Abstract: P. juliflora is an evergreen exotic poisonous weed species and its alarming rate of invasiveness had affecting the livelihood of pastoral communities in Amibara rangeland of Afar Region. This study aims to investigate effects of P. juliflora on soil seedbank flora and its allelopathic potential on seed germination, growth and biomass production of Cenchrus cillaris, paspalidium desertorum and Litonia nutans. A total of 20 Soil samples were collected from five sites measuring sample...
Abstract: Deforestation has significant negative impacts on the livelihood of the local community. The rate and extent of deforestation is much higher today than in the past. However, the impact of deforestation on community livelihood is not documented. Therefore, this study was aimed to address and fill the existing theoretical and practical research gap. That means by providing the necessary information about the impact of deforestation on rural livelihood. This research was carried out w...
Abstract: Tannery Industries are one of the most highly polluting sectors in developing countries like Ethiopia. Debre Birhan Tannery Industry releases effluent that pollutes the nearby Beressa River. This study was characterized effluent discharged from Tannery Industry and Beressa River water. The (effluent and river water samples) were analyzed for various physicochemical properties like temperature, pH, Conductivity, Turbidity, Total dissolved solid, Chemical oxygen demand, Biological Ox...
Abstract: Homegarden is an intensive land use system involving the deliberate management of multipurpose trees and shrubs grown in intimate association with herbaceous species with diverse use value. The aim of this study was to assess species diversity and use of the plant species in the homegardens including their seasonal variation in Misha Woreda, Hadiya Zone, of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State, Ethiopia. Four kebeles with distinct altitude were selected pu...
Abstract: Water scarcity is a critical issue for many developing countries in general and for those in the arid to semi-arid areas of the world in particular. It is a key challenge and a major constraint to economic and human development in the ASA areas of Ethiopia. To mitigate the threat from water scarcity, there have been extensive efforts and attention given towards rainwaterharvesting technologies because of its potential as a viable option to address the problem. This study focuses on...
Abstract: Watershed management practice was taken as the basic operational unit to rehabilitate the degraded land and improve agricultural productivity of land in Ethiopia. However, its impacts in rehabilitation of degraded land were rarely evaluated. This study was designed to assessed the impact of watershed management practices on woody plant composition, farmers’ perception and identify the factors that affect the adoption of soil and water conservation practices based on comparative a...
Abstract: Water is scarce resource in Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia and is major limiting factor for crop production. Onion is one of the major economically important vegetable crops grown under irrigation in central rift valley. The field experiment was conducted at Melkasa agricultural research center during the off-season to identify irrigation method and irrigation application level that maximizes productivity of onion per unit of water consumed and enhanced onion crop production. The ...
Abstract: Dumping of heavy metals wastes has environmental impacts on soil and water at the nearby waste dump sites. The purposes of this study was to identify the sources and also status of selected heavy metals in municipal solid waste and soil at koshe open dumping site of Assela Town. For seven consecutive days metal wastes were manually separated from all wastes dumped at the site to identify the sources of heavy metals.Sources of the metals were categorized under three groups; househol...
Abstract: Kombolcha leather industry produces huge amounts of inorganic and organic wastes which pollute the adjacent environment including Abba Sharo River. This study was focused on characterizing the physic-chemical parameters of Kombolcha tannery effluent and evaluates its impact on the water quality of receiving Abba Sharo River water. Accordingly, two tannery effluent samples along wastewater channel at different distances have been taken and three river water samples were collected al...
Abstract: Drought is a common shock in Ethiopia affecting livelihoods of the community. The study area is one of areas in Ethiopia suffering from recurrent drought. The community lacks capacity to absorb shocks and recover back quickly after shock which determined by different factors. The objective of the study was to identify and analyse coping strategies during shock and determinants of household resilience to drought related shocks. Primary data from 123 sample households was collected u...
Abstract: Knowledge of quantity and composition of urban solid waste is required and considered as a basis for designing and operating appropriate solid waste management systems. Cognizant of this, a study was initiated to characterize the household solid waste generation rate and its physico-chemical composition based on a field survey and waste measurement in Haramaya town, Eastern Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia. For this study households were stratified into three groups based on level of their ...
Abstract: Crop production is susceptible to weather and hence directly responsive to climate change, resulting in decline in yield and leads to food insecurity. This study was conducted in Soro district, Hadiya zone of southern Ethiopia to analyze climate change and variability on maize and wheat production and assess adaptation options. The primary data were collected by using household survey, focus group discussions, semi-structured interviews and field observation. The observed daily cli...
Abstract: Climate variability affects crop productivity at both global and local scales, and adaptation of agricultural practices against this variability helps to translate perception of the farmers to decision-making process. This study was initiated to analyze climate variability, examine its effect on maize productivity, and assess perception and adaptation strategies of smallholder farmers to climate variability in West Badawacho District. Climate and crop data from 2000-2019 were colle...
Abstract: Climate variability is depleting assets and adversely affecting food security of smallholders of rainfall dependent livelihoods, and it affects crop production and price due toincrease in average temperature and rainfall variability. This study was undertaken in Chiro district to analyze impact of climate variability on household food security in Chiro district. Data on rainfall/temperature and crop production were obtained from National Meteorological Agency and Chiro District Agr...
Abstract: Rapid population growth and expanding urbanization have caused a dramatic increase in type and volume of household solid waste generated in many towns of the country including Morsito town. Most of this solid waste is illegally dumped in open site. The objective of this study was to determine the generation rate and characterize selected physicochemical properties of household solid waste in Morsito Town. A total of 131 households were randomly selected from purposively selected 2 ...