Tadese, Diriba(Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, 2019)
Improvement in a crop breeding is a lengthy process and involves several stages to
develop genotypes with superior grain yields of high quality that are adaptable over a
wide range of environments. Genotype by environment ...
Taye, Girma; Tilahun, Yohannn; Meaza, Demissie(Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization, 2002)
In agricultural research, field experiments are used to obtain information or improve the
results of previous findings such as new varieties or improved practices, and to answer
questions like:
• is the improved variety ...
Webb, Patrick (ed.); Zegeye, Tesfaye (ed.); Pandya-Lorch, Rajul (ed.)(International Food Policy Research Institute, 1992)
In 1988, the Government of Ethiopia and the International Food Policy Research
Institute (IFPRI) initiated a program of collaborative research aimed at examining the
causes and consequences of famine. The primary objective ...
Heinrich BolI Foundation(Social and environmental costs of economic growth, 2009)
On October 30-31 2008, over 100 representatives of civil society
organizations, the academia, the private sector and government agencies
met in Addis Ababa to reflect on the question “Environmental
sustainability and/or ...
NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY (NMA)(MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY, 2007)
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) very well recognizes
the importance o f technology transfer as a key means to combat man-made climate change. This is
clearly stated in Article 4.5 o f ...
Asefa, Kidane; Wolde Giorgis, Asres; Tarekegn, Deksyos; Oumer, Mohammed; Kabeto, Bateno; Abebe, Mitiku(MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY, 2007)
Ethiopia is found in the Horn of Africa covering an area of about 1.2 million square kilometers. It is
a mountainous country with a rich diversity in climate, biodiversity, ethnicity and culture. Its climate
varies from ...
United Nations Environment Programme(Ethiopian Civil Society Network on Climate Change, 2010)
Earth Day has b e en c e leb ra ted across the world for 40 years. The idea behind this was to
raise awareness of the rapid degradation of the environment and depletion of natural
resources due to human activities. The ...
Amhara Region Agricultural Research Institute (ARAR1)(Water and Land Resource Centre, 2015)
Rainfall has been collected using ordinary rain gauges since May 1984, autographic chart recorder
(Pluviometer) since April 1984, and HOBO digital data logging rain gauge since May 2013. Data from
pluviometer is primarily ...
Forum for Environment(Ethiopian Climate Change, 2009)
Climate change is recognized as a serious challenge of the 21st century. The problem has received
more global attention than any other environmental issue. In its fourth assessment report, the Inter-
Governmental Panel ...
In many less developed countries productivity is extremely low being limited
largely by nutrition but also by low productive ratesf poor disease control, and
traditional systems of management. In some areas where improved ...
The annual r a in f a l l recorded in Chilalo Awraja during
the year 1976 has been within average and even ly dist
r ib u t e d .
At Kulumsa the precipitation recorded during the dryseason
(Jan, O c t . , N o v . , D ...
leather conditions were very favorable for maize during the cycle of the
test# Thus} yield as high as 196 qt/ha was obtained in a variety trial at
Kulumsa. This is the highest yield ever recorded for maize in the ...
This is the main station where more than one half of the trials were
located. This station is situated on a dark clay soil with excellent
physical properties, pH around 6.5 and organic matter percentage around
35 The ...
Ministry of Agriculture(Ministry of Agriculture, 1998)
Ethiopia is situated in east Africa, located between 3° 24' and 14° 53'
north and 32° 42' and 48° 12' east.
The great rift valley th a t runs from north east to almost south west,
divides the country into two parts ...
Out o f the 860 bird species known to occur in Ethiopia, 36 are globally threatened.
Two species are red-listed as endangered while 14 are in the vulnerable category,
16 near threatened and four species are considered ...
The FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission for 1999 was
conducted in two parts, with two different time frames and two counterpart
agencies. The findings of both assessments are combined into this one Special
Report. ...
ETHIOPIAN PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE(ETHIOPIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 2015)
There is a strong and growing, global, scientific consensus that warming of
the climate system is a fact and is affecting human health.
The Health sector is affected by weather variability and climate change. This
includes ...
ETHIOPIAN PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE(ETHIOPIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 2015)
This assessment maps Ethiopia's historic and current policy and institutional
responses to challenges of climate change. It provides an assessment of these
responses for their effectiveness and fairness. The assessment ...
Georgis, Kidane(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2010)
Dryland agro-ecologies: The drylands of Ethiopia consist of a wide range of agro-ecologies
including the arid, semi arid and dry sub-humid and cover about 75 percent of the total
land mass. They are prevalent mainly in ...