Despite the detrimental effects of child labor have on the nation and the availabilities of severalrnwritten rights of children in the constitution, child labor is still a wide spread and sever problemrnin rural Ethiopia. The objective of this research was to identify the socio-economic...
Three wild rice populations of Ethiopia (one from Gambella and two from Gonder) andrnthree cultivated rice populations (O. sativa from Gonder, O. glaberrima from WestrnAfrica and NERICA rice (NERICA-3; cultivar developed through interspecificrnhybridization between O. sativa and O. glaberrima),...
An ethnobothanical study was carried out to document information on the use of medicinal plants byrnthe Minjar Shenkora Wereda People. The main method of study was semi-structured interview andrndiscussion with informants from among Minjars’ elders and healers. A total of 118 plants...
Schistosoma mansoni is one of the main parasitic infections in Ethiopia which spreads due tornwater resource development and population migration. Although national schistosomiasis controlrnprogram has not been established in the country, several pilot controls have been undertaken.rnMost of these...
The abandonment of the fixed exchange rate systems has caused exchange rate movements to become arnmajor concern for traders, policy makers and researchers. Numerous studies have been conducted torndetermine whether exchange rate volatility affected international trade flows. Nevertheless, no...
This study documents plant species used as medicinal and wild food along withrnthe traditional knowledge on utilization plant resources by local people in and around TararnGedam and Amba Forests in Libo Kemkem Wereda, South Gondar Zone, Ethiopia. The fieldrnstudy was conducted between November, and...
An ethnobotanical study on the medicinal plants was conducted in Mecha Weredarnwhich is found in West Gojjam Zone of Amhara National Regional State. It is located about 535rnkm northwest of Addis Ababa. The objective of the study was to conduct an ethnobotanicalrninvestigation in order to compile...
As any developing country, lack of adequate infrastructure provision is an enormous problem in Ethiopia. When we see the case of Addis Ababa, the current coverage of sanitation service is very low. It is this very fact that has made the government of Ethiopia to extend a concerted effort to improve...
Riverine vegetation along Beschillo and Blue Nile rivers was studied with the aim ofrncompiling floristic composition and describing its plant communities. The area studiedrnoccurred between altitudinal gradients of 1324 and 626m. Beschillo is a tributary of BluernNile River from which the study...
Water deficit and Phosphorus stresses are important limiting factors in agricultural production. The effects of moisture stress and phosphorus deficiency on growth, physiology, yield and yield components of three chickpea (Cicer arietinum L) accessions; Yaya Gulele, Legambo and Moretna Jiru were...
A public utility theory argues that industries such as telecommunications, electricity, postal services and water & sewage should be run by a single firm viewed from economic efficiency. This has to do with the existence of various impediments to entry in such market which guarantee the incumbent...
The Munessa-Shashemene Forest, a typical dry afromontane forest located on the eastern escarpment of the Rift Valley at about 250 km from Addis Ababa, is under severe pressure due to logging, cattle grazing and conversion of the forest to arable land. Ecology of regeneration and phenology of seven...
Ethiopian Leather development strategy has put the shoe industry on the forefront position to accelerate the development of the sector. The study focuses on Ethiopian shoe industry competitiveness and its export market performance. The main purpose is to find the factors that are impediments for...
Data from microsatellite markers have been extensively used for bothrnin situ and ex situ conservation strategies through determining thernlevel of genetic diversity of natural populations that can widen therngene pool of cultivated plants. Such conservation practices should alsornlie on...
The profile of serum antibody levels against soluble adult worm antigen (SA WA) wasrnexamined in Swiss Albino white mice over a period of 60 days of infection. A group ofrnmice (n= 15) were immunized with 0.2 mg SA WA through the oral route. Seven daysrnafter immunization, the mice were exposed to...
Back ground: - The 22 high burden countries accounts 80% of global tuberculosis burden, and Africa alone account 28% of Global TB burden where Ethiopia is at 16th from the world, and 9th from the continent accounting an incidence of 200 cases per 100,000 population according to WHO 2015...
Background: Red cell distribution width (RDW) is a measurement of the degree of anisocytosis,rnor the degree of red cell size variability present in a blood sample. RDW has been reported as arnsignificant diagnostic as well as prognostic lab marker for many non-hematological disorders. Arnstudy...
The present study was undertaken on apparently healthy slaughtered sheep and goats, and apparently healthy abattoir personnel at Addis Ababa public and Modjo modern export abattoirs from September, 2003 to February, 2004. The objectives of the study were to determine the prevalence and distribution...
Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) in pregnancy is associated with significantrnmorbidity for both the mother and the baby. However, little is known about UTI inrnpregnancy in the study area. Antimicrobial resistance among the pathogens that causernUTI is also increasing and is a major...