In 2012, Africa RISING conducted participatory community analysis (PCA) as the first phase of a participatory development approach in the Ethiopian highlands. The PCA identified trends, constraints, and opportunities – and shed light upon how farmers perceive livelihoods to be changing. Inputs, d...
Lunt, T.
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Ellis-Jones, J.
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Mekonnen, Kindu
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Schulz, S.
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Thorne, Peter J.
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Schulte-Geldermann, Elmar
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Sharma, K.
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[Participatory community analysis: Identifying and addressing challenges to Ethiopian smallholder livelihoods]
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Participatory community analysis: Identifying and addressing challenges to Ethiopian smallholder livelihoods
The effects of soil bunds on runoff, losses of soil and nutrients, and crop yield are rarely documented in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia. A field experiment was set up consisting of three treatments: (i) barley-cultivated land protected with graded soil bunds (Sb); (ii) fallow land (F); and (...
Adimassu, Zenebe
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Mekonnen, Kindu
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Yirga, C.
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Kessler, A.
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[Effect of soil bunds on runoff, soil and nutrient losses, and crop yield in the central highlands of Ethiopia]
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Effect of soil bunds on runoff, soil and nutrient losses, and crop yield in the central highlands of Ethiopia
Plant biomass is a major source of energy for households in eastern Africa. Unfortunately, the heavy reliance on this form of energy is a threat to forest ecosystems and a recipe for accelerated land resource degradation. Due to the increasing scarcity of traditional fuel wood resources, rural co...
Bekele, K.
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Hager, H.
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Mekonnen, Kindu
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[Woody and non-woody biomass utilisation for fuel and implications on plant nutrients availability in the mukehantuta watershed in Ethiopia]
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Woody and non-woody biomass utilisation for fuel and implications on plant nutrients availability in the mukehantuta watershed in Ethiopia