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Enset‐based agricultural systems in Ethiopia: A systematic review of production trends, agronomy, processing and the wider food security applications of a neglected banana relative [PDF]
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 2, Issue 3, Page 212-228, May 2020., 2020 Enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman) is the major starch staple of the Ethiopian Highlands, where its unique attributes enhance the food security of approximately 20 million people and have earned it the title “The Tree Against Hunger”.
Asfaw, Zemede +9 more
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Enset Landraces: Conservation, Distribution, and Use in an Enset-Based Agricultural System. [PDF]
Scientifica (Cairo)Enset is a unique food security crop for more than 25% of the population in Ethiopia and serves as a food, animal feed, medicine, and fiber source, with significant resilience and environmental adaptability. Enset growing zones harbor several landraces, resulting from differences in natural selection, human selection, and cultural management practices.
Kibatu T +3 more
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Mitochondrial DNA D-Loop Polymorphisms among the Galla Goats Reveals Multiple Maternal Origins with Implication on the Functional Diversity of the HSP70 Gene. [PDF]
Genet Res (Camb)Despite much attention given to the history of goat evolution in Kenya, information on the origin, demographic history, dispersal route, and genetic diversity of Galla goats remains unclear. Here, we examined the genetic background, diversity, demographic history, and population genetic variation of Galla goats using mtDNA D‐loop and HSP70 single ...
Masila EM +5 more
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Gender variation across the Oromo dialects: A corpus‐based study*
Studia Linguistica, Volume 77, Issue 3, Page 453-495, December 2023., 2023 Abstract This study aims to (1) demonstrate the position of the Oromo gender system in Corbett's (1991) typology of gender; (2) illustrate major syntactic gender variation across the Oromo dialects; (3) identify factors that contributed to the gender variation, and (4) illustrate the morphosyntax of the Oromo gender system.
Tekabe Legesse Feleke, Terje Lohndal
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Morphology‐Based Spell Checker for Dawurootsuwa Language
Scientific Programming, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023 Processing of textual information by using word‐processing tools is extremely increased due to the presence of misspelled or erroneous words. In order to minimize these misspelled words from digital information, different spellchecker tools are needed.
Dawit Tadesse Gamu +2 more
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Ensete ventricosum: A Multipurpose Crop against Hunger in Ethiopia
The Scientific World Journal, Volume 2020, Issue 1, 2020., 2020 Ensete ventricosum is a traditional multipurpose crop mainly used as a staple/co‐staple food for over 20 million people in Ethiopia. Despite this, scientific information about the crop is scarce. Three types of food, viz., Kocho (fermented product from scraped pseudostem and grated corm), Bulla (dehydrated juice), and Amicho (boiled corm) can be ...
Getahun Yemata, Tadashi Takamizo
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Dawro Personal Names and Naming Practices
Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2021 The Dawro, speakers of an Omotic language in Southwest Ethiopia, use personal names both to establish individuals’ linguistic identity and to reflect their culture and language.
Mengistu Dinato Didena
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A Phonology of Ganza (Gwàmi Nánà)
Linguistic Discovery, 2016 Ganza is a previously undescribed Omotic language of the Mao subgroup, and is the only Omotic language found primarily outside of Ethiopia. This paper presents the results of nearly a year of phonological fieldwork on Ganza in the form of a descriptive ...
Joshua Smolders
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Existential predication in Hamar
Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2019 This paper analyzes predicative constructions expressing location, existence and possession in Hamar, a South Omotic language spoken in South-West Ethiopia.
Sara Petrollino
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Bibliography of Ethiopian Semitic, Cushitic and Omotic Linguistics XXI: 2017
Aethiopica, 2019 Bibliography of Ethiopian Semitic, Cushitic and Omotic Linguistics XXI ...
Maria Bulakh +2 more
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