Smallholder farmers in Kenya grow most of the country's food, vegetables and fruit. These farmers face formidable challenges in increasing production, preserving natural resources and addressing the impact of climate change in food production systems. Meeting these challenges is vital to…
Land Tenure Working Paper 15. This publication brings to light the existing linkages between land tenure and the realization of the right to food. It points out that responsible governance of land requires the adoption of human rights-based approach in order to develop coherent and long term…
Land degradation is a major problem in almost all the countries. In most of the developing countries, population pressure and small farm sizes, land tenure insecurity, land redistribution, limited access to credits and limited education are the factors leading to unsustainable land management.…
The aim of this thesis was to identify breeding objectives of smallholder and pastoral sheep keepers in Ethiopia (Afar, Bonga, Horro and Menz areas) and to design appropriate community-based breeding plans for genetic improvement of four indigenous sheep breeds. Information on genetics of…
Between 8 and 12 November 2010, the Nile Basin Development Challenge initiative (of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food - CPWF) organized a training workshop for national researchers on ‘research methods to build understanding of the planning and implementation of rainwater management…
This Regulation of the Council of the Amhara Regional Government establishes zonal administrations in the Regional State of Amhara, which shall carry out their functions on behalf of the regional government. The Regulation sets out duties and powers of these zonal administrations and provides…
This is a Land Lease Agreement posted on <a href="https://www.openlandcontracts.org:443/">OpenLandContracts.org</a>. It lists Cereal crops,Grain legumes (Pulses),Oil palm or…
This study tries to examine the determinants of the choice of fuel wood sources in ruralEthiopia. Survey data collected from a sample of rural households in the East Gojam andSouth Wollo zones of the Amhara region of the country were used for the analysis. Amultinomial probit model that allows…
The study was conducted in Goma district of Jimma Zone of Ethiopia with the objectives of documenting the reasons why
farmers in coffee dominant mixed-farming systems of western Ethiopia keep small ruminants, and identifying the
constraints and opportunities for improvement of this…