Using a multi-criteria optimization technique for system analysis, this paper quantitatively characterizes baseline production activities, resource management and environmental relationships of the mixed crop–livestock farming system at the Jaba micro-watershed, upper Blue Nile Basin, to get insi...
Getnet, Kindie
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[Sustainable intensification of small-scale agriculture in the upper Blue Nile basin: Multicriteria optimization of rainwater management strategies]
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Sustainable intensification of small-scale agriculture in the upper Blue Nile basin: Multicriteria optimization of rainwater management strategies
Fogera District, where the study focused, is endowed with diverse natural resources. It has huge potential water sources which are suitable for irrigation during the dry season for the production of horticultural crops mainly vegetables. However, there is a great market problem in the area associ...
Tamir, S.
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Getnet, Kindie
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Haji, J.
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[Impacts of brokerage institutions on the marketing of horticultural crops in Fogera district, Ethiopia]
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Impacts of brokerage institutions on the marketing of horticultural crops in Fogera district, Ethiopia
The present study was undertaken in Lao PDR to investigate the impacts of organic and clay-based soil amendments on maize yield, total nutrient uptake and crop water productivity (CWP), and analyze the economic return of such interventions. Structured field experiments were established over two c...
Mekuria, Wolde M.
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Noble, A.D.
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Hoanh, Chu Thai
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Sengtaheuanghoung, Oloth
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Sipaseuth, N.
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Douangsavanh, Somphasith
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Langan, Simon J.
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Getnet, Kindie
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[The potential role of soil amendments in increasing agricultural productivity and improving the livelihood of smallholders in Lao PDR]
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The potential role of soil amendments in increasing agricultural productivity and improving the livelihood of smallholders in Lao PDR
Small-scale farmers face numerous challenges to invest in natural resource management practices. The problems are interlinked, with such perverse economic problems as high transaction costs and risk rooted in the lack of comprehensive institutional and organizational services to farmers for risk ...
Using household survey data from Ethiopia, this paper evaluatesthe impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders’ technical efficiency. We usedpropensity score matching to compare the average difference in technical efficiencybetween cooperative member farmers and similar independent farmer...
Abate, Gashaw Tadesse
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Francesconi, Gian N.
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Getnet, Kindie
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[Impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency: empirical evidence from Ethiopia]
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Impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency: empirical evidence from Ethiopia
Getnet, Kindie
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[Livelihood and poverty impacts of RWMs: Analysis using Indexing Approach]
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Livelihood and poverty impacts of RWMs: Analysis using Indexing Approach
Getnet, Kindie
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Johnson, Nancy L.
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Njuki, Jemimah
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Peden, Donald G.
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Snyder, Katherine A.
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[Addressing livelihoods within the landscape in the Nile Basin]
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Addressing livelihoods within the landscape in the Nile Basin
MacAlister, C.
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Zemadim, Birhanu
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Erkossa, Teklu
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Haileslassie, Amare
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Fuka, D.
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Steenhuis, Tammo S.
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Seyoum, Solomon
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Hoff, H.
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Getnet, Kindie
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Johnson, Nancy L.
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[Water productivity impacts for the NBDC]
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Water productivity impacts for the NBDC
On-farm value addition to farm products is recognized and highly promoted through value chain approaches for its benefit in terms of improving farm income. Growing demand and high price for value added milk products, together with the availability of ample livestock resources, would p...
Kuma, B.
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Getnet, Kindie
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Baker, Derek
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Kassa, B.
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[Determinants of participation decisions and level of participation in farm level milk value addition: The case of smallholder dairy farmers in Ethiopia]
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Determinants of participation decisions and level of participation in farm level milk value addition: The case of smallholder dairy farmers in Ethiopia