This study focuses on the Ethio-Sudan cross-border cattle trade along the border between Sudan and the Amhara Region. It was initiated by the Integrated Livestock Development Project (ILDP) which operates in the North Gondar Zone of the Amhara Regional State. Legal and illegal livestock marketing...
Mulugeta, E.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Yehun, I.
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Ayehu, G.
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Ejigu, M.
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[Analysis of the Ethio-Sudan cross-border cattle trade: the case of Amhara Regional State]
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Analysis of the Ethio-Sudan cross-border cattle trade: the case of Amhara Regional State
Rainfed crop production in the semi-arid areas is associated with high risk of rainfall variability which occasionally leads to complete crop failure. Most of the farmers in Atsbi-Womberta district of Eastern Tigray region, northern Ethiopia, have been classified as food insecure. To improve farm...
Woldewahid, G.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Berhe, Kahsay
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Shifting towards market-oriented irrigated crops development as an approach to improve the income of farmers: Evidence from northern Ethiopia]
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Shifting towards market-oriented irrigated crops development as an approach to improve the income of farmers: Evidence from northern Ethiopia
The current levels of contributions of the livestock subsector in Ethiopia, at either the macro or micro level, is below potential. Policy, technological, organizational and institutional interventions to improve the contributions of livestock to the national economy need to be based on an unders...
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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Jemaneh, S.
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[Heading towards commercialization? The case of live animal marketing in Ethiopia]
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Heading towards commercialization? The case of live animal marketing in Ethiopia
Ethiopia is home for a large and diverse livestock resources and favourable production environments. The vast majority of the rural population’s livelihood is partly based on livestock production. However, livestock production and productivity and producers’ benefits from livestock production are...
Gizaw, Solomon
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Tegegne, Azage
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Sheep and goat production and marketing systems in Ethiopia: characteristics and strategies for improvement]
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Sheep and goat production and marketing systems in Ethiopia: characteristics and strategies for improvement
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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Bogale, A.
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Berhe, Kahsay
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Tegegne, Azage
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[Summary report of market-oriented developmental changes in the IPMS Pilot Learning Woredas]
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Summary report of market-oriented developmental changes in the IPMS Pilot Learning Woredas
Two hundred forty dairy producers, both rural and urban producers in the four major towns representing the Shashemene-Dilla area in southern Ethiopia, were selected using a multi-stage sampling techniques, with the objective of characterizing dairy production, processing/handling, marketing syste...
Yigrem, S.
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Beyene, F.
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Tegegne, Azage
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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[Dairy production, processing and marketing systems of Shashemene-Dilla area, South Ethiopia]
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Dairy production, processing and marketing systems of Shashemene-Dilla area, South Ethiopia
Nyangaga, J.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Baker, Derek
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Lukuyu, Ben A.
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Ounga, T.
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Randolph, Thomas F.
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[Irrigated fodder supports peri-urban livestock and livelihoods in the Mandera Triangle]
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Irrigated fodder supports peri-urban livestock and livelihoods in the Mandera Triangle
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors that affect farmer’s decision to allocate
credit for livestock production. The results are expected to contribute to the understanding of what
motivates smallholders to allocate credit to agricultural production in general and livestoc...
Food-for-work (FFW) projects face the challenge of addressing three kinds of objectives: to feed hungry people, to build public works where needed, and to be feasible for prompt project implementation. In the debate over how to target FFW to the poorest of the poor, the last two program objective...
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Swinton, S.M.
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[Reconciling food-for-work project feasibility with food aid targeting in Tigray, Ethiopia]
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Reconciling food-for-work project feasibility with food aid targeting in Tigray, Ethiopia
This study was conducted in Tigray, northern Ethiopia to determine the yield and farm profitability impact of stone terraces. Seventy terraced and 70 non-conserved plots were equally divided between wheat (Triticum aestivum) and faba beans (Vicia faba). Two quadrates each 8 m (86 ft2) were marked...
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Swinton, S.M.
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Tilahun, Y.
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[Effects of stone terraces on crop yields and farm profitability: Results of on-farm research in Tigray, northern Ethiopia]
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Effects of stone terraces on crop yields and farm profitability: Results of on-farm research in Tigray, northern Ethiopia