In this FORUM paper we discuss how soil scientists can help to reach the recently adopted
UN Sustainable Development Goals in the most effective manner. Soil science, as a land …

Maize yield productivity in Ethiopia has been below the genetic potential—constrained,
among other factors, by frequent moisture stress due to local weather variability. Changes in …

Research-based evidence on the effects of soil and water conservation practices (SWCPs)
on soil physicochemical properties and crop yield is vital either to adopt the practices or …

Soil erosion by water has accelerated over recent decades due to non-sustainable land use
practices resulting in substantial land degradation processes. Spatially explicit information …

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) is a high-yield and high drought-tolerant perennial forage crop,
which take up water from deep soil layers by its deep root system. Long-term cultivation of …

About 80% of Ethiopia's population is involved in rain‐fed agriculture. Moisture stress
coupled with traditional tillage with breaking ard plough, locally known as 'Maresha'are the …

Wheat is an important crop in the highlands of Northern Ethiopia and climate change is
expected to be a major threat to wheat productivity. However, the potential impacts of climate …

Using gridded daily temperature and rainfall data covering 30 years (1988–2017), this study
investigates trends in rainfall, temperature, and extreme events in three agro-ecological …

Agricultural productivity in rural areas is severely affected by climate variability, and this
elevates the vulnerability of rural households to food insecurity. This study examines the …

This study assesses potential impacts of climate change on maize and wheat yields in the
Central Rift Valley (CRV) of Ethiopia. We considered effects of elevated atmospheric carbon …