Numerous methods are available for increasing crop and livestock production in the Ethiopian highlands. Both national and international research institutes have developed technologies that are technically appropriate for these conditions. Examples of such technologies are the broad-bed maker for vertisols and cow traction (Zerbini, Woldu, and Shapiro 1999) and use of a single ox to pull the plow (Ouwerkerk 1990). However, farmers’ adoption of these technologies has been very limited, and farming is still characterized in most areas by low input use and limited use of improved technologies.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2006Ethiopia, Eastern Africa, Kenya, Uganda
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2006Ethiopia, Eastern Africa, Kenya, Uganda
Many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa suffer from problems related to poverty, natural resource degradation, and the complex interactions between these phenomena (Cleaver and Schreiber 1994). In the northern Ethiopian highlands of Tigray region, problems of poverty and degradation are extremely severe: population density is very high, rainfall is scarce and erratic, and soil fertility is low. Under such conditions, farmers need to rely on external inputs and soil conservation practices in order to stabilize or increase yields.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2005Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2005Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2005Qatar, Nigeria, United States of America, Sweden, Australia, United Kingdom, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, New Zealand, Kenya, Yemen, Somalia, Oman, Italy, United Arab Emirates, Ireland, Sudan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Africa
This is the 19th of a series of Working Papers prepared for the Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative (PPLPI). The purpose of these papers is to explore issues related to livestock development in the context of poverty alleviation. Livestock is vital to the economies of many developing countries. Animals are a source of food, more specifically protein for human diets, income, employment and possibly foreign exchange. For low-income producers, livestock can serve as a store of wealth, provide draught power and organic fertiliser for crop production and a means of transport.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsJanuary, 2006Ethiopia, Eastern Africa, Kenya, Uganda
As population density increases and agriculture intensifies in Africa in the future, policymakers, development practitioners, and farmers may
find useful lessons in the experiences of the East African high-lands. The highlands of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda face complex problems of severe poverty, low productivity, and poor natural resource management. These highlands contain some of the most densely populated areas in all of Africa. -
Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2005Fiji, Iran, Malaysia, Mali, Oman, Namibia, Ghana, Tunisia, Guinea, Ethiopia, Solomon Islands, Netherlands
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2006Ethiopia, Eastern Africa, Kenya, Uganda
The studies in this book sought to understand the factors affecting rural households’ choice of income strategies and land management practices and the implications of these decisions and of policy- and program-relevant factors for agricultural production, household welfare, and land degradation. We noted at the outset that the factors influencing these decisions and outcomes are many and complex and that their effects may be very context-dependent in a region as diverse as the East African highlands. The findings in the preceding chapters amply support this hypothesis.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2006Ethiopia, Eastern Africa, Kenya, Uganda
Land degradation is a severe problem in the densely populated highlands of East Africa and elsewhere on the African continent. Soil erosion resulting from cultivation on steeply sloping terrain, mining of soil fertility due to continuous cultivation with limited application of inorganic or organic sources of soil nutrients, and deforestation and overgrazing of rangelands are among the key factors causing low agricultural productivity, widespread poverty, and food insecurity in the region.
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2005Ethiopia
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