Flood-based farming is among the potential options in ensuring access to water for crop and livestock production for small-scale farmers in the arid and semiarid lowlands of sub-Saharan Africa, and Ethiopia in particular. Flood-based irrigation while inexpensive is rooted in tradition in many rur...
Erkossa, Teklu
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Langan, Simon J.
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Hagos, Fitsum
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[Constraints to the development, operation and maintenance of spate irrigation schemes in Ethiopia]
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Constraints to the development, operation and maintenance of spate irrigation schemes in Ethiopia
Langan, Simon J.
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Erkossa, Teklu
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[Conclusion and next steps for spate irrigation research]
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Conclusion and next steps for spate irrigation research
Ethiopia is often highlighted as a country in which a lot of foreign land acquisition is occurring. The extent to which these investments also constitute significant acquisitions of water is the subject of this paper. It is apparent that water availability is a strong driver of the recent surge o...
Bossio, Deborah A.
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Erkossa, Teklu
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Dile, Y.T.
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Killiches, F.
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Hoff, H.
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[Water implications of foreign direct investment in Ethiopia's agricultural sector.]
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Water implications of foreign direct investment in Ethiopia's agricultural sector.
Land degradation is one of the major problems related to low productivity in Ethiopia. Vertisols are potential agricultural lands but are underutilized due to waterlogging during the rainy season and are prone to soil erosion due to the traditional practices of planting crops at the end of the ra...
Astatke, A.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Mohamed Saleem, M.A.
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Erkossa, Teklu
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[Technical and economic performance of animal-drawn implements for minimum tillage: Experience on Vertisols in Ethiopia]
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Technical and economic performance of animal-drawn implements for minimum tillage: Experience on Vertisols in Ethiopia
Zemadim, Birhanu
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Erkossa, Teklu
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Haileslassie, Amare
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Bossio, Deborah A.
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Sharma, Bharat R.
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Sinclair, Fergus L.
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[Rainwater Management Systems in the NBDC: Emerging menu of alternatives]
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Rainwater Management Systems in the NBDC: Emerging menu of alternatives
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
With its total area of about 200,000 square kilometers (km2), which is 20% of the country?s land mass, and accommodating 25% of the population, the Upper Blue Nile Basin (Abbay) is one of the most important river basins in Ethiopia. About 40% of agricultural products and 45% of the surface water ...
Erkossa, Teklu
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Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
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Haileslassie, Amare
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Yilma, Aster Denekew
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[Impacts of improving water management of smallholder agriculture in the Upper Blue Nile Basin]
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Impacts of improving water management of smallholder agriculture in the Upper Blue Nile Basin
Crop production is a function of water, nutrient, climate and soil environment. Provided that all other requirement are satisfactorily for proper growth and production, rainfall rarely meets the time with required amount of water application for plant growth. As a result average yield of agricult...
Hordofa, T.
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Menkir, Michael
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Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
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Erkossa, Teklu
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[Irrigation and rain-fed crop production system in Ethiopia]
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Irrigation and rain-fed crop production system in Ethiopia
It is the belief of many analysts that agrarian countries like Ethiopia that depend on rain-fed agriculture are significantly vulnerable to rainfall variability, the risk which tends to aggravate with global climate change. Consequently, it is believed that future increases in food supplies and e...
Loulseged, Makonnen
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Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
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Jayasinghe, Gayathree
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Hagos, Fitsum
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Erkossa, Teklu
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[Inventory, sustainability assessment, and upscaling of best agricultural water management practices]
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Inventory, sustainability assessment, and upscaling of best agricultural water management practices
MacAlister, C.
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Abebe, Yenenesh
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Erkossa, Teklu
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Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria
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Haileslassie, Amare
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Langan, Simon J.
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Pfeifer, Catherine
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[Water related indicators and development trajectories for sustainable crop-livestock intensification planning in Ethiopia: The 'Quick-Water' toolbox]
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Water related indicators and development trajectories for sustainable crop-livestock intensification planning in Ethiopia: The 'Quick-Water' toolbox