Especially in remote rural areas, using information and communication tools in agricultural extension makes sense. The International Livestock Research Institute in Ethiopia has tested e-book readers with regard to their practicality.
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
Inadequate feed and nutrition are major constraints to livestock production in sub-Saharan Africa. National and international research agencies, including the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), have developed several feed production and utilisation technologies. However, adoption ...
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Ahmed, M.M.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Determinants of adoption of improved forage technologies in crop-livestock mixed systems: Evidence from the highlands of Ethiopia]
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Determinants of adoption of improved forage technologies in crop-livestock mixed systems: Evidence from the highlands of Ethiopia
This paper examines the nature of community management of woodlots and investigates the determinants of collective action and its effectiveness in managing woodlots, based on a survey of 100 villages in Tigray, northern Ethiopia. We find that collective management of woodlots generally functions ...
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Pender, J.L.
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Tesfay, G.
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[Community natural resource management: The case of woodlots in northern Ethiopia]
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Community natural resource management: The case of woodlots in northern Ethiopia
A double hurdle statistical analysis of 250 farms in the Tigray region of Ethiopia reveals different causal factors for soil conservation adoption versus intensity of use. Farmers' reasons for adopting soil conservation measures vary sharply between stone terraces and soil bunds. Long-term invest...
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Swinton, S.M.
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[Investment in soil conservation in northern Ethiopia: The role of land tenure security and public programs]
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Investment in soil conservation in northern Ethiopia: The role of land tenure security and public programs
The degree to which prevailing land tenure arrangements constrain agricultural productivity, and the sources of inefficiency associated with land tenure systems in sub-Saharan Africa are unresolved. Using a stochastic frontier production function, this paper examines the economic efficiency and t...
Ahmed, M.M.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Benin, S.E.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Measurement and sources of technical efficiency of land tenure contracts in Ethiopia]
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Measurement and sources of technical efficiency of land tenure contracts in Ethiopia
This paper analyses factors that influence Ethiopian households’ decisions to produce and market
small ruminants using a triple-hurdle econometric model. The model integrates production, market
position and volume of sales, allowing us to make inferences relating to the study population. The
resu...
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Shiferaw, K.
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Tegegne, Azage
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[A triple-hurdle model of small-ruminant production and marketing in the highlands of Ethiopia: Implications for commercial transformation]
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A triple-hurdle model of small-ruminant production and marketing in the highlands of Ethiopia: Implications for commercial transformation
Teff, wheat and rice are becoming important market oriented crops in Ethiopia. This study aims at measuring the level of market orientation of households in these crops, identifying the important market places and market outlets used by producers, and analyzing the determinants of market orientat...
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Staple food crops turning into commercial crops: case studies of teff, wheat and rice in Ethiopia]
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Staple food crops turning into commercial crops: case studies of teff, wheat and rice in Ethiopia