Sintayehu Legesse; Kassa Tadele; Bogale G Mariam(2015)
This study was carried out in Didessa catchment, which is situated in the south-west part of Blue Nile River Basin.
This part of the basin is very important due to the location of the place where different water resources ...
Decline in soil fertility has become a serious problem affecting all spheres of social, economic
and political life of the Ethiopia population. This problem is continuing and natural resource
base is deteriorating at ...
Soil fertility plays a key role in crop production. However, due to intensive and continuous
cultivation of agricultural land in Ethiopia, soil fertility has been decline. Therefore, the
objective of this study was to ...
Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica L.) plays vital role in the Ethiopian economy. Quarter of the
people in the country in one way or the other derives their livelihood from coffee production,
processing or its trading. ...
Management of Agricultural byproducts, such as coffee husk, in developing countries is
challenging due to their high transportation and handling costs and hence becoming major
sources of environmental pollution. The ...
This review aims to compile the past, present and future trends of participatory small-scale irrigation
schemes (PSSIS) and small-scale rainwater harvesting technology (SSRWHT) development to ensure
household food security ...
South Western Ethiopia is a major coffee growing region with coffee refineries located along
rivers water. With intensification of wet coffee processing and rampant waste discharge, an
increased pressure on fauna and ...
Good management of employee recruitment and selection, performance appraisal, supervisory
support, training and development, compensation and employment relationships are interpreted
positively by employees and this in ...
In Ethiopia, soil erosion by water constitutes to the most widespread and damaging
process of soil degradation. Several studies indicate that soil erosion and the associated
decline in soil fertility is developing into ...
Woody species conservation is an issue of scientific, economic, ecological and political
concern at global level. Farmland plays significant role in the woody species conservation.
The study was conducted to investigate ...
Wildlife researchers have been using radio-telemetry to track wild animal movement and behavior for long time.
To use this method, wild animals are captured, manipulated and carry the transmitter over an extended period ...
Land degradation is revealed in the form of vegetation and soil fertility degradation. It is
becoming a major ecological and agricultural problem in Ethiopia. To overcome the
problems of land degradation area exclosure ...
Managing the environment in which people live has become more complex. As a result millions of
people have become food insecure due to natural resource degradation. In the past few decades rehabilitation
efforts have ...
Homegardens are important reservoir of diversity of woody species and have immensely
contributed to in-situ conservation of plant genetic resources and provide a multiple contribution
for household. Traditionally, local ...
Wetlands historically played noticeable role in human civilizations and cultural development.
They are sources of food, tourism, cultural resources, help in flood control, improve
hydrological quality, and hot spots of ...
The study was conducted in Soro woreda, to investigate local people’s knowledge, attitude and
practice towards land degradation and conservation efforts.In order to achieve the above stated
objectives both primary and ...
Gambella Regional State in general and specifically Lare District has a huge potential of useful
plants which provide food, healthcare and other multi-purpose benefits to local people. However,
information on different ...
Though Boye and Kitto wetlands have critical roles in providing a range of ecological and
socio-economic benefits, due to increasing anthropogenic disturbances, notably through
agriculture, settlement, intensive grazing, ...
The paper estimates the value of improvement of wetland quality using choice experiment approach of
stated preference valuation techniques. The study is based on household level data collected in 2011
from 120 randomly ...