Factors Impeding Effective Crop Production in Ethiopia

Perspectives on Food Crop Production for Combating Famine in Ethiopia

Feeding the ever-growing Ethiopian population with the continuously shrinking land holdings and nutrient depleted soils is going to be very difficult to say the least. The realistic option under the current Ethiopian scenario is to increase the food productivity per unit of land. The science and the technological options available to realize higher productivity than what the average Ethiopian f...

Indigenous Sheep Production in Ethiopia: A Review

Research results and facts of indigenous sheep production were reviewed with the aim of delivering relevant information for the beneficiaries. The common production system used in Ethiopia was the extensive type, which was characterized by small flock sizes and the flock being periodically devastated by diseases. Some indigenous sheep groups of the country were characterized and their names wer...

Iterative Planning Processes; Supporting and impeding factors

Basically, using the phrase “iterative” means there is a stepwise movement towards a (the) goal, instead of a “momentary leap” from problem to solution, where, at intervals, the situation is evaluated and necessary steps are taken to ensure the process is “on track” towards the solution. Such steps will normally be like loops, where you go backwards in the step-line and kind of “run it through ...

Crop Production in India

Climate change, crop production and child under nutrition in Ethiopia; a longitudinal panel study

BACKGROUND The amount and distribution of rainfall and temperature influences household food availability, thus increasing the risk of child under nutrition. However, few studies examined the local spatial variability and the impact of temperature and rainfall on child under nutrition at a smaller scale (resolution). We conducted this study to evaluate the effect of weather variables on child u...