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Causal analysis of trade loss from pathogens: A global study of foot and mouth disease impacts on meat exports

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman, Thomas L. Marsh   +1 more
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Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David J. Spielman, Frank Place   +5 more
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Technical Efficiency of Taff Production in Northern Ethiopia: A Stochastic Frontier Approach

Zagadnienia Ekonomiki Rolnej
Tigray's agriculture sector is greatly faced with challenges, so much so that productivity levels are beneath the national level. This is largely due to primitive farming practices and high input costs.
Hailu Alem, Hadush Muuz, Gebrejewergs Gebretnsae, Kahsay Shishay, Tefera Ali, Gebrehiwot Kidanemariam   +5 more
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Epidemiology of epizootic lymphangitis of carthorses in northern Ethiopia using conventional diagnostic methods and nested polymerase chain reaction

BMC Veterinary Research, 2020
Background Epizootic lymphangitis (EL), caused by Histoplasma capsulatum variety farciminosum (HCF) is a contagious, chronic disease of equines, characterized by development of nodular lesions in the lymph nodes, lymphatic vessels and skin.
Birhanu Hadush, Molla Michaelay, Habtamu Taddele Menghistu, Nigus Abebe, Abreha Tesfaye Genzebu, Habtom Kiros Bitsue, Berihun Afera, Bojia E. Duguma, Getachew Gugsa, Gobena Ameni   +9 more
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Thermospheric Neutral Wind Measurements and Investigations across the African Region—A Review

Atmosphere, 2022
This paper briefly reviews studies of thermospheric neutral wind dynamics over the African region. The literature includes a review of the observations of neutral winds over five African locations using the Fabry–Perot Interferometer (FPI), and the ...
Daniel Okoh, Aziza Bounhir, John Bosco Habarulema, Babatunde Rabiu, Zama Katamzi-Joseph, Taiwo Ojo, Qian Wu, Jonathan J. Makela   +7 more
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Early marriage in northern Ethiopia

Reproductive Health Matters, 1994
Abstract Early marriages in northern Ethiopia are traditional, parent-centred arrangements between two families and are widely prevalent. The negative consequences of early marriage for young girls include early childbearing and high rates of maternal morbidity and mortality. In northern Ethiopia, the vast majority of people conform to this tradition
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A Global Prospective Harmonization Framework for Suicidality, Anhedonia, and Obsessive‐Compulsive Symptoms in Psychiatric Genetic Studies: A Cross‐Continental Study Within the Ancestral Population Network

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to prospectively collect harmonized, quantitative, and dimensional psychiatric phenotypes (suicidality, anhedonia, and obsessive‐compulsive symptoms) and information on discrimination, stigma, and unfair treatment in up to 27,500 individuals across diverse ancestries and clinical populations for genetic analysis within the NIMH
Ana M. Diaz‐Zuluaga, Jacey L. Anderberg, Ana M. Ramirez‐Diaz, Andrea Horvath Marques, Catherine E. Rast, Daniel Bustamante, Deborah Jonker, Johanna Valencia‐Echeverry, Joseph Kyebuzibwa, Josselyn S. Muñoz, Kristien van der Walt, Mauricio Castaño Ramirez, Olivia Wootton, Renee M. Frederick, Rocky E. Stroud II, Ruben Gur, Sang Jin Rhee, Shaili C. Jha, Stella Gichuru, Susan Service, Victor I. Reus, Akena Dickens, Carlos Lopez‐Jaramillo, Carrie E. Bearden, Dan J. Stein, Ezra S. Susser, James J. Crowley, Jonathan Flint, Kenneth S. Kendler, Lukoye Atwoli, Michele T. Pato, Nelson B. Freimer, Roel A. Ophoff, Yong Min Ahn, Loes Olde Loohuis, Eric A. Storch, Bizu Gelaye   +36 more
wiley   +1 more source

Notes on the survey of Islamic Archaeological sites in South-Eastern Wallo (Ethiopia)

Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée, 2023
This paper is an account of an archaeological survey trip to the Islamic sites in South-Eastern Wallo in Ethiopia, conducted in July-August 2012.
Deresse Ayenachew, Assrat Assefa
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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
wiley   +1 more source

On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source