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Abstract Maize production and productivity are affected by biotic and abiotic factors. Among the biotic factors, fungal diseases incited by common leaf rust (CLR) and turciccum leaf blight (TLB) are the most important foliar diseases of the crop in Ethiopia.
Asmea Mohammed +2 more
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Abstract Modern agricultural technologies hold huge potential for increasing productivity and reducing poverty in developing countries. However, adoption levels of these technologies have remained disappointingly low in Africa. This paper analyzes the effect of access to credit on the likelihood of adoption and use intensity of chemical fertilizers ...
Mekdim D. Regassa +2 more
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Climate resilient crops will become increasingly important, especially in regions where smallholder farmers are vulnerable to climate extremes. Enset, a multipurpose perennial staple crop consumed by over 20 million people in Ethiopia, purportedly provides food security during periods of drought.
Rachel R. Chase +5 more
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Impact of irrigation on farm household diet quality: Evidence from Ethiopia
Abstract In theory, irrigation could affect farm households' nutritional status in either direction. On the one hand, irrigation may improve nutritional status by boosting farm productivity and household income. On the other hand, it may deter diet quality by shifting farmers' attention from nutrition‐rich food to cash crops.
Musa Hasen Ahmed
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Abstract This article explains the recent emergence of Orthodox Christianity in a majoritarian Evangelical Protestant community in southern Ethiopia. Examining conversion motives and forms of religious engagement, I show that Orthodoxy is attractive to erstwhile followers of traditional practice because it affords them the solution to a value conflict.
Julian Sommerschuh
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Contrôle sérologique de l'immunité conférée par la vaccination anti-bovipestique en Ethiopie
Une enquête a été effectuée dans la province de Harar en Ethiopie afin de déterminer le pourcentage de bovins porteurs d'anticorps neutralisants après trois années consécutives de vaccination contre la peste bovine. Il en ressort que le vaccin de culture
Pierre-Charles Lefèvre, Joseph Domenech
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Tracking selves or tracking relationships? Means of measuring time amongst Ethiopian runners
Abstract GPS watches and digital self‐tracking devices (DSTDs) have been characterized as ‘self‐tracking’ devices, assuming a dyadic relationship between individuals and technologies. Amongst Ethiopian professional runners, such devices have become increasingly sought after, and yet they are embedded in deeper relationships of collaborative work ...
Michael Crawley
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The mission led by Monique Chatenet in Ethiopia from 11 to 22 February 2002 took place under the terms of the France–Unesco cultural agreement. It had a double objective: on the one hand a workshop on techniques of inventory work, and on the other hand ...
Monique Chatenet
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Les auteurs dressent la liste des helminthes recueillis à l'autopsie d'un lot de zébus adultes originaires de la région de Kofélé (Sud de la Province de l'Arussi, Ethiopie). Ils observent, dans le tractus digestif et dans le foie, la présence de nombreux
M. Graber +2 more
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Note sur les helminthes (et quelques autres parasites) du dromadaire en Ethiopie
Les auteurs rapportent les résultats de travaux effectués sur le dromadaire en Ethiopie. Ils signalent dix espèces d'helminthes, la cysticercose, l'hydatidose, un oestridé et rappellent la présence de dix espèces de tiques, d'un trypanosome, d'un acarien
Pierre Daynès, Didier Richard
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