Essays about: "Ethiopia food"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 55 essays containing the words Ethiopia food.

  1. 26. Spatial assessment of NDVI as an indicator of desertification in Ethiopia using remote sensing and GIS

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Gezahagn Negash Seboka; [2016]
    Keywords : NDVI and Rainfall; land degradation; climate change; desertification; NOAA AVHRR; land cover; GIS; Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Desertification is a serious environmental and socio-economic problem occurring at global, regional and local scale. According to Article 1(a) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), define the term “desertification” means “land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid (dry lands) areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities”. READ MORE

  3. 27. Supplemental irrigation of cereals in semi-arid areas in Ethiopia - is it worth the effort?

    University essay from KTH/Mark- och vattenteknik

    Author : Kristoffer Ristinmaa; [2015]
    Keywords : Supplemental-irrigation; Maize; Triple-Green-project; Coup-Model; Ethiopia; Sub-Saharan-Africa;

    Abstract : With a growing world population, estimated to 9.6 billion in 2050, the world food demand is estimated to increase with 45-50 %. One way to meet the demand is to increase the areal yield from the agricultural sector, where rain-fed agriculture has the highest potential. READ MORE

  4. 28. Perceptions of change : livelihood impacts of the Push-Pull Technology Project in South Wollo, Ethiopia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Salomon Abresparr; [2015]
    Keywords : agroecology; Ethiopia; Push-Pull Technology; livelihood;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how farmers in three villages in South Wollo, Ethiopia, perceive the impacts of a particular farming technology. The technology is called the Push-Pull Technology, which is an agro-ecological method to address the problem of stemborer moth and Striga weed, which seriously affects the production of the important food crops maize and sorghum. READ MORE

  5. 29. Assessment of postharvest loss for perishable produces from wholesalers to consumers : a case study of Et-fruit distribution company in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Tesfaye Sebeko; [2015]
    Keywords : fresh produces in Ethiopia; Impact of food loss; postharvest loss; upply chain channels;

    Abstract : This thesis underlines an assessment of the Postharvest loss conditions of selected fresh produces of Etfruit wholesalers and its impact on chain players in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Reducing Postharvest loss instead of increasing the volume of production can save scarce resources, ecofriendly and improve food security (Kader, 2004). READ MORE

  6. 30. Evaluation of Jatropha Curcas as future en-ergy crop in some African countries.

    University essay from KTH/Mark- och vattenteknik

    Author : Mohammed Abaid; [2015]
    Keywords : Biofuels; Jatropha Curcas; Africa; policies; environments and food security;

    Abstract : Biofuels now days consider as one of the successful alternative to meet the challenges associated with climate change and peak oil, as well as a way for poorer countries to develop an industry in order to enhance social and economic development. In many developing countries and particularly in Africa, this has led to large-scale investments in lands by foreign companies, and as a consequence there has been a debate on whether these actions are environmentally sustainable and whether this kind of activity actually brings economic development. READ MORE