Sökning: "Ethiopian highlands"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 10 avhandlingar innehållade orden Ethiopian highlands.
1. Sanctity and Environment in Ethiopian Hagiography : The Case of Gedle Gebre Menfes Qiddus
Sammanfattning : The original forests of the central and northern highlands of Ethiopia are almost entirely confined to the “sacred groves” surrounding the churches and monasteries of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church. In Ethiopian tradition sanctity starts from the Tabot on the altar of the church and extends to the outer periphery of the compound. LÄS MER
2. Mark är som barn - Genus, fattigdom, och försörjning i Södra Wollo, Etiopien : [with English summary: Our land is like our children - Gendered livelihood strategies in South Wollo, Ethiopia]
Sammanfattning : This anthropological study examines the complexity and importance of gender relations for livelihood activities and it looks at the way in which female- headed agricultural households in the Ethiopian highlands cope in an area renowned for livelihood vulnerability, drought and famine. It is based on ethnographic fieldwork which was carried out in South Wollo for a year. LÄS MER
3. Rainfall variability, soils and land use changes in the Ethiopian highlands
Sammanfattning : Most farmers in the Ethiopian highlands are dependent on rain-fed agriculture. The indigenous cereal tef is the most important crop for the farmers in the highlands. The central highland is an environmentally fragile area and a marginal area of Ethiopia with a recurring problem for the farmers to sustain an adequate agricultural production. LÄS MER
4. Compost and fertilizer - alternatives or complementary? : management feasibility and long-term effects on soil fertility in an Ethiopian village
Sammanfattning : Decline in soil fertility due to nutrient depletion is a concern for low-input crop production in the highlands of Ethiopia. Fertilizer addition is insufficient due to infrastructural and socioeconomic constraints. LÄS MER
5. Risk and Rates of Time Preferences of Farm Households in Ethiopia: Implications on land investment decisions
Sammanfattning : Summary Paper 1: Risk Preferences of Farm Households in Ethiopia: Implications to Land Investment Decisions This paper measures farmers' attitude towards risk using an experimental approach for a sample of 262 farm households in Ethiopian highlands. We find more than 50 percent of the households in severe to extreme risk aversion category, unlike similar studies in Asia, where the vast majorities are found under moderate to intermediate risk aversion category. LÄS MER