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Understanding and managing bacterial wilt and late blight of potato in Ethiopia: combining an innovation systems approach and a collective action perspective
This thesis was conducted in the above-mentioned context. It contributes to understanding what
social and biophysical conditions spread the disease and aggravate its incidence, and how it can
be controlled through social, ...
Review of sheep crossbreeding based on exotic sires and among indigenous breeds in the tropics: An Ethiopian perspective
The objective of this review paper is to examine whether or not sheep crossbreeding is a feasible option to improve indigenous sheep breeds in developing countries using Ethiopian case as example. The paper reviewed and ...
Barley Yield Gaps, Varietal Adoption, and Seed Commercial Behavior of Smallholder Farmers in Ethiopia
Barley (food and malt) is among the most
important crops for food and nutritional
security of smallholders’ farmers in the
mixed crop-livestock farming systems
in the highlands of Ethiopia. Barley is
normally grown twice ...
Report on trainings organized to smallholder farmers, researchers and extension staff in Ethiopia on implementation of community-based breeding programs and dissemination of improved genetics
Community-based sheep and goat breeding programs (CBBPs) are being implemented in
Ethiopia since 2009. These pilot programs were found to be successful.
Challenging structures: gender transformative interventions by livestock CRP in Ethiopia
Introduction: This study is a review of secondary literature that has been
synthesized to extract information and demonstrate the implementation and
impact of community conversations (CCs) on gender aspects of social ...
Pathways to Empowerment: Case Studies of Positive Deviances in Gender Relations in Ethiopia
Development eforts have increased women’s perceived empowerment and free dom, yet have failed to sustainably alter gender norms. There is a lack of research
investigating reasons for this anomaly. This study, departing ...
Summary Report of the DryArc – Australia Dialogue on dryland cereal-based and agro-silvo pastoral systems transformation and Research and Development Interface, August-September 2020
This brief summary report presents highlights and key messages from the three webinars -
Webinar 1: Plugging the rainfed gap and de-risking sustainable intensification in cereal-based systems (including legumes, forages ...
Livestock Genomics for Developing Countries – African Examples in Practice
African livestock breeds are numerous and diverse, and typically well adapted to the harsh environment conditions under which they perform. They have been used over centuries to provide livelihoods as well as food and ...
Empowerment resources, decision-making and gender attitudes: which matter most to livestock keepers in the mixed and livestock-based systems in Ethiopia?
Women's empowerment constitutes an important aspect of the development agenda. Although it is highly contextual in nature, empowerment literature so far has focussed on identifying factors associated with empowerment, ...
Small ruminant value chain and empowerment: a gendered baseline study from Ethiopia
Introduction: Despite growing interest in gender analysis in value chains, comparatively few studies have analyzed gender relations in small ruminant value chains using sex-disaggregated quantitative data in livestock-based ...