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1. 1. Modelling the effects of land cover and climate change on watershed hydrology in south-western Ethiopia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Nicklas Simonsen; [2019]
   Keywords : Hydrological model; Soil Water Assessment Tool; SWAT; Land use Land cover; LULC; climate change; erosion; Ethiopian highlands; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Degradation of the hydrological regime is a pressing issue in the Ethiopian Highlands. It is one of the most rapidly degrading landscapes due to its topography and large amounts of annual precipitation. This problem has been exacerbated through anthropogenic influence from land use/land cover (LULC) and climate change. READ MORE

3. 2. 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

4. 3. Prospects of Transforming Subsistence Agriculture into Sustainable Livelihoods; A case-study of the Ribb sub-Catchment, Ethiopia.

   University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Yodit Balcha; [2013]
   Keywords : Sustainable development; sustainable rural livelihood; farm typology; subsistence agriculture; smallholder commercialization; agricultural transformation; ordered logit regression;

   Abstract : This study assesses the importance of agricultural transformation in achieving sustainable livelihood in rural Ethiopia. By focusing on the different agricultural transformation components, the study analyse different farming typologies at household level. READ MORE

5. 4. Local dynamics and external drivers of agro-ecological change in Southwestern Ethiopia

   University essay from Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Julia Hedtjärn Swaling; [2012]
   Keywords : Ethiopia; agricultural change; agroecology; top-down; bottom-up; political ecology; landesque capital; participatory rural appraisal;

   Abstract : While previous research on African smallholder agriculture has been criticized of focusing on the sole factor of population pressure as driver of agricultural degradation or intensification, the present study tries to nuance this debate by providing empirically grounded research, exploring the dynamics behind local agro-ecological change. The thesis specifically studies the dynamics behind small-scale farmers’ crop choices in relation to their management of trees in cropland in Gera District, Ethiopia. READ MORE

6. 5. Can precipitation change explain the increased in discharge from the Blue Nile River Basin?

   University essay from Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK)

   Author : Ferezer Tegegn; [2010]
   Keywords : Land degradation; climate change; El Diem; spatial;

   Abstract : A large amount of Nile water originates in Ethiopia. However, large uncertainty arises concerning whether land degradation or climate change is the cause for the observed increase in discharge along downstream countries. READ MORE