Background: - Unintended pregnancies are major concern in developing countries including Ethiopia.rnFemale university students face unintended pregnancies because most of them are sexually active andrnexposed to unprotected sporadic premarital sexual intercourse. Contraceptives are being...
The nutritional status of a woman during pregnancy is important as a suboptimal diet impactsrnnegatively on the health of the mother, the fetus and the newborn. There is limited knowledge inrnthe area of malnutrition and factors’ affecting it among pregnant women despite evidencernshowing...
Street vending is an important source of income for many poorer segment of the society in the urbanrnarea. Despite the informal sector absorbs for about 60 percent of the urban labor force in Ethiopia,rnMigrants are unable to cover the costs of living in the cities and made it difficult for them to...
Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is a new agricultural approach emerged to improve resiliencernand productivity, leading to improved food security among smallholder farmers in the face of thernmenace of climate change. This study thus assessed adoption level of CSAPs and its contributionrnto food...
Ethiopia has been undertaking numerous development programs and projects with the objectivernof taking a country to the middle-income countries in the near future. Universal Rural RoadrnAccess Program (URRAP) roads being constructed in WalisoWoreda are among the projects inrnEthiopia. Aim of this...
In the face of mounting environmental crisis, instituting a viable environmental governancernsystem has been one of the arduous challenges in the context of developing countries likernEthiopia. The objective of this PhD dissertation was to explore the political economy ofrnenvironmental policy and...
Widow refers to a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again; andrnwidowhood is a state or period of being a widow. Especially, in the developing world, widowsrnremain invisible and their exact numbers, ages or emotional and the socio-economic aspectsrnof their lives remain unknown....
This study focused on assessment of determinant factors that affect local communityrnparticipation in ecotourism activities in Suba Forest and its environs. The study employed mixedrnresearch approach and data were collected using questionnaire, interview, secondary data, andrnfield observation....
Conflict and disaster occur throughout the world every day. The aftershock of these situationsrngives rise to millions of stateless persons and refugees. However, this has proved an elusivernaspiration for the study. This study investigates the vulnerabilities of Congolese refugee womenrnand men in...
Chromium is one of the most important chemical substances widely applicable in variousrnindustrial processes both in elemental and compound forms. In developing countries likernEthiopia, industries, like tanneries discharge a large quantity of chromium with little treatment tornthe environment....
The international community has long agreed that every individual has the right to health,rnand that Reproductive Health including Family Planning is a fundamental right of allrnpeople. The rights-based approach of Family Planning calls on providers and programsrnto focus on the needs of...
The objective of the study is to estimate determinants of multi-dimensional urban poverty inrnEthiopia. The study used secondary data to answer the research questions, it was collected by thernCentral Statistical Agency of Ethiopia in all urban region and city administration of Ethiopia thatrnis...
This study was conducted in Kirkos sub city in three schools, namely Beherawi, Felege Yordanosrnand Temenja Yazi Primary Schools. To conduct this study Key informant interview, FGD,rnpersonal observations were held and questionnaire (for stakeholders) were distributed to collectrndata. In these...
Cultivation of edible and medicinal mushrooms on lignocellulosic wastes represents one of the most economically and cost effective organic recycling processes. Solid-state cultivation (SSC) was carried out to evaluate the suitability of using the logs of Eucalyptus globulus, Cupressus lusitanica,...
Ethnobotanical study of antimalarial medicinal plants in Awash Fentale district was carried out between November and December 2007. Semi-structured interview was used to gather medicinal plant knowledge of the Afar people residing in Awash Fentale District. Sampled informants were interviewed about...
Information on genetic diversity and combining ability of quality protein maize (QPM) inbreds is important to analyze their potential in forming superior hybrids and to assess the gene action involved in various characters. This study was conducted to assess genetic variability and relationships...
Four known Compounds were identified from the leaves of Antidesma laciniatum namely,rnsqualene (37), phyt-en-2-ol (38), β-sitosterol (32) and amentoflavone (39). The structures ofrnthese compounds were determined on the basis of spectroscopic data. Occurrence ofrnsqualene, phyt-en-2-ol and...
One of the most important competitive resources that a business can have is knowledge. This has been repetitively emphasized in the literature of knowledge management. One of the most significant aspect of knowledge management is knowledge sharing. Ethiopia has a good advantage because of the...
Lean Service is a standardized operations service system, constituted only by client adding value tasks, focusing on explicit intangibles and looking for accomplishing expectations of quality and price. The overriding purpose of a lean system is to configure assets, material resources, and workers...
Small and Medium Enterprises have a central role for national economic. Unfortunately, it still has a domain of low productivity, as well as for SMEs on garment products. This study is aimed to identify the factors that influence productivity in correspond to increase the productivity of SME on...