Impact of COVID-19 on food security in Ethiopia

W Zhang, L Persoz, S Hakiza, L Biru, L Girmatsion - Epidemiologia, 2022 - mdpi.com
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, its effects on different aspects of life have been subject to
much research, including food security, a domain that has been of special concern in many …

Heterogeneous impacts of climate change on crop yields across altitudes in Ethiopia

T Ginbo - Climatic Change, 2022 - Springer
Impacts of climate change can differ from one region to another. We combine the household-
level panel data with weather and climate data to examine the heterogeneity of the impacts …

Wheat yield gaps across smallholder farming systems in Ethiopia

JV Silva, P Reidsma, F Baudron, M Jaleta… - Agronomy for …, 2021 - Springer
Wheat yields in Ethiopia need to increase considerably to reduce import dependency and
keep up with the expected increase in population and dietary changes. Despite the yield …

Do Eucalyptus plantation forests support biodiversity conservation?

D Lemessa, B Mewded, A Legesse, H Atinfau… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The viewpoints concerning the impacts of Eucalyptus on biodiversity remain divergent. Here,
we conducted a comparative ecological analysis by assessing the floristic compositions of …

Assessing the relative sustainability of smallholder farming systems in Ethiopian highlands

V Mutyasira, D Hoag, D Pendell, DT Manning… - Agricultural …, 2018 - Elsevier
Global population growth will require substantial increases in agricultural production
worldwide. Yet, despite growing concern about the environmental and social impacts of …

Farming systems and food security in Africa

J Dixon, DP Garrity, J Boffa, TO Williams… - J. Dixon, DP Garrity …, 2020 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Economic growth in Africa accelerated in the new millennium, enhancing confidence in the
continent's future. Positive developments have taken place in the liberalization of trade and …

The resurgence of agricultural mechanisation in Ethiopia: rhetoric or real commitment?

S Ayele - The Journal of Peasant Studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Ethiopia's agricultural development strategies bypassed smallholder mechanisation for
decades. Mechanisation returned to the policy agenda in 2013 but recent pro …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change, degradation, and land acquisitions: evaluating inequalities among competing interests for suitable cropland in Ethiopia

C Muir, AC Smith, A Agrawal - Ecology and Society, 2023 - ecologyandsociety.org
Land is the central resource for agriculture. In many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA),
where a large portion of the population relies on agriculture for subsistence and household …

[HTML][HTML] Current and future cropland suitability for cereal production across the rainfed agricultural landscapes of Ethiopia

MT Wakjira, N Peleg, J Six, P Molnar - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2024 - Elsevier
One of the major challenges posed by climate change in agriculture is the alteration in
cropland suitability. This alteration has serious consequences for food security and …

Patterns of primates crop foraging and the impacts on incomes of smallholders across the mosaic agricultural landscape of Wolaita zone, southern Ethiopia

Y Deneke, A Megaze, W Tekalign, T Dobamo, H Leirs - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Crop foraging by primates is a prevalent form of human-wildlife conflict, especially near
protected areas. This behavior poses significant economic challenges for subsistence …