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Prevalence of Substance Addiction and its Predictor Variables among Youth from Selected Kebeles in JarsoWoreda, Western Wollega Zone, South Western Ethiopia Thesis

Motile Duressa (2019-10)

The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of addiction and its predictor variables among youths in Jarso woreda. Community based cross sectional study design used to conducted this study from August 2017 ...

Status of Municipal Solid Waste Management in Sibo sub-urban and Bure Town, Bure District,Ilu Aba Bora Zone,South West Ethiopia. Thesis

Ayele Negesse (2020-02)

Waste management is the specific name for the collection, transportation, and removal or recycling and controlling of waste. Environmentally acceptable management of municipal solid waste has become a global challenge ...

Anopheline mosquito species composition, density, longevity and malaria prevalence around Gilgel-Gibe area, Southwest Ethiopia Thesis

Alemayehu Dagne (2014-12)

Background: Ethiopia has recently constructed dams to produce electricity, irrigate farmlands and control flood to reduce poverty and sustain economic growth, this may result in elevated malaria transmission. In this ...

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Soil-Transmitted Helminths among School Children at Goro Primary School, South West Shewa, Ethiopia Thesis

Tigist Tiruneh (2020-01)

Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STHs), also known as Geohelminthes, are human parasitic nematodes thatneed soil contact for their egg development and become infectious. Soil-transmitted helminths are widespread in ...

Oportunities And Constraints Of Beekeeping Practices In Bedele District, Illu Aba Bora Zone; Southwest Ethiopia Thesis

Ketema Yadeta (2015-10)

with animal development and health Officer and development agents of Bedele District were used to identify the study sites. Twelve (30%) of the 41 kebeles in the district were selected purposefully for this study. The ...

Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Farmers on the effect of Barley Shoot Fly Delia spp (Diptera: anthomyidae) and Population Dynamics and its Abundance on Barley in Keshelu Kebele of Yem Special Administrative District, SNNPR, Ethiopia Thesis

Tigist Woldehana (2014-12)

Barley is the fifth most important crop after teff, maize, sorghum and wheat in Ethiopia. However, barley is attacked by different pests and causes a great yield loss. Barley shoot fly (Delia species) is a major pest of ...

Woody Species Diversity and Structure of Aba Sena Natural Forest, Gimbi District, West Wollega Zone, Ethiopia Thesis

Tekle Fekadu Etefa (2018-11)

The study was conducted in West Wollega, Gimbi District aimed at generating data on woody species diversity, Structure and community types of Aba Sena Natural forest. Five transect lines having a distance of 500 m from ...

Woody species diversity and aboveground live carbon storage in different land use type of Shabe Sombo District, Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia Thesis

Megersa Deresa (2017-06)

This study was conducted on woody species diversity and aboveground live carbon storage under different land use types of Shabe Sombo District, Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia, in 2017. The objectives of this study were, ...

Woody Species Composition and Structure of the Gurra Farda Forest, Snnpr, South Wastern Ethiopia Article

Kitessa Hundera; Bishaw Deboch (2008-03)

Deforestation have been taking place in Ethiopia for hundreds of years. The chief reasons given for reduction of the forest area are uncontrolled exploitation, shifting cultivation, forest fires and the expansion of ...

Woody Plant Species Diversity And Abundance In Gonbiso Natural Forest, Bore District, Guji Zone, Oromia Regional State, Southern Ethiopia Thesis

Behailu Eshetu (2014-09)

Forest ecosystems provide numerous ecological services and economic benefits to many national economies in the world. Gonbiso Natural forest is one of the few remaining Evergreen moist Afromontane forests in the southern ...

Validating and Linking the GIMMS Leaf Area Index (LAI3g) with Environmental Controls in Tropical Africa Article

Marion Pfeifer; Veronique Lefebvre; Alemu Gonsamo, etal (2014-03)

The recent Global Inventory Modeling and Mapping Studies (GIMMS) LAI3g product provides a 30-year global times-series of remotely sensed leaf area index (LAI), an essential variable in models of ecosystem process and ...

Trend Analysis Of Malaria Prevalence In Relation To Climate Variables In Mettu Town, Oromia Region, South West Ethiopia. Thesis

Fikadu Alehegn (2015-10)

Malaria is a major global health concern. It is also one of the leading causes of illness and death in Ethiopia. A retrospective study was conducted to determine malaria prevalence in relation to climate variables in the ...

Traditional medicinal plant knowledge and use by local healers in Sekoru District, Jimma Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia Article

Delenasaw Yewhalaw; Haile Yineger (2007-06)

The knowledge and use of medicinal plant species by traditional healers was investigated in Sekoru District, Jimma Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia from December 2005 to November 2006. Traditional healers of the study area were ...

Therapeutic potential of bacteriophage isolated From sewage to rescue Escherichia coli infection In Swiss mice (Mus musculus) Thesis

Adugna Leta (2014-10)

E. coli is a gram negative enteric bacillus which is the causes of enteritis, urinary tract infection, septicemia and other clinical infections including neonatal meningitis. Moreover, it is also associated with diarrhoea ...

Therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine for treatment Of Plasmodium vivax malaria cases in Halaba District, South Ethiopia Article

Tsige Ketema; Kefelegn Getahun; Ketema Bacha (2011)

Background: Chloroquine is an anti-malarial drug being used to treat Plasmodium vivax malaria cases in Ethiopia. However, emergence of chloroquine resistant strains of the parasite has challenged the current efficacy of ...

Termite diversity, abundance, distribution and level of damage on Bean crop (Phaseolus vulgaris) andon housing structurein Yem district, SNNPRS,South Ethiopia Thesis

Addisu Shewaye (2015-08)

The aim of this study was to determine termitediversity, abundance, distribution and Level of damage on Bean crop (P. vulgaris) andhousing structurein Yem district, SNNPR, South West Ethiopia. A longitudinal study was ...

Ten Years Trend Analysis of Malaria Prevalence in Relation to Climatic Variables in Sibu Sire District, East Wollega Zone, Oromia regional State, Western Ethiopia: A retrospective Study Thesis

Temesgen Gemechu (2014-09)

Malaria is one of the most devastating diseases in the World and caused by a protozoan parasite of the genus Plasmodium. The species of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax are the two predominant malaria parasite ...

Survey of medicinal plants used to treat human diseases in seka chekorsa, Jimma Zone, Ethiopia Article

Mesfin Tadesse; Debela Hunde; Yehenew Getachew (2015-07)

More than 80% of people in developing countries depend on traditional medicine for their primary health care. Ethiopia is home for a number of traditional knowledge on traditional medicine. Among resources utilized by ...

Supplemental feed formulation for the best growth performance of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pisces: Cichlidae) in pond culture system Article

Firew Admasu; Abebe Getahun; Mulugeta Wakjira (2017-04)

Aquaculture remains virtually nonexistent in Ethiopia despite the nation’s suitable natural and socio-economic conditions to support its development. One of the major setbacks to the sector’s development in the country is ...

A study on the proximate composition and mineral distribution in tissues of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from Gilgel Gibe Reservoir, south-west Ethiopia Thesis

Sagni Gobena (2019-06)

Fish is the most important food valued for its nutritional qualities. It is rich in protein, vitamins, polyunsaturated fatty acids and minerals. Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the most abundant and commercially ...

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