Abstract: Education is a tool to enable citizens to make all rounded participation in development process. The participation of females in socio-economic programs especially depends on their educational background. Educating girls and women is critical to achieve the benefits as well as the improvement in the areas of health, fertility and nutrition. Thus, females must be treated equally with males to attain educational access, which is necessary to increase their participation in different ...
Abstract: This project studied on analysis of performance measures of queuing system in commercial bank of Ethiopia, Finkile Branch (CBEFB), Eastern Ethiopia, described multi-server Markovian queuing model (M/M/c) and present mathematical governing equations of the model. Waiting lines and service systems are important parts of the business world. An M/M/c model is one applications of queuing theory that is used to examine and analyze waiting lines of service systems with a certain assumptio...
Abstract: Soil degradation caused by erosion threatens agricultural production in many regions of Ethiopia. Though various soil and water conservation (SWC) measures have been introduced and practiced by farmers, the extent of their adoption and sustainability is not clear. This is also true of Chingo watershed of Anlemo woreda and it is with this understanding that a study was proposed and conducted to assess the adoption of introduced SWC practices and their effect on selected soil propert...
Abstract: Rural women in Ethiopia are highly affected by climate change and climate change-induced problems. The purpose of this study was to asses Perception and Choices of Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change among Female Headed Households in Dejen district. Both qualitative and quantitative data from secondary and primary data sources used. Descriptive statistics and multivariate probit econometric model employed for data analysis. The descriptive statistics result shows the respondent...
Abstract: Climate change is adversely affecting agricultural production in Africa. Across societies, the impacts of climate change affect males and females differently. To overcome these impacts, it is crucial to adopt climate smart agriculture practices. Male and female farmers in developing countries have different vulnerabilities and capacities to deal with the impact of climate change. Accordingly, socio-economic and gender analysis is an important step for gender-appropriate targeting o...
Abstract: Mangroves in Kenya have been highly degraded due to anthropogenic and natural stressors. However, restoration is expected to help deal with climate change and support livelihood development though provision of goods and services. This study was carried out to analyze households’ willingness to pay for mangrove conservation in the context of climate change in Tudor Creek, Mombasa County. Contingent valuation method was employed to elicit information on WTP from a randomly sampled ...
Abstract: Climate change is adversely affecting agricultural production in Africa. Across societies, the impacts of climate change affect males and females differently. To overcome these impacts, it is crucial to adopt climate smart agriculture practices. Male and female farmers in developing countries have different vulnerabilities and capacities to deal with the impact of climate change. Accordingly, socio-economic and gender analysis is an important step for gender-appropriate targeting o...
Abstract: However, it is inefficient and growers are not in a position to respond to sources of major agricultural risks. Moreover, inadequate coordination of the sector are also highly threatening coffee production and marketing in the study area. The purpose of this study is, therefore, to measure technical efficiency, identify its determinants, identify sources of perceived risks, and choices of governance structure. The data for this study were obtained from a sample of 337 households in...
Abstract: In Ethiopia, enset is one of the indigenous root crops widely cultivated in the south and south western parts. Particularly in Wonchi district it is a major source of food and cash income for majority of smallholder farmers. Enset processing and its product marketing is left for women regardless of the tediousness of the process. Though, it is considered as female’s work by the community, concrete evidence about the gender role in enset product market chain is not well documented...
Abstract: Soil erosion is one of the most serious environmental problems in the highlands of Ethiopia. The prevalence of traditional methods of agricultural land use and the absence of appropriate resource management practices often result in the degradation of natural soil fertility. Hence, this study assesses farm households’ willingness to pay for soil conservation practices in Jarso district. Singlebounded dichotomous choice with an open ended follow up format was used to elicit househ...
Abstract: Ethiopia’s Somali Region is vulnerable to food insecurity that happens quite often. The objective of this report was to review the gender dimension of food insecurity and coping strategies in Somali regional State. The paper was mainly prepared by reviewing literature in related with the study topic. Somali region is one of the major food insecure areas whereby many people (65%) are feeding themselves based on the aid obtained from vario organizations The main causes of food inse...
Abstract: Increasing technical efficiency in production of major cereal crops could play an important role towards food security while escaping poverty requires rural households have to graduate from purely subsistence farming to a semi-commercial status and increase their farm income. This study was undertaken to compare profitability of teff, wheat, and maize and assess technical efficiency involved in their production by smallholder farmers and identify determinant factors. Cross-sectiona...
Abstract: Invasive Alien species (IAS) are considered to be one of the most serious challenges worldwide to mankind, biodiversity and environment. But, studies widely agree that actions to eradicate and control the effects of invasive alien species focused largely within developed countries. However, in poor, fragile and vulnerable developing countries, invasive alien species cause similar or worse problems, for development as well as conservation of biodiversity. Addressing the problem of i...
Abstract: In Ethiopia, agriculture has been at the core of the development strategy. To improve the prevailing low level of production and productivity, the government has been undertaking financial sector reform, to help boosting agricultural production and reducing rural poverty. In cognizant to the need for rural financial services as articulated in ADLI strategy, MFIs and SACCOs are being promoted to cater financial services to farmers. This study aimed at assessing the impact of village...
Abstract: The quest for the diversification of Botswana’s mineral-led economy necessitates an examination of other performing ones such as the Tourism-Transport and Finance-Consulting small service sectors which have been identified as also contributing immensely to its economy. So, this paper investigates variations in market orientation and performance among small service firms in Botswana. In more specific terms, it involves analysis of variations with regard to tourism-transport and fi...