Previous approaches to improve soil and water management in the Ethiopian highlands have achieved marginal success. An integrated approach to rainwater management (RWM) has been piloted to address interrelated problems of land degradation, livestock feed shortage, and soil erosion, in an effort t...
Mulema, Annet A.
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Lema, Zelalem
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Damtew, Elias
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Adie, Aberra
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Ogutu, Z.
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Duncan, Alan J.
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[Stakeholders’ perceptions of integrated rainwater management approaches in the Blue Nile Basin of the Ethiopian highlands]
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Stakeholders’ perceptions of integrated rainwater management approaches in the Blue Nile Basin of the Ethiopian highlands
Tucker, Josephine
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Ludi, Eva
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Mason, N.
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Cullen, Beth
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Lema, Zelalem
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Musvoto, C.
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Habtu, S.
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[Action-research platforms in water and agriculture: Lessons from three programmes in Africa]
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Action-research platforms in water and agriculture: Lessons from three programmes in Africa
ILRI's Alan Duncan was asked to share a Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) 'story' at the recent International Forum on Water and Food. Alan's story introduces some of the challenges that the Ethiopian Government faces in seeking to improve natural resources management at the local level, in...
Duncan, Alan J.
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[Ethiopia can be Africa's 'breadbasket' as well as its 'water tower']
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Ethiopia can be Africa's 'breadbasket' as well as its 'water tower'
The reasons why farmers are unable to harness the benefits embedded in technologies and take advantage of business opportunities in livestock sector in developing countries remain unresolved. Drawing on insights from innovation systems approaches, this paper assesses innovation constraints, ident...
Ergano, Kebebe
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Oosting, Simon J.
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[Unlocking the potential of livestock technologies in Ethiopia: Shifting from individual pieces to optimizing the sum of the parts]
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Unlocking the potential of livestock technologies in Ethiopia: Shifting from individual pieces to optimizing the sum of the parts
Mekonnen, Kindu
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Migongo-Bake, E.
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[Enhancing communities’ adaptive capacity to climate-change induced water scarcity in drought-prone hotspots of the Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia]
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Enhancing communities’ adaptive capacity to climate-change induced water scarcity in drought-prone hotspots of the Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia
Duncan, Alan J.
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[Improving rainwater management: The Nile Basin Development Challenge]
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Improving rainwater management: The Nile Basin Development Challenge
Mekonnen, Kindu
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Amede, Tilahun
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[Enabling communities to adapt to climate change through improved crop-livestock interventions in Kabe watershed, Ethiopia]
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Enabling communities to adapt to climate change through improved crop-livestock interventions in Kabe watershed, Ethiopia
Cullen, Beth
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Tucker, Josephine
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Snyder, Katherine A.
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Lema, Zelalem
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Duncan, Alan J.
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[Innovation platforms, power, representation and participation: Lessons from Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia]
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Innovation platforms, power, representation and participation: Lessons from Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
Mekonnen, Kindu
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Amede, Tilahun
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[Water harvesting and spring development to adapt to climate change in Kabe watershed, Ethiopia]
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Water harvesting and spring development to adapt to climate change in Kabe watershed, Ethiopia
Duncan, Alan J.
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[The Nile Basin Development Challenge: A component of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food]
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The Nile Basin Development Challenge: A component of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food