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Khoury, Colin K.[The conservation and use of crop genetic resources for food security. Thesis (PhD.)]The conservation and use of crop genetic resources for food security. Thesis (PhD.)

Damtew, T.[The Effect of Small Scale Irrigation on Household Food Security in Bona Zuria Woreda, Sidama zone, Southern Ethiopia]The Effect of Small Scale Irrigation on Household Food Security in Bona Zuria Woreda, Sidama zone, Southern Ethiopia
Autor: Montenegro MJ

Women’s land rights are increasingly advocated as an empowerment tool to spur development outcomes. However, empirical evidence of this relationship is limited. In this study we use data from peasant communities in rural Peru to explore the effect of the intra-household allocation of inherited la...


Montenegro MJ[Land Rights and Women's Empowerment in Rural Peru: Insights from Item Response Theory]Land Rights and Women's Empowerment in Rural Peru: Insights from Item Response Theory
Autor: Nyamekye I

Although diversification and insurance are acknowledged as important in ameliorating risk, to our knowledge, no empirical study has investigated how the two approaches work in concert in developing countries. Given increasing climate variability and the risks it poses to rain-fed agriculture, thi...


Nyamekye I[Area Yield Crop Insurance and Diversification in Ghana: An Agricultural Household Programming Model]Area Yield Crop Insurance and Diversification in Ghana: An Agricultural Household Programming Model

This study examines the food security and marketed surplus effects of intensified dairying in the peri-urban area of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where a market-oriented dairy production (MODP) system has been introduced for smallholders. Implications for policy formulation are drawn to help enhance t...


Tangka, F.K.L.[Crossbred cows and food security in Ethiopia]Crossbred cows and food security in Ethiopia

An essential aspect for smallholder crop-livestock farmers in sub-Saharan Africa is productive soils in order to maintain animal and crop productivity. Often, these systems are heavily dependent on local resources for their input and as a result, manure forms an important by-prod...


Casu, Flavia A. M.[Manure management and nutrient cycling in smallholder crop-livestock systems in Nyando, Kenya]Manure management and nutrient cycling in smallholder crop-livestock systems in Nyando, Kenya
Fisseha, D.[Community perception towards major cattle diseases and its scientific link to device sustainable controlling options in Dano district]Community perception towards major cattle diseases and its scientific link to device sustainable controlling options in Dano district

Globally malnutrition is responsible for nearly half (45%) of all deaths in children under fiveand responsible for around 3.1 million deaths annually. Agricultural products provideenergy, protein, vitamins and minerals and critical to addressing malnutrition, particularlyamong children. Dairy pro...


Teklehaymanot, A.[Nutritional status of children 2-5 years old, its relation with cow milk consumption and other associated factors in Kilteawlaelo District eastern zone Tigray, Ethiopia]Nutritional status of children 2-5 years old, its relation with cow milk consumption and other associated factors in Kilteawlaelo District eastern zone Tigray, Ethiopia
Autor: Sheikh, D.

Understanding the income-earning strategies, consumption behavior and coping mechanisms developed by farm households when shock events such as droughts occur, is central to programs focused on rural livelihoods in the tropics. The impact of programs in the areas of policy and technology may be mo...


Sheikh, D.[Methodologies to assess income, consumption, and the impacts of livestock on household food security.]Methodologies to assess income, consumption, and the impacts of livestock on household food security.

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