Agricultural intensification of rainfed agriculture (Demeke et al, 1996)– especially of the dominant crop-livestock systems in the Blue Nile basin, management of the natural resource base and poverty alleviation have long been the targets of a vast array of research and development initiatives in...
Amede, Tilahun
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Ayele, Seife
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Njuki, Jemimah
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[N5: On coordination and multi-stakeholder platforms]
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N5: On coordination and multi-stakeholder platforms
The role of local and external institutions in natural resource management (NRM) is gaining attention in the literature, fostering greater understanding of the relationship between collective action and poverty, collective action and equity, and the conditions under which collective action instit...
German, L.
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Ayele, Seife
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Tanui, J.
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Nyangas, S.
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Taye, H.
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Admassu, Z.
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Mazengia, W.
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Tirwomwe, W.
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Begashaw, L.
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Tsegaye, M.
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Alinyo, F.
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Mekonnen, A.
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Aberra, K.
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Chemangeni, A.
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Cheptegei, W.
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Tolera, T.
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Jotte, Z.
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Bedane, K.
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[Enabling equitable collective action and policy change for poverty reduction and improved natural resource management in the Eastern African highlands]
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Enabling equitable collective action and policy change for poverty reduction and improved natural resource management in the Eastern African highlands
The historical emphasis on technological innovation as a pathway to rural development has obscured the institutional foundations of development – in this case, the role of local and external organizations in shaping patterns of benefits capture. Agrarian communities have a host of ways in which t...
German, L.
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Ayele, Seife
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Mazengia, W
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Tsegaye, M.
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Abere, K.
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Bedane, K.
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Geta, E.
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Tolera, T.
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Taye, H.
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[Institutional foundations of agricultural development in Ethiopia: drawing lessons from current practice for agricultural R&D]
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Institutional foundations of agricultural development in Ethiopia: drawing lessons from current practice for agricultural R&D
The highlands of Eastern Africa are characterized by high population densities and tightly coupled interactions between adjacent landscape units and users. Effective formal or informal natural resource governance is necessary to mitigate the potential negative social and environmental effects of ...
German, L.
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Mazengia, W
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Taye, H.
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Tsegaye, M.
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Ayele, Seife
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Charamila, S.
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Wickama, J.
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[Minimizing the Livelihood Trade-Offs of Natural Resource Management in the Eastern African Highlands: Policy Implications of a Project in “Creative Governance”]
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Minimizing the Livelihood Trade-Offs of Natural Resource Management in the Eastern African Highlands: Policy Implications of a Project in “Creative Governance”
German, L.
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Ayele, Seife
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Admassu, Z.
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[Managing linkages between communal rangelands and private cropland in the highlands of Eastern Africa: contributions to participatory integrated watershed management]
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Managing linkages between communal rangelands and private cropland in the highlands of Eastern Africa: contributions to participatory integrated watershed management
After a decade of global diffusion, and the realisation of some economic benefits, the environmental impact of Genetically Modified (GM) crop technologies remains inconclusive and a source of considerable threat to biodiversity-rich Africa. Drawing on evidence from Ethiopia and South Africa, this...
Ayele, Seife
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[Innovation processes and outcomes in different national contexts: Preliminary findings of FAP meta-analysis]
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Innovation processes and outcomes in different national contexts: Preliminary findings of FAP meta-analysis
Ethiopia’s agriculture is typically subsistence, low input‐low output, and rainfed. In the light of a renewed government strategy to use improved inputs and practices to enhance smallholder agricultural productivity and production, strengthening the evidence‐base for the design and implementation...
Ayele, Seife
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Bosire, Caroline K.
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[Farmers’ use of improved agricultural inputs and practices: review and synthesis of research in Ethiopia]
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Farmers’ use of improved agricultural inputs and practices: review and synthesis of research in Ethiopia
Ayele, Seife
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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Truong Tan Khanh
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[Enhancing innovation in livestock value chains through networks: Lessons from fodder innovation case studies in developing countries]
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Enhancing innovation in livestock value chains through networks: Lessons from fodder innovation case studies in developing countries
It is emerging that benefits of new innovations in agricultural biotechnology may not be realised without appropriate biosafety regulatory mechanisms. The Kenyan regulatory experiences related to regulation of genetically engineered (GE) agricultural activities are explored to provide some basis ...