Production and commercialization ofNTFPs by forest fringe communities have invaluable importance inrnterms of both rural li velihood security and resource conservation, perspectives. It ensures food availabilityrnparticularly during slack periods and prov ides cash income when other income such as...
Polyurethanes find wider range of application, in many industrial sectors. This results generation of bulk of waste which affects the environment in many aspects of pollution. Amongst many techniques, chemical recycling is most preferred to carry out the recycling of PU waste scrap because of its...
A life cycle assessment (LCA) is conducted for kitchen cabinet manufacturing in FinfinernFurniture Factory (3F). The LCA methodology is used to assess the environmental impacts andrnexplore ways alleviating environmental burdens at the kitchen cabinet production stages. Thernassessment covered the...
Leather industry fleshing wastes have been currently recognized as potential feed stocks for biodiesel production due to high fat content and less competition with food production. Moreover, utilization of industrial wastes for energy production has additional environmental protection purposes....
Small towns of Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Addis Ababa are expanding tremendously inrnrecent years. The main factors for expansion of these towns are their high potentia ls in attractingrninvestments mainly due to their high proximi ty to the national market and accessibility to variousrntypes...
n the current world, one of the most common bridge construction technologies is steel concrete composite bridge. The primary advantages of this technology are: their economical nature and related to construction time. Due to these, lots of researchers have been contributing different approach....
Serum conc ent r ations of immunoglobulins 19G, 19A and 19M inrn258 healthy Et hiopian school children and 82 healthy adults residingrnin Addis Abeba were measured by the r adial immunodi ffusionrnt ec hnique . The r esults a r e presented as geometric mean valuesrnin mg/100 ml and as percent of...
The main objective of this study was to examine the determinants of livelihood opportunities of thernrural youths in Merhabete Woreda-North Showa Zone of Amhara Regional State. The study wasrnconducted in the Woreda to look in to access to and control over liveWlOod capital asset by the...
Nowadays, the study of indigenous institutions has become one of the key issues amongrnincreasing /lumber of scholars and institutions. Indigenous institutions can play arnsignificant role to achieve local development; this is because, they can offer reasonablernand locally adopted responses to...
Forest is one of the most essential kinds of resources that human beings and other animals depend on.rnIt regulates environmental and ecological changes in which soil, water, climate, rainfall etc are in therngood existence in sustainable condition. Whether it is private or public property, forest...
Forest is one of the most essential kinds of resources that human beings and other animals depend on.rnIt regulates environmental and ecological changes in which soil, water, climate, rainfall etc are in therngood existence in sustainable condition. Whether it is private or public property, forest...
The main purpose of this research is to assess the challenges and prospects of religiousrntourism development in Debre Damo MonastelY; Gulemekeda Wereda eastern Tigray,rnand recommends on how best it can be enhanced and replicated in other similar areas. Inrnorder to achieve the objective of the...
Agro-fuels investment in Ethiopia is a recent phenomenon initiated not only as arnresponse for the current increasing energlj demand, but also to decrease the expense forrnpetroleum import and as a potential of job creation for the local economies thereby as arnmeans to income generations...
This thesis presents the results of an assessment in watershed management intervention related tornthe impact brought on improvement of land degradation and livelihood of the conmlwlity in MaiAnbesarnand Hadegti watersheds. The objectives of the study are: assess the impact of the project...
This thesis presents the results of an assessment in watershed management intervention related tornthe impact brought on improvement of land degradation and livelihood of the conmlwlity in MaiAnbesarnand Hadegti watersheds. The objectives of the study are: assess the impact of the project...
This study aims at examining the general characteristics of rural micro enterprises and factorsrnthat determine the engagement of households in such activities in an area characterized by lowrnagricultural output, Konso special woreda of South Ethiopia. The study was motivated by thernbelief that...
One of the principal objectives of the developing countries is to accelerate the pace of social andrneconomic development. However, the over all effort to achieve this development objective hasrnremained an elusive and difficult task. This is so partly due to lack of financial resources,rnproblems...
The searchfor an HIV medicine dates back to the 1980 's where advances were madernusing monotheraphy. Today, the HIV therapy is based on the use of a combination ofrndrugs known as highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Ethiopia adopted a policyrnof antiretroviral (ARV) drug supply and use...
Sustainav[e provision of micro finance services is suggestea to wiaen tfie income sources of tfiernyoor. Since tfie yoor ao not fiave access to forma[ financia[ services, micro - finance isrnsuggestea as usefu[ way out for financial constraints. '11ie yoor can resume yroditctivernactivity or offset...
Wilh increasing Irend of urbanizalion, provision of adequate urban Slorm water drainage facililies playsrngreater role in maintaining communily safety and municipal asset from flood hazard However,rndevelopment of Ihese syslems is al its infant level in many of the secondary towns of Ethiopia....