Ethiopia
Increasing tree cover and managing trees better on farms in Ethiopia supports livelihoods and the environment but most tree-planting schemes promote only a few species. This research aimed to understand farmers’ tree planting priorities in Oromia, Ethiopia and address challenges involved in meeting them. Tree species and planting niches were...
Ethiopia
2020
كتاب
Resilience analysis of pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in South Sudan’s cross-border areas with Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
“Strengthening the Livelihoods Resilience of Pastoral and Agropastoral Communities in South Sudan’s Cross-border Areas with Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda” is a three-year project funded by European Union that aims to improve governance and conflict prevention to reduce forced displacement and irregular migration in the cross-border areas of South Sudan....
Ethiopia - Kenya - Sudan - Uganda
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
موجز في السياسات/ وثيقة في السياسات
Becoming an agroecologist – fostering social learning and responsible action for sustainable food systems
This brief is based on experience gained from the Master’s Programme in Agroecology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in particular, and on contributions from our partner programmes at Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) and Martyrs University in Uganda (UMU). The brief provides an overview of agroecology,...
Ethiopia - Uganda
2019 - Stockholm Environment Institute, Master’s Programme in Agroecology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative (SIANI)
مشروع
Promoting Alternatives to Migration for Rural Youth in Ethiopia and Tunisia
The project aimed to address the adverse drivers of migration in two target countries, Tunisia and Ethiopia, which are particularly prone to rural outmigration of youth, while at the same time harnessing the development potential of migratory movements. In particular, the project focused on the promotion of innovative mechanisms to...
Ethiopia - Tunisia
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
متنوّعات
Identification of best practices (positive deviant cases) in gender relations and their role in overcoming gender-based constraints (GBCs) among livestock keepers in Ethiopia
Positive deviant practices in gender relations and other livelihood aspects being practiced by women and men against the normative gender relations include women assuming the “role of men” in farm operations such as ploughing, harvesting and threshing; women speaking in public; couples sharing every decision and participating together in social...
Ethiopia
2019
صحيفة وقائع
Country factsheet on small family farms: Ethiopia
The Smallholder Farmers’ Data portrait is a comprehensive, systematic and standardized data set on the profile of smallholder farmers across the world.
This Factsheet generates an overview on how small family farmers in Ethiopia live their lives by using the Data Portrait, putting an emphasis on the constraints they face, the...
Ethiopia
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
مقالة في مدونة إلكترونية
The real seed producers
Small-scale farmers save, use, share and enhance the seed diversity of the crops that feed Africa
This report unpacks and explores farmer-managed seed systems and their contribution to food and seed sovereignty, including the benefits they provide to farming communities as a part of their sociocultural, economic, spiritual and ecological livelihoods. The report highlights, exposes and explores how these systems work. It builds on reports of...
Ethiopia - Mali - Senegal - Uganda - Zambia - Zimbabwe
2018 - AFSA
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